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REL BASEBALL GAME RESCHEDULED:
Tuesday’s baseball match-up between Robert £ Lee and Port Arthur
Jefferson high schools will be made up Thursday at 7 p.m. at Memorial
Field. The junior varisty squad will travel to Port Arthur for a 4:30 p.m.
game.
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Dean takes 7th at Miss World Pageant
neat just to be there because I me from Columbus to Baytown,
had never been before. Compet- and I managed to get through
ing against the best in the world it,” she said. “I think all those
To be among the seven best in was a great thrill for me.” prayers are what made the dif-
the world at absolutely anything Before the competition Dean ference because 1 had no voice
would be the thrill of a lifetime vowed that her first trip to Miss at all the day before.”
World, which was held for the The swimwear event went
Baytown’s Lisa Dean recently second year as part of the fine for Dean, but then she
experienced that thrill when she Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic, developed a severe nose bleed
took seventh place under would be her last. Now, howev- seconds before going on for her
adverse conditions in the Miss er, when asked if that was her fitness routine.
World Pageant in Columbus, last time to compete in the
event, she wavered.
“Well, I am not quite as sure on stage. I had a lot of trouble
three rounds: the evening gown now as I was,” Dean admitted breathing but otherwise I think I
and fitness philosophy speech, with a grin. “It was really a lot did okay.”
the swimwear competition and of fun for me, and my husband According to Dean, a lot of
the fitness routine round. had a great time too. In fact, he girls were fighting off injuries
Despite being plagued by a >s asking me now if I’m because they have all been in
severe cold, the loss of her voice absolutely sure that I don’t want competition for most of the last
and later an untimely nose bleed, to go back next year.” year just to qualify for Miss
Dean held on to finish near the In the first round, which is World,
top in an experienced and talent- usually Dean’s strongest part of Dean will take a well-
ed field of 20 contestants from the competition she opened her deserved rest and some time to
all over the world. mouth to tell her philosophy on discuss returning next year with husband, the Baytown Y.M.C.A, Angel Brothers, Tanya Tanning,
“Under the circumstances, I fitness not knowing if anything her family before competing in Cedar Bayou Methodist Church,
Sally Watton, Kelly Breaux,
Dean also wanted to thank her Toni Lamb, Jamie Melencon, supporting her.
By KELLY KIRKPATRICK
The Baytown Sun
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Baytown Bairacudas
swim team
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for most people.
summer sea-
son will be held on Saturday, April 8 from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sterling High
School Natatorium. Ages are from 5 to
18. For more information contact Lisa
Watkins at 424-7694, Randee King at
424-4877 or Charlotte Figgs at 421-1175.
“I was still nursing my nose
when they called my name to go
Ohio.
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The contest is divided into
Hunters Education
A Hunters Education class will be held
Saturday, April 29 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
I and Sunday, April 30 from 1:30 p.m. to 5
p.m. at Memorial Baptist Church. All stu-
dents will need their social security num-
> ber and a fee of $5. Students must attend
both days.
Lisa Dean, an aerobics instructor from Baytown, recently
placed seventh at the Miss World Pageant in Columbus,
Ohio, as part of the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic, over-
coming a cold, laryngitis and a nose bleed.
Company Cup Bowling
The Annual Company Cup Bowling
Tournament sponsored by the Baytown
Parks and Recreartion Department will
be held Saturday, April 29 at San Jacinto
Lanes. For more information call Dean
Bigham at 420-6593.
Hydraciser and Chick-Fil-A for
was very happy with the way I would come out or not.
performed,” Dean said. “It was
any more events.
I had everyone praying for
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Sterling JV
gills grab
high marks
atLaMarque
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Company Cup 5K
Run/Walk
Howell.
High jump: 1, Zac Mercer, 5-2; 2, Darrick
Hill.
100 meters: 6, Israel Gonzales.
110 hurdles: 6, Gary Allen.
300 hurdles: 6, Daniel Aravjo.
400 relay: 2, Wilson-Morris-Gonzales-
Mercer.
800 meters: 3, Leif Lopez.
1,200 meters: 1, Leif Lopez, 4:13.0.
1,600 relay: 5, Wilson- Hill- Lattermore-
Flores.
Team results: 1, Galena Park 141; 2,
Cunningham 113; 3, Channelview 112; 4,
Gentry 90; 5, Cedar Bayou 59.
Jr. High Track and Field
Gentry boys results from Fri-
day’s Channelview Relays:
Roy P — Ricky Rodriguez, 6 IP, 10 Ks, 7 BB.
Red P — Jacob Holloman, 6 IP, 8 Ks, 5 BB.
