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Ditto CRUSHCOACH,

The first quarter put the Bears in a hole that they never really recovered from. Even as bad as it was, we were lucky to only be down by 9 starting the 2nd quarter. LCM's shooting percentage had to have been extremely low from both the field and the stripe. Poor free throw shooting continues to haunt us. LCM is very young and it shows in some of the fouls we commit...we have to grow out of that.

I think T. Denton played hard and has finally fully recovered from the bad ankle sprain that put a damper on the start of the season for her. K Harrell played well and did a good job of pushing the ball after Ashley got into foul trouble early.

I agree with you that after the 3 straight wins in the Orangefield tournament that I thought LCM was on their way...and they still may be...but last night was a step backwards. PNG had a good game plan and executed it. LCM got suckered into playing PNG's game and got away from attacking PNG's weaknesses. District wins are hard to come by, this should have been one.

bearbacker30,

I apologize; apparently you misinterpreted my comment on practice time for the LCJH girls.

I have absolutely no problem at all with Coach LeBouef's coaching, decision making, or style of play and think the rest of the Jr. High coaching staff does a good job as well. And, I must agree with you that Coach LeBouef does a great job and certainly uses her time effeciently. But, I'm not a bleacher coach without a clue. I have a vested interest in LCJH's past, present and future and fully understand the schools daily schedule as well the basketball teams practice schedule and habits. I simply feel that this group can handle and needs to be pushed more than some of the other classes. My "hint - hint" to Leah was to get her to ask herself the question about practice time from within. She doesn't need to answer to me or anyone else...I just wanted her to ask herself. (she did and responded to me in a PM yesterday).

In the LCM high school gym hang SEVERAL banners from the glory days of the Lady Bears basketball program. On the majority of those banners is the name Leah LeBouef. There has to be a great sense of pride to walk into that gym, see those banners hanging from the rafters and re-live the sweat, sacrifice, and work it took to attain those goals. Those banners didn't come easy then and banners of the future won't either. My point was - -If that's the goal of these young ladies...you can't start pushing too soon.

Thanks Coach LeBouef for what you do for these young athletes and keep up the good work!

The Little Cypress Community Basketball league is NOT affiliated with Little Dribblers national programs.

It is a very well run community basketball league that teaches/stresses fundementals at a much more competitive level than the Upwards programs, but does not have an "advancement team" like Little Dribblers. Players must live in the LCM school district to be eligable to participate in this league. This league has continued to grow over the last few years and hopefully will have a positive impact on the school districts teams in the near future.

The LC Community season will start after the Christamas holidays and sign up have already taken place. A board of directors contact would be Dawn Nichols.

Little Cypress Jr. High's 8th grade girls program is loaded with athletes this year. 2006-2007 LCJH girls basketball teams COULD surprise the schools that have walked through this district the last several years. The 7th grade has looked good as well and they are improving each week. The only drawback is that the Jr. High DOES NOT PRACTICE enough! (hint , hint if you're out there Leah)

WOSmustangs,

You are right about this game and that it should be played in Texas, but it's a simple matter of geograghy. Texarkana is located in the northeastern most corner of the state (hence the name). There are limited venues in northeast Texas that will hold the type of crowd that these two teams will bring with them. They have played in Rose Stadium in Tyler before with overflow crowds and not enough tickets for the HP fans and they were very vocal about it. (I believe that stadium hold about 11,000, not positive on that figure though.) Even though this is about the same driving distance for both team and the largest stadium that would really be nuetral, HP acts offended that they would be asked to play there. Shreveport would certainly be a larger stadium, but about twice the driving distance for HP.

Not the most perfect situation for either team, but you have to admire Norton for sticking to his guns.

I just had some information that if they both win this week, their game WILL be in Fair Park Stadium in Shreveport 1:00PM Friday, and if that stadium had not been available it would have been played in Grambling Stadium near Ruston, La.

Learning fundementals at an early age (and continuing to use them) is the rock bottom line to any successful player.

This thread started off by asking who had good little dribblers programs...it's pretty evident that the most successful girls high school teams in the area have long standing little dribblers programs. Orangefield, Lumberton as well as a few others should be commended for keeping these programs pure. These have remained successful by the community working together to make them great for the kids.

In the last few years Little Cypress has had a "LC community basketball league" (no affiliation with Little Dribblers) that has worked to bring the fundamentals of basketball to the young kids of LC-M. We are now begining to see some of those efforts bearing fruit in our junior highs and hope that this will bring us (return us) to the next level to compete with the better girls programs in the state.

AHUD,

You're right...there is no conspiracy, but sometimes the flip of the coin is not so simple. Apparently you're not aware of the background between Highland Park and Texas High. These coaching staffs have been butting heads for several years. Most teams in the state would jump at the chance to play at Texas Stadium. Texas High has - "been there done that" - on several occasions including a state championship victory. Why would Barry Norton agree to play in HP's backyard and then his team and fans travel 2 1/2 hours? Highland Park has always been able to use their influence to strongarm teams into favorable positions for HP. They just get bent out of shape when Norton and the Texas High staff don't start slobbering on themselves at a chance to play in Dallas.

I hate that some Texas city may lose a lot of revenue if this game goes across the state line, but I love the fact that Barry Norton and Texas High stand their ground!