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I quoted an earlier post of mine.  65 points!  Enough said!  Bray Bray is a BEAST!   I have not heard in several years when a ball player scored in the 60's.  Keep in mind they only play 8 minute quarters in high school.  He shows up HUGE on the biggest stages and against guys who are ranked in the state and the nation.

Yeah they were 4-0 and playing well and I was on there bandwagon.  They were also a school to be effected in a major way by the storm Imelda that probably disrupted a lot.

I saw the Silsbee vs. United game last year and yes I must admit Kasen Harrison can play.  Harrison played well at the end of the game but Bray Bray comes at you like he wants to destroy you from the beginning of the game to the end of the game.   I also look at the fact on the biggest stage that Bray Bray takes his game to another level in the regional tournaments and his appearances in the 2 state championship games.  

I first want to make a comment on how wrong I was about this game.  I thought we would upset Newton, but I had no idea they had athletes like that coming back.  Yeah I knew Newton would be Newton but not that type of Newton.  They will win state again.  Secondly, we will be a playoff team and make a deep run in the playoffs again.

I first want to make a comment on how wrong I was about this game.  I thought we would upset Newton, but I had no idea they had athletes like that coming back.  Yeah I knew Newton would be Newton but not that type of Newton.  They will win state again.  Secondly, we will be a playoff team and make a deep run in the playoffs again.

I had predicted that United would lose the first 2 games.  I heard the United coaching staff did an good job until the last few minutes when they attempted to run the clock down and had the QB running to the sidelines every play.  I am sure they will clean that up.  I have not heard much about PA but I am sure the game will be physical.  
United 31
PA  21
 

I am not going to make a prediction that Silsbee will win this game like the past 2 games.  I just hope that we get better in all 3 phases of the game and get the ball in the hands of our playmakers more.  

True.  Dallas has been moving kids in from all over the state through AAU basketball.  Boys and girls.  Dallas has also formed Prep School super teams lately who dominate the lower levels at state.  I was looking at the football game last night involving North Shore vs. Katy.  Was I the only person who noticed so many kids on both team with  D-1 scholarship offers?  Does that happen by accident?  Doubt it!  I am sure you also noticed that the running back for Katy that dominated the game moved to Katy from a high school in South Carolina?  

I am eating crow.  I didn't think that they could pull it off against a program such as Nederland.  I heard the referees stuck it to United by incorrectly placing the football behind the first down marker on 2 occasions and threw flags on several first downs.  They also called back 2 touchdowns against United.   Hats off to the coaching staff!  It was good to hear that the BU coaches made adjustments at halftime.  This win will be a big boost to that program.  Not many people (including myself) thought that at this time of the year they would be 2-0.   Now my Tigers will go out tonight and shock everyone in the area and beat Newton.  

Silsbee 38    Newton 35

Silsbee 38    Newton 35

From what I heard about the scrimmage, and from what I hear from some of the guys here at work, United practices differently, the players seem more engaged, and they look like a completely different football team.  United may surprise some people this year!  I wish Silsbee was playing them in football.  I know we will play United in basketball.  

In my personal opinion, my Tigers will win the Ship 3 years in a row regardless of who transfers in.  I am looking forward to the game between us and United.  Does anyone know the date of that game so I am sure that I am off work? 

WOS and Newton don't have depth and they compete very very well in these games.  We have the talent  It is time that we take it to another level.  

WOS and Newton don't have depth and they compete very very well in these games.  We have the talent  It is time that we take it to another level.  

I thought Coach David Green was out of the mix due to the money?  The Silsbee native will have the U in great hands if he comes.  

Well thanks a lot BISD you’ve managed to do it again and run off another young QUALIFIED coach... you guys are doing such a wonderful job of keeping your young and upcoming talent in the district .

OK...It is about time that the rest of the nation know how good we are in high school basketball.  It is an honor to be invited to a National Tournament and no team should turn it down.  

Is Coach Mike T a finalist for the United job?  Where is he a finalist for the other job?  He had a good game plan to beat us but Devon took over on the boards and Ozen couldn't hold the lead.  I was hoping that he would hang around another year if he doesn't get the United job and get the job at Silsbee when Coach Sig retires?  

Due to my Spectrum being down and out I could not post online.  I just wanted to say, although I am late, Congrats to my Tigers.  We will be the first team in this area since the Hebert Panthers in the early 80's to 3-peat as state champions in basketball.  

I might be the naive one in the room, but I am impressed with the hire of Arthur Louis as the new coach.  Remember folks, the new coach at United will be charged with much more than building a new football team....he will be in many ways responsible for building a new community  As impressive as the resumes of Todd Peterman, Lydell Wilson and Kirk Botkin might be in other respects, they do not have the experience that Coach Louis has in either of those regards.  And as folks from old school Ozen remember, he was kind of successful in that regard.
As many have noted since news of the merger came about, mending of the community will be necessary.  What better man to do that than a respected member of the community?  What better man to do that than a man who BISD fans had expressed hopes would fill a BISD head coaching job, whether Central, Ozen or West Brook, every time one of those positions came open?  You need someone within the community that can command the respect of all who come to it.  Folks, whether you care to admit it or not, Arthur Louis is that man.  No he may not have been the "splashworthy" candidate that some were hoping for.  But the building that will be required here will require more than just a splash.  In Arthur Louis, you have a man who is invested in the community, and having come from a school that looked to such candidates to lead them and have had success in doing so, there is something to be said for that.
I know that there is this undercurrent, that Coach Louis is merely a placeholder and that in a couple of years one of the current Ozen or Central coaches will resume the helm.  And that may very well be the case.  However, with the outside hires that so many coveted, do you think that the coaching situation would be any more settled?  Do folks really believe that folks like Peterman or Wilson, who have state championships on their resume and coaching stops (as well as AD stints) at much bigger school districts, would have actually put down permanent stakes at a smallish 6A school made up of a couple of schools who really have no major playoff success to speak of?  If you believe so, perhaps I am not the only naive person in the room.
But the folks at United are faced with the choice.  They can, as a community, rally around Coach Louis and work as hard as they can to help build the program that many of you think it can be OR you can spend your time lamenting about the "big fish" that got away.  As Alpha Wolf, who I know to be an avid fisherman, can tell you, that second choice never gets you that far.

I posted in another post that I thought he would be the best hire.  He will have a dynamic offense, the kids will follow his lead because he is a great leader.  My nephew played for him and he held his kids accountable and preached character all the time when I would come by their practices.  I wish he was in Silsbee.  

I posted in another post that I thought he would be the best hire.  He will have a dynamic offense, the kids will follow his lead because he is a great leader.  My nephew played for him and he held his kids accountable and preached character all the time when I would come by their practices.  I wish he was in Silsbee.  

I posted in another post that I thought he would be the best hire.  He will have a dynamic offense, the kids will follow his lead because he is a great leader.  My nephew played for him and he held his kids accountable and preached character all the time when I would come by their practices.  I wish he was in Silsbee.  

Are you kidding me?  We (Silsbee) has the best 3 guard combo in the state of Texas with McCain, Bush, and Adams.  There pressure will not effect us at all and we will score at will.  This will be a track meet and no one can outrun the Silsbee Tigers.