86hawk

"How do you get a winning program? 1.  Get out there for the kids...whether it's Pop Warner, junior high, or high school, or college, whether the record is 10- or 0-10, get out there for them.  These kids and young men get out there and take their health in their hands to give you a game.  They get sprains, broken bones, concussions, and other injuries for no pay, for only the chance to hear a cheer from you every once in a while. 2.  Don't think the new guy will be any better...sometimes, he can be worse.  Support the program, and you would be surprised how much the program improves.  If you haven't done anything but complain, and haven't gone to many games, you have no room to talk.  That would be like a player getting to play first string without attending practice.  3.  Get stupid for your hometown team.  The colors, the spirit stickers, whatever.  Let those kids see the community behind them.  Plain and simple, if they see you don't care...why should they?" My point exactly.  It is not the coach.

speechless,  how can you say the community cares? Have you been to a football game lately?  The stands are empty..Some basketball games you can't get into the gym to watch. I never said anything about coaches not caring.  I don't blame the coaches.  They can only work with the students that come out to play.  If the kids do not want to play, you can't make them.  Last i looked, there are 4 tennis courts at the High School and Pinewood still has 18 holes.  If the kids do not want to participate, they won't.  If the kids don't play or start playing at an earlier age, you can't rely on high school coaches to develop them in 4 years.  Little dribblers starts at the elementary school level.  Kids i went to high school with started golf and tennis as young kids.  HS coaches were not around at that age.  You have to have these programs in place at an early age to develop and create success. I would love to see HJ become a competitive football program.  But until it develops and grows at an early age (which it sounds like is happening) HJ Football, and other sports, will remain in the background.

as a former student, HJ is and will always be a basketball school.  They have had some recent success in baseball, in the 80's a dominate golf program second to none, and have scratched the football playoffs from time to time.  I went to a couple of football games this year and was shocked to see the lack of support or interest.  I did not play football when i was there, but there was always lots of support for the football program.  I don't think we finished .500, but we still attended the games.  On our varsity BBall squad, i think we had 1 starter from football.  As a prior post read, football is a means to pass the time.  To think that is not true is to have your head in the sand.  You will have some kids that football, or another sport, will be THEIR number one sport, but for the school as a whole, BASKETBALL is the sport.

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[quote name="caneyhead#1fan" post="1097000" timestamp="1319814436"] [quote author=stigers12 link=topic=90305.msg1092720#msg1092720 date=1319464373] HJ is improving weekly. If they can have another strong performacne like theyve had the past couple weeks, i think they can squeak by orangefield... :) [/quote] LOL this may be the funniest post I have seen in a long time, get your facts right. HJ is getting worse weekly. They are awful at all sports except for basketball. And I can promise you that OF will win tonight in football and beat HJ all throughout district in basketbal and baseball. The only thing yall are good at in 21-3A district is nothing ;D [/quote] Slow Down Caneyhead.  Enjoy your football victory over a below average team.  However, you will be lucky if they don't hang a 100 on the kittycats in basketball.  When was the last time Orangefield beat HJ in basketball?  If it was recently, i must have missed it.

I prefer the top two teams only.  I also disagree with the two divisions within each classification.  Big school small school?  If you are 5A, you are 5A.  If you want to get into the playoffs, win your district games.

1st down.  35 seconds left.  Cleveland will kill the clock.  TOs and penalties killed Liberty.  The Liberty QB is salty!!

Liberty burns its last TO.  3rd and 4. 1:08 and clock is running.

Onside kick attempt fails.  Cleveland has the ball on its 35

TD Liberty.  With 1:36 left in the game, Cleveland leads 41-36.

79 yard rushing TD for Cleveland.  41-30 Cleveland.  3:39 left in the game.  Time to warm up the cars.

55 yard TD pass for Cleveland.  With 7:26 left in the game, Cleveland leads 35-30

61 yard rushing TD for Cleveland.  With 8:48 left in the 4th qtr, Liberty leads 30-28.

30-21 Liberty.  9:08 left in the 4th

After 3 quarters.  Liberty leads 27-21.

27-21 Liberty. :52 left in the 3rd

78 yard TD pass for Liberty.  27-14 4:11 left in the 3rd

Liberty turn over leads to a Cleveland score.  20-14 Liberty 8:34 left in the 3rd.

92 yard Kick return TD for Cleveland.  20-7.  11:09 left in the 3rd.

20-0 Liberty. 49 yard TD pass.  11:33 left in the 3rd qtr.

At the half, Liberty 13- Cleveland 0.

13-0 Liberty. 20+ yard TD pass.  :37 left in 2nd qtr.

6-0 Liberty with 3:52 in the 2nd.

3-0 liberty 6:29 left in the 2nd

0-0 end of the 1st.  Penalties slowing down the Panthers