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By Daniel [email protected] high school

sports will take a hard hitfrom graduation that canprove to be a rebuildingyear for the next season.Such is the case for Sils-

bee HeadVolleyball CoachLindsay Leach and herLady Tigers team for the2012 season.Silsbee is looking to re-

gain its district champi-onship form from last

season after the loss ofeight seniors to graduation.“We have a good group

this season that are willingto work hard,” said Leach.“They are self-motivatedand seem to mesh wellwith one another. But weare lacking in experiencewith no proven leaders.”The Lady Tigers lost five

of their eight seniors thatsaw ample floor time in its2011 District 21-3A cham-pionship year beforefalling in the area round of

the playoffs.This season, 10 return to

varsity with little or no ex-perience in starting rolesincluding four that did seesome play time in the 2011season.One player that Leach is

relying on heavily to be acatalyst of the team will besenior middle blocker ErinWatson. She is listed at 6-4and poses a threat in themiddle for any given team.“She has all the right

tools to be a great player,”said Leach. “Obviously, itwill be intimidating forother teams to see her walkout on the floor. She is thetype of player that can be aleader by example and weare hoping to get that fromher.”Senior Ashley Waters

will also be an integral partof the team this season.The 5-11 senior hasenough talent all over thecourt and is listed as a util-ity player but is talented asa setter.Other seniors expected

to see plenty of action willbe Halun Harris, a 5-7 out-

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The Silsbee varsity volleyball team is (front, from left), Shelby Keefer, Morgan,Graham, Ashton Rawson and Erin Donalson. In back, (l-r), Halun Harris, AshleyWaters, Erin Watson, Camry Martin, Cierra Roby, and Chanissey Fowler.

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side hitter and Cierra Roby,a 5-6 defensive specialistthat will be a prime server.Others expected to see

action include middle

blocker Chanissey Fowler,5-6, junior; defensive spe-cialist Erin Donaldson, 5-5, jr.; outside hitter CamryMartin, 5-7, junior; defen-

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 THE SILSBEE BEE FALL SPORTS SPECIAL SECTION 2012 , Section 3

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By Andrea [email protected] Band Director

Todd Patterson and Asst.Aaron Barnes of Silsbee

High School Band aregearing up for a fun andexcitement filled schoolyear. Patterson is returningfor his ninth year as banddirector and prepared tolead the group through anamazing year.The theme this year is

“Shades of Latin”, and theband will carry this themeto the UIL marching con-test in October, that willtake place at Port NechesGroves stadium. The“Shades of Latin” themewill boast upbeat numbers

as well as music with aclassic Latin feel.The band is welcoming

22 new freshmen for a totalof 68 band members.Drum majors HannahHayes and Autumn Whitewill lead the band. TheSilsbee Tiger Flag Corpswill also be on hand to sup-port and march with theband.Patterson stated that the

band grew slightly thisyear and hopes that thiswill be a continuing trendover the years to come.

Patterson, who is moreaffectionately known oncampus as “The MusicMan”, is looking forwardto helping the band growand develop.Band members attended

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By Andrea [email protected] Silsbee Tigerettes

Drill Team is ready to startthe 2012-13 football sea-son with a bang.Director Jenny Chandler,

who with her mother, Cyn-thia, have directed the teamfor the past four years. Butthis year, Jenny will begoing at it without her part-ner in crime as her motherhas retired to enjoy being agrandmother.This does not deter

Chandler at all and she isfull of excitement for theupcoming season.The 2012-13 Tigerettes

are made up of 19 girls,

and of those, 10 are fresh-men. "We have a younggroup and they are full ofenergy," Chandler com-mented.Officers for the 2012-13

school year are senior,Captain Lauren Kue-bodeaux, First LieutenantWhitney Hayes, a junior,Second Lieutenant TiffanyMarcental, a junior andSergeant Alexis Porzadek,also a junior.Helping the officers are

managers Shelby Hogan,Beth Young, EmileaSwearingen and LainEason. Managers provide asupport system for theteam and help keep thingsorganized by keeping up

the costume closet, manag-ing music and helping thegirls stay organized.The Tigerettes attended

the HTE Dance Camp inRichardson this past Junefor four days and tookhome three of the fourawards given. The HTEDance Camp is designeddifferently from othercamps. It is a spirit andcharacter building camp.Where some camps con-centrate solely on compet-itive performances, HTEfocuses on building char-acter and well roundedladies. "Instead of whodances the best, they lookfor the kind hearts," Chan-dler stated.The girls also had the

honor of learning a hip hoproutine from renowneddance instructor AdeObayomi, who came tofame as a finalist on thepopular dance show, “SoYou Think You CanDance.”The girls learned 12

dances over the four daystay at camp and also

learned a new field routinethat will employ woodenboxes as props.Two Tigerettes earned

the honor of being in-ducted into "The Acad-emy", an elite group ofladies who will have thechance to perform inHawaii over Spring Break.Lauren Kuebodeaux andTiffanyMarcental earned aplace in Kick Academyand Marcental also earneda spot in Dance Academy.The team will be selling

Silsbee Tigers FootballSignature Shirts on the firstday of school through thefirst three weeks as afundraiser and will alsohold a fall dance clinic.The dance clinic is forkindergarten througheighth grade and will takeplace on Saturday, Septem-ber 15.Chandler and the

Tigerettes are looking for-ward to the upcoming sea-son and promise that it willbe an energy filled, funseason.

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all fellow Tigers, past andpresent, are looking for-ward to the 2012-13 sea-son. Patterson stated thatsupport for the Tiger Bandis and has always been a

driving factor among thestudents and they excitedlyanticipate the perform-ances just as much as theonlookers do.

SILSBEE HIGH SCHOOL, Section 3 THE SILSBEE BEE FALL SPORTS SPECIAL SECTION 2012 Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Tigerettes prepare for spirit filled seasonwith squad of nineteen dancing girls

The 2012 Silsbee Tigerettes are under the direction of Jenny Chandler and will have 19 girls along withfour managers this year.

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The Silsbee cross coun-try team is looking to makea regional appearance onceagain on the boys side withfive returning from the2011 team.

Head Coach JasonSanders has that chance torepeat with a host of run-ners back.

Returning are DanielFoster, sr.; Deadrick Dou-

glass, jr.; Brant Jones, jr.;Cole Burris, soph.; andCameron Bonin, sr.

Joining the returners onthe boys side are JoelOrona, sr.; Cody Ham-monds, jr.; Christian L.Foster, soph.; LazaroVasquez, soph.; Ryan Mar-tinez, fr.; Zack Pena, soph.;Zack Shaw, sr.; and JoshEllison, jr.

The girls team consist ofMadeline Bebee, sr.; andTiffany Marcantel, jr.

Silsbee CC teams lookfor region appearance

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Silsbee photos takenby Daniel Elizondo

By Daniel [email protected] West Orange-Stark

Mustangs continue to bethe team to beat in District21-3A and rightfully sowhen their defense stars onany given evening.But the Silsbee Tigers

bask in the shadows of theMustangs and look toupend the 2011 districtchampions this season withits high-powered offense.The championship could

come down to the onegame when these twoteams meet in what will beone good defense againstone good offense. Butthanks to the biennial re-alignment, all the teams in21-3A will have to gothrough one more teamadded – Buna moves upfrom class 2A into the dis-trict.West Orange-Stark is

coming off of a 10-4 DIIregional finals appearanceafter going 5-0 in districtplay.TheMustangs return five

offensive and seven defen-sive starters on an alreadyloaded team.The core of the team re-

turns for the Mustangs in-cluding highly regardeddefensive linemen DETrayvon Blanchard (6-3,180) and DT JerquisBeasley (6-0, 260). Alsoreturning defensively areLB Daniel Woodson (6-0,210), DB Ar’Tevin Mc-Donald, CB Joe Lynch,DB Abear Simien and DBQuenton Tezeno.Offensively, the Mus-

tangs return QB JimmySalter, TE JamarcusRhodes (6-3, 175), WR

Dre’ Spencer (6-0, 160)and WR Rashon McDon-ald.The Mustangs continue

to improve each seasonunder Head Coach CornelThompson.The Silsbee Tigers will

give it their all againstWO-S in hopes of dethron-ing the power this season.The Tigers have all the

tools to do just that and theseason could get interest-ing barring any major in-juries to a Silsbee team thatlacks depth.Silbee finished the 2011

season with an 8-3 recordand reached the DI bidis-trict round of the playoffswhere they were knockedoff by Huffman-Hargrave.The team returns six on

offense and five on defensein a group that could be asolid contender for the topspot.The top two skill players

return from last season in-cluding QB Patrick Reedand RB Floyd Spearman.OL Kanon Mackey willprovide blocking. Defen-sively, the Tigers look toDLSethAdams, LB DustyThibodeaux and LBAdamValencia to carry the load.What’s better for Silsbee

Head Coach Bobby Mc-Gallion is that if Silsbeedoes make the playoffs,they will enter DI andwon’t have to face LaMar-

que, who would be goingDII.The Bridge City Cardi-

nals will be another con-tender in the district andcould be the sleeper tosneak up on Silsbee andWO-S.The Cardinals return two

on offense and three on de-fense but still look to be acontender for the playoffsafter finishing 8-3 last sea-son and reached the bidis-trict playoffs in DII.Returning on defense is

