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Saw this on the news. VERY COOL!! I can definitely relate to this story being that I have an autistic son who is now a senior in high school who loves sports. Very touching.

[quote name="pitufo04" post="1379682" timestamp="1361903574"] Not that it matters but what were the scores between Yates & Kashmere this season ? [/quote] 104-90, 111-90

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1379607" timestamp="1361894079"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=109809.msg1379600#msg1379600 date=1361893162] [quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=109809.msg1379598#msg1379598 date=1361892797] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=109809.msg1379593#msg1379593 date=1361892603] I took this thread as just being a thread about supporting one's team and trying to pump up the fan base. Didn't think it was necessary to start debating on who will win the game. There are plenty of threads discussing that topic. [/quote] And nothing can pump up the fan base like a little bit of pot stirring can! I am actually doing you guys a FAVOR! ;D...Relax, man, your guys will do fine...You KNOW they are going to play hard! [b]Just enjoy it and let the chips fall where they may![/b] I just hate that I can't be there to see it! 8) [/quote] How can one enjoy it when one is constantly reminded they have no chance of winning? One cannot have a little thread to support their team without "someone" coming in and throwing the "negative waves" around. My point is, Silsbee coaches, players and fans know exactly what they are up against. Doesn't mean they cannot have confidence and support and believe in their team even when the deck is stacked against them. It just comes across DV that you just enjoy raining on folks parades. [/quote] Not at all, [b]just enjoying the friendly debate and back and forth from the Silsbee contingent.[/b]..Good luck to you guys, tonight. [/quote] And there are plenty of threads with that banter going on. Just did not see why it was necessary to bring it to this thread, that's all. I mean the title of the thread was addressing Tiger fans. ;)

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1379598" timestamp="1361892797"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=109809.msg1379593#msg1379593 date=1361892603] I took this thread as just being a thread about supporting one's team and trying to pump up the fan base. Didn't think it was necessary to start debating on who will win the game. There are plenty of threads discussing that topic. [/quote] And nothing can pump up the fan base like a little bit of pot stirring can! I am actually doing you guys a FAVOR! ;D...Relax, man, your guys will do fine...You KNOW they are going to play hard! [b]Just enjoy it and let the chips fall where they may![/b] I just hate that I can't be there to see it! 8) [/quote] How can one enjoy it when one is constantly reminded they have no chance of winning? One cannot have a little thread to support their team without "someone" coming in and throwing the "negative waves" around. My point is, Silsbee coaches, players and fans know exactly what they are up against. Doesn't mean they cannot have confidence and support and believe in their team even when the deck is stacked against them. It just comes across DV that you just enjoy raining on folks parades.

I took this thread as just being a thread about supporting one's team and trying to pump up the fan base. Didn't think it was necessary to start debating on who will win the game. There are plenty of threads discussing that topic.

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1379580" timestamp="1361891867"] BADSANTA, that was awe inspiring...You clearly have pride in your school and community...But tonight...will be the final game...Its been a great run...But it's over...Get ready for track and baseball season... 8) [/quote] Some just can't let it be. Got to have a negative when there is a positive. You are all about balance, huh DV. ::)

4A Regional Quarterfinal Lee College, Baytown Winner to face Rosenberg Terry/Houston Wheatley winner Post updates here

4A Regional Quarterfinal Magnolia West High School, Magnolia Winner to face Pearland Dawson/Brazosport winner Post updates here

2A Regional Quarterfinal Channelview High School, Channelview Winner to play Skidmore-Tynan/San Antonio Cole winner Post updates here

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Class 1A DI Quarterfinal Central Heights High School, Nacogdoches Winner to face Kerens/La Poyner winner Post updates here

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The #10 state ranked Silsbee Tigers will take on the top ranked #1 Houston Jack Yates Lions in a Class 3A Region III Regional Quarterfinal, TONIGHT, 6pm at Johnson Coliseum on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Silsbee (25-9) defeated Yates district counterpart in Houston Kashmere, 98-82 Friday night to advance to the 3rd round. Yates (28-4) took down Hardin-Jefferson Thursday, 119-91, to advance to the quarterfinals. This will be the first ever meeting between these two schools. Broadcast will start at 5:45pm with the tip scheduled for 6pm. Click the link provided to listen to this exciting quarterfinal match up! [Hidden Content] SILSBEE vs. HOUSTON YATES, LIVE TONIGHT here at SETXsports.com!

[quote name="MBaller#1" post="1379551" timestamp="1361890098"] Is there any radio station broadcasting this game I have to work and can't get adobe flash player on my phone to listen to setx  broadcast I have HTML and HTML dolphin in my phone wondering if setx  will work off of that program [/quote] No radio. SETXsports is the only broadcast entity doing this game tonight.

Okay, enough of the slander talk on Yates school. Get back on topic, Silsbee vs. Yates basketball. Last warning.

