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Eh 5 different schools in 5 years is more uncommon to say the least lol even for a coach

3A Huntington vs. Orangefield Game 1- Wednesday, May 20th 7pm, Huntsville HS Game 2- Friday May 22nd, 7pm, Huntsville HS Game 3- Saturday May 23rd, 7pm, Jasper HS, If needed

Yeah I try to intentionally forget those years. 🙃

The Bruins went 4-0 today at the Dickinson State Qualifier

0.39% of the Kentucky population is Jewish, isn’t that something. Lol House seat was bought in Kentucky last night by foreign actors. Isn’t that awesome! Smh

Told y’all when the Iran conflict started, you’d have to have a regime change. There’s no deal that’s worth the paper it’s written on to be made with those in charge in Iran right now. I warned about boots on the ground. I was told verbatim “Trump don’t play” when I said it would be longer than was stated, as these things evolve, and have a mind of their own. I stated the ceasefire was a bad idea. If going in, go all in. Don’t tie our military’s hands behind their backs. Politicians lose the U.S. conflicts—not the military. We’ve lost the momentum, and haven’t gained enough to offset. There’s a reason you get public support for a conflict. Trump didn’t, and here we are… If Trump was going to listen to someone, he should’ve listened to Keane instead of whatever political advisor is telling him about the polls. This ‘another 2-3 days’ crap is getting old. Either you know what, or get off the pot. The other Gulf States hearing he was going back in, and asking him to delay? What kind of crap is that? How do they supposedly know what’s being discussed in the secure situation room? It’s either another load of BS, or we have a serious problem. Sun Tzu: There is no country that has ever benefited from prolonged war. (All of our military leadership used to have to read Sun Tzu.) As Larry the Cable Guy says, “Get Er Done!”

Exactly. Here's my go to when I want to change it up. Big Daddy's Beans (Yes, they call me "Big Daddy") Pound of pinto beans, anasazi beans (learned about these from @tvc184) or red beans. Pound of ground beef Pound of jalapeno sausage (I use my deer jalapeno cheese sausage) Large onion - yellow or white Can of rotel Pinto bean seasoning, tony's or some other season salt Garlic powder Black pepper 3 bay leaves Cook it like you cook beans normally - on the stove, instant pot, crock pot etc. Serve with some rice, cornbread and real butter. I have several bean variations, but this one is real good with the jalapeno sausage...

Spin it how you want, but apparently his constituents though differently by a large margin. He didn't lose by a little, he got his butt kicked by almost 10 points....

Yes indeed -- alive and well!

Trump is not a conservative, neither is the GOP Party.

Because there is nothing to talk about...

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

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!

Brookeland vs Moulton Thursday at New Caney High School 6:00

Bongino is a good, honest man!

4A Bullard vs.Huffman-Hargrave Game 1- Wednesday, May 20, 6:30pm, Sam Houston State University Game 2- Thursday, May 21, 6:30 PM, Sam Houston State University Game 3- Saturday, May 23, 1pm, Sam Houston State University, If needed Robinson vs. Hamshire-Fannett Game 1- Wed, May 20th, 6pm, Navasota HS Game 2- Saturday, May 23rd, 4:30pm, Navasota HS Game 3- Saturday, May 23rd 7pm, Navasota HS, If Needed

He’s not MAGA, and never purported to be to my knowledge. Probably because he’s a conservative libertarian, and he’s being funded by another conservative libertarian—NOT the PAC Jacktron referenced. See the reader comments with the information. Polymarket? WOW. I could swear I just made a recent post about our elections turning into gambling markets. Thanks for proving my point. About the same as my comments on the Iran conflict before it started and you swore Trump wouldn’t have a drawn out affair.

Houston loses 8-0 to Arlington. More importantly (and true to form for this season) Altuve is put on IL with a Grade 2 oblique strain. Makes 15 on the current IL. 19 total.

Kaiden Lunceford pitched 6 innings around 110 pitches, Luke Williams pitched bottom of the 7th against the top of very good Georgetown line up to get a save. These guys are really tough. Great team effort. Great game and a lot of fun, thanks Guys for all the hard work you have been putting in for a long time to let us watch ya'll and enjoy your successes. Looking forward to the next round. Tell anyone who loves PNG sports to get to the games if you can. Another quick note about Lunceford after pitching he was out there bringing gloves,etc to teammates he is a really special young man with a servants heart. I don't know him or have any connection to him, but his family should be proud.