LB Zach Cole (5-10, 222)and CB Tanner Cervenka.On offense, it will be RBAshton Hunter (6-0, 185)and OL Josh Blanchard.No pushover of the dis-

trict will be Orangefield,who could be a spoiler.The Bobcats return five

on offense and four on de-fense from a team that fin-ished 5-5 overall and 2-3 indistrict play.Orangefield is now

under Josh Smalley, whowas offensive coordinatorat Bridge City prior to hisnew head coaching posi-tion.The Bobcats will ride the

back of RB Carl Wiley (6-0, 170) who will get openby the blocking of TEMason Sonnier (6-4, 215).Defense will be DB Eric

Truncale (5-9, 170), LBLevi Shores, DL Ian Put-man and LB Dustin Sel-man.The newest team to the

district will be Buna mov-ing up from the 2A ranks.The Cougars finished the

2011 season with a 7-3record including a 4-3 fin-ish in district, class 2A-DI.Buna returns six on of-

fense and five on defense.Defense will be the name

of the game for theCougars led by DL BryceTippet (6-3, 235), DEChris Champion (6-0,215), S Glenn Patrick andLB Dalton Ford.Offensively, Buna will

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175) and RB Jordan Brown(5-10, 200) return in thebackfield. WR DariusRiley (6-1, 160), WRTravis Appling (5-9, 165),OL Steven Hubert, OLCody Cormier, OL AustinBroussard, and OL ZackLowe.On defense, LB Alex

Bell (6-0, 190), DB MikeMahaffey, DL BlakeHicks, LB Andrew Ander-son, S Tanner Williamson,

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By Daniel [email protected] attitude may be

work and one-game at atime for the Silsbee Tigers.But deep down, it goes be-yond that in how this teamis approaching the game in2012.Silsbee lost three to grad-

uation that may have hithard, but the mindset tosome talented players re-turning is that there is someunfinished business.Silsbee enters the 2012

season with some high ex-pectations for a team thatwas eliminated from thebidistrict round of the play-offs in 2011 by Huffman-Hargrave.“Our kids have been

practicing hard and prepar-ing to win,” said HeadCoach Bobby McGallion.“We try not to get ahead ofourselves and will playfromwhistle to whistle.Wedo have some personal

goals but right now, wefocus on getting comfort-able with what we can doas a team.”Silsbee managed to earn

a spot in the playoffs lastseason despite an unortho-dox loss to Bridge City 6-0and then falling to eventualdistrict champions WestOrange-Stark 24-13.The Tigers finished 2011

with an 8-3 record andenter a new season withfour skill positions back ofthe six returning on the of-fensive side of the ball.Though the Tigers bank

on a swarming defense, of-fense will provide plenty offirepower with the returnof two juniors QB PatrickReed (6-2, 180) and RBFloyd Spearman (6-2,180).Though Reed only

played seven games in2011 as a starting sopho-more due to injuries, thequarterback still managed

a good statistical yeargoing 59 of 124 for 852yards with eight intercep-tions and seven TDs.RB Floyd also returns

after a season ending ACLinjury to close out the sea-son and finished the 2011campaign with 134 rushesfor 783 yards and nineTDs.

Reed will have reliablehands returning with seniorWR Jordan Holmes (6-0,175) who finished last sea-son with 15 catches for 310yards and two TDs, andwill play on both sides ofthe ball as a cornerback.Also, seniorWR LaDavianBarnes (6-0, 175) returns.Two players will also get

quality snaps in Silsbee’sspread offense includingWR Zayon Jackson andWR Kendrick Scott.On the offensive line, the

Tigers return senior C RossGilchriest (5-8, 190) andjunior RT Kanon Mackey(6-4, 250).McGallion is working on

finding guards to fill withtwo battling for position.Two starters will be namedwhen the season begins.Returning on defense

will be senior DB Coy Bird(5-7, 160) and CB Holmesin the backfield.

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Tigers taking one game at a time

Photo by Daniel Elizondo/Silsbee BeeJunior QB Patrick Reed returns for Silsbee havingcompleted 59 of 124 passes for 852 yards in sevengames including a bidistrict appearance.

Photo by Daniel Elizondo/Silsbee BeeThe Silsbee defense will be stingy in 2012 and willbe led by returning junior DT Seth Adams (62).

“Our kids have beenpracticing hard andpreparing to win.”

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Returning defensivelineman junior SethAdams(6-0, 280) will be the cata-lyst of the defensive line.Joining Adams will be

senior DT Elijiah Miller(6-0, 180) and junior DTJemarcus Myers (5-11,210).The Tigers will undoubt-

edly lack depth this seasonand hope that injurieswon’t be a problem.“It’s always a problem

when it comes to injuriesfor any team,” saidMcGal-lion. “We hope to stay rel-atively healthy. Floyd iscoming off of an injury andstill working back to hisnormal self, but we shouldbe fine by the start of theseason.”The real test will be on

Week 0 when the Tigersface perenial 4A powerPort Neches-Groves atTiger Stadium on August31.But McGallion isn’t

banking on an easy seasonwhen it comes to District21-3A.The Tigers will have to

battle top contenders WestOrange-Stark and BridgeCity for a playoff berthalong with the addition ofBuna, a team that movedup from 2A after the UILbiennial realignment.“We take it all one game

at a time,” said McGallion.“We have Orangefield andHamshire-Fannett that cansneak up on you on any

given night. This isn’t aneasy district where teamsroll over and quit.”Silsbee is counting on

stingy defense to get thejob done and swarm to theball.The Tigers non-district

schedule won’t be easy andcould be the catalyst onhow the season will go,barring injuries.Preseason polls pick the

Tigers to finish in secondplace behind WO-S, butSilsbee feels like it is any-ones game.“If we can take care of

the games through the sea-son, anyone can be districtchampions,” said McGal-lion. “We know who willbe the tough games andwe’ll deal with them whenit comes time. For now, weconcentrate on getting theseason underway and play-ing each game.”


SILSBEE HIGH SCHOOL

TIGERS From Section 3, Page 13

“We take it all one gameat a time.”

- Bobby McGallionSilsbee Head Coach

Dusty Thibodeaux

Photo by Daniel Elizondo/Silsbee BeeSilsbee Head Coach Bobby McGallion (with whis-tle) is preparing his Silsbee Tigers for another repeatseason in the playoffs in a tougher 3A division.

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After missing 21 yearsfrom the college footballscene, the Lamar Cardinalshave fielded a team for twoyears and appear to be onthe way to fielding a com-petitive squad. Last yearthe team was 4-7 and 2-5in conference play. Thisyear they return 14 starters.They have a new defen-

sive coordinator in BillBradley who was a schoolboy hero at Palestine HighSchool and later gainedfame at the University ofTexas and in the NFL. Heplayed in 114 NFL games

and holds career recordsfor interception returnyardage at Philadelphiawith 536 and single seasonrecords for interceptionsand return yardage.The squad will also have

a new offensive coordina-tor in Larry Kueck.Though none of the playerscan remember it because itwas before they were born,he served as the quarter-back coach and offensivecoordinator at Lamar from1986-89.During the time he was

at Lamar the school had

the most prolific passingnumbers that it has had inhistory.This year he will have a

couple of good youngquarterbacks to work within Ryan Mossakowski andCaleb Berry.The team will operate

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Lamar Cardinals bankingon improvement in 2012

The 2012 Silsbee Junior Varsity Tigers are: 3- Ryan Kirkandall, 5-Troy Gore, 7-Deadrick Douglas, 8-Aaron Angelle, 11-Atren Arline, 15-James Bean, 23-Kenneth Sul-livan, 25-Dalton White, 30-James Powell, 34-Jacoby Bass, 36-Demydrain Jackson, 48-Greg Lundvick, 50-Blaine Stephens, 52-Joshua Boyd, 54-Devonthia Alfred,55-Garrett Powell, 58-Chris Simer, 60-Johnathan Reeves, 63-Austin Johnson, 64-Terrence J. Thomas, 65-Beau Kuebodeaux, 72-Justin Morrow, 74-Dustin Josey, 75-William Cowart, 77-Bryan Johnson, 87-Tate Hardy.

It is designed for guyswho can run and move. Itis the defense that WadePhillips designed andWoodard is very familiarwith it.The squad has a strong

nucleus with 14 returningstarters. These were bol-stered by a number of latetransfers including a groupof four who transferredfrom the Oklahoma Statesquad that finished 2011 at12-1 and ranked in the topthree in the country.Possibly the area of

biggest improvement couldbe the running back posi-tion. Last year the runningback position seemed to bein good hands when De-Pauldrick Garrett trans-ferred in to bolster theposition. He gained 105yards in his first game, twoweeks later his season wasover when he suffered ashoulder injury. This yearhe is back and looks big-ger.Teammate Mike Vinson

has more experience andthe group has the addedbenefit of three newcom-ers. Herschel Sims is oneof the transfers from OSU.Desmond Richards was anall state players at Magno-lia High School whorushed for 2437 yards andscored 31 touchdowns.Darrell Harris was an allstate selection who rushedfor 2592 and scored 24times for Waco HighSchool.Last week they suffered

a blow when AnthonyBeard, a starting linebackerfrom Lumberton injured aknee and is expected to beout for the season. This isthe second time he has in-jured the knee.

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Joshua James graduatedfrom Silsbee High Schoolin 2009. He played hisfinal game during the arearound loss to Navasota thatwas played at Huntsville.He was a little under-

sized for a college playerbut had an ethic of hittingthat not only jarred oppo-nents but impressedcoaches.

