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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

I like the Onalaska pick. I think it’s gonna be a great game, Dont get me wrong I think Palestine Westwood has the most talent between the two teams.. but I think Onalaska is the better team overall if that makes sense.

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 may be in the minority here, but anyone who cheats on their spouse should be considered as someone willing to cheat on other folks and things. That's my opinion. I put marriage in high regard. Some marriages fail without any cheating. Wasn't meant to be in some cases. But cheating is a whole different animal. Someone who cheats on their spouse can't be trusted. That's just me.

The definition is correct, the rest is your opinion. If you don't know the objective of this war, you have not been paying attention. There is a clear objective. It appears we are going to meet that objective.....Trump just did what Obama and others could not do.

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…

Orangefield 38 London 33 1:51 left in 3rd.

OF doing a good job getting out in transition. Did have several turnovers trying to do a little too much, but I think that’s how they win this game is in transition

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.

I truly don’t understand not wanting to play in one of the nicest high school facilities in the state for this game.

I 100% agree. I have always had an issue with some of the @ posts. Completely unnecessary. I say we put a stop to it going forward.

Crude down to $84.90 a barrel. I expect to see my gas station’s price to reflect that on the way home today. Lol

Who was president with Epstein was assassinated Who controlled the DOJ Who hired Epstein at his private school job Anyone

Sorry, but that's too personal. Going to have to give you a break from this place.

I am not sure how many people actually understand. The War Powers Act or the Constitution. That is especially true for the politicians who claim that it was unconstitutional to strike Iran. I would like to think that the politicians know that they’re lying to the public and just playing politics but the problem is that much of the public doesn’t know that they’re lying or maybe are actually that ignorant.

Let the excuses fly…. No other president of the 21st Century has had this high a percentage of overall approval by supporters of his own party at this point in his presidency, Enten said while explaining why almost all of the primary candidates endorsed by Trump win. Own-party supporters, 21st century presidents’ own-party approval about at this point in a second term: Bush was at 77%, Obama was at 77%. Look at this: 86% of Republicans approve of the job that Donald Trump is doing at this point. [Hidden Content]

Here are my picks for our 9 coverage area regional finals: 6A D1 Region III Atascocita by 11 over North Shore 5A D1 Region III West Brook by 19 over Randle 5A D2 Region III United by 4 over FB Marshall 3A D1 Region III Orangefield by 15 over Fairfield 3A D2 Region III Onalaska by 3 over Palestine Westwood 2A D1 Region III San Augustine by 5 over Hawkins 2A D2 Region III Martin's Mill by 12 over Chireno 2A D2 Region IV Mumford by 11 over Big Sandy 1A D1 Region IV Brookeland by 6 over Fayetteville So I have 7 of our coverage area teams moving on to state semifinals. North Shore, Chireno and Big Sandy seasons come to an end.

Being there was worse he argued every play

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

Final 55-53 San Augustine

After 3, Mumford up 33-30

After 3 Beaumont United 36 Fort Bend Marshall 28

You add nothing to this forum.

True. But, his big pledges were tax the rich, and term limits. Tax the rich is straight from the socialist playbook, and if you really believe he’ll sponsor term limits if he is elected, you’re fooling yourself and you and I both know it. So, will you call him a liar and jump all over him when he doesn’t sponsor a term limits bill within his first year? Or, are those type attacks and short time lines simply for Trump? Basically, you have a Socialist liar before he’s even elected. Does it make it better or worse that he’s a pastor who knows he’s lying? You know I’m not a Trump voter. But, will you hold Talarico to the same standards—or even higher—since he’s professing a higher moral ground?