Little League Districts Begin Play For Older Divisions
District 14 and 17 age divisions move into tournament play with four pool groups. District 14 10-year-olds include Baytown North Baytown East Baytown West Baytown Central and Baytown area teams in Pools A B and D. District 17 10-year-olds feature Barbers Hill North Shore Sheldon Pasadena Pan American and North Channel teams in Pools. District 14 11-year-olds pool matchups list Baytown North Texas City National Bayside Bayshore and Bayside in Pool A plus other Baytown and NASA West teams in Pool B. See ALL-STARS on Page 3B.
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Barbers Hill
Highlands
Baytown North
Texas City National
la Marque-West
Texas City
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Naia West
Texas City American
League City American
Baytown West
Baytown Central
Galveston Island
Galveston West Isle
North Shore
Sheldon
Pasadena
North Channel
Pasadena International
South Houston
Bayshore
Texas 7 Georgia 6 pushes Texas to CWS title series
Texas roared back from a 5-0 deficit to beat Georgia 7-6 in Omaha. Carson Rainer delivered a go ahead double in the seventh and Huston Street worked three scoreless innings as Texas reaches the best of three championship series, eyeing a sixth national title. Georgia, eliminated, saw its season end at 45-23.
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Neb
Carson Rainer
Texas
Longhorns
Rainer
Huston Street
Georgia
Augie Garndo
Carson
South Carolina
Cal State Fullerton
Fullerton
Bulldogs
David Perno
Stanford
Tulane
Garrido
Street
Will Startup
Longhors
Dooley Prince
Matt Woods
Startup
J.D. Reininger
Astros fall to Pirates 7-2 in Houston
Pirates righty Ryan Vogelsong won for the first time in 12 starts, allowing two hits over six innings, as Jason Kendall hit his first career grand slam to back a 7-2 victory over the Astros. Pittsburgh snapped a five-game skid and improved in Houston.
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Houston
Ryan Vogelsong
Jason Kendall
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh
Vogelsong
Philadelphia
Rob Mackowiak
Jose Castillo
Pete Munro
David Weathers
Rain cancels several area baseball games. rescheduled
Heavy rains led to multiple cancellations in area baseball on Wednesday. Mickey Mantle doubleheaders between Pasadena Dobie Lee Sterling and Deer Park Lee and Le Porte were rained out and rescheduled for July 2. Today’s Sterling-Dobie Dayton-Sterling and Lee-Deer Park games may also be called off pending field conditions with any cancellations moved to Saturday if teams agree.
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Pasadena
Dobie and
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Sterling
Deer Park
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Dobie
Dayton
USADA seeks lifetime ban for sprinter Tim Montgomery
The US Anti-Doping Agency plans to seek a lifetime ban against 100-meter world record holder Tim Montgomery for alleged drug violations. Montgomery was notified Wednesday of the charges and potential punishment, according to sources familiar with the letter. Also mentioned is Michelle Collins, the 2003 world indoor champion at 200 meters.
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Tim Montgomery
Associated Press
Montgomery
Michelle Collins
Rockets chase Orlando prize over draft for big move
Houston aims to land a blockbuster deal centered on Tracy McGrady as the Rockets shift focus from the NBA draft to free agency and trades. Dennis Lindsey says the 55th pick cannot impact the roster while Houston pursues a package around Steve Francis, Cato, Mobley, and Howard in talks with Orlando. Francis’s agents reportedly sought a third team to join, complicating the potential trade.
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Houston Rockets
NBA
Tracy McGrady
Rockets
Dennis Lindsey
Yao Ming
McGrady
Orlando
Steve Francis
Cutting Mobley
Kelvin Cato
Juwan Howard
Tyronn Lue
Francis
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