travelingcoachwife

Updated for Feb. 15

Yall can wish BH all the worst as usual, but in reality (if I am looking at this right) there is no real difference the 2nd and 3rd seed. If 17 plays 18, TC, Manvel and Ball are pretty much the same. In fact the 17 third seed could potentially end up with a slightly easier first round opponent than the 17 second seed.        
Incidentally I won't reciprocate the ill will. I am better than that. I will support out district mates.  

Gotcha!!  I see that now.  Sorry about that.     

Yup, that's first round. 

Forney twitter page says Friday 11/11 @ BH Eagle Stadium 7pm

Praying for the safety of all of the players!  My son is already one of the injured on the sidelines.  I don't want anyone else to join him.  

As fun as it is to keep up with area sports and report their scores, it is a complete blast when a particular season ends with an area school winning the last game of the year.  So imagine my joy when I was able to do that five times (West Orange-Stark and Baytown Christian - football, Silsbee - boys basketball, Beaumont Legacy Christian - girls basketball, Port Neches-Groves - baseball).  And that was the team sports, you throw in the Port Arthur Memorial 4x100m and 4x200m track teams, Memorial's Kary Vincent's 200 m victory and Silsbee's Kalon Barnes golds in the 100m and 200 m, that is 10 times that a team or individual in Southeast Texas stepped up to take a gold medal in their event.
If that is not enough, you look at those teams that didn't get the gold but advanced to the state tournament such as Beaumont Kelly baseball and Dallardsville Big Sandy baseball (both finalists), Barbers Hill girls' basketball and Jasper girls' soccer.  Add to that the countless number of track and field participants in the various state meets......yeah it was a successful year in SETXsports lore!  It has not made our tasks here more exciting, but has given the whole area a lot more of a reason to look forward to the 2017-18 school year!
To the young men and women of the area high schools, whether they make it to the pros, play college ball, or if they never play another down, inning, quarter or race ever again, we thank you for the precious moments that you gave us over this entire year.  We will continue the watch your development and pray for your success. 
The the area coaches, we thank you for stepping up and taking part in developing our boys and girls into young men and women, sometimes in the face of folks who are the age of men and women, but act like boys and girls.
  And we are not quite done yet.  This weekend, the SETCA gave a number of area athletes a final farewell to high school sports in their softball, volleyball, girls and boys basketball, football.  And Jack Dallas will be a and Austin Hendrix will represent our area in the THSBCA All-Star Game next week.  That event will finally close this wonderful chapter in the world of high school sports in Southeast Texas.
But at SETXsports, there is no such thing as an off season as we prepare for what promises to be a stellar football season as many here view to be the subject of this topic come this time next year!  Our football team previews will commence on July 1st and it is only a matter of time before the district prediction threads will heat up!   So get on, and have fun!

Came across this map of teams competing this weekend and thought it was pretty neat... Good luck to all teams competing and here's to an injury free state finals week!

I do see both sides of this argument as having valid points. The thing that I think people overlook with all three high schools in Beaumont is that there is not a real jr high program in Beaumont. The kids can basically go where they please. You will not have much success in the regular season or in the playoffs with that set up I don't care how good of a coach you are! Both coaches have done a pretty good job under the current circumstances surrounding them. Another thing I don't think people realize is how hard it probably is to get coaches to come to BISD. If you do want to talk history though here is a little history on both coaches and both programs that they run. First Flanigan, who has made the playoffs 3 of his 5 years at WB. This year he equalled the schools most win total in a single year in school history which was 11. He went three rounds in the playoffs which has happened only 3 times in 20 years. Ironically his record going into this season was 22-22 with zero playoff wins and many on here and in the community wanted him gone. The funny thing is they still do. Now Foreman who inherited a 5-15 program over the two years Pryor to his arrival. He has a 20-8 overall district record and finished as district co-champs in 2014 which has only happened four other times in schools history. He also is the only Coach at not only Central, but also French, BCP, CP, and Beaumont High, to make the playoffs four total times. The only coaches in the HISTORY of Beaumont Texas to make the playoffs four consecutive years are Alex Durley, Arthur Louis, Jerry Hentschel, Craig Stump, and Toby Foreman. People on this board wanted him gone the day he was hired and they still do. Also Central hasn't beaten WB since 2003. That was 5 coaches ago: Foreman, Washington, Jackson, and Stowers were all 0fer vs WB! You must know where you have been to understand where you are going! You can find negatives about both these guys, but under the current circumstances and state of BISD you are very lucky to have coaches that want to work here and conduct programs at a high level as they do. 

On the other side of the story, I hope they prosecute the little turd that was stealing from the other kids. Someone mentioned "talking" to his parents or him. How about jail time. People work hard to earn what they have, and for some punk to steal from a teammate is inexcusable. 

Ozen is, and always will be, the Golden Child of the district. It was Thomas' baby.

Try Jax Burgers in Liberty on Main St. Really good hamburgers