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Updates: Hamshire Fannett Juniors and Seniors played Nederland last night in a pre-warm-up game before this weekend regional tournament. Both H-F JUniors and Majors won their contests.  The majors had to do it in overtime.

I saw the Beaumont Majors play in Kountze last week. They seem to be a solid club, more of a blue collar work ethnic and no flash.

Primetime runs good tournaments.  The thing with basketball tournaments is that you have two schools of thought debating on entering a particular tournament.#1 you will have teams that will wait until the last minute to see if its' worth their time to enter a tourney depending on the quality of teams entered.

Then on the flip side (#2), you have weaker teams who may not want to play the "big dogs"  just yet. Sometimes you can't see your weaknesses until you play someone better than you are.

Contact Coach Moore at Hamshire-Fannett Elementary ( Fannett, Texas). He has a Select Team of girls, but he should be able to give you some contacts.

H-F Majors PLAY Evadale tonight at the Kountze Tourney. The only other teams I would like to see play are Cleveland, Gulf Coast (East Chambers) and Anahuac Majors & Juniors.  I think they are all playing Friday in Kountze.

Hmm? I don't think Lumberton Juniors from last year are doing too well  in the Major Division All-Stars this year.  Too bad Kountze Juniors are not in the the division with Beaumont Juniors because Kountze defintely "ate their lunch" the other night."  If you get a kid that knows how to hustle, block-out & rebound against the big kid playing center, Beaumont can be beaten. I've seen Bmt. play at least 3 times, and I have never seen them shoot good from the outside.  But you're right, Bmt or BH should do the honors.

Since Lumberton juniors won regionals last year it is probably worth mentioning them.  Lumberton juniors were national runners-up last year in a very close game against Navasota.  I watched that game, and both Lumberton and Navasota were very impressive.  However...all 10 of the Lumberton players on last year's team were 10 year olds.  All of them are too old for the junior team this year. Therefore...all 10 of the players on Lumberton's junior team this year are playing all-stars for the very first time.  I would think if Lumberton has those same 10 kids back next year in seniors, they will win nationals.  They played as a team, and even the subs on that team were aggressive and fast.  As far as juniors go this year, I would think our Beaumont juniors will be hard to beat.  With size and quickness, I can't see anybody beating them.  Without seeing what LaPorte has this year, I would have to predict Beaumont and BH in a battle for the junior championship. Lumberton, Nederland and PN juniors won't be a factor.

I hope the boys in this area will take advantage of this opportunity. The AAU play is very different (more competitive) than what they will be use to, but well worth the play.

Tonight at the Kountze tourney, Beaumont Juniors were defeated by the Kountze team.  And Hamshire Fannett Majors beat Orangefield.

H-F Juniors also defeated Nederland tonight in Nederland.  Post additionasl updates if anyone have more scores.

Wow! That Nederland Regional will be TOUGH! So BH split with La Porte this time!!

I'm not sure if Port Neches is in this regional too, but I don't expect them or Lumberton to do too much in their regionals. Those two teams just haven't impressed me as a serious contender.

HF will be playing Orangefield (I think) on Tuesday night @ Kountze.

Hamshire-Fannett Majors beat Kountze tonight in a tournament hosted by Kountze. It was 37-27 in the fourth quarter with about a minute left. Not sure of the final score. Kountze definitely has more athletic players than H-F, but it didn't matter tonight.

Lamar U. needs Al Barbe back for women's basketball....oops we tried that with Billy Tubbs already. Seriously, its time for Lamar to get serious and try and get the best available coach for the program.  I don't think you can say the OF coach is one of the best , just because she has had good teams in Orangefield the past four years or so. Will she be able to recruit quality players to compete at the Division-1 level?  Maybe or maybe not!

Why is Hamshire-Fannett predicted so low in the district? How would you rate their team/ players?  I've never seen them play but I'm asking because I've seen the H-F Junior High players and in my humble opinion they really lack good fundamental basketball skills at the Junior High level.

I never thought about this scenario until now, but I would love to see our area teams play for the national championship. Or as someone else put it in another forum on here, the "state  championship" since the teams were from Texas. :-X

I didn't realize Nederland is hosting a regional tournament. That Beaumont team is tough with the big kid plugging up the middle and snatching rebounds. Beaumont also has a real good point guard to compliment the center. Tough team to beat.

