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The Friendswood Lady Mustangs traveled to BH last night for their first scrimmage of the year and faced a really good Barber's Hill team.  The Lady Eagles have size, speed, and shooting ability.  Plus, they are super aggressive.  To paraphrase Rev from Friday Night Lights, "They're big, they're fast," they are physical, "they're big!"  I've been aware of the BH players on this team for a couple of years through AAU games and they have only gotten better and taller.  They should make a deep playoff run.  Good Luck Lady Eagles.

Great Game Dayton!  But, the only way a team who gives up 41 points can "trounce" the opposition is if they score 160.

Lumberton scores 48 points from behind the three point line!  Wow.  That is great shooting and the Raider girls werent just knocking down regular 3pt shots.  They were taking many from d-e-e-p!.  The outside shooting opened up the inside game.  Not shocked that Lumberton won, but a little shocked by the pt total on both sides. 
 
G-Ball's defense was bad, but Lumberton's girls shot the lights out.

Please go back and review my posts.  Where did I say I felt sorry for the losing team?  Where did I say that everyone should get a trophy?  Where did I say that blowouts should be legislated out of any game?  Where did I say that I even thought blowouts were avoidable?  Please address what I have written, not what you have decided I mean.
 
In the local games you mentioned I guarantee you the winning coaches did more to prevent humiliating the losing team than the California coach did.  (BTW, notice that the California team scored almost twice the points as the teams in your comparison). In other articles about the game on line he said he should have pulled his starters after the first quarter and that the game got away from him.  Even the coach of the California team that won admits he made mistakes and could have done more to keep the score down. 
 
For the record, I hate that everybody gets a trophy crap.  When my kids came home from elementary school awards assemblies without awards and were upset my question to them was, "What did you do to earn an award?" My kids have played sports their whole lives and the seasons I hated the most were the "fall ball" baseball seasons where they didnt turn the score board on.  Winning is important.  It is the reward for hard work and excellence.  Losing is what happens when you arent as good as the winning team whatever the reason.  What happened in California was an example of bad sportsmanship that goes beyond winning and losing.  And, sportsmanship should be one of the lessons school employed coaches are teaching kids.
 
There is a big difference between good sportsmanship and giving everyone a trophy.

Football has gotten a black eye in the media over the past few years with news of abuse by players and increased concerns about head injuries. Many in the media and in our society seem convinced that the game teaches kids to be violence and is driven by parents trying to live out their own dreams of glory at the expense of their son's health.  But those people overlook the real heart of the game and the benefits it provides to the young men who play.
 
My own son's football career came to an end this season when his team lost in the second round of the playoffs.  There were tears on the field and in the crowd when the last seconds ticked off the clock.  As the weeks since have passed I have had time to reflect on my son's experience as a football player and what football has done for him and for other young men across the state and country.
 
My son was not a star player on his team.  In fact, he only got to play in four games, always in "garbage" time at the end of games.  But we celebrated all thirty or so snaps he took, because they represented the payoff of all the hard work and pain he endured to earn them.  Football taught my son so many things -- how to work with others, how to commit to something bigger than yourself, how to support others, how to overcome adversity,  how to accept responsibility for actions that impact others, that success has to be earned, and that the most rewarding things in life are the product of hard work. These are the lessons that football teaches. 
 
When you combine those things with the fact that football encourages young men to be better students and gives them extra incentive for staying in school, I believe that football benefits our society much more than it harms it.  I'm thankful for the game, those who sacrifice their time to coach it, and those coaches who care about the development of the young men under their supervision as men and not just players.

Football has gotten a black eye in the media over the past few years with news of abuse by players and increased concerns about head injuries. Many in the media and in our society seem convinced that the game teaches kids to be violence and is driven by parents trying to live out their own dreams of glory at the expense of their son's health.  But those people overlook the real heart of the game and the benefits it provides to the young men who play.
 
My own son's football career came to an end this season when his team lost in the second round of the playoffs.  There were tears on the field and in the crowd when the last seconds ticked off the clock.  As the weeks since have passed I have had time to reflect on my son's experience as a football player and what football has done for him and for other young men across the state and country.
 
My son was not a star player on his team.  In fact, he only got to play in four games, always in "garbage" time at the end of games.  But we celebrated all thirty or so snaps he took, because they represented the payoff of all the hard work and pain he endured to earn them.  Football taught my son so many things -- how to work with others, how to commit to something bigger than yourself, how to support others, how to overcome adversity,  how to accept responsibility for actions that impact others, that success has to be earned, and that the most rewarding things in life are the product of hard work. These are the lessons that football teaches. 
 
