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Inside the Chamber Podcast 3/10/10

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College Baseball: #3 Texas Rallies To Defeat Upset-minded ‘Cats

sports — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:39:14 +0000

The Texas State Bobcats are coming off of a heartbreaking loss, losing on the road to #3 Texas last night 4-3 at Disch-Falk Field. The Bobcats held a 3-1 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th inning, but that’s when the Longhorn bats woke up, scoring 3 times to take a 4-3 lead. In the 9th, Texas closer Chance Ruffin shut the door on Texas State earning his 4th save of the year. The Bobcats will meet the Longhorns two more times this season, the next meeting is April 13th in Austin. Up next for Texas State is a three game home series against Penn State which begins this Friday in San Marcos.

Texas State In Search Of First SLC Tourney Win In 7 Years Tonight

sports — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:30 +0000

The road to the NCAA tournament begins tonight for the Texas State Men’s basketball team, which opens the Southland Conference tournament against 4th seeded Southeastern Louisiana at the Merrill Center in Katy. The Bobcats closed out the regular season by winning their final three games, including an overtime win over the #1 seed Sam Houston State in the season finale. The Bobcats went 15-15 in the regular season, 9-7 in conference play with one of those seven losses coming to tonight’s opponent, Southeastern Louisiana back on February 3rd in Hammond, Louisiana. Lions big man and 2nd team All-Conference center Patrick Sullivan scored a game high 23 points to go along with 10 rebounds and 8 blocked shots that game, a 75-66 win for Southeastern.

The Bobcats haven’t won a Southland Tournament game since 2003, and look to snap that skid at 8:30 against Southeastern Louisiana in Katy. The winner will face the winner of tonight’s 1-8 match-up between top-seeded Sam Houston State and Nicholls State. 6th seeded UTSA plays #3 A&M-Corpus Christi at 2:30 this afternoon. Again, the winner of this week’s single-elimination tournament will advance to the NCAA tournament which begins next week.

Spurs Stuck In 7th Out West; Prepare For Knicks Tonight

sports — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:46 +0000

The San Antonio Spurs gear up for their 4th game in 6 nights this evening; the silver and black host the New York Knicks at 7:30 from the AT&T Center. Looking at the tight Western Conference standings, the Spurs are still in the 7th spot, where they’ve seemed to have been in for quite some time now. San Antonio is only a ½ a game ahead of Portland for 8th place, but only 2 games back of Phoenix for 5th, and 4 games behind Utah for 4th place. The Spurs can gain some ground tonight with a win over the visiting Knicks, along with some outside help both Oklahoma City and Utah playing tonight as well.

HS Soccer: Cougars And Unicorns Clinch Playoff Berths

sports — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:27:50 +0000

In boys soccer, the New Braunfels Unicorns and Canyon Cougars are no longer on the brink of making the playoffs, they’re in. New Braunfels actually had the night off, but clinched its post-season berth by virtue of Reagan’s 5-1 loss to Johnson last night. Canyon earned its playoff spot by shutting out Wimberley 4-nil; Crispean Maldonado scored 2 of the Cougar goals. Smithson Valley, which is out of the playoff race, played Churchill to a 1-1 tie.

In girls soccer it was an area sweep last night, with all three teams posting shutout victories. Canyon defeated Wimberley 5-nil; Adrianna Villa scored 3 goals in the match; Nikki Nichols’ goal was all Smithson Valley needed to top Churchill 1-nil, and Canyon Lake beat Lehman by a 2-nil score.

HS Softball: Canyon Edges Seguin In 27-4A Opener, NB & SV Each Post 26-5A Wins

sports — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:31 +0000

The defending state champion Canyon Cougarettes and Smithson Valley Rangers each posted district wins last night; the Cougarettes defeated Seguin 2-1 in the 27-4A opener from Cougar Field. Canyon pitcher Sara Mireles went the distance and struck out 14 giving up just 2 hits. Smithson Valley is 4-1 in 26-5A play after knocking off Madison last night 6-1; New Braunfels also won its 26-5A game last night, 10-0 over Roosevelt. Canyon Lake softball lost at home to Pearsall 6-3.

