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► HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD
Hooping Fob Hockinc
Relays boast
robust field
► WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR
■ 67th annual Rockhold meet set
for today at Pete Sultis Stadium
He said Schaefer fit in well and the kids
really enjoyed working with him.
Contributed photo
Goose Creek Memorial student Shalyn Johnson will attend Hocking College to play bas-
ketball. Hocking is a Division III NJCAA school in Ohio. From left, LaKendra McQuietor,
Shalyn Johnson and Shannon Johnson.
BY MICHAEL PINEDA
michael.pineda@baytownsun.com
BY MICHAEL PINEDA
michael.pineda@baytownsun.com
said. “We often talked about Knight and
his philosophy. Vic was known for that
at A&M.
“He was not al all a sit-back guy. He
would get up in the huddle and offer
his opinion to the kids. He would do as
much as I would let him do which was
Il will be a great day for track and field as the annual
Rockhold Relays returns to Sultis Stadium.
With district meets around the corner, the relays will
serve as a dress rehearsal for area athletes as they begin a
run for Austin.
“Il is a great track meet with a lol of history," Baytown
i ce campus athletic coordinator David Wilkinson said.
“There area a lot of great learns. In (he Iasi couple of
years, some records have been broken. It’s just fun to get
to host the amount of talent in the area. It's a fun meet."
I here have been some conflicts in the past but this
year's event will be robust with 17 girls teams and 18
boys teams slated to compete.
“Il worked out so well and its right before the district
track meets for people who arc really trying to fine tune
everything,” Wilkinson said. “I think everyone will have
their best relay teams put together. We expect fast times
and a lot of excitement.”
Wilkinson said the Lee girls track team has been do-
ing well and competing really well especially in the
4x200-ineter relay. The boy s team has also had some suc-
cess m the 4x200-meter relay. Other events to watch l.ee
compete in include the throwing events and hurdles.
The prelim and field events will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Those events include the 3200-meter run. I he finals w ill
begin at 6 p.m.
“When n ou look at the Rockhold Relays, this is the 76th
Annual Relays,” Kiwanis Club member and GCCISD
Athletic Director Bernie Mulvaney said. “ I here is a lot of
history. Il is one of the longest running track meets in the
state of Texas. And we get to honor Beverly Rockhold."
Mulvaney noted Rockhold coached track from 1937 to
1973 and is one of only three track head coaches in Lee
history'.
“Io honor him is a good thing.” Mulvaney said. “He
was an outstanding coach and gentleman."
Among the schools slated to compete in the event at
Baytown Sterling, GCM, Beaumont West Brook, Port
Arthur Memorial. Deer Park, the Pasadena schools and
a host of others.
Ledbetter would have a solid career al
Lee and would be the last coach to guide
the Ganders to the playoffs until Trent
Manuel accomplished the feat last sea-
son.
“We had a nice run," Ledbetter said. “I
A I
Mississippi State coach
got his start at REL
Mississippi State Head loach Vic
Schaefer will attempt the near impos-
sible this evening when he leads his
I ady Bulklogs in the I inal Four against
UConn. The Lady Bulldogs have been
on an accelerated trajectory to join the
NCAA’s elite since Schaefer took over
the program after serving as a Texas
A&M assistant.
He arrived in 2012 and has led the
team to an improved record in each of native of Michigan and Schaefer
his seasons culminating with this sea-
son’s 33-4 mark. I he Lady Bulldogswill
play UConn at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
Not too shabby fora student from Tex- and gel in your lace defense." Ledbetter
as A&M who got his coaching start at
Baytown Lee.
Schaefer was a student at A&M at the
same time retired Lee coach and teacher
David Walker was there.
“1 kind of knew Vic a little bit." Walk-
er said. “He graduated at A&M ai the
same lime. We were PE majors and it quite a bit. He was definitely not a laid-
was a big campus. When we did the stu- back guy."
dent teaching, I was sent up to Dallas
and he was sent here to work with coach
Ledbetter."
Coach Tim Ledbetter coached at Lee
for 23 years, from 1981 to 2004. During
the 1984-85 season, a student arrived on
campus to perform their student teaching really enjoyed my time at Lee with the
administration and the athletic depart-
ment."
As for Schaefer, he would take a job at
Houston Milby and begin a career path
teaching and worked ex-
” 1 | tremely hard at coach-
11 ing,” Ledbetter said.
“His passion was there
i had drive."
i As an assistant at Tex-
chaefer's rep-
BHk JkaHI utation lor being a defen-
SCHAEFER sive minded coach grew
throughout the nation.
