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BCA athlete to be honored at Dynamo game
Ford Dealers Homegrown Athlete of Houston Area Ford Dealers. Play-
ticket holder talked about Luke with team and once with his family. Luke ments and championships.
Manziel placed under concussion protocol
placed under the Canadian that he felt symptoms that further observation and
leading to a fumble that a in a statement. “He then
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Tempers
flare at
Baytown-based team looking
for Top-5 finish at Bristol tonight
Manziel has said he
suffers from bipolar dis-
order. The former Cleve-
teammate recovered for
a touchdown in a 24-17
loss at Ottawa. Manziel
completed the game, but
treatment for anger man-
agement and alcohol abuse
as part of his acquittal on
a 2016 charge of domestic
violence and has vowed to
stay clean. He was cleared
to plav in the CFL with
Football League’s concus-
sion protocol Wednesday.
The Montreal Alouettes
quarterback was hit at the
goal line last weekend,
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The possible concussion
is the latest in a string of
injuries to Montreal quar-
terbacks.
Jordan Luke has shined on the
pitch for the Baytown Christian
Academy soccer team over the past
three seasons. Saturday night, he
will receive recognition for his ac-
complishments on a big stage.
Luke, a senior this season, has
been selected as the Houston Area
done.
“In view of the hit he re-
the Game for the Houston Dynamo.
Luke will be recognized prior to the
Dynamo’s match against Real Salt
Lake City at BBVA Compass Stadi-
um. The match is at 8 p.m. and will
be televised on KUBE 57.
Luke has been a dynamic goal
scorer for the Bulldogs, serving as
the leading scorer each season. He
will be recognized on the field with
his accomplishments highlighted.
Luke said a season ticket holder used
to coach with his father, Matt Luke,
who is also the coach at BCA. The
ers’ coaches or club directors nom-
inate them, Zac Emmons, Dynamo
Director of Communications, said.
Winners receive tickets to the game,
a VIP experience and on-field recog-
nition.
At the end of the season, all 17
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BY KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer
Submitted photo
Cory Roper will look for a strong finish in his No. 4 Preferred
Industrial Contractors, Inc. F-150 truck in Bristol tonight.
Baytown Sun photo by Michael Pineda
Baytown Christian Academy athete Jordan Luke has been named Houston Area Ford Dealers Homegrown Athlete of
the Week for a Houston Dynamo game.
BY MICHAEL PINEBA
michael.pineda@baytownsun.com
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Cory Roper will make his third appearance on the NA-
SCAR Camping World Truck Series circuit this evening
at Bristol. Roper racing, based out of Baytown, has gained
some traction in truck racing with a 13th place finish at
SPORTS CALENDAR
TODAY----------
Volleyball
Arcadia at BCA, 6:00
GCM, Lee, Sterling at
Dickinson Tournament, TBA
Anahuac at Orangefield
Tournament, TBA
BH at Aldine Tournament, TBA
Crosby at Hamshire-Fannett
Tournament, TBA
Dayton at Spring Tournament
FRIDAY
Football Scrimmages
Sterling at Pearland, 11:00
a.m.
Hardin-Jefferson at GCM
(GCM Auxiliary), 5:00
Crosby at Angleton, 7:00
Pasadena at Lee (Stallworth),
7:30
Dayton at New Caney, TBA
Tennis
Sterling at Klein Oak, 8:00 a.m.
Sterling at Klein Collins, 3:00
Volleyball
Briarwood at BCA, 5:00
Tarkington at Sterling, 5:30
Lake Creek at Barbers Hill,
6:30
South Houston at Lee, 6:30
SATURDAY
Gross Country
Barbers Hill at Cypress
Woods Invitational, TBA
Volleyball
GCM, Lee, Sterling at
Dickinson Tournament, TBA
Anahuac at Orangefield
Tournament, TBA
BH at Aldine Tournament, TBA
Crosby at Hamshire-Fannett
Tournament, TBA
Dayton at Spring Tournament
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Baytown Sun seeks
football stringers
The Baytown Sun is
looking for correspon-
dent reporters for the up-
coming football season.
Duties include taking
statistics and writing a
story of the game.
Anyone who is inter-
ested should contact Mi-
chael Pineda at michael.
pineda@bay town sun.
com
“I’ve always over-drove everything I’ve gotten in,”
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there and firing off when we made changes.”
Roper added the truck is good. It did get
a little tight and the team has worked on the
shocks.
“I’d say we have a pretty good handle on
things going into Thursday,” he said.
For Roper and the team, one key is not
overdriving the truck. He explained it has
taken some time to get used to the trucks.
a great race for the fans.
“I’ve heard rumblings of nearly 40 trucks on the en-
try list, which is fantastic to see the growth of the Truck
Series,” he said. “I feel like we can be on the top side of
those trucks on Thursday.”
The race will be televised at 8:30 p.m. on FOX.
with higher expectations.
“We have a new goaltender and
we are in a different district,” he
said. “We played teams that would
have 20 club players and we had two
or three. I didn’t score as many goals
but it is a process.
“We should do a lot better.”
