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Vol. 171, No. 150

BAY BLOWOUTTEXAS CITY CRUSHES COUGARS IN HISTORIC VICTORY B2

KEVIN M. COX/The Daily News

Texas City’s Francious Bonilla celebrates a sack on La Marque quarterback Ladarrian Ellis-Jones during the first quarter of the Battle by the Bay on Friday night at Ether-edge Stadium in La Marque. The Stings defeated the Cougars, 56-35.

TEXAS CITY

56LA MARQUE

35

ANGLETON

42BRAZOSWOOD

10

KINGWOOD

34CLEAR CREEK

21

PEARLAND

49FB KEMPNER

0

FRIENDSWOOD

30DICKINSON

33

MANVEL

20NORTH SHORE

24

CLEAR SPRINGS

37DOBIE

20

LIVING STONES

38HIGH ISLAND

37

FRIDAY NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD

CREEK KINGEDThe Wildcats start fast but are

beat out late as Kingwood

runs to a 13-point victory » B6

» Gators rally past Friendswood » B2

» Clear Springs downs Dobie » B2

» Cross country on the beach » B4

» Battle of Badges tonight on isle » B4

» High school volleyball results » B4

B2 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXASTHE DAILY NEWS

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLWEEK 1

AP TOP 10

CLASS 5A » 1. Allen (2-0) beat Cedar

Hill, 39-20 » 2. Katy (2-0) beat Alief

Taylor, 49-0 » 3. DeSoto (1-0) vs. Union,

Okla., today » 4. Euless Trinity (0-0) vs.

Jenks, Okla., today » 5. Galena Park North

Shore (2-0) beat Manvel, 24-20 » 6. Houston Lamar (2-0)

beat Fort Bend Elkins, 38-6 » 7. Cedar Hill (1-1) lost to

Allen, 39-20 » 8. Coppell (2-0) beat

McKinney Boyd, 49-24 » 9. Dallas Skyline (1-1) lost

to Arlington Martin, 27-24 » 10. SA Madison (2-0) beat

Kerrville Tivy, 42-24

CLASS 4A » 1. Cedar Park (1-1) lost to

Abilene Cooper, 24-21 » 2. Aledo (2-0) beat Ste-

phenville, 56-14 » 3. Denton Guyer (1-1)

beat Colleyville Heritage, 35-14 » 4. SA Northside Brennan

(2-0) beat SA Northside Taft, 48-0 » 5. Whitehouse (3-0) beat

Tyler Chapel Hill, 42-34 » 6. Humble Summer Creek

(2-0) beat Pasadena South Houston, 78-13 » 7. Georgetown (2-0) beat

Round Rock McNeil, 36-13 » 8. WF Rider (1-1) lost to

Denton Ryan, 42-10 » 9. Texas City (2-0) beat La

Marque, 56-35 » 10. Leander (1-1) lost to

Pflugerville Hendrickson,

52-0

CLASS 3A » 1. Carthage (2-0) beat

Lindale, 45-17 » 2. Stephenville (1-1) lost

to Aledo, 56-14 » 3. Gilmer (3-0) beat Plano

Prestonwood, 66-32 » 4. Navasota (2-0) beat

Coldspring-Oakhurst, 24-0 » 5. Argyle (2-0) beat FW

Nolan, 44-21 » 6. Kilgore (1-0), idle » 7. La Marque (1-1) lost to

Texas City, 56-35 » 8. Graham (2-0) beat

Brownwood, 56-15 » 9. Bellville (1-1) lost to

Houston Kinkaid, 39-38, OT » 10. West Orange-Stark

(1-1) lost to Port Neches-

Groves, 37-34

STANDINGS

DISTRICT 245Aoverall district

W L W LClear Lake 2 0 0 0Clear Creek 1 1 0 0Clear Falls 1 1 0 0Clear Springs 1 1 0 0Clear Brook 1 1 0 0Brazoswood 1 1 0 0Dickinson 1 1 0 0

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Clear Falls 29, Sterling 0Seven Lakes 13, Clear Brook 0Clear Lake 32, Pasadena Memorial 21

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Dickinson 33, Friendswood 30 Clear Springs 37, Dobie 20Kingwood 34, Clear Creek 21Angleton 42, Brazoswood 10


W L W LTexas City 2 0 0 0Dawson 1 0 0 0Friendswood 1 1 0 0Santa Fe 1 1 0 0Galena Park 1 1 0 0Goose Creek 1 1 0 0Baytown Lee 1 1 0 0Ball High 0 1 0 0

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Santa Fe 46, Brazosport 40Dawson 28, Montgomery 0Lee 69, Sam Rayburn 28

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Texas City 56, La Marque 35Dickinson 33, Friendswood 30Nederland 23, Goose Creek 7Tomball Memorial 19, Galena Park 14OFF: Ball High


W L W LColumbia 2 0 0 0Stafford 2 0 0 0Sweeny 1 0 0 0La Marque 1 1 0 0KIPP Sunnyside 0 2 0 0

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Texas City 56, La Marque 35Columbia 33, Needville 21Stafford 31, Hempstead 14Danbury 27, KIPP Sunnyside 7

TODAY’S GAME

Sweeny at Kilgore, 6 p.m.

DISTRICT 132A DIIFRIDAY’S GAMES

Palacios 21, Tidehaven 0Danbury 27, KIPP Sunnyside 7Brazos 22, Louise 7Weimar 12, Boling 11East Bernard 62, Houston Christian 27OFF: Hitchcock, Van Vleck

By BRANDON C. WILLIAMSCorrespondent

» LA MARQUE

he annual Battle by the Bay turned out to be a stunning one-sided rout that let La Marque seeing double vision.

Twin brothers Ar-manti and D’Onta Fore-man accounted for four irst-half touchdowns as Texas City put up 42 irst-half points en route to a 56-35 victory that snapped the Stings’ two-game losing streak to the rival Cougars.

“I don’t know if this ismy biggest win (here),but it sure feels good,”said Texas City coach Leland Surovik, whoseteam improved to 2-0 on the season.

Stingarees stomp La Marque

By WES SWIFTThe Daily News

» LEAGUE CITY

he Clear Creek foot-ball team was hang-ing close in the fourth quarter Friday, staying within striking distance of Kingwood. All the Wildcats needed was to string a couple of suc-

cessful drives together and hold the Mustangs road-grating ofense in check.

Gri�n Lay had other plans.

he Mustangs’ sopho-more tailback ran for nearly 100 yards and two touchdowns in the span of three minutes in the fourth quarter to vanquish any hopes of a Creek comeback in Kingwood’s 34-21 win

Creek can’t keep up with Kingwood

ABOVE: Texas City’s Armanti Foreman pulls down a 53-yard touchdown reception against La Marque during the first quarter of the Battle by the Bay on Friday night at Etheredge Stadium in La Marque. The Stings defeated the Cougars, 56-35. RIGHT: Texas City quarterback Andrew Allen calls for a block on a 32-yard keeper in the second quarter. Photos by KEVIN M. COX/The Daily News

Texas City scores record 56 points in longtime rivalry against Cougars

TEXAS CITY 56

LA MARQUE 35

FRIDAY: Pasadena (2-0) at Texas City (2-0), 7 p.m.

FRIDAY: La Marque (1-1) at Coldspring (1-1), 7:30 p.m.

See Stings | B3

Springs scores final 17 points of contestBY JON COFFEYCorrespondent

» PASADENA

Ater one half of nearly even play Fri-day, Clear Springs shut out Dobie in the last two quarters to defeat the Longhorns, 37-20, at Pasadena Veterans Memorial Stadium.

With both teams coming of double-

digit losing eforts in their season openers, the urgency to win was apparent early in.

