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Also congrats to Jaden Scales for breaking the all time scoring record at OF

Thank you very much for the kind words and explaining what you have seen over the years! I will make sure he sees it and I know your post will inspire him even more tonight. I really appreciate you sir!

Hats off to a very talented and skilled Westwood team. Our press isn’t what failed us tonight. Was it perfect tonight in the 2nd quarter no, but that’s not why we lost. It’s back to back seasons that have ended because I didn’t have us prepared enough to handle the physical play that takes place this late. That’s my coaching error I will own. I let an amazing group of seniors down and failed. it’s funny how quickly everyone forgets what Onalaska was before the last two years. Before last year our program had zero playoff wins and zero district championships. We now have multiple district championships and back to back regional final runs.

They had to have atleast 20 Official timeouts to wipe the floor. It took most of the rhythm out of the game. But survive and advance!

Orangefield has never played that level of defense and I give almost of all of that credit to Whitmire. It wasn’t the easiest gig in the world but he’s gotten his system in place now and most of those kids have learned how to really play aggressive defense under his tutelage. I was watching online so I didn’t see the dead ball stuff. I guess it depends on the official and the nature of the conversations. Some players are great at chopping it up with them and some officials like it, some don’t want to be engaged at all. By and large, it kind of depends on the context. From what I’ve seen this year, the team has greatly improved with that stuff (granted they needed vast improvement from last season) and have seemed to have matured. But again, I didn’t notice any of that so I can’t really speak intelligently on what happened on Friday. I, like you, have been greatly impressed with his game. I’ve seen him since he was barely bigger than the ball shooting on goals between varsity games and knew he was a talent. But he seems to get better every time I see him. Obviously Fairfield was the more athletic team (apparently full of football kids which made sense after watching the game) but he was seemingly doing whatever he wanted with the ball. They couldn’t stay in front of him, disrupt him in the slightest with full court pressure, and he’s just so smooth with the ball. One play in particular really impressed me. After making 4 FTs in a row and the ball his hands up 2 with under 2 minutes to go, he had sliced through the backcourt pressure and was approaching mid court. I see him about to advance the ball off the dribble with his left hand to his teammate up the floor which is, in general, the correct basketball play (obviously). But in the situation (Fairfield had to foul), I’m thinking “no! Keep it!” But instinctually and unselfishly, he flipped the ball ahead and his teammate was fouled. That particular teammate is also a good FT shooter and made both to put the lead back to 4. But it showed me what I knew to be true about the Scales kid. As gifted as he is, he knows how to play the game and is unselfish (sometimes to a fault). But he’s one of those rare players who just makes all of his teammates better. When you are at a school like Orangefield, I don’t think you can make a run like this one without a kid like that. And I haven’t seen one close to him in the 30ish years I’ve been watching Bobcat basketball.

The officials were very good and very consistent. I think the problem here was that they approached this game with a “they need to adjust to the way I am calling” rather than a calling the obvious. When OF did attack the rim they did get the same calls, but I also think that OF played much better help defense and the helper was generally who the foul was called on. Fairfield also did a lot of Iso ball and took bad shots when the help was there and I do think that rather than adjusting to the game in front of them, they called extremely tight the entire night. It’s not very often you see a varsity boys game get to the bonus every single quarter (at least in my opinion)

All in all I think SE Texas has a heck of a showing for the state tournry. Just saying

Prayers up for the Shallowwater community amongst all the chaos. Also a reminder to pour into each other, as you truly never know what the next minute or hour holds. Mental health matters, and each person who reads this should know that how you feel at your lowest is never an indictment on who you are as a person. I hope everyone has a great Saturday! John 10:10

That’s not what the average American hears that doesn’t stayed glued to Fox News all day. They just hear that Trump said the Epstein Files is a hoax which we know they aren’t a hoax. Lots of video and files missing and redacted. Video from his island and mansions in NY and New Mexico Ranch. It just amazes me how you can never be critical of Trump. If it ever came out that he was involved with underage age girls I think you would be devastated and need counseling. I on the other hand would not be surprised.