When his high schoolcoach Craig McGalliontook a job at Lamar, he de-cided to attend Lamar Uni-versity. He hadexperienced a lot of suc-cess in high school He wasa two time second team alldistrict player and madefirst team all area as well asfirst team all district hissenior year. He had over250 tackles and nine inter-ceptions. In addition heparticipated in power lift-

ing and track.At Lamar, he played in

the Cards' last two gamesof the season during hisfreshman year. He had apair of tackles in Lamar'sseason ending 44-6 winover Oklahoma PanhandleState. One of the tackleswas for a loss.Then he red shirted and

began to put on someweight.

He is now up to 5-10,195 pounds.His position has moved.

He is now listed as a line-backer and expects to playsome on the inside and out-side.Though he is small for a

linebacker, he is a hard hit-ter and likes to blitz a lot.

Because of his aggres-sive style of play he hasfound himself a spot on thekickoff and punt teams.

James is a non-scholar-ship player. He plays be-cause he loves the gameand he is working to earnhimself a spot.

To him college defen-sive players are bigger andfaster guys than they werein high school. The playbook is more challengingand he views college foot-

ball as a full time job.He now has set himself

a goal to help the teamwin.James says, "During thelast three years no oneknew who I was. I wantpeople to know I am hereand important to thisteam."James now has three

teammates on the teamwho also graduated fromSilsbee High School. Hebrought up the subject thatthe freshman are verystrong and they will be realgood. He singled out DavidHollyfield as a player thatfans could expect to seedoing good things on thefield.James is the son of

William James and LatrelJackson. He has onebrother and five sisters. Heis majoring in kinesiology.

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Kyle Gillam is some-thing special at Lamar.Last year he was by far

the smallest starter on theCardinals offensive line.Now after starting 22

straight games he is the an-chor and leader of the line.As a redshirt freshman hestarted all 11 games andplayed all but three playsfor the Cards. Last year theCards had a few one sidedgames and he sat out a fewseries.He played last year with

some really big playerswho transferred in but didnot pan out. He consis-tently graded out the best.He graded out over 90 per-cent.

Today the 2-year letter-man has put on somepounds. After starting col-lege at only 235 pounds hehas bulked up to 285. He

Gillam improvesto solid player

Kyle Gillam

See GILLAM on PG. 17, SEC. 3

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has the look of a muchmore mature athlete.At the time he entered

college his primary choiceswere West Point andLamar. For him thingsworked out to go to Lamar.He seems pleased with thatchoice. His parents can at-tend the games and he is apart of a team that issteadily developing.His goal this year is to

win "as many games aspossible and in the end towin a championship."He has had the opportu-

nity to play with a lot ofguys from his high school,Lumberton High School.This year Mark Murrill,Jessee Sparks, AnthonyBeard, and Jacob Hannaare all on the team.There are four more

players from just up theroad in Silsbee who arefighting for a seat on theplane to go on a road trip toHawaii.This year the team has a

new quarterback, a new of-fensive coordinator, and anew offense that is very

complex. He says the teamhas been spending a lot oftime in the film room.Coaches have been spend-ing a lot of time explaininghow the offense works.He views the offense as

tough and still in the build-ing stage. He also sees theoffensive line as youngerbut potentially a lot better.He quickly goes through

the depth chart, startingwith Justin Brock, a redshirt freshman at lefttackle. Sean Robertson atright guard. He will assureyou that he is happier withthe situation than a yearago.Last year the team had to

deal with a lot of injuriesand some outside prob-lems.While they had somebig guys, the line was re-ally kind of small.Though Gillam is the

big man on the Lamarcampus, he has taken thetime to watch some of theyounger guys at work andhad words of praise forBrett Treadway of Silsbee.He noted that Treadwaywas one of the strongestguys and that he waspleased with the Silsbeeguys. He also said, "Youcan expect to see Holly-field on the field. He andTreadway are two of thestrongest guys."Overall Gillam says,

"This is our third year. Wehave experience." He wenton to say that he feels theywill be much better thisyear.Gillam is looking for a

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Anthony Beard6-0, 230 pound line-

backer. He is a one yearletterman who is a red shirtsophomore.He played in all eleven

games last year and startedsix games.He finished sec-ond on the defense with 58total tackles including 32solos.He had 7.5 takes for

losses.He also had three quar-

terback hurries during theseason. Two of these wereagainst McNeese. Thatnight he had six tackles. Hehad 11 tackles in Lamar'swin of Nicholls and nineagainst Northwestern

State.This year he injured his

knee and is out for the sea-son.

He was an all stateplayer at Lumberton HighSchool. He is the son ofRodney and Hazel Beard.Beard is a general stud-

ies major.Jacob Hanna6-0, 205 pound tight end

from Lumberton. He is ajunior one year letterman.

He played in elevengames with three starts. Hefinished the season withthree catches for 30 yardsand nine carries for 12yards. He spent his truefreshman season at West

Texas A&M.He is the son of Justin

and Suzy Hanna.Hanna is a communica-

tion major.Mark MurrillMark is a 6-0, 250 pound

defensive lineman. He is ajunior and a two year let-terman.

He appeared in ninegames and started onegame last year. He postednine tackles and had twosacks. His best game wasthe South Alabama gamewhen he had four tackles.He also had three tack-

les against SoutheastLouisiana.He was a three year var-

sity starter at LumbertonHigh School.He is the son of Mark

and Mary Murrill and is anengineering major.Jesse SparksJesse is a 5-10, 160

pound wide receiver. He isa sophomore and has oneletter.Last year he appeared in

eight games for the Cardi-nals on special teams andas a backup receiver. Hefinished the year withseven catches for 89 yardsand a touchdown. He hadtwo catches against Mc-Neese State and grabbed a12 yard pass from Caleb

LAMAR UNIVERSITY

Anthony Beard Jacob Hanna Mark Murrill Jesse Sparks

Area athletes shine at Lamar

GILLAM From Section 3, Page 16

See LAMAR on PG. 18, SEC. 3

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Berry for his first careertouchdown.

He had three catches for35 yards in the win overNicholls. He had his sea-son long reception of 17yards.

He is a graduate ofLumberton High School.He is the son of PaigeMur-

phy and is majoring in gen-eral studies.Garrett Drake6-2, 185 pound freshman

wide receiver from SilsbeeHigh School.

He was a first team all-district 21-3A player as asafety and was a secondteam all district selectionas a kicker in 2011. Heplayed quarterback, re-ceiver, and defensive backfor the Tigers. He finishedwith five catches for 117yards and two touchdownsas a senior. He also hadeight interceptions.He is the son of David

Drake and Kelly Drakewho both coach at SilsbeeHigh School.

David Hollyfield6-2, 230 pound defen-

sive lineman. He is a fresh-man from Silsbee HighSchool.He helped Silsbee to an

8-3 record as a senior andhearted District 21-3A firstteam honors at defensivetackle. He finished the yearwith 70 tackles, two sacksand an interception. He ad-vanced to regionals inpower lifting as a juniorand senior.He is the son of Mary

and Benny Hollyfield.

Bret Treadway6-2, 245 pound offensive

lineman.He is a freshman from

Silsbee High School.He was a first team all

district player as a seniorand a second team selec-tion as a junior. He helpedSilsbee to three straightplayoff appearances. He

ranked ninth in the state inpowerlifting in the 275pound weight class. He hada combined lift of 1,475pounds at the Silsbeepower lifting meet. He wasa regional qualifier in pow-erlifting as a sophomoreand as a junior.He is the son of Pete and

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SILSBEE HIGH SCHOOL

Garrett Drake David Hollyfield Bret Treadway

Good Luck CardsHave a great Season

Win the SouthlandConference Championship

Silsbee Junior Varsity Cheerleaders front (L-R): Kaelin McNeal, Kennedy Thompson. Second row (L-R): Kait-lyn Guidry, Bria Tyson, Rylee Daigle. Third row (L-R): Jessica Gifford, Taylor Mills, Chambree Smith, ArielSkaggs. Back (L-R): Kayla Woods, Caylea Bailey. Not pictured Nicolette Hawthorne.

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It’s the football season of savings at

By Andrea [email protected]

The 2012-13 SilsbeeTiger Cheerleaders aregeared up for a memorableseason. Just as fans fill thestands to watch a Tigergame, they also fill thestands to watch and takepart in the excitement ofsupporting their hometeam along with the cheer-leaders.Cheerleaders have be-

come an integral part of thefootball season and allowfans the opportunity to takepart in the excitement, andthe Tiger cheerleaders areno different. Whether it bepumping up the crowdwith the fight song orhanding out spirit items,the cheerleaders are alongthe sidelines, passing outsupport and spirit to drivethe players on to victory.Teshauna Turk will lead

the girls for the 2012-13season. Turk, a teacher, isreturning for her tenth yearas cheerleading directorand says her girls are moreexcited and dedicated thanever.The varsity squad has

twelve members and thejunior varsity has sevenmembers, with some whohave been named "AllAmerican Cheerleader" bythe National CheerleaderAssosciation.Natalie Turk and Kailey

Colvin will serve as cap-tain and co-captain of thevarsity squad. Both areseniors this year and havecheered with the Tigers inprevious seasons. Bothgirls will bring experienceand leadership to the team.The varsity and junior

varsity cheerleaders havebeen working hard to pre-pare for the upcoming sea-son. Both attended camp

over the summer and havebeen practicing their rou-tines over the past coupleof weeks. Turk stated thatfans will be both surprisedand pleased with theprogress the girls havemade over the summer.The varsity cheerleaders

are planning to host a cheercamp for younger girls.The camp will allow futureTiger cheerleaders the op-portunity to learn a routineand perform it with the var-sity cheerleaders at a laterdate. They will also be sell-ing the 2012-13 SilsbeeTiger Signature Shirts dur-ing the first three weeks ofschool to help withfundraising. The shirts willhave the signatures of allcheer, drill team and foot-ball players, as well asother athletics.It takes dedication and

self discipline to be a suc-cessful Tiger cheerleader.


