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Victoria, TX (November 19, 2008) – The Texas Collegiate League today officially announced the addition of an expansion franchise in Victoria, Texas, for the 2009 season.

The new team will be owned and operated by local businessman Tracy Young, who expressed his excitement at a press conference today.

The event was also attended by TCL president Uri Geva, who shared in the enthusiasm for the league’s newest franchise.
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Todd Cunningham of Jacksonville State and Dustin Dickerson of Baylor received honors from Baseball America

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Brazos Valley Bombers Diamond Duo Receive Top Honors

Following their star-studded performances this past summer, Todd Cunningham and Dustin Dickerson were selected by Baseball America as two of the Texas Collegiate League’s Top 10 Prospects. The honor was a testament to the player’s heroics on the field as they led the league in batting and provided stability throughout the summer.
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The East Texas Pump Jacks’ inaugural season may have come to an end, but Luke Burnett will continue pitching.

The Jacks 6’8” reliever signed a professional contract over the weekend with the Seattle Mariners, becoming the second Pump Jacks player to turn pro. Justin Murray agreed to terms with the Oakland Athletics in the final week of the regular season to become the first East Texas player to sign a pro contract.

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Brazos Valley Bombers

Brazos Valley uses extra inning to force decisive game three tonight with the Mckinney Marshals.

The Marshals failed to eliminate Brazos Valley from the first round of the playoffs on Wednesday and will be forced to play a game three at home on Thursday at 7:05 pm.

Brazos Valley won a hard-fought, extra inning game 4-3, forcing the pivotal game three.

Brazos Valley took a 3-0 lead into the eighth inning behind the pitching of John Touchton and a two-run home run by Nick Anders. But the Marshals bats came alive against relieve Travis Dirk as they tied the game with three runs in the eighth.

Myrio Richard had a two-run triple and Jake Smith scored Richard on a fielder’s choice to tie the game.

Tickets for Thursday’s game three at Gabe Nesbitt Field will be $1, and fans will be able to get hot dogs for $1 all night as well.

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LHP Sam Strickland-Brazos Valley Bombers

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Bryan-College Station, TX (August 5, 2008) –

The Bombers hit the road for their first playoff game of the 2008 season, but not without some difficulties. The game was delayed for over an hour due to transportation issues and the Bombers were unable to recover. Sam Strickland pitched effectively for the Bombers but was unable to find any run support as the Bombers came up on the short end of the stick 5-2.

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Texas Collegiate League

The McKinney Marshals’ incredible season was highlighted by the selection of Myrio Richard, Michael Bolsinger and Jimmy Nelson for Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively. Stan Phelps earned Coach of the Year Honor, after leading the East Texas Pumpjacks to a 22-26 record in their inaugural season.

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Bombers game canceled in the 4^th inning due to inclement weather.

Bryan-College Station, TX (August 3, 2008) –

For the second straight season, the Bombers home finale was cancelled due to inclement weather. The game was cut short in the middle of the fourth inning, as lightning and an impending thunderstorm forced the umpires to call the game early.

Although the Bombers trailed 3-0 when the game was cut short, it will not be considered an official game since five innings were not completed. The game was a scoreless tie until the Marshals put three runs on the board against Cody Springer in the top of the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, J.B. Brown singled to center field to score Mike Walker to put the Marshals on the board first and then Nick Schwaner and Brown scored on two of four walks issued by Springer.

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Donnie Williams- Coppell Copperheads/Lousiana Monroe

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Brian Watson pitches complete game shutout in his first game of the season.

Bryan-College Station, TX (July 30, 2008) –

In a preview of the first round of the TCL Playoffs, the Brazos Valley Bombers shut out the McKinney Marshals for a 3-0 victory. Making his first appearance of the summer, Brian Watson was outstanding, pitching a complete game shutout to earn the victory.