Things have to get better down here or this forum will be shut down completely. Too many violations (some warned, some not) are happening at an alarming rate down here. More violations happen in this forum than all the other forums combined. It also has the most "past banned" members posting which that is about to stop if things don't get cleaned up down here. This is a warning that the owner supports. This forum is not needed that badly. Clean it up guys or this is history.

I am shocked he didn’t have it already. I would bet dollars to doughnuts he did in a significant less number of attempts. One of those kids who could go out and get 25-30 almost every night if he was just trying the score the ball.

After the brutal no call with 9 seconds left, bobcats have an ELITE defensive stop to win the game.

60-57 Final!!!!

Final BU 58 VM 44

I often wonder who GA Moore would be had he coached in Warren for 44 years. Also, do you remember GA Moore for all his wins at Celina and Pilot Point, or the fact that he finished his career with two back to back losing seasons at Aubrey HS? I wonder, did he forget how to be great?

I don't understand it as well. Good prep for next game at Alamodome. If I am a coach, as the playoffs progress, I am trying to get as large a facility as I can get that is reasonable for both sides.

It was just a 4 point game. That's nothing in basketball.

It should not be that hard to address the topic and not another member. It’s not like accidentally blurting something out in a conversation. It’s typing and you have time to go back and look at it. Not that my opinion matters but I am not a fan of calling people out with the @ symbol. If that person feels like responding he/she will. That person may not even want to read that thread. There is no need for @someone and @you and ask what do you think of YOUR guy now. Post your comment and if no one wants to answer, great. But, that’s just an opinion That is not the same as calling a mod/admin’s attention to something or asking another person an educational question like @bullets13 to ask about being a teacher and/or the rules they follow. It’s really not that hard.

One thing worth noting: when y’all use terms like “libtards”, “pedo-supporters”, etc., just because you’re directing it to a whole group of people on the site versus one specific person doesn’t mean you’re not violating a rule.

LumRaiderFan got a week vacation. Things really need to get cleaned up down here.

I don’t know which is funnier… that Trump lied to y’all, or that you still support him. Repeal and replace Obamacare, release the Epstein files, prices will go down on day one, no new wars, and on and on and on. Y’all are like those wives with a black eye because her husband got caught cheating AGAIN, but you’re still standing by that jerk “because I still love him.”

I agree. I watched the London/Goliad game. Wasn't all that impressed with either team. London didn't shoot well at all, particularly from FT and 3p line. London does play very physical. But in that game, they only played about 7 players. I think Orangefield is the better and much deeper team. The key for them will be their free throw shooting because I see London fouling them a lot. Orangefield will also need to rebound the ball defensively. London likes to crash the offensive boards. I also think Orangefield can play aggressively on the defensive end because of their depth. Fouling London is not a bad strategy due to their poor FT shooting. I honestly think Orangefield could win this game by double digits but I think it will be closer. Fairfield game was much closer than I predicted.

Beat two time defending state champion Hitchcock playing that way last year, beat Westwood earlier this year doing it. They played Westwood closer than anyone else has since December tonight doing it. Go down throwing your fastball, not trying to be something you aren’t.

Heck of a win by Orangefield, Fairfield gave them everything they had and Orangefield kept answering the bell.

Final Beaumont United 62 Fort Bend Marshall 39

Apparently you mis-read or don't understand...... This poll was not based on Republican leadership......that TDS got you not thinking straight. CNN’s findings are virtually identical to those of a Fox News survey of registered voters published Wednesday showing that 87% of Republicans approve of Trump’s job performance.

I've been seeing footage on Facebook, but with so much propaganda I don't know what's real and what's AI.

Honestly after watching them last year, I agreed with your pick. One thing that improved tremendously for Valley was their guard play. I think that was the biggest difference from this year to last year.

