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my opinion,only an opinion,the coach doesnt matter if the players and community does not buy into the program..

We have 33 of our coverage area teams that have clinched a playoff spot with one game remaining in district play. We also have 6 teams that has wrapped up the #1 seed in their district. Here is a rundown of each district that has teams that have clinched playoff spots. Also a look at who can clinch in the final district game Tuesday, Feb. 13: 21-6A Atascocita has clinched playoff spot and #1 seed Beaumont United has clinched the #2 seed. Beaumont West Brook has clinched a playoff spot. CE King can clinch final playoff spot with a win or a Summer Creek loss. West Brook can clinch #3 seed with a win or CE King loss. 16-5A Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Kingwood Park and Porter have clinched playoff spots. Lufkin has clinched the #1 seed. Nacogdoches is the #2 seed. Kingwood Park has clinched #3 seed. Porter will be #4 seed. 17-5A Barbers Hill, Port Arthur Memorial and Crosby have clinched playoff spots. Barbers Hill can clinch #1 seed with a win and a PA Memorial loss. PA Memorial can clinch #1 seed with a win and a Barbers Hill loss. Crosby can clinch no worse than #3 seed with a win or Nederland loss. Nederland can clinch final playoff spot with a win or Goose Creek Memorial loss. 19-4A Silsbee, Bridge City and West Orange-Stark have clinched playoff spots. Silsbee has clinched the #1 seed. Bridge City is #2 seed. WO-S is #3 seed. Vidor can clinch final spot with a win vs. Jasper Tuesday night. Lumberton gets final spot with a Vidor loss. 20-4A Hamshire-Fannett and Huffman have clinched playoff spots. Hamshire-Fannett can clinch #1 seed with a win or a Huffman loss on Tuesday. Both teams have clinched no worse than the #2 seed. Livingston can clinch playoff spot with a win vs. West Fork Tuesday. They can clinch #3 seed with a win and a Splendora loss. Splendora can clinch playoff spot with a win vs. Huffman Tuesday. 21-3A Pollok Central, Central Heights, Diboll and Woodville have clinched playoff spots. Pollok Central can clinch #1 seed with a win vs. Central Heights Monday. Central Heights needs a win vs. PC to force a tie for #1 seed. Both teams have clinched no worse than the #2 seed. Diboll and Woodville need wins and the other to lose Tuesday to clinch #3 seed. 22-3A Kountze and Orangefield have clinched playoff spots. Kountze can clinch #1 seed with a win and an Orangefield loss Tuesday. Orangefield can clinch #1 seed with a win and a Kountze loss Tuesday. Both can finish no worse than the #2 seed. Anahuac, Buna and East Chambers are all tied at 7-6. Each needs a win and one of the other two to lose to clinch playoff spot on Tuesday. If one team loses and the other two win, the losing team will be out. Anahuac plays Hardin, Buna plays Kountze and East Chambers plays Warren. 23-3A Crockett and Shepherd have clinched playoff spots. Both need a win and the other to lose Tuesday to get #1 seed. Coldspring can clinch with a win or a Tarkington loss. A Coldspring win clinches no worse than the #3 seed. Tarkington can clinch with a win and an Onalaska loss. Onalaska can clinch with a win and a Tarkington loss. 24-2A San Augustine, Corrigan-Camden and Woden have clinched playoff spots. San Augustine has clinched #1 seed, Corrigan has clinched #2 seed. Woden can clinch #3 seed with a win Tuesday night. Chireno can clinch final playoff spot with a win or a West Sabine loss. 25-2A Evadale, Sabine Pass, West Hardin and Big Sandy have clinched playoff spots. Evadale has clinched the #1 seed. Sabine Pass and West Hardin play each other Tuesday night. Winner will be #2 seed. Big Sandy needs a win and a Sabine Pass loss to force a tie for #3 seed with Sabine Pass. 28-1A Brookeland, Leggett and Spurger have clinched playoff spots. Brookeland is #1 seed, Leggett is #2 seed. Spurger is #3 seed. Chester and Zavalla are tied at 6-7. Both need a win and the other to lose to clinch on Tuesday night. Otherwise they will have to play a play in game for 4th seed. Chester plays at Leggett and Zavalla plays at Spurger.

rumor has it that rich will be new coach but buying house and sending his kids to png🤣🤣

They are looking for someone who can work miracles.

