HillGuy

JDad's Daughter...thanks for reading and posting and sounds like you are dedicated to being the best and helping your team be the best! Please don't misunderstand my post. H-J is great and I've always been a fan of ya'lls program, but I only was pointing out I think it takes consistency and quality wins (and few or no losses against weak teams) to deserve a number one ranking. I only think Central is rated a little low and H-J a little high. I've got a daughter playing PG for BH so I understand your passion....good luck and keep winning...make me a believer in the that number 1 spot!

Kountze hasn't lost a game since the Livingston Tournament, and they beat Central already this year. I know they lost to Kountze (who lost to Livingston, who LCM beat!)...I'm basing that on overall strength of schedule and quality wins...over Atascocita, Chavez (who has turned out to be quite a good 5A squad), CE King, etc. and they usually beat the teams they are supposed to by a wide margin. The Ozen game was close, but its a rivalry game. This ranking is tough to work out, but I'd to put them at 1 or 2 easily. IMO, H-J has not done anything yet to prove they should be #1, especially losing to K-Park, Hempstead, and winning a close one against WB (who is very weak, even BH beat them by over 20 TWICE). Having said all that, I still appreciate the work that goes into doing the ranking...its a great way to this board going!

How about this one!!! Awesome page for N Texas!!!!!!! [Hidden Content]

I think Central should have been number 1 two weeks ago....and still number one. Not taking away fro the other teams, but they have done everything it takes to deserve a number one IMO.

Former BH sprinter races up grid win chart By Dave Rogers Published January 18, 2009 Dan Hooks is 70 years old and living his dream. The longtime West Orange-Stark football coach decided early on he wanted to be a football coach. “I went out for football in the sixth grade because at Barbers Hill, if you were a sixth-grader, you could play on the seventh-grade team because they didn’t have enough people,†he recalled recently. “I was a little bitty guy. I weighed probably 80 pounds. I got in for maybe 10 plays, but I loved it. I came home after the first day of practice and told my mom I wanted to be a coach. “She wanted me to be a dentist, but that’s how stupid I was.†Dentistry’s loss was definitely football’s gain. Hooks, who was honored along with teammates on the 1956 state champion track team at Saturday night’s Barbers Hill Sports Hall of Honor induction, now ranks No. 16 on the list of winningest high school football coaches in Texas football history. His 28 WO-S teams have put together a cumulative record of 261 wins, 65 losses and two ties, including back-to-back Class 4A titles in 1986 and 1987. That averages out to 9.3 wins per season. “People are always asking me, ‘When are you going to retire? When are you going to retire?’†said Hooks, head coach at WO-S since 1981. “It’s not long off, but it’s not going to be right now. I’d like to go one more. But I feel that way every year. You look at the young players coming and you get excited. “I have no timeline, but it’s not going to be forever.†Hooks was a 158-pound running back and cornerback for Gordon Kelley’s football dynasty at Barbers Hill. “He was a great motivator,†Hooks recalled. “We loved him and played hard for him. He taught me a lot, not necessarily about football, but how to handle people. That’s been really beneficial to me.†Of course, growing up in Barbers Hill is high on the coach’s list of memories. “It was a great place to grow up and do athletics,†Hooks said. “It was a good town, small, and we won in everything: football, basketball and track. I really enjoyed my stay there.†The 1956 track team finished first at district, second at regionals and first at state. Hooks joined Hollis Naquin, Donnie Myers and Gordon Speer on a quartet that set a state record (42.9 seconds) in the 440-yard relay. Speer won the state 100-yard dash in 9.8 and the 220-yard dash in 21.7. “I was a part of that relay team that won it,†he said. “Of course, Gordon Speer was the fastest guy in the state and that didn’t hurt. “One of the biggest thrills in my life was standing up on that podium in Memorial Stadium and getting that gold medal in track. It’s still a memory. And I appreciate them recognizing an old guy like me.†Besides his relay mates, other track team members recognized as Highlight Honorees Saturday night were Charles Sager and Walter “Skinny†Whitener. Carvelynne Leonard Graff, a four-year varsity basketball player (1961-65) and an outstanding track runner who set state and UIL records in the hurdles and sprints, was also a Highlight Honoree. Graff and the 1956 tracksters were among the first class of inductees to the Barbers Hill Sports Hall of Honor in 2000. Inducted Saturday night were baseball standout Jeff Peterson (1980-82) and Jeff Northcutt (2000-03), a baseball and football standout. From Barbers Hill, Hooks went on to play football at Del Mar Junior College in Corpus Christi and finished up at Sam Houston State. He was an assistant coach for nine years at Channelview, spent six years as an assistant at Lamar University, a year at Beaumont French and joined the WO-S staff as an assistant in 1977. “The secret for winning football games is to have good players and good assistant coaches,†he said, “and I’ve had both. “I’ve been very fortunate in that respect. Players aren’t enough. You’ve got to have the right chemistry with the coaching staff and the players. If you’ve got that, you’ve got a chance.â€

