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Congrats Ghost! , that is a well balanced team over at Orangefield.

The problem with Hemphill seems to be a major exit in high school enrollment. Snapshot number went from 273 down to 221. A drop of 52 kids. Hemphill lost their JV team in the middle of the year, had to combine with varsity. Even going to class 2A1 you need a JV program. Hopefully they have a large 8 th grade moving up. 
Would like to know the reason for the big drop in high school. Hemphill is a good place to live and the school has money.    
Hemphill just lost a good coach.   
Wishing my neighbor to the north the best. 

Have you seen the facilities at lovejoy or the athletes there? Coaches dream… 

Because his grandkids aren't here 

Newton OC Jeremy Russell was hired 1/11/24 as 3A Division II Omaha Pewitt AD\Head Football coach.
The Brahmas finished 3-7 last season.
Cedric Dorsey resigned after three seasons, he led Pewitt to the playoffs in 2021 and 2022.

records are window dressing. you sell yourself with your plan (prep, process, vision, community building and relationship etc.)
Lot of great coaches with bad records, lots of bad coaches with good records as well. You try to find the ones "doing it the right way" for your best chance at success

Looking at historical records and the records of the guy that just left, it appears that he did a bit better than anyone else and definitely stayed longer than any other head coach. 

Looks like new coach is going to have tons of advice from the community and players on what to run. Good luck to Bobcat Nation.

From what I'm reading sure looks like they did.

There is speed in OF to stretch the field and create space, i'm just most worried about the OLine. IF they can get a solid ground game going, I can foresee a good dose of quick game/RPO style offense to help the OLine. I don't foresee a whole lot of 3 step drop back and let er' rip. I think some people have a misconception of the spread just being a "slinging it deep". OF could make some money on short/Intermediate routes. You would be surprised how many simple bubble/slant/hitch routes turn into TDs because of one missed tackle. Lumberton for example lives off the short/intermediate passing game and getting the ball into the hands of their studs in space. The more I think about it, the more excited I get to see what the orange and white can do in the spread. 

Yeah I’ve heard they have a good group in middle school….

Got some solid young athletes in jr high right now.

Good luck to Coach Breaux and the Bobcats! 
Maybe Jenkins to Nederland? 

Good point, but I'll take a successful JR High team over a nonwinning group any day and I think this may be more true with the smaller school districts. 

Not to be a negative Nancy, but having some good groups come through in JH usually doesn't translate to HS success. Back when I was in JH school, we destroyed everyone, went undefeated and were "district champs". Senior year in HS we went 5-5 and our coach got canned at the end of the year. 🤷‍♂️

Good luck to Coach Breaux and the Bobcats! 
Maybe Jenkins to Nederland? 

I would think any girls sport could be improved with weight training.

Hopefully we hear something soon.

I would think OF gets this right and goes with Jenkins. I would also expect an announcement would come soon. I would like to see the list of applicants. 

Bad night or good defense or a mix of both?

1:54 2nd
19-16 Kountze

For the 3A Division for sure.

Congrats Coach!

Mr. Babino was a great player, now a very good, proven defensive coodinator at a top level 6A program. Better yet he knows what it takes in all aspects of football & life to be a great influence\role model to students.  

All I am saying is they have been in our coverage area for many years.
If we went solely by your parameters (Hardin, Jefferson and Orange counties) we would only cover around 18 schools.
Chambers, Liberty, Polk, Jasper, Tyler and Newton county schools would be omitted.
We made the decision many years ago that we would cover every school that was in a district with our "core" schools. "Core" schools was defined by all those counties (nine) that have been listed.
We are not defining what is SETX here on the site. Just who we cover. But my definition is vastly larger than yours.