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From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From our family to yours: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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[quote name="liltex" post="734719" timestamp="1261660134"] When that comes out we'll all see if SETX awards are non-biased.So far all the papers awards are biased to the Bmt.-Pt.Arth-Orange County teams.No pun intended for any of the players already nominated.Get this one somewhat better overall for all the players. [/quote] I don't believe the Enterprise coverage reaches the 19-4A teams.  I don't think any bias was in place.

[quote name="SgtRey" post="733905" timestamp="1261416307"] [quote author=WOSgrad link=topic=64027.msg733805#msg733805 date=1261365031] 1985 Houston Yates Lions [/quote] That was Johnny Bailey and company.. [/quote] That's the one.

[quote name="Jackthehammer" post="733854" timestamp="1261401246"] Thanks for the memories SETX [/quote] And ready to make many more, we aren't going anywhere, Jack.

1985 Houston Yates Lions

Well, guys it was certainly fun being here to share it with y'all.

I must correct a horrendous mistake that I made in the above post originally.  This is to Kirbyville colorman Adam Davis, who endured more than many of us realize during this season.  He, like the other guys, have been real supportive as I learned the role and made mistakes (such as leaving someone crucial out of a list). He is one of the new best friends here. THANKS ADAM!!!!

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="733756" timestamp="1261359625"] Uh, what he said. ;D IT'S HOOP TIME BABY!!!!!!!!! [/quote] YUP!!! You can hear AAW on the Silsbee basketball broadcasts and Joey on Vidor basketball right here on setxsports.com!!!

Yes, I know that there are post season accolades, recruiting and all-star games to come.  But hey, when the last competitive down of playoff football has been played, it is time to close the chapter.   Of course, congratulations to players, coaches, support staff, and communities all of those teams, whether public or private, who were able to navigate their way to their respective state championships.  It is a long and arduous journey and your perserverance and success should be marveled at by all.  However, the congratulations should not and do not stop there.   All of the young men from the communities that make up South East Texas who put a football uniform deserve them as well.  These young men, whether they played for the largest school in umbrella, Beaumont West Brook, or the smallest, Chester, or any size in between, deserve them as they made the commitment to represent their individual communities and Southeast Texas as a whole.  I for one am here to tell them that regardless of the won-loss record that may have resulted, that they are have done us proud.  Some of these gentlemen will be back next year in the very same uniforms, some will go on to play at the college level and even perhaps, in the NFL...but many of them will never put on a pair of football cleats ever again.  Regardless, I would like to thank them for allowing us to look into their lives and entertaining us on the past few Thursday, Friday and Saturday's.   Congratulations go out to the coaches who guided them as well.  These people, not for the money, but for the love of this game and the young men who surrounded them, have taken it upon themselves to guide these young men.  And they have have allowed themselves to judged depending on the collective results of teenagers.  Some may not seem patient but that is probably only because the abundant amount patience finally gave out.  That they have taken on the role as surrogate, and sometimes, sole, caretakers of these young guys should be enough to earn our thanks, but all too often in a result oriented world, they get our scorn.  For their ability to forge on despite that, they earn my respect. To the parents, the sacrifices that you have made can never be measured.  And the bands, cheerleaders, drill teams and booster, thank you for making our entertainment complete and providing us with the exciting atmosphere that is Texas High School Football. This is my first full football season as a mod/admin at setxsports.com and it has been a blast.  There are many who made it so fun. My OT Scoreboard Show broadcast partner and the board owner, Jordan Wilson.  Words cannot express the gratitude that all of us have for your efforts in putting this little playpen together for all of us to play in.  We undoubtedly take it for granted but know that your vision and hard work are appreciated. My buddy and fellow WO-S fan KFDMCOOP who has been after me for at least 3 years now to join the staff.  I'm grateful that you never gave up. To my guide, bobcatfan4life.  He had said at the beginning of the season he said he was stepping back, but he was never far way.  AND THANK GOD FOR THAT!  Because goodness knows I needed him often. To the broadcasters during the football season, Gabe, Joey and Corey, Mike and Tim, Bobby and Donnie, Kent and Dave, Jereme, Dennis, Adam, Coach Brack and Dennis Sedtal.  Thanks guy for entertaining me on Monday and Friday nights.  You guys made it sound so easy when I know for certain that it wasn't.   To my correspondents, who dutifully got scores to me during the season and made my job in updating the scores a lot easier: adminbaberuth Anafanatic BHFAN BMTSoulja1 SgtRey BCTreasurer Cardinal Supporter BHSCougars Burkeville Chronicle colmesneilfan1 Cap Rock Brewing Co. PURPLE 4 EVER DP#1 FAN Dolemite ECBucFan BIGMO44 Hardin-htownhornet sloe H.I._Cardinals etbu HD BOBCAT 55 HDcats0422 utfan06 LTrain1 bobcatfan4life EagleFan01 mmccary Pirate for Life! joharr73 And there were others that texted me scores.  But I am also grateful to the guys who posted updates here...you guy were all LIFESAVERS!!! And on behalf of the staff, thanks to all of you fans and supporters of the setx schools for making setxsports.com part of you day during the football season as well as those fans who were from schools from outside of our area who chimed in from time to time....we may have not always acted like it, but we were glad to have you here.  We will rest, but we will not be far as we will keep you apprised on the post season awards, including the Willie Ray Smith Awards and the colleges our young men are moving on to.  The rest will be also shorter than usual as setxsports.com will bring to you LIVE the UIL Realignment on February 1.   And of course, THIS FORUM NEVER GOES DORMANT SO KEEP THE TOPICS COMING. It has been a fun year and I look forward to many more!!!

I agree, COOP.  They should.  But Coach Crouch has to choose non-district games which he feels will best prepare the Bears for district play and the question on whether he has done so will be answered sometime in late September or early October 2010.

I don't think that it is the fear of losing to the Mustangs or the Cardinals that is driving this decision.  After all, LC-M has a large part of the team that shut out BC and gave WO-S a tough test coming back.  I mean, if Coach Crouch thought that he teams couldn't be competitive and thus decided to play others, that would understandable....irritating, but understandable.

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