BH 57 Dayton 42

As long as its not about BH home officiating and drawing tournament brackets, we are on the same page my friend!, lol.

I don't have a dog in this hunt either, but its not really about someone getting fired for looking, that doesn't happen too often. But your current employer and the kids and parents of your current program are all going to look at you differently knowing that you were looking. Businesses do NOT release the names of their applicants...heck the best people wouldn't APPLY if they did! These applicants are trying to improve their position in life, put yourself in their place...would you want your current employer to know you are looking for greener pastures???? Its all a moot point anyway, since schools are government entities and HAVE to release the info...doesn't mean I have to like it or its right though.

Walking the leadoff batter on four pitches No coolers allowed into park Parents, cousins, friends, pets, in the dugout TD's not scheduling enough buffer time between games, so you play your 8 pm game at 10 pm!

BH struggling a little lately with injuries, but should be fun to watch Dugat and team go up against an extremely physical BH defense. I say BH by 15. You Daytonions can stay in town to watch a great girls game against BH...both teams at 5-1 in district. Should also be a good one.

Based on that, I don't think we will see them in Dayton/BH's district at all. They'll be 5a before when they are ready to play varsity sports.

Oh man, that one is so obvious I forgot about!!!!!!!!!!!!! How about taking a called 3rd strike with the bases loaded and two outs, final inning?

She ever get any bigger? I know she played with the BH girls some during the summer, and she worked very hard. Good ball handler and shooter. Good kid. I'm sure she is contributing. Jaz Carrington is just flat athletic. She can take over a game. Single handidly took over a game against BH in LD Nationals a couple of years ago. One of only 2 or 3 games that age group of BH kids has ever lost. I think I'm finally over it enough to give props ;D Daughter still won't talk about though, hah.

8:00 am Sunday morning winner's bracket games...that just ain't right

Good one ;D

Now that is quality win...congrats.

BH 70 GC Memorial 21

Thanks, ha. Here is one more, my buddy KN reminded me of - MISSING (or forgetting!) SIGNS

Ok, so a similar thread on the GBB forum and it looks like its picking up steam, so thought I'd steal the idea. Its kinda slow for travel ball right, so thought it'd be fun to list our pet peeves...here are some of mine in no particular order: TD's who won't post or tell you, or lie about who's signed up to play Managers who double or even triple book Club Volleyball Base coaches who want to argure about rules they don't know School Volleyball Team jumpin', non-committing primadonna players That game where you bounce a ball over a net while wearing tight shorts during softball exposure season