SILSBEE HIGH SCHOOL

Silsbee cheerleaders headed toward a winning season

Members of the Silsbee High School freshman football team include: (not in order) Deontray Allen, Desmond Armstrong, Doryan Boleware, John Bouse, Ta’VarisBrooks, Joseph Burkett, Triston Calhoun, Caleb Carey, Tommy Carrell III, Jeffrey Collins, Tyler Coutee, Keyshawn Davis, Jacobb Dunbar, Louis Eaves, KobeElder,Garrison Forse, Justin Gardner, Ehson Ghaboolian-Zare, Jabari Gooch, Brandon Hernandez, Patrick Hudson, Timothy Irvin, Earl Keeling II, Jim Kelly, Caleb Kotrla,,Felipe Lemus, Hunter Lisenby, David Lockhart, Rickey Maze, Dustin McMillen, Cole Moore, Bradley Parr, Jacob Rachal, Emmanuel Reppond, Justin Rodgers, Lan-don Root, Manuel Serrato, Charles Siggers, Dylan Stephens, Dontre’ Thomas, Casey Wager, Desean Washington, and Ryan Wood-Roberts.

Silsbee Varsity Cheerleaders: front (L-R): Kailey Colvin, Natalie Turk, HaileyGilder. Second row, (l-r): Kirby Anderson, Ashley McGilberry, Kyndall Langton,Kastelyn Halvorson. Kneeling (L-R): Michaela Hancock, Caitlyn McKillip, JadeScott, Leslie Orona. Back (L-R): Vanity Hale, Taylor Roark, Darian Hageon.

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2 . . . . . .Montana Garcia . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB3 . . . . .Kendrick Scott . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/DB4 . . . . . .Coy Bird . . . . . . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB5 . . . . .Patrick reed . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .QB/DB6 . . . . . .Zayon Jackson . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB7 . . . . . .Jordan Holmes . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB8 . . . . . .Ladavian Barnes . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB9 . . . . . .Brandon Gore . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB10 . . . .Tristan Grisham . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB11 . . . . .Chris Elam . . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB14 . . . . .Edgar Thomas . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/LB15 . . . . .Jack Gore . . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/LB16 . . . . .Matthew Vickery . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB18 . . . . .Jordan Gore . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .QB/DB19 . . . .Dalfred Sonnier . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB20 . . . . .Dusty Thibodeaux . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE/LB21 . . . . .Yancy Brydson . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/DB22 . . . . .Justin Flatt . . . . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K23 . . . . .Tyler Powell . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB

25 . . . . .Adam Valencia . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE/LB27 . . . . .C.J. Green . . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/DB28 . . . . .Karl Elers . . . . . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/LB29 . . . . .Kris Elers . . . . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB30 . . . . .Brandon Morales . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DE32 . . . . .Lazaro Vasquez . . . . .SO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K33 . . . . .Sidney Holmes . . . . . .SO . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB34 . . . . .Floyd Spearman . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/LB36 . . . . .Malcolm Ruckett . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB40 . . . . .Nathan Scott . . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL42 . . . . .Colby Leblanc . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/LB44 . . . . .Johnathan Rodgers . .SR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB48 . . . . .Roderick Harper . . . . .SO . . . . . . . . . . . .RB/LB50 . . . . .Adrian Valencia . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL52 . . . . .Dylan Morgan . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL54 . . . . .Trent Morgan . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL55 . . . . .Tanner Humble . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL56 . . . . .Jamarcus Myers . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL58 . . . . .Cody Riley . . . . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL

60 . . . . .Elijah Miller . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL62 . . . . .Seth Adams . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL63 . . . . .Anthony Kirkendall . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL64 . . . . .C.J. Jones . . . . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL65 . . . . .Elijah McMahon . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL66 . . . . .Austin Roundtree . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL68 . . . . .Kanon Mackey . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL70 . . . . .Talon Weaver . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL72 . . . . .Andrew Tomas . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL73 . . . . .Stephen Sliter . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL74 . . . . .Christian Oliver . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL75 . . . . .Cory Alexander . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL77 . . . . .Ross Gilchriest . . . . . . .SR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL78 . . . . .Ty Ligon . . . . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . . .OL/DL80 . . . . .Terrell Cannon . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB82 . . . . .Tyler Theriot . . . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB85 . . . . .Travonte Davis . . . . . . .JR . . . . . . . . . . .WR/DB

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Football is underway atKountze High School andfor the second straight yearthe team will have a newcoach, a new system andnew group of players con-tending for positions on thestarting team.Tracey Franklin who has

coached at several areaschools, and had his lasthead coaching position atChester, has taken the ap-proach that all of the posi-

tions are wide open.He is watching the play-

ers to see who will emergeas starters for the comingyear.He hopes to be able todetermine who the starterswill be after the Lions threeway scrimmage on Friday.The competition starts atquarterback where RowdyTeel, Justin Harper andGraylonArnold are all bat-tling for a starting position.

Harper and Arnold boththrew passes for touch-downs during the Lionsscrimmage against WestHardin last week.Jamazdan Powell, TylerBrown, Marcus Williams,Isiah Owens, Keilan Jones,Ashton Whittle, Jace War-ren, Eric Briscoe, EarnestHafford and Javonta Pow-ell are all seeking a look atrunning back.Hafford gained over 700

yards rushing last year andPowell had moments ofbrilliance.Powell had one receptionfor a touchdown during theLions scrimmage withWest Hardin last week.Darrion Harper, whocaught passes for over 600yards last year, gives thewide receiver corpse somesolid experience. The 5-10,145 pound receiver runs a4.6 second 40.Blake Best, Deontra

Morgan, Jaydon Cunigan,Alexander Orsot andXavier Scott will be join-ing him in the battle fortime at wide receiver.The team has a goodgroup of players in the bat-tle for playing time on theoffensive line. The groupincludes Braden Franklin,James Bottley, DevinSangwin, Tyler Parker,Michael Jones, MichaelGandy, Taylor Smith, JoshChevalier, Caleb Darby,Ryan Parish, JermainePoncho, Vern Thomas andBrent Booker.Tight end candidates in-clude, Bradley Peters,Kennan Womack, and De-mydran Wright.During the Lions open-

ing scrimmage they

seemed to throw the ballwell and ran outside realwell but struggled whencalled upon to run inside.Defensively the team

has a new coordinator informer West Brook greatFrank Middleton. The de-fense was stifling againstan outmatched WestHardin squad.Middleton is looking forcandidates on the defen-sive line from a group thatincludes Braden Franklin,James Bottley, DevinSangwin, Tyler Parker,Isiah Owens, MichaelJones, Alfred Powell,Michael Gandy, VernThomas, Ryan ParishandJosh Chevalier.Defensive ends are Char-lie Kappelman and EarnestHafford.Potential players at line-

backer include Bradley Pe-ters, Marcus Williams,Kyle Whisenhant, AlfredPowell, Tyler Brown,Keilan Jones, Javonta pow-ell, Ashton Whittle, Ken-nanWomack, JaceWarren,Demydran Wright andNathan Walden.Cornerbacks on the teaminclude, Blake Best, Tan-ner Malone, DarrionHarper, Alexander Orsotand Graylon Arnold.Defensive back candi-dates include Xavier Scot-tand Cole Williams.Deontra Morgan is seekinga spot at strong safety andJaydon Cunigan, RowdyTeel, and Austin Marshallare seeking a position atfree safety.Marshall is also thekicker on the team.

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• Aug. 28, at West Hardin4:30 pm, FR,JV, VAR

• Sept 4, at Hull-Daisetta4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

• Sept. 6-8, at YMBL tournament• Sept 7, Deweyville4:30 pm, VAR, JV, FR

• Sept 11, at Kirbyville4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

• Sept. 14, Woodville4:30 pm, VAR, JV, FR

• Sept 18, Warren4:30 pm, Fr, JV, VAR

• Sept 21, Corrigan4:30 pm, VAR, JV, FR

• Sept 25, at Newton4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

• Sept 29, at Hemphill10:00 am, FR, JV, VAR

• Oct. 2, at Deweyville4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

• Oct. 6, Kirbyville4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

• Oct. 9, at Woodville4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

• Oct. 12, at Warren4:30 pm, VAR, JV, FR

• Oct. 16, at Corrigan4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

• Oct. 19, Newton4:30 pm, VAR. KV. FR

• Oct. 23, Hemphill4:30 pm, FR, JV, VAR

The Kountze HighSchool Band has a tradi-tion of excellence and thisyear they have 53 musi-cians in grades ninethrough 12 to attempt toearn another Sweepstakesaward.

This year the band willbe under the direction ofdrum major Alexus Flow-ers.In addition to being the

Drum Major, the senioralso serves as the base linecaptain of the drum line.

The band has two assis-

tant drum majors. Both ofthese musicians are jun-iors. The pair includes JoeySchoenfeld and MeganWest.

West is the captain ofthe flag corpse, which hasfive performers.

Meagan Tantillo is theband captain.

This year the band willbe performing a show thatthey call "Fire and Ice".Band Director Bobby

Fife says that the music ischaracterized by songssuch as "Fire and Brim-

stone", "Ukrainian BellCarol", "Icycles" , and"Firebird".The band began working

on the show during thesummer and it is antici-pated that at approximatelyhalf of the music will be inplace by the time the firstshow takes the field.

