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I hate what soccer has become at HJ. Since McDermand left they've been a laughingstock.

Silsbee won 7-0

yup, so should he drop them down below the two teams they just lost to?

I wouldn't put money on HJ making it that far, but this is definitely the easiest road they've had since 4A somehow became a big city classification. Silsbee way down, Yates way down, and HJ holding steady or a a little bit up. There are plenty of solid teams in the region, but for the past several years HJ was so far behind Yates and Silsbee that they literally had no chance of advancing past either one if they met them. Now HJ is a heavy favorite against Silsbee (this year, at least), and looking at Yates' schedule and results they've run up a great record against a very weak schedule, and had some very close results against some very mediocre teams. They're beatable. Obviously they're still a favorite against HJ, but it's not a pipedream to think HJ has a chance if they meet up, which is a big change from the (expected) 50-point drubbing Yates put on them last year. I'm kind of excited that the region has a little bit of the old small school playoff to it this year knowing that it's not a sure thing that a houston team is advancing out.

I don’t disagree, but as an HJ homer I don’t put much weight in thumping what basically amounts to Silsbee’s jv. It’s a little different at higher levels where you have more basketball only players and a bigger pool to choose from while waiting for the football players

My cousin’s son is a freshman at harleton and got to suit up for the game. I told them it would be bad, but didn’t expect it to be THIS bad.

You’ve got it all wrong. It was one of his players raping the freshman cheerleader under the bleachers. Uncle Artie had plenty of time to escort the player because all he had to do was make sure he “didn’t hear about” the bleachers incident.

Either way

Regardless of the outcome, it feels like Dubois has the hawks trending back in the right direction after some growing pains last season in his first year back

The same ones refusing to wear a mask will be the same ones crying when it all gets shut down.

Not good

I suck at cooking, so... Mac n cheese with sliced up hot dogs, I guess.

She can rake.

Done.

Where do you play? Is it legal now, or are you doing home games with friends? I get the occasional invite to a private online game, but would love to get on a site.

Yes.

I think the one number I’ve seen that puts it all into perspective was when I was looking at the numbers in Dallas county (where my dad, stepmom, and sister live). From September to March they had 17 flu deaths throughout the county. This was with people not taking precautions, not social distancing, the usual poor hygiene, refusal of many to get a flu shot, etc. With all of the precautions taken for coronavirus, and many people not leaving the house to avoid getting it, there have been 17 Covid deaths in 15 days in Dallas county. We’re seeing in New York what can happen if the virus spreads unchecked for a time before precautions are put in place. Nearly 700 deaths there yesterday, over 10,000 new cases diagnosed, most in and around NYC. If we did nothing, and experienced similar outbreaks in all major cities, we’d be looking at a death toll nationwide in the tens of thousands until the virus ran its course, many of which would be a result of overwhelming the healthcare system. That’s a scary proposition.

I know 4, one death. A couple others who probably have/had it but weren’t tested. I also have several family and friends who would be high risk if they get sick, including all four of my parents. We’re doing what we can and not taking any chances.

I agree with you that the media has made this worse, and I agree with you about people who politicize the issue. But 1.4 is 14x greater than the .1 death rate of the flu, and if this thing spreads like the flu does we’re going to lose several hundred thousand, if not millions, of Americans. And there are still plenty of people not taking it seriously. My neighbors are 60 years old, and their granddaughter lives with them. She just spent 5 days in New Orleans, which is dang near as bad as Seattle at this point. Since she’s been back she’s been out running around town every night. Currently her ex-boyfriend is back from college and is over there hanging out, and he’s been god knows where. They aren’t concerned about any of this. My stepdad’s buddy just called to ask him ride to Lafayette to go pick up a mattress with him, and seemed irritated when my stepdad said he’s not getting out. We also had some extended family invite us to a fish fry today. All of those people are literally ignoring the risk, and those are three examples I’ve seen in the last 30 minutes.

I bet if he went to 100 doctors and 99 said he needed the procedure he would get it. 99 out of 100 say the coronavirus is a major health crisis and a shocking amount of people latch onto the 1 doctor who says something different.

Well, since basically every scientist and expert in the world is saying this is a major issue, it might be time for people to quit latching onto the rare dissenter that is saying what everybody wants to hear. People are using these articles as justification to act irresponsibly. Dr. Brent Bost is a well-known local doctor. The last several weeks he’s been making YouTube “update” videos on Covid-19, and has consistently downplayed the seriousness of the virus. People are sharing his videos thousands of times on Facebook, with captions like “quit overreacting” or “see, it’s not that big of a deal!” But the WHO, CDC, and thousands of epidemiologists disagree with him. People are ignoring them, and listening to Dr. Bost, because he’s saying what they want to believe. There’s only one problem: he’s a gynecologist. People are legitimately choosing to believe updates on the coronavirus from an OB over those from the CDC, WHO, and infectious disease doctors. I’m not sure what’s worse: the irresponsibility of his videos, or the stupidity of the people who are taking them as gospel.

It’s amazing to me how people who want to pretend that this isn’t a big deal will ignore 99.9% of the experts and healthcare professionals, as well as the WHO and the CDC, and then post some article like this as “verification” that their denial of the problem is justified.

East chambers, Anahuac, and Barbers Hill have all cancelled next week. Hamshire Fannett is out until Thursday to give administrators a chance to better evaluate the situation, and they say if (when) we have a local case they could close for 3-4 weeks. Other districts are on spring break and have a week to see how things play out

Kinda funny how this works. 2 people 60 ft apart hitting a tennis ball back and forth is too dangerous, but piling 2000 kids into a school for 8 hours should be safe.

[Hidden Content] UIL saying they hope to complete the state tourney at a later date.