Darth Texas

When was LCM 5ad1? Do you mean 5ad2?

Re: Theft - Yes, it’s theft as soon as he decides to keep someone else’s property that he knows he’s not received consent to keep. It’s closer to conversion since he wasn’t stealing when it was handed to him, but that’s another word for “theft.” I’m not phased by it not being a violation of any rule written in a handbook. Does there need to be a “don’t-steal-the-other-team’s-property-and-lie-that-you-don’t-have-it-and-only-give-it-back-after-getting-video-evidence-that-you-took-it” rule? It not being a rule doesn’t mean it was positively approved by the rules committee. I think people would have assumed that “a coach shall commit no misdemeanors” would not need to be in the handbook. And, I’m sure there’s something in the rules about sportsmanship, honesty, good conduct, etc, so it this kind of conduct is a rule violation.

My two cents re: ArmbandGate. There may not be evidence that stealing the armband (That’s what it was. The instant he intentionally did not return the armband to its rightful owner while knowing it wasn’t his to keep, it became a theft) helped LCM win the game, but it’s evidence that at least one LCM coach (1) stole from another team, (2) lied when he had an obligation to tell the truth, and (3) took steps to cover up his theft even while direct inquiries were being made to him about the armband’s location and what he did with it. That has to be punished. If an attorney did something like this in a trial he might be disbarred. And, the team should have had to forfeit the game. Letting LCM skate on this invites exactly the message people are making here today, that “it must not have been that big of a deal if it didn’t warrant a forfeit.” It’s very much a big deal, an astonishing example of bad faith and dishonesty from a public employee in charge of children. It was a blatant violation of sportsmanship, human decency, and the law. Most of us will remember that in 2018 PNG had to forfeit a game they won against Crosby under less severe circumstances. A coach had an iPad in the press box - Against the rules. So, even though it was agreed by the district members that there had been no effect on the game’s outcome, PNG was forced to forfeit. There was no lying, or hiding evidence by PNG as there was by LCM - it was simply, “You broke a rule and we have to send a message.” LCM broke the rules, and the district should have sent a stronger message.

BC and HJ were running from competition. They were escaping having to play Silsbee, Jasper, WOS, and HF. The decision couldn’t have had anything to do with travel, since they moved from one local district to another local district. And, the local 4ad1 district is absolutely not of high quality. The top 3 this year in the local 4ad2 district would be the top 3 this year in the 4ad1 district. The same would be true most years.

Search NDN Press on YouTube. It might not be up yet, but it will be come game time.

Nederland turned in 1546. That’s solidly in the middle of 5ad2. And isn’t that roughly the same as they had about 10 years ago? I’m having trouble finding what Nederland used to turn in around 2017-ish, but PNG was hovering around 1450 and Nederland was always about 100 more. Nederland isn’t shrinking. It’s just not growing.

I’m not sure Dayton has had any offensive production all season that didn’t involve one or both of those guys. And having to come up with a qb and Rb on the fly for one more game? Tall order.

BH

Titans have to get through La Porte and/or Angleton.

It’s not that controversial to want to diagnose a problem. Are you happy with how things are going this season?

That’s no good. And not near as fun without them. I’ve been waiting to see them both all season.

2022. Lost to Brenham in the 1st round.

Qb was out against WF. Backup did well. A good runner.

Montgomery’s going to roll. They’re as good as PnG with none of the emotions png brings into mid-county madness. Nederland makes too many mistakes to make this a ballgame. It will be over by halftime. Montgomery 52-14.

I wouldn’t call last season “very good.” Other than beating PNG, there’s not much to point at. They dropped their last three games, including getting pummeled in the first round. And, I disagree that Nederland is outmanned athletically. They aren’t. They’re big, well-conditioned, they run to the ball. They can toe up physically with anyone in the district. Nederland doesn’t need to wait for a better crop of players. They have good players right now. The problem is entirely in execution, and that’s on the coaches.

This is a good final game before the playoffs. Dayton’s offense is dynamic. Not as good as Montgomery’s, but good enough to present a different kind of challenge, better than the offenses we’ll see through at least the first two rounds of the playoffs. Their defense isn’t good, so we’ll get our points. Dayton is still alive for the playoffs (if they win and West Fork beats Lake Creek) so there’s something they have to play for beyond bragging rights. It should be a good game, but PNG pulls away in the second half to win 42-21. Let’s just hope everyone comes out healthy.

Anyone seen numbers for PNG and Nederland?

Yes

This was a playoff game. Hopefully we learned a lot. Defense went through a refiner’s fire tonight. We need to get better from it.

Good job La Porte!

Montgomery’s crazy good. If they had been more committed to the run in the third quarter they might have drained the life out of us.

The refs don’t understand forward progress at all.

!!:36/25/H Jackson just caught a huge 70-ish yd pass and catch with 7 seconds left in the half

DAYLEN JACKSON!!!!!

Does Montgomery have an amazing soccer team? Punting is crazy good, the field goal kicking is crazy good. Parker Crenshaw just hit a 51yrd field goal.