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Due to my G'kids, I've had to try to learn basketball in my old age.  Here's something I've observed:
I suspect, had those free throws been made, there would still be complaints about the refs.  Just be from the Central fans.  Reading post on here, rarely see the winners complain lol

Sad but true the agony of defeat brings out the worse in some of us....I have no dog in this fight but it seems there's some hateration here for Beaumont Ozen and the success they have each year in basketball. Big Ned dominates in football and i commend them not hate on them.   

And Honest Abe im only going by MaxPrep results but Ozen record against Nederland 14-4 last 18 games. Against Central 12-4 in the last 16. So Beaumont schools are roughly 26-8 against nederland and thats competitive right man stop it. I dont see where he's been successful against them, do the kids play hard yes ,they do they run their system to perfection  yes, but let me know when he gets above .500. And yea yea 2014 Colton spin move game winner but you cant live in the past forever. If thats the highlight for Nederland program they have a longggggg way to go. 

Sad but true the agony of defeat brings out the worse in some of us....I have no dog in this fight but it seems there's some hateration here for Beaumont Ozen and the success they have each year in basketball. Big Ned dominates in football and i commend them not hate on them.   

Sad but true the agony of defeat brings out the worse in some of us....I have no dog in this fight but it seems there's some hateration here for Beaumont Ozen and the success they have each year in basketball. Big Ned dominates in football and i commend them not hate on them.   

Beaumont Central 16...Lumberton 11 End of 1st Qt
Beaumont Central 27...Lumberton 17 5:00 To Play 2nd Qt
Beaumont Central 35...Lumberton 25 Halftime
Beaumont Central 40...Lumberton 39 5:00 To play 3rd Qt
Beaumont Central 45...Lumberton 50 End of 3rd Qt
Beaumont Central 50...Lumberton 56 4:45 To play 4th Qt
Beaumont Central 55...Lumberton 59 2:20 To Play 4th Qt
Beaumont Central 58...Lumberton 59 1:10 To Play 4th Qt
Beaumont Central 61...Lumberton 61  End of 4th Qt
Overtime 63-61 Central
Overtime 64-61 Central
Overtime 66-61 Central
Overtime 67-63 Central
Overtime 67-66 Central
Overtime 68-66 Central
Overtime 70-68 Central Final****
 
 

Ozen Boys JV 24...Lumberton 18 End of 1St Qt
Ozen 53...Lumberton 20 Halftime
Ozen 86...Lumberton 32 End of 3RDQt
Ozen 115...Lumberton 41 Final***
Ozen Boys... Varsity 20 Lumberton 1 (4:44) to play 1St Qt 
Ozen 53...Lumberton 20 Halftime
Ozen 80...Lumberton 26 End of 3RD Qt
Ozen 101...Lumberton 39 Final***

Great game Congrats Lady Raiders...In the closing seconds Ozen at the line missed both free throws,game over the better team prevailed tonight no excuses....

All this celebration has been entertaining and great reading material. Can we allow the district championship,region 3 championship be decided and the state champion be crowned before speculating about next year being # 1 in S.E.Texas  and nationally ranked. Not hating on the Tigers one bit, all the above would be fantastic for this area.Planning parades before the dance is over was a kiss of defeat last year a local team. There's plenty of hoops to be played and until the fat lady sings other teams will keep hope alive...jmo... 

All this celebration has been entertaining and great reading material. Can we allow the district championship,region 3 championship be decided and the state champion be crowned before speculating about next year being # 1 in S.E.Texas  and nationally ranked. Not hating on the Tigers one bit, all the above would be fantastic for this area.Planning parades before the dance is over was a kiss of defeat last year a local team. There's plenty of hoops to be played and until the fat lady sings other teams will keep hope alive...jmo... 

HJ 18...Silsbee 17 End of 1st

We were ACTUALLY discussing the "magical" move in at Central this summer, due to some AAU charity work, but you brought up beating Ozen, so I thought I would put things into perspective for you somewhat. But, you're welcome...

Lets see...State Championships, Ozen 1, Central 0 (side note Ozen started varsity play in 1999), State Appearances Ozen 5, Central 2 (side note Ozen started varsity play in 1999), From 2000-2012, Central did not get ONE VICTORY against Ozen...NOT ONE....It's OBVIOUS which program has some catching up to do! LOL
 

DV, here's how it went down. Chris' (7'3 kid) parents sent him to America from Nigeria for a better life with hopes of basketball in his future. Chris was in school in Atlanta for the 2014-2015 school year. Right before the 2015-2016 school year started, he found out that his school shut down. Some question why he found out right before the year started and not earlier. Remember, he doesn't have family living here, mom not in the PTA... to stay on top of what's happening at school during the summer months. Hell, I would guess that a lot of parents these days wouldn't even know if their school blew up during the summer lol. After learning that the school closed, an  AAU coach close to Chris contacted another AAU coach in his organization (who lives in Beaumont) and asked if he could take the kid in. AAU coach in Beaumont agreed and initially we tried to enroll him at KELLY. However, Kelly begins school 2 weeks earlier than Central and with the time that it took for Chris to make arrangements to get to Beaumont, Kelly was almost a month into the school year. After going through initial steps to enroll him at Kelly (which I was part of), it was determined that he wouldn't be able to catch up and log enough classroom hours this school year. So the AAU coach in Beaumont took him to Central, where he enrolled after the school year began. There are a lot of people on the site that think there's something more to the story, but that's simply not true. Just because an AAU coach is involved, people think it was all arranged from the start. Think about it....who else would be close to a 7'3 kid in America OTHER THAN someone involved in basketball??? Now anything that's taken place since September, I'm out of the loop on and cant speak to. He is ineligible because he doesn't live with a blood relative from what I understand. So he is playing JV until the 2016-2017 school year.

Bragging rights advantage Central for another 23days (Feb.5)

Exciting finish to an otherwise yawner of a game.  John Comeaux was CLEARLY THE best player on the floor tonight for both teams and he was hurt....Boyd played horrendous but kept putting it up and came up big toward the end.  It was less than impressive performance by both teams, but the rivalry factor made it into a barn burner in the end. 

Bragging rights advantage Central for another 23days (Feb.5)

3rd Qtr
Evadale up 55-18

It's not counting chickens but no program, coach or player should be satisfied with just having a good season and making the playoffs, emphasis is on the bigger prize a state championship. Its about establishing a goal a mindset and setting out the achieve it.  Teams like Silsbee,Kountze,HJ,Ozen,Central, EC know that feeling and wont accept anything else.

Going toe to toe with your oppoent counts only in boxing...Playing to single digit loses in games is still a lost not a tie or a win...If you want style points to be considered for playing a close game institute a gymnastics program...Grasping for recognition, just win one soon...No pund intended...Be back later popcorn break...jmo... 

Going toe to toe with your oppoent counts only in boxing...Playing to single digit loses in games is still a lost not a tie or a win...If you want style points to be considered for playing a close game institute a gymnastics program...Grasping for recognition, just win one soon...No pund intended...Be back later popcorn break...jmo... 

Just like I predicted, district play in 22-5A Ozen/Nederland dog fight to the end.Congrats to both teams for a great effort. 

Just like I predicted, district play in 22-5A Ozen/Nederland dog fight to the end.Congrats to both teams for a great effort. 

Just like I predicted, district play in 22-5A Ozen/Nederland dog fight to the end.Congrats to both teams for a great effort. 

5A Beaumont Lady Ozen Panthers(15-3)(3-0) currently state ranked #18
5A Lumberton Lady Raiders(20-1)(2-1) currently state ranked #21
Congrats to both programs and 22-5A Region 3