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Aren't the majority of these good people Muslim? You know, those folks that you condemn daily here on this site.

Thank you. Will correct.

Looks like I'll be attending these scrimmages: Thurs. Aug 13 Woodville at Lumberton 6pm Friday Aug. 14 Kountze at Hardin-Jefferson 6pm

Mainly posting varsity times.

Friday Aug. 14 Leverett's Chapel at Fruitvale 6pm Union Hill at Coolidge 5pm Saturday Aug. 15 Fort Bend Legacy Christian at Chester 4pm

Thurs. Aug 13 Garrison at Beckville 6pm Alto/Tyler All Saints at Timpson 5pm Groveton at West Sabine 6pm Friday Aug. 14 Colmesneil at Elkhart 5pm Evadale at Hemphill 5pm Shelbyville at Waskom 6pm West Hardin at ACA Acadiana, La. 5pm

Thurs. Aug. 13 Anahuac at Hardin 6pm Buna at Beaumont Kelly 6pm Coldspring at Teague 6pm Warren at Deweyville 6pm Friday Aug. 14 Groesbeck at Crockett 6pm Athens at Fairfield 6pm Huntington at Cushing 5pm Kirbyville at Newton 6pm Hull-Daisetta at Tarkington 5pm Trinity at Lovelady 6pm

Thurs. Aug 13 Pasadena at Porter 6pm Kingwood Park at Tomball 6pm Lake Creek at New Caney 6pm Santa Fe at Clear Lake 6pm Friday Aug. 14 West Fork at Caney Creek 6pm

Thurs. Aug 13 Bridge City at Nederland 6pm Hamshire-Fannett at Huffman 6pm Woodville at Lumberton 6pm Vidor at West Orange-Stark 6:30pm Friday Aug. 14 Kountze at Hardin-Jefferson 6pm Jasper at Diboll 6pm Liberty at East Chambers 6pm Silsbee at Little Cypress-Mauriceville 6pm Livingston at Splendora 6pm Orangefield at Shepherd 6pm

Please post CONFIRMED dates, times, locations and teams here for this week's scrimmages (August 13, 14, 15) Only post this week's schedule. We will have a thread posted next week for Aug. 20-22 scrimmages. Thank you

In mid May when Houston was 11 games below .500 (19-30), their team ERA reached a season high of 6.47, the worst in all of MLB. As of August 10, the Astro team ERA is 4.59, the lowest it's been since April. That's roughly 2 runs less. It's still 12th in AL but very much improved. Houston's offense since mid May has fallen off a bit when the Astros were batting .263 as a team and averaging around 5.3 runs per game which led the AL. Now the Houston offense is at .246 team batting average and averaging 4.7 runs per game. Both categories are still top 3 in AL. I stated back at the end of May that I was willing to give up some of that hot hitting if it meant the pitching would get better. I felt that was the key to get Houston winning. Well, Astro pitching has got much better and the hitting fell off some but low and behold they are above .500 and first in division. Pitching is what matters the most in MLB and nobody can convince me otherwise.

I plan on attending 5 Lamar games this season. Aug. 29 Abilene Christian, Oct. 10 UIW, Oct. 24 Houston Christian (homecoming), Nov. 7 SFA and Nov. 21 at McNeese. I have season tickets for Lamar home games. I will be attending at least 3 A&M games: Sept. 12 Arizona St., Sept. 19 Kentucky and Oct. 17 The Citadel (military weekend). This is a 3 game package I bought. I no longer have season tickets. I also have Colorado at Baylor on Sept. 26 on the schedule. Going to see Silsbee's Dra'lon Miller play against his old team.

I agree. My decision of which Friday game to attend will be based on how things are going into that week. But right now I will go with these games for Week 7: Thursday Baytown Sterling at Beaumont West Brook Friday Port Arthur Memorial at La Porte (2nd choice is Orangefield at East Chambers) Saturday Incarnate Word at Lamar

In the midst of me putting together my schedule for the 2026 football season, I couldn't help but notice Week 7 (Oct. 8-10) and how on paper it looks to be a doozy of a week for our coverage area teams. Here are some very interesting games starting with Thursday night Oct. 8: Thursday, Oct. 8 Crosby at Kingwood Baytown Sterling at Beaumont West Brook Joaquin at Shelbyville Friday, Oct. 9 North Shore at Summer Creek Beaumont United at Goose Creek Memorial PA Memorial at La Porte Texas City at Port Neches-Groves Huffman at Bridge City West Orange-Stark at Hamshire-Fannett Jasper at Silsbee (Silsbee homecoming) Orangefield at East Chambers Newton at Hardin Fairfield at Palestine Westwood Some very very good matchups for that week. Makes my decision on where to be that week very difficult. Where would you be that week and why if you could choose one of these games?

People on here do understand. But the vitriol and complaining was towards SOC when it should be directed at UIL and the local DEC.

Really curious to see how this plays out.

6-3 win over the Padres. Astros stay 1 1/2 ahead of Arlington and 4 games up on Seattle.

Just spoke with an High Island school official. HI will be playing in TCAL for all their athletics. Doesn't mean that some of their athletic teams will not play UIL teams in non-district because they will play some of those schools. Just won't be participating in any districts in UIL athletics. High Island will have a varsity football team this coming season unlike last year. Will remain a 6 man football team.

I can agree with that last statement. I have stated that the coaches and local DEC's have to do better. The problem with DISD is they have become a "you watch my back and I'll watch yours" district.

I am not "turning the other cheek". I said policy needs improving. Coaches and DEC need to be better. But the bottom line is the players are eligible according to the UIL and DEC. Football socialism??? LOL I think you are using the wrong analogy.

I get out plenty and talk with many people in the coaching industry. I know exactly how wild the DFW area is with the transferring but my point is all these players were ruled eligible by all ruling committees. As for the complaining. My point was the vast majority of it comes from the team who loses to the team accused of cheating. Is it justified? To a point, yes. But knowing who some of you are on here that have posted or liked comments on this thread (including you) and what their school association is, my point has been proven. Like I stated before, policy needs improving.

With 7 offensive and 10 defensive starters returning along with 33 lettermen returning, I don't see them going 3-7 and winning just 1 district game this season. DCTF has them being one of the most improved teams for this season. I got them making playoffs.

Trying to get excitement and morale up while knowingly breaking the rules. Suspension warranted. The players probably knew it was wrong so how is that helping them better the program? smh

In regards to Faith Family, I think that's a case of apples and oranges. Charter schools should never be allowed to play UIL or at least have to play 6A. There is a reason why Faith Family no longer plays UIL. As for the Houston teams, that can be viewed as the same as SOC. But like I said, the complaining still came from the losing team. Personally, I didn't have much issue with Silsbee losing to Yates or Washington (we did beat them more than they beat us). I did have issue with Faith Family. They never belonged in UIL.

I think this subject can be viewed in many ways. But what I believe 89Falcon is trying to say is that these student athletes that are mentioned were all ruled eligible. The coaches that the player transferred from didn't check the box, the DEC the player is transferring to didn't rule ineligible (and that matters the most since it's comprised of schools that will be competing against said player(s) ), or these players sat out the necessary time before being allowed to play varsity sports. Like Matt stated, UIL will most times not step in on these type situations and will just about always rule the same as the DEC. Should policy change? I say it should. But until then as long as players are ruled eligible, the schools can carry on. Stating that schools recruit can be viewed as sour grapes. Not saying that's the case here but most of the complaining normally comes from the losing teams. In the case of SOC, all their players were ruled eligible so they have done no wrong.