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SPORTS
MORNING DIGEST
7A
Sunday, November 5,2006
THE BAYTOWN SUN
SEE TEXANS* PAGE 8A
Rebels rock Lamar
Rockets
opener
THE WEEK’S GAMES
ON THE AIR
SEE REBELS* PAGE 8A
BH falls to
Friendswood
1
*
top Mavs
in home
LC ends regular
season with win
Lee College
posts second
straight blowout
Baytown Sun photo/ Mike Kercher
cold as they struggled beyond the Lee College guard Rashad Woods goes up for two of his 16 points in the
SPORTS
BRIEFING
Runnin’ Rebels 91-60 win over Lamar State College-Port Arthur Saturday
night.
Today
• No games scheduled
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play from behind is not where they want to be
'offensively. We can’t go out of the box to target
one guy. We have to play our game.”
If the Texans want to end the Giants’ four-game won’t be easy, thought
The unit has been outstanding since coming off
a bye week, allowing 42 points and getting 18
sacks in the winning streak. The last two oppo-
RSS girls are 14th at
regional meet
HOUSTON —The Sterling
girls cross country team com-
pleted their season Saturday,
by finishing 14th out of 24
teams in the Region III cross
country meet at North Harris
County Community College.
Sophomore Deshelle Isaac
led the Lady Rangers by run-
ning a 3200 meter time of
12:20. Isaac was followed by
Merritt Drewery, who ran a
time 12:48; Audri Garcia ran a
time of 12:49; Sonya Puente
ran a time of 12:53; Isabel
Tobar ran a time of 12:57;
freshman Courtney Johnson
ran a time of 13:52; and Joya
Malone ran a time of 14:26.
“1 feel our girls finished the
. season very strong by placing
second in District 21-5 A and
14th in the region,” RSS cross
country coach Al Johnson
said. “The Lady Ranger cross
country team has strengthened
as the weeks passed. Today at
regionals we were able to beat
teams who had beaten us earli-
er this year. The great thing
about our team is that we are
losing only one girl and the
rest will be back next year.”
— The Baytown Sun
Texans coach Gary Kubiak yanked Carr in the
second half and played Sage Rosenfels. However,
the coach made it clear Carr is still his quarter-
back.
“I’m trying to raise his level of play and his
level of expectations as a player,” Kubiak said. “I
think that’s a key for our franchise. My message
was simple, that hey, regardless of what happens
you have to protect the football for your team.”
Carr appreciates the vote of confidence. He also
wants his coach to know he got his message.
Having a big day against the Giants’ defense
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York
Giants would like nothing better than to make life
miserable for Houston quarterback David Carr for
a second straight week.
Why not?
If the Giants (5-2) can make a few plays and get said. “Any team that is forced to pass or has to
Carr to start questioning himself a week after
being benched for poor play, their chances of
beating the Texans (2-5) at Giants Stadium on
Sunday are good.
“He’s a guy who can do a lot of things that can
beat you,” Giants rookie defensive end Mathias
Kiwanuka said of Can. “We want to test him and
see if we can make him do some things out of
character.”
Today
College football
• Southern Miss at
Memphis, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Figure skating
• Skate America, ABC, 4
p.m.
Motor sports
• Nextel: Dickies 500, NBC,
2 p.m.
Pro basketball
• Rockets at New
Orleans/OKC, FSNH and
NBA TV, 6 p.m.
Pro football
• Dallas at Washington, Fox,
noon
• Texans at New York Giants,
CBS, noon
• Denver at Pittsbuigh, CBS,
3:15 p.m.
• Indianapolis at New
England, NBC, 7:15 p.m.
Pro golf
• PGA: Tour Championship,
ESPN2,11 a.m.
• PGA: Tour Championship,
ABC, noon
Pro soccer
• MLS Cup: Conference
finals: New England at D.C.
United, ESPN2,3 p.m.
• MLS Cup: Conference
finals: Colorado at Dynamo,
FXSC, 6 p.m.
Pro tennis
• Masters Series: Paris,
Tennis, 7:30 a.m.
winning streak, Carr has to play much better than
he did in the 28-22 loss to Tennessee last week-
end. The five-year pro turned over the ball three
times, with one of his two fumbles being returned
for a touchdown.
LC golf tournament
taking entries
The Lee College Athletic
department is set to tee off its
annual fundraising golf tourna-
ment on Nov. 17, at Evergreen
Point Golf Course.
The 2006 Rebel Golf
Tournament will be a 4-person
scramble. The entry fee is $70
per person and includes green
fees, 1/2 cart, range balls,
lunch and door prizes.
Golfers can also purchase a
The proceeds from the event
will benefit Lee College ath-
letic scholarships and updated
equipment for the Lee College
athlete training room.
For moreWorthfttoii,cOh- ’
tact Lee College Athletic
Marketing Manager Robert
Cantrell at 832-556-4079 or
rcantrell@lee.edu.
THE BAYTOWN SUN
The Barbers Hill volleyball team saw their
season come to an end Friday night with a
25-14,25-20,25-17 loss to Friendswood in a
Class 4A area round playoff match at Lee
College.
“They (Friendswood) weren’t as big as
people said they were but they had some
weapons,” Barbers Hill coach John Leonard
said. “They were just relentless. We played
great and played our tails off but they were
just better.”