When you combine those things with the fact that football encourages young men to be better students and gives them extra incentive for staying in school, I believe that football benefits our society much more than it harms it.  I'm thankful for the game, those who sacrifice their time to coach it, and those coaches who care about the development of the young men under their supervision as men and not just players.

Football has gotten a black eye in the media over the past few years with news of abuse by players and increased concerns about head injuries. Many in the media and in our society seem convinced that the game teaches kids to be violence and is driven by parents trying to live out their own dreams of glory at the expense of their son's health.  But those people overlook the real heart of the game and the benefits it provides to the young men who play.
 
My own son's football career came to an end this season when his team lost in the second round of the playoffs.  There were tears on the field and in the crowd when the last seconds ticked off the clock.  As the weeks since have passed I have had time to reflect on my son's experience as a football player and what football has done for him and for other young men across the state and country.
 
My son was not a star player on his team.  In fact, he only got to play in four games, always in "garbage" time at the end of games.  But we celebrated all thirty or so snaps he took, because they represented the payoff of all the hard work and pain he endured to earn them.  Football taught my son so many things -- how to work with others, how to commit to something bigger than yourself, how to support others, how to overcome adversity,  how to accept responsibility for actions that impact others, that success has to be earned, and that the most rewarding things in life are the product of hard work. These are the lessons that football teaches. 
 
When you combine those things with the fact that football encourages young men to be better students and gives them extra incentive for staying in school, I believe that football benefits our society much more than it harms it.  I'm thankful for the game, those who sacrifice their time to coach it, and those coaches who care about the development of the young men under their supervision as men and not just players.

Football has gotten a black eye in the media over the past few years with news of abuse by players and increased concerns about head injuries. Many in the media and in our society seem convinced that the game teaches kids to be violence and is driven by parents trying to live out their own dreams of glory at the expense of their son's health.  But those people overlook the real heart of the game and the benefits it provides to the young men who play.
 
My own son's football career came to an end this season when his team lost in the second round of the playoffs.  There were tears on the field and in the crowd when the last seconds ticked off the clock.  As the weeks since have passed I have had time to reflect on my son's experience as a football player and what football has done for him and for other young men across the state and country.
 
My son was not a star player on his team.  In fact, he only got to play in four games, always in "garbage" time at the end of games.  But we celebrated all thirty or so snaps he took, because they represented the payoff of all the hard work and pain he endured to earn them.  Football taught my son so many things -- how to work with others, how to commit to something bigger than yourself, how to support others, how to overcome adversity,  how to accept responsibility for actions that impact others, that success has to be earned, and that the most rewarding things in life are the product of hard work. These are the lessons that football teaches. 
 
When you combine those things with the fact that football encourages young men to be better students and gives them extra incentive for staying in school, I believe that football benefits our society much more than it harms it.  I'm thankful for the game, those who sacrifice their time to coach it, and those coaches who care about the development of the young men under their supervision as men and not just players.

Football has gotten a black eye in the media over the past few years with news of abuse by players and increased concerns about head injuries. Many in the media and in our society seem convinced that the game teaches kids to be violence and is driven by parents trying to live out their own dreams of glory at the expense of their son's health.  But those people overlook the real heart of the game and the benefits it provides to the young men who play.
 
My own son's football career came to an end this season when his team lost in the second round of the playoffs.  There were tears on the field and in the crowd when the last seconds ticked off the clock.  As the weeks since have passed I have had time to reflect on my son's experience as a football player and what football has done for him and for other young men across the state and country.
 
My son was not a star player on his team.  In fact, he only got to play in four games, always in "garbage" time at the end of games.  But we celebrated all thirty or so snaps he took, because they represented the payoff of all the hard work and pain he endured to earn them.  Football taught my son so many things -- how to work with others, how to commit to something bigger than yourself, how to support others, how to overcome adversity,  how to accept responsibility for actions that impact others, that success has to be earned, and that the most rewarding things in life are the product of hard work. These are the lessons that football teaches. 
 
When you combine those things with the fact that football encourages young men to be better students and gives them extra incentive for staying in school, I believe that football benefits our society much more than it harms it.  I'm thankful for the game, those who sacrifice their time to coach it, and those coaches who care about the development of the young men under their supervision as men and not just players.

