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Do we still want to fire the coach? Or.. not yet? Or.. never mind? Just making sure I’m keeping up.

This has gone long enough. When folks start talking about race of the coach, that ends the thread.

I live in Port Neches, but I send my kids to SOC.

HEY!!!!!!

You guys got to let go of some of that old stuff. lol

[Hidden Content] I use to work with maps while working for the Jefferson Co apraisal district back when it was off 39th St in Groves many moons ago. My understanding is it was the county lines, then the school district lines. Un-incorporated areas became cities and that's why you have city boundaries not matching the school district's lines. Also, neighborhood developers just build in an empty field not really paying attention to school district lines unless they will use it as a selling point. But to your initial question: that whole area between 365 and Jimmy Johnson is a cluster but I remember when all of that was rice fields

Mustang alum following from DFW. This is incredible. I did not think it was possible. After losing that opening game to Nederland it seemed like here we go again - another season just like the last three. I'm amazed not just by the fact we've made it this far, but HOW we've done it - coaching improvements, halftime adjustments, focusing on the strengths of our personnel (using that big O-line/awesome tailback/I-formation, etc.), and better overall defensive play. If we can eliminate turnovers and lessen the penalties, they can beat any team in 4AD2 (save Carthage, but who knows). They were good enough to beat Sealy by two TDs last week if not for the turnovers. I'm so impressed with the heart of this team and how they continue to be better than their opponents in the second half. Keep it going, WO-S!

Wow, just wow... as bad a first half as you could have in a 4th round game... and takes home a 15 point win. Good job everyone. Adjustments made. I tell ya what, those kids got some fight in them. And they will play their hearts out for their coach. Much respect.

It’s comical to me when places recruit a super team then feel pride despite the fact that they couldn’t win with the talent they had on hand. Especially when you think what would happen if schools like PNG were willing to ignore the rules with all of the resources at their disposal. I’d rather lose with our kids that grew up here than win with some kids who stopped here for part of a season.

Was headed for Cameron. Damn Map Quest never used it again after that debacle.

Wish Gary Stelly would come out of retirement !

No opting up in within a classification. You want to move up....you add an A!

In bold: that man was damn near headed to Lake Charles trying to find Memorial Stadium here in Port Arthur 🤣🙃

Warning, this thread will not turn into a BC/LCM bitching thread. Keep it to the subject at hand please. Thank you.

If you don't see updated scores or schedule updates from me today, I apologize. Battling the flu. Will be in bed most of the morning and afternoon. I will try to get caught up with results from most of the tourneys later this evening. Hopefully folks will post todays scores in the tournament threads. Thanks for your understanding.

PAM was the best defensive team in the area.Holding teams to around 15 pts on avg. Saturday was the first time in awhile they gave up that many yards and points since game 2 of the season. Also this year, as a team, they did not get penalties like Saturday. Idk if the refs was calling ticky tack holding or actual holding. The false starts and offsides are very uncharacteristic. IMO, PAM run defense is one of the best in the state. Shut #22 down and we got a real shot. Also rb’s like him don’t do well against PAM defenses. He’s one of those bruising backs that you can’t let him gain momentum. Not saying he’s a Derrick Henry, but runs similar.

This is what I do know. There are certain people in this fan base that don’t have any knowledge of football and no school spirit but just show up to cause confusion. This may be the case here, however, there seem to be belligerent people like this In all of our local fan bases.

Congrats to WOS coaching staff. One of the best staffs in the Region at planning, adjusting, and properly utilizing their players.

Wild to me that the Stangs just pulled a 15-point upset to make it to the semis and people are still griping about coaching. They’re playing out of their minds right now, and at least some of that is due to coaching.

Final 35-20 WO-S Awesome coaching and players played hard. Congrats Mustangs.