“Losing like that can be tough, or it can be a sign of things to come,” Clear Springs coach Frank Maldano said af-ter Friday’s game. “Our

Chargers surge past Longhorns

By T.J. AULDSThe Daily News

» DICKINSON

Down 21-0 in the sec-ond quarter to Friend-swood, it appeared that the Dickinson Gators would have to wait at least another week be-fore seeing a victory on the football ield.

Actually, Coach John Snelson’s squad only had to wait until the second half.

Grant Mitterlehner tossed three touchdown passes and led an epic comeback as the Gators downed the Mustangs,

33-30 at Sam Vitanza Stadium on Friday.

he Gators (1-1) over-came Friendswood run-ning back Sam Longbo-tham’s 227 yards on 25 carries and three scores — two on the ground and one on a reception — to secure the win.

he night appeared to

belong to Friendswood — at least in the irst half.

Longbotham had an 8-yard TD run in the irst quarter, a 28-yard pass reception for a score in the second and an 87-yard scamper for a score also in the second quarter to give Friend-swood the 21-0 lead.

Dickinson running back Krysten Hammon got the Gators on the board with 2:53 let in the irst half ater going 6 yards for a score.

Friendswood was

Gators rally past ’Stangs

Mustangs erase early 14-point deficit, run past Wildcats

KINGWOOD 34

CLEAR CREEK 21

SEPT. 14: Deer Park (1-1) at Clear Creek (1-1), 7 p.m.

ABOVE: Clear Creek’s Andrew Wiesen tries to break away from a Kingwood defender Friday night at Veterans Me-morial Stadium in League City. The Wildcats broke out of the gates for a 14-0 lead before the Mustangs rallied for the 34-21 victory. RIGHT: Clear Creek’s Davon Smith tries to push through a tackle. Photos by KIM CHRISTENSEN/For the Daily News

FRIENDSWOOD 30

DICKINSON 33

SEPT. 14: Friendswood (1-1) at Rosenberg Terry (1-1), 6 p.m.

THURSDAY: Dickinson (1-1) at South Houston (0-2), 6 p.m.

Mitterlehner throws 3 TDs in come-from-behind victory

CLEAR SPRINGS 37

DOBIE 20

FRIDAY: La Porte (1-1) at Clear Springs (1-1), 7 p.m.

See Clear Creek | B3

See Gators | B3 See Chargers | B3

GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS B3SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 THE DAILY NEWS

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 1

STATEWIDE SCORES

Class 5A » A&M Consolidated 44,

Hewitt Midway 41 » Beaumont West Brook

33, Beaumont Central 14 » CC King 43, CC Moody

14 » Channelview 22,

Humble 19 » Cibolo Steele 51,

Converse Judson 34 » Conroe 49, Alief Hast-

ings 12 » Conroe Oak Ridge 31,

Aldine 10 » Coppell 49, McKinney

Boyd 24 » Copperas Cove 70,

Waco 24 » Galena Park North

Shore 24, Manvel 20 » Harlingen South 27,

PSJA Memorial 0 » Houston Bellaire 48,

Fort Bend Travis 35 » Houston Jersey Village

34, Tomball 0 » Houston Lamar 38,

Fort Bend Elkins 6 » Houston Westbury 41,

Houston Sharpstown 27 » Humble Kingwood

34, League City Clear Creek 21 » Katy Mayde Creek 13,

Cypress Lakes 10, OT » Klein 34, Katy Taylor

10 » Klein Collins 35, Aldine

Eisenhower 12 » La Porte 56, Pasadena

South Houston 13 » Lake Travis 20, New

Braunfels Canyon 6 » Pearland 49, Fort

Bend Kempner 0 » Round Rock 40,

Killeen Harker Heights 37 » Round Rock Stony

Point 56, Belton 46 » Southlake Carroll 63,

Midland Lee 14 » Spring 31, Deer Park

28 » Spring Westield 42,

Houston Memorial 13 » The Woodlands 17,

Fort Bend Hightower 0 » The Woodlands Col-

lege Park 30, Huntsville 7 » Tyler Lee 42, Lufkin 30

Class 4A » Angleton 42, Clute

Brazoswood 10 » Azle 45, Joshua 14 » Barbers Hill 44, Lum-

berton 6 » Brenham 42, Katy

Pope John 14 » Buda Hays 21, Austin

Anderson 7 » Castroville Medina

Valley 23, Boerne 20 » Cleburne 54, Weather-

ford 35 » Crosby 56, Willis 21 » Dayton 24, Livingston 6 » Denton 51, Carrollton

Turner 18 » Fort Bend Willowridge

79, Houston Sterling 7 » Granbury 42, FW

North Side 0 » Houston Austin 38,

Houston Sam Houston 6 » Lewisville The Colony

48, Greenville 0 » Lockhart 17, Austin

Crockett 16 » Longview Pine Tree

50, Center 33 » Lucas Lovejoy 45,

Forney 13 » Manor 34, Killeen

Ellison 14 » Mesquite Poteet 53,

Arlington Seguin 26 » Mission Memorial 56,

La Joya Palmview 7 » Mount Pleasant 34, Tex-

arkana Liberty-Eylau 20 » N. Richland Hills

Birdville 46, N. Richland Hills 32 » Nacogdoches 35,

Henderson 14 » Nederland 23, Bay-

town Goose Creek 7 » New Caney 28, Hous-

ton Spring Woods 10 » Port Lavaca Calhoun

54, La Vernia 34 » Port Neches-Groves

37, West Orange-Stark 34 » Richmond Foster 36,

Houston King 31 » Schertz Clemens 33,

SA Wagner 14 » Vidor 41, Bridge City 7 » Wolforth Frenship 55,

Odessa Permian 17

seniors did a good job of pulling everything together for this week. hey looked at it as the glass half full ... and I am really proud of them.”

A back-and-forth irst half ended on a successful 20-yard ield goal try by Eric Piccone that gave Clear Springs a 23-20 lead going into the break.

hat would be the closest Dobie would get the rest of the way, as the Chargers’ de-fense stymied the Longhorns’ ofense in the second half.

“At haltime, the kids said ‘We’re not going to let them score,’” Mal-dano said. “And that’s what they did.”

On what would be the deining play of the game in the third quarter, Dobie running

back Chris Washing-ton was stripped of the ball in the backield by a Chargers defender, and it lipped through the air and landed in the hands of Clear Springs’ linebacker Martin Adadey, who promptly returned the ball for a 70-yard score that put his team up 30-20.

he Chargers put the game out of reach early in the fourth quarter when running back Matt Guidry scored his only touchdown on a 2-yard push up the middle.

Guidry inished the night with nine recep-tions for 104 yards and 12 carries for 21 yards and the lone score.

His quarterback, Zach Cripps, had a solid night, complet-ing 19 of 31 passes for 327 yards with a touch-down and no intercep-tions.

CHARGERS

Continued from Page B2

poised to go up by an-other score when Long-botham appeared set to run for a payday from 2 yards out. But the Gators’ Kyle Binderup smacked him at the 2-yard line, forced a fumble and re-turned it 20 yards.

Still, Friendswood led 21-7 going into the half.

he Gators pulled within 7 with less than 10 minutes let in the third when Alec Randle ran 48 yards for a score.

A 27-yard Garon

Stewart ield goal gave Friendswood a 10-point lead with 5:12 let in the third.

hat quickly became a three-point deicit when Mitterlehner connected with Jordan Meyers for a 16-yard scoring recep-tion with 1:23 let in the third.