Congrats Lumberton Raiders Seniors.  As the father of a senior myself (not at Lumberton) I know how much these games mean to the kids and how much pride those seniors must feel in the progress the program has made over the last few years. 

Mustangs lost to the Gators last night after putting up a valiant effort.  Mustang Defense held the Gators to about 280 and 17 points.  It was almost 10 points because the Mustang D stopped them on three consecutive plays from the 3 only giving up the decisive score on 4th and 2 from the 2.  Mustang offense moved the ball well and Do-It-All player Blake King (DB, KR, PR, WR, and Kicker) hit three field goals from 30 yards plus, but we were missing too much offense.  Tyler Page is still out and the Districts leading rusher Sam Longbotham missed the game with an injury as well.  Together they account for 19 touchdowns and almost 2000 rushing yards.  If we were completely healthy I dont think Dickinson would have won, but they have some serious speed on defense.  They close on the ball better than any team we have played.

Okay, you talked me into it. 
 
I have been on message boards a long time, but your attempt at divisiveness on this message board is one of the most poison tipped I have ever seen.  It shows that you have no love for the West Orange-Stark Mustangs but you really seek to sacrifice my beloved team for your own selfish ends.
 
Before I go further, an admission.  I never played a down of football at West Orange-Stark.  I was too small and too slow, thus I used the judgment that my entering the field with my much larger and faster friends would merely result in danger to myself.   But they were friends of mine no less and every Friday night for over 40 years I followed Mustang football.  While I know that will now make me a target in your world of hate, but I think that might give me a clearer perspective.  You see, in following the Mustangs, I have always cared about one thing, winning.  If the Mustangs put a W, by one or by fifty, I'm good.  And, unlike you, I have trusted the head coach, first McCarty, then Hooks and now Thompson, to put together a plan to do just that.  I have not had a care of who starts, who doesn't start, who is on varsity and who is not on varsity and so forth.  I do so because, unlike me and unlike Saturday morning quarterbacks like you, they have years of ACTUAL high school coaching experience.
 
Your chants of hypocrisy had me in thoughts ranging from "Me doth thinks she protests too loudly" to "Doctor, heal thyself" to the plain old fashion "pot calling the kettle black."  You see, I could care less who is the starting quarterback for the Mustangs on Friday night.  If it is Jack Dallas, fine.  If it is Will Johnson, fine.  I choose not to question the judgment of a coach who has been in the game for since before both you and I were born (BTW Coach Thompson, by that last sentence, I was not meaning to call you old, but hey, facts are facts).  But you use my choice to say that I am trying to hurt a kid's feelings and "protect" a coach.  Nothing is further from the truth.  If no one is "attacking" a coach, why should he need my protection, right?  Or are you now admitting that you have been involved in an attack campaign on Coach Thompson and are using Will as a pawn in the vehicle driving that attack?  You see, you are using my choice of deference as a vehicle to divide this team, seemingly along racial lines via your elegant use of "egalitarian."   You are correct, kids read this board, but that is not all.  parents read this board, too.  And you have used this forum in an effort not to galvanize support, but for attack and divisiveness.  You sir, have no support for the Mustangs and any of its players, including Will Johnson, who is from what I see is an outstanding athlete and from what I hear is an equally outstanding young man.  You merely come on here to push your twisted agenda.  You see, there are very fair minded people on this board, many who usually never agree me, who see what this really boils down to, YOU ARE THE HYPOCRITE!!!!
 
And then you extend your hypocrisy by coming onto a thread about what if anything, should happen to a Baytown area coach for posting a facebook post and a whiteboard picture and compare that to a coach using his discretion as to starting players as a matter of continuing your attack of said coach.  And I won't even take credit for exposing you, as you have done a pretty good job of that, yourself.
 
As one of the alleged hypocrites that you have tried to gun for, I remain,
 
Todd Broussard
Graduate, West Orange-Stark High School
Graduating Class of 1986.
 
I eagerly await your response as I am quite sure there will be one.  And to those who have attempted to stay on topic, I apologize for this brief stray from it.

