$$Buckets$$

The Lady Hawks are really tuning it up.  Cant help who you play in district.  But what I've liked is the way the Hawks are executing and sharing the ball.  They had almost 8 players in double digits for this game.  Their unselfishness is a beautiful thing to see, the ball makes it to every layer of the offense.

LCM now have the Robinson sisters eligible.  This will make this district VERY interesting!  The addition of the sisters as well as that really good freshman they have (I dont know her name) makes this LCM team a strong playoff team. I think Silsbee still wins the district, but the 2nd and 3rd place spots are up for grabs if LCM can win out in district play.  They have already lost 3 district games but they have a big matchup vs Lumberton coming up.

Score correction for last night

HJ lost to Plano 58-55.  Hard fought game, HJ missed too many FT's.  

A lot of turnovers for BU that 2nd quarter.  Gotta correct that 2nd half.  Lets go BU!

Beaumont United 16

Clovis West (CA)  17

end of the 1st

hard fought quarter!

Hardin Jefferson 66

Amarillo Palo Duro   21

Final

Brown can go!! She is special.

6 straight bad possessions for HJ, 4 bad shots and 2 turnovers.  Playing pretty good defense but not capitalizing.

Whew!  Sounds like it was a great game that came down to making STOPS.  I learned a long time ago that if you score 30 but you give up 40 you gon lose lol.  Analytics is good and all but that only applies on the offensive end.  I get so tired of hearing "we lost the game but I had 25" lol. Kids that end up playing on the next level find out very quickly that defense gets them on the floor and keeps them there.  Just my opinion tho......

Her name is Ma'Ryiah Alfred.  She is special!  

HJ  74

Livingston  24

HJ picked up a VERY impressive win today by beating a national power Valor Christian Academy out of Colorado which features the #2 post player in the country and Oregon St commit Reagan Beers. HJ came from behind and won 55-51 without Junior post Molly Beavers. Ashlon Jackson was sensational! Sneed was very efficient and HJ gritted out a victory.

Next up is 6A SA Wagner and SouthWest Academy out of Canada.

Keep it up HJ!

SC did a very good job of not letting Jackson beat them and to let someone else try.  SC constantly face guarded or sent 2 at Jackson.  HJ did not execute very well in the second half.  Waaay too many turnovers!  Live and learn, on to the next!  It doesnt get any easier tho.  Now they are off to Dallas where they will be taking on Valor Christian out of Colorado who features the #2 post player in the country Reagan Beers then they play against Southwest Academy out of Canada who feature an Iowa St commit and another guard who was featured on this years U19 Canadian team and they will also play 6A SA Wagner who feature another highly touted back court.  HJ will be much better due to this tough schedule. 

Not bad at all for "Lil ol HJ."  Went into this tourny as the only 4A and finished 4-1 with the only loss being to a top 15 NATIONALLY ranked team.  That game was a tale of 2 halves, didnt really shoot the ball well the first half but then they came out in the 2nd half and played Duncanville pretty even.  40-36 in the 2nd half.  Great showing for them Lady Hawks

19 hours ago, JustUs said:

If correct it'll be BU-(Lite) vs 6A #1 Desoto... Lace them up and play the game. Play the best to be the best. Great learning 

opportunity.

Desoto is also the #1 ranked team in the COUNTRY.  They feature 7 signed D1 players all P5's!.  

This tournament is LOADED!!  Some of the teams in it are:

Duncanville - 6A #2,  SA Reagan - 6A #7,  Cibolo Steele - 6A #13,  Langham Creek - 6A #14,  SA Clark - 6A #15,  McKinney - 6A #21,  Cedar Park (defending 5A State Champs) - 5A #1,  Pflugerville - 5A #9,  New Braunfels - 5A #24.

All the other teams in it are all playoff teams who went 2-3 rounds deep.  HJ is the only 4A in the tournament.

On 9/3/2021 at 11:36 AM, $$Buckets$$ said:

Im hearing that HJ and BU are scheduled for a scrimmage before the season kicks off.  I hope it comes about, will be fun to watch.

Welp, no scrimmage will be taking place im hearing that because of a miscommunication the scrimmage that was happening on Nov 2nd wont be taking place.  This just needs to be a regular season game, it would be good for the area!  Been hoping for this matchup for the last couple of years.

Silsbee's Emery Maze is at Wiley College

1 hour ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

Yes, Boudreaux (post player) is back for her senior campaign.  

I really don't know what else they have other than her (Denley) . 

Im hearing that HJ and BU are scheduled for a scrimmage before the season kicks off.  I hope it comes about, will be fun to watch.

15 hours ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

Beaumont United- Sr. 5’7” Princess Anderson 

West Brook - Jr. 5’5” Jacei Denley

Anderson is a BUCKET!  Is the post player still there?  

Denley is a solid pg!  Will she have any help?

Yes that HJ duo will be the best in the state.  Also the emergence of Junior Molly Beavers will be something to watch.  

Botley at Silsbee will be fun to watch also.  And the Robinson sisters over at LCM will make that program a whole lot better.

 The season is almost here!!  Lets get this forum back and runnin!  

Who are the top returning players or incoming players in the area for 2021/2022?

First Team

Monica Bottley - Silsbee

Princess Anderson - Beaumont United

Kendall Sneed - Hardin Jefferson

Ashlon Jackson - Hardin Jefferson

Keilaya Rigsby - Woodville

Second Team

Jacei Denley - Beaumont West Brook

Kassie Chavez - Legacy Christian Academy

Ivy Lee - Lumberton

Kayden Morris - Lumberton

Chrissy Joseph - LC-M

Player of the Year 

Ashlon Jackson - Hardin Jefferson

15 hours ago, bullets13 said:

Boerne just upset 1 of only 2 teams in the state that I thought were possibly better than HJ.  That said, they're REALLY GOOD.  Boerne has 4 losses on the year.  One to a 5A regional finalist Georgetown by 3 points, one to SA Clark that ended the season 17-2 and could've made it to state (lost by 3 to the team representing their region in the state semis), and twice to Fredericksburg, who they just upset to face HJ.  This is going to be the toughest opponent (by quite a margin) that HJ has faced since they played Summer Creek mid-November.  Two silver linings: 1. HJ still got a bit of a break dodging Fredericksburg, who should've won against Boerne, and is better than Boerne.  2. HJ has been sloppy the last two games, and got tested twice when they probably shouldn't have. The hawks got two reminders of how to play in close games at just the right time.  I'll take HJ by 8, but I'm really nervous about this one.  HJ has to clean it up some.  If they play like they did against China Springs and La Vega there's a really good chance their season ends.  

The head of the snake for Boerne is their PG. They also have a very solid big.  However the pg is only 5'4 or 5'5 and in their losses this season struggled against length, which is a strength of HJ (length at the guard position). Boerne is very methodical in what they run and they run it well.  Foul trouble will be a factor in this game. Quite sure Boerne will play zone against HJ to try to take away the effectiveness of HJ's guards. If HJ's defense can dictate the pace of this game then HJ is favored. Both teams run similar offenses so that should be interesting, HJ has a better overall roster but the little things will be huge in this game.

Huge shout out to the Lady Raiders!! Great team!  To have 3 1000 pt scorers is HUGE and majority high school teams dont have that luxury.  Those girl left it all on the floor. Congrats!