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We are in the process of putting together a Playoff Central thread that will include our coverage area teams, opponents, date, time and place and what team they would face the next round. We will do this for each round of the playoffs like what we already are doing with our Weekly schedule and Scoreboard. This will likely be posted Monday. We will also continue to do game threads for each of our coverage area games. Please be patient while we put this together. Thanks

Finished 6-4 and made the playoffs for the first time in school history. Hope they hold on to this coach for as long as they possibly can [Hidden Content]

Great win for Lamar!! Cards axed em

Good dub for ole LU. Overall a fun game to watch. 😎

I wasn't going to comment but after reading some of these before and after game comment s I'm going to weigh in. Big Ned won the game and good luck going forward. You don't hear anyone from Dayton crying or complaining about the game. I think Ned is ranked 23rd and Dayton 60ish in the State and all of the Big boys had Ned pre-picked with a relative easy win. ( only one fan in the pickems choose Dayton- one) So to get on here and say Ned was flat ,uninspired and let Dayton get a 20 point lead in the first quarter is a little disingenuous not to give Dayton their accolades. The real reason for the anomaly - you got punched in the face and underestimated a team that was alot better than you thought. Let's be honest saying things like we finally finished a game - ?when Dayton had 50 yards of penalties ( and this was all on Dayton being stupid) in their last two drives-odds on Dayton probably would of won. After being in the cellar for years Dayton is climbing out and getting more formidable every season so don't sleep on us.

Silsbee has given up 30 points 6 times this year. So unless the defense has a better than average showing it's a shootout most likely. Run game for Silsbee is diminished from injuries so I don't see ball control being a thing that they can depend on like the past. Madisonville, just like Silsbee, can score points in bunches. They are a very balanced offense with dynamic weapons. Kovar is a true dual threat QB. 1700+ yds / 20+ TDs passing 800+ yds / 10+ TDs Rushing And after I watched Warren from HJ single handedly give Silsbee all they could handlez let's say I'm concerned. Secondary needs to cover and linebackers will need to contain. If they can't pressure Kovar and keep him in the box while doing it, it's a long game. Too close to call and Madisonville has beaten some decent teams. Jmo

Even then, a lot of times arrangements arent made until after lunch Sat or later...I guess I should be glad people care but people were legit mad in my email lol

I know PNG has an amazing student led broadcast...they are able to still stream most rounds unless its one of the 4 exclusive games....I think they do have some ads in the regular season but they just don't run them in the playoffs

My guess is LaPorte wanted Thur...being a heavy favorite they are likely wanting an extra day to prepare for the second round

The school can broadcast the game...unless its changed if its a true academic broadcast that's ad free they have the ability to do so... If they sell ads then its not an academic broadcast and would have to broadcast on NFHS where they'd be compensated

I grew up in a football first household. Indians, Cowboys and Oilers.. In that order. My first year of School at Ridgewood was an election year. We had to choose what party we were. I chose Independent so I could wear a purple I on my shirt all day. Basically I thought it was Indian! I used to ride my bike to school, steal a random Port Arthur News off a driveway to go over district stats for the weeks game. The 8os were rough for PNG. We could only beat Nederland it seemed like! My freshman year at PNG I had English first period, first Friday of football I got sent to the office for reading the paper! I needed my stats and info, and I always made sure I had my “I beat Bob West” pics sent in on time. And yes I beat him several times and had proof! I have been lucky enough to see 3 PNG state championship games. As well as 3 quarterfinal games. Not bad for a school that uses home grown talent. Small towns and Friday night lights are always and will always be the best times of your life. Times have changed, I used to get on this site religiously, even won the pick ems one year. Was even a pollster. What I will say is this. Even with the times changing, SETX HS Football is the funnest and most die hard in the state of Texas. This board shows the enthusiasm and the desire from so many. It’s what’s makes SETX what it is. So congrats to all the playoff teams. Much luck in the playoffs. And to my Nederland fans, it’s been rough since Uncle Larry left, but I can’t say it upsets me…… Once little brother, always little brother. And to my Indians. Once again, we are district champs, and hopeful to make a playoff push! So this morning I decided I would dedicate a post to Bob West. He covered sports in the area better than anyone… Tom Halliburton as well. So with a no nonsense post, and I’m known for not being a rah rah… Times have changed, but one thing hasn’t. PNG is still on top of the mountain. Old school is for hardware, new school plays for participant ribbons….. Happy Saturday folks!! I’m still bleeding purple till my last breathe!! I won’t bore you will all of it.. 4 time state champs……. PNG….. Enough Said!!