Dickinson took its irst lead of the game when Mitterlehner con-nected with Alec Ran-dle for a 30-yard scoring play. Edgar Hinojosa’s point-ater kick was no good, but the Gators had a two-point lead.

he Mustangs and

Dickinson each traded fumbles on their next two possessions before Dickinson got the ball back ater the Gators defense forced a Friend-swood turnover on downs with 8:54 let in the game.

Dickinson was look-ing to milk the slim lead when Eric Langs-ton, who took the ball 49 yards for the score, picked of Mitterlehner. he Mustangs went for 2 on the point ater, but it was no good.

Hammon again an-swered the call for Dickinson. On just the

second play of the Ga-tors next possession, Hammon went 80 yards for the score.

He ended the night with 20 carries for 141 yards and the two touchdowns.

Down by three with 6:03 let in the game Friendswood drove from its own 33 in eight plays and was in Dick-inson territory, but faced a fourth-and-4. Instead of going to Longbotham, who had been stufed on third down by the Dickinson defense, the Mustangs passed for the end

zone. It fell incomplete.he Gators went three

and out on the next drive. Ater a short punt, the Mustangs had the ball at their own 46 with no timeouts an 1:11 to play.

Friendswood quarter-back Jake Blumrick and Longbotham moved the chains and with 18 sec-onds let in the game, went for the end zone.

Blumrick’s pass went instead into the arms of Dickinson’s Wayland Hurst, who returned the ball 19 yards and secured the Gators’ victory.

GATORS


at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

he Wildcats jumped out to a two-touchdown lead on the strength of a 102-yard kickof return by Brandon Hower on the game’s opening play and the arm of senior quarterback Jarrett Hil-dreth, who hit receiver Andrew Wiesen for a 15-yard touchdown pass to put Creek up 14-0 with 6:42 let in the irst quarter.

But Kingwood re-fused to wither, put-ting its faith in a relent-less ground game that rolled up 370 yards and featured eight diferent ball carriers.

Ater slicing the lead to one on a pair of Lo-gan Clit touchdown passes midway through the irst half, King-

wood took the lead for good on a 1-yard rum-ble into the end zone by

tailback Skye Gagliano. he score capped a

11-play, 72-yard drive

that featured 10 run-ning plays.

he teams slugged it

out for a scoreless draw in the third quarter, be-fore the Mustangs salt-ed away the game early in the fourth thanks to Lay.

Facing a 3rd-and-1 from on the Creek 33-yard line, the sopho-more grabbed a hand-of and scampered through the line of scrimmage for the score with 9:14 let in the game.

On the Mustangs’ next possession, Lay broke through the de-fense again and zipped 59 yards for another score with 6:20 remain-ing, efectively ending the contest.

Hildreth added a score late in the fourth on a 5-yard toss to re-ceiver Landon Etzel.

Clear Creek ended the game 329 yards of total ofense to King-wood’s 494.

Texas City scored twice in a 16-second span of the irst quar-ter. Armanti Foreman hauled in a 54-yard scor-ing pass from Andrew Allen on he Stings’ irst play from scrimmage at the 10:11 mark. One play following the kick-of, Donald Lynch took a tipped Ladarrian Ellis-Jones pass and sprinted 27 yards to give Texas City a cushion it would not relinquish.

“You can’t dig your-self a deep hole against a good team,” said La Marque coach Mike Jackson, whose team committed ive of its six turnovers in the irst half. “Odds are once you do that, it’s going to be hard to dig yourself out of it.”

he Cougars (1-1) had no solution for the Texas City backield duo of D’Onta Fore-man and Lynch. Fore-man, who inished with four touchdowns on the

night, scored from 6, 9 and 7 yards out, while Lynch added a 20-yard run to make it 42-7 with 3:11 to play in the irst half.

La Marque got irst-half scoring runs from Allan Cooper (38 yards) and Daquan Jones (27 yards) to close to 42-14 at intermission.

he Coogs showed better ofensive life in the second half as Ellis-Jones ran for a pair of touchdowns while add-ing a 46-yard scoring pass to Mike Hardeman.

“We just have to clean up our act,” said Jackson, whose team visits Cold-spring next week.

he game set a pair of scoring records for the Battle by the Bay.

he Stings’ 56-point total was the most ever scored by one team in the 55 times Texas City and La Marque have played.

he two teams’ com-bined 91 points obliter-ated the previous mark of 76 points scored in 2010’s 43-33 Texas City win.

STINGS


CLEAR CREEK


HIGH SCHOOL

ROUNDUP

Alvin Living Stones 38, High Island 37

» HIGH ISLANDThe Cards started

the night of strong at Cardinals’ Nest Stadium, but the tides turned after halftime, as High Island eventually lost to Alvin Living Stones, 38-37.

High Island leapt out to an early lead in the 6-man football game and ended the irst quar-ter up 16-0 on the Lions. The Cards extended their lead to 30-6 at the half before things took a turn for the worse.

Alvin Living Stones crept back into the game, but High Island hung on

to end the third quarter ahead, 37-26.

The Lions came out roaring in the fourth quarter and narrowly pulled of the comeback, ending things at 38-37.

Alex Macon

Mount Carmel 34, Galveston O’Connell 6 » HOUSTON

The Bucs broke a 12-game losing streak with a season-opening win last week, but Galveston O’Connell wasn’t able to make it a winning streak at Mount Carmel Friday night, losing to the Rebels, 34-6.

The Bucs will try to right the ship at Kermit Courville Stadium next Friday against Northside Home School.

Alex Macon

KIM CHRISTENSEN/For The Daily News

Clear Creek quarterback Jarrett Hildreth winds up to throw under pressure from the Kingwood defense Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium in League City. Hildreth threw for a pair of touchdowns passes in the Wildcats’ 34-21 loss.

Photos by KEVIN M. COX/The Daily News

ABOVE: Texas City’s D’Onta Foreman inds a hole in the La Marque defense for a 9-yard touchdown run during the second quarter Friday at Etheredge Stadium in La Marque. BELOW: Cougars quarterback Ladarrian Ellis-Jones looks to throw.

B3-sports in season


SPORTS

By JOHN DeLAPPThe Daily News

» GALVESTON

It was a day at the beach like no other.

Oh, there were teens cavorting in the sand, splashing in the Gulf ’s waters and taking pho-tos with their friends, as is typical on Stewart Beach. What was dif-ferent was that a voice would suddenly blare from a loudspeaker and great masses of people would make their way down the beach to one spot.

hen, a horn sounded and hundreds of feet broke into a run, kicking up sand, while others screamed encourage-ment.

A cross country meet had broken out in the middle of a day’s fun in the sun.

Ball High never hosted a cross country meet be-fore Friday’s Galveston Island Beach Run, and head coach Sherman Elias wanted to make it memorable — he suc-ceeded.

“his is great because the kids get a chance to come to Galveston,” Clear Creek cross coun-try coach Ruben Jordan said. “I’ve seen more pic-ture taking here today

than I do on a day in the summer.”

he coach said his team was planning on staying on the island awhile.

“We’re going to take a little time and kind of ease on back to school and enjoy the day a little bit,” he said. “he kids work hard. We start practice about 5:45 ev-ery morning, and this is an opportunity to give back to them a little bit.”

he weather also did its part to make the day memorable. he meet

was delayed by lightning ater the junior varsity races but resumed ater about a 45 minute wait.

he girls varsity race was irst up, and it got underway as dark clouds massed. As the runners made their way down the beach, the winds picked up and a veil of rain moved closer to the beach.

By the halfway mark, it was obvious the gloom would catch them.

When lightning got a little too close for com-fort, the race was called,

and competitors and spectators made their way to cover. Quite a few didn’t make it before the rain roared in.

