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Beaumont with another:

murder not local, but the murderer was. I taught him about 15 years ago. Some of these kids come through and you can see it coming, but he wasn’t a bad kid, at least as a little guy. 

On 6/1/2026 at 5:54 PM, kirkwood29 said:

Wrong.  Only the ones who can "afford" the move, which is a lot less common place.  Every HS kid, via parents approval should be able to send their child to wherever/whenever they desire and not be penalized the slightest. 

It’s nothing to move apartments across cities in the Dallas and Houston areas 

Helluva deal! Let’s go, cards! 

2 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

Points - but to me I thought he would be more concerned about mid-terms - his life will be a living hell in Republicans lose majority

I'll agree to disagree with you on that one. 50% of the country hates him and another 25% doesn't like him. He hasn't changed his behavior in any meaningful way to address that. If we get killed on the midterms he'll just blame the voters or cheating or whatever else. 

5 hours ago, thetragichippy said:

Try and explain how the Iran war is about him? He could of easily ignored the threat, kept gas prices low, focused on redistricting and the mid-terms…..but he chose to take care of something other Presidents couldn’t.

oh, it's about him. he had some success and gained some good pub taking out Maduro and figured he could do this and it would be easy and he'd turn the tide for himself... now look where we are. But make no mistake, Trump is all about Trump. If he was selfless he wouldn't be offering funding to politicians willing to rename things after him, and he wouldn't be pushing for a gold coin with his face on it to come out of the treasury. 

5 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

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After reading this: just wow........

 

There was a local situation similar to that close to 10 years ago. Ultimately the parent that was against the incoming transfer QB got the team ineligible for the playoffs (they contacted the UIL themselves). Btw their kid wasn't that good anyway, the transfer was WAY better..🤷🏾‍♂️

behind a paywall, can we get the summary?

1 hour ago, pine curtain said:

High Island has a total of 120 students. that is less than 10 students per grade.

They could be assorbed with little to no change in the school other than added bus routes too High island.

The state pays 6200 per student so without county or local funding EC would receive almost 750,000 a year for those kids.

The cost of building and running a new school is some of the reason some of the small schools should be shut down.

Small schools like that cost the tax payers lots of money with little return.

Lots of towns already bus kids more that 15 miles everyday and it works just fine.

High Island must want their own school in their community, and having sports doesn't sound like as big of a priority. 

this has been a brutal schedule. I'm ready for them to get a few easy teams... Over the last ten series the only teams with a losing record the Rangers have played are the Mariners and the Tigers,, who are both nearing .500 and were playoff teams last year. Now they get the cubs who're tied for the league's best record, after just playing the yankees (also tied for the league's best record) for a second series in 6 days. 

6 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

That particular young man has been released and cleared of all charges.

He signed a football scholarship to a D1 school. Hope this doesn't hurt him since he has been released.

 this all escalated after a "meetup and planned fight among BISD students". he needs to make smarter decisions or he won't have this scholarship for long, assuming he still has it. 

On 5/5/2026 at 9:25 AM, AggiesAreWe said:

Pitching, pitching, pitching.

Although their ERA has dropped from 6.35 to 5.78, Houston is still dead last in the MLB. Next highest ERA is Arizona at 5.07. All other teams have sub 5 ERA's. Astros still lead the majors in walks issued (192). 2nd most is the Reds with 166. Houston's WHIP is a 1.63 which is the worst in baseball. Reds have a 1.50. Also, Astros have given up the most homeruns in MLB with 50 and most runs with 209. Nationals have given up the 2nd most runs with 197.

Only good stat Houston pitching has is strikeouts. They have the third most in MLB with 326., only behind the Mets and the Phillies with 333 and 330.

Houston still leads the American League in hitting. Have a league best in batting average (.267), top 3 MLB in OBP (.346), SLG (.436) and OPS (.782). All those lead AL. Astros lead MLB in doubles (73), lead AL in HR's (44), lead AL in total bases (540). Also 2nd in AL in runs scored (181).

Again, let the current record (14-22, 5 back of AL West) reflect that pitching or lack thereof is solely the cause of being 8 games under .500.

combine the stros' offense with the rangers' pitching and you're looking at a 100-win team. 

I got into a little mini debate on another site and did a very quick dive into Madison's roster. They have players who previously played at high schools in Arlington, Carrollton, Rowlett, Waxahachie, DeSoto, and two players who previously played for Dallas Kimball. I found definitive proof of 7 of their 13 players having transferred in after attending high school somewhere else. And that doesn't factor in those who did that I just didn't find proof, or transferred in as freshmen or sophomores before they'd had a chance to make another varsity team. Just one more argument for forcing large metro areas to play up divisions. It's crazy that a little rural community's once in a lifetime basketball season ended against an AAU team playing 3A basketball. 