The roots of his defen-
sive prowess were evident even back io
his slim at Lee. 1 edbetter said he was a
was a
Bobby Knight guy. This led to a number
of conversations.
“He loved the man-to-man pressure
that also had a passion lor basketball.
“He performed a semester of student
teaching and stayed on and worked as a
student assistant," Ledbetter said. “He
loved the game. He wanted to be around that would lead to a head coaching posi-
the game and thought it would be a good tion at Sam Houston State and assistant
experience.” coaching jobs at Sam 1 louston State. Ar-
1.edbetter chuckles when recalling kansas and Texas A&M before landing
Schaefer’s passion and zeal for the game, the Mississippi State job.
“I followed him as he went on,” Led-
better said. “1 really enjoyed watching
“He did a really nice job of student him.”
SPORTS BRIEFS
as Education Agency/UIL manual
where the State Board of Educa-
tion prohibits all schools from par-
ticipating in a UIL area, regional,
or state competition on Monday
through Thursday of a week in
which statewide testing is admin-
istered.
End of year sophomore testing
was administered on Thursday .
Ironically, had the game been
a regular season contest, it could
have been played.
Goose Creek CISD Athletic Di-
rector Bernie Mulvaney said he
berton 2-1 in the bi-district round
of the playoffs, will play the Texas
City boys at 7 p.m.
In support of the boys team,
Crosby will have a Red Out with
all fans encouraged to wear red.
The Goose Creek Memorial
girls soccer team advanced with
a 1-0 win over I a Porte to im-
proved to 14-7-1. They will face a
Clear Falls team that went 11-4-5
this season and advanced with a
shootout win over Pearland. Clear
Falls was a four seed out of Dis-
trict 24-6 A.
TODAY
Girls Soccer Playoffs
GCM vs Clear Falls at Deer
Park, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
Baseball
North Shore at GCM, 7 p.m.
Barbers Hill at Lee, 5 p.m.
Kingwood at Sterling, 7 p.m.
Crosby at Kingwood Park,
6 p.m.
I he UIL called an audible that
left a number of high school soccer
teams around the state scrambling
as Thursday games were canceled.
I he I IL calendar listed Thurs-
day as the first day second round
games could begin.
1 low ever, the III. cited the lex-
found out from the referees who
called to say the game had been
canceled.
The Goose Creek Memorial
soccer game against ( tear Falls
originally scheduled for 5 p.m.
Thursday in Deer Park has been
rescheduled for the same time and
place today.
The district was also scheduled
to host the Porter and Texas City
girls teams on Thursday. The two
teams will now play in Crosby at
5 p.m. this evening, rhe Crosby
boys team, which defeated Lum-
Softball
GCM at Summer Creek. 6
P.m.
Humble at Lee, 6 p.m.
Sterling at North Shore. 6
p.m.
Barbers Hill at Kingwood
Park, 6:15 p.m.
Porter at Crosby, 6:15 p.m.
Track
GCM, Lee, Sterling at
Rockhold Relays
Barbers Hill at Clyde
Littlefield Relays
Boys Golf
Lee. GCM at Barbers Hill
Lee, Sterling, Barbers Hill at
Beachcomber Classic
UIL throws a curve on the pitch
■ GCM girls match
moved to today
BY MICHAEL PINEDA
michael.pineda@baytownsun.com
State rolls back
bathroom laws
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)
— North Carolina rolled
back its “bathroom bill”
I hursday in a bid to end
the yearlong backlash
over transgender rights
that has cost the state
dearly in business proj-
ects, conventions and
basketball tournaments.
The compromise plan
announced Wednesday
night by the Democrat-
ic governor and leaders
of the Republican-con-
trolled legislature, was
worked out under mount-
ing pressure from the
NCAA, which threatened
to take away more sport-
ing events from the bas-
ketball-obsessed state.
The new' measure was
signed by Gov. Roy Coo-
per in a matter of hours.
Among other things, it
repeals the best-known
provision of HB2: a re-
quirement that transgen-
der people use public re-
strooms that correspond
to the sex on their birth
certificate.
Mason, Few
snare accolades
GLENDALE, Ariz.
(AP) — No piece of
hardware could take
I rank Mason Ill's mind
off what could have been.
The senior point guard
from Kansas received the
AP Player of the Year tro-
phy Thursday at the Final
Four He was there with-
out his teammates since
the Jayhawks were elimi-
nated in the regional final
by Oregon.