In the Stewart Beach pavilion, Matthew Mancuso of Ball High was taking photos of the storm with his cell-phone. He didn’t need a lash to capture the mo-ment, as lightning fre-quently lit up the land-scape.

he junior varsity run-ner had gotten his race in and he was happy with how things went.

“It was a lot better than I thought it would be,” Mancuso said. “I igured the sand would be hard to run in with lots of holes, but it was a lot smoother than I thought.”

Ater awhile, the rest of the meet was can-celed, too.

“here are lots of things a coach can con-trol, but the one thing he can’t control is the weather,” Elias said. “But this is Galveston in Sep-tember. You never know what you’re going to get.”

he weather did not put a damper on the event for Elias, however.

“People are already talking about next year,” he said. “he kids really enjoyed it, and I’ve had an overwhelming re-sponse from the coach-es. My friends have said that we have to do this again next year, so I guess that’s a commit-ment on my part.”

Contact Sports Editor John DeLapp at 409-683-5242 or [email protected].

Not your typical beach day with cross country race

By ALEX MACONThe Daily News

» GALVESTONFormer World Boxing

Association light middle-weight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout will join police oicers, ire-ighters and emergency personnel from around the county tonight at Moody Gardens Con-vention Center.

he ith annual Battle of the Badges will see oicers and ireight-

ers putting on gloves and facing of before an estimated crowd of 5,000. Funds raised at the event will beneit charitable causes such as the Galveston Boys and

Girls Club, Camp Janus and the Wounded War-riors Project.

Male and female bouts will be held between good-natured smack talk, prerecorded en-

trance videos and other planned spectacles.

Trout will be on hand to sign autographs and watch the lighthearted battle.

Friday night, com-petitors gathered for a weigh-in party at an isle sports bar.

Tickets for the brawl can be purchased for $25 at the door.

For information, contact Jorge Trevino, [email protected].

Battle of the Badges returns to Galveston

ABOVE: Clear Brook cross country runners cheer on their junior varsity teammates Friday during Galveston Island Beach Run at Stewart Beach. The event was cut short because of rain and light-ning. Photos by JENNIFER REYNOLDS/The Daily News

At a glance

WHAT: Battle of the BadgesWHERE: Moody Gardens Convention Center, 7 Hope Blvd., in GalvestonWHEN: Tonight. Doors open at 5 p.m.; ight card begins at 7 p.m. TICKETS: $25 at the door

JENNIFER REYNOLDS/The Daily News ile photo

Amy Weber, with Galveston Emergency Medical Ser-vices, ducks her head and lands a left to Alvin ISD police oicer Carrie Martin’s jaw Dec. 8 during the fourth annual Battle of the Badges at Moody Gardens Conven-tion Center in Galveston. The event returns to the island today. The fundraising ight card begins at 7 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

ROUNDUP

The Woodlands 3, Clear Falls 0

» LEAGUE CITYIt was a case of dimin-

ishing returns for the Lady Knights on Friday, as Clear Falls dropped three straight sets at home to the Woodlands, 23-25, 18-25, 14-25.

Madison McDaniel was the bright spot on the Lady Knights’ ofense with 14 kills. Morgan St. Germain produced 22 digs.

Clear Falls will play Cinco Ranch at home Tuesday.

Alex Macon

Ridge Point 3, Dickinson 2

» MISSOURI CITYIt was a back-and-forth

battle for the Lady Gators on Friday, as Dickinson went up 2-1 against Ridge Point but failed to land the knockout blow, losing, 20-25, 25-15, 26-24, 19-25, 7-15.

Arien Joyce and Nayo Warnell served four aces apiece for the Lady Ga-tors. Warnell led the way ofensively with 21 kills, and Joyce anchored the defense with 23 digs.

Bailee Berringer pro-duced 46 assists.

Dickinson will play La Porte on the Lady Gators’ home turf Tuesday.

Alex Macon

Stratford 3, Friendswood 0

» HOUSTONThe Lady Mustangs

never fell far behind but couldn’t take a set from the Lady Spartans on Fri-day, losing three straight, 19-25, 24-26, 22-25.

Harley Kelly led the Lady Mustangs with 13 kills.

Friendswood will take on College Park at home Tuesday.

Alex Macon

Alvin 3, Clear Creek 0 » ALVIN

The Lady Wildcats fell to Alvin on the road Friday night, losing 17-25, 18-25, 23-25.

Clear Creek will head

home for a match against Fort Bend Austin on Tuesday.

Alex Macon

Baytown Sterling 3, Texas City 1

» TEXAS CITYThe Lady Stings rallied

in the inal two sets at home Friday night and gave Baytown Sterling a run for their money, but fell to the Lady Rangers in four, 19-25, 20-25, 25-13, 24-26.

Treslyn Ortiz led the charge from Texas City with 19 kills.

The Lady Stings will stay at home to play La Marque on Tuesday, and district play for Texas City kicks of Friday at

Baytown Lee.

Alex Macon

Santa Fe 3,

Port Neches-Groves 0 » PORT NECHES

The Lady Indians hand-ily defeated Port Neches on the road, winning 25-18, 25-15, 25-19.

Keegan Nelms had 23 kills and 16 digs. Haley Henderson also came up big on both ofense and defense with 21 kills and 10 digs. Allyssa Webb led the way in assists with 22.

Santa Fe will face Jones on the road Tuesday.

Alex Macon

Deer Park 3, Clear Brook 1

» FRIENDSWOODClear Brook lost in four

games at home to Deer Park, 18-25, 27-25, 19-25, 15-25.

The Lady Wolverines were led by Courtney Eck, who picked up 9 kills.

Clear Brook will face Alvin at home on Tuesday.

Alex Macon

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By PAT GRAHAMThe Associated Press

» PROVO, Utahhis wasn’t exactly

the type of start the Texas Longhorns’ new fast-paced ofense en-visioned: Fumbling the football on the irst drive then stalling out the rest of the opening quarter.

Just a minor glitch, though, as the No. 15 Longhorns soon got things revved up in rout-ing New Mexico State 56-7 last weekend as they rolled up a school-record 715 yards of of-fense. Texas quarterback David Ash led the way by throwing for 343 yards and four touchdowns, along with running for another score.

“Started of slow. Turned the ball over. Didn’t look good,” Ash said. “hen, we got to-gether and we played like we’re capable of. here (were) a lot of points, a lot of yards, we let out on the ield.”

Today, Texas faces a stingy BYU defense that was one of the country’s best last season. Led by linebacker Kyle Van Noy, the Cougars held Vir-ginia’s ofense largely in check during a season-opening loss.

“hey pride them-selves on being a tough team,” said Texas coach Mack Brown, who can tie Woody Hayes for 10th place on the NCAA all-time wins list with a victory. “I’m challenging our team because I think Brigham Young is as tough as anybody in the country.”

Here are some things to watch when the Long-horns meet BYU: MATURING ASH:

Ash received his irst sig-

niicant playing time in a 17-16 win over BYU in 2011. He split snaps with Case McCoy against the Cougars in ’11 as Ash completed just two pass-es and ran for 36 yards.

Now the undisputed No. 1 quarterback, Ash passed for four TDs to four diferent receivers and ran for another score last weekend.

“he feel I had wasn’t like I had played a great game. I felt like I played good, but made some mistakes that didn’t need to happen,” Ash said. “I feel like I have a lot to im-prove.” STRONGER UP THE

MIDDLE: Linebacker was a weak spot for Tex-as last season as Jordan

Hicks missed most of the year with a hip injury. he Longhorns will be counting on Hicks and Steve Edmond to con-tain a mobile, dual threat quarterback such as BYU’s Taysom Hill. HERE’S THE

CATCH: he Cougars were missing one of their top ofensive threats in the season opener against Virginia as wide receiver Cody Hofman sat out with a hamstring injury. BYU coach Bronco Men-denhall is hopeful Hof-man will be ready today.

