Strikeouts rise as College World Series nears in Omaha
College Baseball sees record strikeout rates with 7.88 per nine innings across 297 Division I teams. Ten of the 45 MLB draft picks are college pitchers, and analysts credit expert coaching, analytics, and tougher prep. Oregon State aces Abel and Heimlich lead CWS with over 10 K per nine.
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Omaha
Neb
TD Ameritrade Park
Texas Tech
Tim Tadlock
Red Raiders
Florida
Tadlock
Oregon State
Kevin Abel
Luke Heimlich
Texas eyes bids as pass closure plans delayed by bid
Texas plans to seek additional proposals to close the Rollover Pass channel after a single bid came in around 12 million dollars, twice the expected cost. The Galveston area site could remain open for months while erosion concerns prompt a park and fishing pier plan.
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Galveston
Texas General Land Office
Texas
Registration Open for 2018 Rebel Golf Tour Tournament
Registration is open for the 2018 Rebel Golf Tour tournament to be held June 22 at Eagle Pointe Golf Club in Mont Belvieu. Four-man scramble starts at 8 a.m. breakfast and lunch provided. $100 per person, $400 per team. Regent Pete Alfaro to receive Legends Award. For information call 281-425-6594.
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Eagle Pointe Golf Club
Mont Belvieu
Pete Alfaro
Call
Baytown Christian Academy Hosts Girls Basketball Camp
Baytown Christian Academy hosts a girls basketball camp on June 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the BCA gym for students entering grades 6 through 9. The $40 camp focuses on ball handling driving to the basket shooting under pressure and defensive principles with registration at illusioninstitute com.
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Baytown Christian Academy
BCA
All-star games highlight local Southeast Texas athletes
Southeast Texas Coaches' Association hosts all-star events at East Chambers High School in Winnie with athletes from Baytown area high schools. Events feature softball soccer volleyball and basketball with scholarships totaling over 70,000 in eight years and multiple fundraisers supported by Christus Sports Medicine and Beaumont Bone and Joint.
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Texas
Baytown Area
Winnie
Southeast Texas Coaches’ Association
East Chambers High School
SETCA
Bobby Locke
Locke
Brent Thompson
Golden Triangle
Christus Sports Medicine
Beaumont Bone and Joint
Crosby
Barbers Hill
Kayleigh Deakle
Ariana Saenz
Dayton
Brooke Austin
Hailey Pence
Alyssa Delome
Haley Harrison
Rebecca
Chambers High School
Goose Creek Memorial
Kendall Haywood
Deavian Catright
Printon Cooper
Jacob Gaston
Kenady Bertling
Kennedy Adams
Kinsy Haschke
Madison Armer
Logan Keene
Sloan Casey
Amaya Armstrong
Shemar Johnson
Ashton Kenebrew
Josh Sebelton
Edwin Egan
Richayla Young
Tayelin Grays
Anahuac
Jarvis Perry
East Chambers
Robert E. Lee
Jaylen Johnson
Layton English
Baytown
Ross S. Sterling
Noah Campbell
GCM
Tyler Miller
Devonta Shelton
Baylor Coffing
Ventrae Joiner
Keyth Williams
Cully Mangus
Brady Bonnin
Jacob
Davenport’s thumb surgery eyed after mini camp
Saints No. 1 pick Marcus Davenport, a defensive end from Texas‑San Antonio, will undergo minor thumb surgery after mini camp but is expected to be ready for training camp. Davenport impressed during workouts, with coaches praising his explosiveness, length, and pass rush potential as New Orleans builds on last season’s improved defense.
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Metairie
New Orleans Saints
Marcus Davenport
Davenport
Texas-San Antonio
Saints
Ryan Nielsen
New Orleans
Green Bay Packers
Sean Payton
Payton
Carver three-sport star set for Prairie View hall induction
Harold Dean Johnson, Baytown George Washington Carver High School athlete in football basketball and baseball, will be inducted into the Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of Fame in July. A 1966 Carver graduate and later educator and administrator, his career spanned PVAMU, Lee College, and the University of Houston Clear Lake before leading facilities at Texas Woman's University.
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Harold Dean Johnson
Baytown
George Washington Carver High School
Prairie View
George Washi Carver High
Carver
Prairie View A&m University
Johnson
Boy Scouts, Honor Society
Lee College
Rebels
Carver High School
Fluor Engineering Company
U. S. Army
Prairie View A & M University
U.S. Department of Energy
Kansas City
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Texas Southern University
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Michael Pineda
Deavian Cotright
East Char
Hall of Fame
Bethany Missionary Baptist Church
Albert K. Haynes
Sandra Monica Johnson
Jeremy Amund Johnson
Nathan Curtis Johnson
Brianna Elle Johnson
J Warren Singleton
J. Warren
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