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I never said that..... You never suggested a solution.....

If WV continues to sink it is because the little league coaches failed to supply the high school with sufficient talent to win. Might be time to get some new coaches in the little league.

His Dad was the head coach if I'm not mistaking and Hardin had athletes. They could have been successful in multiple different offenses. If Woodville continues to sink it's because the current staff is doing everything it can to make sure it does

I stand corrected we live in Utopia. Good grief. Smh The insurance I was referring too was health insurance. The numbers posted are not far off. I believe the whole point of the post was there was not much left to live on after being taxed into an oblivion. You are going to tell me that a country that spends 2 trillion more a year than it takes in is a good thing because it’s providing services?! 😂🤣😂 And that’s just at the federal level.

No matter where you are in this country 3.4% is lower than 5%.

[email protected] Tom Halliburton’s Track Volume 38, No. 12 ____ _ May 19, 2026 A message to Golden Triangle-area tracksters: Your ol’ Bubba salutes you, congratulates you and thanks you for your performance at the UIL state track and field championships. Our Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange area has had rough visits to Austin in recent years but not this time. It was a week to remember for several young men and women who made our region proud. And that goes for the coaches, advisors and trainers who work with the athletes. Track and field, when done properly, is hard work, with precious little media coverage or outside public attention. That’s why this weekly newsletter exists. It’s a labor of love for the people involved in track. Your author doesn't make a dime from anyone to do it. It's a hobby strictly for the people involved in the sport. The DFW Metroplex had been dominating recent state meets to an almost embarrassing level but not this time. Greater Houston and our neighbors dominated this year. That’s a credit to hard workers like Darrell Granger in Port Arthur, Renwick Johnson in Beaumont, Becca Peveto in north Orange. These are high-quality coaches who have produced athletes to be the best they can be. That’s what life is all about after high school – being the best adults that they can be. Our total board, counting Warren for the first time, includes four GT-area gold medals, two silvers and two bronzes. Six new events produced area-best and a seventh event matched the exact area-best. So here goes the honor roll --- GOLD MEDALISTS 3A Boys 110-Meter Hurdles – Vaughn Westhoven, Warren, junior, 13.94. 4A Girls Shot Put – Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton, senior, 43-6. 4A Boys High Jump – Kobe Prejean, Hamshire-Fannett, senior, 6-7 5A Boys 1,600-Meter Relay – Port Arthur Memorial, 3:14.69, Coach Darrell Granger (Matthew Christian, Cam’Ron Roberts, Tyson Barnes, Brandon Richards) SILVER MEDALISTS 4A Girls High Jump – Rocsan Hadnot, Jasper, junior, 5-8 5A Boys 800-Meter Run – John Fowler, Beaumont West Brook, junior, 1:52.20 BRONZE MEDALISTS 4A Boys 200-Meter Dash – Sage Gilder, Hamshire-Fannett, junior, 21.37 5A Boys 1,600-Meter Run – John Fowler, Beaumont West Brook, junior, 4:22.70 NEW GOLDEN TRIANGLE-AREA BESTS RECORDED AT THE STATE MEET Vaughn Westhoven, Warren, 13.94; Sage Gilder, H-F, 