Hoffman needs just 19 catches to eclipse Dennis Pitta’s school record for re-ceptions and is three TDs away from breaking Aus-tin Collie’s career mark.

UT bracing for BYU defense

By KRISTIE RIEKENThe Associated Press

» COLLEGE STATIONJohnny Manziel only

played the second half of No. 7 Texas A&M’s season-opener ater serv-ing a suspension for what the school called an “in-advertent” violation of NCAA rules involving signing autographs.

If today’s game against Sam Houston State goes the way last year’s did, the Heisman Trophy winner will probably only play about a half again.

Manziel was unstop-pable last year in Texas A&M’s 47-28 win over Sam Houston State, the FCS runner-up the last two seasons. He threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns and added 100 yards rushing with two more scores in little more than a half.

He was solid in his debut, throwing for 94

yards and three touch-downs in less than a half last week.

Manziel also made headlines for taunting the Rice defense. Not long ater he entered the game in the third quar-ter, he jawed with a Rice defender and appeared to mimic signing an au-tograph while getting up from a tackle. He drew an unsportsmanlike con-duct penalty when he pointed at the scoreboard ater throwing his third touchdown pass and was benched by coach Kevin Sumlin.

Sumlin said he spoke with Manziel and several other players about play-ing smarter this week. But he added that there’s a ine line between get-ting his quarterback to tone things down and still maintaining his intensity.

“What you don’t want to do is kill that emo-tion and passion because

that’s what separates Johnny from a lot of dif-ferent players,” Sumlin said. “But what we can do is set him down and say: `hat same emotion and passion can be used positively in this way.”’

Here are some things to know about the game:SHORT-HANDED

DEFENSE: Texas A&M

will be without several starters on defense be-cause of suspensions.

Cornerback Deshazor Everett will have to sit out the irst half ater be-ing ejected in the second half against Rice for tar-geting. he Aggies will also be without corner-back De’Vante Harris, linebacker Steven Jenkins

and defensive end Gavin Stansbury, who will inish two-game suspensions for violating team rules.RUNNING KATS:

Houston State ran for 365 yards in a 74-0 win over Houston Baptist last week. Senior Timothy Flanders gained 51 yards on nine carries before sitting down ater the irst quarter. He scored a 4-yard touchdown early in the quarter to give him 53 career rushing touchdowns, which set a Southland Conference record. Flanders is the Bearkats all-time leading rusher with 4,285 yards rushing in his career. TAKING ON THE

BIG GUYS: Since be-coming an FCS team in 1986, the Bearkats are 3-26 against FBS. heir last win over an FBS op-ponent came against New Mexico in 2011.

Eight FCS teams beat FBS teams in the irst

week of the season, and one of those upsets was plenty to get A&M’s at-tention.

“Seeing North Dakota State go in to Kansas State and win last week-end is all you need to see to be prepared,” Sumlin said. “Willie Fritz is a heck of a coach leading them to back-to-back championship game ap-pearances. hey won’t be intimidated coming in here just like they weren’t last year.”

Fritz knows Saturday’s game won’t be easy for the Bearkats.

“It’s a huge challenge for our football team,” Fritz said. “hey are a tremendously talented team led by a Heisman Trophy winner. But play-ing in front of a crowd of more than 88,000 again will be a great experi-ence for our players and good exposure for Sam Houston State.”

Johnny Football, A&M prepare for Sam Houston

AP PHOTO/Eric Gay

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel looks to throw against Rice during the third quarte Aug. 31 in College Station. Today, the Aggies host San Houston State.

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Texas running back Malcolm Brown breaks free for a touchdown Aug. 31 after catching a short pass against New Mexico State in Austin. The 15th-ranked Longhorns travel to face BYU today.

By STEPHEN HAWKINSThe Associated Press

» WACO

Baylor scored 69 points with 692 total yards. The longest of its eight touch-down drives in the season opener took just more than 2 minutes.

And that still might not be as fast, or as far, as the 23th-ranked Bears can go.

“We think we can get better. As always, we can get better,” leading receiv-er Tevin Reese said. “The coaches said we can play faster and we will play better and we will play faster. If we can improve on that, we will go higher than 700 yards.”

Ater opening their 64th and inal season at Floyd Casey Stadium with the most points they have ever scored there, the Bears (1-0)

play the second of four consecutive home games today when they host Bufalo (0-1).

Bufalo, which gained some momentum ater falling behind quickly in a 40-20 loss at third-ranked Ohio State last week, will provide a dif-ferent level of competi-tion for Baylor.

“It is a step up and that’s kind of the thing that’s been going through my mind,” Baylor coach Art Briles said. “It is a step up just from the caliber of depth and speed fac-tor. Bufalo brings a lot of sleek bodies that can run, guys that have been on a little bit bigger stag-es week in and week out than maybe our previous opponent.”

Some things to watch when Baylor hosts Buf-falo:NO-QUIT BULLS:

Bufalo was down 23-0

ater the irst quarter at Ohio State before Joe Li-cata threw two TD pass-es and linebacker Kahlil Mack returned an inter-ception 45 yards to make it 30-20. PASSING PETTY:

Bryce Petty has his turn as Baylor’s starting quar-terback ater three sea-sons behind Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griin III and record-setting Nick Florence. Petty completed 19 of 24 passes for 312 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions against Woford. MACK ATTACK:

Bufalo senior linebacker Khalil Mack was argu-ably the best player on the ield in the Bulls’ opener at Ohio State. He had a game-high nine tackles, 21⁄2 sacks and re-turned an interception 45 yards for his irst ca-reer touchdown.

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No. 2 Oregon (1-0) at Virginia (1-0)

Oregon has won 15 consecutive games on its opponents’ ield, the longest streak in the nation, and will arrive at Scott Stadium with its highest ranking this early in the season.

Virginia has won twice in 20 previous games against teams ranked in the top ive, and both of those victo-ries came at home.KEY MATCHUP:

Oregon’s running game against Virginia’s de-fense. he Ducks gained 500 of their school-record 772 yards on the ground last week against Nicholls State with three players going over 100 yards, and Virginia al-lowed 187 yards on the ground against BYU.

South Carolina St. (0-1) at No. 4 Clemson (1-0) At stake is a really

embarrassing free fall for Clemson, which rose to its highest rank-ing in 25 years ater beating No. 11 Georgia, 38-35, a week ago.

he Bulldogs are 0-10 against FBS opponents, including a 54-0 loss at Clemson in 2008 — the only time the teams have met. KEY MATCHUP:

South Carolina State QB Richard Cue vs. Clemson’s defensive front. Cue is a ith-year senior who threw for 178 yards and a touch-down in the Bulldogs’ loss to Coastal Carolina last week. Clemson sacked Georgia’s Aaron Murray four times last week.

San Jose State (1-0) at No. 5 Stanford

Stanford, coming of a Pac-12 title and its irst Rose Bowl victory in 41 years, is eager to get started ater a rare opening-week of.

San Jose State is out to prove last season’s 20-17 loss at Stanford — before winning a school-record 11 games and inishing ranked No. 24 in the inal AP poll — was no luke.KEY MATCHUP:

San Jose State QB David Fales vs. Stanford’s defense. he Spartans will need another big game from Fales to have any chance against the Cardinal, who led the Pac-12 in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense, sacks and tack-les for loss last season. Fales had 217 yards and a touchdown before throwing an intercep-tion at Stanford’s 45 with a little more than

a minute remaining a year ago. He led the na-tion with a 72.5 percent completion percentage, throwing for 4,193 yards and 33 TDs.

