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FINAL FROM MONTGOMERY:
Jasper      5
Salado      2
Congratulations to Coach Stephen Westbrook and the Jasper Bulldogs, Class 4A Region III Champions!!!  Good luck in Austin!!!

Huffman, Robinson.  Please weigh in here.  You have played both teams. 
It is so hard to judge teams from totally different areas.  Frankly I was surprised to learn that Salado is in Region III.  Comparing won-loss records against totally different teams is rather meaningless.  For example in 2007 when Jasper made it to the state tournament, they had the worst record of the four teams.  Short version.  Jasper won both State games scoring 25 total runs, stealing about 20 bases, and setting a number of state tourny records in the process.  

Thanks very much and congratulations. Good luck to y’all, best hitting team I’ve seen in a while. 

Escalante just missed 1 in the preceding game that would have tied it up, with a drive against the wall.  This is a big yard he just drove it out.  

Congrats!  Time to get over the hump and bring one home to setx!

FINAL FROM GEORGETOWN:
Jasper      1
Kilgore     0
The Lady 'Dogs advance to the Girls 4A State Championship Game tomorrow to take on Midlothian Heritage at 2:30 pm!

Jasper leading 5-0 with five minutes to go.  Jasper subbing liberally.
How about those Jasper girls!!!

1st & 10 do it again...go dawgs go!
 I got tired hearing that...but I liked it.  That's fun, that's Friday night football.
I didn't enjoy the drive, coming or going...but Jasper fans you are gracious host.  IMO the best I've been around.
BUT...being from Crosby you know we gonna "complain" so here goes:
1. Crosby ROTC get the heck off the field, Jasper's band still playing & they still had time on the clock. 
2. START THE &%#$ CLOCK!!!
3.  It's the first game, it's been flooding & chaotic, so what about complaining we got to play football & others didn't.  Both teams will get better, I hope.
 
 
 

Are we allowed to say it was a great game after all?  Just wondering, and noticed 14.2 labeled it a good game and gave Jasper some props.  Bulldog football is on the upswing imho.  Let's hope this is the sign of good things to come.  We have been pretty notorious slow starters the last few years so maybe there is quite a bit of upside from here.

Honestly with all the hype surrounding Crosby I was concerned and they do have decent size but... they are no where near a gilmer or navasota(15) the last 2 teams to knock us out of the playoffs 

Sounds like little ole Jasper have Crosby all they wanted and some!!

I walked out to parking lot with several Crosby fans in their words we gift wrapped the win for them with our turnovers they said they were shocked at all the athletes we had for such a small school... fact is because of our location we don't get the publicity that they do 

long ride.  did you just sneak another excuse in?  lol

Crosby is exactly who I said they were earlier in the week. Anemic on defense, questionable at the QB position, and totally dependent on Williams for anything and everything they might accomplish. That is not a recipe for a top notch season, it's a recipe for 6-4 like I said. Write it down now, BH beats that behind next week. 

Don't be surprised when Jasper wins this one. Despite the hype, Crosby is only a shell of what they have been the past couple of years. The RB is solid, but everything else is suspect. The QB has yet to prove he can actually play and the receiver that was mentioned is just a decent player. These guys have proven over the years to be nothing more than weight room heroes. They run fast on the track, they utilize social media to make sure everyone thinks they're special, and they play cheesy videos at their home games to try and create a college-like atmosphere. As far as the substance on the football field, it's often pretty average. Crosby has never proven that they can play any defense at all and that is what will get them beat on Friday. I think Jasper will punch them in the mouth and run the ball for as much as they want whenever they want it. I think this unproven Crosby offense will prove to be anemic in the passing game allowing Jasper to stack the box and contain the RB. If you force the QB to throw, you will quickly learn that he cannot do it.
Jasper wins by a touchdown and sets Crosby up to have a 6-4 year.