South Oak Cliff shares a 20 mile radius with Duncanville, Desoto, Waxahachie, Carter, Kimball, Roosevelt, Sunset, Adamson, Wilmer Hutchins, Lancaster and Red Oak: 6 playoff teams and 3 national contenders. So that whole "super team" thing sounds like tears. Sure, a program's success can serve as a recruitment tool, but anyone in the know will tell you SOC lends out more talent than they get. Duncanville's last 5 star lived in SOC's community. As well as a ton of Desoto's starters. SOC sent more players to the NFL than any other high school long before they sniffed a State Title appearance. The community has ALWAYS been overflowing with talent. SOC's problem has always been inadequate coaching and facilities. Now that they've caught up in those areas, folk are whining about the talent that has always been there. PNG does well to compete wuth the like of SOC, just like any community. Be humble and enjoy the experience

This morning I was watching CNN, as I often do to see the other side.....usually I can only take a few minutes. They were speaking on the boat attack, that CNN went all out on the "kill them all" narrative, from one "anonymous" source, that should of never been seriously reported on, and as most reasonable people assumed, it was not true. So, now they were questioning if the second strike should have occurred, STILL calling it a possible war crime (when I know THEY KNOW, that is not true) - When there is a mission to eliminate a target, if the first shot does not get it, there is always a second shot, no matter who's around. My point of that rant, is if all you watch is CNN and related media, I can see where UT and BG get their opinions......

Another outdated "Slot T" team in the State Championship. A few hundred "modern offense" teams can watch them next week.

The man pulled me out of class cuz I was failing Calculus with Griff. I wasnt a star player but he told me this... idk what position play or if u play at all. But your names on my list now. So get your *stuff together or I'll be having another meeting with u that won't go so well. Get your *butt back in there and listen to Griff. Don't make me come down this hall again. Yesssir!!! And and i passed Calculus. RIP Coach Coach Hooks, stomp, stomp Coach Hooks, stomp, stomp Coach Hooks, stomp, stomp Sometimes during the pep rally it would barely stop long enough for him to speak. Then right back at it until the band played stop look and listen.

El perro es un buen jugador de futbol. Fifi juega para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA. 😁

Gasilla,ladybug33,wosdrummer99,wos#1,Mmustangfan and so on this site.hard to put in words what he meant to all of us. And the program!! He wasn't just a coach a leader.i don't know anyone who wouldn't have loved to play for him.i know many say we were spoiled for all the years we were winning.and now today's game has changed.but, the toughness he and CT expected out of all of us was unmatched.looking on FB it is sooo many ppl.sending love and support.and if y'all get a chance look at what Kevin smith wrote about him.its truly a sad day for all of us.as them kids get ready to play in the semifinals.we all gotta give the current staff credit for going back to the way things were.trust me they even tackling more in practice and even hitting the sled again after practice!! I truly believe HH learned the lesson of it wasn't broke don't try to fix it.LOL,OC well any way!! But I truly have seen a lot of the old stuff that made us great.i know he is smiling down on all of us. The ol ball coach rip dan ray hooks !!

Is it dog related?

without discussing specific schools, I believe that any school in the state that opts up for football should have to opt up in all sports. Since "travel" is the issue, that's an issue for all sports, not just one. It would be fun watching the administration then try and explain to the community why opting up for an easier football district is worth the majority of the other sports programs suffering.

I was just about to report this post for vulgarity, but thought it wiser to just be thankful and mind my own business. 🤣😂🤣

DePauldrick was on that team and he's now the RB Coach.

Now we know where the Epstein Files have been hiding all this time! 😁

The thing is that Port Neches is truly landlocked. Nederland on one side, refineries, Neches River, Port Arthur…. Where is the growth going to come from? I must say, I do see Port Neches-Groves schools buses picking and dropping kids off in Port Arthur zones and apartments…

I watch them play NB unicorns 😂 last night I believe if PAM secondary make the tackles in open space and don’t give up the deep ball when they take shots when they get a reason to of course. PAM has a great shot in this game. Tackle 22 we win. We have to cover everyone including the TE. Tackle, tackle, tackle!! Hold penalties to a minimum as well. PAM by 10

Wouldn't shock me no matter the result. SV has experience and is the defending champion, but this PAM team has proven they can beat very good teams. If it's close in the 4th I'd take SV but I don't think it will be . PAM earns the right to play in Arlington.

Congrats Titans, good luck next week.

