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HJ HC is livid!!! 

Halftime
HJ 39
LV 34

End 1
HJ 19
LV 11

Fantastic season for United!  That’s an incredible achievement to move up to 6A and make it to the state championship.  Hard to not feel like BU had a real chance to win this one.  Their execution and shooting in the 2nd half killed them.  That said, LH got away with at least three goaltends, and I can’t ever remember a game where every single close block/charge call went the way of one team, but it was that way tonight, on close to ten calls.  

With the win, Silsbee advances to their 13th regional final in last 19 seasons. Looking for their 7th regional championship in that span, 5th in the last 8 seasons.

In bold: my picks to win state. 

They don’t know what a foul is either.

These refs don't know what a travel is!! 

They don't even know what a push off is lol

For HJ to have a legitimate shot in this one they’ll have to dictate the pace. If they can keep the tempo in the 60 point range and keep the post player involved they’ll have a chance. If it turns into a track meet the advantage goes quickly back to the Tigers. 

I don’t know why we can’t just play that game one time in Madison Square Garden…

I expect Silsbee to win by 15-20.  That said, if they come out flat like they have a few times lately (LCM and Jacksonville), HJ has a shot to keep it close.  The hawks have really been playing well this year.  The hawks will have to care of the ball, and Samaha is going to have to have a big game if the hawks are going to sniff an upset.  

From around 2005-2014, this may have been the biggest rivalry in the state in 3A now 4A. I've attended 4 Silsbee vs HJ games. My 1st was when Silsbee lost to HJ in the Regional Finals in 2007. I saw us advance to state over Hardin Jefferson in 2008 and 2010. I also came to a Silsbee home game in 2011 when HJ had Bosha (freshman) and Prudhomme. Silsbee had DC Stallworth and Prentice Lane. Great times! RIP to all the great Silsbee and HJ members this board has had as well. Going back and forth with Stevenash was always fun. 

54-50, final 

I'm hoping the last game was just an outlier for the Lady Hawks, and they come out ready to play and jump out ahead of La Vega early.

Whew! BH survives and advances to meet #9 Hendrickson in the Regionals! BH busted out to a large lead vs. Manvel early but Manvel roared back to lead by 8 in mid 4th. Near the end of the game BH rallied and got it into OT. Manvel again lead by 2 with just 3.5 secs. left. BH was desperate to get a half court shot off with 0.3 sec. but a Manvel player inexplicably committed a hard foul as the shot was launched. Mental error on their part. Carter sank all 3 FT's and BH moves on to face Hendrickson. BH will have to play great and hit most of their FT's. Hendrickson is very good. 
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I do too!  

Feels like the end of the line for HJ and their runs to state.  La Vega is as good as any 4A team as they've faced over the past 4 years or so, and this HJ team, while still excellent, doesn't feel like it's on quite the same level that they've been on the last 3 years.  I'll be pulling for the Hawks, though!

Wow! Good job HJ! 

HJ 27 Palestine 22 at the half

This is going nowhere

I sure hope Molly will be able to play in this round. Her presence on the court is beneficial.

Silsbee was just upset by Palestine 83-55!  Wow! Was anyone at the game?  What happened?  Whew I was looking forward to a HJ vs Silsbee matchup!