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The SETXsports.com State Tourney Bracket Contest get's started this week. This is our 4th year to have this contest but new to this year will be a prize awarded to the winner of the contest. The person with the highest positive point total in the contest will receive a $50 gift card from Academy!!!! This is how you play: Post your semifinal winners followed by your championship winner in each classification. Here is an example: 1A DI Clarksville vs. Olton      winner Clarksville Mumford vs. Kerens      winner Mumford Champion: Clarksville There will be point totals both positive and negative for your picks. In the semifinals, you will receive a +1 for a correct pick, a -1 for an incorrect pick. If you pick the correct championship winner, you get a +5 points. If your pick is incorrect you will receive a -1. If neither of your semifinal picks in a classification does not make it to the finals, you will automatically receive a -1 point for that pick. To break any point total ties, the contestants will predict the total score of the Houston Yates/Denton Ryan semifinal game. Whoever is closest to that score will break the tie if there is one. You will need to have your picks in by 8am Thursday morning, March 8th. Thread will be locked shortly after. Here is the list of the semifinal games: 1A DI Clarksville vs. Olton Mumford vs. Kerens Champion: 1A DII Lennorah Grady vs. Graford Roxton vs. Calvert Champion: 2A San Antonio Cole vs. Brock White Oak vs. Idalou Champion: 3A Lubbock Estacado vs. Argyle Waco La Vega vs. Corpus Christi Miller Champion: 4A San Antonio Alamo Heights vs. Dallas Kimball Houston Yates vs. Denton Ryan Champion: 5A Northside Warren vs. Fort Bend Travis Flower Mound Marcus vs. Garland Naaman Forest Champions: Tiebreaker: Houston Yates/Denton Ryan total points: Good luck!!!

I would have liked to have seen Coach Neil of Hamshire-Fannett get Coach of the Year.

[Hidden Content] MVP                  Shawn Prudhomme    HJ Offensive MVP      Chris Elam        Silsbee Defensive MVP      Cameron Malveaux  HF Newcomer of year    Patrick Reed      Silsbee Coaches of year      Todd Sutherland HJ and Joe Sigler Silsbee

[Hidden Content] MVP    Kristian Smith Central Offensive MVP    Colton Weisbrod  Nederland Defensive MVP    Jordan Wells    LCM Newcomer of the year    E'Torrian Wildridge    Central Coach of the year          Robert Lee        Central

Season standings thru Friday, March 2nd: (members who have played 14 pickems) AAW                    166-114    59% BMTSoulja1            166-114    59% Bulldog10              165-115    58% bullets13              160-120    57% LUcardiac              156-124  55% DogFan3              153-127    54% (members who have played 13 pickems) NB-Dawg              149-111    57% 5gallonbucket        139-121    53% (members who have played 12 pickems) knightrider            133-107    55% Water Boy 21        130-110    54% PoppaBearstarr        129-111    53% Baller93                129-111    53% mercedes              126-114    52% (members who have played 10 pickems) dogs1218              113-87    57% ST413                  111-89    56% Rebel Yeller            110-90    55% Dick Vitale              104-96    52% (members who have played 9 pickems) BigDaddy00                89-91  49% (members who have played 8 pickems) bball2011                    88-72  55% (members who have played 7 pickems) SmokeFan13                79-61  56% Kelly Basketball            77-63  55% (members who have play 5 pickems) vp32                          61-39  61% Bobcat05                  49-51  49% (members who have played in 4 pickems) KHSAlum400              47-33  58% STiger85                  42-38  52% Wampus Kitty              39-41  49% (members who have play 3 pickems) LOKI                        35-25  58% My Time                    34-26  57% The Professor            33-27  55% ForeverADog              31-29  52% BellBiz30                    31-29  52% (members who have played 2 pickems) Grayghost                23-17  57% Silsbeealum14            22-18  55% BADSANTA                20-20  50% whysoserious            20-20  50% 86hawk                    17-23  43% (members who have played 1 pickem) 2% Milk                    15-5  75% HJ2012                    14-6  70% whsalum                  14-6  70% Dick Chaney              12-8  60% Lightning/Eagle          12-8  60% 6thman                    12-8  60% Swamp Donkey          12-8  60% Dogs1988                10-10  50% 5 on 5                      10-10  50% sharkfutbol                10-10  50% jabu84                      8-12  40% bulldog81                  6-14  30%