Can we get back to talking about Nederland’s new football coach? I know very little about him. I don’t feel like reading every post. Thanks.

Isn’t life swell dad… hey son, how about we go fishing this weekend… great dad, but I have homework

Just passed by the boardroom and intended to stop for the meeting. 17th street had more Ford Escorts than Philpott.....

No sport has nearly the aggregate amount of emotion around it like football. When PNg won state in baseball (also, I’m just realizing PNG won state in two sports in a six year stretch - That’s pretty cool) everyone was extremely excited and proud. But it wasn’t even close to the near-religious, transcendent breath of joy that opened up across the entire PNG community when we won in football. Football is king at most schools. If coaches chose their jobs only on lack of pressure, they’d all be fighting for non-football spots.

True that, maybe change is in order there too.......

True

Post meeting lunch was at Redbirds...Golf cart parade and post signing party at the Wheelhouse.

Splendora was average to above average in 4A… I don’t think they will do well in 5A

The problem with Hemphill seems to be a major exit in high school enrollment. Snapshot number went from 273 down to 221. A drop of 52 kids. Hemphill lost their JV team in the middle of the year, had to combine with varsity. Even going to class 2A1 you need a JV program. Hopefully they have a large 8 th grade moving up. Would like to know the reason for the big drop in high school. Hemphill is a good place to live and the school has money. Hemphill just lost a good coach. Wishing my neighbor to the north the best.

I don't get why in bold.

I don’t know, but I do know this: Quinton Jackson is still on his feet. (PN-G fans who were at the 2009 game will get it.)

Why is this thread worthy?

The bonds are the big issue. Yes PNG has more money, but they also spend it wisely and the community is behind them. Nederland is spending $32 mil more than PNG on the last bond. PNG got rid of 2 schools (which cut overhead) and built 4 brand new state of the art schools. Nederland wouldn’t get rid of 100 yr old “historic” buildings because someone’s great grandma went to school there. Instead they piece milled 4 old schools together and it looks awful. They did get a new HS and 3 connex boxes for a press box though for $32 mil over what PNG paid.

When I went to academic competitions in Nederland their schools were piss poor work. I went on a tirade here and got shot down. Ned deserves better.

Haha what? Didn't Nederland play West Orange Stark, Port Arthur Memorial, and Silsbee last year and the year before in non district? Who do you want them to play Katy High school, North Shore, and Atascocita? You must not be from around here if you think that Nederland hasn't played anyone for non district.

25-2A play Tonight, 7pm Evadale can clinch district championship with a win tonight. Sabine Pass can tie Evadale for first with a win, I'll be courtside tonight and will provide updates.

I second this motion!

You better believe it. We’re hiring Mr T and Chuck Norris next.

