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I believe that Kountze can win the game with Hardin.  They have the heart and desire to win.  Buna is a very good team , but when they played the Lions , the Lions didn't just give to them Buna had to fight for the win.  Im going with the Lions and "Our Boy #21.  Stay focused and bring home the win.

Kountze has the heart and desire to win????  And Hardin doesn't????  Yes, Buna beat them 49-32, but the score at halftime was 35-6 in favor of Buna....the Hardin boys didn't back down...they tried to come back but just ran out of time...Hardin didn't "give in to them" so I call Hardin wins 28-12.

Coogs you have a great team but Hardin came out second half be for real no boredom seen.  Also alot of bad spots appears ref was form beaumont chapter.  Especially the offsides called agaist hardin in the first series.  But yoy beat hardin soundly.   Recievers from Hardin could not catch a cold Friday night.

Yes, Buna does have a great team but I concur on the bad spotting by the refs.  We had a 4th down play in which our receiver caught the ball then went out of bounds.  His right foot went out before the left foot did and his right foot was past the 1st down marker.  I had an excellent view of that play and the ref went to where his left foot did, instead of the right.  That made it a turnover on downs for Hardin.  Yes, some of the passes the Hardin receivers should have been caught, but that would only have made it 500 yards passing instead of 422.  It was the run game that sputtered.

if your a buna fan why are all your post about how hardin is so great and every other team that is turning their programs around are all overated and hardin is the best??  your probably from hardin and in the band or something arent you??

He is talking about Hardin b/c this is NOT a Buna thread.  Go be rude somewhere else....

Thanks Joel Osteen

What's wrong with being positive????  If you have to make fun of someone trying to be positive after a loss, you are a twisted person....

I will give Buna their props and say they looked very good on offense tonight.  That is some good running by Buna.  #7 was very quick off the ball and #20 was very shifty.  Hardin did not make the tackle at first contact and that kills a team when it happens a lot.

If Buna plays EC like they played Hardin, EC better bring their A game...

ya buna beat kountze but it was only 21-14. what other team in the district held buna that low?? plus buna didnt have that much yards against kountze. Buna beat hardin then they did kountze.

From what I saw in the Buna-Hardin game, Buna has a very good running team, however, even the good teams have an off day and I suspect this is what happened in the Buna/Kountze game.  Maybe Buna was expecting it to be easy and let their guard down and Kountze showed them.  However, this only showed everyone else not to take Kountze lightly.  After the Buna/Hardin game, Hardin is going to take everyone seriously.  I also seem to remember hearing that maybe Buna fumbled a lot in the game with Kountze.  That is enough to throw a team off its feed.

Also, if you make that argument about holding "Buna that low", Hardin scored more against Buna than you did.  So there....

too much speed for the lions??? are you outside your mind?? KOUNTZE HAS PLENTY OF SPEED. and a defense that is better than buna's.. so look for a good game. KOUNTZE WILL PULL IT OUT.

Ok, I'll bite...if Kountze has a defense that is better than Buna's..how come Kountze lost to Buna??  Besides, whsalum is saying "a little too much speed"; he is not saying that Kountze is slow...he is saying that Hardin has players that are faster than Kountze's players.  To rephrase that, Kountze is fast but not quite fast enough.  Buna is pretty fast, but not fast enough to contain Marsh when he caught the ball tonight.

Plus, to the person who quoted that Kountze has the district champs in track, that was last year.... ;D

I think hardin wins by 100 points

Come on bob, don't be ridiculous!!!  All you are doing is trying to stir the pot...I think it will be a good ol' fashioned shootout!!  Both teams have things that could help them win so it is actually a game which I call an "either/or" game.  Either Hardin will win or Buna will win....  

Please spare me the argument that every game is an "either/or" game...  Alot of times you can guess which team will win...this one, I can't even begin to guess who wins...although I hope it is Hardin.  ;D

sure about that?  It took the Lionettes 5 games to down Hardin on their own turf.  The next game is in Hardin...  I would be careful about using "lay the smack down" phrase b/c that usually comes back to bite ya!!!

probably because Buccaneers are pirates and pirates always have parrots.  ;D

don't slam me, I'm just trying to guess why the guy thinks EC is birdies...or he could be making a play on words with the "Buc" part because some birds go "Buc, Buc".  Heck, I don't know....I'm not a psychologist.  ???

The bad thing about Homecomings is the distraction it offers to the home players.  There is usually a lot of things going on during Homecoming week and that can be a factor that works against a team.  Now I don't think Buna will be unfocused, but I do think it will be a good game.  Sorry, I had commented earlier about "your margin of victory"...I got you confused with BCoogs08 so if Hardin does lose then I think it will be by your score then.  But then again, I still think Hardin wins.  ;D

that is not what I said.  I said that I found it interesting that Hardin had more yards total offense than Buna and that I think that it will be a tougher test than ya'll Buna fans are thinking.  It was just a comment on a fact.  Nowhere did I say that the team with the most yards wins.  Just about every one of the Buna supporters puts Buna in a blowout like 42-14, 35-14, 42-26, etc.  Yes, I am a Hardin supporter and notice that, even though I think Hardin will win, my picked score is much closer in margin of victory than yours, e.g. Hardin 34-28. 

I just happen to think it will be the toughest test for Buna's defense so far this year, and vice versa...Buna will be the best team they have yet played until EC comes around.

if anyone wants to compare the two teams statistically, go to

http://home.beaumontenterprise.com/editorial/sports/HS_database/beaumont_results.html?site=default&tpl=zBMT_Team

scroll down and look on the left and find "District 24-2A" and click on the team of your choice and it will take you to the stats for that team.

