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Well, putting it simply, Silsbee is the better team. By that I mean that Silsbee just has more players than what HJ has. Each team's first 3-4 players are fairly equal, give or take a few. But the next 3-4, Silsbee is far better, a definite significance. The Tigers just have too many weapons for the Hawks to handle. As for the game, well starting off having it standing room only BEFORE the jv game, should tell you what kind of excitement was in the air by the time the varsity got tipped off. After a 5-5 tie with about 4 1/2 minutes left in the first, Silsbee's Nick Walters drained a three, to put Silsbee up 8-5. It was a lead that the Tigers never gave up the rest of the game. Silsbee closed out the first leading 17-10. In the second, Silsbee extended their lead to as much as 14, 28-14, but after a few steals and a couple of three's by the Hawks, HJ ended the 2nd on a 16-8 run, trailing the Tigers at the half, 36-30. HJ actually cut it to 4, but Silsbee's Pheal Hill got a steal and a layup as time ran out in the first half. The start of the 3rd quarter saw both teams exchange buckets before the Tigers started to pull away with some timely three pointers and some tough defense. Silsbee shut down HJ over the last 4 minutes of the quarter, finishing on a 14-4 run, closing out the 3rd with their biggest lead of the game so far, 54-38. Silsbee continued to put the defensive pressure on, as they contested what seemed like every HJ shot, getting some blocks and pounding the boards, limiting the Hawks to just one shot attempt. The Tigers extended their lead to as much as 20, 59-39, after getting a big three from Brady Byars. The Hawks then started to make a run of their own with some steals and a couple of three's by Benard and Sutherland, cutting the Tiger lead all the way down to 7, at 62-55, with just 1:40 remaining in the game. But the Tigers were able to shut down HJ the remainder of the game, getting a couple of key blocks and then hitting a few freethrows down the stretch, winning it by 10, 65-55. Silsbee's ability to bottle up Benard limited the Hawks from making any big run on the Tigers. With Turner in foul trouble early and both Burrell and Benard finding it tough inside, HJ played behind the 8 ball pretty much all night. Silsbee's athleticism and overall team height was just too much for the shorter Hawks to handle. The Tigers pounded them on the boards and either blocked, altered, or contested just about every shot the Hawks took. Offensively, Silsbee showed patience, as they worked to get open shots, getting some uncontested three's, and penetrating inside, dishing off to the bigmen down low. Shannon was his usual self, controling the flow, getting the ball to his shooters and creating his own shot when needed. Hill did what he always does and attacked the basket with the confidence of a '6"6 wingman and not the '5"9 guard that he is. He also ripped down some key rebounds for the Tigers. Walters and Byars did their thing from the three point line but also did a great job defensively, using their bigger bodies on the smaller Hawks. Prentice Lane I thought played one of his best defensive games all year, getting some steals, blocking a few shots, and altering others with his '6"1 athletic frame. Stallworth and Thomas provided enough inside presence as they limited the Hawks to just one shot, banging the boards both on the offensive and defensive ends. D.C was able to get some offensive putbacks to help boost the Tiger scoring. Like Lazeek said in his post, in the end, the Tigers were just too much for the Hawks. IMO, I think we will see the same outcome when we play in Silsbee. I want to thank the HJ administration along with the Hardin County Sheriffs department for all their cooperation in helping me broadcast this game. As was stated, it was standing room only and where I was perched at, it was very crowded. Without the help of those officials providing me some viewing space, it would have been very difficult to do the game. It may have looked like I had an entourage around me, as I had as many as 20 people surrounding my broadcast table, but I appreciate the help I got in providing this broadcast. To sum it up, just another exciting broadcast of an exciting Silsbee/HJ game. So what's new?

Here are tonights pickem results and standings: Westend1 9-1 AggiesAreWe 8-2 A-Town 8-2 n_bball_223 8-2 PNG_Indians#40 8-2 Tickedoffgranny23 8-2 #10gwh 7-3 Babyboi 7-3 baller001 7-3 Cool Hand Luke 7-3 ForeverADog 7-3 hoops12 7-3 KHSAlum400 7-3 BMTSoulja1 6-4 Bobcat05 6-4 PoppaBearStarr 6-4 TopDawg52 6-4 HJ-HawkHecklers409 5-5 Lazeek 5-5 ST413 5-5 Current standings A-Town 27-13 Babyboi 26-14 Lazeek 26-14 #10gwh 25-14 AggiesAreWe 25-15 BMTSoulja1 25-15 Bobcat05 21-18 Cool Hand Luke 20-20 baller001 19-11 hoops12 19-11 PNG_Indians#40 18-12 n_bball_223 17-13 ST413 17-13 TopDawg52 17-13 ForeverADog 11-9 KHSAlum400 11-9 Westend1 9-1 Nederland_b-Dogfan 8-2 Tickedoffgranny23 8-2 Eaglefan01 6-4 PoppaBearstarr 6-4 utfan06 6-4 HJ-Hawkhecklers409 5-5 loopswoop12 4-6

The upset of the night, according to our pickem contest. Nobody picked HF.

WOW!!! I was pretty close with this prediction. Final 65-55 Silsbee.

I need this score to complete the pickems for tonight.

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I'll give the Hecklers their due, they are very good at what they do. But as far as high school basketball crazies go, Kingwood tops them all. Go to one of their games and you will see what I am talking about.

You're just so condescending, aren't you?

Actually, that wasn't the case. The Super Bowl betting ended up at 65% for the Pats. That was the official Vegas numbers. That's not taking in consideration of "other" betting that went on.

Now betting has moved to 80% in favor of Silsbee. If this was paramutual betting, Silsbee would be a 4/5 favorite. The Vegas line would definetly move off of giving the -4.