Brittany Connally and Keely Rivera led
the way for the Eagles with eight kills
apiece.
“They dug everything we hit at them,”
Leonard said. “We had to hammer the left
side because they were too big in the mid-
dle.”
THE BAYTOWN SUH
The Lee College volleyball team ended the regular
season on a high note with wins over Alvin and
Laredo this week to clinch second place in the region-
al tournament this week. The Lady Rebels will open
the tournament next Friday with a match against host
Alvin at 5 p.m. Lee defeated Alvin Wednesday night
in a five game match.
Lee’s 33-31, 30-24,30-25 win over Laredo gave
them a 19-13 overall record and a 7-3 record in con-
ference.
Middle Blocker Judith Boel led LC with 19 kills,
10 digs, five aces and three blocks. Jacqueline Sparks
had 13 digs, seven kills, two blocks and an ace. Setter
Abby Farmer had a strong game serving with four
aces to go along with 37 assists, one block and five
digs.
Other statistical leaders were Meagan Monk with
eight digs, seven kills, one block and ace. Aimee
Tresierra had six kills and one block and Lize Hicks
had two aces and five digs.
BY CHRIS BOKAH
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON — Yao Ming scored 36
points and Rafer Alston had 14 points,
12 assists and
eight rebounds,
leading Houston
to a 107-76 vic-
tory over the
Dallas Mavericks in the Rockets’ home
opener Saturday night.
Luther Head had 17 points and Kirk
Snyder added 12 for the Rockets, who
shrugged off an off night by Tracy
McGrady to beat the Mavs for the first
time since March 6,2005.
The Mavericks swept four games
with Houston last season, but shot
poorly this time and never found a way
to shut down Yao, who sank 12 of 16
shots and went 12-for-12 from the free-
throw line.
Alston, meanwhile, had one of the
best overall games of his career, adding
four steals and four 3-pointers without
a turnover. He also played smothering
defense on Mavs guard Jason Terry,
who missed all five of his shots and
scored one point.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 and Josh
Howard added 16 for the Mavericks,
who shot 41 percent (29 of 70) and
committed 22 turnovers.
Yao capped his night with an alley-
oop dunk from Snyder that put the
Rockets up 100-70 with 4:59 left.
Yao had 24 points at the break, toy-
ing with DeSagana Diop and Erick
Dampier as they tried to guard him.
His last baisket of the half was a fade-
awayjumper from the baseline with
0.1 seconds left that put the Rockets up
52-38.
McGrady missed all four games with
Dallas last season with back problems.
He had only two. points at halftime on
Saturday, then hit his first two shots in
the third quarter. But the six-time All-
Star picked up his fourth foul with
5:13 left in the quarter and went to the
bench.
That just gave Yao more opportuni-
ties to dominate.
In one sequence, he blocked a shot
by Nowitzki, then had a layup and a
dunk after passes from Alston.
Head sank a 3-pointer 2 minutes into
the fourth quarter to push the lead to
81-61.
The Mavs never recovered from the
Rockets’ opening 12-0 run. Alston got
it started with two 3-pointers and Yao
followed with two close-range baskets,
foreshadowing his night to come.
McGrady missed four of his first
five shots, then left with a cut tongue
late in the first quarter. Bonzi Wells
replaced him and made his Houston
debut.
The Mavs missed 11 of their first 17
shots and trailed 28-16 after Steve
Novak’s 3-pointer early in the second
quarter.
McGrady returned with 4:45 left in
the half and Houston up 41-29.
He finished with eight points and
four assists.
BY MICHAEL PIHEDA
michael.pineda@baytownsun.com
BAYTOWN — The non-con-
ference schedule is for gaining
experience and learning lessons
that will help you down the road.
Saturday night Lee College
learned about respecting your
opponent. Going to a press to
jumpstart a lethargic defense in
the second half, the Runnin’
Rebels improved to 2-0 on the
year with a 91-60 victory.
The Runnin’ Rebels jumped out
quick on Lamar State-Port Arthur
but struggled to put the Seahawks
- ■ ’ '• 'away in the ffrsrhalf as poor ’
shooting and a patient Lamar
State offense kept the team in the
game.
A late run in the first half gave
the Rebels some momentum. In
the second half the Rebels
changed the tempo of the game
with full court pressure and
turned the game into a rout.
“Our offense is going to be
predicated on how well we play
defense,” LC head coach Roy
Champagne said. “We played hor- I
rible halfcourt defense. We looked I
like little puppy dogs in junior
high.
“We were just trying to get our
guys more into the game. Our
guys didn’t come to play. I don’t
know it was because they did not I
feel like it would be a challenge
or what.”
Lee’s overconfidence began to I
show midway through the first
half. The Rebels came out of the I
chute with alley-oops and three
point shots and took a 21-8 lead.
Turnovers allowed the Seahawks
to keep the game near a 10-point
deficit. “
The Rebels shooting turned
Giants want to follow same script against Texans
BY TOM CAHAVAH Tackle Barry Cofie,d’the other
( AP Sports Writer rookie starter on the New
MShMHEK York’s line, said-that doesn’t
mean the Giants will change
their defense to pressure Carr.
“We want to play our game,
stop the run and force them to
be a passing team,” Cofield
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