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No argument there and I know you speak from experience on that. But based on that experience, here is my question to you. Would the teachers amongst your friends and family be any more willing to go to teach at a school which pays barely above the state base yet has a shiny new indoor practice facility?

Beside the point? Beside what point? You asked me how many state champs are in that list? 0, nada, zilch in that list will be able to post up on a sign post or paint on their stadium that they won a state championship this year. That may not fit into your narrative, but fact is fact. And you pose a different question to attempt to fit into your narrative, but guess what, you don't fare much better there. Of the 61 schools on the list you posted a WHOPPING 6 (that's right, about 10 percent of the schools on that list) have managed to win a state championship since the 2006-2007 season (I believe that is the time frame you asked for). To Go-rilla's question, I certainly would not purchase a membership in such a work out facility. But there is a difference, that is a decision I make WITH MY MONEY! A school board member or administrator has to make do with the money provided to them and must do so for all of the children in their district, whether that child is a star football player or a child which is just there to get their diploma so that they can go on to college. You see, ECBucFan has it right. The priority of a school district is to educate. I think that because we come to a site which is devoted to only part of the high school experience, we lose sight of that at times.

Do the kids and coaches at WO-S deserve the finest in facilities? Absolutely! Do I wish that they had all of the bells and whistles? You bet! Do I wish that every program in Southeast Texas had the indoor practice facilities, field turf on their fields and the state of the art video boards in the end zones? Without a doubt, yes! That being said, the premise of this thread being that you have to have all of the bells and whistles to have a consistent winning program or to garner a state championship simply isn't the case. In fact, let me pose the question this way. If we all got our most ardent of wishes and EVERY program in the area had all of the above, could you say that any more programs would have brought home a title other than the 1 that was earned this season? Having seen the teams, a lot of them being high quality teams, probably not. You see, we here can have those desires and make our demands and covet the best. That's okay, that is in part what this site is here for and I do it just as much, if not more than anyone. Unfortunately, the respective school boards in the area don't operate with the unlimited funds that we wish that they would have. They have limited, in some cases extremely limited, funds with which to take care of several priorities. And, much as we wish this was not the case, athletics is not always the priority. Such a sell is even harder to a resident of the school district who is told that the new athletic facility will results in hundreds, if not thousands, or more in taxes that they will have to dole out every year. Will that doom the area to fewer state titles? Perhaps. However, we can't blame local school districts if their response to such a scenario is "We'll just have to live with that."

2015 State Champs - 0

I don't know. I heard that there was a school in Southeast Texas that has a football stadium that was built the same year I was born (1968). They still play on grass manufactured by God and they don't have one of these exploding video scoreboards. I do understand that in late December they did make one upgrade to their facilities... A shiny new state championship trophy. Although money helps, you can't always buy championships.

Good luck, Eagles!

2015-16 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE - BI-DISTRICT Monday, February 15, 2016 Class 6A Galena Park North Shore Lady Mustangs 88 Alvin Lady Yellowjackets 35 (Galena Park North Shore to face Clear Falls) Manvel Lady Mavericks 56 Beaumont West Brook Lady Bruins 31 (Manvel to face Alief Hastings/Clear Lake winner) Class 5A Beaumont Ozen Lady Panthers 50 Dayton Lady Broncos 58 (Dayton to face Galveston Ball/Rosenberg Terry winner) Class 4A Orangefield Lady Bobcats 60 Liberty Lady Panthers 33 (Orangefield to face Navasota) Silsbee Lady Tigers 83 Coldspring-Oakhurst Lady Trojans 40 (Silsbee to face Smithville) Diboll Lady Jacks 66 Center Lady Riders 33 (Diboll to face Waco Connally) 7:30 pm - Henderson Lady Lions 50 Huntington Devilettes 49 (Huntington to face Mexia) 7:30 pm - Lufkin Hudson Lady Hornets 65 Carthage Lady Bulldogs 33 (Lufkin Hudson to face Waco La Vega) Class 3A 6:00 pm - Hardin Lady Hornets 49 Hitchcock Lady Bulldogs 52 (Hitchcock to face Crockett) 7:00 pm - Nacogdoches Central Heights Lady Devils 76 Jewett Leon Lady Cougars 36 (Nacogdoches to face Buna) 7:30 pm - Buna Lady Cougars 31 East Bernard Lady Brahmas 27 (Buna to face Nacogdoches Central Heights) Class 2A 7:00 pm - Evadale Lady Rebels 88 San Augustine Lady Wolves 31 (Evadale to face Martinsville) Class 1A 6:00 pm - Chester Lady Jackets 27 Dime Box Lady Longhorns 50 (Dime Box to face Nueces Canyon) 7:30 pm - Spurger Lady Pirates 24 Prairie Lea Lady Indians 64 (Prairie Lea to face McMullen County) Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Class 6A 6:00 pm - Pearland Dawson Lady Eagles 35 Port Arthur Memorial Lady Titans 32 (Pearland Dawson to face Fort Bend Hightower) TBA - Channelview Lady Falcons 45 Pearland Lady Oilers 24 (Channelview to face Clear Springs) Class 5A 7:00 pm - Barbers Hill Lady Eagles 76 Lumberton Lady Raiders 47 (Barbers Hill to face Rosenberg George Ranch) 7:30 pm - Beaumont Central Lady Jaguars 77 Humble Lady Wildcats 36 (Beaumont Central to face Fort Bend Bush) 7:45 pm - Crosby Lady Cougars 73 Goose Creek Memorial Lady Patriots 41 (Crosby to face Fort Bend Elkins) Class 4A 6:00 pm - Tatum Lady Eagles 81 Jasper Lady Bulldogs 29 (Tatum to face Madisonville) 7:00 pm - Cleveland Lady Indians 63 Hardin-Jefferson Lady Hawks 33 (Cleveland to face Giddings) 7:00 pm - Splendora Lady Wildcats 36 Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears 47 (Little Cypress-Mauriceville to face Houston Wheatley) Class 3A 6:00 pm - Crockett Lady Bulldogs 40 Woodville Lady Eagles 32 (Crockett to face Hitchcock) 6:00 pm - East Chambers Lady Buccaneers 45 Wallis Brazos Lady Cougars 29 (East Chambers to face Woden) 6:30 pm - Kountze Lady Lions 31 Van Vleck Lady Leopards 35 (Van Vleck to face Buffalo) 7:30 pm - Woden Lady Eagles 64 New Waverly Lady Bulldogs 64 (Woden to face East Chambers) 8:00 pm - Buffalo Lady Bison 52 Pollok Central Lady Bulldogs 36 (Buffalo to face Van Vleck) Class 2A 5:30 pm - Colmesneil Lady Bulldogs 31 Zavalla Lady Eagles 29 (Colmesneil to face Cushing) 6:30 pm - West Hardin Lady Oilers 64 West Sabine Lady Tigers 71 (West Sabine to face Joaquin) 7:30 pm - Brookeland Lady Wildcats 50 Dallardsville Big Sandy Lady Wildcats 61 (Dallardsville Big Sandy to face Tenaha) BYE Class 1A Goodrich Lady Hornets (To face Medina)

No, the Abilene Wylie game fell through as Wylie found an opponent close to them. So WO-S is still seaching for opponents for Weeks 5 and 6.

Garrison/Corrigan-Camden Hemphill/Newton SATCH/Beaumont Legacy Christian

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