No. 6 South Carolina (1-0) at No. 11 Georgia (0-1)On the line is the

early lead in the SEC East, though Georgia has overcome losses to the Gamecocks the last two years to win the division, thanks in part to favorable schedules. his time, South Caro-lina appears to have the easier road the rest of the way, which makes it unlikely the Bulldogs will be able to pull of another escape should they lose to their rival for the fourth year in a row.KEY MATCHUP:

Georgia’s ofensive line vs. South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney. In an opening win over North Carolina, Clowney didn’t do much on the stat sheet (three tackles, three QB hurries). Touted as a Heisman Trophy candidate, he’s already hearing some criti-cism. Look for a more determined Clowney to take the ield against Georgia, which boasts an experienced line that allowed four sacks against Clemson.

Eastern Kentucky (1-0) at No. 8 Louisville (1-0)

Eastern Kentucky, ranked 21st in the FCS coaches poll, seeks its irst 2-0 start since 2000 and its irst win against an FBS school since beating Louisville 45-21 in 1985. Louisville also aims to go to 2-0 and beat the Colonels a third straight time.KEY MATCHUP:

Eastern Kentucky’s ofensive line returns three starters including 6-foot-1, 332-pound se-nior LG Travon Carter and 6-2, 290-pound RG Justin Meredith. he line’s challenge is trying to generate a ground game and pass protec-tion against Louisville’s veteran defensive front including senior DT Roy Philon, who had

the Cardinals’ only sack against Ohio, and junior NT Brandon Dunn.

UAB (0-1) at No. 9 LSU (1-0)

LSU, which has won a nation’s-best 42 consecutive noncon-ference regular season games since 2002, looks to build on its season opening victory over TCU and maintain its top 10 ranking. An up-set by the Blazers would go down as one of UAB’s greatest victories since defeating a Nick Saban-coached LSU squad in 2000.KEY MATCHUP:

LSU senior QB Zach Mettenberger, who ap-pears more composed and accurate under new ofensive coordinator Cam Cameron, against a UAB secondary that yielded 30 completions and 319 yards passing in a 34-31 OT loss to Troy last week.

No. 12 Florida (1-0) at Miami (1-0)

For Miami, a win means an almost-certain return to the AP Top 25 for the irst time since 2010, bragging rights over a rival and being able to say the rebuilding phase might really be over. For Florida, it’s a chance to leave a big exclama-tion mark on the series, since these teams are not expected to play again for a long time.KEY MATCHUP:

Miami’s wide receivers vs. Florida’s corner-backs. With players like Marcus Roberson and Jaylen Watkins at the corners, the Gators might have the deep-est secondary in the nation. Look for plenty of 1-on-1 matchups for Miami wideouts Phillip Dorsett, Allen Hurns and Stacy Coley.

No. 14 Notre Dame (1-0) at No. 17 Michigan (1-0)

Ater next season’s game in South Bend, Ind., the storied pro-grams will probably not play again for at least a decade ater Notre Dame chose last year to cancel the last three

games of the series to help adjust to playing ive games against ACC teams.KEY MATCHUP:

Michigan’s ofensive line against Notre Dame’s defensive line. he Wolverines broke in three new starters in the middle of their line last week, but the trio is in for a big test. Wolverines ofensive coordinator Al Borges said the Fighting Irish have the best defense he’ll see all year, and the unit is led by defensive end Stephon Tuitt and 6-foot-3, 342-pound nose guard Louis Nix.

West Virginia (1-0) at No. 16 Oklahoma (1-0)Oklahoma wants to

learn if its defense is as good as it seemed in a season-opening 34-0 romp over Louisiana-Monroe, the Sooners’ irst shutout since the 2010 season. West Virginia is hoping its typically freewheeling ofense isn’t as sluggish as it appeared when the Mountaineers trailed by 10 points at haltime before rallying by Wil-liam & Mary, 24-17KEY MATCHUP:

Sooners’ D vs. the Mountaineers’ O. Okla-homa’s defense began a late-season swoon last year at West Virginia, giving up a school-record 778 yards in a 50-49 win.

Even without Geno Smith and Tavon Austin — who ran wild over the Sooners last season — can West Virginia again pile up the yards and points?

Syracuse (0-1) at No. 19 Northwestern (1-0)

Northwestern is try-ing to build on a 10-win season and keep the momentum going ater a 44-30 win at Califor-nia.

Syracuse’s Scott Shafer came up a little short in his irst game as a head coach, losing 23-17 to Penn State. With new quarterback Drew Allen calling the shots, the Orange can ill aford opening the season with two straight losses.

KEY MATCHUP: he Syracuse ofense against the North-western defense. he Orange defense had too many breakdowns on ofense ater Allen com-pleted his irst ive pass-es against the Nittany Lions. He connected on 11 of his inal 32 throws with two interceptions, inishing with 189 yards and no TDs. hat has to improve for Syracuse to have a chance.

Southern Miss (0-1) at No. 22 Nebraska (1-0)Nebraska surren-

dered 602 yards to Wyoming in the opener and has given up 1,831 yards in its last three games. he Cornhusk-ers must get a handle on their defense.

Southern Missis-sippi is going to be hard-pressed to end its losing streak, now at 13 games, with consecu-tive road games against Nebraska, Arkansas and Boise State.KEY MATCHUP:

Nebraska defensive line vs. Southern Miss QB Allan Bridgford. he Huskers continue to struggle when it comes to pressuring quarter-backs. hey didn’t sack Wyoming’s Brett Smith even once. Bridgford is an easier target. he transfer from California has an NFL arm but isn’t mobile.

Washington St. (0-1) at No. 25 USC (1-0)

Cougars coach Mike Leach gets his irst crack at storied South-ern California when the schools open Pac-12 play with their irst meeting since 2010 in a rivalry dating to 1921.KEY MATCHUP:

Washington State QB Connor Halliday vs. USC’s secondary. Halliday went 35 of 65 for 344 yards in the Cougars’ narrow loss at Auburn in their season opener, but also threw three interceptions. He’ll have plenty of cracks at the Trojans’ inexperienced second-ary, which could be depleted by injuries.

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Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, left, will keep an eye out for South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney when the 11th-ranked Bulldogs host the sixth-ranked Gamecocks today in an SEC showdown. AP PHOTOS

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SPORTSWATCH

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast Division W L Pct GBBoston 86 57 .601 —Tampa Bay 77 62 .554 7Baltimore 75 65 .536 92New York 75 66 .532 10Toronto 65 76 .461 20Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 82 59 .582 —Cleveland 75 65 .536 62Kansas City 73 68 .518 9Minnesota 61 78 .439 20Chicago 56 84 .400 252West Division W L Pct GBOakland 81 60 .574 —Texas 80 60 .571 2Los Angeles 66 74 .471 142Seattle 63 77 .450 172Houston 47 94 .333 34

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Boston 12, N.Y. Yankees 8Baltimore 4, Chicago White Sox 0Cleveland 8, N.Y. Mets 1Detroit 16, Kansas City 2Toronto 6, Minnesota 5Oakland 7, Houston 5L.A. Angels 6, Texas 5Tampa Bay at Seattle, late

TODAY’S GAMES

Boston (Lackey 8-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Huf 2-0), 12:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (H. Santiago 4-8) at Baltimore (W. Chen 7-7), 12:05 p.m.Houston (Oberholtzer 4-1) at Oakland (Straily 8-7), 3:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Niese 6-6) at Cleveland (Kluber 7-5), 5:05 p.m.Detroit (Verlander 12-10) at Kansas City (Dufy 2-0), 6:10 p.m.Toronto (Happ 3-5) at Minnesota (Correia 9-10), 6:10 p.m.Texas (D. Holland 9-7) at L.A. Angels (Richards 5-6), 8:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Archer 8-6) at Seattle (Paxton 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

