In recognition of an outstanding 2009 district season, seven Bucs were recognized for outstanding accomplishments on the baseball field. Ethan Brevard was selected Defensive Player of the Year for his pitching and centerfield play. Trey Lambert was selected Pitcher of the Year for his mound prowess. Andrew Edgerly was selected 1st Team All District for his mound prowess. Justin Hallmark was selected 1st Team All District Catcher for his work behind the dish. Hank Jones was selected 1st Team All District 2nd Basemen for his work in the middle infield. Brock Lavergne was selected 2nd Team All District at 3rd Base for his work at the hot corner. Finally, Josh Adamson was selected 2nd Team All District in the Outfield for his play in Left and Centerfield. Coach Seymour was selected Co-Coach of the Year.

The rest of the 23-2A All-District selections can be viewed at this link.
 

The Bucs baseball season came to an end this past Saturday by losing games 2 and 3 to the Trinity Tigers in the Regional Quarterfinals.  The Bucs lost game 2, 19-13, and game 3, 8-7.

The foundation for the Bucs success this season was pitching and defense. However, on Saturday, this would not be the case. In 3 games, the pitching allowed 32 runs and only 16 were earned.  The defense committed 11 errors in the series which led to the 16 unearned runs.  The offense was more than ample enough to win the series but the Bucs could not overcome poor pitching and defensive performances.

In game 2, Trey Lambert was roughed up for 9 runs in 3 innings before being relieved by JT Hallmark.  Hallmark did not fair much better by allowing 10 runs (4 earned) in 2 1/3 innings.  Brock Lavergne finished game 2 by pitching the last 1 1/3 innings and gave up no runs.

Offensive performers were many: Ethan Brevard 1-2, JT Hallmark 3-4 (2 rbi's), Hank Jones 1-4, Brock Lavergne 1-4, Andrew Edgerly 1-4, (3 rbi's), Chase Odom 2-4 (2 rbi's), Josh Adamson 1-4, and Trey Lambert 1-3.

In game 3, the Bucs started on fire by scoring 3 runs in the first 2 innings.  However, pitching and defense would falter again.  Ethan Brevard only managed to pitch 2 2/3 innings due to control problems which led to the Tigers pushing across 4 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning.  Trey Lambert came in on relief and did not fair much better in game 3 as well.  Lambert surrendered 4 earned runs and was only able to record 1 out before giving way to Andrew Edgerly.  Edgerly finished the final 3 innings and did not allow a run while striking out 2.

Offensively in game 3, the Bucs were led by: Ethan Brevard 1-3, (3 rbi's), Hank Jones 1-4, Brock Lavergne 3-4, (1 rbi), Cale Kennamer 1-3, and Trey Lambert 1-1.  In retrospect, the Bucs close a successful season by winning the area championship and becoming regional quarterfinalists.  The Buccaneer season record ended up 19-9. Game Stats.

The Bucs traveled to New Caney on Thursday and won the first game of the best out of three series 6-5. It took extra innings before the Bucs were able to seal the deal. A great game was played by both teams. The score seesawed back and forth. The Bucs went ahead in the top of the fourth inning by scoring two runs only to see Trinity come back and score four in the bottom of the inning. The Bucs would scratch for one run in both the 6th and 7th innings to tie the game and send it into extra innings. The Bucs would then score one run in the top of the 8th and Trinity would come back in the bottom to knot the score up again. Finally, the Bucs scored one in the top of the 9th and held onto the lead to win the game.

Andrew Edgerly pitched 7 innings and scattered 11 hits, gave up 4 runs (2 earned), walked 1, and struck out 4. He however did not factor in the decision since he left the game tied.  He was relieved by Ethan Brevard, who pitched the 8th and 9th innings and picked up the win. Brevard gave up 1 hit, walked 3, and struck out 1.