HS Baseball: Cougars Blow Past Lockhart; Unicorns and Rangers Come Up Short

sports — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:35 +0000

It was a tough evening in 26-5A play for both New Braunfels and Smithson Valley last night. The Unicorns and Rangers are each 1-2 in district play after the Unicorns dropped a 5-1 decision to Churchill, the Rangers lost a high scoring affair to San Antonio Johnson 11-10. Matt Binick went 3 for 4 from the plate in the losing effort for Smithson Valley, and hit a three-run homer. The Canyon Cougars had little trouble last night, defeating Lockhart 18-2 in a 5 inning-run rule blowout at Cougar Field. Jacob Gonzales pitched a complete game for Canyon, striking out 7 in 5 innings of work, allowing just 1 hit. Sophomore slugger Tanner Hill was 3-for-4 and drove in 3 runs, 2 coming off of his 5th home run of the season. The Cougars are now 7-3; Canyon and Smithson Valley both head off to the South San Tournament tomorrow, New Braunfels is off until next week.

BREAKING NEWS: Baptist Health System Purchases Land in New Braunfels for Hospital

newsroom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:37:55 +0000

KGNB News has confirmed that the Baptist Health System has purchased a 56-acre tract of land here in New Braunfels, at the Town Center at Creekside location on FM 306 at I-35, and they plan to build a hospital at that location over the next 2 years. The details about their purchase and the plans for that new hospital system are still coming in, but Baptist Health System officials say it will be a full-service hospital, complete with an ER, labor and delivery rooms, and other acute care facilities. A timeline for breaking ground or construction has not yet been released, but the Baptist Health System says they hope to have the hospital complete and ready to open to the public in 2012. We’ll have many more details about this story tomorrow morning during the KGNB Morning Report and online at kgnb.am.

New Braunfels Firefighters Trianing in the Water Ahead of Expected Busy Summer River Season

newsroom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:52 +0000

The New Braunfels Fire Department is gearing up for what is expected to be a busy summer tourism season. This week, firefighters and EMS personnel have been in the Comal River at the city tube chute conducting in-the-water training exercises, and crews have been restocking their summertime gear, getting ready for the crowds, which could come as early as this month during Spring Break. New Braunfels Fire Department Battalion Chief Stacey Zercher says with warmer weather and good river flows, the department is reviewing their water rescue procedures, and putting their training to the test. And they are working with local river outfitters ahead of the summer season. Right now the Comal River is running at 370cfs and the Guadalupe River is flowing at about 550cfs…perfect tubing conditions for both rivers.

NBISD and CISD Candidates Now Know Their Order on the May Local Election Ballot

newsroom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:42:12 +0000

Candidates running for office this May now know where they will appear on the ballot, after drawing were held yesterday morning for the school district elections to determine in which order those candidates will appear on the ballot.

In the Comal ISD, the only contested race is in Dist. 7 between incumbent Bill Swint and challenger Jeffrey Victor, and the ballot will read in that order, with Swint listed first and Victor listed second. The other race, in Dist. 6, had only 1 candidate, incumbent David Spencer, who automatically wins reelection.

In the NBISD: There was also 1 uncontested race, in Dist. 4, where Joe Hassman automatically wins the seat. But the other races are all contested. In Dist. 1, Keith Smith is listed first on the ballot followed by Jay Patrick in the second position. And in the at-large race: There are 2 at-large seats up for grabs, and 6 candidates, each trying to be one of the top 2 vote-getters in the May election, which is all it takes to win one of those 2 seats. And when NBISD voters go to the polls, they’ll see Joe Castilleja’s name listed first, followed by Priscilla Segovia, Rob Johnson, Judy Graves in the 4th position, incumbent Mae Ruth Meyer is listed 5th, and Greg Sofran will be listed last on the ballot.

And don’t forget, there’s also a contested race for New Braunfels City Council this May. The Dist. 2 City Council race features incumbent Mark Goodner against fellow Dist. 2 resident Richard LaRochelle. The order on the ballot for that race will be drawn later today at City Hall. Dist. 1 incumbent Richard Zapata did not draw an opponent, and he automatically wins reelection to his 2nd term in office.