Ragin through the Pages of the Web 2004-08-20
Owensboro Little League ace ( Cole Sturgeon ) is living his dad's dream, . . . Mike Sturgeon helped win a state baseball championship at Owensboro High School. He pitched in college for Louisiana-Lafayette, where he got to play catch with Ron Guidry.
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This is the last season the Sun Belt Conference will be scattered across the country.
The four-year old football conference is on its way to be becoming more regionalized, with the loss of three Western schools to the Western Athletic Conference next year and the addition of three Southeastern schools over the next two years.
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Tyler Davidson, Dante Brinkley, Ambiorix Concepcion and Corey Coles all are in the top 10 in batting average -- each are hitting .303 or higher.
They have reaped the benefits of having Mitchell around, especially Coles, who last year hit .167 (6-for-36) in 15 games.
Coles has been the leading hitter for Brooklyn most of this season, but has dipped to fourth on the team with a. 303 average. Concepcion leads the Cyclones at .318, with Davidson and Brinkley both at .314.
Coles says Mitchell has helped him tremendously with his swing. "He helped me flatten the bat out and keep it down a little," said Coles, in his second year. "It helped to get my bat swing out a lot quicker."
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Second-year cornerback Ike Taylor who has attracted the wrath of coach Bill Cowher on the practice field, has a unique way of easing the pressure of training camp. When he commits a penalty and Cowher hollers at him, Taylor said he acts like he doesn't know what Cowher means. "I say, 'Who me? You called that on me. Oh, that wasn't me.' Its all mental. You have to find something to keep it going." Taylor said his attitude sometimes gets him in trouble. "Coach gets on me a lot because my personality is real laid-back and I don't worry about things. Coach is very emotional. I get emotional during games, but in practice, I'm really trying to stay focused."
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Working on punt coverage Kyries Hebert barrelled into Craig Yeast as the returner looked into the sky waiting to catch the ball.
Hebert was kicked out of the game for rough play and called for intentional no-yards, giving the Ticats 40 yards and the ball on the Ottawa 23.
"We're not going to have that around here," said Paopao. "That's just unacceptable. I'll look at the tape and if I see something where it looks premeditated, we'll deal with it. That ain't right."
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