goldenstick

So many games in playoffs decided by questionable PK’s this year. Lumberton boys the latest victim. IMO a pk should not be awarded unless there is a clear flagrant attempt by the defender to play through the body or an apparent handball that is outside of the body and blocks a shot on goal. These outcomes have been decided by the referees giving away cheap goals

Navasota wins the shootout, and advances to state.  Great season for the raiders! 

Just went back and watched the Lumberton game, and they got absolutely screwed.  Less than a minute and a half left, BLATANT dive inside the box with zero contact, and the ref is 6 ft away and he gives a penalty.  Should’ve been a card for simulation.  Navasota tied it on the PK and won the shootout later 

I consider Goose Creek Memorial local as well since they’re in Nederland/PNGs district.  My good friend coaches them.  They just scored in the last 5 minutes to send their game to OT against Magnolia West.  

Navasota boys 2
Vidor 0

Lumberton Boys 2
Royal 1

EC girls 2
Scarborough 1

Scarborough Boys 3
EC 2
Huffman 1
Sealy 0

Huffman has clinched the #1 seed and will play LCM in the first round
Here are the scenarios for each of the remaining 3 teams...
East Chambers:
2nd - win over Livingston; draw vs Livingston and a draw/loss by Liberty to HF
3rd - draw vs Livingston and a Liberty win over HF
4th - loss to Livingston and a Liberty win over HF
Liberty:
2nd - win over HF and a draw/loss by EC to Livingston
3rd - win/draw vs HF and an EC win over Livingston
4th - loss to HF; draw vs HF and Livingston draw with EC
Livingston:
2nd - win over EC and Liberty draw/loss to HF
3rd - draw with EC and Liberty draw/loss to HF
4th - loss to EC and Liberty win/draw vs HF
 
There are probably others but that's all I'm going to give at this point lol

Updated district standings...

4A Region 3
1. Lumberton
12. East Chambers
14. Huffman Hargrave
16. Livingston
18. Vidor
19. Bridge City
 
5A Region 3
18. Crosby
25. Port Neches Groves
 
6A Region 3
None local it’s pretty much all Katy, Katy, Katy
 
 

2/13
Boys 17-4A
Lumberton 7-0 HJ
BC 2-0 LCM
Vidor 4-0 Jasper
Boys 18-4A
EC 3-2 HF
Huffman 6-2 West Fork
Livingston 9-0 Anahuac
Liberty 1-0 Splendora

2/6
Boys 17-4A
Vidor 1-0 BC
Lumberton 3-1 LCM
HJ 3-2 Silsbee
Boys 18-4A
Huffman 1-0 Splendora
EC 3-0 Anahuac
Livinston 6-0 HF

Tuesday 1/30
 
Boys 17-4A
LCM 3-1 Silsbee
Lumberton 1-1 Vidor (Lumberton wins on PK's)
BC 7-0 Jasper
 
Boys 18-4A
EC 2-0 Liberty
Huffman 3-0 HF

Friday 1/26
17-4A
Vidor 5-0 Silsbee
LCM 3-1 Jasper
18-4A
Livingston 5-0 Liberty
 
HJ and BC are finishing their game today (1/29)

17-4A starts district this Friday. I will keep this thread updated with scores and standings as the season goes along

1/4
PNG Kickoff Classic
Silsbee 2-1 HF
EC 3-2 PA Memorial
PNG 8-0 HJ
BC 2-0 Brazosport
New Caney 4-0 LCM
Cleveland 3-2 Dayton
CE King 4-0 Nederland
PNG 3-3 Mayde Creek
Sulphur Springs 4A Showcase
Lumberton 1-1 Chapel Hill
Huffman 2-0 Pampa

Why then, did PnG get obliterated in the 3rd round in 2021 (we could barely make a tackle), bring back most of the same key players, and go straight to state the next year? And then, with a new crop of guys, we go straight back? Conventional wisdom said the Mid County schools had no hope to recreate the success of the 70s. Look at us now.
The main variable that changed was the coaching. PNG went from a team that couldn’t even sort of hang with the best, to a team that could beat the best. Coaching is the most important factor, most of the time.
 
I refuse to believe that West Orange suddenly doesn’t have good players. What - was there a chemical leak in the hospital nursery exactly sixteen years ago? Did the gene pool change? What about Hampshire Fannet? They went from bottom-dwelling nobodies to a disciplined, smart, tough, athletic unit - They just happen to have good players now?

Your opinion: When the new coach was hired at WOS, the talent just happened to fall off at the same time?  Or could there be another reason for their team’s downfall from what they’ve been used to?

Tuesday 12/12
West Brook 3-2 East Chambers
HF 4-1 New Waverly
 
Wednesday 12/13
Huffman 3-3 Dayton

Friday 12/8
EC 0-0 Lumberton
HF 2-1 LCM
BC 1-0 West Brook
Monday 12/11
Nederland 1-0 LCM
BC 4-0 United

They got rid of Cornel, then hired a coach with no head coach experience, to take over a team with the highest winning percentage in the state. He proceeded to demote or run off every coach that had been at WOS, then changed everything. WOS is headed to their worst season ever.

I mean, can you blame him? The community painted him as a racist and sent him off in shame… now they’re destroying his legacy. 
 
I don’t think I’d want to sit with people that did me that way, either. 

Pump the brakes just a bit, BC played their worst game of the season against a good team that went 3-4 rounds deep in the playoffs last year. The strides they've made already are much greater than expected. The schedule is certainly not in the Cards favor but they will be competitive and have the potential for some more wins this year. Most folks would have bet against BC being .500 at this point before the season started so who knows where they end up.
 
Rake1

I agree.   Ignorant people come in all colors.
 
Those same people that wanted CT fired, also wanted a coach to match the demographic of the student/athletes.   That same position was held by the superintendent.
 
All those people got what they asked for, and I hope they keep Hickman around for several more years.   The longer he keeps his job, along with the staff he hand picked, the further and further the WOS program will fall into the depths of mediocrity.