He was selected as the Texas High
School Player of the week once his
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MLS stadium in
Austin approved
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)
— Columbus Crew own-
er Anthony Precourt got
a major boost to his ef-
fort to move the Major
League Soccer club to
Texas when the Aus-
tin City Council voted
Wednesday to move
ahead with a plan for a
new, privately funded
stadium on city land.
Precourt has been
courting Austin for a po-
tential move since late
2017 and has sought a
deal to build a 20,000-
seat stadium on 24 acres
of city property in time
for the 2021 MLS sea-
son.
Austin is the largest
metropolitan area in the
country without a major
league sports franchise.
The 7-4 vote allows city
staff to “negotiate and
execute” a stadium plan
with Precourt Sports
Ventures. The final con-
tract would not need an-
other council vote.
“It’s been a long, emo-
tional process,” Precourt
said. “’’We’re thrilled to
move forward.”
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tion,” the Alouettes said
missed practices Tuesday ceived on Saturday and the
and Wednesday as the team potential mitigating side
prepares to play at Edmon- effects of his prescribed
ton on Saturday night. medication, the Alouettes
“On Tuesdav morning, medical staff has placed
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ROPER
was plenty of intensity
on Wednesday when the
Houston Texans and San
Francisco 49ers met in the
first of two joint practices
before this weekend’s pre-
season game.
A little too much in fact,
with Houston receiver De-
Andre Hopkins and 49ers
safety Jimmie Ward being
kicked out of practice after
getting into a scuffle.
Ward got under the
helmet of Hopkins and
knocked it off as he was
covering him before Hop-
kins made the catch on a
pass thrown by Deshaun
Watson.
The two then began
pushing each other and
some punches were thrown,
though none of them land-
ed, and the pair was soon
on the ground surrounded
by teammates, including
Richard Sherman, appear-
ing to try and break things
up. Order was restored and
both players left the field.
The incident came af-
ter both coaches told their
players that such behavior
would have consequences.
“We made it very clear
that if anyone throws
punches or you do anything
that would get you ejected
in the game, you’ll be done
with practice,” San Fran-
cisco defensive coordinator
Robert Saleh said.
Houston coach Bill
O’Brien wasn’t as keen on
talking about the fracas as
Saleh, but did have a terse
response to what he thought
about it.
“It’s ridiculous,” he said.
“Just have to move on.”
Saleh was disappointed
that it happened for a vari-
ety of reasons.
“It’s a missed opportu-
nity on a bunch of levels,”
he said. “One, you don’t
get to face a guy like Hop-
kins. But it’s a trickle-down
effect because now other
people have to pick up Jim-
mie’s reps.”
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players who have been recognized freshman year and once his sopho-
will form an All-Star team and play more year by the National Soccer
a game against a Dynamo Academy Coaches Association.
team. During his high school career,
Luke said he typically goes to a Luke has scored 103 goals. His club
couple of Dynamo games a year. He teams have won the Houston Labor
attends once with the BCA soccer Day Cup in addition to other touma-
g
someone connected to the Dynamo, is also a standout football player but
From that point, Luke’s track record prefers soccer. In both sports, Luke
did the talking. Matt Luke received said he enjoys playing the same
an email regarding the selection. style.
“He sent it to me and I was “I have always been an attacking
shocked,” Jordan Luke said. player,” he said.
Luke added he did not mind going BCA struggled last season in a
on the field to be recognized in front strong district with first-time ath-
of a large crowd, but he would choke letes. Luke is entering this season
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could be associated with precautionary reasons,
the prescribed medication Manziel will be closely ob-
he uses for a previously served and assessed in the
diagnosed medical condi- next few days.”
Martinsville earlier this season and an 18th place finish at Roper said. “It’s not a bad thing. It’s easier to back them
Iowa Speedway in June. In the M&M’s 200, Roper start- up than to try to go harder. We’re working on it, but that’s
ed in 26th position but was in the Top 20 most of the race, what I’m learning is these things, only have so much grip
Trouble with loose wheels and the pit stops that followed and it’s hard to make yourself back up.”
hampered the team but it rallied to finish at 18. Shane Whitbeck serves as the crew chief. A NASCAR
Since the race, the Roper Team has expanded its race veteran, Whitbeck previously worked for Brad Kesel-
shop and prepared trucks for this evening. This is the first owski for 10 years. He is based in North Carolina and
year of competition for the team, which has scheduled consults with the team during the week and serves as the
seven races this season. crew chief on the weekends.
Racing is a tradition for Roper, who drives the No. 4 Entering this weekend, Whitbeck said he has some
Preferred Industrial Contractors, Inc. F-150. He watched pretty high goals.
his father Kenny race growing up and got behind the “I want to be competitive and I think with Cory’s back-
wheel at the age of 14. He said his goal this weekend is a ground and some of the tracks he’s raced at, we have a
Top 5 finish. In an effort to reach the goal, the team spent really good shot at a Top-10 finish.” he said.
last week testing in Bristol. Whitbeck also feels good about the race because the
“It went really well and we’ve got a lot of confidence learning curve will not be the same as in previous races,
going into this week’s race,” he said. “We made about 190 The team and others were able to arrive in Bristol last
laps. So I got really comfortable about getting right out week and focus on the setup. The end result should mean
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