I like the Barbers Hill team too. They seem to be well coached and somebody out there is working with those kids on their fundamentals. I didn't see La Porte play but in pre-game warm-ups, I thought Barbers Hill didn't have a chance. But I heard La Porte were beaten.

The Nederland Majors looked real strong. I remember seeing a point guard on their team that was solid. I haven't seen Buna, Kountze, or Orangefield's Majors or Juniors.

I haven't kept up with youth/highschool  basketball probably since the 1980's and I had no idea what level it has reached until my sons started playing Little Dribblers this past year. I didn't realize how some schools have become basketball factories and how the AAU basketball program  has managed to gain so much power. Boosters are able to funnel monies to AAU teams, etc, etc, etc.

But maybe this has always been happening around the country, because Texas was late in letting athletes perform outside of their high school sports.

This kid Mayo was able to transfer to another high school in his senior year without residency requirements?  Hmmm? I think I'll take my son out to the court today and go shoot an extra 500 jumpers for practice.

I predict we haven't heard the last word behind the firing of Drake.  Expect some fireworks soon.

I see the pros & cons on this issue. Personally I favor a shot clock because I like to see a lot action in basketball, and not see teams use the strategy of 10 passes, then shoot. But on the other hand, I've seen some mighty teams fall because of an oppenent's game tactic of 10 passes and a cloud of dust. It's beautiful when it is put to perfection, but very frustrating when you are playing against it.

I'm really probably too critical when I analyze young players of today. But I think I know who you are referring to from TC. They have a lanky guard about 5'?" (#23?)and a smaller guard (#15)who is a little shorter. The taller guard doesn't seem to use his left  side too well but has some quickness. H e may be what we use to call a "streak shooter."  At the Major's level he's a kid who could probably hurt you if he is on. But in two games I haven't really seen him do too much to hurt the opposing team.  They do have a stockier guard (and quick) who can use the "step & "hop" move well and muscle on you inside. I think he is by far the most dangerous of the two, in my opinion. 

H-F had a big lead on them in their first contest, but they came back with hustle and the shorter big big guard taking control of the game. If they had one extra minute, they may have been able to pulll it out for a win. It was no contest the second time around with H-F taking control the whole game.

LOL! I was only kidding! I talked with the Seniors coach @ H-F and he told me about the whipp'n your boys put on them. I get the feeling that you're inviting other teams into a lion's trap.

I  say bring back Al Barbe. Now he was my kind of a coach. He and I would go at during lunch, elbows flying everywhere and never once did we get mad at each other.  The players loved playing for him and they shoed it on the court.

I wish our Juniors could play your Seniors  8)

I've seen the ( Majors & Juniors) Bridge City, Twin County and Hamshire-Fannett.

H-F beat BC badly in a scrimmage this week, and H-F has also beaten Twin County in a scrimmage and maybe in the Barbers Hill Tourney too. H-F  doesn't go to Kountze Regional but I predict BC nor Twin County will win that region. Too me, the jury is still out on the H-F Majors. They can be good at times, and yes I have  sons on both the H-F Majors & Juniors.

The Juniors ( strong guards) can win ( at Van Vleck) it all as long as they don't come across a big man who will dominate the paint.

I will probably get to see Orangefield soon and give my 2 cents on that team as well.

Now that the Lady Cards lost in the 1st round, does this fuel the flame to aggressively hire a new coach or seriously give the present coach a good chance to remain as head coach?  I think the athletic committee has to seriously take a look at how the team responsed to Coach Eaton. Or do you take new directions and a possible step back in your program for a year or two?

To be honest with you I don't keep up with high school basketball until I joined the dicussion group last month, but I think your question deserves more thought than "who is a college prospect?"  Many factors go into this equation. In my experiences, many players have a good high school game but  everybody is a star at the next level, whether academically or athletically. Therefore, you have to bring your A-game to a higher level. Some will not have the mental edge/toughness to overcome this new hurdle. You also have to look at their program. Is this kid D-1 material, D-11, or NAIA. hMMM? Are there still NAIA schools around? I personally knew someone from high schools days who led the nation in scoring his senior year, but wasn't a highly recruited player. But from his high school stats, you would have never believed he would accomplish such a feat. 

Wow! Why did I have the feeling it would turn out this way? But 26 points? Why didn't you guys take him out after the 1st quarter and show us some mercy

I've seen the H-F senior boys and they need a lot of work. Hopefully the loss will help the guys work on their weaknesses