These two state championship games shows that divisions in basketball is not a good thing. Two blowouts. Jayton/Turkey Valley would have been a much much better game.

I believe there are elements of my post that touch on this thread topic. Are you telling me you’ve never got off topic when posting? Lol Again if Trump knows where the sleeper cell’s are then why don’t we get them. Heck the Democrats went after grandmas that walked between the velvet ropes on J6 and threw them in prison and some even went to solitary confinement.

My thoughts exactly. But I will vote for whoever it is against Talarico. That dude scares me.

Be careful tvc, you may come off sounding too reasonable. Also, Reagan may claim he is being harassed by a moderator.

This time of year, my wife thinks I need therapy. I tell her next week I'll seek it at the beach.

Everyone competes to win championships and the best team at the end of the season is declared the "champion". That means that if you want to declare someone to be the best coach you would start with championships and then go to "wins". SS can be declared the greatest high school coach of all-time without qualification. However, that does not mean that he has not been in "the right place at the right time" and also been the beneficiary of outside factors such as the fact that there are many more championships available on a yearly basis than what was available before all of the division splits. There are many GREAT coaches in schools that never have the talent level that SS walked into in Carthage and deal with community dynamics that hinder maximum optimization of the talent available. Those coaches may appear mediocre to those not "in the know". It was mentioned previously that a good coach "gets the most out of what he has available" and this is a likely good way to view caliber of coaching. However, the only folks who know what the "most out of what is available" is typically the coaches on the staff. Those who do not spend the hours with the kids when they are out of their comfort zones can only speculate as to what they believe to be "real".

He really needs to try harder with some of these predictions…

Gary Stelly didn’t care apparently.

I was hoping so too so that you could attend. We could use some of that Kountze Lion mojo. Christopher Kovatch (one of the board members) usually does too.

I have said before, Epstein is not the only one out there. It’s huge and there are plenty of links.

Phil Danaher is the winningest head coach in the history of Texas high school football coaches. 41 consecutive playoff appearances... since you brought up losing seasons. However, he never won the title. So.. is he elite? Some people (cough cough) would say no, because he never won the state championship. What are your thoughts?

I actually went to the game.. (invited by an old friend). Orangefield's defense is much more aggressive in person than I saw each time I watched them play on NFHS. I'm impressed with how they get in your pocket.. so to speak. And. I really like 24's game. His ability to penetrate the paint at the end was one of the differences in the game. However.. could someone tell him that it's not necessary to have a conversation with an official literally every dead ball situation? I'm surprised OF didn't catch a tech because of that annoyance alone. There were a couple times I thought for sure they would've gotten one but didn't. Either way, congrats on the hard fought win. Definitely a positive that WW went small. That'll make it more attainable.. but Madison won't be a pushover by any stretch should you get this win over London. Best of luck, guys.

Republicans deserve what’s coming because they abandoned all of their principles to support a man who has none of them. It’s so laughable. It took Trump four years to destroy the economy, lose both houses of Congress, get impeached twice, and try to stop the peaceful transfer of power after he lost the election. So the morons re-elected him and it’s happening even faster this time around…. We can toss “raised taxes on working Americans with unlawful tariffs, weaponized the Justice Department to persecuted his perceived enemies and protect a pedophile/trafficking ring of which he was a member, illegally kidnapped the leader of a South American country and stole their oil reserves, and started a global conflict in the Middle East” to the list. And in a couple of weeks, you’ll be able to add attacked Cuba to the list. I pray to God every night that the third impeachment leads to a conviction.

Being there was worse he argued every play

Had never made it past the third round until this year.

10-12 FTs in last few minutes of game too. Scales 6-6, Thomas 2-2, and Willis 2-4. Fairfield really dominated the paint on the offensive end and weren’t terribly big. Just a lot stronger. Fortunately, they had no answer for OF’s guard play.

Final 55-53 San Augustine

After 3, Mumford up 33-30

You add nothing to this forum.

Helps that the boys don't have football at either school.