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Players with the Baytown Outlaws base-
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of former high school players from the
Baytown area, won their third champi-
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Houston Lobos.
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Memphis Grizzlies coach Hubie
Brown retires.
Colts 41, Lions 9
Indianapolis quarterback Payton
Manning closes in on TD record.
By ALBERT VILLEGAS
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Fans booed his arrival and sever-
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decided winning this game was
more important than giving
Henson much-needed game expe-
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He" spoke about the experience between BAYTOWN OUTLAWS players are shown after winning the DeLeon
never stopped trying to win,” Outlaws man- high school and the amateur league.
and allowing five hits in nine scoreless ager Joel Herrera said. “It was even more
innings. sweeter to beat them because they had never
win in Game 5. games and belting out four home runs from
Pitcher Jeremy Tharp, a Sterling High the plate.
School graduate, led the Outlaws in the
championship game, striking out 13 batters
ODESSA — The Lee College Runnin1 Rebels
won their first game at the ICA West Texas
Shootout Thursday evening against the Seward
County Community College Saints, 71-67.
The Rebels, who improved to 6-2 on the year,
are scheduled to play Odessa College today, a
winner over Murray State.
Leading Lee College in scoring was Dwight
Taylor with 23 points. Taylor was 10-of-19 from
the floor and made two treys. He also had three
rebounds in 38 minutes of playing time.
The Rebels started the game in dominating
fashion as they raced out to an 18-4 lead. The
Saints (5-3) were able to close the gap as they
trailed 36-33 at halftime.
Lee College coach Roy Champagne said his
team did just enough to win, unlike its last game
Tuesday against conference foe, Tyler College,
when it shot 20 percent from the floor.
“We could have lost tonight but the players
found a way to win,” Champagne said. “When
we play with passion, we’re playing good but it
gets to a point that people beat us because we
allow them to get back in the game. It just does-
n’t look pretty.”
The Rebels shot 45 percent from the floor,
compared to the Saints’ 39 percent. The Rebels
also outrebounded Seward by 12.
The Rebels’ Mike White, who had a game-
high 11 rebounds, contributed 17 points.
Teammate De Angelo Lee scored 13 points and
had 10 rebounds. Lee was 4-of-4 from the free-
throw line.
The Saints were led by their leading scorer
Keoni Watson with 29 points. The Rebels
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season average of 14.7 points per game.
Champagne said the coaching staff is trying to
remain patient because of the travel that is some-
times warranted. The coach said sometimes his
players look fatigued.
Following the Tuesday loss to Tyler on the
road, the time travel back was about five hours.
Lee College players then boarded a plane for
the first time this season to play in Odessa.
“Every time we step on to the floor, it’s a new
experience for our players,” Champagne said.
“As a coaching staff, we have to be very patient
with our players.”
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meetings that both schools are ranked. And win or
lose, the Aggies will be in their first bowl since
2001.
“They’re a team on the rise,” said UT tackle
Justin Blalock. “A win over Texas would validate
their season. You don’t want them to get that taste
in their mouth. (But) it’s good they’re ranked
high. If they were sorry, it wouldn’t mean as much
to win.”
The biggest difference for the Aggies has been
the improved play of quarterback Reggie
McNeal.
McNeal returned from a rocky sophomore sea-
son to become a dynamic running and passing
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an offense that averages 32 points and 456 yards
IRVING — Drew Henson will
have to wait before he’s the star of
the Dallas Cowboys offense. Right
now, the youngster turning heads is
rookie running back Julius Jones.
Jones burst up the middle for a 150 yards on 33 carries, becoming
33-yard touchdown on Dallas’first the first Dallas running back to
drive and was still going strong at gain 100 yards this season. Add
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40-15 as the once-proud Aggie program slipped been to No. 5 Utah and No. 2 Oklahoma. A six-
into mediocrity. game winning streak over the first half of the sea-
The Aggies (7-3,5-2) would like nothing better son and the down-to-the-wire loss to the powerful
four-game winning streak over their fiercest in- the formula to break their losing spell. A win would solidify “The Fran Plan” as a
““•™ “Maybe Texas thinks Oklahoma is more of a complete success.