The 17th Annual Baytown Company 5K
Run/Walk will be held Saturday, May 6 at
7:30 a.m. beginning and ending at the
baytown Community Center. Any Compa-
ny or division is eligible to participate. For
more information contact the Baytown
Parks and Recreation Department at 420-
Offensive highlights: Royals — Michael
Rodriguez had 2 hits and Alex Ceinfuegos
had 1 hit. Reds — James Haddock had 1 hit.
8th Grade
Shot put: 2, Brent Bailey; 3, Eric Nolan.
Discus: 3, Jeremy Cannon; 6, Brandon
Jones.
High jump: 1, Wade Waltman, 5-4; 2,
Blake McRay, 5-3.
Long jump: 2, Adam Henicke; 3, Wade
Waltman; 4, Kenio Richards.
Triple jump: 3, Brent Bailey.
Pole vault: 1, Wes Webb, 8-0; 2, Brandon
Starr, 8-0; 3, Chris Pharr.
100 meters: 1, Brent Bailey, 11.81; 6,
Jeremy Cannon.
200 meters: 6, Brent Bailey.
400 meters: 1, Ryan Rogers, 57.22; 5,
Charles Keneson.
800 meters: 4, Elias Oseguida.
1.600 meters: 3, Elias Oseguida.
110 hurdles: 1, Brandon Jones, 17.32; 4,
Adam Baker; 6, Ryan Rogers.
300 hurdles: 2, Blake McRay; 3, John
Harrison.
400 relay: 1, Henicke-Richards-McRay-
Bailey.
1.600 relay: 3, Henicke-Baker-Richards-
Rogers.
Team results: 1, Gentry 182; 2, Cunning-
ham 157; 3, Channelview 66; 4, Cedar
Bayou 57; 5, Galena Park 47.
Note: Gentry did not lose a track meet all
season to claim the district and city
championship. It also beat Cunningham
for that school's first loss.
Astros.......
White Sox.........4
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6597.
Sterling’s Junior Varsity
Lady Ranger Lachelle
McCullough recently
took first place honors in
the high jump at the
LaMarque Invitationals.
McCullough cleared 4-9
feet. -
As a team the Rangers
finished with 104 points.
The relay teams ofcj!£
Chanel Morris, McCul- '
lough, Sherr Arceneaux
and Shelly Jones (4x200,
1:54.82) took second, as
did the 4x400 relay team
of Rainelle Williams,
Shonna Prentice, Sara
Anderson and Erica
Gomez.
Emily Bernard captured
the only third place mark
for Sterling with a shot
put effort of 31-1 1/2. ' *
Other standouts includ-
ed Lori Bedia in the dis-
cus and Sherie Guid in ft
both the discus and the
shot put.
WP - Robert Carr, 6 IP, 15 Ks, 9 BB.
LP - Pablo Medina, 6 IP, 4 Ks, 5 BB.
Barbers Hill Booster
Club
Offensive highlights: Astros — Carr and
Miguel Navar had 2 hits followed by Jorge
Mendoza, David Scalise and Jason Hernan-
dez with 1 hit each. White Sox — Medina had
The Barbers Hill Sports Booster Club
will meet Monday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in
the Barbers Hill High School cafeteria.
Steve Kidd and Julie Griswald of Rice
University will discuss college entrance
and scholastic requirements for high
school athletes. Coaches and athletes
from baseball, golf and track will also be
introduced.
Central Little League
Majors
Braves.
Royals.
1 hit.
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Astros.
Reds...
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WP — Chris Estrada.
LP — Alex Ceinfuegos.
Offensive highlights: Braves — Ryan Vickers
had 2 hits and Anthony Pagan (home run),
Jason McKee, Robert Fuentes, Lonnie Chapa LP — Julio Montoya, 3 IP, 3 Ks, 4 BB.
and Joe Hernandez had 1 hit each. Royals —
Ricky Rodriguez had 2 hits, followed by Lalo
Garcia, Kyle Bailey and Alex Ceinfuegos with
1 hit each.
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WP - Robert Carr, 4 IP, 10 Ks, 5 BB.
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Offensive highlights: Astros — Carr, Richie
Lensing, Josue Mendoza, Jason Hernandez,
Steven Montemayor and Jorge Mendoza had
1 hit each.
Barbers Hill’s
girls finish atop
14-team field
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Astros.
Reds...
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Astros.
Royals.......•.......4
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WP — Lance Guidry, 6 IP, 16 Ks, 6 BB.
LP — Stephen Hernandez, 6 IP, 8Ks, 3 BB.