Livingston @ Ozen (-4 1/2) LCM @ Central (-8 1/2) Vidor @ Lumberton (-5 1/2) Nederland @ PNG (-3 1/2) Bridge City (-8 1/2) @ Hamshire-Fannett Silsbee @ Hardin-Jefferson (-4 1/2) WOS (-3 1/2) @ Orangefield Anahuac (-8 1/2) @ East Chambers Warren @ Deweyville (-11 1/2) Kountze (-40 1/2) @ Hardin

Well, right now, 77% of the bets have Silsbee. If this was a real Vegas line, you would probably see it change. If we were at the tracks, Silsbee would be about a 5-2 odds on favorite.

Silsbee vs Bmt Hebert..IMO was more intense than this rivalry...We just did not have away of talking about...no internet ;D ;D I agree. Our senior year when we played Hebert the first time around in district, Hebert was ranked #1 in 4A, we were #4. Silsbee won that game 49-47. In the second game, Silsbee was #2 in state, Hebert was #3, but Hebert won that one, 56-53. We had to have a one game playoff to see who would go to the playoffs( back then, only one team went to the playoffs ) and Hebert took that one in the Beaumont Civic Center, 62-58. Hebert went on to win the state championship that year. Fred Williams, the coach for Hebert, was quoted in the Austin-American Statesman after winning the title, that he felt the best team in the state was still back at home, meaning Silsbee. :'(

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No question, I would do the same. ;D

So the stating of facts is slanted talk? : If the stats would have been turned around, I still would have posted them. I have done it before and it did not matter to me how it looked to one team or the other. Are there other stats that I should have posted that would make HJ shine brighter? Please tell me so that I can add them.

I'll be there at 5pm setting up the broadcast table. Then I'll sit back and chow down on my free link and coke. ;D After you started that thread this morning you will be lucky to even get in the door......much less get a free drink and link!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D I'll get in. I got friends in low places. ;D As for the free food, not much I can do about welched bets, except send Rocko and Bif over to collect. ;D

I'll be there at 5pm setting up the broadcast table. Then I'll sit back and chow down on my free link and coke. ;D

i don't put much stock into that stat Of course not. do you? No.

I am just throwing out some stats, Lazeek. Don't be so paranoid. Quit looking for a conspiracy. : Not paranoid...........just wondering why some of the stats you are throwing out have no relevancy to the game. Who cares that Silsbee has played three 5A teams. Who cares that HJ has played nine 2A teams in their last 16 games. The other stats I like and are relevant to the game. These two however are not. You are trying to justify the fact that Silsbee has 6 losses and are trying to run down the fact that HJ is 27-4 into the ground by implying that they have played nobody!!!! I still love you man, but this is not necessary. Like I said at the end of my original post, none of it is necessary and is no determining factor of the outcome of the game. I am not trying to knock anyone here. I am just trying to be informative and build up the game more.

I am just throwing out some stats, Lazeek. Don't be so paranoid. Quit looking for a conspiracy. :

So are you implying that I don't come on this site and talk smack? I think you can go back over my posts and see that I have stated that I believe Silsbee will beat HJ. I have said it on numerous occasions, here and other sites. No biggie. ;D

Of course you would look at it that way. :

Right now, the picks for the Silsbee-HJ game stands at: HJ 4 picks Silsbee 16 picks Interesting??

I will be over in Sour Lake tomorrow night bringing you this marquee match up of two state ranked teams in the #8 Silsbee Tigers and #11 Hardin-Jefferson Hawks. These two teams come in undefeated in 21-3A district play(4-0) and each look to gain sole possesion of first place and the inside track to a district championship. This is one of the most anticipated games in all of Southeast Texas and we will bring you all the play-by-play action right here at Setxsports. Just to give some perspective about these two teams, here are some interesting stats for all you stat lovers to look at: Records HJ 27-4 Silsbee 17-6 Record head to head last 2 years HJ leads 4-3 Opponents Records HJ 352-278 avg. 14-11 winning pct. .560 Silsbee 337-216 avg. 16-10 winning pct. .610 State Ranked teams faced HJ 6 2A Kountze 82-64 win 2A Sabine 67-53 win, 54-52 win 3A L. Hudson 60-65 loss 2A Hitchcock 94-51 win, 59-50 win 2A Newton 80-74 win, 88-55 win Kelly 57-50 win Silsbee 8 Kelly 83-62 win, 71-63 win 2A Kountze 83-57 win 2A New Waverly 67-60 win 1A Goodrich 78-67 win 1A Big Sandy 77-57 win 4A Ozen 68-69 loss 3A Sanger 46-54 loss 3A Cleveland 60-71 loss Teams played by classification HJ Silsbee 5A 0 3 4A 8 4 3A 8 9 2A 8 3 1A 1 3 Common opponent scores HJ Silsbee Kountze 82-64 win 83-57 win B. Central 61-68 loss 73-52 win Kelly 59-50 win 83-62 win, 71-63 win Bridge City 76-35 win 106-42 win Orangefield 73-51 win, 66-40 win 62-42 win HF 75-39 win 106-28 win WOS 59-50 win 64-48 win Team scoring avg. HJ 70 Opp. 51 Silsbee 76 Opp. 54 District play HJ 69 Opp. 41 Silsbee 85 Opp. 40 Record since Dec. 13 HJ 15-1 ( played no team above 3A, 9 of which are 2A & under) Silsbee 8-4 ( played no team under 3A, 3 of 4 losses to 5A, other to state ranked Cleveland) Now with all this said, throw it all out!! The stats mean nothing, you have to play the game. This should be another great game and everyone should make an attempt to come see it. If not, you can catch all the action right here, starting with pregame at 7:00, with a tipoff around 7:30. Mike Sanchez, Tiger Sports and Setxsports.com broadcaster