Highlands and Crosby host Pony World Series opener
The Highlands and Crosby sports complexes prepare for the 2015 Pony Softball World Series starting Wednesday with 110 teams from Texas, Louisiana, and beyond. Opening ceremonies are at Stallworth Stadium in Baytown at 6 tonight, with 500 plus games over four days across Pony Platinum, Fast Pitch and Slow Pitch divisions.
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Highlands Sports Association
Crosby and Highlands
Stallworth Stadium
Baytown
Highlands
Mike Dean
Dayton
Astros Dallas Keuchel to start AL All-Star Game
Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel will start the 2015 AL All-Star Game, becoming the fourth Astros starter in team history. The 27-year-old lefty is an 11-4 first half with a 2.23 ERA and leads MLB in innings pitched, with Altuve starting at second base and Hinch on the AL coaching staff. The game at Great American Ball Park begins at 7 p.m. and airs on Fox Sports.
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Major League Baseball
Ned Yost
Astros
Dallas Keuchel
Keuchel
Roger Clemens
Mike Scott
J.R. Richard
Jose Altuve
A.J. Hinch
Altuve
Hinch
Lance Berkman
Jeff Kent
Clemens
Roy Oswalt
Great American Ball Park
FOX Sports
Summer jetty anglers chase big catches along Texas shores
Bink Grimes describes summer jetty fishing across Texas estuaries from Sabine Pass to Port O’Connor. He recalls large bull redfish, speckled trout, and other species hauled from rock piles as southeast winds rise tides bring fresh brine. Natural baits rule, though plugs and plastics work.
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Neches
Sabine Pass
Texas
Port O'Connor
Matagorda
Port O’connor
Galveston
Freeport
Gulf
Carver athlete to join Hall of Fame
Kenneth Carl Simon, Baytown Carver alumnus and pole vaulter on PVIL state championship teams of 1959 60 61, will be inducted into the Prairie View Interscholastic League Hall of Fame on Saturday July 18. Born March 24 1943 in Highlands he later served in the Air Force Honor Guard and worked 30 years at ExxonMobil. He volunteers with Holy Family RC Church and Knights of Peter Claver, led community boards and supported youth and voter registration with a long marriage to Thelma Jean Davis Simon and daughter Tonya.
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Kenneth Carl Simon
Prairie View Interscholastic League Hall of Fame
Simon
Highlands
Fred Simon
Cecilia
Louisiana
Evelyn Simon
Arnaudville
McNair
Harlem
George Washington Carver High School
Baytown Carver
Carver
PVIL
Texas Southern University
Air Force
South Carolina
Humble Oil & Refining Co
ExxonMobil
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church
Baytown
Knights of Peter Claver Inc
KPC
EPC
Holy Family Catholic Church
Harris County Community Center Advisory Board
East
Harris County Serra Club
Catholic College Connection
Tonya
Christopher
Taeya
Kendall
Confederate symbols in Texas schools face scrutiny
Evadale in Southeast Texas keeps a Confederate crest with the flag and "Rebel Pride" motto. Superintendent Gary Fairchild says the emblem stays unless complaints arise. SCLC leader Reverend Ryer Tatum calls for removal, citing negative impact on students of color. Hundreds rally to defend Richland High School’s rebel name in North Richland Hills.
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Evadale
Texas
Gary Fairchild
Fort Worth
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ryer Tatum
Richland High School
North Richland Hills
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