OlDawg

Haven’t driven by in a couple days. But, tear down was set to begin 6/1. Anticipated timeframe about 18 months. I’ll see if I can get into town sometime this week and give an update.

My bad…typo. Meant to say 415–not 815.

Hopefully the new residents, new stadium, and new coaching staff can turn things back around. But, LP now is 57% Hispanic. Football becomes an issue with those numbers unless there are a lot of transfers like NS. Pasadena says hello…

It’s become a good rivalry. Wasn’t that way until about 10 years ago. The demographics of LP have changed to majority Hispanic, and the sports teams reflect that change. As far as enrollment, I believe 2282 is the old number. But, the senior class graduated 450, and the 8th grade is about the same. Maybe a touch less. Seems I read 815 somewhere. I expect LP to remain 5A for a while. UIL will continue to raise numbers, and the new residents are still very young families. Of course, I am wrong half the time. 😀

Mag West for me as well. Good story for the new coach & they have earned the spot for the entire season. Strong club.

Good season for La Porte. Lake Creek was a solid ball club. Their softball & baseball are both in the regional finals. Good programs & should be a great battle with Mag West.

Any Border War/Border Battle. La Porte vs. Deer Park. Been going on for 63 games—since 1946. Been a few I’ve missed from time with Uncle Sam & other business. But, have attended most of them since the mid 70’s. Always a packed house of 10,000+, and records are thrown out the window. The betting and sniping doesn’t end with the kids. It actually is as much between the parents & communities who—a majority—work together in the local industry. A week long buildup every year. You can buy a ticket for a seat. But, it’s never used.

La Porte 2 Lake Creek 5 Final

La Porte 2 Lake Creek 5 Top 7

La Porte 1 Lake Creek 1 Top 5

La Porte 1 Lake Creek 0 4th LP with a no hitter so far…

Round 4 R18 La Porte (27-7-1) vs R21 Lake Creek (25-9) Thur. 5/25 7:00 p.m. Humble

La Porte 2 Fulshear 0 La Porte advances.

It’s on Vype right now. (Audio only) BH up 4-0 in 2nd. [Hidden Content]

La Porte vs Fulshear Friday, 5/19, 7:30 pm, C.E. King Stadium Single game. (LP must have lost coin toss. With their pitching depth, no way Torres would pick a single game series. Especially since they’re ranked higher as well & have had extra rest while Fulshear fought Crosby.)

La Porte sweeps Waltrip 7-0, 9-1. Will face winner of Fulshear/Crosby.

La Porte 9 Waltrip 1 6th LP leads series 1-0 (Game 1: 7-0)

YouTube link for Bond with Stadium renderings Really excited this morning! All three parts of LPISD Bond passed with overwhelming majorities of almost 75% and above. Read somewhere in the docs that the stadium will actually have MORE seats than 10,000. Maybe setting up for use for local school area districts PO use like some of the other new stadiums in the state? Not sure. Anyway, many thanks to BH for allowing us to use y'all's stadium temporarily. I'm sure LP will return the favor in some way somehow.

Dawgs baseball has been solid for many years. Much different than when I was on the teams. Back then, LP was basically a football factory with a decent swim team. Of course, the basketball team State Champs are still regarded as one of the best all time in Texas. I don’t think their 40-0 record will ever be matched. Don’t think that many games are even allowed any more. Not sure though. That was years after my graduation. LP baseball has averaged 20+ wins for about 20 years. I believe Coach Torres has over 400 wins in 23 years.

I’m wondering if BH will allow LPSportsnet to broadcast the LP ‘Home’ games like they do at Bulldog…

Not sure. I’ve wondered the same. The new subdivisions seem to be a lot of younger families. So, may not impact HS numbers for a while. Have no idea how these younger people are affording the homes ($350-$500+) plus the cost of home/flood insurance now—if they can even get coverage. Don’t know about y’all over there, but unless you’re grandfathered in like us, you have few carriers that will insure & you have to get wind and hail separate from the state. It’s crazy. Funny thing is, we usually do better during storms than much of the rest of GHA because of strict building/drainage codes. But, we get hammered as being a ‘bay’ community & still in Harris County with Houston that floods like everyone knows any time there’s a little sprinkle.

LPISD does a new bond about every 9 years. It never raises our taxes, but allows us to keep some $$$ from recapture. LP residents pay millions every year in recapture due to the industry tax base. The La Porte area is supposedly one of the fastest growing areas in GHA right now. Traffic is getting ridiculous for this small of a town with all the Port of Houston truck traffic and general growth.

A concept rendering. 10k seats again. A new ‘Learning/Training/Multipurpose Building’. 8 lane track. New turf, drainage, etc. Fully ADA and UIL compliant for hosting events. New parking, security entrances. Estimated cost $56MM. Definitely needed. It’s well past time.

If I’m not mistaken, PAM & KWP could go from fighting it out for DC to no better than 2 & 3 seeds. Porter might even be 4 seed! Now, who projected that before tonight? 😃

Awhile back I mentioned no one getting out of district unscathed. But GEEZ! This is getting crazy! HA!