The band is unique be-cause it appears on thefield in a variety of uni-forms. It includes one vol-leyball player, acheerleader, three drillteam member, and half a

dozen football players.Fife says that the con-

flict is no problem.The band director is

proud of the variety andquickly assures you thatthe variety is not a prob-lem. Sometimes the varietyof activities that they par-ticipate in draws themaway from the band, butFife says, "they are worththe problems."

As a group the band hasa one of the most positiveattitudes of any group thathe has taught in years.

The band is actuallyvery young. Of the 53members there are lessthan half a dozen seniors.The oldest group in the

band is the drum line.Fife, who is in his 15th

year as band instructor,will be assisted by BradLong, who is in his 11th

year. Brent Gibson joinsthe staff as the new percus-sion instructor. He came toKountze from Bridge City.

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The Newton Eagles arethe team to beat year in andyear out in 10-2ADivisionI. This year promises to beno different, but there is noshortage of challengers forthe Eagles.Coach W.T. Johnson has

seven offensive and sevendefensive lettermen return-ing off a team that finisheddistrict play at 6-1 andwent far enough in theplayoffs to be an area final-ist.The Eagles are led by

quarterback D. J. Dean,who passed for nearly1,300 yards and rushed for672. He is also one of theteams best defenders and issure to be a recruit that col-lege coaches will be look-ing at closely. In addition,Kevin Shorter carried theball for 1,250 yards andBrandon Johnson pickedup over 1,000.The squad appears ready

to compete far into theplayoffs this year, how-ever, they did struggle andshow some weak spots intheir season openingscrimmage against Sils-bee.East Chambers would

appear to be the primarychallenger. They have fiveoffensive and five defen-sive starters returning off ateam that went undefeatedin district play and was aregional finalist last year.They are led by all-state

running back GlennRoberts, who rushed for2,027 yards and had 28touchdowns. He also had252 yards receiving.East Chambers has de-

veloped into being a tradi-tional power in the district.The school has good num-bers and Coach RussSutherland has a deep

squad with 16 returninglettermen.This year Kirbyville re-

turns to Class AA. Theymade it to the state finalsduring their last two yearsin AA but then a move toAAA was a turn for theworse. Last year, with newcoaching and a shortage ofplayers, the wheels cameoff.After years of making

deep runs in the playoffs,Kirbyville finished the sea-son with a record of 2-9.Because the district theywere in was weak, theywere able to squeeze intothe playoffs after finishingwith a 2-2 record in districtplay. The playoff driveended soon.

Coach Greg Neeceshould have an opportunityto regroup this year. Thesquad will be at least com-petitive and could easilysqueeze into the playoffs.They do have size with

a line led by Jacob Keene,a 6-5, 275 pound linemanand some skill players withQuinton Jacko at wide re-ceiver and runningbackRed Haywood who gained833 yards on the groundand 373 through the air.The Wildcats defense is

led by Harold Brooks.Most of the teams in this

district have the potentialto challenge for a playoffspot.None of the teams have

more athletic ability thanthe Kountze Lions. TheLions have solid numbersout with over 85 playerslooking for a spot on thevarsity. They have speedand size. They have a newcoach.Kountze always seems to

have a new coach. Part ofthis may be the frustration

that coaches go through atKHS. Year after year theschool is dominant at bas-ketball and competitive inother sports but struggleson the grid iron.

New coach TraceyFranklin will attempt tobreak the pattern. He hasthree offensive and five de-fensive starters returningoff a team that finishedplay in 2011 with a recordof 3-7 and was 1-9 in dis-trict play. However, theycould have easily won anumber of more games.Offensively they are led

by Earnest Hafford andhave good receivers inDarrion Harper and Jamaz-don Powell.

This year Franklinnamed James Harper ashis offensive coordinatorand FrankMiddleton as hisdefensive coordinator.Middleton brings some-thing new to the team afterplaying years in the NFLHe knew success from hisyouth when he won manyhonors at West Brook andwas selected as one of thefirstWillie Ray Smith win-ners.The Lions defense was

dominating during theLions season openingscrimmage against WestHardin.The Woodville Eagles

coached by Steve Fentresshave five offensive andfour defensive starters re-turning off a 5-6 team thatwas a bi-district finalist lastyear. The Eagles finisheddistrict play at 4-6.The strength of the team

is the defense led by line-backer Marcus Harrison,defensive end Felix John-son and defensive backsT.C. Mitchell and Phillipnoble. This group couldalso challenge for a playoffposition.The Anahuac Panthers

have a new coach in MartyMurr and have eight offen-sive and seven defensivestarters returning. Thisshould be a good nucleusto challenge for the play-offs. They have a solid run-ning back in Justin Artiswho is over 200 poundsand gained over 1,000yards. Quarterback WyattRaymond started twogames last year and shouldbe ready for full time duty.The Panthers real chal-

lenge will be to regroupafter losing coach DarrellBarbay.The Warren Warriors

have eight offensive andeight defensive starters re-turning off a squad that didnot win last year. The teamis led by quarterbackKolton Perfect and widereceiver Bryce Glosson. Tohave success, the team willhave to show a lot of im-provement.

The Hardin Hornets haveseven offensive and ninedefensive players returningoff a team that finishedplay in 2011 with a recordof 3-7. Like a lot of teamsin this district the Hornetswill be trying out a newcoach.On paper the strength of

this team is its size. Theclub has a group of hugelineman led by DustenCollins (290) and CoreyMettlen, (330). If they playas big as they are the teamcould be a problem for op-ponents.At the end of the season

expect to see the standingsled by Newton and then inorder; East Chambers, Kir-byvllle, Kountze, Wood-ville,Anahuac, Hardin andWarren.

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Members of the Kountze Junior Varsity Football team include: Trey Deaton-DE; Tyler Malone- OL; JamesMyers- DB/TE; Jake Arsement - LB/RB; Julian Collazo - LB/RB; Wyatt Martin - LB/RB; Caden Copelan -DB/WR; Kevin James - DB/WR; Thomas Buller - DB/WR; Kyler Bumstead-DB/WR; Dylan Ainsworth - QB/DB;Dustin Cohanin - DB/WR; Colten Smith - DB/WR; Blake David - OL/DL; Elrik; Moore - DL/OL; Colby Sims -OL/DL; Matthew Webb - OL/DL; R. McCabe Bumstead-LB/OL; Kendorian Goodman - TE/DB; Warren Brown- DB/WR; Blaine Celestine - OL/DL; Jordan Elmer - OL/DL; ShaneWelch - OL/LB; Josh Vallene - OL/DL; LoganHoy - OL/DL; Stevie Fregia- OL/DL; Ryder Lognion - QB/LB; Matthew Sharp - WR/DB; Zach Lyons - LB/OL;Brandon Meyers - DB/WR; Austin Parish - WR/DB; Dakota Bingham - WR/DB; Kevin Stevinson - OL/DL; HenryBarnes - RB/DL; Xavior Barnes - RB/DL; Drake Grey - WR/DB; Kyle Boliser - WR/DB; Cole Malone - OL/DL;Hunter Lejune - OL/DL; Dayne Wright - LB/RB.


Kountze trainers are (from left) Christin Malone,Avery Clemons and Holly Dollinger.

Kountze Color Guard

Kountze Lions Football Schedule

Aug. 31 Shepherd 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 At Hull-Daisetta 7:00 p.m.Sept. 14 Trinity (Homecoming) 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 at Hardin 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 Woodville 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 at Warren 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 Newton 7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 at East Chambers 7:30 p.m.Nov. 2 at Kirbyville 7:30 p.m.Nov. 9 Anahuac 7:30 p.m.

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By Daniel [email protected] much as the Okla-

homa Sooners have de-throttled the competition inBig 12 play, newcomers tothe conference show nofear in what lies ahead.Now that Texas A&M

departed to the SEC, forwhat they call “bigger andbetter things,” Texas andOklahoma look for morecompetition to fill the gapsleft behind in the strug-gling Big 12.The Texas Longhorns

will continue to makestrides and could get betterfrom its 8-5 (4-5 Big 12)mark from last season.After taking a 4-0 start to

the 2011 season, the Long-horns looked poised for achance at the Big 12 titleuntil a crushing by Okla-homa 55-17 that set thetone for the rest of the sea-son.The Horns return eight

offensive starters and sixdefensive starters.Quarterback has been the

question mark for theHorns all of last season andentering spring, that ques-tion still remained.Texas Head CoachMack

Brown continues to utilizeboth returnering quarter-backs DavidAsh (6-3, 222,so.) and Case McCoy (6-2,200, jr.) until one signifi-cantly grows better.But until then, the Long-

horns will also need help inthe wide receiver position.Running backs will be

no problem now with theaddition of highly toutedRB Johnathan Gray ofAledo. He joins Schertz-Cibolo prodigy RB Mal-colm Brown and JoeBergeron of Mesquite inthe backfield, that is poisedto be one of the best in the

nation.Defensively, the Horns

will continue from its endto the season, which de-scribed them as dominat-ing.Texas held the high pow-

ered offense of Californiato 10 points in the HolidayBowl to claim in victoryand end the season on ahigh note.The Horns defense will

be a force to reckon with in2012 with strong defensiveends Alex Okafor (6-4,260, sr.) and Jackson Jeff-coat (6-5, 250, jr.).But the best of the de-

fense may be the second-ary with safety KennyVac-caro (6-1, 215, sr.) andcorners Carrington Byn-dom and Quandre Diggs,who could be the best inthe Big 12.Defensive coordinator