Bi-district playoffs offer multitude of fan options By Tom Halliburton Playoff matchups of all varieties begin this Thursday and Friday for Golden Triangle-area high school football squads. Unlike most recent years, the great portion of the area district’s playoff seeds actually were determined before the final regular-season Friday night. By virtue of its head-to-head victory over Port Arthur Memorial, La Porte assured itself of the top spot in 9-5A Division I. Port Neches-Groves accomplished the same commanding position in 10-5A Division II by reaching the final regular game with wins over its three nearest challengers. The 3A Division I league completed its regular games on Thursday night as Orangefield wrapped up an undefeated 10-3A-I schedule. Orangefield’s neighbors at West Orange-Stark entered the final night with the No. 1 seed secure due to its 38-30 victory over nearest challenger Silsbee three weeks ago. One other area championship was settled Thursday night in the Pineland area as West Sabine nipped Colmesneil 26-24 to determine the highest seed in 12-2A-II. Therefore only two No. 1 seeds remained undetermined on the final night. Little Cypress-Mauriceville and Newton had to capture wins Friday and they did. The Battlin’ Bears shared the 9-4A-I lead with Vidor but LC-M owned a 41-7 over the Pirates on the opening week of district play. Newton needed to defeat Woodville to keep the top spot in 12-3A-II. The Eagles claimed the tiebreaker advantage over Hardin and New Waverly as each of the three teams had one district loss. Eagles senior running back K.J. Porter surpassed Anthony Byerly's school career rushing record during Newton's victory Based on overall season records, two of the marquee matchups for nearby teams involve East Chambers vs. Fairfield (both 8-2) in 3A-I and Hamshire-Fannett vs. Athens in 4A-II. Here’s how the seeding positions resulted for the area’s playoff qualifiers and the bi-district matchups: District 9-5A-I 1. La Porte (8-2, 8-0) vs. Houston Northbrook (6-4, 5-3) on Thursday in La Porte’s Bulldog Stadium at 7:30 p.m. 2. Port Arthur Memorial (9-1, 7-1) vs. Houston Waltrip (7-3, 6-2) on Friday in Port Arthur’s Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. 