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Player was not on home plate.  That was not the call.  The call was for being completely out of batters box, which is an impossibility without being on the plate.
The umpires in this area have no clue to what the rule is.

That call that allowed the run to score was crazy! Ump not seeing right tonight. 

I agree Critter! Consistency of the umpire would be nice for both sides!

Well I would have to say Partain GS is the POG.... I'm sure Trevis would agree, When on the bump nothing better than having a 5 run lead!!!
First time to see the Hamm kid pitch and I agree he's going to be the big man on campus real soon. Very solid at the plate and has an extremely live arm.
Never fails BC always finds a way to reload . The game was better than the score reflected.

I normally wouldn't play the blame game .... but To me the ump made both kids uncomfortable..... when you are unsure where he wants it makes it hard to hit a spot ... Both kids made some big pitches in big spots that could have got them out of innings a little quicker. 

I was sitting behind the plate the entire game, and you could tell that the umpires floating strike zone was confusing to both catchers,the hitters,and the 6 pitchers that took the mound.....I hope we don't have to deal with that guy again......

Why is it that everytime a team loses they have to complain and say the refs cost them the game! I watched the game and could really have cared less who won. Both calls were consistent with the calls the refs made all night against both teams. Both teams played fast and physical games. Lumberton controlled the ball the entire second half but just never got off any real good shots on goal! Please don't say the refs cost Lumberton the game! They made good calls and bad calls both ways!

All coaches know you never want to be the first guy to follow a Legend and in Nederland, Neumann is a Legend. Barrow is the logical choice to continue the tradition. If he is not successful then you truly open it up and bring in a new voice with a new philosophy. It really is a simple concept, you continue what has been good in Nederland until it ceases to be good.

I don't disagree with that statement.  But any sucker punch should have more punishment than just being involved should have. 

Folks, these are kids who did very dumb things and should be appropriately punished.  But let's be careful with all this jail and criminal charges talk.  Let the respective districts have a chance to mete out punishments.
Personally, I'm sick about this whole ordeal.  Good kids on both sides made some serious mistakes that I'm sure they wish they could take back.  As for the one drawing most of the ire (and not undeservingly), I've known the kid for several years, love the kid, and know he's better than that.  But you can't do what he did any time, any place or for any reason.  
My prayers are for the coaches and administrators tasked with making very tough decisions and for the kids who will hopefully take stock and learn some very serious life lessons from this ordeal. 

So is lcm not classy and just startpunching in a game or does this stem from something else...I watched lcm play their biggest rivalry wos...and didn't see any dirty play at all.there's more to this

Wouldn't be surprised if Morris Joseph was to win it, he had some tremendous stats for d-lineman. Over 150 tackles and at least 20 of those were TFL

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Sabine Pass-71

Just so there's no misunderstanding, I'm saying looks like coach is the target of some sort of retaliation or disgruntled parent

The timing here is very suspicious. Ozen comes off a loss to Central and an Ozen parent comes forward with something that allegedly happened in November? I can add 1+1.... Can you?

I guess it's true what they say these days you are guilty until PROVEN innocent . Sad times we live in,I completely expect this to be resolved quickly after they gather the so called evidence. There is no wrong doing but hey I'll leave it up to the jury of public opinion since they love juicy news stories.

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Crickets..................Yet when baseball starts Mr. Ump's feed will be full of the bleacher umpires waxing poetically the down falls and short comings of the misguided blue's out to steal the game from their team. They will be stating game situations, umpire's view and how they were out of position, and quoting the rule book verbatim 

The issue (if any) would be cultural adjustments, not much unlike 2 people who marry of different religions or lack of.....I can certainly understand the thinking that some use kids as an excuse. With that said, if two people are truly devout Christian and __________ (fill in blank.. Muslim, Atheist, etc) how would you raise your kids? To believe, not to believe, or what to believe....same could even be true of two Christians of different denominations........relationships are hard enough....I personally can't understand intentionally adding to that difficulty.......On that note...my daughter dates a black guy....very well educated, (working on his masters) respectful, and fun to be around........we have spent time with our whole family and his whole family....taken him on multiple family vacations....great guy!

Interracial couples easier on the eyes than gay couples.

I picked mine as an homage to Engelbert Humperdinck. He gave Jimi Hendrix his start. I can't imagine the audience's reaction back in 1966 when attending a concert by a straight-laced lily-white crooner, and out comes this black, huge afro, left handed psychedelic electric guitar player to open the gig (Psychedelic music at the time was big amongst the younger generation but was considered taboo for mainstream...the exact audience that would attend an Engelbert Humperdinck concert). Humperdinck took a huge chance of racial backlash, but was convinced Hendrix's talent would carry the day.
I had been using the username for years before I realized I was using the wrong spelling. By that time I figured it was too hard to change it.

Hey guys, I've been trolling around a while and thought I would jump in on this conversation. The bottom line is that arm injuries have skyrocketed in recent years and I applaud the proactive rule change. Is it perfect, absolutely not. Are there a lot of variables based on each individual kid and that particular game situation, absolutely. Can a kid throw 150 pitches in a game? Sure, but most likely their mechanics will begin to break down as they become fatigued. This is where the injuries either happen or begin to happen. I do agree with STYMIE that care must be taken when not on the mound. I suspect that this rule will be modified/improved over the course of the next few years and that it will result in fewer arm injuries. This whole situation reminds me of when they changed the bat standards a few years back. Everyone was screaming about how the change would kill the game. It took a couple of years for teams and coaches to adjust, but you don't even hear those complaints anymore.

It's not a slam on WOS.  This is almost the inverse of the football matchup.  Silsbee had a good team with plenty of talent (as did BC).  Yet both games were beatdowns.  
In hoops, WOS has not seen a team nearly as good as Silsbee.   And there is no way to simulate it in practice.   Plus, I have a feeling there will be no overlooking in this game.  Even if WOS was 0-3 instead of 3-0, there's going to be a payback attitude from the Tigers if I were guessing.  
Of course, if the Mustangs can put together some more quarters where they shoot 90% from the field and 100% behind the arc, that will certainly help.  
But you shouldn't take it as disrespect anymore than Silsbee should have when some of us picked WOS by 40+ on the gridiron...

Many of you have made some great calls from 8 rows up in the bleachers now is your chance to make those calls from the field. Time to put that armchair expertise to the test. TASO is looking for some help.
 
 
 

Yea, Newton had some sour apples that wanted to try and coach from the stands, no fights though, but it just kills me how our own fans can disrespect not just the coach's but the teenagers on the field, I hate that we lost but I also understand the  work put in to make a 4th round appearance it's not easy for any division.