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But I still repeat, the west end folks aren’t sending their kids across town to ozen, and where do you place the high school that doesn’t have half the district traveling all the way across town to go to school?

Where do you put the school? The west end Wandas aren’t sending their kids over to the pear orchard, and I don’t even want to talk about the very valid firestorm that would erupt if you start trying to bus kids of color 30 minutes across town to the west Brook campus, which is the only BISD property that could logistically support a high school with almost 5,000 kids.

BISD’s website. [Hidden Content]

As an HF fan, I’m happy with the direction the program is going. Waggoner seems to be getting the most out of this team the last few seasons. 8-4 last year, with two of those loses being by 1 point to Silsbee and to Carthage in the playoffs, and 4-2 this year with 1-score losses to two really good teams. HF is pretty unlucky to be in a district with Jasper, Silsbee, AND WOS. That’s how a team who’s good enough to finish 2nd in most district ends up 4th, and out in the 1st round of the playoffs

So to be clear, your suggestion is that BISD, who’s district encompasses 153 sq miles, should spend tens of millions of dollars to either add on to or build a new school to house 4500 students together in order to field a better team in one sport? Would you suggest buying the nonexistent land in the middle of Beaumont to do this so it’s only 15 minutes away from your major populations of kids, or just add on to one of the preexisting schools and force half of your population to commute 20 miles across town everyday?

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This is something people are kind of overlooking. This has been a tough preseason schedule, like it always is for them. A close loss to Newton, who most recently beat them in 2019 and the year before as well. Silsbee beat them those seasons as well, and this year has their best team in however long. They lost to Nederland last year, who didn’t even make the playoffs, and have dropped a game or two predistrict almost every season for the last several years. They could’ve easily scheduled some cream puffs and started the year 5-0 and nobody would be batting and eye. It’s going to take some time to see how this new system is going to work, and hopefully they’re going to figure some stuff out and work on some of the issues they’re having. There’s still a very reasonable chance that they’ll go 7-3, or maybe 6-4 and then go a few rounds deep in the playoffs. If they go 5-5 and get busted first round I’ll be a little more inclined to agree with some of the stuff I’m seeing said.

I say this nicely as well: I would argue that speculation on a player and coach’s future where nothing but good things are being said about them is a far cry from the threads criticizing players and coaches that many don’t seem to think should be locked. But as far as I know there’s not a rule talking about a player’s future.

I agree Anahuac is an upgrade, but I still think to a degree when it comes to HS football, he'll still be somewhat limited in his ability to make a real run at BIG success there. That said, you're talking like you know the family well, and if so you obviously have more insight than me. Also, if Brady continues with the meteoric rise that so many on here are predicting, the odds of his dad getting an AD offer from a quality 5A/6A program in the next three years is approximately 100%. When you talk about "doing something to Brady", the kid might be more than willing to go play bigtime high school football at a winning 6A program if given the opportunity.

If people are talking about him being a top-10 qb in the country, or even just the state, by the time he's a senior, he should be starting basically anywhere he goes. And I understand that Anahuac and Hardin are around the same distance from Houston. But I'm willing to bet there are several area schools that are much farther from houston that would've happily made a spot for the coach on their staff in larger classifications and with higher profile programs.

People might need to tap the brakes on Anahuac having 4 straight deep playoff runs under him as well. If the kid lives up to anything near the expectations of many on here he'll be gone from Anahuac after next year. His dad left Hardin to give him a better chance at success at Anahuac already. Notice he found a landing spot that's close to Houston? You think he won't bolt Anahuac when his kid's a junior to get him two seasons as a starter at a good 6A school, as well as a large pay raise for himself? He'll be gone next year if the right opportunity presents itself.

kinda like bridge city having an extra week to prepare for them in basketball... it just won't matter.

excellent article. it won't be hard to see who it's directed at... it'll be the ones who say there's no validity to it.

1. Humble Atascocita 2. Galena Park North Shore 3. Barbers Hill 4. Port Arthur Memorial 5. Nederland 6. Fort Bend Marshall 7. Texas City 8. Jasper 9. West Orange-Stark 10. Little Cypress-Mauriceville 11. Silsbee 12. Newton 13. Coldspring-Oakhurst 14. Diboll 15. Hardin 16. Hemphill 17. Kirbyville 18. Anahuac 19. Woodville 20. New Waverly 21. Joaquin 22. Timpson 23. Grapeland 24. Chester 25. Oakwood

Not sure what lamar needs to do to become competitive

Not much of a tennis guy, but you can’t deny greatness

You give Romo a defense close to this good during his prime and he wins multiple rings.

This season, more so than any other that I can remember in my 15 or so years on SETXsports, we're having a major problem with multiple posters from multiple teams continually bashing, criticizing, and insulting various area coaches. Moderators have had to post the no coach-bashing rule in multiple threads that have gone off the rails due to complaints about coaching. There are ways to express yourself without violating this rule. If you can't find a way to do so, I'd suggest avoiding the topic completely. I don't care if WOS goes 2-8, if Vidor runs the ball up the middle 200 times in a row, or if Hull-Daisetta doesn't listen to the experts and mismanages the clock while calling the wrong plays. Anyone who violates this rule during the remainder of the season is receiving an immediate one-week ban. Violations are decided by moderator discretion. If you continue to violate the rule once you return you will be banned permanently. If you're about to make a post about coaching, but you're not sure if it's okay, don't make it. Save your opinion for facebook, or better yet, go to the game and scream it in the stands with the other coaching experts. It's important to remember that while our site encourages healthy discussion, we demand an atmosphere of respect towards our local players, coaches, and communities, no matter your opinion of their performance.. Please remember that this post is your free warning. Any questions about this rule, or about a post you'd like to make, may be sent to myself or other moderators in private message for clarification without repercussions. Below, for the fiftieth time, is the rule that so many of you continue to violate. Thank you, and happy posting. 18 ) The bashing of any particular coach, player, referee, etc will not be tolerated. This includes issues involving their personal lives, coaching/playing style or performance, past experiences, etc.

HJ has shown some improvement, but it’s going to be tough to find many wins in this district. Silsbee is obviously the cream of the crop, and this one is probably going to be ugly.

If Jasper plays like they did against Liberty then HF has a good shot in this one. It’s hard to pick them when they’ve never beaten them, though. Should be a good game