3. Baytown Goose Creek (6-4, 4-4) vs. Houston Milby (7-3, 6-2) on Thursday in Houston’s Barnett Stadium at 7 p.m. 4. Beaumont United (6-4, 4-4) vs. Houston Madison (8-2, 8-0) on Friday in Houston’s Butler Stadium at 7 p.m. District 10-5A-II 1. Port Neches-Groves (7-3, 6-0) vs. New Caney West Fork (6-4, 4-3) on Friday in Port Neches’ Indian Stadium at 7 p.m. 2. Texas City (8-2, 5-1) vs. Montgomery Lake Creek (8-2, 5-2) on Friday in Texas City’s Stingaree Stadium at 7 p.m. 3. Nederland (6-4, 4-2) vs. Huntsville (7-3, 6-1) on Friday in Huntsville’s Hornet Stadium at 7 p.m. 4. Dayton (3-7, 3-3) vs. Montgomery (10-0, 7-0) on Friday in Montgomery ISD Stadium at 7 p.m. District 9-4A-I 1. Little Cypress-Mauriceville (8-2, 5-1) vs. Houston Austin (3-7, 2-3) on Friday in Beaumont’s Doggett Family Stadium at 7:30 p.m. 2. Vidor (7-3, 5-1) vs. Houston Sterling (5-5, 3-2) on Friday at Baytown’s Stallworth Stadium at 7:30 p.m. 3. Huffman-Hargrave (5-5, 4-2) vs. Fort Bend Willowridge (6-4, 4-1) on Friday in Channelview’s Ray Maddry Stadium at 7 p.m. 4. Bridge City (4-6, 3-3) vs. Stafford (8-2, 5-0) on Friday in Deer Park’s Clyde Abshier Stadium at 7:30 p.m. District 10-4A-II 1. West Orange-Stark (8-2, 5-0) vs. Van (5-5, 2-3) on Friday in New Caney’s Randall Reed Stadium at 7:30 p.m. 2. Silsbee (8-2, 4-1) vs. Madisonville (4-6, 3-2) on Friday in Lufkin’s Abe Martin Stadium at 7:30 p.m. 3. Hamshire-Fannett (8-2, 3-2) vs. Athens (9-1, 4-1) on Friday in Bryan’s Merrill Green Stadium at 7:30 p.m. 4. Shepherd (6-4, 2-3) vs. Canton (10-0, 5-0) on Friday in Madisonville’s Mustang Stadium at 7 p.m. District 10-3A-I 1. Orangefield (9-1, 6-0) vs. Trinity (5-5, 2-3) on Friday in Crosby’s Cougar Stadium at 7:30 p.m. 2. Anahuac (6-4, 5-1) vs. Palestine Westwood (5-4, 3-2) on Thursday in Madisonville’s Mustang Stadium at 7 p.m. 3. East Chambers (8-2, 4-2) vs. Fairfield (8-2, 4-1) on Friday in Willis’ Berton Yates Stadium at 7 p.m. 4. Buna (7-3, 3-3) vs. Diboll (7-3, 5-0) on Friday in Jasper’s Bulldog Stadium at 7 p.m. District 12-3A-II 1. Newton (7-2, 4-1) vs. Elkhart (4-6, 2-3) on Thursday in Timpson ISD Stadium at 7 p.m. 2. New Waverly (9-1, 4-1) vs. Buffalo (8-2, 4-1) on Friday in Centerville’s Tiger Stadium at 7 p.m. 3. Hardin (7-3, 4-1) vs. Teague (6-4, 4-1) on Friday in Nacogdoches’ Dragon Stadium at 7 p.m. 4. Woodville (3-7, 2-3) vs. Mildred (7-3, 4-1) on Friday in Rusk’s Eagle Stadium at 7 p.m. District 12-2A-II 1. West Sabine (8-2, 6-0) vs. Tenaha (5-5, 3-3) on Friday in San Augustine’s Wolf Stadium at 7 p.m. 2. Colmesneil (7-3, 5-1) vs. Cushing (8-2, 4-2) on Friday in Center’s Roughrider Stadium at 7 p.m. 3. West Hardin (5-4. 4-2) vs. Grapeland (6-3, 5-1) on Thursday in Willis’ Berton Yates Stadium at 7 p.m. 4. Evadale (3-5, 3-3) vs. Overton (9-1, 6-0) on Thursday in Diboll’s Lumberjack Stadium at 7 p.m. Tom Halliburton is senior sports correspondent for the Beaumont Enterprise