We didn't wanna be in the stupid ole' ranking anyway ;D

[Hidden Content] Chancellors bring intensity to sidelines John and Van share a passion that benefits both men By JENNY DIAL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle You won’t catch Van Chancellor or his son John sitting much when they coach basketball. In 2004, when Van was coach of the Comets, John was coaching the Houston Stealth, a National Women’s Basketball League team that played during the WNBA offseason. John drew up the plays and ran the practices and his righthand man was his assistant coach, Van. During a game in Houston, John stood to call out to a player. He saw out of the corner of his eye that Van, too, was on his feet hollering at a player. A referee came by and told John that one of the coaches needed to sit. “The ref told me, ‘Can you tell him to sit down?’ I don’t want to tell Van Chancellor to sit down,†John said. “I don’t think Dad liked having to stay seated during the game. It was quite a role reversal.†But that is what you can expect from the Chancellors. Van, 65, now women’s coach at LSU, is on his feet during every game; at Barbers Hill High School, John coaches every possession. “We are both intense coaches,†Van said. “We are both very passionate about the game and about our teams.†John, 43, wasn’t always this passionate. When he graduated from Mississippi, where he was Van’s manager for the women’s basketball team, he tried to ignore the coaching bug. “I tried to do everything in my power not to coach,†John said. “I didn’t want to be a coach. I wasn’t sure what else I wanted to do. I just didn’t want to be a coach.†Then he was offered a job at Neosho County Community College in Kansas. The job — coaching basketball. John took the position with the idea it was temporary and he just needed a job to get on his feet. But it didn’t take long for John to realize there was nothing temporary about it. “We made the playoffs for the first time ever in my first year,†he said. “And I knew that it was my calling and that I wanted to be a coach. It’s what I was born to do.†Van was more than happy with the decision. “I had hoped he would coach, because I always thought he would just really be good at it,†Van said. “I knew he had a love for it all along and I told him he would make a great coach.†Learn from a master Van came to Houston to coach the Comets for a decade and John continued to watch his father and grow as a leader. There is no denying the similarities between the two, but there are also glaring differences in their styles. “He is a lot more patient,†Van said. “He can take a loss a lot easier than I can.†John said he is just a lot more laid-back than his dad. The competitiveness isn’t just in basketball, he said. “The family can’t even play Monopoly together anymore because everyone is so competitive,†John said. “It’s really funny when my dad is playing checkers or dominoes. He has to win. Or if we are playing golf and he is losing, he comes up with some rule out of nowhere or something. I just play to play.†But give John a basketball court and a clipboard, and he suddenly channels Van’s nature. “I like to win, but I like the small victories too — knowing that my team controlled everything it could and played the best possible basketball game they could,†John said. “If we do all of that and still lose, it is hard for me to complain.†John’s becoming a basketball coach has strengthened the bond between father and son. After every game either of them coaches, the cell phones ring. It’s become a tradition to call each other after every win and every loss to talk about the game. John said he and Van speak four or five times a week. “We talk more now than we did when I was living in the house with him 20 years ago,†John said. “It’s just a special connection we have. We can talk as friends.†The phone conversations might be about a big win, a player emerging or a tough loss full of questionable calls. “We each understand what the other one is going through,†Van said. Van and John take their roles as coach seriously. During the season, they eat, sleep and breathe basketball. During the offseason, both spend time working with their churches, youth groups and in the community. “That is one big thing I really took from being around my father,†John said. “We have a responsibility to our community. We are teachers more than we are coaches.†Joining forces Van and John have coached together on a few occasions — with the Stealth, at Mississippi when John was a student and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Van was coach of the U.S. women’s basketball team and John was a scout. They hope to coach together again, but they have never coached against each other. John thinks the Chancellor coaching tradition might continue. He has two sons — Jacob, 9 and Joseph, 7. He said that in Little Dribblers Basketball, Jacob is starting to tell his teammates where they need to be and is directing traffic on the floor. “You can’t count it out,†John said. “We may have another coach on our hands.†[email protected]

BH defeats KP, Dayton wins again... both should win Tuesday and set up an identical district record matchup of 6-1 next Friday. Can't wait!

BH 54 Kingwood Park 48

How many seasons of eligibility do these West Texas kids get?!?! ;D

I haven't seen Central play yet, but have been keeping up with their record and they have some quality wins. Right now I guess the best bets for the Region III final four are Central, Willis, Del Valle, and Freindswood. Not sure how the bracket will look and some of these teams may eliminate each other, so some longshots are CE King, Barbers Hill, Yates, Ozen, Livingston, Angleton. Probably missed someone but off the top of my head thats my guess.