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Silsbee assistant coach Ira Brooks will be coaching his last home game tomorrow night. Coach Brooks will be retiring at the end of this season. Coach Brooks has been coaching at Silsbee for 32 years. He has been a mainstay and key component to the success of the Tiger Basketball program. His JV teams have always been successful and have won many district championships even when several freshmen and sophomores were playing varsity. Coach Brooks has earned the respect and love from many coaches in our area. He has been a fantastic coach but an even better man. He will be missed. Congrats to my friend Ira.

Personally, I think y'all are all too invested in this, and the ending you get will never satisfy.

I have no desire to “get” Trump or destroying MAGA. Go MAGA. I just don’t want him to deter pursuing the guilty, which he is doing.

Orangefield school board has set a bond election for May 2 for improvements to athletic facilities. The improvements will be turf to football, baseball and softball fields as well as expanded seating, additional lighting and additional parking. Also new pressbox at the football stadium. These are much needed upgrades. Hopefully it will pass this time.

Not sure Republicans would do it anyway. They’re as bad as the Dems now. They may say they want cuts. But, they’re perfectly content to sit back until someone else does the cutting and takes the heat. House Freedom Caucus is the only group even trying to hold a budget. They’re the Ron Paul’s of this generation. Everyone calls them crazy troublemakers.

UIL rules have changed that doesn't allow some teams to play warm up games these days. Teams now have game limits and once they have reached those limits, you are not allowed to play any extra unless it's for district seeding or play in games. Most teams these days play tournaments that are pool play which allows teams to play more tourney games. That adds up over the season. Also several play in multiple holiday jamborees which adds to their totals. Really the only teams that can play warm up games these days are teams that have to wait till football is over to start their basketball season. Sometimes that's two to three weeks after everyone else has started. Usually that is only in the 3A and down classifications. We still have some teams that will play warm up games this year. I have already received info on some of the games. I will be posting a Seed/Play In/Warm Up Game Info thread on Wednesday morning.

Everybody hates on CardinalBacker, but he's hit the nail on the head when he talks about people ignoring a lot of really bad behavior/poor performance and circling the wagons around Trump. we're seeing more of it in this thread, including the continual deflection/pretending that the whole Epstein thing is an effort to get at Trump. I'm with you completely on the ideas that 1) this is much bigger than Trump (although if the ish sticks to him let him wear it) and 2) he's handled the whole situation horribly, shielding powerful people just as Biden did (either actively or through omissions and redactions).

[email protected] Tom’s Track Volume 38, Number 1 Feb. 13, 2026 My apologies for missing last year. My wife passed away on Jan. 30, 2025 and your ol’ Bubba needed time to bounce back from that. I’m back but I should have sent out this opening installment sooner than this. I’m sure there are dozens of new high school area track coaches and athletes for me to learn in a big hurry. But I will give it my best shot. First, my new e-mail address is [email protected]. That is significant for all you folks who will host meets. I’m sure my attendance at some of these area meets will be hit and miss, and probably mostly miss. So please e-mail your meet schedules and your meet results before and after to this e-mail -- [email protected] As always, I will attempt to provide a list of area leaders as the information can be accurately determined. Thanks for your help because I’m sure I will need as much of it as possible. We begin with a tentative season schedule. Of course, these dates and locations are subject to change but here’s what I have as of Feb. 13. …. Let’s have a strong track season, tom halliburton if you would like to receive pdf-formatted updates in track season, please email [email protected] AREA OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY Feb. 13 NEDERLAND BULLDOG RELAYS Feb. 19 PN-G JOE WILLIAMSON RELAYS Feb. 19 SPLENDORA WILDCAT RELAYS Feb. 20 CLEAR SPRINGS CHARGER RELAYS Feb. 20 DAYTON QUINN WOOD RELAYS Feb. 21 HUMBLE SAM MOSLEY RELAYS Feb. 26 BRIDGE CITY CARDINAL RELAYS Feb. 26 HAMSHIRE-FANNETT LONGHORN RELAYS Feb. 27 CONROE TIGER RELAYS Feb. 27 LAMAR CONSOLIDATED RELAYS Feb. 27 LIBERTY TRINITY VALLEY RELAYS tom track 1.pdf

She is the top law enforcement officer in charge of releasing the Epstein Files as stated in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead her department has released lots of victims names and covered up co conspirators in the Epstein trafficking case. They are only releasing redactions when they are forced too. Bondi sounded like Hillary Clinton when she was questioned about Benghazi in front of the Judiciary Committee when Hillary said what difference does it make at this point. Not good.

