OldBuc77

Refugio 17 Mason 14 3rd Otr

I based the assumption of 16 districts that on two other assumptions: The UIL has historically stuck to 16 districts per classification. Fewer districts would mean smaller bracket/fewer playoff games/less money from playoffs...

Based on the number of schools in each division and given 16 districts in each division. It looks like a lot of 5-6 team districts. Those that don't like 5 team districts and were hoping for 7-8 team districts won't get their wish except maybe in 5A Avg number of teams in a district: 5A D1: 126 schools/16= 7.875= average, 7-8 team districts. 5AD2: 127 schools/16= 7.9375= average 7-8 team districts 4AD1: 93 schools/16= 5.8125= average 5-6 team districts. 4AD2: 90 schools/16= 5.625= average 5-6 team districts 3AD1: 106 schools/16= 6.625= average 6-7 team districts. 3AD2; 105 schools/16= 6.5625= average 6-7 team districts 2AD1; 94 schools/16= 5.875= average 5-6 team districts. 2AD2: 93 schools/16= 5.8125= average 5-6 team districts Have no idea how many districts there are in 1A....I just know it's different than the other classes. Obviously geography may dictate some districts that are larger or smaller than the average (it always does). Don't know that this post has any relevance, but I'm bored this morning and thought this might help when y'all start speculating about who's in what district.....LOL

I've no skin in this game. Have no opinion about what a combined school should be named....that's the people of Beaumont's business. That said, I thought I might a contribution based on the suggestion of hurricanes in black and silver: Logo: Silver helmet, Black outline of Texas, Dot (or make it a star) from the logo at Beaumont, Hurricane symbol around the dot (or star).... I'm not tech savvy enough to make a helmet and put it all together

NRG won't lay claim to anyone and you can't claim a stadium, you have to make it yours. PNG made the Astrodome their "Dome away from Home" because they played there often and won there often. Same thing with NRG...whoever gets there often and wins there often can claim it as their home away from home....everyone else can just be excited to be in the playoffs long enough to get to play in a pro stadium....

A reminder, as we will have Thursday games so the deadline will be Thursday at 7. 1. Carthage/Huffman Hargrave 2. Kilgore/Little Cypress-Mauriceville 3. West Orange-Stark/Brookshire Royal 4. Madisonville/Hardin-Jefferson 5. Newton/Arp 6. West Rusk/Corrigan-Camden 7. Timpson/Hull-Daisetta 8. Tenaha/Colmesneil 9. Longview/Beaumont West Brook 10. Porter/Nederland 11. Port Arthur Memorial/Kingwood Park 12. Port Neches-Groves/Crosby 13. New Caney/Vidor 14. Silsbee/Center 15. Jasper/Atlanta 16. Liberty/Shepherd 17. East Chambers/Buna 18. Woodville/Hempstead 19. San Augustine/Deweyville 20. Evadale/Grapeland 21. Tioga/High Island 22. Bellville/Orangefield 23. Coldspring-Oakhurst/La Marque 24. Beaumont Kelly Catholic/Dallas Bishop Lynch 25. Gilmer/Diboll

Mistake on my post....didnt highlite vidor/pam.....meant to pick pam

1. Barbers Hill/Porter 2. Humble/Kingwood Park 3. New Caney/Crosby 4. Port Neches-Groves/Nederland 5. Vidor/Port Arthur Memorial 6. Cleveland/Silsbee 7. Huffman Hargrave/Bridge City 8. Navasota/Little Cypress-Mauriceville 9. Jasper/Diboll 10. Bellville/Shepherd 11. Hamshire-Fannett/Hardin-Jefferson 12. Orangefield/West Orange-Stark 13. Buna/Kirbyville 14. Woodville/Coldspring-Oakhurst 15. East Chambers/Anahuac 16. Hardin/Hempstead 17. Corrigan-Camden/Garrison 18. Crockett/Hemphill 19. Newton/Frankston 20. San Augustine/Price Carlisle 21. Centerville/Deweyville 22. Colmesneil/Burkeville 23. Evadale/Sabine Pass 24. Baytown Lee/Beaumont Central 25. West Hardin/West Sabine

1. Beaumont West Brook/Conroe Oak Ridge 2. Conroe Caney Creek/Dayton 3. Kingwood Park/Splendora 4. Porter/New Caney 5. Baytown Lee/Vidor 6. Beaumont Central/Livingston 7. Beaumont Ozen/Port Neches-Groves 8. Nederland/Lumberton 9. Bridge City/Navasota 10. Little Cypress-Mauriceville/Cleveland 11. Silsbee/Huffman Hargrave 12. Huntington/Jasper 13. Madisonville/Bellville 14. Hardin-Jefferson/Orangefield 15. West Orange-Stark/Liberty 16. Coldspring-Oakhurst/Kountze 17. Kirbyville/Trinity 18. Warren/Buna 19. Anahuac/Hardin 20. Hitchcock/East Chambers 21. Hemphill/Newton 22. Joaquin/San Augustine 23. Deweyville/West Sabine 24. Iola/Evadale 25. Leverett's Chapel/High Island