21.37; John Fowler, WB, 1:52.20; Jaislyn Heater Vidor, 5-8 in 4A girls triple jump; Dinah Tippins, LC-M, 23.78 in girls 4A 200-Meter Dash; LC-M girls 800-Meter Relay, 1:39.65, Coach Becca Peveto (Janet Le, Dinah Tippins, Amaya Meadows, Brianca Barclay) Taking a Titan advantage of their opportunity Tradition must be passed on or it can become a Titanic sinking ship. Tradition can die very easily when schools consolidate. Beaumont and Port Arthur know the difficulties all too well. Students and fans support their Lincoln BumbleBees, their Jefferson Yellow Jackets, their Hebert Panthers, their French Buffaloes…. and then, poof… It’s gone and it’s tough on everyone. Yet in rare instances, with the right people and formula, tradition can endure. LeRoy Leopold and his Lincoln track teams became state champions in the previous century. Leopold coached hard and required his guys to run the quartermile as the backbone of his program. When the Hall of Fame mentor decided to retire, Leopold recommended a replacement in the toddler years at Memorial High School. His assistant Darrell Granger had been the anchorman on a record-holding 4x4 relay team. It was a state record that stood for 17 years. Granger may not have been a carbon copy of Leopold but he was close enough. He coached hard, too. He emphasized the quartermile for his runners, too. Lincoln’s mile relay tradition of success continued with a new school name, new athletes and new colors. Ahh, but track success never is automatic. It requires extra-hard work, continuous coaching and fine-tuning. Relays force a coach to shuffle the deck and insert an alternate or switch a running order. Memorial had not been winning the boys 1,600-meter relay all season. Teams were beating the Titans week after week at nickel-and-dime meets. Even at the 19-5A district meet, Memorial was a lackluster third place at 3:26.72 with Amante Martin, Cam’Ron Roberts, Matthew Christian, and Malcolm McCrea. A week later, Granger added two runners and subtracted two as the Titans improved to 3:16.17 yet they did not capture any area gold medals. So Granger added and subtracted another member for the 5A regional. No wins again and PA settled for a third-place time of 3:12.46 but the Titans had improved their time. Fifteen years ago, the UIL added a ninth state meet entry, lumping the top two finishers in each region plus the best third-place time or length in an event. That’s where the Titans caught a break. A stride behind Iowa Colony and Texas City, Port Arthur still reached Austin’s big dance with the fastest third-place time. Memorial had been rewarded for its flexibility and hard work. Don’t think Granger was finished shuffling his deck before Austin, though. The tinkering and hard work continued. Tyson Barnes replaced Jaylon Gibson at state and was inserted into the third leg of the relay. The winning time (3:14.69) was more than two seconds slower than the regional time. A 200-meter runner for much of the season, Brandon Richards brought home the baton ahead of Texas City, roaring through the last 100 meters. “I knew that if Brandon was close enough to the lead when he got the stick, that we would have a chance,” Granger said. “The thing I was most-proudest of was how Tyson ran well enough to put Brandon in that position.” Announcers at the event described the come-from-behind victory as an “astonishing upset” by a third-place regional finisher. In