The Bucs were led offensively by Hank Jones who was 3-5 (1 double), and 1 rbi, Andrew Edgerly 2-5, 1 run scored, Josh Adamson 2-3, 1 rbi, and 1 run scored, Ethan Brevard 1-5 (triple), 1 run scored, JT Hallmark 1-4, Brock Lavergne 1-4, 1 run scored, Chase Odom 1-4, 2 runs scored, and Trey Lambert 1-3, 1 rbi. View game stats.

The Bucs will pick the series back up on Saturday, May 23rd in New Caney at 5:00 pm.
 

The Bucs advanced in the playoffs last night by defeating the Woodville Eagles in the Area championship game 4-2.Trey Lambert had a stellar pitching performance in going the distance for the Bucs. Lambert gave up only 4 hits, 2 runs (1 earned),1 walk, and struck out 6. Trey had good defensive support for most of the night as well.

Offensively, the Bucs were led by Ethan Brevard who was 2-4 (1 double), and 2 rbi's, Hank Jones 1-3, Brock Lavergne 2-3, Andrew Edgerly 1-3, Wasey Weisse 1-1, 1 rbi, and Trey Lambert helped his own cause by going 1-3 (1 double), 1 rbi.

The Bucs now reach the Regional Quarterfinal round where they will be matched up against Trinity. The time and site are TBA. Game Stats.
 

The Bucs closed out the pre-playoff format by defeating Chester in a practice game 8-3 on Friday. Pitching duties were split between Trey Lambert, Andrew Edgerly, and Brock Lavergne. Offensively, the Bucs were led by Edgerly who collected 2 out of the 4 hits the team had. Trey Lambert and Josh Adamson each had one hit.

The Bucs playoff game has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. tonight, Monday, May 18, at Humble High School.  The game matches the Bucs up with the Woodville Eagles for the area championship.

This past Friday the Bucs traveled to Bridge City to play a warm-up game for the playoffs. Bridge City, the number 4 ranked team in class 3A, humbled the Bucs in 5 innings by the score of 13-2.  Bridge City was too much for the Bucs to handle at this juncture. The Buccaneers will have to play these kinds of teams in order to build baseball-rich tradition that is just miles down the road for them both east and west. The lone offense was produced when Ethan Brevard singled to shortstop and JT Hallmark sacrificed bunted him to second and Hank Jones singled him home. The final run came from a solo home run hit by Brock Lavergne.

On Monday, May 11, the Bucs faced Evadale here at home and behind a great combined pitching performance from starter JT Hallmark and closer Ethan Brevard, beating the Rebels 7-0.  Hallmark pitched 4 innings of one hit baseball, and Brevard came on to pitch 3 innings of no-hit baseball.

The offensive performers for the Bucs were: JT Hallmark (1-4, 1 rbi), Hank Jones (2-4, 2 rbi's), Brock Lavergne (1-4, 2 rbi's, (2 run homer)), and Andrew Edgerly (1-2).

The Bucs will close out the pre-playoff schedule by facing Chester this Friday, May 15 in Winnie at 6:00 pm. The Bucs' opening round playoff game will be against Woodville.  The time and day is pending.  Game Stats
 

Before the weather could make a difference, the Bucs were able to strike early versus the Kountze Lions and go on to defeat them 11-1 behind the splendid pitching performance of Andrew Edgerly.

Edgerly threw 5 scoreless innings without giving up a walk and striking out 8.  He scattered 4 hits in his 5 frames of work.  Trey Lambert came on in the bottom of the sixth to pitch the final 3 outs.

The offense was lead by Ethan Brevard 2-4 (2 runs scored, 1 rbi, and 1 steal), JT Hallmark 2-4 (2 runs scored, and 1 rbi), Hank Jones 2-3 (2 runs scored, 2 rbi's, and 1 steal), Andrew Edgerly 1-4 (1 run scored, 2 steals), Chase Odom 1-4 (1 rbi), and Wasey Weisse 1-4 (1 run scored, 1 rbi, and 1 steal).

