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I don’t know who it is but he’s correct. Both of these HJ playoff losses came in the first round after they lost their best player. I’m not very well informed on Lumberton basketball but I worked down there for many years. I know I started seeing the basketball courts fill up with kids since Coach Mitchell got there. That’s a good sign when you are trying to change the culture.

I can’t disagree with any of this !!

I think the older Connell kid is an assistant over there now. I’m pretty sure that was him on the bench earlier this year. If so that’s a good move.

Somewhere around 06. The first year Leland Hand was there. Beat Mart and eventually lost to a very good EC team. They were competitive for the next few years but had some really good teams in the same district. There’s just not much enthusiasm up there these days around the program.

I can remember when they were at least competitive. Won a district championship and made the playoffs a few years. I don’t think they play much up there anymore. I have seen em a few times this year. I think EC wins the seeding game this year against Orangefield and Buna finishes 3rd.

That’s a few when ya get my age 😂😂

I didn’t see this one coming

Kountze will probably be fighting for the 4th spot. They are young and small. The nights the long ball is falling they’ll be competitive when it’s not they’ll struggle to compete. Their biggest shortcoming is lack of depth. They are thin in that department. I don’t know what’s happened to Warren, It doesn’t look like they play much in the off season. OF/EC are the class of the district this year followed closely by Buna/Anahuac/Kountze

San Augustine won state in football a few years ago and almost immediately got rid of the coach. I don’t think it’s lack of athletes 🤷‍♂️

I was very impressed with Lufkin last week over at HJ’s tournament. #1 was almost perfect from behind the arc, the big kid on the block was very impressive and their 2 guards handled pressure really well.

I think you may be overly optimistic.

If Warren would have gotten #11 the ball down the stretch last week against Onalaska they win that game going away. He didn’t touch late and some questionable 3’s cost em. Not sure what grade he’s in but he’s pretty solid.

HF had a really solid JV group moving up but there’s a huge difference between playing at 5:30 and 7. I gotta think the Hawks are still the favorite in this district!!

Probably not any more common than anywhere else, Joub holds em accountable . Good for him, if stuff isn’t addressed it always comes back to haunt you.

Spot on

I don’t think they have a lot of length on that pressure defense this year. They’ll have some games where they blow people out when the 3 ball is falling and some where teams will beat them that shouldn’t.

I haven’t heard of one either

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Why in the world would this game be moved to Anahuac??

Good game

I watched Angel in a game over at the HJ Marathon his senior year where he put on one best 3 point shooting performances I’ve ever seen. I think they were playing Nederland but I can’t remember for sure. He was just unconscious from deep. It was a lot of fun to watch

Seems like I remember him playing on a bad knee in the regional tournament. I think Big Sandy wins the championship that season if he’s anywhere close to healthy.

I would certainly have him close to the top of my list. I watched his team several years back playing Evadale when Coach Williams had a really good club. Big Sandy had graduated heavy and was clearly overmatched. The late game situational substitutions would have been impressive in their own right but the way the kids were prepared to handle it really caught my attention. Stuff like that with Freshmen and Sophomore players doesn’t just happen. Any time the conversation comes up we see Coach Green, Coach Sutherland, Coach Sigler, Coach English. Id definitely have Coach Foster a seat at that table.

Kevin Foster consistently makes deep playoff runs with kids that buy into a system. He had the Angele kid a few years ago who was as good a pure shooter as I’ve ever seen. Other than that not many Stud players in Dallardsville. Kevin is the most underrated coach in our area.

They also have another little shooter that’s going to be a Sophomore that can fill it up from deep. If the Lions grow a little to make that press a little harder to go over the top of they are gonna start turning some heads.