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I bet it will get done then.  Davis has really beefed up HJ's schedule since taking over.  It's such a good, healthy rivalry it would be a shame to not play anyway. 

1000000000% agree!!!
I am certain a non district game will be scheduled. Sigler stated he would play.

The problem is that Silsbee AND HJ are far and away the best 2 4a programs in this area.  To lose those two games with a playoff-type atmosphere is costly to both teams IMO. 

He gotten and will get what he deserves , and when the ink dries you'll read about it.

Talk about spoiled. I would just like to get a district win. . 

LOL I didn't say they won the state championship . I said they beat the press using this method. Two very good teams that season !!

Who ended up with the state championship

I'm not sure how you could read between the lines of the RCS Sports blog and come up with anything along the lines of Parquet never putting on an HJ uniform again ? While it's way to early to even think about next season I don't see any reason a young man of Parquets talent wouldn't want to lead what the Hawks have coming. The injury bug has been brutal to them this year losing Tilley for the season before it began and Bernard shortly after the start of it. When you return Bernard, Parquet, Zbranek and Tilley. A JV club that has lost 6 games in 2 years and a freshman group that just completed an 18-0 season the future is far from bleak. Once again the demise of the Hawks may be over exaggerated.

If the game stays in the 62-68 point range it will be a possession game. The key to this game will be rebounding. The Hawks will need to control the boards to slow the game down. Should be a fun game to watch. The HJ Freshman defeated LCM last night to end their season at 18-0 I believe. This group plays together and shares the basketball as well as any young group I've seen . Congrats to the HJ fish on a great season !!

If the game stays in the 62-68 point range it will be a possession game. The key to this game will be rebounding. The Hawks will need to control the boards to slow the game down. Should be a fun game to watch. The HJ Freshman defeated LCM last night to end their season at 18-0 I believe. This group plays together and shares the basketball as well as any young group I've seen . Congrats to the HJ fish on a great season !!

Congrats to Coach Todd Sutherland, for putting his name with some of the greats to ever coach the game! Todd is not just a great coach, but also a great man. He always gives the credit to the great players he has coached, and the coaches who he has coached with. Also Todd has made the playoffs in all 23 years as a head coach , for sure a HOF career, and he isn't done yet!

It is a shame they didn't have a JV game. Lots of kids that didn't get an opportunity for a game on both teams.

I think they believe that they must concentrate everything they have on playing.

As someone who has attended more than my share of basketball tournaments over the past 50 years or so I have to say the HJ Marathon is second to none when it comes to not only the field it attracts buts also the coaches. Just this year you had local coaches from Big Sandy, Nederland, Kountze, Lufkin Hudson and HJ. Throw in teams from out of town that included Aransas Pass, Tatum and Brock and you have a more than impressive tournament. There may be some teams that don't enter this tourney next year but it will probably be more from a drop off of graduating talent than the way the event was ran. I have taken off work for years and visited this tournament and it has always been ran exceptionally well and will continue as such in the future.

And the individual who actually runs the tournament has been doing it for the last ten years

Best stat I heard tonight.  HJ's group of senior basketball players (9 kids total) have a group GPA of 3.5!  That's an incredible number and something to be really proud of.  Keep that up and they will all be going places! 

Surely there are some Science students at Ozen, Central and West Brook that can hoop it up and transfer to Harmony. After watching what happened with Triple A a few years back the rule has merit regardless of which way it is used.

Why stop at 5. Just have the starting lineups at West Brook, Ozen, and Central all transfer and have 3 groups of 5.

No science background needed.  But it does help if you are 7'3" and from Kenya

That's it...they need to stop competing against each other and make a super team at Harmony!!

Nope, I'm pretty sure Central is mostly "Medical" students.  
 

HJ has played Huffman routinely over the last few years in non district games. The UIL made a good decision not moving Silsbee north into the Jasper district. They would have had to furnish more than officials.

Both the new basketball districts look weak now. I hate to see the rivalry end as well.

I went over there and watched Jasper that year and they didn't even resemble the club they had been in the past. I think they surprised some folks in the playoffs that year if my memory serves me .

I remember when Clay Davis took the Jasper job. He sent several "good athletes" packing. Took what was left and won a district championship.