I know PN-G is a football school first and foremost - 28 district titles, 16 seasons with ten or more wins, ten regional titles, eight state championship appearances and four state titles speak to that - but we really are blessed with an embarrassment of athletic riches at PN-G. The baseball program has made four state championship appearances and won it once; three of those appearances and the victory have all occurred in the last 25 years. The softball team has made two state championship appearances, both in the last 25 years. The volleyball team is 3-0 in state championship games. For most of the last fifteen years, both the boys' and girls' soccer programs have been major regional powers, making regional final appearances several times. If I recall correctly, there was one season where both teams made it to the regional final. We've fielded two or three state champions in various track activities plus a few dozen more state track meet qualifiers, and are always competitive in powerlifting. We used to be a real power in tennis. Sports-wise, basketball is really the only area where PN-G has consistently underperformed. Add in all the academic accolades - the years of blue ribbon designations, thirteen straight district titles in UIL academics from 2001 to 2013 and several consecutive years of dozens of kids advancing to regionals, a handful to state and one kid winning a gold medal in creative writing at the state UIL meet. For several years, PN-G offered more dual credit hours than any other local high school, Kelly included. And then there's the performing arts. The band has made, what, four trips to the state marching competition? Straight ones all but maybe three or four seasons since the UIL started holding regional marching competitions 50+ years ago, plus how many different awards from local marching festivals and competitions? Not to mention the hundreds of PN-G students who've achieved all-region and all-state honors in band and choir over the years, and a very competitive theater program. There are whole hallways at the high school lined with trophy cabinets filled to the brim for the different performing arts groups. Football is king at PN-G, but there are many, many more reasons to be proud to be an Indian.

How many golf carts? Haha

You know Nederland only cares about 1 sport only. Everything else is second fiddle and poor every girl sport in NISD…

The Bulldog basketball team appears to doing what the PAM football team did at the end of the season and that is fold the tent. The Bulldogs better get it together A couple of losses this week and they may be sitting at the house along with PNG

Funny you mention that, they've always been weak one time a group of my friends from church beat their starters. But that's been an accepted fact and football reigns king here. But still a true story a church league of guys under 6' won

cant blame em,better facilities for lil johnny

Coach Rich's dad was a career teacher, coach and administrator.....

Scott Rich will be a good coach for the Bulldogs. It might take a season or two for him to right the ship, but Mid-County Madness is on the verge of being a contest of state-ranked powers, on top of already being the state’s fiercest rivalry and the perennial marquis game in the Golden Triangle. This is good for both schools, and good for the area at large. I look forward to seeing what Coach Rich does at Nederland.

Ohhh no they got a A+ rating from the TEA.....

You are probably right on SmashMouth. That’s pretty good

Yeah they are usually pretty decent at baseball. Made it to the regional finals a few years ago.. usually go 2-3 rounds deep

At least you can park in Buna.

HF will win district with all they return, they have a chance to run the board next year.

It should be the DC from Desoto , but they will mess this up

Possibly but they’re losing a couple of their top players from last year. Their coach is great though and has really turned the program around there. She was my older daughter’s club coach years ago. Her daughter will be a junior next year and is a great setter/RS for them. I think Splendora was a solid 4A program. Not sure how they’ll do moving up. I think a lot of the 5A districts got weaker with teams moving up to 6A. Friendswood has no competition in district now that Manvel is gone. BH’s district got even easier for them, not that they had much competition before.

Not surprised. Never trusted said group

Probably so… I mean I was a Kountze poster before moving here and posted about football and baseball there… not sports of which they weren’t the greatest.. And yes of course I posted about basketball to lol Honestly other than keeping up with Kountze basketball scores other than College hoops I honestly don’t care much for basketball as much as I used to

Shoot I remember back in the mid 90s kids that couldn't make it at 5A Baytown Sterling would transfer to BH to be able to play. One ended up being all-state in 3A I think in football and baseball but couldnt crack the lineup at Sterling. My have things changed. This was during the 5A district that had Lee, North Shore, Sterling, Central, West Brook, PAJ, PNG.

The UIL needs to shuffle numbers, bump 5A bottom numbers up, play local 5A and split come playoff time like 6A does. These 5A districts are getting ridiculous.