Unfortunately since the days of Walkoviak, we do not schedule the teams twice our size as we did in the past.  I was upset when we quit playing Lufkin.  They too got too big for us..even though we beat them 5 out of 8 times in the 80-90's.
Playing teams better than you is a good thing.  I am glad the circumstances forced this "showdown," and from our perspective it will be a "great" game.  Who knows maybe Crosby does return the favor and puts a 70 point beat down on Jasper.   I get it, you take pride in your team and don't like not being respected to the level you feel Crosby deserves.  You have had a very good 3 year stretch with some amazing athletes.   Jasper had a pretty good year last year, and if indications of the scrimmage against a Newton team 1/2 our size tells us anything, we might be a bit better this year.
 

Jasper by 3. The bulldogs are tougher than some of you think. The Barbays mean business, and they'll have their junkyard dogs prepared. 

This is the most asinine thing I have ever read. How can it be that he would be reassigned for these reasons with no prior warnings or rebuke on the issues you have stated? This is truly an excuse that is being circulated by those who are well aware of the fact that they have wronged the Barbay family. I was privileged to play for Coach Barbay for two years (one when he was an assistant, and then the first year he was hired as a HC). That was 16 years ago so he was quite a bit younger and I would assume he was quite a bit less refined. Even then he did not exude the attributes that this post has assigned to him, so I have no reason to believe that his character has degraded over the past 16 years. He took over that team before my senior year when most of us seniors felt like we had been abandoned. He made it clear early on that we were in good hands and that he was the right man for the job. He invested in each one of us and had a special place in his heart for the kids on our team who didn't get the support they should have from home. I personally watched him load groups of kids into his truck after practice and take them home because their parents didn't come pick them up. I watched him pick those same kids up at 6:00 am in the summer to make sure they had a ride to the field house to lift weights or participate in summer practices. I watched him make guys miss practice so they could work with their teachers to improve their grades. I've seen him imbed himself in a community and work to make it better. I watched him start a girls softball program and make himself the head coach. He coached softball for years and really enjoyed it! He did all of this while serving as the athletic director, the head football coach, and teaching classes. No one is perfect, and Coach Barbay surely isn't, but to remove him from this position in Jasper for absolutely no reason at all is an injustice that shouldn't be overlooked. This is not something that the community of Jasper should be proud of and if it were me, I would ensure that each board member who is serving now would not be serving any longer once their term ends. I cannot bring myself to root against the kids of JISD, but I will sure as heck root against those adults who have done this. I really hope they get Garrett Morgan-ed again because that is exactly what they deserve.
Barbays, on to bigger and better things. JISD has stolen a lot more from you than a job. This thing extends way beyond employment, but you guys are resilient and will bounce back. I am reminded of a phone call that I had with Coach Barbay right after he was hired as AD/HC at HD, and a few weeks after our previous head coach had left right before my senior year. He said to me:  "I know you are disappointed in the way things have transpired, but you can either cry about it and waste one of the best years of your life, or you can fight like hell to be better than you have ever been to prove that this team is as great as we know it is. And if you make the decision to fight, I promise you I'll be fighting right beside you." He is the kind of man that doesn't just encourage you to fight, but stands shoulder to shoulder with you in the battle. He has fought beside lots of us, and now it's our turn to fight beside him. #BackTheBarbays

Just watched replay. Jasper went for it on 4th down 14 times converting 3. I applaud then on sticking to there guns. Their plan was to keep it away as much as possible and they didn't sway away from that. Buckeyes D came up big on 4th downs last night.
On another note that Holmes kid #35 is a beast!!!

Kids didn't ever quit.......and what I really liked was the coaches came to win. I don't think Jasper punted all night. 

It was a great game........ the kind of game that you love to win........but you truly hate it for the other team. 

Jasper won 35-21 and will play Gilmer next week. No word on when and where...

I see what you did there lol

Might be a good game, but no one on this board has any interest.  Neither team is  a big enough name to generate any interest this far away.

El Campo smashes Henderson.....just because Lion70 is the village idiot