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Texas Collegiate League

First Round of Playoffs Set for Marshals

The McKinney Marshals begin the Texas Collegiate League (TCL) playoffs on Tuesday, August 5 in College Station against the Brazos Valley Bombers. The Marshals will return home to host the second and third (if necessary) games of the best-of-three series on Wednesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 7. FULL STORY

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#18 Nick Anders -Brazos Valley Bombers

Kilgore, TX (July 31, 2008) –

The Brazos Valley Bombers began their road trip to Kilgore in good fashion, defeating the Pumpjacks 8-6 to collect their second consecutive victory. The Bombers trailed 6-4 in the eighth inning, but strung together four runs to come from behind and take the lead. Steve Horlacher pitched two scoreless innings in his second game with the Bombers to pick up his first save in a Bombers uniform.

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East Texas Pump Jacks

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East Texas Pump Jacks fans saw something Wednesday night that they hope becomes more common in this final homestand and next week’s playoffs: A dramatic Pump Jacks win.

The Jacks beat the first-place McKinney Marshals, 3-2, when they pressured home an unearned run in the bottom of the eleventh inning. The win was the team’s fifth in six extra inning games this season and it halted a three-game losing skid.

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Paige Hodges- East Texas Pump Jack

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The East Texas Pump Jacks’ up-and-down inaugural season continue Tuesday night with a 5-3 loss at the hands of the first-place McKinney Marshals at Driller Park.

The defeat was the team’s third straight after winning four of the previous five games. The silver lining is that the Jacks should be poised to make another run, and with the playoffs around the corner, anything is possible.

Tuesday’s game was the first of a six-day homestand that will end the regular season. The TCL playoffs are slated to begin next Tuesday, August 5, and East Texas is guaranteed a spot. If the regular season were to end now, the third-place Jacks would host the second-place Coppell Copperheads at Driller Park in Game One of the first round on August 5. Should the Jacks streak through the remainder of the season and finish in second place, East Texas would have home-field advantage in the first round and host Game Two on August 6 and, if necessary, Game Three on August 7.

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Justin Murray

East Texas Pump Jacks pitcher Justin Murray is now an ex-Pump Jack.

Murray has signed with the Oakland A’s, becoming the first Pump Jacks player to turn pro in the organization’s history. The A’s drafted Murray in the 29th round of Major League’s Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft last month following his junior season at Kansas State.

The righthander had made five starts since joining East Texas a few weeks into the season, going 0-1 with a 4.45 ERA. Murray was third on the staff with 30.1 innings pitched and had allowed 28 hits for an impressive .237 opponents’ batting average. He struck out 27 and walked just five.

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Riley Boening Picture From Donald J Boyles

In the TCL contest last night pitting the Pump Jack of East Texas and the Copperheads of Coppell it was a pitcher duel between the Pump Jack Michael LaCourse and the Copperheads Riley Boening.

LaCourse went a very strong 6 inning giving up 4 hits and striking out 7 while allowing 3 walks in a no decision before giving away Ed Hurta in the 7th. Ed takes the loss after giving up a lead off single to Marcellous Biggins, Hurta comes back to get Michael Pair to fly out to center field for the first out of the inning. This brings up Robert Barbosa, who lines one to right field for a one out double to bring in Biggins for the first run of the game. The 2nd out of the inning was recorded when Jaron Shepard flied out to left field. Then a critical error by Pat McCrory allows Bryan Johns to reach first base which allows Barbosa to score the 2nd run of the inning. Travis Sample grounds out to end the inning.

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Picture from the Pump Jacks

The East Texas Pump Jacks started Saturday in a tie with the Coppell Copperheads for second place, 2.5 games behind the McKinney Marshals for first.

When Saturday night’s game in Coppell concluded, not only had the Pump Jacks slipped into third place, but the Copperheads had done something that no other team had been able to do this season: Beat East Texas in extra innings.

Coppell scored in the bottom of the tenth inning to steal a win from the Jacks, 8-7, and take over second place all alone with seven games remaining in the regular season. The top two teams in the league will have home-field advantage in the TCL playoffs, which begin on Tuesday, August 5.

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