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Any early projections ?

Caleb Randolph of Crosby, TX  plays for West Texas A&M University, NCAA D2, was named 1st team Lone Star Conference and 2nd team Super Region 4 team this year. Had 5 ints and 52 tackles .  Not D1, but pretty good to get honors at any level of college play. He is a Sr DB, don't know how good he was in HS, but doing well in college.

Bonnin hasn't signed yet, gave a verbal commit.  Will sign in the spring, happy all the same.

I do not have a team in 20-4A, but by reading the honors, Brett Brown for Nederland most be a heck of a player, getting 1st and 2nd team in 3 positions. Pretty impressive. Must be a all- around true football player.

Olin has a good  track record for sending QBs to the next level.  The big question would be " Would he be a good fit for Crosby?"  If I had a son that was a QB that is who I would want, but if he was not a QB, I would not be sold, his record at Lewisville was not up to par. What other names outside the district are in the mix?

Pearland 46 Deer Park 7 End of 3rd, when we left Pearland was driving again. 4 turnovers for the Deer = 27 points for Pearland, Deer Park had 2 ints and a fumble on a kick off return in 1st qrt that led to a 20-0 lead for Pearland and kept getting worse for the Deer

I coached in TIFI for 13 years and can tell you it is not the best talent that is out there, some teams are stacked and some can't chew gum and walk.  It is the luck of the draw. In TIFI it is the first 25 kids to sign up and if  kids are not good, well thats what you get for 4 years.  Now If you recruit (against rules) and start practicing 4 months prior to the season (against rules) you can dominate over the average talent in the league.  I won 3 Super Bowls and been to 4.  Not saying I broke the rules, but you can piece a team together by getting who you want in line early.    Look, these are 9 year olds, and just from what I have seen a lot these kids will not even be playing in High School and Just because your great at 8, does not mean you will be a stud at 16, all kids develope different and at different times.  I had a kid that played guard for me, he is now a 3 time all-dist fullback, and my Linebacker is a all-dist QB, my RB which had 78 TDs in 4 years, is not even playing football, he got a baseball scholarship.  Let them have fun, they are just little kids, sounds like both organizations are great and remember it is about the kids.  There will be plenty of time to see what area has the talent when they get to school ball. FYI, it is against TIFI rules, I tried this when I was younger (before somebody pointed out to me what this is about) It is easy to get caught up in being the best, I know, I was there.  Soph. Bulls looked great in the Super Bowl, congrats

Terry and Lamarque in the 1st game is a good thing for the other teams in Region III.  Knocks 1 of those out early.  Manvel and Brenham should be the favorite to make the region III final, but it is the playoffs and anything can happen.

I have not seen Vidor play, but did watch Crosby Friday and they are a very athletic team. The twins can flat out run and the DE on the right side was a monster.  I know if Crosby does not get far this year, the next 2 years look good for them. I heard the JV was undefeated, and with the twins just being sophs. they will be pretty tough for the next couple of years.  Just wondering other than the twins how many returners they will have next season.

Your not joking, my parents were from PNG, and in the 70's once PNG made the play-offs my wknds were booked.  We went to every play-off game in the 70's, I still remember the wave of purple.  In the state championship (either 75 or 77) over 49,000 fans (was there at both), I believe still a record.    My cousin was the DE , when they lost to A&M Cons in the play-offs. I was playing college football out of state ( I think my Jr season) and would fly in every chance I got to watch him and the Indians and I did not go to school there. Great tradition there.

BH 7th A Undefeated Beat Forest brook 34-14 Gentry 22-0 Baytown 20-14 Crosby 33-0 Highlands 41-0 Cedar Bayou 37-6 Horrace Mann 44-0 Dayton 29-13

Hope your right, BH is a ball control team and drives the ball, and has done a great job with the new offense for such a young age and defense is as good as I have seen at a young level.  The 7th A looks like a mini -me of the varsity this year. If they can keep Dayton from busting the long runs, they will win. Dayton is scary with the speed they have and can turn a broken play into a 60yd TD.  If they are able to bust a few plays, BH does not have the speed to keep up in a track meet. Will be a good one.

Last week of JR High play and Dayton and BH will play the last game of the year. BH has a combined record fo 25-3 for all 4 teams and I'm sure Dayton is the same or better.  If any Dayton folks know please post it.  By the Baytown paper, the Dayton 7th A and 8th A team have rolled over the Baytown jr highs.  BH 7th A team is 7-0 and has outscored its opp 231-32.  The only team that beat the other BH teams was Gentry.  Should determine a few dist titles this week in BH and Dayton and be a fun week to watch Jr football and the start of a great rival over the next few years with these kids.  The 7th A team game will be a real good one, both teams have rolled over the other dist schools with all scores about the same, BH has the power offense and a great defense and Dayton with the speed on both sides of the ball. Good luck to both teams and they will be fun to watch over the next 5 years.

