AggiesAreWe

That is the word I got.

Nah, home economics

It's good to see that someone has taken the role of flag bearer in the "woe as me" posts for HJ. I was beginning to get worried this past couple of years.

HJ has more than just 3 players in my book.

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I see that and raise you a Bush and Jones for Silsbee.

I can agree with that. But it's been stated on this site before that HJ typically has better basketball players and Silsbee has better athletes. BTW, if we are only going back 4 years counting this current season, HJ has 1 win in 7 games.

Here are the results for the Tusday Jan. 19 pickems: bballfan342 20-5 Baller 93 15-10 BH99 15-10 bullets13 15-10 MossHill2 15-10 SAWolfman 15-10 winwin 15-10 AAW 14-11 bradyb 14-11 5GallonBucket 14-11 Honest Abe 14-11 Nederland b-dog Fan 14-11 no-look 14-11 Silsbeealum14 14-11 BS Wildcats 13-12 KHSAlum400 13-12 Lightning/Eagle 13-12 Not A Guru 12-13 TopDawg52 11-14 Gabe 10-15 Season standing thru all 4 pickems: bullets13 59-41 bballfan342 57-43 AAW 55-45 Lightning/Eagle 54-46 SAWolfman 54-46 Honest Abe 52-48 TopDawg52 51-49 Baller 93 50-50 BS Wildcats 50-50 Not A Guru 49-51 Gabe 48-52 KHSAlum400 48-52 no-look 47-53 winwin 47-53 The rest (less than 4 pickems): MossHill2 45-30 Silsbeealum14 41-34 Nederland b-dog Fan 39-36 bradyb 38-37 5GallonBucket 36-39 BH99 28-22 workbootz 13-12

Personally, I didn't think Silsbee shot all that badly. HJ's defense definitely stepped up in 2nd half but Silsbee took less shots in 2nd half than they did in 1st half. Tigers definitely were more patient offensively but I think that had to do with HJ defensive adjustments. I also think Silsbee "slowed down" to try to limit offensive possessions for the Hawks. But like the Drango1 guy stated, I know very little.

Silsbee senior QB Dontre Thomas had a record breaking season for Silsbee High School. He broke single season records of most rushing TD's, most passing TD's, most passing yards, most completions, total offensive yards and total TD's. Here are his final numbers: rushing 250 carries, 1,880 yards, 31 TD's passing 176-302, 3,146 yards, 40 TD's total 5,026 yards, 71 TD's He led an offense that also set school single season records with most points scored (669), most total yards (7,007), most points per game (47.8) and most yards per game (500.5) Dontre really worked hard in the off season and it paid off tremendously. This young man really dedicated himself to get better for his team knowing he was going to be the man to lead them this season. Big congrats to a fantastic season, Dontre. Job well done! Willie Ray Smith!!!!

Question, was Saladin struggling and having an "off night" due to his own inabilities or did Silsbee defense have something to do with it? Also, shouldn't a senior laden team like HJ (I believe they have 9-10 seniors on the team) believe they can compete with a youthful team like Silsbee to begin with? Experience should help that mentality. Taking a positive from a loss is quite okay unless you keep taking those losses. Losing 14 of last 18 meetings should have HJ fans wanting more.

Thomas had over 5000 yards and 71 total TD's and Silsbee needed just about every inch and point from those numbers.

Nah, just bounds.

I think, therefore I know.

Appreciate that. Still looking for that perfect line.

Or HJ ran out of time.

Very simple. I missed it by 2-3 points. My bad.

I saw Tarkington at the Leggett and Bridge City tournaments. I can honestly say not one time did the thought of them beating Cleveland and competing for a playoff spot cross my mind while watching them. Decent team but to me it says more about how district 23-4A could be down more than I thought.

If I didn't know any better I would believe that some on here are disappointed with a 10 point win and some seem content or okay with a 10 point loss. There are reasons why Silsbee won by 10 and reasons why HJ lost by 10. But what do I know? smh

Yes, sometimes. And sometimes the more talented team advances further. Ask HJ. The point?

My pleasure

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1000% agree!!!!!! And on impact of a single player, I tend to agree with you. I was just stating that M. McCain is still missed to some degree. Will it make or break Silsbee? Probably not. But I know the team and coaches wish they had him on the court. Just makes them that much deeper.

Actually, Silsbee was hot from 3 land in 1st half. Was 7 of 18 (39%) but went 0/7 in 2nd half. Only attempted 1 three in 4th Q. After Silsbee took a double digit lead mid way 2nd Q, they kept that double digit lead for the rest of the game with the largest lead at 23 mid 3rd Q. 2nd quarter was a big difference in game, but after 1st quarter, Silsbee controlled the game.

Enough with the "sending back" talk or this thread will be locked. Debate the young man's eligibility status is fine (to a point), but let's don't make it a foreign vs. America thing. Kid came here for a better life and opportunity.