REALLY!!!

The PL Judges at Sweeny last year were the same ones used at Palacios for the past several years . They are normally very bad and do not read the rule book as written. They call a toe moving inside the shoe which is not the way the rule is written. I am a certified PL judge now and work with a group that judge in the Golden Triangle area and we try to call by the book . We start this early so lifters know what to expect at regionals or state . I had a daughter that bombed twice in Palacios because of bad judging and this is why I started so hopefully it will not happen on my platform.

There was lots called in the Woodville Buna series. If as an umpire you don't call them ALL year it is a disservice to the kid.

They could have gotten more umpires for a 3 man crew but chose not to. Hardin pitcher threw a very good ballgame and Hardins defense was pretty good when needed. Good luck to Hardin and Coach Snell.

Buna made some good defensive plays and Welty pitched well till the HR. Woodville hit the ball hard but Buna made the plays early but late in the game WD bats just a bit much. Very competitive game. Big crowd.

Run rules in playoffs are 10 after 5 . Different in regular season

They still have some bugs to wok out . FASA was founded by Bobby Hair ( formerly USFA) . They have some big tournaments in the Shreveport area and some in Lufkin and Longview. Just have to pick and choose where you want to go. I do not see it getting as big as USFA for the younger age groups down here. They do pull some teams from Ark and OK at some of their bigger events up north.

He did 4- 12U games including his first 2 on plate with Marcie Anderson and Kevin Wiggins on the field. Did not do bad. LAST 3 were 16 & 14U.  Tried to get Trout to dress out and call with him but that was a no go.

Everyone come out to the Sept Stars Over Texas College Exposure tournament and judge for yourselves. From the looks on their website , most of the big dogs will be there both 16 u and 18 u .  There will always be a place for a kid to play if they want to play. From the Big Teams to he not so Big teams and everything in between. Keep your goals high and do the best you can and you can achieve whatever you want to.

Great weather and turnout this weekend. I saw some of the BEST 8u games ever at this tournament. Some of the 8u teams were more fundamentally sound than lots of HS teams that I have called this year. They turned double plays, dived and caught most everything in the outfield and the infield defense was fantastic. Texas Chaos, CenLa Heat,Intruders and GT Shockers were some of the ones there. Coaches have done a great job "TEACHING " these 8's the game.

[quote name="Big V" post="1384362" timestamp="1362917283"] HJ's Kaitlin McFarland made an impressive jump from 8th place after squat and bench to 2nd place and a trip to state after deadlift. The show of sportsmanship from the Orangefield and Hampshire-Fannett powerlifters and thier parents in the stands, by cheering for Kaitlin on her final(state qualifying) lift, was first class and thanks to all of them. She even surprised dad on that one! Good luck to Kaitlin and the other girls that will be representing District 21-3A at state. [/quote] It was a good lift. For those of you who have never been to a PL MEET, It is one of the few HS sports that the kids cheer for each other and encourage each other regardless of school affiliation. It is you against the weight and you push each other to lift big or go home. Shows lots of character in kids that cheer even after bombing out  . Seen it a lot in meets. Also most parents and coached try to help each other. Good Luck to ALL in Corpus.

Troy Angelo Colton Bodreaux LCM BOYS

LCM GIRLS-(soph) Kallye Harris,(soph) Blythe Ferguson and freshman Courtney Price Buna Girls- Crystall Ballin, Keanna Ratcliff  (spellin)? NED Girls - Makelye Harper Silsbee - AJ Avila, Annie Morrisee Spelling is way off but these are the ones I know of.

LCM ,SILSBEE,ORANGEFIELD and WOS will lift together. Jan 17 @WOS 4PM Jan 31 @SILS 4PM Feb 07 @OF  4PM Feb 14 @LCM 4PM Girls Regionals Feb 28 @Westbrook Girls State      March 16@CC?????Maybe Boys Reg        March 9 @ Alief Taylor Boys State    March 23 @ Abilene   

Nice job AB. Also nice job BIRDMAN!!!

Most of the locals will start around the 10th of January. Most HSPL meets around here will be on Thursdays with a few bigger meets on Saturdays. Also most schools kinda pair off with meets consisting of 4 to 5 schools to keep the meets smaller and more manageable. Last year LCM,SILSBEE,WOS,OF were lifting together.