Manny Diaz returns andhopes for a better seasondefensively for Texaswhile highly touted formerBoise State offensive coor-dinator Brian Harsin con-tinues to mold the offenseinto shape.The Oklahoma Sooners

will continue to be a topcontender for the Big 12regardless of the loss of de-fensive stallworts TravisLewis and Corey Nelson.But returning QB Landry

Jones will feel the pressureafter losses at wide re-ceiver that could pose aproblem for the Sooners.Oklahoma returns eight

on offense and seven ondefense from a team thatfinished 10-3, 6-3 in Big

12.The Baylor Bears may

have lost RG3, but HeadCoach Art Briles feels theBears will continue to becontenders off of a 10-3, 6-3 Big 12 finish that sawthem win the Alamobowlin a shootout over Wash-ington 67-56.Building off of a prolific

bowl season, the Bears re-turn eight offensive andseven defensive starters.Nick Florence (6-1, 205,

sr.) of Garland will take thereigns under center withbig shoes to fill.Baylor welcomes Ore-

gon transfer RB LacheSeastrunk after he had tosit out the 2011 seasonunder NCAA transferrules.But the question lies in

Baylors defense, whichwas ranked low in the Big12 last season. Thoughseven returners enter the

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Members of the 2012 Kountze coaching staff include: (left to right) Coach Doty Harper, Coach Joubert, Coach Thasher, Coach Middleton, Coach McQueen,Coach Kirby, Coach Colton, Coach Hancock and Head Coach Tracy Franklin.

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Realignment did no fa-vors for the EvadaleRebels. For several yearsthey have dominated theirdistrict. Even though theyplay in the smallest elevenman conference, they man-aged to win 16 games inthe past two years and fin-ished play last year with arecord of 6-5.This year they will have

to prove their worth to winthe district championship.They have been placed

in a district that includesTenaha, the defendingState Champions of Class1ADivision II. The TenahaTigers were 14-0 last year.

Joining the group is theMount Enterprise Wild-cats. This team finishedlast season at 11-2 and lostto Tenaha in the Regionalfinals.The other two teams in

the district are theBurkevlle Mustangs andthe Sabine Pass Sharks.

Coach Mark Williamshas plenty of weapons toenter the season. He hasfive starters returning onoffense and five on de-fense.

Offensively Williamsson, Wes Williams leadsthe way. The 5-10, 175pound senior has experi-

ence and should provideleadership for the team.

One of his primary tar-gets is Matthew Tottenwho is the only two waystarter returning on theteam. He played wide re-ceiver and defensive backlast year.

In addition, the squadhas a pair of offensive line-men returning in BraidenBurford, and 5-10, 230punt Matthew Akridge.The starter at tight end in2011 Hunter Jackson isalso returning.

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field has developed a tradi-tion of excellence on theEvadale campus.Last year the team went

all the way to the arearound of the playoffs be-fore losing to an Iola teamthat played to the champi-onship game.That team finished dis-trict play undefeated andwon a district champi-onship. This year theyhope to repeat. Hollyfieldsays the team is not asstrong offensively as lastyour but they have moreleadership and more gameexperience. She went on todeclare that this team wasloaded with seniors.She says most of the

players have played to-gether since junior highand they are totally teamoriented.The group includes twogirls who make up the mid-dle blocker combo that are

Lady Rebels anticipatingrepeat championship season

the best that Hollyfield hascoached. This pair is juniorKaelyn Moss and seniorKennedy Jackson.Moss is a 6-0 middle

blocker and Jackson is 5-8.Hollyfield anticipatesthat she will pick herstarters from a group thatincludes 5' sophomoreKarley Beard at DS;Haleigh Oldbury a 5-6sophomore at outside hit-

ter; Brittnee Rawls, a sen-ior 5-6 setter; JessicaSeago, a 5-4 senior at out-side hitter; Jackson; KatyGipson, a 5-5 senior out-side hitter; AlaynaLangston, a 5-1 senior atsetter and Shay Rashallwho is a 5-1 senior thatwill man the libber posi-tion.Seago is a senior whosuffered anACL injury andshe is soon to be released

for a return to action. Onceshe receives the OK shewill probably return to thestarting line-up.This group will be

joined on the varsity byHunter Thompson, a 5-6junior at outside hitter;Wendy Williams, a 5-8sophomore at outside hit-ter; and Moss at middleblocker.The competition will bestiff and a little different

this year than in previousyears because severalteams will have newcoaches.The top contender to de-throne Evadale is thoughtto be Hull Daisetta. Sabine

Pass has a lot of athletesand a new coach. High Is-land also has a new coachand the four teams all fig-ure to join the Rebels in therace for the champi-onships.

Lady Rebels Should Contend forDistrict and Regional Honors. Coach

Hollfield expects tough compettion fromHull Daisetta and Sabine Pass.

Members of the 2012 Evadale girls volleball team include: (front row left to right) Katy Gipson, Brittanie Rawls, Kennedy Jackson, Jes-sica Seago, Shay Rashall, Alayna Langston, and (back row left to right), Karly Beard, Haleigh Oldbury, Kaelyn Moss, Wendi Williams,and Hunter Thompson.

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team can go nowhere elsebut up after what turnedout to be a long season forthe Raiders in 2011.Having only won one

game and no district wins,the Raiders are hopingthings will get better in theupcoming season.Lumberton Head Coach

Alvin Credeur is hopingthings will turn aroundquickly in 2012 and withsix returning starters in-cluding four on offense,things may be moving in

the right direction.“We’re looking to im-

prove for sure,” said Cre-deur. “We’ve made someadjustments in schemes tofit some positions better.We are looking for biggerand better things.”Two wide receivers re-

turn for the LumbertonRaiders including TaylorTrahan (6-0, 150) and Gar-rett Bourque (5-8, 150).Fullback Edmund Horn

(5-9, 205) returns alongwith OG Zach Burkhalter(6-0, 215).On the defensive side of

the ball, SS Brice Carroll

(5-8, 160) and FS CodyKoch (5-9, 150) return.The Raiders will have

their hands full in District20-4Awith top teams Ned-erland, Vidor, Port Neches-Groves and BeaumontOzen.Nederaland is entering

the 2012 season with a12th place preseason rank-ing while Vidor returns ahost of players to makethem legitimate contendersas well in the district.Running out of the I-for-

mation, the Raiders will betrying to fill the quarter-back position with four

vying for the position.“There are no weak

teams in this district,” saidCredeur. “Our goal is to getbetter each game in ournon-district schedule. Bydistrict, we will be able tocompete with those experi-enced teams by then.”The Raiders will open up

the season with GooseCreek Memorial on Thurs-day, Aug. 30. Their re-maining non-districtschedule includes BarbersHill and Silsbee.

Lumberton Raiders lookingfor bigger and better things

LUMBERTON HIGH SCHOOL

DISTRICT 11-1A-DIIDistrict 10-2ADivision I

has had the reputation ofbeing the toughest districtin Southeast Texas. At thesame time the Class 1A di-vision II district has usu-ally been the softest.This year the 2A district

is still tough but 11-1ADi-vision II took a giant jumpforward and it can layclaim to being the toughestdistrict in Southeast Texas.The Tenaha Tigers, with

six offensive and seven de-fensive starters returningoff a 14-0 squad that wonthe State Championshiplast year, have to be the fa-vorite to win the district.They are probably the fa-vorites to win the 2012state championship title.Tenaha has a running

back returning who carriedthe ball 155 times for 1,409yards and 17 touchdowns,and another who picked upover 600 rushing yards.The offensive juggernaut

averaged 56.6 points pergame last year.The Mount Enterprise

Wildcats finished last yearwith two losses. Both ofthem were to Tenaha. Theylost to the Tigers in the re-gional finals.The Wildcats squad has

six offensive and six de-fensive starters returningoff the 2011 squad.One of the starters, full-

back HunterAmmons, a 5-10, 175 pound runnercarried the ball last year313 times for 2,543 yards.The Evadale Rebels won

a district championship in2011 and finished the yearwith a 6-5 record.They have a solid corpse

of players and a veterancoaching staff to design agame plan to force theirhighly thought of oppo-nents to stumble.

In addition, theBurkeville Mustangs havewon state championships.

Last year they were bi-dis-trict finalist and they haveseven offensive and six de-fensive starters returningoff that club.This squad has two big

backs and a history of pro-ducing top notch runners.

Sabine Pass is the un-known quantity in the dis-trict. They are a part of thePort Arthur school system,and while it appears thatthey don't have the talent tocompete with the otherfour schools, they oftenhave individuals of highquality who play for them.In recent years they havebeen showing improve-ment and could be ready totake a step ahead.This point before the

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By Andrea [email protected] most towns, halftime

at the Friday night footballgames are a chance to graba bite to eat and visit withfriends. Not the case inLumberton. The Lumber-ton Raiderettes have domi-nated halftime along withthe Mighty Raider March-ing Band. This year plansto be no different.This year, fans can look

forward to the largestgroup of Raiderettes than

ever before. The group hasa total of 34 girls, withseven returning seniors, 10juniors, six sophomoresand 11 freshmen joiningthe team.Officers for the 2012-

2013 Raiderettes are Cap-tain Katie Deaton, whoserved as First Lieutenantlast year, First LieutenantCalli Roberts, LieutenantMallory Domingue, Lieu-tenant Katelyn Kirk, Lieu-tenant Emily Majors andLieutenant Baylie Fox.This year fans can expect

to enjoy the Raiderettestraditional oil derrick rou-tine. The oil derrick routinehas been a long standingtradition at LumbertonHigh School, beginning inthe late 1970's.