Eve still been thinking
about it. It's been on my
mind a lot.” Mason said
when asked if he had got-
ten over that loss. And I
just have to move on to
what's next. And I just
look at the bigger picture
and focus on everything
that I can control.”
Mason said he expect-
ed to be at the Final Four
with his teammates and
coaches.
Gonzaga coach Mark
Few, the AP’s coach of
the year, has his team
here as the Zags make
their first Final Four ap-
pearance.
“1 don't know that it
really truly sinks in. And
again, it's a credit to this
team that God has put me
in position to lead," Few
said. “But again, it’s not
really about me. I mean,
this is about Gonzaga and
this year."
Fowler grabs 1-shot lead at Houston Open
I
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momentum going into the Mas-
ters next week. The Honda Classic
win snapped a 13-month, 25-start
drought for Fowler.
Fowler held a three-shot lead over
Vaughn Fay lor and Keegan Bradley
when he finished his round in the af-
ternoon, then Kang closed the gap
with his 65. The 29-year-old South
Korean missed a putt from less than
5 feet to bogey on 18. Still, com-
pared to last year's final round at
the Houston Open when he shot a
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) — Rickie
Fowler shot an 8-under 64 for a one-
ishot lead over Sung Kang after the
hirst round of the Houston Open on
Fhursday.
Fowler had his best round in six
appearances at the tournament, top-
ping a previous low score of 68.
‘Fowler overcame damp conditions
land a chilly, breezy morning to
jump to a hot start.
Fowler won last month at the
Honda Classic and is try ing to keep
6-over 78, he said he was satisfied
with the improvement
Kang is among the 115 players
who need a victory to quality for
Augusta National, as Jim Herman
did by winning in Houston last year, j
Among the 144 players in the Hous-
ton Open field, 29 already have in-
vitations to play. It wzould have been
30, except Dustin Johnson decided
to take the week off after winning
the Dell Technologies Match Play
for his third straight victory.
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SPORTS CALENDAR
Friday,
March 31, 2017
__Sports
► HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYOFFS
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BCA duo takes
doubles title to
advance to state
THE BAYTOWN SUN
The Baytown Christian Academy tennis team has ad-
vanced five of the six that completed in the regional tour-
nament to state. The state tournament w ill be in Waco on
April 12.
Senior Talmon Ellis and junior Hunter Oliver won the
district and regional championship. They were seeded
No. 1 in the district seeding tournament, going undefeat-
ed in the A division. They received a first round bye and
beat the Allen “B” team 6-3, 6-2. They followed with a
6-1, 6-3 win over the Allen “A” team and a 6-4, 6-2 win
over the Brazosport “A” team.
Freshman William Mainer is the seventh seed in boys
singles. Senior Carlos Bravo and junior Cricket Redus are
the seventh seed in boys doubles.
Contributed photo
Talmon Ellis, left, and Hunter Oliver teamed up to win the
regional/district championship in boys doubles.
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oney back to help him catch his
find. “Here, hold my beer while 1
rop the nets again." I wasn't count-
ig, but I think that is number 3.
or a man in his obvious 80s, Mr.
louchet has energy to spare and for
le life of me, I w onder how he can
atch anything here at the docks and
ay so.
“Youjust watch and learn fella. 01
ap’n Rusty will learn you." Sure
nough, a wave comes rolling in as a
uge ship passes by and the captain
■is out a squeal that would scare
sow feral hog. “The nets are full
gin!" he yells and hits the switch on
is rickety winch. The whole dang
oat rocks to one side as the heavy
sh-laden net is lifted out of the wa-
■r and O1 Rusty is going plumb cra-
c “Everything sells!”
I he near bursting net is hovering
ver the rotting deck of the boat
hen he releases it and it is almost
ill of loggerhead sea turtles of ev-
•y size. They thunk and bang all
ver the place and the spry captain
dancing about throwing them into
ic ice-filled chests and lockers like
en Caminiti firing off a throw to
rst. I’m pretty sure all of this is
legal and 1 look around knowing
will be incriminated as an acces-
>ry. When he sees that I am about
> bolt, he cackles and tells me “all
ie.se will be in Anahuac before sun-
awn, cause they’s be turtle-eatin’
>ols ov er there."
Well, I'd seen enough and I left
ic giggling old man and figured it
as my civic duty to file a police
iport. For some reason it wasn’t in
te today’s paper, but that was yes-
rday and it’ll probably be in Sun-
ay 's paper. 1 sure hope he isn’t wa-
r-boarded because they would be
1 for a surprise. Anyone who drink
a ter out of Tabb's Bay won’t be
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