I my head, I think NC is deminished from West Fork being open but I have this theory about teams playing 6A dropping down. After chasing the Woodlands and Willis for at least the last 4 years, they may be a wild card in this whole thing

He is 20 for 24 in Supreme Court. It does not appear he is the one that has a problem with Democracy

The 14 States that don't require voter ID: California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon In addition, Washington, D.C. doesn't require voter ID. I see a pattern...

Here you go, since you’re apparently too lazy to verify. Couldn’t find it on CNN or MSNBC so that’s probably why you weren’t aware. [Hidden Content]

Alabama's Bediako has been denied his motion for a preliminary injunction to continue to play. Now will NCAA make Bama forfeit the games he played in? NCAA had always ruled the player ineligible.

I’m just over here minding my own business.

I’m so tired of the games from both sides. Budget for 10% more on a program, cut it back to a 5% increase from previous year, and proudly announce the program was cut by 5%.

and every day there's Kamala supporters killed over a few dollars or for "looking at someone wrong." there's stupid on both sides of the aisle.

Republicans having to step in and fix a mess democrats are incapable of solving. What else is new?

I honestly don’t think Bridge City would gain anything from playing East Chambers… Nothing against EC but they aren’t that great this year. Now Bridge City vs Orangefield would be better

As of early 2026, the Trump administration has significantly reduced the federal workforce, with reports indicating a decline of approximately 220,000 to over 300,000 federal positions since the start of his second term There’s some of your cut spending, how many presidents have talked about shrinking the government, and look here but of course….no credit given

The point is that Trump’s name was in the article. The father was drunk and they could’ve just as well been arguing whether beans go in Texas chili.

Our spending is a National Security Issue. Our government can’t even pass an audit if it wanted to because it’s so big it can’t even police itself. The spending fraud is staggering.

The problem that we’re in now is that with 39 Trillion in debt, we can’t stand anymore tax cuts. “Trickle Down” is a proven long-term failure. Yes, it gives the economy a short term bump, like when Reagan cut taxes and primed the economy in the early 80s… but it lead to the tax increases under HW Bush that had to happen. We’re about 10 years too late on increasing taxes to slow the growth of the debt, and it’s gonna look like the austerity period in Greece around here if it ever happens. Unfortunately, we’ve got the Bankrupter-in-Chief calling the shots and everybody on both sides of the aisle in Congress knows that the only way to keep their job is by promising gifts to the voters who are largely selfish and stupid. Tariffs aren’t the answer, tax cuts aren’t the answer…. We’ve got to cut our spending and that’s harder than ever now that the interest in our debt is the second largest component of our federal spending. At this point more tax cuts are like getting a payday loan to buy a steak when you’ve already got them all over town. Cut spending, but not just on the other guys’ projects… cut something you love.

Hopefully not. Partial gridlock (POTUS one Party & Congress the other) is typically good for the Market and the economy as a whole. Business can plan. No wild swings one way or the other on policy. Settles people down on divisive social issues. Sort of a ‘cool down’ timeout. Impeachment is historically very bad for the economy. Why would anyone want the people to suffer when POTUS couldn’t run again anyway? That would be the epitome of stupid.

Obama has his records relating to Maxwell & Epstein sealed. [Hidden Content]

Works for your side.

Can we also find out who shot JFK?

Agreed, not to mention Dischler who was similar (great athlete, not a basketball player). I think that’s all this team is really missing this year, which is one of the many reasons I wish Gonzales had played this year.

Jacaleb Johnson was the man tonight. WO-S had no answer for him. Johnson won this game tonight.

Final 57-55 Silsbee

I’m not circling any wagon, I’m simply waiting for proof of guilt, rather than sit around spitballing.

Water under the bridge. Should be all business from both teams. Should be a good one.