Here are the results of the regional semifinal round pickems: Water Boy 21                    14-6 Grayghost                        13-7 BADSANTA                        12-8 Baller93                            12-8 Bulldog10                          12-8 Dick Vitale                        12-8 KHSAlum400                      12-8 SilsbeeAlum14                    12-8 AAW                                11-9 BMTSoulja1                      11-9 NB-Dawg                          11-9 STiger85                          11-9 BigDaddy00                      10-10 LUcardiac                        10-10 bullets13                          9-11 Bobcat05                          8-12 DogFan3                          8-12 PoppaBearstarr                  8-12 The Professor                    8-12

I think all freshmen and most sophomores should go through strength training. They need that development. But juniors and seniors that only play one sport should use that time for skill training for that sport. I am of the opinion that at small schools (3A and down) athletes should play multiple sports. No reason for some of the best athletes at the school just play one sport. At Silsbee, this year's varsity basketball team had just 2 players that did not play football. The remaining 10 played football, including 3 of it's starters in Elam, Gaines and Holmes. Of the 16 players on the Tiger varsity baseball team, only 2 of them did not play football. There are several that are three sport athletes at Silsbee. Football, basketball, baseball, track or soccer, combination of the three. Even though Silsbee is the largest school in 21-3A, it counts on it's athletes being multi-sport athletes. Silsbee makes all it's freshmen athletes go through UOS.

[quote name="SHS_Mayor" post="1192281" timestamp="1330919247"] Wise By Far He has year in an year out Where Boutte has had all the talent but still only had 1 state championship at ozen [/quote] You forget that Boutte won a few state championships at Port Arthur Lincoln. ;)

[quote name="Ex-Panther" post="1192284" timestamp="1330919366"] I say move the Girls and Boys Basketball Tournament to the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. The metro plex is growing down there, and I'm pretty sure they got more nicer venues, and better arena's. [/quote] If they were to move it, I say move it to San Antonio. More hotels there than Austin.

[Hidden Content] Rooms are scarce!! I have had my room booked for 6 months now. ;D

[quote name="homeless" post="1192237" timestamp="1330911822"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=97071.msg1191990#msg1191990 date=1330837829] [quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=97071.msg1191982#msg1191982 date=1330835979] The matchups will not be determined until Sunday morning...I doubt they will seed Yates and Kimball in the semi....they will likely be seeded 1 and 2 and meet in the final. [/quote] [b]What happened to the seeding you described?[/b] Yates and Kimball could play in a semifinal. The top two seeds are determined by win %. Those two are San Antonio Alamo Heights at 33-2 and Yates at 32-5. Kimball is 31-5 while Denton Ryan is 23-11. Depending on the coin flip, Yates and Kimball could square off in a semifinal game. I am hoping they do not and meet in the finals. [/quote] [/quote] Alamo Heights was awarded the #1 seed, Yates the #2 seed. A coin flip determined who these two would play in the semifinals. The coin flip paired Kimball against Alamo Heights and Denton Ryan against Yates.

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="1192073" timestamp="1330878909"] 1.BARBERS HILL (7-5) 2.PNG (8-2) 3.GOOSE CREEK  (4-2) 4.LIVINGSTON LIONS (8-1) 5.LCM (8-4) [/quote] No

Thursday March 8th Session 1 1A DI Semifinals 8:30am        Clarksville (29-5) vs. Olton (27-8) 10am          Mumford (36-0) vs. Kerens (24-8) Session 2 3A Semifinals 2pm          Lubbock Estacado (27-7) vs. Argyle (29-8) 3:30pm    Waco La Vega (35-1) vs. Corpus Christi Miller (29-9) Session 3 4A Semifinals 7pm          San Antonio Alamo Heights (34-2) vs. Dallas Kimball (32-5) 8:30pm    Houston Yates (32-5) vs. Denton Ryan (23-11) Friday  March 9th Session 4 2A Semifinals 8:30am          San Antonio Cole (31-5) vs. Brock (29-7) 10am            White Oak (35-1) vs. Idalou (30-5) Session 5 1A DII Semifinal 2pm            Lenorah Grady (30-5) vs. Graford (27-7) 5A Semifinal 3:30pm          Northside Warren (35-5) vs. Fort Bend Travis (35-3) Session 6 1A DII Semifinal 7pm              Roxton (29-6) vs. Calvert (25-7) 5A Semifinal 8:30pm          Flower Mound Marcus (37-2) vs. Garland Naaman Forest (29-7) Saturday March 10th Session 7 8:30am          1A DI State Championship 10am              3A State Championship Session 8 2pm                2A State Championship 3:30pm            4A State Championship Session 9 7pm                1A DII State Championship 8:30pm              5A State Championship [Hidden Content]

