Pro Baseball: Jameson Lee Taillon, West Virginia Power

published Aug. 19, 2011

Jameson Lee Taillon pitched four innings, striking out three and allowing one earned run Thursday in the West Virginia Power's 3-2 loss to the Delmarva Shorebirds. Taillon graduated from The Woodlands High School.

Taillon was the second overall player taken in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft when he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a 2010 graduate of The Woodlands where he was a first-team high school all-American pitcher as a senior in 2010. Taillon was born Nov. 18, 1991 in The Woodlands. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Brett William Eibner, Kane County Cougars

published Aug. 19, 2011

Brett William Eibner went 0 for 3 in the Kane County Cougars's 2-0 loss to the Beloit Snappers on Thursday. Eibner graduated from The Woodlands High School.

Eibner is a 2007 graduate of The Woodlands and played three seasons of college baseball at Arkansas before being drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round (54th overall) of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. He signed his first professional contract with the Royals on Aug. 16, 2010. He was born Dec. 2, 1988 in Houston. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Brett William Eibner, Kane County Cougars

published Aug. 19, 2011

Brett William Eibner went 0 for 3 in the Kane County Cougars's 2-0 loss to the Beloit Snappers on Thursday. Eibner graduated from The Woodlands High School.

Pro Baseball: Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks

published Aug. 19, 2011

Paul Goldschmidt went 2 for 3 with one RBI and scored a run in the Arizona Diamondbacks's 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday. Goldschmidt graduated from The Woodlands High School.

Goldschmidt is a 2006 graduate of The Woodlands High School. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 49th round (1,453rd overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, but he did not sign. Goldschmidt accepted a baseball scholarship at Texas State and played three seasons (2007 to 2009) for the Bobcats appearing in 151 career games. Goldschmidt was drafted in the eighth round (246th overall) of the 2009 MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2010, his first full professional season, he was named MVP of the California League (advanced class-A) and the Diamondbacks minor league player of the year after batting .314 with 42 doubles, three triples, 35 home runs and 108 RBI for Vasalia. Goldschmidt was born Sept. 10, 1987 in Wilmington, DE. Read more...

Jerry Larance contributes to Devon Energy Corporation Political Action Committee

Special to the Chronicle published Aug. 19, 2011

Devon Energy Corpâ€˜s Sr Production Eng Advisor Jerry Larance contributed $40 on the %o of August 2011 to Devon Energy Corporation Political Action Committee.

Larance lives in The Woodlands, (77382).

Source: Texas Secretary of State Read more...