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HJ has enough support at their games to justify using both sides of the gym. i wasn't able to attend tonight. Did OF have enough fans to fill the entire visitor side? I assume that when the hawks play at OF, the OF fans will feel inclined to sit wherever they'd like as well. as for the game itself, OF proved they were capable of competing with HJ, for awhile at least. i have noticed that HJ tends to have close games turn into blowout wins when their press wears down their opponents during the second half, so i don't know how well i can really judge a team by their first half performance against the hawks. Congrats to the hawks on another district win, and good luck to OF during the rest of your district play. ya'll were always one of the teams i respected when i was a hawk.

this result does not bode well for WB. lumberton is a good team, but normally the brook fields a good team as well. good luck to both teams throughout the season.

i'm glad to hear it... mrs. ricossa was cleaning my teeth today and said that maybe someone else had gotten sick (i can't remember his name).

insane! if you can dunk from your tippy toes, you ought to count as two players. watching him play, though, i bet you he'd have trouble dunking a ball on a 10 1/2 ft goal. he's not much of an athlete.

i heard HJ has another starter who might be too sick to play, so they might be three short. even still, their subs are pretty dang good, and i think they'll pull this one out, regardless of who is on the floor.

If i had to bet, i'd pick yates, but i'd sure hate to have to bet on this game. it would have the potential of being a very tight, competitive game.

pretty impressive!

i never thought i'd be saying this, but... don't worry raider fans. there's always football next year.

HJ 88 OF 52

HJ 71 Jasper 49

got our tickets in the mail! anybody else?

wow, i didn't expect this one... good job dawgs!

i'm glad to see my hawks come back from a couple of tough losses with a HUGE win against silsbee!

Way to go Hawks! is brazos supposed to be any good?

sounds reasonable... like i said, i didn't see much of the kid, so i'm glad to hear some opinions. the whole of it is that there are always going to be inconsistencies when it comes to all-district and all-state, and this is a perfect example of that.

i think you're point is somewhat proven. you're neglecting the fact that these coaches have every reason to bargain for their own players, and bring in politics when it suits them. i can't say anything about mr. johnson's situation, because i don't know enough about him. but it could also be argued that when he was taken out of a situation where the coaches were playing favorites and bargaining for their own players, he was given a much higher honor based on his ability, rather than what his coach was able to work out for him. i'm also confused about another thing... if he's not even good enough to be considered a top-level defensive player in the district, why is an elite college such as texas so interested in him? again, i don't know much about his season, and i am only trying to bring up discussion points. something doesn't add up somewhere. i do recall my senior year of high school where a defensive back on our team was only chosen as an honorable mention pick for all district, while the coach's son was a unanimous first teamer at the same position. not only was the the coaches son the lesser player, but the honorable mention player made 1st team all state (probably a direct result of leading the entire state in interceptions for 3A football).

Unless the Lamar team that everyone was expecting in the preseason polls shows up, i say tech by 30 points. If Lamar can somehow wake up and play MUCH better than any game they've played all season, i say they lose by less than 10.

it's not going to make a big difference, even if they get all ten of these guys. soccer has to grow in popularity before star-power is going to make any real difference at all. how many people who care nothing about soccer are going to say "hey, they have some french dude named Henry? i better start going to the games!" while getting some stars from overseas may bring a few soccer fans into the mix who hated the MLS because in the past it's been slow and boring, i just don't see it making a major impact. The beckham effect was a one-time deal. He is recognizable across the US, to soccer lovers and the soccer ignorant alike. there is no other player like that in the world. i do think that soccer will continue to grow, however, as more and more young children are beginning to play. as for the older generations who didn't grow up with it, i don't think there's anything we can do to get their attention, with the exception of a nude jessica simpson halftime performance.

i say next year we have a site-sponsored boxing match between ozensfinest and beards_bro. the loser has to put the necessary apostrophe in their avatar, and the winner gets to put the player of their choice on the all-district second team. the bout can be scored by coop and j-dawg. if no winner is decided in the boxing match, then a fight to the death will ensue.

For me it wasn't any particular game, it was just watching all the buzz on here. In years past I've only cheered for one or two teams, but getting involved on here made me feel like i had personal stake in every game. I enjoyed watching the various districts unfold, and watching some of the more memorable playoff runs that our area has had in the past few years. I've had fun, and i can't wait until next season starts up!

i didn't really see much of johnson's play this year, but i do know this... all-district picks are often politically influenced, so that may explain the disparity here. also, all-state picks are made mostly on stats, especially if a team doesn't go deep into the playoffs, so they may not have seen him play at all. i dunno, kinda strange how things work out.

I've been impressed with the lady hawks this year... how did they do last year? i don't remember there being much talk about them.

it's a little early to start this type of speculation. let's re-examine things when we're halfway through district. one thing i will say... silsbee is the only team that can beat HJ this year, unless HJ plays their worst game in two years against one of the other teams. as for third place, there hasn't been enough head-to-head between the teams that will be fighting it out. Once we start seeing some of the results from those games, it may be a little easier to call.

way to go hawks! this also was a good chance for big sandy to get in a tough game to prepare themselves for later in the year.

I think it's all being blown out of proportion. You shouldn't punish players for breaking rules that were either: A) not even rules yet at the time they were breaking them not being enforced at the time