ATHLETICS 7, ASTROS 5Houston Oakland ab r h bi ab r h biVillar ss 5 2 3 1 Crisp cf 3 2 1 0Altuve 2b 5 1 2 1 Dnldsn 3b 5 3 3 2Crowe rf-cf 5 1 2 1 Lowrie ss 5 1 2 2JCastro dh 5 0 0 0 Cespds lf 5 1 2 1Elmore pr 0 0 0 0 Freimn dh 4 0 2 1MDmn 3b 5 0 1 2 S. Smith ph 1 0 0 0Carter lf 4 0 1 0 Callasp 2b 4 0 1 0Wallac 1b 3 1 2 0 Sogard pr- 0 0 0 0BBarns cf 2 0 0 0 CYoung rf 3 0 1 1Hoes rf 1 0 0 0 Moss 1b 3 0 0 0C. Clark c 2 0 0 0 DNorrs c 3 0 1 0Krauss ph 1 0 0 0 Vogt ph-c 1 0 0 0 KSuzuk c 0 0 0 0Totals 38 5 11 5 Totals 37 7 13 7Houston 003 100 001 —5Oakland 012 202 00x —7E — Carter (4), Wallace (4), Sogard (7). DP — Houston 1. LOB — Houston 9, Oakland 10. 2B — Villar (8), Crowe (4), Carter (20), Donaldson (33), Lowrie (42). 3B — Crisp (3). HR — Donaldson (21). SB — Villar (13), Donaldson (4). S — C. Clark. IP H R ER BB SOHoustonKeuchel L,5-9 31/3 10 5 5 2 3Humber 32/3 3 2 2 2 3Lo 1 0 0 0 0 1OaklandGriin W,13-9 6 7 4 4 1 9Doolittle H,23 11/3 0 0 0 0 3Cook H,21 2/3 2 0 0 0 2Balfour S,37-39 1 2 1 1 0 1HBP — by Griin (B. Barnes). WP — Balfour.T — 3:26. A — 15,502 (35,067).

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 85 55 .607 —Washington 71 69 .507 14Philadelphia 64 77 .454 212New York 63 76 .453 212Miami 53 86 .381 312Central Division W L Pct GBPittsburgh 81 59 .579 —St. Louis 81 60 .574 2Cincinnati 80 62 .563 2Chicago 60 80 .429 21Milwaukee 60 80 .429 21West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 83 57 .593 —Arizona 71 69 .507 12Colorado 66 76 .465 18San Diego 63 77 .450 20San Francisco 63 78 .447 202

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 5Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1Cleveland 8, N.Y. Mets 1Cincinnati 3, L.A. Dodgers 2Miami 7, Washington 0St. Louis 12, Pittsburgh 8San Diego 4, Colorado 3San Francisco 3, Arizona 0

TODAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 14-3) at Cincinnati (Latos 14-5), 12:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Hellweg 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 2-1), 3:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Niese 6-6) at Cleveland (Kluber 7-5), 5:05 p.m.Atlanta (A. Wood 3-3) at Philadelphia (K. Kendrick 10-12), 6:05 p.m.Washington (Roark 4-0) at Miami (Eovaldi 3-5), 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Locke 9-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright 15-9), 6:15 p.m.Colorado (Chatwood 7-4) at San Diego (T. Ross 3-7), 7:40 p.m.Arizona (McCarthy 3-9) at San Francisco (M. Cain 8-8), 8:05 p.m.

BETTING LINE

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

FOR TODAY

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNational LeagueFAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINEat Cincinnati -125 Los Angeles +115at Chicago -130 Milwaukee +120Atlanta -165 at Philadelphia +155at Miami -110 Washington +100at St. Louis -155 Pittsburgh +145at San Diego -125 Colorado +115at San Francisco -145 Arizona +135American LeagueBoston -135 at New York +125at Baltimore -175 Chicago +165at Oakland -230 Houston +210Detroit -130 at Kansas City +120at Minnesota -120 Toronto +110Texas -125 at Los Angeles +115Tampa Bay -150 at Seattle +140Interleagueat Cleveland -160 New York (NL) +150

NCAA FOOTBALL

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOGFlorida 3 3 (48) at Miamiat Kentucky 132 17 (54) Miami (Ohio)at Michigan St. 22 23 (432) South FloridaOklahoma St. 312 27 (592) at UTSAHouston 2 3 (67) at Templeat Ohio 62 4 (582) North Texasat N. Carolina 212 172 (66) Middle Tenn.Cincinnati 16 8 (542) at Illinoisat Oklahoma 18 21 (572) West Virginiaat Georgia 5 32 (56) S. Carolinaat Ohio St. 24 28 (56) San Diego St.Utah St. 92 92 (59) at Air Forceat Tulane 7 6 (492) S. AlabamaOregon 26 23 (61) at VirginiaDuke 72 4 (532) at Memphisat Northwestern 92 162 (53) Syracuseat Indiana 4 122 (68) Navyat Nebraska 30 282 (592) S. Miss.Texas 32 7 (572) at BYUat LSU 34 342 (62) UABat Missouri 122 17 (652) Toledoat Tulsa 10 102 (532) Colorado St.at Auburn 4 11 (62) Arkansas St.at Ball St. 11 8 (612) Armyat Penn St. 28 24 (49) E. Michiganat Baylor 242 272 (682) BufaloBowling Green 22 7 (45) at Kent St.at Tennessee 13 132 (58) W. Kentuckyat Kansas St. 16 102 (61) La.-Lafayetteat Michigan Pk 4 (51) Notre Dameat Oregon St. 28 27 (552) HawaiiMinnesota 21 15 (512) at N. Mex. St.at Wyoming 22 28 (652) Idahoat UTEP 8 6 (51) New Mexicoat Southern Cal 202 152 (54) Wash. St.Arizona 172 11 (61) at UNLVat Stanford 182 252 (482) San Jose St.

NFL

SUNDAY

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOGNew England 62 92 (51) at Bufaloat Pittsburgh 62 7 (42) Tennesseeat New Orleans 3 3 (542) AtlantaTampa Bay 22 32 (392) at N.Y. JetsKansas City 22 4 (42) at J‘villeat Chicago 3 3 (42) Cincinnatiat Cleveland Pk 1 (41) MiamiSeattle 32 32 (45) at Carolinaat Detroit 3 5 (47) Minnesotaat Indianapolis 62 10 (47) Oaklandat St. Louis 52 42 (412) Arizonaat San Francisco 52 42 (49) Green Bayat Dallas 3 32 (49) N.Y. Giants

MONDAY

at Washington 42 32 (52) PhiladelphiaHouston 22 4 (442) at San Diego

FOOTBALL

NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Bufalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 27 49West

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 1 0 0 1.000 49 27Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0South

W L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0

THURSDAY’S GAME

Denver 49, Baltimore 27

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at New Orleans, noonCincinnati at Chicago, noonNew England at Bufalo, noonTennessee at Pittsburgh, noonTampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, noonKansas City at Jacksonville, noonSeattle at Carolina, noonMiami at Cleveland, noonMinnesota at Detroit, noonOakland at Indianapolis, noonGreen Bay at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.Arizona at St. Louis, 3:25 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at Washington, 5:55 p.m.Houston at San Diego, 9:20 p.m.