Raiderettes will beadding a new prop routineto the line up, which allowsthem to incorporate largewooden boxes into the rou-tine. They will also be de-buting their jazz, kick andpom routine.Director April York, a

graduate of Silsbee, will bereturning for her fourthyear to lead the team andwill also have newRaideretteAssistant Direc-tor, Hope Swearingen, alsoa graduate of Silsbee. Thiswill be Swearingen's firstyear as assistant director.The Raiderettes will be

competing in theAmericanDance Drill Team Conteston Galveston Island andwill be taking three officerroutines and three team

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By Daniel [email protected] Lumberton Lady

Raiders are aiming for aplayoff berth after missingthe post season last year.Now with new Head

Coach Meagan O’Quinn,the Lady Raiders are look-ing to get over that hump.The Lady Raiders return

four and look to be headingin the right direction withgood skill players.On the offensive side, re-

turning are outside hittersErin Miller (5-9, sr.) andLauren Glover (soph.).On defense, returning are

defensive specialistsMandi Jackson (5-8, sr.)and Allison Valastro (jr.).

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the routine and perform atan event also.In preparation for the

new season, Raiderette of-ficer camp was held inmid-June and all drill teammembers came back inAu-gust to attend a camp puton by Encore.Encore is a company

who specifically choreo-graphs original routines forthe Raiderettes, not seen inany other schools.Being a Raiderette is

challenging to say theleast, but the girls are therefor each other to help eachother through.York stated that good

grades are a must and theminute a team member isnoticed to be struggling,the girls jump into actionwith help studying or tu-toring. "Our motto is lead

by serving and the girls arereally there for each other."York stated. The Raiderettehave a camaraderie that ri-vals any close sisterhoodand are indeed a family.York and the Raiderettes

are excited about the up-coming season and thegirls are looking forward toshow the crowd the rou-tines they have learned andperfected over the summer.While the routines may

look effortless, the teamhas been practicing everyday to perfect their moves,and when props are in-volved, the only place topractice is out on the field."It gets extremely hot, butthe girls push through tothe end," York stated. "Weare really excited to get outthere and show the fanswhat we've got!"

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By Daniel [email protected] Lumberton cross

country team is comingback from a successfulyear including the girlsteam.

The Lady Raiders crosscountry team is looking torepeat as district champi-ons, regional qualifiers andwith five back from thatteam, they could very wellrepeat the feat.Returning are Chelsea

Norsworthy, sr.; ShayMitchell, jr.; MacyMitchell, jr.; Ruby Garcia,jr.; and Jordan Wellborn,soph.The core of the team will

be faced with better Neder-land teams and PortNeches-Groves team thatalways have strong crosscountry programs.Wellborn returns after

her state appearance lastyear in track.On the boys side, return-

ing are Bryant Carruth, sr.;Maison Lozano, jr.; andJosh Hebert, soph.

Head Coach MaryBabin, now in her thirdyear, is ready for anotherbig year for the Lumbertoncross country teams.“Hopefully we will win

district again,” said Babin.“We are probably the topschool in the district, butwe have a lot of competi-tion, especially Neder-land.”What will be tougher for

girls this year is a new for-mat. Girls will now have torun 5K instead of the twomiles they previously usedto run.

By Andrea [email protected] are and in-

tegral part of the footballseason, just as the band andthe "boys of fall". Lumber-ton Cheerleaders are no ex-ception. Just as fans cometo see the game, they cometo see the cheerleaders takethe excitement to a newlevel.Sheryl Dunham is the

Director of Cheerleading atLumberton IndependentSchool District. She over-sees both the high schoolcheerleaders and the mid-dle school cheerleaders.She also serves as the headcoach for the varsity squad.For the past several years,she has led her girls to thenational level of competi-tion. This year, the highschool will again be com-peting with the UCA (Uni-

versal Cheerleading Asso-ciation) and the Junior Var-sity will combine with theVarsity Squad to competeregionally in San Marcosin November and hope-fully advance onto the Na-tional Competition, held inOrlando at Disneyland inFebruary.Another event that

brings a lot of excitementto the team is the annual"Pink Out" game that isheld in October. The "PinkOut" game is a partnershipwith the Gift of Foundationthat has become a veryspecial event for all in-volved.Cheerleaders will be

selling pink t-shirts andhanding out pink pom-poms at the game. All do-nations and money raisedwill go back to the Gift ofLife Foundation.

This event has become avery special and the cheer-leaders hope to make it anannual event.The cheerleaders will

also have three majorfundraisers this year tohelp cover the cost of theirOrlando trip. They will beselling the LHS 2012-2013school t-shirts that willhave all of the cheerlead-ers, band, football team,and drill team signatures.They will also conduct a

cheer clinic for ages fiveyears to sixth grade on Sat-urday, September 29th inthe LHS gym. Girls willlearn cheers, the LHS fightsong and will perform at alater home game. All par-ticipating will also receivea t-shirt.

A fundraiser that has be-come quite popular overthe years is LR Stenciling.Residents who donate willhave cheerleaders come totheir residence and stencilthe LR on their drivewayswith spray paint.Leading the squads this

year are Varsity CaptainKyndall Boykin, VarsityCo-Captain Madi Peiffer,Junior Varsity CaptainBrooke Choate, Junior Var-sity Co-Captain HannahGracedel, Middle SchoolCaptain Tiffani Hughesand Middle School Co-Captain Brittany Voorhies.Coaches for the highschool are Tina Hall andDanna Pritchard and Mid-dle School coach ChelsyeHernandez.

Another group fans havebecome familiar with onthe sidelines is the BlueCrew. The Blue Crew hasbecome a staple at footballgames and pep rallies.They help the cheerleadershand out spirit items andget the crowd pumped up."The Blue Crew has

done and outstanding joband we are all looking for-ward to having the boyswith us this year." Dunhamsaid.Members of the Blue

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By Andrea [email protected] Boothman is not

new to being a band direc-tor. But, with each passingyear, he is amazed at thegroup of kids that make upthe Mighty Raider March-ing Band.Boothman is starting his

21st year as band directorat Lumberton High Schooland once again, the bandhas increased in size."We have the largest

band and the best band wehave ever had in the historyof Lumberton HighSchool," Boothman said."The band is above the 150member mark this season."A lot goes into preparing

the band for the upcomingseason. Band membershave been practicing theirmarching routine for thelast few weeks. Getting upearly and hitting the foot-ball field from 8 a.m. to11:30 a.m. and again from1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The heat isalways an issue but stu-dents this year have fairedwell. The band members

are given plenty of breaksand stay hydrated duringthe rehearsals.The music chosen for the

2012-2013 season can bedescribed best as "good oldrock and roll". With tunessuch as "Eleanor Rigby"by the Beatles and "DreamOn" by Aerosmith, specta-tors and band membersalike are sure to get a thrill.The color guard will be

on the field again with theband this year and are ex-cited to debut the new uni-forms that are selectedeach year to represent themusic played by the band.Boothman, along with

three other directors, KeithZuech, Noelle MaldonadoandAmber Martell, plan tobring the band to the statelevel in competition thisyear. The band will attendthe invitational competi-tion at Galena Park on Oc-tober 6, and then move onto the UIL marching con-test on October 20. Theband has also been invitedto march at McNeese andattend a contest there aswell.Boothman is looking for-

ward to a successful yearwith the band. Supportfrom the district and theparents has played a criti-cal part in previous successand Boothman stated he isextremely grateful to haveall the support that he has."The district supports

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After 12 years ofmediocre (.500 football) in

the Big 12, Texas A&Mdecided to leave the Big 12and head for the SEC andan environment that is atleast equally tough to theBig 12.The Aggies are in the

tough Western divisionwhere they will battle,LSU and Alabama, thatplayed for the NationalChampionship last year,and Auburn, who won theNational Championshipthe year before.The division also has an

Arkansas team thatclaimed a close win overthe Aggies last year, aswell as Mississippi Stateand Old Miss.Most people pick the

Aggies to finish ahead ofthe Mississippi schools.

The Eastern Division isnot as formidable as the

West Division. He is

season, the Bears will relyon the trio of MLB BryceHager, OLB Eddie Lackeyand NBAhmad Dixon.But don’t overlook the

newest members to theconference.The West Virginia

Mountaineers and TCUHorned Frogs, two legiti-mate bowl contenders,now enter to give the Big12 a test.Though Oklahoma re-

mains a favorite to win theconference, West Virginiaenters after a blowout winover Clemson in the Or-ange Bowl that saw thehigh-powered offense ofthe Mountainers tally 70points.If it isn’t enough to have

three linemen back on theoffensive line for theMountaineers, HeismanTrophy hopeful QB GenoSmith returns as well asWR Stedman Bailey(1,279 yards), WR TavonAustin (1,186 yards) andRB Dustin Garrison ofPearland.West Virginia returns

eight offensive starters andseven on defense as well.Head Coach Dana Hol-

gorsen, now in his secondseason, is no stranger to theBig 12, having been an as-sistant at Texas Tech, Okla-homa, and at Houston.It won’t be surprising to

see West Virginia take theBig 12 title, especiallysince Oklahoma will bevisiting Morgantown onNov. 24 for what could bethe deciding factor.And while the Moun-

taineers focus on a Big 12title, the TCU HornedFrogs can’t be counted outof the mix, having been atop team in 2011 going 11-2 on the season including a7-0 mark in the MountainWest.The Horned Frogs return

five on offense and five ondefense to begin Big 12play, which will be a lottougher than their previousseasons.But returning QB Casey