Amazon is basically the only mail I receive lol

I know. I just wanted your thoughts. To me, if the government is going to play investor, give me my SSA and Medicare money, let me invest it as I choose, and provide for myself. I retired early. They’re beyond broke.

Conservatively, I think Trump will keep House or Senate - worst case, Democrats gets both with a very small majority that keeps them in check to not do something stupid. Trump lames out last 2 years and Democrats push to impeach but will not have enough votes to do anything..... So, 2028 - what do you think about Vance?

I don’t know that he’s pathetic. But, he definitely lied about Massie because of a personal vendetta. Again, he personally endorsed Massie in 2022. So, it’s a big, fat lie to say Massie was the worst ever. Unless he previously endorsed the worst ever. Yes. Some of the lies about the SAVE Act among other things were pretty blatant lies. Certain people also repeated them on this site, and spread them around without fact-checking.

Like his Dad, I'm not sure Rand Paul cares. He usually votes along with Republicans anyway in critical legislation if they need his vote. But, he does voice concerns and bring out issues. He's definitely not anywhere near aligned with the Socialists. Similar to me, he's the exact opposite. Rand Paul is a true small government, fiscal conservative, personal liberty, free market guy. We need people like him just like we need the Freedom Caucus. We need those voices. The current path is unsustainable, and everyone knows it. IMO, Trump would be better off focusing on Murkowski and Collins and listening a little more to Paul. But, Trump is going to have to support Collins. He can't lose the Senate seat. Now, he has a distinct possibility of losing Maine AND Texas. Even Bob Price of Breitbart Texas has stated that—according to their research—Paxton will have trouble with Talarico in the General.

Trump isn’t a conservative. He’s a populist. I sure hope his stupid endorsement of Paxton doesn’t wind up giving us Talarico.

Lie for most. Mother Jones for sure didn’t. Nor did NYT. (Not going to look the rest up and do a little research when those two are already proven lies.) Mother Jones just wrote a scathing article about him last week about being a pain in the $$$. But, you know who DID endorse Massie in 2022? Donald Trump

What a Honor! lol Trump is such a honorable individual!🤣

Well you talk like we are living in Utopia and everything is Awesome!

[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

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.

He’s got a good deal at Huntington. Lots of talent and only two seniors this year. Isn’t he also the AD?

Amen!

You know that personally? Lol

Imagine if President Trump went after Senator John Thune as hard as he does Thomas Massie. Maybe the SAVE America act would pass. Smh

Interview with La Porte HC Kevin Berneathy [Hidden Content]

His best years were while Jalen was there.

About time! Lol.

Now we’re up to 5D level chess. Smh

Lunceford is a great pitcher and student...he exemplifies PN-G's core values of HONOR, PRIDE, and TRADITION. Happy for all of these kids and coaches. GO INDIANS!!!

Franklin comes back down 4-0 to take the win 4-8 against Brazos. Franklin is waiting on winner of East Bernard and Roger’s who is currently in a game 3

I don't really keep up with it. I know coaches move around but I don't think it's normal to jump around that rapidly. He never stayed any one place for over a year within a 5 year span.

Life as a coach's son.

I am curious, if his twin brother is going to another school. How is his transfer going to be approved? I guess his parents are getting divorced, or are seperated? I am curious if this staff is going to develop any QB's or just continue to rent them for a season. Love my Eagles, but this seems to be a growing trend with this new Head Coach.

100 pitches 12k’s 1 walk (on a missed strike). Umpire was 99% accurate. 😂

Franklin 3 Brazos 2 final

Orangefield 2 Grandview 1 final Game went 11 innings.

Trump loves him some Trump. Father Time will eventually take are of his narcissism. He’s usually instinctual when it comes to making decisions but I think he went against his instincts on the Iran situation imo. Now he can’t find an exit ramp. I’ve worn weary of his antics. Meanwhile average Americans are feeling the financial pain.

I gotcha, Stone is a hell of a coach and deserves to decide what he wants to do. He was my JV coach and we learned a lot from him.Not only about baseball but how to be an honorable man. I loved playing for him.