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Coop...anything on Anahuac? or other 24-2A schools.  I already know about Warren from ^ above.

Kountze is not too bad.  They are scrappy, but really only have one weapon in Johnson, the middle blocker.  She hits like a ton of bricks, but they rely on her too much.  The others are nice athletes but not a hitter like Johnson.  I will concede that the Kountze team did win the Evadale tourney.  They are a decent team and will be at least in the mix for 1st or 2nd in District. 

Hardin over Tarkington 39-0 final.

Chip Ambres??? or is he too young???

it was a JV and Freshman tourney...for the freshmen, i believe it was Hardin vs. Livingston and Livingston won the match 2-0...for the JV, it was West Hardin vs. Tarkington and Tarkington won the match 2-0.

this might be him...

http://www.kountzeisd.org/education/staff/staff.php?sectionid=580&PHPSESSID=cd90568d421cfe9a40202d717d99899a

ya'll would be getting a second year coach.  sometimes the good ones are the young ones...

yes, congrats to Jason.  I played against this guy in BB in HS and this guy was one of the best in the area at the time.  He also has a lot of heart.  He was a person who hustled and he will expect the same for his team.

You would be surprised at how much H-D pays their coaches.  They are paid very well considering they are at a 1A school.  Heck, I believe H-D pays more than Hardin or comparable 2A schools.  I can believe that Lumberton pays poorly because I interviewed there about 12 years ago and the school just didn't really look like a 4A school.  Kind of shabby looking; of course, that was 12 years ago so I would hope that it has changed.

He did go to H-D.  He is a former WH player who could be lights out when he was in HS.  Don't know about OC but is Head BB for H-D.

I have heard that they are going to a spread offense so yes, they will like to pass but this will be done to set up the run.  If you watch spread offenses, especially the ones in college (not really meaning to compare HS to college, it is just a point), they run the spread in order to take as many defensemen out "of the picture" so to speak.  If a linebacker follows a wr or TE, that's one less right there.  If the cards fall right, then the spread may enable another defenseman to make the wrong mistake, then the run can work.  I think Stelly will be another excellent 2-way player; remember, he racked up more than 100 tackles as a linebacker.  Coach Haynes was a former QB at Lamar so he knows offense; I think that Hardin will have growing pains at first, however they have a young team so watch out for them next year.

BTW, this is assuming the spread offense is what is being installed at Hardin. 

He is old-school.  I think he's coached for more than 25 years.  Can be very hard-nosed and intense at times. 

Both 3Afan and etbu are correct.

I heard that he has already given a soft verbal to USC  ;D

I heard that Huddleston from H-D is the new DC at WH.

Thanks COOP!!

due to rain and other commitments, I was not able to attend the SQT.  Even though I now know the results, I would be grateful if someone would post the scores that enabled them to advance.  The only score/win I know is against 2nd Baptist to advance.  I do not know any others... Please help.

here is a nice article about Haynes, (courtesy of theoldcoach.com) it details his career pretty good...

http://www.theoldcoach.com/archives/2007/06/hardin_employs.php

key word is former and it can't be an official deadlock if one of the board members was not there.  There are ways around things like that.  Generally, school boards are famous statewide for doing things their own way.  I would not be surprised if that happens here.  I agree with YardBird that school boards can set policy and I think that will happen in this case.

Wow....

Congratulations to Coach Slack and the best of luck to you, Coach Huddleston.

This will be interesting to see how it plays out, however, the transition should be fairly easy since H-D is pretty much loaded.

hey Swami, calm down a little bit.  He meant that if you want background on Slack, talk to the athletes he currently coaches to see if he would translate to the program at H-D.  They (the athletes) just happen to be at Hardin.

Yes, the one from Crosby; I think he is a Hardin graduate.

Not saying that BC coach was "pencil-whipping", I have competed against BC and have nothing but the utmost respect for them.  The "pencil-whipping" thing was just a rant against coaches in general that do that.  Did not mean to imply that of anyone in this district, again just a general rant because I know it happens.

Sorry... :-\

I agree that 25 first team all-district players is too much.  When you count in the other players (2nd team and Hon. Mention), it sounds like every starter in the district was picked!

In our district (24-2A) we picked 10 players for 1st team (6 infielders and 4 outfielders) same for 2nd team, etc.

Stats are a part of the game and should accurately reflect a players abilities; they should be used to determine district picks because no one is going to have video showing why their player should be picked.  However, the one problem I would have with stats is that "pencil-whipping" occurs a lot with coaches.  By "pencil-whipping" I mean that coaches will fatten up the stat sheet with hits that should be errors or give a player a double when it was obvious that she advanced to 2B on a throw-in, etc.  I remember one team that put up a player with an .800 batting average, but she didn't get a hit against us so that would have meant she pretty much got 1.000 batting average against everyone else.  It can be kind of hard to believe a stat line like that.  But I am not saying it isn't possible though... :

I'll go with Hardin on this one as they will have Clements on the mound.  They are well coached and should do well provided they play good defense (obviously).