Lightning/Eagle

Any chance Splendora moves up to 4A along with Huffman? They have to have close to a thousand kids there now. If they do then I think you would see. Livingston Splendora New Caney Porter Caney Creek Kingwood Park Huffman North Forest

Upper 50's......That must be nice. Enjoy the trip, hope you get to raft down a river or something in your off time. We did that and also took a trip over to Estes Park when we were there a few years ago.

Have to say this was amusing coming from someone with the name Hall of Fame. Isn't what the hall does is talk about glory days? Sorry just couldn't resist. I believe this will be a very good series.

It is Deans and it is very good.

Who tallied the vote if the coach let them vote? If it was the coach he probably still decided and let the players think they were deciding.

I'm not one of the same old people. I did not like the way this was approached. This is by far my favorite site. I do not post alot but can say I follow the softball, baseball, football, and basketball boards on this site daily. The majority of the post from the person that was called out are informative. Yes he occasionally pushes the rules of the site, but so do a bunch of others.

Lightning, How are you ? Where is Dean at to start this year ? Doing good, How's your son doing? Last I heard P.J. was being kept in extended spring training. Not sure if he will be on the AA roster this year or not. He was involved in a big league trade last year from the Nationals organization to the Marlins. Lightning...if you will send me a pm. I can only reply to pm's for some reason. Thanks. Check your PM box

Lightning, How are you ? Where is Dean at to start this year ? Doing good, How's your son doing? Last I heard P.J. was being kept in extended spring training. Not sure if he will be on the AA roster this year or not. He was involved in a big league trade last year from the Nationals organization to the Marlins.

New Caney has the following currently playing college or pro ball that I know of. Adam Dunn - Pro Billy Carnline - Pro Jared Smith -College Kris Miller - College PJ Dean - Pro

Personally I love basketball. Have played it my whole life. Went to a couple of home high school basketball games this year but saw all the home football games and most of the away games. I also watched some playoff football games that were not affiliated with my home town team. I did not see any playoff basketball games. Had the home town team made the playoffs in basketball I probably would have went and watched them if the travel wasn't too far. I've actually seen more softball games this year than basketball games. If you ask me which I prefer to play it would be basketball by a long shot. But for overall popularity of fan excitement my opinion is football is king.

Final Four Wake Forest Memphis Pittsburgh Oklahoma I got Utah State going to the sweet 16 so I guess I could call them a sleeper.

Too much athleticism at New Waverly. They win this one by 8.

I do not know for sure. Only going by what was written in the local paper.

New Caney is looking good. I say they will not finish last in the district and will get one of the 4 playoff spots With two weeks gone in the regular season, New Caney’s baseball team has an offense better suited for a video game. The Eagles have scored at least seven runs in nine of their first 10 games. They have six guys hitting over .400. Two Eagles, Jacob Caple and Shawn Wade, each have 12 runs batted in for the season, while another batter, Dwayne Snider, has nine. As a team, the Eagles are batting .465 with a .539 on-base percentage. All of those numbers add up to a 9-1 start for New Caney and a future that is looking brighter by the minute. “The emphasis all fall was to get off to a good start,†Eagles head coach Donnie Randell said. “We’ve had slow starts in the past. We finally had a little experience and maturity about us.†Last weekend, the Eagles went 4-1 in the Brenham/Montgomery Tournament to take third place. New Caney played its first four games of the tournament within a 24-hour span, beating Bryan, Montgomery and Huntsville but losing to Texas City. The Eagles defeated Kyle Lehman 8-6 in the third-place game last Saturday. If there was anything to quibble about with New Caney, it would be the inconsistent pitching. The Eagles’ staff has allowed five runs or more in seven games already. Randell attributes most of that to fatigue, but he said it has been difficult keeping the earned runs down. “We’ve gotten great contributions from three or four guys,†Randell said. “It’s a struggle because no one can throw as many pitches as we’d like them to throw. Early in the year, you’re giving up a few runs, but on the flip side you’re going to get better as the season rolls along.†Even though they have allowed a lot of runs, the Eagles still have a couple of solid pitchers at the top of their rotation. Jordan Harrison has 13 strikeouts to just four walks in nine innings pitched, while Wade has a 1.33 earned run average. New Caney took on Kingwood Park last night. The Eagles have one more tournament left this weekend, their own New Caney Invitational, before they begin play in District 14-5A next week. Randell said the district season should be extremely tough. “We knew coming in that we had one of the toughest districts in the state,†Randell said. “All those schools have exceptional players. We started planning for this two years ago; we made a commitment for our younger players that we would develop them in the varsity.â€

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They've been swinging the sticks good so far. Record 5-0

Woden has a really nice gym.

what year? what happened? How long were they "not allowed to play UIL football?" o stealthninja, that never happened, you have a nobody running his mouth about something he knows NOTHING about, yes the calling was poor at this tourney, but in the end the better team won, now if we were to have a re-match would they win again, who know's, I believe its how these kids show up that day and want to play, Congrats to both teams!!!!!!!! Indian Fan, You may want to check into this because it did happen to Cleveland just not to the extreme that was stated. It was in the mid 80's and it was basketball not football. They were able to play UIL games but they did have some games played where no fans were allowed to enter the gym. During this time frame Cleveland had some very good teams. I do not remember the exact year but would say between 82 and 85. This resulted from a very bad fight where most of the blame was placed, and I guess proven to have been caused by the Cleveland supporters.

Lake Travis 35 Longview 31 This will be a heck of a game.

I happened to get to see the LT vs Kileen game. Lake Travis is very good. I will also say that they have more than just Gilbert. They had 3 turnovers in the first quarter and were still up 22-0 at the end of the quarter. Their O line is dominant and I mean really dominant. Number 70 the left tackle has also committed to UT. That kid can flat out play. He hustled on every play. Not only blocking at the line of scrimmage but had really good speed and was blocking downfield after some of the shorter passes. Number 4 was their best receiver, he had great hands and ran precise patterns. The defense was good but not great. They will give up a couple or three scores to FW. I will guess the FW game to end up around 56 to 21. Gilbert's backup at quarterback would start for most teams. He got a lot of playing time this year because they always got up big early. He is number 18 and is really fast. He will also throw a pass from a reverse after lining up as a receiver.

This should be a heck of a 4A game. Both teams 12-0

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I also went and watched this game. I agree the officiating left alot to be desired. However on the inadvertant whistle most of the defense stopped. The whistle blew really early in the play. He may have gained 10 yards had the whistle not blown. Really it had no impact on the outcome of the game. New Waverly has some really good athletes and most only play on one side of the ball. Keeping them fresh. For 2A this is not all that common. I was impressed. #20 can flat out fly but also runs very tough. I am not one for talking down coaches so I will try to watch what I say, but their was a coach on the field who received a unsportsmanlike penalty. A little later their was an opposing player injured on that sideline, from my vantage point it appeared the coach actually stepped over him. I am not from either school, so I believe my opinion is unbiased but it looked to be in very poor taste.

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