1 hour ago, Boogy1000 said:

Who did they lose to that year in the regular season?

looks like silsbee in a tournament, who was a classification higher at the time.

2 hours ago, Boogy1000 said:

Kenyon Spears!! 

kenyon came later. but that 1991 team may be one of the most successful teams in the history of Texas basketball when it comes to success AFTER high school. the entire starting 5 from that team earned their doctorate degrees in their respective fields, and the overwhelming majority of the rest of team has been just as successful. What are the odds that a smalltown basketball team could churn out so much success. 

Dr. Jamey Harrison- former Bridge City Superintendent, current director of the UIL
Dr. Shannon Holmes- former Hardin-Jefferson Superintendent, current director of ATPE
Dr. Jeff Burke- retired as the Superintendent of Splendora
Dr. Joel Nolte- former Asst. Superintendent of Huffman, currently works for the UIL
Dr. Gene Isabell- successful orthopedic surgeon 
Dr. Tim Rowell- pastor, Flatonia Baptist Church
Dr. Neil Laminack- Asst. Principal Grand Oaks High School
Duane Joubert- over 600 wins as a head basketball coach, multiple state championships
Clay Davis- over 300 wins as a head basketball coach, current asst. principal and Splendora MS
David Underwood- business owner with over 100 employees

Coach Charles Breithrupt- Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame, Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor, retired Director of the UIL

Assistant Coach Todd Sutherland- closing in on 1000 career victories, multiple state titles 

we don't talk about them much on here, but that 1991 HJ team was STACKED. 37-1 on the year. 

very difficult start to the season. the rangers have played the 3rd toughest schedule so far. I'm thrilled that they're where the are right now. 

Usually a pretty good squad over there, he should have some talent to coach. Jasper may have done him a favor last year.

11 minutes ago, Reagan said:

Because you didn’t bring up the main point.  Which is rehiring losing coaches 2 and 3 times.   This tells me they weren’t serious.  Hopefully they’ll learn!

in the last 50 years Tarkington has had 19 coaches and 3 winning seasons. it's not the coaches, whether hired once or three times. 

On 4/19/2026 at 7:22 AM, TheMissingBand said:

I can’t see him staying out of the election process. Can you imagine him sitting quietly home at Mir-a-lago during a debate? Not a chance.  He’ll probably host a rally to occur simultaneously. I also expect him to come out in support of a Trump over JD or Rubio… and I fully expect MAGA to vote for them at near 100%.  

I don't see him staying out of it, either. I hope he does, though. A Trump endorsement isn't worth near what it was a year or two ago, and may very well be worth even less in another few years.

In some cases you can say the coaches were ignorant. This one feels criminal.  300-400 push-ups per athletic period for three days straight without breaks or water. 20 of the 80 kids subjected to this hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis. Some folks will still defend it. 

19 hours ago, Porter said:

I was just giving missing band a hard because I know how much he loves Trump. 

I don’t condone a lot of the nonsense he does but he’s the one that has to answer for it not me. There’s no doubt he’s The King of Narcissism. 
 

So what do you suggest should be done about him posting that image?  My understanding is he took it down because he didn’t mean for it to come across that way which you know he rarely back tracks on anything he post. 

I honestly didn't have you in mind when I made the original post. Not sure what you can do about him posting it. He's just alienating more and more supporters. I've never seen a politician try so hard to make people hate them. I don't believe for a second he didn't mean for it to come across the way it did, though. You're right, he's the King of Narcissism. If he was the King of Stupid I might believe that he didn't understand the context of the picture. 

On 4/13/2026 at 6:42 AM, Porter said:

Is that @TheMissingBand Trump’s praying for?

 

Any Christian who excuses this nonsense is worshipping the wrong deity. 

Massive sweep. 3 game swing over both the mariners and the stros, who somehow got swept by the Rockies. The hitting has been bad for us, but the pitching has been fantastic. If you’d told me the rangers would only manage 8 runs over 3 games against the M’s, I would’ve figured us for the team that got swept. But I’ll dang sure take it. 

1 hour ago, baddog said:

How long before you get over the Astros? Lol

I mean, I’m not hung up on them, but I actively root against them as a rangers fan from the same division. I don’t like the Ms, As, or Halos either