I have not seen most of these other LBs play, but if you are in HS and you are a 4 yr starter at LB, you are special.  Starting at one of the toughest positions in football at the varsity level at the age of 14 is impressive and sounds like SETX has a few kids that are 4 yr starters at LB. I would put the talent in SETX vs any part of the nation. On what I have seen my vote goes to Rueter of BH. I don't know if he will go D1 or not, but in the HS ranks he is as good as it gets.  It would be a injustice if he does not go onto the next level.  He has the best nose for the ball that I have seen and loves to knock the @#^% out of backs.  Old school, hard nose, blue collar football player.  He is fun to watch.

Agreed good post. BHMS 7th grade coaches are doing a great job, most are very young but have a good moral standrad and are just good guys. They have a great positive impact on these kids and compared to what you sometimes get as coaches at the Jr high level, BH parents should be very thankful. When you are a Jr high coach and you have 130 or so kids come out for football and you have 2 weeks to divide up positions and the A team and B team and teach these kids the plays, that is a tough task.  It is not as easy as it looks to be a jr high football coach and BHMS coaches are doing a great job and are being good role models.  It does not hurt that the 7th A team is 5-0 and the B team is 4-1, and had a TD called back in the closing seconds or they would be 5-0 as well.  Positive Impact on these kids and winning, good combo.

The kids were just asked to film if they could, I'm sure they thought it would be for the coaches, not eager kids and obsessed dads.  That age group has watched film for the last few years and it is fun for them, they feel like big kids.  Can't believe it made it on this forum and can't believe I'm responding to it.  :-[

Just to clear up the filming at the Jr high game, it was not for the coaches, they do not want film or endorse any one filming for them at the Jr high level.  There were a couple of the jr high players that wanted to know what they were up against the next 2 out of 3 games, BHMS would be playing both teams in the future.  They heard Dayton and the other team were good, and wanted to see them.  A big brother filmed it for them.  I think it is good for them wanting to know and being prepared, the school had nothing to do with it.  Jr high should not be on the high school thread anyway,really the only ones that keep up with the Jr high ball are the parents, nobody else really cares until they get to HS. BH- 28 CEK-6

Barbers Hill swept Crosby in Jr. High ball.  Have Highlands this week. The 7th A/B and 8th A/B have a combined record of 13-3, with the 7th A team being 4-0.

Bryce Bonnin from Barbers Hill has also been selected on the NTIS Team Texas for 13u team and will go to Cary, NC in Sept. as well for a shot at making the 14u team for 2012. 

My son will be a Sr. next year and has played select since he was 6.  I have another son that plays select as well, and have 2 more sons that will be playing league. One thing I have learned is that what most call "select "is really buddy ball, a good group of kids and a couple of dads that want the kids to experience a higher level of ball(nothing wrong with that).  I agree with Basebow, true select baseball does not start until 13/14/15 age.  I can say that if you play at the premier level, you see better pitching, hitting and it is a different world from anything else.  It is all about getting kids to the next level, but I have also learned they need to have fun. Select is not for every kid or parent, I have 2 that play select and 2 that don't, I'm just glad they play the game and have fun, while getting better.  There will be plenty of time for exposure and getting serious when they hit the incoming freshman mark.  For all those that have kids getting recruited, has any college coach ever asked "Where did Jr. play 11/12 yr old ball at ?"  I do not think so.  I know known have asked us that and my oldest is getting recruited a little.  As long as they are playing they have a chance to become great, all kids develop at a different pace and just because you are Great when you are 8, does not mean you will be a standout at 15.  I'm just happy they play and all four of my boys are different and at different levels of skill, and that’s the great part of it.  As the expense of select, yes it is very costly, but you spend it because the kids love it, because if you are doing it for a chance of a scholarship, well lets just say that is a bad investment, there is nothing for sure and if I would have invested all the money I spent on select baseball, I could have sent my kids to Harvard. You do it for the kids that want it and as a parent you want to give them what they want.  Nothing wrong with League ball or select.  The kids are playing,thats the main thing.

Sounds like this topic was started to see how spring training was going. Did not see BH bragging or talking trash until Dayton, and a few other schools jumped on here and they can't stay off long enough to get a update.  I dont have a kid playing , but a big fan of HS football and would have liked to hear how things were going for all the area schools. But all we get to do on here is play hang man.  Guess I will have to get updates else where. 

Sounds like Nederland had the game in control until the end. Nederland has so much tradition and seems to find a way to win, you guys will pull it out.  I hope the team we lost to wins it all, and we know a couple of the Nederland folks, good people. Thats why its a series and not a 1 gamer, use that depth you have and you will be hard to beat 2 out of 3. It sounds like Brown had another good night overall on the mound. Though also pulling for our district rival GCM as well, would like to see those 2 teams meet.

BH won game, but lost the toss. BH will have Nederland. Not sure on how the rest of 20-4A will line out. I think Liv, Vidor and PNG are tied with the same record, so how ever the tie breaker goes.

OK, my last post.  I did not know the standings were that tight in 20-4A. If LCM loses, there could be 3 teams with 5 Ls, pending the outcome of Vidor and Liv.  PNG should beat Central, so how would 20-4A play out in the final standings if 3 teams are tied with same record ?

I dont know the policy, but the coach text the team this evening , that if BH does win it will be a flip of the coin to determine the seeding.  No game on Saturday if BH does win. It looks like it will be either LCM or Nederland for BH and Crosby.