The Kountze game ended the district season for the Bucs who will clinch a playoff berth.  The Buc's district record ended up 10-2.  The Bucs will play a tune-up game with Evadale with the time and site to be determined. Game Stats
 

The Bucs were able to escape the weather on Friday and beat Anahuac by the score of 2-0.  Trey Lambert gave up 2 hits and struck out 8 in a great pitching performance. JT Hallmark and Hank Jones hit sacrifice flies to provide enough offense for the Bucs.

EC will be back in action on Tuesday versus Warren. Game Stats
 

The Bucs traveled to Hardin on Monday were able to handle the Hornets in 5 innings.  Several miscues by the Hornets enabled the Bucs to put 11 runs on the board.  Andrew Edgerly got the win by pitching 5 innings and allowing 5 hits, 1 run, walked 2, and struck out 7.

Offensive performers for the Bucs were: Ethan Brevard 1-3 (3 runs scored), JT Hallmark 3-4 (3 rbi's), Hank Jones 1-3 (1 rbi), Brock Lavergne 1-4 (1 rbi), Andrew Edgerly 2-3 (1 run scored), and Josh Adamson 1-3 (2 runs scored).  This brings the Buc's district record to 7-2 with three games remaining in the district season. Game Stats
 

The Bucs had a very tough time in defeating Deweyville on Thursday after an emotional win over Buna on Tuesday.  The Bucs were able to squeak out a 2-1 victory in Deweyville behind a gutsy pitching performance by Trey Lambert.  It took 2 extra frames before the Bucs were able to edge the Pirates.

A seeing eye single by Chase Odom and a sacrifice bunt from Kaleb Lavergne, that the Pirates botched, allowed Odom to get to third.  A passed ball enabled Odom to cross the plate with the go ahead run and Lambert closed the door in the bottom of the ninth to seal the victory.

EC will travel to Hardin on Monday to battle the Hornets in a 5:00 contest. Game Stats

The Bucs had a dismal display of baseball on Tuesday night versus Kountze. The Bucs committed 6 errors, and collected only 3 hits which led to a 5-4 loss at home.  The Bucs record in district fell to 3-2.  

The only bright spot of the game was 2 home runs hit by JT Hallmark, and Ethan Brevard.  The Bucs will be back in action on Friday when they meet Warren. Game Stats
 

Behind the superb pitching of Trey Lambert, the Bucs edged out Anahuac in an early nail-biter. Lambert pitched all 7 innings and gave up 2 runs (both unearned), 1 walk, 7 hits, and struck out 5.

The Bucs hit the ball well most of the game and caused Anahuac to commit 5 errors which accounted for 4 unearned runs.  Offensively, the Bucs were led by Hank Jones who went 3-4, with 2 rbi's and 1 run scored.  Others collecting hits were:  Brock Lavergne 1-4, JT Hallmark 1-3, Chase Odom 1-2 with 1 rbi, and Wasey Weisse 1-4 and 1 rbi.  The win brings the Bucs district record to 3-1.

The Bucs have a bye in district this Friday but will resume its district schedule on Tuesday, March 31st versus Kountze at home.  The JV will play Hamshire in a double header on Saturday, March 28th in Hamshire. Game Stats
 

The Bucs, behind an outstanding pitching performance from Andrew Edgerly, pushed their district mark to 2-1 on Friday.  Edgerly gave up a single in the 5th inning which broke up his perfect game bid.  He ended up recording the shutout in the 12-0 win.
 

Offensively, Edgerly went 2-3 with 2 rbi's, Brock Lavergne went 2-4 with 2 rbi's, Wasey Weisse 2-2 (3 runs scored) and Josh Adamson went 2-2 with 3 rbi's and 2 runs scored.  Other offensive performers were:  Ethan Brevard 2-4, Hank Jones 1-3, and Trey Lambert 1-3.