1. Humble/Porter 2. New Caney/Barbers Hill 3. Splendora/Crosby 4. Lumberton/Beaumont Ozen 5. Port Arthur Memorial/Baytown Lee 6. Vidor/Livingston 7. Bridge City/Silsbee 8. Huffman Hargrave/Little Cypress-Mauriceville 9. Navasota/Cleveland 10. Jasper/Tatum 11. Bellville/Tarkington 12. Liberty/Hardin-Jefferson 13. Orangefield/Hamshire-Fannett 14. Buna/Coldspring-Oakhurst 15. Kountze/Woodville 16. Trinity/Warren 17. Hardin/Hitchcock 18. Hempstead/Anahuac 19. La Marque/East Chambers 20. Newton/Corrigan-Camden 21. Price Carlisle/Joaquin 22. San Augustine/Alto 23. West Hardin/Deweyville 24. Evadale/Colmesneil 25. Hull-Daisetta/Sabine Pass

I would see whch fan of another team is willing to buy me a ticket....lol... oh yeah, and a pregame meal and a trip to the concession stand....lol

1. Beaumont Central/Lumberton 2. Woodville/Buna 3. High Island/Gilmer Union Hill 4. Lufkin/Beaumont West Brook 5. The Woodlands/Conroe Oak Ridge 6. Baytown Sterling/C.E. King 7. Crosby/Dayton 8. Beaumont Ozen/Nederland 9. Livingston/Port Arthur Memorial 10. Port Neche-Groves/Vidor 11. Cleveland/Huffman Hargrave 12. Little Cypress-Mauriceville/Bridge City 13. Silsbee/Navasota 14. Madisonville/Shepherd 15. Tarkington/Brookshire Royal 16. Hamshire-Fannett/Liberty 17. Hardin-Jefferson/West Orange-Stark 18. Anahuac/La Marque 19. East Chambers/Hardin 20. Garrison/Newton 21. Cushing/San Augustine 22. Deweyville/Lovelady 23. Burkeville/Evadale 24. Colmesneil/Hull-Daisetta 25. Warren/Kirbyville

I've never really understood why the UIL uses a snapshot of enrollment on a particular day to determine school enrollment. It seems to me that more accurate enrollment figures, thus avoiding a situation such as occurred with Livingston last time, by using the TEA enrollment numbers. Schools don't understate their enrollment numbers when state funding is on the line....LOL. It seems like the enrollment numbers for state funding would be public information and relatively easy to access. Of course you would still have those high growth districts that would, because of that growth, have enrollments potentially larger than the cut-off number for their classification. Not sure there is any way to resolve that issue, but using the numbers for state funding might address the issue of under reporting enrollment numbers.

1. Port Arthur Memorial/Port Neches-Groves 2. Rusk/Jasper 3. Evadale/Hull-Daisetta 4. Atascocita/North Shore 5. Dayton/Porter 6. Splendora/Barbers Hill 7. Nederland/Beaumont Central 8. Vidor/Lumberton 9. Bridge City/Cleveland 10. Silsbee/Little Cypress-Mauriceville 11. Liberty/Orangefield 12. West Orange-Stark/Hamshire-Fannett 13. Buna/Kountze 14. Kirbyville/Coldspring-Oakhurst 15. Trinity/Woodville 16. Anahuac/Hitchcock 17. Hempstead/East Chambers 18. La Marque/Hardin 19. Hemphill/Corrigan-Camden 20. Newton/Crockett 21. Price Carlisle/Cushing 22. Deweyville/Groveton 23. Lovelady/West Sabine 24. Burkeville/Sabine Pass 25. High Island/Apple Springs

1. Nederland/Vidor 2. Baytown Lee/Port Neches-Groves 3. Beaumont Ozen/Beaumont Central 4. Lumberton/Port Arthur Memorial 5. Jasper/Hardin-Jefferson 6. Beaumont Legacy Christian/Pasadena First Baptist 7. Barbers Hill/Dayton 8. Crosby/Kingwood Park 9. New Caney/Splendora 10. Porter/Conroe Caney Creek 11. Coldspring-Oakhurst/Warren 12. Kountze/Trinity 13. Woodville/Kirbyville 14. Cleveland/Houston Kashmere 15. Beaumont Kelly Catholic/Hamshire-Fannett 16. Huffman Hargrave/Columbus 17. Kennedale/West Orange-Stark 18. Jasper/Hardin-Jefferson 19. Liberty/Tarkington 20. Madisonville/Rusk 21. Cushing/Colmesneil 22. Hull-Daisetta/Westbury Christian 23. Silsbee/Alvin Shadow Creek 24. Diboll/Orangefield 25. Huntington/Shepherd