First, by Texas law if you are committing a crime act, you generally don’t get self defense. As an example… A guy goes in to rob a store with a gun. He has no intention of using it but as he makes his demand for the money and then grabs it and runs. The clerk pulls his own gun as the robber tries to get away and is running out of the store. The clerk shots the robber who is clearly trying to get away. The robber turns and shoots at the store clerk in “self defense” because the store clerk is shooting at him while he is just trying to get away. The store clerk dies. Self defense? No, it’s Capital Murder and death penalty eligible. The robber trying to flee was still in the act of committing a robbery by trying to escape with the money and the store clerk acted lawfully, whereas the robber did not. There is no self-defense in such a case. In this situation the accused went into a felony drug deal and brought a firearm. Was he an innocent and unwilling bystander or a person willingly participating in a felony (for which he was convicted) where he brought a gun anticipating possible violence? So even if he was defending himself, is it “clearly self defense” while participating in a potential violent felony? Let’s look at the actual law on self defense. Here is the quoted applicable Texas Penal Code law on if self defense is lawful while committing a crime. A person person is justified in using self defense IF; (C) was committing or attempting to commit aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery; (2) did not provoke the person against whom the force was used; AND (3) was not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance regulating traffic at the time the force was used. Notice that it says “was not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance regulating traffic at the time the force was used”. He was most definitely engaged in criminal activity other that a traffic citation. Obviously the DA didn’t think it was clearly self defense. Read the quote from the law and tell me if self defense is available in Texas while voluntarily committing a felony. With that being the law, I said that the it would be a tough case possibly by the defense attorney doing his/her job of trying to convince the jury to not go by the law that I posted. Oh well, the other guy was a bad guy so let my client go. It worked. That is the system. Notice that the same jury who was almost certainly given the law that I posted above and apparently found that he was “not engaged in a criminal activity” (other than a traffic citation), found that he was engaged in 4 felonies and gave him the maximum sentence. The accused is guaranteed the right to a public trial and a unanimous decision of proof beyond a reasonable doubt before conviction. A jury can be 90% sure that the crime was committed yet that is reasonable doubt. That doesn’t mean innocent. It means the jury didn’t feel that the DA proved the case. That again is the system. So again, read the law that I quoted on self defense. It can be lawful IF stopping certain crimes against the person AND was not committing another crime… which the jury coincidentally found him guilty of 4 felonies. I have no clue what was testified to in court, but I can reasonably believe that DA was looking at the same law that I posted. The jury said that he is not guilty so by law he is not guilty, hard stop. Clearly self defense??

Press box for sure needs updating. Turf is always a good thing because of lower maintenance.

If people keep voting for people who think they are too dumb to vote, then they are proving their point.

They should. If a school chooses to run a kid out there before the case is final, they should assume the risk. Jmo.

I can't say I blame you. I spent many years doing many things for this government of ours. It left me hanging out on my own on more than one occasion. I chose not to vote. You bringing up Benghazi hit close to home for me for a somewhat similar situation in the 80's. There was plenty of denial then as well. Now, I champion personal liberty and fiscal sanity. I'm not receiving either, and neither is anyone else. Regardless of Party. But, I can still hope. Maybe, there's still a chance we can get our government back to what was intended.

It’s obvious the DOJ is suppressing truthful information and not investigating powerful elites from what I’ve seen over the years. Our government is broken. I’ll just leave it at that. Pretty disgusted at this point. The judiciary hearing the other day was a dumpster fire with Pam Bondi. What a embarrassment.

Nonsense, it's not voter suppression. Only white liberals believe that the poor and downtrodden don't have the ability to get an ID.

Reason is a solid news and opinion magazine. Very trustworthy source. But, it will equally offend Dems and Reps on occasion. It’s a Libertarian publication that’s been around a long time. I recommend more people read it for a different viewpoint.

Scales is a very good player but not the best in the area unless you and I have differing opinions on what "area" means.

Tep - 9-5AD1…PAM vs LP…taking aluminum bats to each other…😂

This is good!

I agree, I like most of Trumps policies but he made bad hires in his first term and he’s made some bad hires in this term. I understand that some people think this whole Epstein situation is about Trump and it’s not. My understanding is Trump pressed Congresswoman Boebert and MTG very hard not to vote for allowing a vote to be cast on the Epstein Files Transparency Act but once a vote was allowed to be cast and bring forth the Transparency Act on Epstein the Democrats and Republicans voted almost unanimously to pass the Act which hardly ever happens. At that point Trump had to sign the Epstein Files Transparency Act or look like a Pedo Protector if he didn’t. Thomas Massie is no moron like Trump called him the other day at the National Prayer Breakfast. The guy is a MIT graduate with 30 patents, he is not stupid. I believe Massie out smarted him on this Epstein issue and Trump is mad. If I am wrong on any of this please correct me. People need to understand Trump is not perfect, he is capable of making mistakes but you can’t be covering for people that have harmed children in this manner period!

That’s the bottom line, their uninformed opinions are base solely on Trump. When he’s out of office you won’t hear a peep from them, just like pre-Trump.

Interesting….

Turn it up! 🤣

It has me listed as a "stressed sideliner". Along with yourself, I'd be a libertarian if there was any traction with that movement, but I do more than just lean right when voting. 15 years ago I'd vote either party depending on the candidate, but these days I don't ever vote left in state or national elections.

This is almost assuredly the most talented team Orangefield has had, led by easily the best player I’ve seen in the 30 years I’ve followed them. Also very happy for a guy who has been one of the best coaches in SETX for years in Whitmire. The one thing that worries me for the playoffs is not having really been challenged since district began (other than at EC sort of). Hoping their depth and experience at the varsity level more than makes up with something they had no control over.