Bayou Vista

Hitchcock

Santa Fe

Friendswood

League City

Dickinson

La Marque

Kemah

Texas City

Galveston

Crystal Beach

FIVE-DAY FORECAST

Partly sunny, 30% chance rain

HI LO

90 80


HI LO

89 80


HI LO

89 79

Mostly cloudy,40% chance rain

HI LO

87 79


HI LO

88 79

YESTERDAYHigh | low ............88 | 76Normal high ............... 89Normal low ................. 78Record high ................ 94Record low .................. 64

UV INDEX

Today ........10 (very high)

POLLEN

YESTERDAYTrees ............................noneWeed ...................mediumGrass .............................. lowMold .............................. low

89 | 81

88 | 81

90 | 79

93 | 77

90 | 78

95 | 77

94 | 77 93 | 78

93 | 78

91 | 78

90 | 79

ALMANAC

PRECIPITATIONPrevious day ............0.22Month-to-date .......0.44Normal m-t-d .........1.36Year-to-date .........24.67Normal y-t-d ........32.54

Temperatures shown are

today’s expected highs and lows

MARINE

FORECAST

Wind (a.m.) ............ E 5-10Wind (p.m.) ..........SE 5-10Bays ........slightly choppyOfshore ................2-3 feetWater temp. ............86.7˚

Sunrise Sunset

Today 7:00 a.m. 7:33 p.m.Sun. 7:01 a.m. 7:32 p.m.Mon. 7:01 a.m. 7:31 p.m.

Moonrise Moonset

Today 9:01 a.m. 8:50 p.m.Sun. 10:00 a.m. 9:30 p.m.Mon. 11:00 a.m. 10:14 p.m.

SUN | MOON

TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

GALVESTON BAY High LowToday 5:48 a.m. 11:54 a.m. 6:42 p.m. 11:59 p.m.Sun. 6:00 a.m. 12:34 p.m. 7:53 p.m. ———Mon. 12:35 a.m. 6:09 a.m. 1:21 p.m. 9:13 p.m.

GALVESTON ISLAND High LowToday 4:15 a.m. 10:51 a.m. 5:09 p.m. 10:56 p.m.Sun. 4:27 a.m. 11:31 a.m. 6:20 p.m. 11:32 p.m.Mon. 4:36 a.m. 12:18 p.m. 7:40 p.m. ———

TIDES

AIR QUALITY

0 50 100 150 200 300 500

Yesterday ........moderateToday ................moderate

Fronts PressureCold Warm Stationary Low High

s001s01- -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 110s

NATIONAL FORECAST

Information compiled by Daily News editors from reports from weather.gov, weather.com, the Texas Com-mission on Environmental Quality, the National Weather Service, Houston Department of Health, saltwatertides.com and The Associated Press.

5-day weather outlook based on forecasts for

the Texas City area

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NewOct. 4

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Weather Watch

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The post-Labor Day slowdown in ishing is

taking place, with an-glers taking a breather from saltwater ishing and turning their at-tention to other things. While this weekend’s weather may not be ideal for ishing, we still are in summertime patterns, especially ofshore.

Until I learned other-wise, I always thought that there were a large number of anglers who waited for Labor Day and the end of the height of tourist season to hit the water.

While there are a large number of isher-men in that category, they tend to wait until cooler weather sets in and ishing in the shal-lower waters begins to turn on.

Where this enlight-enment hit was during a trip to Port Aransas more than 20 years ago.

One of the more

popular restaurants there, at that time, was Mrs. Petes. hey were known for outstanding food and very reason-able prices

During a trip not long ater Labor Day that year, I found the restaurant closed and my group was disap-pointed.

We visited with a neighboring business and learned that Sep-tember was one of the slowest, if not the slow-est month, for business.

Fortunately, Galves-ton’s ishing-related businesses have the Houston metropolitan

area to draw upon and, with the high number of saltwater ishermen in that area, keep busi-ness lowing all year, especially on weekends.

Now, for the ishing reports and there were just a couple.Sarah Melcer hit

the jetties hursday aternoon and found the water rough, but in good shape. Us-ing squid for bait, she landed ive bull sharks, all released and 17 gaf-top (for the skillet).Chad Morgan of

Sealy ished San Luis Pass early Friday and caught three sharks to almost ive feet in length along with a bunch of large hard-heads and a nice Span-ish mackerel.

Ofshore ishing should continue to be on its current excel-lent pace. Seas could be a bit choppy for smaller boats with the east wind that is in the forecast.

Anglers taking a breatherReel Report

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Sports on TV

AUTO RACING

7 a.m.NBCSN — Formula One, qualify-ing for Grand Prix of Italy, at Monza, Italy6:30 p.m.ABC — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Federated Auto Parts 400, at Richmond, Va.

BOXING

9:25 p.m.SHO — Featherweights, Rafael Marquez (41-8-0) vs. Efrain Es-quivias (16-2-1); heavyweights, Seth Mitchell (26-1-1) vs. Chris Arreola (35-3-0), at Indio, Calif.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

11 a.m.ESPN — Florida at MiamiESPN2 — Cincinnati at IllinoisFSN — SE Louisiana at TCUFS1 — Oklahoma St. at UTSA2:30 p.m.ABC — Oregon at VirginiaESPN2 — San Diego St. at Ohio St.FSN — Bufalo at BaylorNBCSN — Delaware St. at Delaware3 p.m.ESPNEWS — Old Dominion at Maryland3:30 p.m.ESPN — South Carolina at Georgia5:30 p.m.FS1 — Louisiana-Lafayette at Kansas St.6 p.m.ESPN2 — Texas at BYUFOX — West Virginia at Okla-homaFSN — Stephen F. Austin at

Texas Tech

7 p.m.

ESPN — Notre Dame at

Michigan

9:30 p.m.

FS1 — Washington St. at

Southern Cal

GOLF

8 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour,

European Masters, third round,

at Crans sur Sierre, Switzerland

(same-day tape)

12:30 p.m.

TGC — Web.com Tour, Chiquita

Classic, third round, at Davidson,

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3 p.m.

TGC — USGA, Walker Cup, irst

round, at South Hampton, N.Y.

5:30 p.m.

TGC — Champions Tour,

Montreal Championship, second

round (same-day tape)

MLB

11:30 a.m.

FOX — Boston at N.Y. Yankees

3:05 p.m.

CSN — Houston at Oakland

6 p.m.

MLB — Pittsburgh at St. Louis

SAILING

3 p.m.

NBC — America’s Cup, race 1

and 2, at San Francisco

SOCCER

9 p.m.

NBCSN — MLS, Chicago at

Seattle

TENNIS

11 a.m.

CBS — U.S. Open, men’s semii-

nals, at New York

SPORTS BRIEFS

Tennis

Williams, Azarenka

in US Open final

» NEW YORKA struggling Victoria

Azarenka willed her way into a second consecu-tive U.S. Open inal Friday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Flavia Pennetta.

In the other semiinal match, six times, Ser-ena Williams was a single point from winning. Six times, she failed to come through.

On match point No. 7, Williams delivered a 107 mph service winner for

a 6-0, 6-3 victory over ifth-seeded Li Na of China that put the defending champion back in the inal at Flushing Meadows.

Olympics

Women key for

sports seeking spot

» BUENOS AIRES, Argen-tina

All three sports bidding for a place in the 2020 Olympic lineup have made female participation a big part of their pitches to the IOC, hoping to convince members that they have worked hard to promote gender parity within their federations.

About 100 International Olympic Committee mem-bers will decide Sunday whether wrestling, squash or baseball-softball will be added to the program in 2020 and 2024.

Cycling

Barquil wins

13th Vuelta stage

» CASTELLDEFELS, Spain

French cyclist Warren Barquil earned his irst professional win in the 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, and Vincenzo Ni-bali maintained the overall lead on Friday.

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