. Beaumont West Brook/Montgomery 2. Conroe Caney Creek/Barbers Hill 3. Dayton/New Caney 4. Kirbyville/Kountze 5. Trinity/Buna 6. Warren/Woodville 7. Cypress Christian/Beaumont Legacy Christian 8. Baytown Christian/Alvin Living Stones 9. Orange Community Christian/Bryan Allen 10. Crosby/Little Cypress-Mauriceville 11. Orangefield/Beaumont Kelly 12. West Orange-Stark/Silsbee 13. Bridge City/Jasper 14. Bellville/Wharton 15. Hardin-Jefferson/La Marque 16. Shepherd/Liberty 17. Tarkington/Diboll 18. East Chambers/Newton 19. Coldspring-Oakhurst/Crockett 20. Deweyville/Hull-Daisetta 21. Groveton/Normangee 22. Marshall Christian/Gilmer Union Hill 23. Kingwood Park/Porter 24. Splendora/Humble 25. Sheldon C.E. King/Channelview

1. Humble/Dayton 2. Porter/Crosby 3. Houston Lutheran North/Beaumont Legacy Christian 4. Hardin-Jefferson/Beaumont Kelly Catholic 5. Anahuac/Tarkington 6. Buna/Hamshire-Fannett 7. Houston Worthing/Huffman Hargrave 8. Jasper/Bryan Rudder 9. Little Cypress-Mauriceville/Orangefield 10. Newton/Bridge City 11. Woodville/Liberty 12. Houston KIPP Northeast/West Orange-Stark 13. Kountze/Corrigan-Camden 14. San Augustine/Kirbyville 15. Warren/Hardin 16. Burkeville/West Sabine 17. Evadale/West Hardin 18. Strawn/Gilmer Union Hill 19. Barbers Hill/Kingwood Park 20. New Caney/Conroe Caney Creek 21. Navasota/Stafford 22. Center/Diboll 23. Madisoville/Crockett 24. Trinity/Shepherd 25. Colmesneil/KIPP Houston

I'm kind of out of the loop down here in the coastal bend and with the wrenches thrown into things by Harvey I'm don't have much of a handle on who's where at the start of the season.This was one of a number of games I wasn't overly confident in picking for the pickems, but since I'm an oldbuc I did the homer thing and picked the Bucs....so GEAUX BUCS!!!!....make me look smart for at least one of my picks....LOL

1. Crosby/Barbers Hill 2. East Chambers/Hamshire-Fannett 3. San Augustine/Groveton 4. Dayton/Splendora 5. Kingwood Park/New Caney 6. Beaumont Legacy Christian/Sugar Land Logos Prep 7. Beaumont West Brook/Sheldon C.E. King 8. Galena Park North Shore/Spring Westfield 9. Diboll/Newton 10. Cleveland/Brazosport 11. Huffman Hargrave/Willis 12. Liberty/Coldspring-Oakhurst 13. Silsbee/Jasper 14. Warren/Tarkington 15. Woodville/Little Cypress-Mauriceville 16. Anahuac/Buna 17. Hardin/New Waverly 18. Hemphill/West Sabine 19. Kountze/Hull-Daisetta 20. Cushing/Burkeville 21. Deweyville/Evadale 22. High Island/Orange Community Christian 23. The Woodlands/Katy 24. Goose Creek Memorial/Santa Fe 25. Humble Summer Creek/Pearland Dawson

This post got messed up, submitted before I was finished.. I will try a repost...LOL

Sad news...RIP Liltex...prayers for his family. This forum won't be the same without him.

North Shore / Atascocita Westlake / Lake Travis Cypress Ridge / Cinco Ranch Klein Collins / Westfield Temple / Manvel Richmond Foster / Dripping Springs FB Marshall / College Station Stafford / Carthage Waco Le Vega / China Spring West Orange-Stark / Giddings Celina / Gilmer Cuero / Navarro Geronimo Malakoff / Cameron Yoe Hallettsville / Yoakum Newton / Arp Lexington / Boling Centerville / Price Carlisle Mason / Refugio Bremond / Tenaha Iraan / Munday

Garland Centennial / West Brook Crosby / FB Marshall Port Neches / FB Willowridge Bridge City / Bay City Giddings / Hardin - Jefferson Jasper / Aubrey Lorena / Liberty West Orange-Stark / Robinson Rockdale / Coldspring Buna / Teague Malakoff / Kirbyville Woodville / Cameron Yoe Clifton / Crockett Newton / Buffalo Maud / Evadale PA Memorial / FB Elkins New Caney / Manvel Bellville / Salado San Augustine / Big Sandy Beaumont Legacy / Shiner St. Paul

Doesn't really say how it happened. Had it been so long since PNG lifted a trophy that they forgot how to do it?

Prayers Up!! have never met him but based on his posts have always thought he's a pretty cool guy.