I find it interesting that Hardin has outgained Buna by 1,000 yards on total offense.  I think this will be a tougher test than what Buna fans think...at least defensively for the Coogs.

I pick Hardin 34, Buna 28

  Hats off to Kountze who played hard the whole game but Buna didnt play very well and really had to pull it out in the end. 

Come on now, don't give the "didn't play very well" excuse....Look at the Hardin/Anahuac game, the game appeared to be well in hand with 2-3 minutes left to play with Hardin leading 42-20 and Anahuac did not have a bit of quit in them and stormed back.  Both teams played well in that game.  Hardin for the majority of the game then Anahuac for the last 3 minutes...whew!!!

Does anyone know how many interceptions Blanton Craft and the rest of the Buna secondary has? 

I don't know about the entire secondary, but maxpreps.com has Craft with 6 INTs on the year, good enough for #1 in state in that category (according to maxpreps anyway).  The only thing I find curious about Craft is that his maxpreps profile lists him as 5'6" tall.  Someone else posted on another thread that he has a 30"+ vertical.  This may account for his INTs but Marsh is close to 6 ft (if not already) and his vertical is extremely high (not sure what it is, but he can dunk and he did dunk the football over the crossbars one time after a score).  If Craft is put on him, Marsh has the extra length to pluck the ball out of the sky.  Anyway, that is my hope...but Buna is a darn good team and it will be a dandy.

ok ok  Buna 35     hardin 15. happy now. buna's d-line, o-line, backs and defensive backs will be too much for the Hornets. they were last year and are 100 times better this year.

According to you,  you have the perfect team.  But the perfect team doesn't let anybody score on them...I think you are overestimating your own team.  I will give you the oline but Hardin can play with anybody everywhere else.  Props to Anahuac, but the game should not have been that close.  With the exception of blown coverage on one,  the other onside kicks were extremely lucky.  They got the right bounces to go their way.  Practically the whole game the kicking game was onsides all the time.  Kicker must not be able to kick that well.  I think out of like 10-12 onside kicks, they recovered 4-5 of them.  If I was Anahuac's special teams coach, I would have gone out last night and bought a lottery ticket because that just doesn't happen.

One heck of a game...one that left a lot of hearts palpitating tonight.  Anahuac played all out and did not give up even though they were down.  They kept playing even though their starting RB went out with an injury (#32).  He had to leave by ambulance.   If anyone knows about him, posting his condition would help...prayers go out to the young man....

The play that started it all was a fumble by the second string offense.  Anahuac lit up the board after that...

Hardin wins despite, I believe, 5 recovered onside kicks by Anahuac with a score of 42-41.

I repeat, Hardin wins 42-41, final...

Tarkington has had a good program for the last few years and it starts from the ground up.  Their junior high program is good as well.  I was at the Tarkington MS tournament last weekend and the Lady Horns 8th grade A team was very good.  Great servers and they are always active on the court.  I believe the HS team has only lost 3 games overall this year.  Kudos to the Lady Horns...and the coaches as well.  Almost forgot to credit the coaches.  They know their stuff.

i have heard "run the touchdown play coach".

B/c 23-2A has only a few schools that play volleyball and they put Warren in there to make it more fair as far as number of opponents.  24-2A has plenty of schools volleyballwise so it was ok, however volleyball is the only sport that Warren plays in 23-2A.  Everything else is 24-2A.  Weird, I know, but that is why...

Kountze now has sole possesion of first with a victory over hardin.. 6-0 now in district

so what?  that is one game...there is still some more to be played...

Don't worry about Dayton...Coach Stewart knows how to do the right things and when to do them...Yes, Dayton has a losing record, but not for long.  He and his coaching staff will prevail with the team and make the playoffs.  This is my opinion... 8)

I have to disagree on best backfield... The boys, esp the Blanton Craft kid, are all fine athletes but my grandma could be a good RB with that line Buna has.  The 5 RBs are a product of a very large and strong line. (yes, i know I will lose karma or get flamed...but what can I say???  The Oline gets all the publicity.. )

If I had to pick and choose from the teams  in the district...

oline - Buna

QB - Nolan @ Hardin

RB/WR ala Reggie Bush - Thomas @ EC

Fullback/groundpounder RB - Stelly @ Hardin

WRs - Marsh @ Hardin, Thomas as stated above, Day @ Hardin

DLine - there was a kid from DVille who could move, but i don't know his name, name is reserved here for the next few teams I see.  (haven't seen a lot of great Dline play.

Lb - Stelly @ Hardin, kid from Warren (McGee?), I think EC has one nice one too.

DB - Collins @ Hardin, Craft from Buna, etc

Yes, I am a Hardin fan, but honestly, I haven't seen but one district team this year (Dville) so some of the picks are based on what i have read/heard.  Please allow me to reserve judgement after district is over...i may change my mind on some of the picks     I would like to think that I am open minded so I would change even the Hardin picks if someone impressed me enough.

best back?

These are the ones I have seen....

best QB - Jordan Nolan, Hardin

best finesse RB - Tramain Thomas, EC

best old school, between tackles RB - John Stelly, Hardin

That is just for 24-2a because I confess I haven't seen anything else but that district. 

Now, the best back in HS now, even though he is injured, is McGuffie of Cyfair.  I have seen him play and he is the real deal.  Although, I think he will change his mind about Michigan and go to a Texas school.  I, for one, hopes he stays instate.

something is happening on Friday for Warren, but I will be danged if I can remember what it is.  Someone told me but, like I said, just can't remember...

just my 2 cents...

Hardin 41

Warren 20