Pachall (2,921 yards, 25TDs, 7 INT) is a threat andunarguably one of the best

quarterbacks in the state ofTexas.Also returning for the

Horned Frogs are RBWay-mon James (875 yards) andWR Josh Boyce (998yards).TCU will have its work

cut out for them in the gru-eling end to the conferencewith its final five games atOklahoma State, at WestVirginia, vs. Kansas State,at Texas, and vs. Okla-homa. Welcome to the Big12.Kansas State will be as

tough as any year in theBig 12 returning eight onoffense and six on defense.The strength of theWild-

cats will be the offensivebackfield led by returningQB Collin Klein and TBJohn Hubert.Kansas State finished in

second place in the Big 12with a 10-3 overall recordand 7-2 in Big 12 play be-hind winners OklahomaState.Texas Tech Red Raiders

are hoping a strong recruit-ing class will lift the team

back to bowl worthiness.Texas Tech finished the

2011 season 5-7, 2-7 in Big12 play and will rely on re-turning quarterback SethDoege (4,004 yards pass-ing) as one of the top quar-terbacks in the nation.Texas Tech returns six on

offense and six on defensethat is led by SLBTerranceBullitt.Oklahoma State Cow-

boys returns five on of-fense and eight on defensefrom a Big 12 championteam in 2011 (11-1).The Cowboys will have

big shoes to fill if theywish to repeat as champi-ons.RB Joseph Randle re-

turns as the key spot on of-fense and CB BrodrickBrown returns as a solidshutdown corner.Iowa State return 12

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tough to top the NederlandBulldogs this seasonranked in the preseasonAPpolls as the no. 12 team inclass 4A.But when one looks at

the upswing Vidor had lastseason going from 2-8 in2010 to 10-3 last season,the Pirates will add to themix. But when it comes toDistrict 20-4A, it is any-one’s game.Nederland finished last

season 11-2 as Division Iregional semifinalists andlook to improve on thatsuccess.The Bulldogs, under

Head Coach Larry Neu-mann, return nine offen-sive starters and sevendefensive starters from ateam that went 7-0 in dis-trict play in 2011.Nederland banks on its

defense and returns a solidcore that dominates includ-ing DE Koby Couron (6-3,235), DLBrock Pryor (6-1,

180), DB Zach Taylor (5-10, 165) and LB KorbinStampley (6-0, 200).Offensively, WR

Michael Shaw (5-9, 160)returns along with QB Car-son Raines providing atop-notch air attack.The Vidor Pirates will be

a formidable opponent in20-4A and return five of-fensive and nine defensivestarters from a 10-3 DI re-gional semifinalist team.Two-way starter QB/LB

Montana Quirante (6-1,210) is the core of theteam, provided 143 tacklesand 26 TDs offensively forthe Pirates.Head Coach Jeff Math-

ews knows the team willbe a contender for the dis-trict championship, largelyfor a large returning classthat saw success over thecourse of one season.Mathews was named

Dave Campbell’s TexasFootball class 4ACoach oftheYear because of Vidor’squick turnaround.Vidor returns S Bryce

Cooper (6-0, 185), TE JonSmith (6-3, 220, LB SteveNiemczynski (5-9, 180),and LB Alex Boutte (6-1,180).The Port Neches-Groves

Panthers continue its play-off prowess this season asalways in this perenialplayoff team.The Panthers return four

offensive and and five de-fensive starters from ateam that reached the bidis-trict round of the playoffsin DII.New QBA.J. Smith will

take over the offense butwill have reliable hands inveteran WR Logan Chip-man (6-2, 185). OL JustinReasons (6-3, 270) and OLChris Mangini (6-0, 250)will hold a formidable line.Defensively, the Pan-

thers will be led by DBDalton Peveto (6-1, 185),LB Logan Warlick (5-10,200), and DB Kaleb Clark(5-9, 170).The Beaumont Ozen

Panthers will be looking tocontinue its playoff path

from that of last season,after reaching the DII re-gional finals and finishingthe season at 7-6.Though the Panthers lost

a lot, they return six offen-sive and four defensivestarters for Head CoachJeff Nelson.Ozen will have new

quarterback Jordan Ozen(6-1, 175) take over undercenter and enters with re-turners RB Jakobi Jones(5-8, 160) andWRLeelandHamilton (6-3, 170).Defensively, the Pan-

thers will look to CB TonyBrown (6-1, 200), SRaleigh Johnson, LBMyles Mouton, S LeroyJackson and CB KourtneyWilliams.The Livingston Lions re-

turn from a 7-3 season in-cluding a 4-3 finish indistrict to miss the play-offs.The Lions will ride the

back of DI recruit QBChevoski Collins (5-11,190), who finished last sea-son with 535 yards passing

and 985 yards rushing.In the backfield are RB

Damion Collins (5-10,195) and RB MarquisThomas (5-9, 183).Defensively, the Lions

are led by DE Kade Bur-man (6-6, 210) S DeAndreJackson (5-10, 185), DBEaston McClain (5-11,175) and DE Jeremy

headed by Georgia fol-lowed by a tough SouthCarolina club and a goodFlorida team. The rest ofthe division is composed ofVanderbilt, Tennessee,Missouri, and Kentucky.If all 14 of these teams

were placed in a list thenA&M would probably fallright in the middle. A&Mhas a new coach in KennySumlin who will bring anew approach to the gamethat will be somewhat dif-ferent than most of theteams in the West use. Heemploys a pass happyspread offense style ofplay.Last year big things were

predicted for the team but,they finished the year at 7-6.This year they have

seven starters returning on

offense and six on defense.The strength of the team isthe offensive unit. with astrong line, good runningbacks and receivers. Theirdefense will be more of achallenge.The move has some long

term potential. Each year anumber of recruits ventureoutside the Big 12. Maybethey want to play other op-ponents. Maybe they justwant the thrill of travelingaway from home.If A&M can entice those

recruits to play at A&Mthey will be close to home.They will get the opportu-nity to travel to far awayplaces like South Carolinaand Florida. They will getthe chance to play at topflight competition likeLSU and Alabama.TheAggies probably did

not move to the SEC forstronger competition. Theywere already playing Okla-homa and Texas and hav-ing trouble picking upwins. They had the oppor-tunity to schedule toughopponents in non confer-ence games and playedsuch teams as SMU, Idahoand yes Arkansas. Thisyear they have LouisianaTech, SMU, South Car-olina St and Sam Houston

St. on their schedule.Whatever happens this

year is the first step in along journey. They maynot win the SEC this year,but in the future, they prob-ably have a better chanceof winning it than they didthe Big 12 because theyhave the opportunity to usetheir resources to cash inon better recruits. That ap-pears to be already comingto the fore.

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Blackwell (6-2, 180).Little Cypress-Mau-

riceville will try to improveon its 4-6 season includingjust one win in district playfrom a team that has notseen the post season since1997.The Bears, under Head

Coach Randy Crouch, re-turn six offensive andseven defensive starters.Offense is the strong suit

for LCM led by RB Alex

Sezer (5-9, 170), OL TylerHowlett (6-2, 300), WRShea Richardson (6-0,175),WR Billy Jones (6-2,175) and WR DaltonDoyle (5-9, 170).On defense, it will be

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Oct. 26 vs. Hamshire-Fannett*

Nov. 2 at Hardin Jefferson*

Nov. 9 vs. West Orange Stark*

Aug. 30 at Goose Creek Mem.

Sept. 7 vs. Barbers Hill

Sept. 14 vs. Silsbee

Sept. 21 OPEN

Sept. 28 at PN-G*

Oct. 5 vs. Beaumont Central*

Oct. 12 at Vidor*

Oct. 19 vs. Livingston*

Oct. 26 at LC-M*

Nov. 2 vs. Nederland*

Nov. 9 at Beaumont Ozen*

Aug. 31 at Anahuac

Sept. 7 vs. Slendora

Sept. 14 at Tarkington

Sept. 21 vs. East Chambers

Sept. 28 OPEN

Oct. 5 vs. West Orange Stark*

Oct. 12 at Orangefield*

Oct. 19 vs. Buna*

Oct. 26 at Bridge City*

Nov. 2 vs. Silsbee*

Nov. 9 at Hamshire-Fannett*

Aug. 31 vs. Burkeville

Sept. 7 at Sabine Pass

Sept. 14 vs. West Sabine

Sept. 21 vs. Hardin

Sept. 28 at Evadale

Oct. 5 vs. Deweyville**

Oct. 12 vs. Lovelady

Oct. 19 OPEN

Oct. 26 at Colmesneil*

Oct. 28 at Hull-Daisetta*

Nov. 9 vs. Iola*

Aug. 31 vs. Warren

Sept. 7 vs. Deweyville

Sept. 14 at Bay Area Christian

Sept. 22 at Colmesneil

Sept. 28 vs. West Hardin

Oct. 5 at Bmt Legacy Christian

Oct. 12 at Sabine Pass*

Oct. 19 OPEN

Oct. 26 vs. Burkeville*

Nov. 2 at Tenaha*

Nov. 9 vs. Mount Enterprise*

Aug. 31 vs. Shepherd

Sept. 7 at Hull-Daisetta

Sept. 14 vs. Trinity**

Sept. 21 OPEN

Sept. 28 at Hardin*

Oct. 5 vs. Woodville*

Oct. 12 at Warren*

Oct. 19 vs. Newton*

Oct. 26 at East Chambers*

Nov. 2 vs. Kirbyville*

Nov. 9 vs. Anahuac*



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