Not to add fuel to a growing fire or anything, but I would just like to point out that PN-G's higher level of property wealth per capita versus Nederland, owing to the former's more industrial tax base, also means PN-GISD loses substantially more state funding than NISD to recapture, better known as "Robin Hood." When all is said and done, the net per capita funding disparity is not as significant as one might think, and nowhere near as significant as it was before the Robin Hood plan was put into effect a little over 30 years ago. It is also worth noting that Maintenance & Operations funding (i.e., money for day-to-day operations) and Interest & Sinking funding (i.e., money to pay off bonds) are two separate streams of tax revenue for school districts that are assessed as separate line items on your property tax bill. To PhatMack's point, the latter is totally dependent on the structure and amount of the bond proposed by the school district, subject to rate caps and other mandates imposed by the state. I doubt there's much, if any, difference in the overall cost to the individual homeowners in PN-GISD and NISD over the lives of their respective bonds after inflation is controlled for, or at least little difference attributable to anything other than differences in the total, inflation-adjusted costs of the bonds.

I understand everyone likes to talk of the difference of the approach of the school districts between NISD and PNGISD. Yes, there are definitely differences between them, but I think the elephant in the room is that there is a significant difference in the revenue brought into each school district. Despite the feeling that NISD is equal on everything with their neighbors across the tracks, the reality is NISD is not a “wealthy” school district. Everyone likes to complain that NISD does a horrible job of doing this and doing that, but in a sense they do amazingly well with what resources they have. Could they do better? Yes. Could they be more creative? Yes. But, it’s not as easy as being about mismanagement of the district or poor decisions. And, apparently the people constantly criticizing NISD have caviar dreams on a McD’s budget. NISD does not have the industries that PNGISD has. Its major revenue is on the home properties, and last I checked they are pretty landlocked. Look at a majority of the large successful programs in the state with state of the art facilities who are “wealthy”, and yes, they usually have good programs. However, the game is still played on a field whether the stadium is $100 million or $100,000. What is lacking in NISD currently is the mentality and attitude of a champion. Nederland was down for many years prior to Coach Neuman. What he brought was an attitude and a belief that they were at a championship level and winners. There were many years that Nederland was lacking in talent and still won, beating much more talented teams from PNG. Currently, the mental game is being lost every game because the attitude isn’t there. Yes there needs to be a focus on getting back to the basics of football. Discipline. Skill development. And attitude. But, good grief Charlie Brown, how about people just embrace where NISD is as a district with limited resources and be supportive of the children in the district. I’m sure all the “experts” on this board will pile on and go off on how they have held tickets for x number of years and they have 10 million bulldog shirts. At the end of the day, it’s 15,16,17, year old young men playing football. The Negative Nellys are quite ridiculous. Let’s just see what happens and be supportive and have a little faith instead of just constantly complaining how NISD can’t be trusted and they will screw this up and yada yada. PNGISD made a great hire based on recommendations by TD. And good for them. It turned out well for them. Why don’t we just see what Monday brings and quit complaining? Apologies for the rant. But, there needs to be some reality on here.

Exactly….kudos to all the bond naysayers back in 2008-9 in Nederland that slowed progress for your city…the bill is now coming due...ironically, it is likely most of the same people who seem to be do most of the complaining about the state of things today...interesting

So you want them to play tougher teams? Because they couldn’t even beat WOS last year and got blown out by Silsbee… I’m just confused by you saying Silsbee is over rated but Nederland is 2-3 the last 5 games vs them.

Out of the schools in the region who were available, which team do you wish they put on the schedule?

+1. I watched the YouTube video (not live) where Dave Campbell's Greg Tepper interviewed UIL Deputy Director Jamey Harrison, and Harrison stated that the UIL contacted ISDs and ADs to accommodate as many school needs and wish lists as possible. I had the exact same thought. No one called PN-G or Lufkin. And, did anyone at the UIL stop and think, something about Region 2 doesn't look right? Which one of these is not like the others? Crazy. But, it is what it is. Line up and go play. Go Indians.

Who are they going to beat to get in the playoffs? Angleton , BH , PAM , and GBALL are my picks for playoff teams. Not sure what order yet.

5ad2 makes no sense.

This is the first time that Ned and PNG have been in Region 2 that I can remember, I could be wrong though.