The next district opponent for the Bucs is the Anahuac Panthers.  The JV will play on Monday, March 23rd in Anahuac at 4:00 and the varsity will play on Tuesday, March 24th at 4:30 pm.  Both games are in Anahuac. Game Stats

The Bucs evened up their district record to 1-1 by beating the Deweyville Pirates 9-3.  The rain caused the game to relocate to Winnie, so the Bucs will travel to Deweyville in the second round of district. Trey Lambert had a good pitching performance by striking out 7 Pirates and only walking 2. The defense was a lot better in this game by only suffering one error. The offense was led by JT Hallmark who was 2-4 (2 rbi's) and Brock Lavergne, who was 2-3 (2rbi's). Other offensive performers for the Bucs were: Ethan Brevard 1-2 (1 rbi), Hank Jones 1-4 (2 rbi's), Trey Lambert 1-3 (2 rbi's), and Chase Odom 1-4 (1 run scored).

The Bucs will be back in action this Friday versus Hardin and on Saturday against Hamshire.  Friday's game will be at 6:30 and Saturday's will be at noon. Game Stats

The Bucs opened up their district campaign with Buna last night by getting beat 9-1.  The Bucs once again struggled defensively by committing 5 errors and allowing 4 unearned runs to cross the plate.  Offensively, the Bucs were not much better by only collecting 2 hits (both by Ethan Brevard).  The only Bucs run came off of a past ball uncorked by Buna's second pitcher in the 7th inning. Stats link

In the consolation bracket, the Bucs took on Port Arthur Memorial in game one on Friday morning and behind a well-pitched game from Ethan Brevard came out on top 5-1.  Brevard struck out 8 and walked one while only allowing one run in 5.1 innings.  Offensive support was provided by Hank Jones (2-2), Ethan Brevard (1-3, 2 rbi's), and JT Hallmark, Chase Odom, Wasey Weisse, and Adam Davis with 1 hit each.

The second game in the consolation on Friday was an even played match between the Bucs and Tyler All Saints Episcopal School.  The game score ended in a tie but Tyler advanced on the tie-breaker.  Andrew Edgerly survived back to back homeruns in the 1st inning and ended up pitching a gutsy performance.  Edgerly pitched 5 innings and gave up 5 runs (3 earned).  The offense came alive for 9 hits in the game.  Multiple hit performances were turned in by Andrew Edgerly (2-3, 1 rbi), and Josh Adamson (2-3, 1 run scored.  Others that collected hits were Ethan Brevard, Hank Jones, Wasey Weisse, Trey Lambert, and Kaleb Lavergne.  The Bucs' defense turned out to be its achilles heel.  Five defensive errors were committed allowing to unearned runs to cross the plate which proved to be to costly.

The Bucs first round game in the Orangefield was lost due to untimely defensive mistakes.  The Bucs were tied 1-1 until the 5th inning when 2 hits for Hardin Jefferson along with 2 Buc errors opened the flood gates.  Jefferson tacked on 3 runs in the 5th and 1 in the 6th which proved to be insurmountable.  The offense for the Bucs was also inept collecting only 2 hits in 7 innings.

The Bucs match up with Orangefield or Memorial Friday @ 9:00 am in the loser's bracket.

The varsity baseball team split a double header with Vidor's JV on Friday, February 27, 2009. The first game was a well-played game, by both teams, and with an outstanding pitching performance by Andrew Edgerly which helped the Bucs to their second win, 1-0.  Edgerly went the distance allowing only 2 hits while striking out 7.  Outstanding offensive performances were seen by JT Hallmark who went 3-3 and Chase Odom who went 2-3.

The second game was very sloppily played by both teams on the defensive side.  The Bucs committed 10 errors and Vidor committed 7 of their own.  The errors proved to be more costly for the Bucs because they surrendered 8 unearned runs on their errors.  A decent pitching performance by Ethan Brevard kept the Bucs in it for awhile, but the errors proved to be too many to overcome.  Brevard gave up one hit, and struck out 14; however, he did walk 7.  The only offensive highlight was JT Hallmark's two-run homerun in the 5th inning.

The Bucs will be back in action in the Orangefield tourney on March 5-7.  The Bucs will open up with Hardin-Jefferson on Thursday at 10:15 am. View Game Stats at this link.