Ok Coach.  Thanks for the pep talk.  Here we go
 
Week #8

Beaumont West Brook 1
North Shore 2
PA Memorial
Crosby 3
New Caney
Vidor 4
Lumberton 5
Beaumont Central 6
Port Neches-Groves
Little Cypress-Mauriceville 7
Huffman-Hargrave 8
Splendora
Madisonville 9
Tarkington
Hardin-Jefferson 10
West Orange-Stark 11
Woodville 12
Hardin
Buna 13
Warren
Newton 14
Beckville
Anderson-Shiro 15
West Hardin
Evadale 16
16

I have no problem with the picture of the whiteboard drawing. That's pretty funny, and harmless. We used to have signs around school like "scalp the Indians", "kill the cats" or whatever. So yeah, who cares about the picture. The comment by the teacher/coach wouldn't bother me much if he wasn't a teacher/coach, or at least if it wasn't on facebook. I feel like there's a certain amount of professionalism and sportsmanship that coaches should be held to. It's one thing to say something like that to your own team, and as a player coaches might say something like that to us, which isn't a big deal (in the locker screaming "we kicked their ..., they're the worst team in town! now we're the best team in town! etc.), it's another thing completely when posted online where it could be read by hundreds of people and possibly spread to the media. It's an insult that is derogatory to a whole team of high school kids, who have now ALL been exposed to the putdown through the media, and that is the age group that this coach has been hired to promote and lift up, not degrade and embarrass. So on a whole, I don't think it's the biggest deal in the world, but if you're going to sign on to be a teacher and a coach, and at least theoretically devote a good part of your life to educating young people, you should provide a better example and make sure that you're not doing anything that might negatively affect the kids you're supposed to help.

All that having been said, to answer the question of "too far or oversensitive?", the correct answer is "yes."

TX

That's what I thought. That's terrible news for us. We are a lot less explosive without him. D, receivers and senior qb will have to step up.

Our band marched before our homecoming game tonight and the Springs team new they had to exit the field and finish warm ups early.  I think when you are the visitor you have to adapt to the home teams homecoming schedule.

Probably. Shouldnt post before coffee!

Obviously I am proud of our boys for beating GR, but there if you are counting on beating them same way then that means you are going to need a defensive score and a last gasp, 4th and goal from the 15 touchdown pass, to do it.  I'm not saying you cant and I'm not saying you cant beat them another way, just saying we had some really lucky breaks and some semi miraculous plays in that game.

Obviously I am proud of our boys for beating GR, but there if you are counting on beating them same way then that means you are going to need a defensive score and a last gasp, 4th and goal from the 15 touchdown pass, to do it.  I'm not saying you cant and I'm not saying you cant beat them another way, just saying we had some really lucky breaks and some semi miraculous plays in that game.

Yes and No (politicians answer)
 
The trend in rule changes over the past twenty years favor the offense which makes it almost impossible to have a real shut down defense.  Good defenses at all levels are more about containing scoring than stopping it which means offenses have to score efficiently.  So, if your team counts on being able to outscore a team and play no defense then they will be in trouble come playoff time.  This does seem to be a problem for some area teams.  Any team that can hold the opposition to under 24 should have a good chance of winning because most of them have offenses capable of scoring more.

Yes and No (politicians answer)
 
The trend in rule changes over the past twenty years favor the offense which makes it almost impossible to have a real shut down defense.  Good defenses at all levels are more about containing scoring than stopping it which means offenses have to score efficiently.  So, if your team counts on being able to outscore a team and play no defense then they will be in trouble come playoff time.  This does seem to be a problem for some area teams.  Any team that can hold the opposition to under 24 should have a good chance of winning because most of them have offenses capable of scoring more.

Offensive Player
 
Tyler Paige -- 24 rushing attempts 340 yards, three touchdowns on runs of 69, 59, and 70 yards.

Friendswood overcame multiple mistakes and one of the biggest, scariest running backs I've ever seen to get their second district victory.  The game was ugly.  There were 310 penalty yards (Bwood 19 for 170 and Friendswood 12 for 140), at least 10 personal foul or unsportsmenlike penalties, and 2 ejections.
 
Friendswoods Tyler page scored 4 touchdowns a goal line sneak, and on runs of 49, 59, and 79 yds I think.
 
Bwoods La'wayne _________  (I forgot his last name) scored twice and punished tacklers all night.  That kid is as big as Earl Campbell and looks for contact.  Bwoods QB had a good game as well.
 
Friendswood had the only TD in the first half and held Bwood scoreless.  Then all hell broke loose in the 2nd half and Bwoods offense found its rhythm effectively running and throwing the ball, but Friendswood's Tyler Page was too much for them.

I clearly have no idea what I'm doing, but whyy let that stop me.

I clearly have no idea what I'm doing, but whyy let that stop me.