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Wednesday, May 13,2009
THE BAYTOWN SUN
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BH grad leads Texas State to conference title
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earned run on four hits. She Leah Boatright. Taylor Hall,
offs every season if he had his way.
His stated reasoning is that every
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With Spann at third and Mercer at
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and Shelby Hanks got a strikeout to end
that threat.
Neither team scored in its next at-bat,
but a one-out double to left by Layken
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way in the bottom of the eighth.
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changes.
We’re all left to hope things ulti-
mately come out all right.
Obama picked a treasury secre-
tary who didn’t pay his taxes and
one of his underlings, who obvi-
ously never heard of Photoshop,
unwittingly scared the bejeezus out
It’s been 30 years since I first
heard our state capital referred to
as “The People’s Republic of
Austin,” a dig at the leftward lean
of some of its free-spirited leaders.
But it’s only lately that I began to
equate one of that city’s best
known institutions, the University
Interscholastic League — the over-
lord of all things athletic for most
Texas high schools — with our
new left-leaning
President, Barack
Obama.
The 44th
president
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Texas State University Head
Coach Ricci Woodard probably
knew she was getting the golden
goose when she recruited
Chandler Hall from Barbers
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The UIL’s recent schedule
changes connected to swine flu
have not come without their share
of repercussions.
But let’s not forget the UIL’s
socialistic efforts to open the play-
offs to more and more teams,
either.
I’ve heard UIL Executive
Director Charles Breithaupt say
he’d let every school into the play-
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has she
got the
golden
goose, but
the fresh-
man has
been
rolling
some
gooseggs.
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elected on a plat-
form calling for
“change” and
“hope."
It seems neither
the UIL nor the
Obama White
House can avoid
missteps when
they try to make
well-intentioned
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NEDERLAND - The Goose Creek
Memorial softball players showed far
more smiles than tears as the softball
season ended for them Tuesday night.
After all, they had just taken the No. lievable. Nobody thought we had a and no outs in the seventh.
9-ranked Class 4A team in the state, chance,” said Hall, who ought to know. When the Nederland right fielder
Nederland, to extra innings before los- A year ago, when he coached Barbers made a wild throw on a try to get Hosea
ing the one-game bidistrict playoff 4-3 Hill, that team’s season ended in a pair at first base, the Patriots had runners at
in eight innings. of one-run losses to Nederland in the second and third, including pitcher
Not bad for a fourth-place team that regional championship series. Ashley Miller, who had struck out to
Nederland not only kept BH out of lead off the inning but reached base
the state tournament; the Bulldogs fin- anyway on a catcher’s error.
ished as state runnersup. Morgan Little’s one-out single to left
Rajun Cajuns would win the
Sun Belt Conference
Tournament to earn an automat-
ic bid to the NCAA Division I
Waco Regional. Former
Huffman-Hargrave player Lana
Bowers, a ULL softball player,
had her best game of the confer-
ence tournament against Florida
Atlantic University. In the 8-3
ULL win on May 9, Bowers
was 2-for-4 with a two homers.
She smacked a solo homer and
a two-run shot. She drove home
2-1 to eliminate them. McNeese
State, who hosted the league
finals, was held to one earned
run on two hits by Hall. She
fanned seven hitters and walked
only two.
In the earlier contest, she was
even rougher on McNeese
State. Hall allowed only three ^tMs year, knowing5
hits, while posting identical
totals in strikeouts and walks.
She opened with a triumph over
Stephen F. Austin State
University. Hall, who worked sist^'fellow Berbers Hflgrad
seven innings, allowed one — • -- ■■ • - ■■
A look at
local athletes
and their
collegiate
careers.
BY DAN CHAMNESS the pitcher I
of record '
inall three .
wins , ’
posting
wins 22,
23, 24. She limited three oppo-
nents to just two runs while
leading TSU to the Southland
Conference Tournament Title.
She was named the SLC I
Tournament MVP.
"She is such a competitor,"
said Woodard. "We just want
her to start next year as strong as I
she is finishing this year. She I
learned very quickly where to
place the ball. She will continue
to get better and better for us.
She hits in the three hole. She I
will not be outworked. She does
not take a day off and she
deserves every honor she gets. I
knew when we won the tourna-
ment, there was no other choice
for MVP other than her."
TSU defeated McNeese State ,
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University beating^them waike(] sjx an(j fanned six. Hall the starting right fielder, was 2-
has lost nine games this year. for-3 in the 1-0 win over
"The team was very motivat- McNeese. Boatright saved her
ed by what happened last year," best for the elimination game,
said Woodard, noting that her going 1-for-3 with a solo homer,
team missed regional play bare- At the plate, Chandler Hall was
ly. "They felt like their was 1-for-3 against SFASU.
some unfinished business to The TSU squad will meet
take care of." It was a great feel- Northwestern University at the
_ g we were NCAA Division I Waco
in. It was tough waiting last year Regional. They are set to play
and finding out we did not make the opener at 5:30 p.m. on
it." Friday. The enter the contest
Hall got some help from her with a 39-16 mark. The finished
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But the Patriots refused to buckle scored Miller to make the score 3-1.
Tuesday under the pressure put on by Courtney Spann’s fielder’s choice
After being no hit for six innings, Bulldog pitcher Shelby Phillips, who loaded the bases and Andrea Mercer’s
GCM rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie struck out 10 hitters in 6 2/3 innings two-out single to right scored the tying
the game in the top of the seventh and did not give up the first of her three
inning. hits allowed until Kaylee Hosea poked
“To play Nederland like that is unbe- a single past first base with a runner on
lievable. Nobody thought we had a
chance,” said Hall, who ought to know.
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