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Katlin Bernsein-HJ -(not sure about the spelling).I've gotten a chance to watch this kid several times this season and she is legit.Against Waco Midway in the YMBL tourney she more than held her own against some of the best players in the state.

This group has the potential to be pretty special.The post players are making huge strides,the guards are very quick and can shoot the ball real well,they have the best pg I've seen in a pretty good while.And when all else fails they do what all really good teams do and thats play unreal defense.Good luck ladies in the district race.

They are a threat to everyone in the district,not just EC and Kountze.There are 6 teams in this district this year who could beat each other on any given night.The key will be to protect your home court and steal one or two on the road.The winner of this district could easily have 2 or 3 losses.Hardin is going to be the darkhorse in this district.They have already proven they can play with most folks in this area.Anahuac will have the athletes to hang and a good new coach.They could easily upset EC at home in the opener.

Paul Sims -Warren-thru 12 games has hit 36-3ptrs, 40/47 from the ft line and is averaging 20 points a game.Warren has been a little inconsistant but should have all there players back now.I think they will be fine.

Hard to get a handle on it DP#1,not saying they haven't been beaten by better teams.The perfect example is Bridge City who they beat by 35 one night and lose by 20 the next week.They beat Liberty by 2 while missing 2 starters and then lose by 7 when Liberty's best player is hurt.Bottom line is they are 7-5 and are pretty good at times and not very consistant at times.The 2 tournaments they have played so far they have had 2 starters missing in each one.If they start to gel they will be pretty darn good.

Liberty 10 23 34 54 Warren 10 22 29 47 Sims-14,McBee-11 Sims went to the bench with 6:31 left in the 2nd qtr with his 3rd foul and they never got in any offensive flow.Can't get a handle on this club they can be really good one night and not show up the next.We better start playing with a little urgency and a little consistancy or we're gonna be in trouble.

There coach is in Nederland and there players are at Lamar Pt Arthur. :'( :'( :'(

I was wondering about the defense.I couldn't see Hardin giving up that many points in a triangle and 2 with the kind of athletes they have.As the season goes on I think other clubs will start playing Tyler that way and making someone else score.JMO.

Gotta like the lions in this one by at least 10.

Well deserved for a good coach and a hard working bunch of kids.

Gee I wish he had recruited us a big post player before he left :( Gotta agree with no look,best X'S and O'S coach I ever saw and a very good shooting teacher.Of course I may be prejudiced he is a good friend of mine also.

As Larry says "now that's funny I don't care who you are".Gotta luv those HJ kids ;D ;D ;D

Very interesting quote at the bottom of your post and a very true one.There are no good reason for quitting.It becomes easier every time.

Sims is nursing a sprained ankle, hope both are ready to go.

The ones in Zavalla this weekend were as bad as I've ever seen.Not just at 1 game but overall(I watched Newton-Corrigan,Woodville-Slocum and Warren-Brookeland).In several of these contest the officials were more interested in fan interaction than they were calling the game.What they lose sight of is they take the game out of the players hands and make themselves the center of attention.The tall official in the Warren-Brookeland game made it a point to be the center of that ballgame,not only with some Warren fans but also the Brookeland coach.His co-official attemted to even the foul count somewhat late in the game but the outcome was already decided by then.I tend to watch games from a different perspective as an ex official and while some of these are personal issues most are lack of training.Very poor fundamentals and not enough experience to be calling varsity ballgames.In the past you never saw division 4 or 5 officials calling varsity games.The bottom line is numbers,they just don't have enough officials to cover the busy tournament weekends.

Don't know what your personal history is with Hand and I don't care.I just give credit where its due and the man taught shooting at Warren Texas.Like him or not you had to respect 7 trips to the state tourney.I quess thats a topic for another thread,I didn't mean to hijack this one.

I hate to down any team, especially WH because I am a big fan of Copelands but they don't play this one close if everyone is healthy.Hardin wins this one by 20 if the coach is nice. Hardin 68 WH 48

Amen.Very few pure shooters around these days.Bernard from HJ can get on a roll from downtown and fill it up,not the best form in the world but it works for him.Two of the better pure shooters in this area are from small schools,Tyler Copeland from West Hardin and Paul Sims from Warren.I know Leland Hand taught shooting form at Warren just like a class.The kids there spent hours on the wall before they even got to step on the court.

I have had a chance to watch every team in this district this year and HJ is plain and simple the best club in this district.While it is possible for anyone to have an off night the Hawks win in a way that makes it unlikely.They win with there defensive pressure much like Kountze did last year.Silsbee probably has the best chance to upset them followed by Jasper.While Orangefield has a pretty good club they don't have the depth at the guard position to consistantly beat the press.The biggest challenges the Hawks have they may not can control,injuries and grades are about the only thing I see that could derail them.Good luck HJ hope yall go back to back.

I haven't seen D-Ville but 3 times this year but everytime I've seen them the coach distributed the playing time pretty equally.Early in the season coaches will take different looks at different combinations.Sometimes if you aren't a dominate player starting is highly overated.Never did believe in quitting once you've started.Whatever the circumstances it's a shame for the kid to not enjoy his senior season.

EC is playing a very tough schedule that should get them ready for district.Right now they don't look to be playing real well.The Hawks have the defensive scheme to take Thomas out of the game.Unless the Hawks have a let down after the Chapel Hill game they win this one by 20.It's easy for high school players to have a let down after a big game but the game is at HJ. HJ-76 EC-56

It's on friday.

Lord lets let them play the games on Tuesday before we predict what happens on Friday ;D ;D ;D

I was impressed with the tournament field as well.I watched Woodville and Slocum in an overtime game Friday.I also got to see Newton and Corrigan as well as Lufkin and Wells.Pretty good basketball being played.Incredibly bad timing by some of Warren's seniors for the second week in a row in scheduling ACT or SAT test.Makes it tough on the rest of the team.I think Newton is definitely the favorite this year in 23-aa.I didn't see any real good shooters but they are extremely athletic and are big on the block.I heard Lufkin brought a completely different club Friday than the one they had Thursday.I was impressed with the group they had on Thursday.

Wished I'd known you were there I would have introduced myself.I was in a white shirt beside the guy in the orange shirt.I spent most of the second half trying to keep the high school principle out of jail. :D .Not one of the better performances by officials I have seen and I usually give them the benefit of the doubt.Brookeland has a pretty good ballclub this year.