West Brook - 25 United - 30 Halftime

Still have to have coaching...do you know how many teams that had a ton of talent over the years lost because of coaching quite a few

You’re missing my point. If a Golden Triangle school could pull athletes from the entire Jefferson/Orange/Hardin County area while still maintaining a 5A D2 sized enrollment, they’d be competitive, if not beat SOC. The athletes would be comparable, but facilities, community support, coaching, etc would outdo what SOC can offer. But geographically it’s not possible here in SETX, but it is possible in Dallas because the attendance zone is smaller in geographic size. The situation isn’t wrong, but it’s not really fair, either. But using a magnet or charter system to form a super team, then being proud of the fact you beat teams who aren’t able to consolidate athletes from a 6 school attendance zone isn’t anything to be proud of. Example…. Our local youth football league (STJFL) takes on all players, then fields teams accordingly. Some cities like ours (population 8,000) would field two teams for each age range because that many kids signed up. Then you have one of our neighbors (population 50,000) put together a single team. They hold tryouts, cut kids, etc…. It’s a select team. If your select team drawn from a pool of 1300 kids is beating the 30 kids assigned to a team from a pool of 90 kids… it’s nothing to be proud of. But I think it’s a flaw that isn’t seen as a flaw in some communities. But y’all have recruited another fine team this year. Congratulations on your “win.”

Good to hear from you griff. Been awhile.

You wouldn't be suprised if i told u how many still on that hill. My position has shifted. I'll take my crow cooked only on backroad blacktop and covered in tar. Honestly like @Gasilla said just imagine a complete game. We still have many of the same constant problems. But today's success from resurrecting some of the past proves they have the program by the reins. Hooks 6 yrs Thompson 5 yrs Hickman ? Let's go Mustangs!!!

The announcers are full of it. Just awful.

Joseph will make adjustments. 2nd half will be a different story.

This is atrocious. Back to the same crap. We are extremely lucky to be down by 1. LV will boat race us in the 2nd half if a different team don't come out of the locker room. OK coach, you're up. Adjustments or go home. Time to prove you belong. Game is still within reach. Time to show your metal.

Hey! Don’t knock it! 😆 Had chopped steak with baked sweet potatoes last night. Went fancy with a slice of sharp cheddar on the steak, and last of the leftover jellied cranberry sauce. All followed by an excellent cup of black Folgers with 4 Walmart butter cookies. Who remember tuna & gravy on toast? Yep. Meal of champions. 😂😱🤣 Of course, Sunday dinner was always cornbread & milk (cornbread actually in the milk), and mustard/turnip/mixed greens, and pinto beans. No ham. Just beans.

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I can only think of one starter at SOC who transferred in this year...a WR from Skyline and I think Morton moved in 2.5 yrs ago....vast majority of those kids have been at SOC since their freshman year to my knowledge

Let me Comment on the fact that I now have 60 years of going to PNG Football under my belt. I have seen the best, and the worst that the Indian Nation Fans have had to endure, and/or celebrate over these seasons. Regardless, we have always had a solid fan base. Whether we won 1 game, or multiple many win seasons the Indian Football team has had it's fans supporting them 100%. Well all of the Indian Football Fans support them 100%, not all of the PNG Indian Purple Pride Band Fans, I refer to those who leave after halftime, but I digress. There is no reason to doubt that either team in the PNG vs SOC game tomorrow has a chance to win. THAT IS WHY THE GAME IS PLAYED!!! After this game I will be overjoyed to go to the next round in the playoffs, or be just as overjoyed that my Indian Boys had an incredible season. Indian Fans make a commitment to their football boys!!! Everybody come on down from Dallas & pull for 'dem Bears, Everybody come on up from Mid-County & cheer on those Indian Boys. I know I will be there, and all future games I am able until the good Lord calls me home. I-N-D-I-A-N-S Scalp 'em Indians, Scalp 'em!!! PNG HAS A SPECIAL SPIRIT, PASS IT ON!!!

Not necessarily. UIL has not decided on divisional districts for all sports. Just football for now. Supts. are wanting to keep it like it's been these last two season for other sports. Divide after district play. UIL should be making that decision in Feb. when the district alignments are announced.

Man, HH must’ve woken up this year and learned how to coach. They wanted this man run out of town last year and now he’s in the state semifinals? Crazy how quickly things changed. Congrats WOS! Finish the job.