reality, it’s just an old Port Arthur tradition. PROUDEST MOMENTS FROM THE PRESS BOX THURSDAY You start the three days with a determined Lumberton senior who would not be denied. MADAGYN BOUDOIN equaled her PR and won the gold after entering the competition with the second-longest regional throw. She duplicated her season-best on her second attempt at Mike Myers Stadium, unleashing another toss of 43-6 FRIDAY West Brook junior JOHN FOWLER had the second-fastest state qualifying time in the mile and looked in position to take the lead at the end of the backstretch on the mile’s final lap. Fowler got bumped with 200 to 220 meters left in the race but carried home a gold (1,600) and a bronze (800). Port Arthur junior BRANDON RICHARDS blazed through the deciding anchor lap in 47-flat, overtaking Texas City in the final 100 of the 4x4. Titans knew they had a shot at pulling an upset if Tyson Barnes could run a strong enough third leg to give Richards a chance. Tyson made his coach Darrell Granger proud because Richards was close enough in second place at the early strides of the gun lap. SATURDAY The south wind, recorded at 4.0 meters per second, was well above the 2.0 legal limit. Wind or no wind, C.E. King sophomore DILLON MITCHELL turned into a cyclone at about 50 meters and clocked a 9.92 in the 100. If it had not been wind-aided, the 9.92 would have tied a national HS record. GOLDEN TRIANGLE-AREA TRACK & FIELD FINAL LEADERS DISCUS – Girls: Tatiyana Crain, PA Memorial, 145-8; Boys: Joe Bowser, West Brook, 171-11 SHOT PUT – Girls: Madagyn Boudoin, Lumberton, 43-6; Boys: William Crosby, Orangefield, 48-10.5 HIGH JUMP – Girls: Rocsan Hadnot, Jasper, 5-8; Boys: Ja’Cory Davis, PA Memorial, 6-10 LONG JUMP – Girls: Kelsey Banks, Hardin-Jeff, 18-8.75; Boys: D’Andre Carter, WB, 22-11.25 TRIPLE JUMP – Girls: Jaislyn Heater, Vidor, 39-5.75; Boys: D’Andre Carter, West Brook, 44-9.75 POLE VAULT – Girls: Janet Le, LC-M, 10-9; Boys: Gavin Rubio, Hardin-Jefferson, 14-0 100 M – Girls: Jalexis Neal, PA Memorial, 11.42; Boys: Willie Clark, WB, 10.53; Sage Gilder, Hamshire-Fannett (hand-held) 200 M – Girls: Dinah Tippins, LC-M, 23.78; Boys: Sage Gilder, Hamshire-Fannett, 21.37 400 M – Girls: Jada Guilbeau, PA Mem, 57.85; Boys: Matthew Christian, PA Memorial, 48.88 100 M Hurdles – Girls: Kiley Havard, Nederland, 14.57 110 M Hurdles – Boys: Vaughn Westhoven, Warren, 13.94 300 M Hurdles – Girls: Paisley Angelle, LC-M, 45.78; Boys: Shay Stacy & Brodie Ferguson, Vidor, 37.56 800 M – Girls: Meribeth Owens, Bmt Veritas Classical, 2:19.65; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 1:52.20 1600 M – Girls: Meribeth Owens, Bmt Veritas Classical, 5:11.77; Boys: John Fowler, WB, 4:12.91 3200 M – Girls: Ella Mecom, Nederland, 11:19.37; Boys: John Fowler, West Brook, 9:28.87 400 M Relay – Girls: LC-M (Janet Le, Dinah Tippins, Amaya Meadows, Brianca Barclay) 47.86; Boys: West Brook (D’Andre Carter, Willie Clark, Aden Mills-Teate, Jay’vier Fair), 41.37 800 M Relay – Girls: LC-M (Janet Le, Dinah Tippins, Amaya Meadows, Brianca Barclay) 1:39.65; Boys: PA Memorial (Payton Bell, Cam’Ron Roberts, Alex Eugene, Brandon Richards), 1:25.69 1600 M Relay – Girls: Bridge City (Rylee Carver, Jada Juneau, Makya Augustine, Kylee Britten), 4:06.15; Boys: PA Memorial (Matthew Christian, Cam’Ron Roberts, Jaylon Gibson, Brandon Richards), 3:12.46 Tom Halliburton is a senior sports correspondent with the Beaumont Enterprise