All 40 of our Bi-District round coverage area game info has been posted.

They keep telling me im good luck. Havnt been to a loss yet

The best interpretation of this game is it was two good teams who took it down to the wire. Someone had to lose. Anyone trying to make it mean more than that for either team is ignoring a lot of good and bad on both sides. Neither will be favored next week, but both can win.

I'd say 18 is reasonable. Don't get it twisted, though. It'll be because Silsbee is playing a softer schedule. Also, I'm not sure the football team wins more than one playoff game. This'll be a growing and learning year for the Tigers. People will need to be patient.

Van is up around Tyler.

I would be willing to bet $ the fees the UIL pays to UT (568K) is more than what taxpayer benefits the UIL gets being a part of the UT system.... There are benefits to the UIL being part of UT but its not reflected on the most recent financials publicly available [Hidden Content]

Not at all, Ned has had a bad habit of fading in the second half of the season the last couple of years, regardless of talent. I’m glad to see them make the comeback and win the game. Dayton always plays them tough so I wasn’t surprised at the finish.

I only changed it cuz he asked. Smh the whole time thinking maybe he's tanking for the draft

Jasper scored only because of roughing the kicker. Just saying. 🧨

I don’t mean to be argumentative, but UIL does receive taxpayer funding as a state agency operating through the UT Austin system. This gives them no cost office space, research needs, and operating budget money. Granted, it’s probably not a lot. But, taxpayers pay 10% of UT system costs, and UIL is included in that as an extension of their Continuing Ed system. So, they don’t receive DIRECT taxpayer funding. But, they DO receive taxpayer funds from the general fund paid into by the taxpayers just like any other state agency. Just wanted to make sure that was clear.

LP game is the only game being played there this week. I am quite certain the decision to play Thursday was a strategic decision.

I'm wondering if fans should consider monthly subs with the other service. Honestly we would love for UIL to fall in line with TL. Just like they need the universal tiebreaker. Make it easy for fans without having to pay for multiple streams each week. Although I still feel since taxpayers fund everything already... it should be free on YouTube. Thanks for all the work you and the rest of DC put into this. Great show last night. I like the new interactive brackets on the app too

They may have had someone asking to use the stadium on Friday. I’m not sure. Regrettably, there’s no stream or broadcast of the game. UIL won’t let LPsportsNET broadcast. I’ve been told by the broadcast group UIL is really pressuring folks to force them to take a contract with their preferred broadcast partners.

Gotta be tough and compete. Can't expect folks to take it easy on you. That's not how it goes in real life

Printable brackets [Hidden Content]

Dez scored. That one didn’t

4A D1 Region III Vidor vs. Houston Sterling Friday, November 13 7:30pm Stallworth Stadium, Baytown

Win out and LU should not only get a home game they will likely have a 1st round bye. Just knocked off the #2 team in the country and all playoff projections already had them with a home 1st round game with a seeding around 10-13 with one having them already with a bye at 8. Also #10, Illinois State lost tonight. LU should make a decent jump in the polls and still some big games for higher ranked teams to possibly take losses in the next few weeks. Montana State is OT right now. That would be a huge shake up if they fall. 11,000 plus tonight was quality. Hope you get your desire for a bigger crowd in the playoffs.

All the high ranked games tonight are turning into blowouts

Hey Mike, Huffman-Hargrave vs Fort Bend Willowridge is Friday at 7 in Channelview's Ray Maddry Stadium, according to the Huffman ISD website

A pole??? What kind of pole??? 🙄

Lamar played great! Stands was rocking! Tailgating was great! What a fun great day at Lamar. Honestly top 3 best game days at Lamar… what a great day! I think we may get a home playoff game… please SETX come out and support a great program in Lamar!

Best win Lamar has had in many years. Way to go!

So liberals gained 19 million more votes from 2022 to 2026???

Congratulations.....you guys came to play today.......

Great win, thanks for the updates!

I dont think it's disingenuous it's an opinion and a pretty good one considering how Nederland started...I think the opinions were pretty mixed here as to whether Nederland would win or not so I don't see it as overestimating anyone

Lamar forces turnover has ball on SFA 17

Glad I quit gambling!

Congratulations @prepballfan for winning the regular season contest. This was the first time we've had so many perfect scores since I've been keeping track. 10 in total We still have 6 more weeks to go to crown the playoff and overall winners.

Congrats to Vidor and lcm on sharing the district championship. Good luck to all teams in the playoffs!

Saw that last night. Pretty cool and I agree, keep that coach!! Now they get La Porte.

1989NDN, you gotta know ole spider…he’s our resident Debbie downer…everything sux and that is when he’s his happiest…best just let him be miserable

Maybe Nederland plays like they did vs. Crawford and gets a road win @ Huntsville? These are 14-18 year old kids. Focus on what they did well. Down 20-7 and they keep competing for a road win. Find the positive. #10, #8, the defense getting a stop of 4th down to seal the win. This team could give you a bucket of gold and you would complain about the bucket.

Trump (MAGA) is so bad and toxic that Texas flipped entirely blue. Abbott lost by a million votes. MAGA didn’t even try to cry about voter fraud this time, that’s how bad it really was

The failure of the Trump Administration all rolled into a small video clip. TDS - Trump Disappointment Syndrome = Massive Midterm Damage

To be fair, Trump’s done a whole lot of that and some of y’all seem to think he’s still done a really good job. So I guess it’s possible to multitask? But also to be fair, he didn’t really get much done with prices and the economy, so you may have a point?