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Toon has Nimitz in district title contention; playoff lock
Feb 6, 2019, 7:44 pm
This is Toon's ninth season as the head coach at Nimitz. Via Vype
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Normally when you hear that a team is rebuilding, that lessens the expectation for the team having a lot of success.
That's not the case for the Nimitz Cougars this basketball season though. While Nimitz lost a heartbreaker against Eisenhower 61-58 in OT, the Cougars are currently
Yes, the team only has two returning starters from last year, however, with the system head coach Nathan Toon ran last year, his roster is filled with varsity experience.
"This group has good size and athleticism, which we believe will help us be a very good defensive team. We also return a lot of experience from last year, which should help us compete at a high level," Toon said. "These student-athletes work hard and they compete every day in practice, which makes them fun to coach on a daily basis."
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Critical levers Astros can pull as health concerns, deadline pressures grow
Jul 10, 2025, 3:46 pm
Jake Meyers is the latest Astro to be rushed back from injury too soon. Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images.
Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.
Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.
Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.
Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.
After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.
Asked if this calf injury feels worse than the one he sustained on Sunday, Jake Meyers looked toward a team spokesman and asked "do I have to answer that?" He did not and then politely ended the interview.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) July 10, 2025
Lack of imaging strikes again!
The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.
The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.
The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?