[quote name="cleoshep" post="1379424" timestamp="1361843742"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=109731.msg1379391#msg1379391 date=1361838304] First of all, the year was 1996, not '99. Secondly the team that beat Silsbee was Tyler Chapel Hill, not Jacksonville. Third, Silsbee did not go to the state semifinals the next year. Silsbee lost to CH 66-62 and then Cleveland knocked off CH 80-63 in the next round. BTW, Silsbee was undefeated at 31-0 entering that game, not "undefeated" at 31-1. ;) [/quote] 96?  I thought it was later than that.  And thanks for the team name, now I'll have it.  As you can guess it's one of my favorite stories to bore grandchildren with.  You must have been there and if you were then like me you know about fate.  Yates, may be a strong favorite but when fate takes a hand..... Out of curiosity far did the Tigers get the next year?  Wasn't Holden back? [/quote] Actually, after double checking it was '97 not '96. Silsbee lost to Cleveland the next year in quarterfinals 60-59.

[quote name="cleoshep" post="1379387" timestamp="1361837839"] I can remember a time when a 4A school was undefeated, 31 - 1 and ranked No. 1 going into the second round after a first round bye.  That team lost in the first round to a team that was not ranked.  The year was 1999 and the upset victim was.....  you guessed it, Silsbee.  I was there, some of you perhaps were there.  It was the most shocking upset I've ever seen in person at any level.  Silsbee had good height, excellent speed.  They were not a likely candidate for an upset because they won on defense.  They didn't have to depend on outscoring their opponents.  The defense was withering, and not just pressing full court but intense half court defense that disrupted anybody's offense.  Of course they could score, they could light it up.  Thaydeus Holden went on to become No. 10 all time at Tennessee in 3 pointers.  They could play above the rim when necessary.  Heck, the one white kid on the team could score impressive dunks in game conditions. It was somebody up north, Jacksonville I think.  They were a good team but not even good enough to win their district.  They weren't going to Austin, they were just happy to be there and if you're going out why not go out valiantly to the best, right?  Well that's not how it worked out.  Everything they threw up went in.  And the longer it went the worse it got.  It was like the Absent Minded Professor sneaked in and ironed flubber on their shoes.  They could do no wrong.  They couldn't believe it themselves when it was over.  I've seen teams celebrate after winning the State Championship in the Drum but I've never seen a high school team celebrate a win with such pure shocked elation.  Some of our guys were in tears of course but SO WERE SOME OF THEIRS!!! Just out of pure surprise and perfect joy.  It was like the last scene on the barricade in Les Miserables.  I think I saw long dead players from that school's distant past, back from the grave in spectral form, waving flags and singing the school song in upper deck.  We stumbled out of the arena there in Lufkin sort of in a daze.  I can remember through the nightmarish fog mumbling incoherently about it being God's will or something like that.  The next year Silsbee made it to the semifinals with a team that wasn't as good. It forever burned the "any given night" truism into my consciousness.  Does Silsbee have a chance?  Oh yea, at this level everybody has a chance against everybody.  My prediction?  I predict a 25 point win for Yates but I'm hoping for a surprise. [/quote] First of all, the year was 1996, not '99. Secondly the team that beat Silsbee was Tyler Chapel Hill, not Jacksonville. Third, Silsbee did not go to the state semifinals the next year. Silsbee lost to CH 66-62 and then Cleveland knocked off CH 80-63 in the next round. BTW, Silsbee was undefeated at 31-0 entering that game, not "undefeated" at 31-1. ;)

I foresee our local 3A (4A) districts to be something like this: Division I Bridge City Silsbee WO-S Huffman Splendora Cleveland Jasper Division II Hamshire-Fannett Hardin-Jefferson Orangefield Liberty Tarkington Coldspring Shepherd I expect Buna to drop down a classification

[quote name="Mr. Buddy Garrity" post="1379379" timestamp="1361836567"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=109794.msg1379371#msg1379371 date=1361834368] Reports are that Class 3A supts have voted to split districts into Division I and Division II like 1A and 2A football districts are currently starting in 2014 with next realignment. Really do not like this decision. [/quote]so the new 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A will all be split districts? [/quote] Correct. Only 5A and 6A will keep regular type districts.

Reports are that Class 3A supts have voted to split districts into Division I and Division II like 1A and 2A football districts are currently starting in 2014 with next realignment. Really do not like this decision.

[quote name="DXTR" post="1379348" timestamp="1361831072"] Silsbee.  198 Yates.  196 [/quote] Maybe a bit high but I would not be surprised if both teams hit the century mark. ;)

[quote name="BADSANTA" post="1379345" timestamp="1361830414"] Just saw some highlights here in Houston of Yates vs HJ.. Yates was doing windmill, 360's,, andsome wild alley opps. They seem to try to dunk on every drive to the hoop. Foul them and make them shoot free throws! [/quote] HJ did foul them and Yates hit 19 of 25 for 76%.