Offensive highlights: Astros — George
Spencer and Robert Carr had 2 hits, followed
by Hammond Thomas, Guidry, Miguel Navar
and Richie Lensing with 1 hit each.
WP - Miguel Navar, 6 IP, 15 Ks, 6 BB.
LP — Ricky Rodriguez, 1 IP, 0 Ks, 5 BB.
Offensive highlights: Astros — Sergio Chong
and George Sprecher had 1 hit each. Royals
— Michael Perez (home run), Meichael
Rodriguez and Alex Ceinfuegos had 1 hit
each.
The Barbers Hill Lady
Eagle track team continued
their recent winning streak
with a top finish in the Gid
Campbell Relays in
Anahuac.
First place finishers in
individual events included
Mandy McNabb (800
meters), Shannon Nichol-
son (100 meters), Mandy
McManus (400 meters and
1600 meters) and the team
of Jennifer Hurst, Nichol-
son, Meredith Patrick and
McManus in the 1600
meter relay.
McNabb also took the
high-point trophy for the
meet.
The 400 meter relay team
of Hurst, McManus,
Patrick and Nicholson took
second place, as did
Shanacey Sexton (3200
meters), Jennifer Weather-
ly (1600 meters) and Lau-
ran Schwienle (400
meters).
Schwienle also took third
in the 1600 meter run.
Darby Priest finished
fourth in the 300 meter
hurdles.
7th Grade
Shot put: 1, Bo Morris, 39-8.
Discus: 1, Bo Morris, 106-7; 3, Lowell
Reds.
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Royals.
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Amelia’s game losing battle in age of television
reading this column, I’ll even go so far as because fans had no previous disposition football. Baseball is simply not as appeal-
to explain to them why baseball is no to the teams on the field. In short, if we ing to the eye of a fair-weather sports fan
longer America’s game. don’t know them, then we don’t care as some others. The last two Super Bowl
It has nothing to do with salary arbitra- about them. winners, for example (the Cowboys and
tion, small market/big market conflicts or Baseball, however, has tradition. Old the 49ers) are much more popular among
Kelly even free agency. That’s right...none of fans who have followed pennant races for kids today than the last two World Series
Kirkpatrick that. decades will always be inclined to at least winners. Can you even name them?
The reason baseball is no longer 0pen Up the sports page to see how the Another key factor is personality. For a
America’s game has nothing to do with races ^ going. Tradition is not enough, sport to fly, there must be athletes partici-
the strike and everything to do with mod- though. While tradition alone may pating who not only have our attention
em television and the audience it cap-
tures, or fails to capture.
Several factors come to mind when
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Following eight months of what has to
be the most puzzling and useless labor
negotiating effort in history, baseball
owners emerged from hiding Monday to
sell us all on the theory that ‘America’s
game is back.’
Malarkey!
That just serves as more proof that
these cigar-smoking, millionaire owners
will say anything to make a buck. Your
buck.
In the first place, the sad fact is that
baseball is no longer America’s game.
What’s more, it wasn’t even America’s
game before the strike began. Since the
owners obviously haven’t realized this
yet, and they will not be clued in until
prompt some fans to fill up stadiums (in while performing on the field but who
some cities), it won’t fill up living rooms also have intriguing personalities off the
. > with an eager audience of both young field. So... let’s see here. With that in
recapping how the thinking man s game arMj 0id. And in today’s television-driven mind would a kid, or any of us for that
became less thought of than its counter-
sports market, that’s quite an obstacle. matter, be more drawn to Michael Jor-
So what about color and pageantry? dan, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley,
Compared to the other two major sports, Troy Aikman, Joe Montana, Lawrence
baseball fails miserably in these areas. Taylor and the like; or Cal Ripken, Frank
Let’s face it. Kids these days are much Thomas and Joe Carter? Flamboyant per-
more apt to sit down to watch a bunch of sonalitics may or may not necessarily be
brutes in colorful, armor-like uniforms a gift to sports, but they do draw interest
smash into each other for four quarters whether we like it or not.
than they are to watch nine long innings All in all, baseball has a long way to go
of a baseball game. The game of baseball if it is to ever regain the status of Ameri-
just does not come across the screen with ca’s game. Right now, however, it’s not
the same vigor as does basketball and even in the ballpark.
parts like football and basketball. Charac-
teristics such as tradition, color and
pageantry and personalities seem key
factors in determining whether or not an
audience tunes in or tunes out. According
to my tabulations, Major League baseball
is hitting a modest one-for-three.
Tradition is a must for any sport to sur-
vive. New arrivals such as the World
Football League, Arena Football and
Indoor Soccer have all flopped primarily
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