[quote name="MBaller#1" post="1192054" timestamp="1330875896"] How many seniors will Silsbee have next year because if reed is just a sophomore then Silsbee will have something to build on for the next few years [/quote] Silsbee will have 7 seniors on the team. (Wilson, Elam, Holmes, Dobbins, Barnes, Brydson and #20 Jontell who had to play JV because of transfer rule) Reed, Jackson, Scott, Williams and some JV players will fill out the roster. The four mentioned will be juniors. Silsbee averaged 73 points a game this season. They will be losing 12 of those points (Gaines). They will return 61 points worth next season. I believe Jontell will pick up that 12 point average. ;)

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1192053" timestamp="1330875607"] [quote author=Dav-J link=topic=97068.msg1192050#msg1192050 date=1330875405] [quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=97068.msg1192032#msg1192032 date=1330871777] They won 20 games in 1988, and Tony Branch gets fired....They win 20 games in 2012, and Pat Knight is a genius... :o :o...Am I the only one that finds that a bit odd? [/quote] Wasn't Tom Abatemarco the last coach with 20 wins. If my memory is correct Tony Branch didnt win 20 career at Lamar let alone one season. [/quote] Tom Abetemarco left after the 1987 season...Your memory is not correct.. ;) [/quote] Wong. Tom coached the '87-'88 season. Went 20-11. That was his last year at Lamar(and last 20 win season). Branch coached two seasons at Lamar, '88-'89 and '89-'90. Tony went 12-16 and 7-21 in those two seasons. [Hidden Content]

[quote name="Dav-J" post="1192050" timestamp="1330875405"] [quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=97068.msg1192032#msg1192032 date=1330871777] They won 20 games in 1988, and Tony Branch gets fired....They win 20 games in 2012, and Pat Knight is a genius... :o :o...Am I the only one that finds that a bit odd? [/quote] Wasn't Tom Abatemarco the last coach with 20 wins. If my memory is correct Tony Branch didnt win 20 career at Lamar let alone one season. [/quote] Correct. Abatemarco was the last to win 20. Branch never won 20 at Lamar.

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1191982" timestamp="1330835979"] The matchups will not be determined until Sunday morning...I doubt they will seed Yates and Kimball in the semi....they will likely be seeded 1 and 2 and meet in the final. [/quote] Yates and Kimball could play in a semifinal. The top two seeds are determined by win %. Those two are San Antonio Alamo Heights at 33-2 and Yates at 32-5. Kimball is 31-5 while Denton Ryan is 23-11. Depending on the coin flip, Yates and Kimball could square off in a semifinal game. I am hoping they do not and meet in the finals.

[quote name="BADSANTA" post="1191970" timestamp="1330834222"] I think the future is very bright for the Tigers! Silsbee has 14 players coming back and 4 starters. I also think Silsbee has a few guys that weren't able to suit up this year that will be on varsity next year. I don't know what round 21-3A would have to meet up with the Almighty Yates, but I will tell you this 3A Region 3 won't be a cake walk for them! [/quote] Next year, the 21-3A #1 seed would see Yates in the Quarterfinal round (3rd rd.) The 21-3A #2 seed would not see Yates until the regional finals. The 3rd seed would play Yates in the Area round (2nd rd.) This is as long as Yates wins their district. ;)

[quote name="MBaller#1" post="1191951" timestamp="1330832350"] Was the charging call the correct call to make or was it a blown call [/quote] Was able to view the video in slo-mo after the game. Should have been an "and one". Would have given the Tigers a 3 point lead with 10 seconds left. Just flat out missed that call, but that's how it goes sometimes.

Score by quarters                           1          2            3            4          tot Silsbee                20        15          12          12          59 LaVega                13        11          16          21          61 FT % Silsbee          9/13      69% LaVega          11/14      79% 3 Point % Silsbee          4/16    25% LaVega          4/18    22% Rebounds Silsbee        34 LaVega        38 Turnovers Silsbee          18 LaVega          24 Fouls Silsbee          16 LaVega          14 Individual scoring Silsbee Chris Elam                16 Jordan Holmes          12 Kelton Gaines            9 Patrick Reed              9 Danti' Wilson              8 Zayon Jackson          3 Jake Dobbins              2 LaVega William Stinnett          23 Austen Bradshaw        15 Michael Starts              8 Marcus Evans              8 Deaudric Corry              4 Trey Ridge                  3 Silsbee  (27-8) LaVega  (35-1)

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[quote name="LAZEEK" post="1191648" timestamp="1330814446"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=97059.msg1191640#msg1191640 date=1330813783] [quote author=Tebowing link=topic=97059.msg1191628#msg1191628 date=1330812442] La Vega by 10. [/quote] Still bitter [/quote] What does he have to be bitter about???  He is a Beaumont guy now [/quote] Could care less where WJ lives. But he has been pumping HJ and taking shots at Silsbee all season. ::)

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