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I'm surprised Hardin played with their football team still in the playoffs.The Hornets will be down a little this year I think.

This Kountze club will be pretty solid but they are a long way from being an Austin type club.Duane will get them rolling on the press and they will score,I'm curious how they will do against the clubs that handle the press and the traps they run.They don't play very good half court defense.

I don't know what Goodrich graduated so it's hard to predict.Big Sandy plays well at home but they aren't anywhere near the club they were last year.The small schools that don't play football are 3 weeks into there practice so they should start to jell.With all that said I'll say. BS-56 Goodrich-52

4 out of 5 starters????????On a club that won how many games????I like the Rebs but I don't see them in the 1 position,maybe not even the top 4.

I told ya guys,give em a chance to grow up before you start being to hard on them.This is basically a sophomore club with a lot of potential.They will have to see who their leaders will be and mature before they will start to be a force.I saw some good things from them at the BS scrimmage but they will get that deer in the headlights look for awhile.They will develope into a very good club just not real early.

Deweyville will struggle this year after losing Bland and Jackson to graduation.Caswell should do pretty well on the offensive end but they will hurt at the guard position and the post play will be non existant,O-field on the other hand is about ready to move up to the upper end of the food chain with Silsbee and HJ.

This one was a little closer than I thought it would be.Should be a good stepping stone for both clubs.Jasper will do well once the football guys get there legs under them and BS will be respectable as well.Each club had a couple of good guards on the floor tonight.

I guess your right BigSting, Buna is loaded with tradition.A fourth place finish behind Anahuac,Hardin and EC strikes fear in the hearts of women and children.I wish I was good at golf but I don't know which end of the club to swing.Thanks for dismissing me though it's way past my bedtime.

They will be very fundamental and very well coached but I didn't see a beast Friday at Spurger.

HJ has to be the favorite but the football guys will have to be rusty.Huntington has a little size and a pretty good new coach.If they have the guards to handle the pressure it won't be real bad.I'll say the Hawks by 15.

Probably would be a toss up between Newton and Kountze if the Lions were in this district,after that I would have to agree with you.

Amen

He's not the player I was referring to.The kid I was talking about graduated 2 years ago and took the Pirates to the playoffs.

Coach Brooks will do a great job with a young group of players.

I think the loss to Dobie is one the players and coaches felt like they had the opportunities to win,the shots just didn't fall.They evened their record Saturday at 2-2.They are headed in the right direction.

Fact is it wouldn't have mattered who coached the Pirates this year.They are the smallest school in the district and that makes it tough on them.They always play hard and every so often they have a exceptional athlete come thru the system like they had a couple of years ago(I think his name was Addison) that makes the Coach,whoever he is look pretty good.The disparity in size of the 2-a schools ,top to bottom, is the problem not the coaching staff.The good young coaches gotta start somewhere and the older established ones aren't standing in line to come to a small 2-a school.I don't buy the seniors won't play for the guy argument.If they want to play they will get on the field,if not they will spend the next 40-50 years wishing they had.Ever wonder why our kids don't want to go into coaching? : : :

Buna...Tradition, Now that's two words that you normally don't see together.I picked Buna as my pre season favorite this year(shows how much I know).They gotta be disappointed.They are the largest school in the district and finished 4th in what is a relatively weak 2-a district.No knock on the coaches because I don't even know them but you would think Buna should be a district favorite just because of numbers.Maybe the "wing T" or "wishbone" is on the horizon. : : :

Evadale beat Buna in the 3rd place game by a dozen and E/C beat Warren in the championship by around 20.Hope the young lady from EC is ok.Looked like the ankle injury could have been severe.

Thats not unusual with a young club.The kid that played the point with the knee brace is going to develop in to a pretty good player.The Whittaker boy is also going to make a pretty good player although he struggled with his shot last night.I didn't see the threat to hit the 3 last night that the Pirates had last year.

Lumberton catches a break playing Kountze real early so the Lions win by 25. Kountze-75 Lumberton-50

I don't see where Hardin is going to get any offense from.They lost Marsh,Nolan and Davis to injury which was all of there scoring punch.E/C lost Thomas and McDonald but will have Raymond and Carrington who can score some.The Bucs may struggle with the pressure "D" they will see from Kountze and Anahuac,thats why I pick them 3rd.If they slow the game down against these 2 they can keep it close if not they lose big.

I didn't see but a couple players on the floor for either club that was 5'9" and no one close to 6'9".Now there were several that would have tipped 4'9" with the air Jordan's on. PS. Master T don't let setxslam fool ya,he's smarter than average "gansta" ;)

If Jasper doesn't have Bailey and Spikes BS wins a close one.If the football team is eliminated Jasper wins by 8.

Onalska won't be real strong so I'll take Spurger by a dozen.I didn't see where they were going to get a lot of offense from so I'll say: Spurger-52 Onalaska-40

Big Sandy had the lead after the the first 2 quarters.Spurger led at the end of the next 2.Both clubs had all there kids because neither plays football.Both clubs will be respectable but neither had the strong inside game they had last year.BS turned the ball over way to much trying to make the entry pass but Foster will correct that I'm sure.Spurger looked about like I thought they would with a really young club.Both clubs scored in the 40 pt range so neither really lit it up.I was surprised neither club played any pressure defense.I expected to see that from the Pirates because they are pretty small but will be quick enough to press some.