“I haven’t beat Texas since I been here,” said
son. rience. So he turned to 41 -year-old
Although Dallas (4-7) ended a Vinny Testaverde, who was the
three-game losing streak and won backup only because of injuries
for just the second time in eight sustained five days earlier. He fin-
games, Henson’s performance
raised more questions than it
answered.
After leading the Cowboys 62 But early in the fourth quarter,
yards in five plays for the opening Testaverde capped a Jones-led
score, the only points he produced drive with a 2-yard touchdown
were for Chicago (4-7) — an inter- pass to Darian Barnes. An inter-
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at 22-2, beat the Lobos in a best-of- series- Another Outlaws pitcher Adam the youngest players for the Outlaws, closed
five series, the title game coming in a 3-0 Pointer was the series MVP for winning two every game during the playoffs and played a
crucial role on offense in the title game
going 3-for-5 at the plate.
Associated Press photo/LM Otero
DALLAS COWBOYS running back Julius Jones, right, heads up the field ter against the Chicago Bears in Irving, Thursday. The Cowboys beat the
after taking a handoff from quarterback Drew Henson during the first quar- Bears, 21-7.
Jones leads Cowboys in win
By JAIME ARON
The Associated Press
Longhorns hex holds strong over archrival Aggies
Associated Press Texas has won four consecutive games
ally. There’s more to the Longhorns’ success than After his 4-8 debut season ended with a 46-15
just a hex. home loss to the Longhorns, A&M coach Dennis
The Longhorns have been the superior team the Franchione promised improvement this year.
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the end, scoring again from the 4 that to the 81 yards he had on 30 Ception that R.W. McQuarters ception by Terence Newman on
returned 45 yards for touchdown.
With the game tied at 7 at half- Cowboys right back on the field
He was able to withstand a furious Lobos been shutout.”
rally when they put two runners aboard with Herrera, another Sterling grad, said the
no outs. Tharp recovered after getting the Lobos had never been shutout during their
first out on a strike and then a pop out. The 14 years of existence and had yet to lose a
final out came on another strikeout. title game.
Tharp was named the Outlaws’ team Outlaws infielder Jerome Vitello was also
MVP as a pitcher. He went 14-2 and had a named the 2004 DeLeon Baseball League
2.32 ERA during the season. He also MVP for a second consecutive year.
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AUSTIN — Every year before the annual
Texas-Texas A&M football rivalry, Longhorns
students, players and coaches gather for the cam-
pus ’Hex Rally’ to put the voodoo on the Aggies.
Recent history bears evidence of some pretty
strong magic.
When No. 6 Texas and No. 22 k.as A&M
meet again Friday, the Longhorns will bring a but to change all that and believe they have found Sooners helped bring respect back to a program,
four-game winning streak over their fiercest in- the formula to break their losing spell. * -------ur- ™ „
state rival.
Texas (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) has so dominated the rivalry, their fans anyway, because they’ve had . ,
rivalry of late that many Texas fans place it behind some success against us in the past years,” said A&M senior wide receiver Terrence Murphy. “It ^’s year> accounting for 20 touchdowns
Oklahoma as the biggest game of the season. A&M tackle Geoff Hangartner. “But it’s definite- would mean a lot. It would be big for the pro- “ ™
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some success against us in the past years,
After all, it’s the five-game losing streak to the ly a rivalry game. The players feel it and we know
Sooners that has dictated Texas’ standing nation-
midway through the fourth quarter carries in his first start this past
to help the Cowboys beat the Sunday and he seems to have
answered the durability questions bmej Dallas coach Bill Parcells and soon after Jones scampered up
espite enduring a midgame that were raised by a preseason rib decided winning this game was the middle for his second
slump, when he had just five yards injury then a broken shoulder
Chicago’s next snap brought the
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