As for insurance, in Texas you can put up 55K and self insure for each vehicle. Once your house is paid off, you can not insure it. I just don't consider SS, Medicare, retirement/401 K taxes. Those are a benefit you will be receiving back. What would you consider to be fair taxes paid? The next question would be what services would you recommend cutting that was paid by the taxes you want to remove?

Defend no - call out exaggerated figures..... YES Your post supports my point - HE makes 50K and pays 9.8-10K in taxes, not 17K. Social security and Medicaid is a benefit, so I'm not sure how you call that a tax. I do wish we could opt out of social security and those of us that have contributed for 44 years like myself could get it in one lump sum, and my kids could just not contribute....

He would have won without Trumps endorsement. I guess Paxton’s check must have cleared Trumps bank just in time for an endorsement for the runoff. Lol

Trump Endorses Paxton in Texas Senate Race! RINO Cornyn's final nail! [Hidden Content]

Good article on how the scheduling was handled for this series: [Hidden Content]

Good for him... Go enjoy your Super Bowl-winning/Super Bowl MVP son's success.

Here’s just quick random google search with him or her living in North Carolina since the post says they were charged crazy toll fees going to Florida. You’re off on your number . These numbers don’t include any money taken out for retirement and insurance. Let’s not forget the other taxes they can and will pay with their take home pay. If you’re going to defend the amount of taxes we pay as just and fair then this conversation is over . Lol A single individual in North Carolina making $50,000 per year will bring home an estimated $39,814 to $40,039 in net pay. This translates to roughly $3,318 to $3,337 per month. The remaining salary is allocated to standard deductions and taxes: Gross Salary: $50,000 Federal Taxes: ~$4,500 FICA (Social Security & Medicare): $3,825 State Income Tax: ~$1,470 The Breakdown 1. North Carolina State Taxes North Carolina has a flat income tax rate of \(3.99\%\). Because there are no local income taxes in the state, your state tax burden is straightforward. After applying North Carolina's standard deduction (about \(\$13,000\) for single filers), you can calculate your state income tax using the following formula: \((\$50,000-\$13,000)\times 0.0399=\$1,476.30\) 2. Federal Income Taxes For a single filer in the 2026 tax year, the standard deduction is \(\$16,100\). This leaves you with a taxable income of \(\$33,900\). [1] 10% Bracket: The first \(\$12,400\) is taxed at \(10\%\). 12% Bracket: The remaining \(\$21,500\) is taxed at \(12\%\). Total Federal Tax: \(\approx \$3,820\) [1] 3. FICA Taxes (Social Security & Medicare) These payroll deductions fund federal programs and apply to all wage earners at flat rates: [1, 2] Social Security (6.2%): \(\$50,000 \times 0.062 = \$3,100\) Medicare (1.45%): \(\$50,000 \times 0.0145 = \$725\)

I thought he looked good at Barbers Hill and was the best fit for him.

Back to Livingston. Tried for other openings, but the Lions were the only takers. Oh well, I guess someone could hear the clock ticking to midnight. BH will still have VB talent, so it will be interesting to see if they get a serious coach.

If you remember the Gang of 8, Miller specifically—and Sessions—sunk Immigration Reform in 2014. We almost had reform that would have eliminated Biden ever being able to allow all the illegals in way back then. But Miller sunk the reforms that most of America thought were common sense compromises because he and Sessions wanted to build a wall and limit any immigration even back in 2014. Miller hasn’t changed, and we still have the immigration problem.

Seeing Cuban and Trump together yesterday on the drug program was wild.....

Gallrein may not be bad at all. I don’t really know. But, I think a person can support many of Trump’s policies, disagree with others, and also agree with many of Massie’s ideas.

I've never been a fan of copy/past or meme's - due to the fact they are normally wrong to make a point. If this imaginary person was single, his income percentage would be 22% - lets not forget the standard deduction. Maybe he was in a State that charged state income tax. The highest is California..... So, lets see how much income tax (federal and state) a single male that grossed $50,656 in California would pay. Federal estimate $4040 State: $1150 Combined - $5190 Take home: $45,466 Including Medicare and SS - closer to 9K -still way off from original post The copy/paste is WAY off......

Gallrein refusing to debate Massie speaks volumes. There are two words in a person's life that will open a lot of doors for them... PULL and PUSH.

This is an ignorant take. Do you think Barrier would've had the individual success he has had if he had been playing in Chad Taylors offense? On the flip side, do you think Hardin would've had the team success they had this past year had they stayed in Barrier's offense? On another note, Woodville is a dumpster fire. Two years removed from a state championship appearance, and now staring down the barrel of low level mediocrity for the foreseeable future, all because daddies can't keep their mouth shut. Great job guys!

I find it hilarious that Trump wanted to cut Federal spending with DOGE, not enter into new wars, and was spied on by FISA/Patriot Act mechanisms, but is now slamming someone who voted—and continually votes—to cut the deficit, was against the current Iran conflict, and votes against warrantless spying via the Patriot Act every time. The ICE funding bill passed 220-207. Massie wasn’t a deciding vote. He is on record for voting ‘No’ not because of the Bill itself but because of the added spending to the deficit. Miller is not to be trusted—regardless of what anyone thinks of Massie. I don’t know that much about him. I know he worries about the deficit and civil liberties as we all should. But, I’ve researched quite a bit on Miller, and he’s a cancer. Gallrein says he’s a Conservative Republican—not MAGA. But, he gives credit to Trump for playing ‘5D chess’, so we’ll see.