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At the time the dragging news came out, I was working with a black lady in San Antonio. She grew up in the Orange area, but her father grew up in Jasper. She said they regularly went back to Jasper for their family reunions. She said clearly there were communities in Southeast Texas where blacks had to be on guard, but that Jasper was by no means on that list. Furthermore, she said that if she had been told to pick the LEAST likely place for something like that to happen she would have picked Jasper. For whatever that is worth, that was her take.

And back a few years, Ben Bronson. He either ran or threw for most of Jasper's touchdowns.

No punishment could have made up for what King did to Byrd. And to all the good people of Jasper, which is most everyone there. Easily overlooked is the fact that unlike many cases in the deep South, the three miscreants were all in jail within 24 hours, and tried and sentenced within a year or so. No cover up here! The people of Jasper were handed a job to do; and they did the right thing. Glad this chapter is finally over.

If I remember correctly I read last year that Montavian Hunt had been considered for QB last year. True?

Congrats Silsbee. Ya'll had a great year. Too bad it had to end this way.

Congratulations Newton!

Congrats Silsbee. You should win out from here if all your players don't get the flu.

Go Stangs! Go Tigers! Entertain us!!!

Absolutely true. Can't cry about it now, but the good news is that both Hunt and Limbrick will be back next year. Limbrick is only a Sophomore and already has had flashes of the same lightning that Hunt has. Either would have been a great help tonight.

Deja vu all over again! Congrats WOS!

Having to earn those yards the old fashioned way. Three yards and a cloud of turf.

Just playing with you. Not you, not sure whose posts seem unchanged from first game. "Cannot run on WOS." I believed that then, believe it now. But I was wrong to believe it for the first game. Just waiting to see for this game.

Whistling in the dark keeps the buggers away also. Especially while walking past the graveyard. I know this is dumb. Just doing my part to help get to 20 pages! At least this site is not dead..

Guess #7 Hunt may not play. But his little brother from the JV may play? No idea what his number is. Wasn't on the program last week.

I'll bite on that. If each of three RB is as good as Hunt then how did Silsbee lose the game to WOS? 3 times 374 would be a lot of yards.

I think I know how you feel. It is great to get to play WOS, but on a seeding basis, this probably should be the state championship game. Kind of a shame actually to have to play at this level.

Yeah I wasn't going to mention how the Stark season ended.

Kind of funny. He picked up on West Orange but apparently overlooked the game against Stark in 1962 at Jasper. That game also did not end well for Jasper either. 65-6 loss. Jasper celebrated anyway because they scored a TD against a top 10 ranked team That was a David Foster qb'd team for Stark if any of you Orange folks are old enough to remember him.

WOS, you do have Jasper's attention. Link to KJAS: [Hidden Content] The history of Stark and West Orange is a bit jumbled, but the 1986 and on pretty well sums up the beatings the dogs have taken at the hands of WOS.

True, the right break here and there the Jasper 86 and 87 teams could have won state. But that could truthfully be said about several different Jasper teams. I think the 83-84 teams should be in the discussion. Speed, speed, speed. Few teams would even kick deep to Tony Allen and Reggie Davis because it would be an almost automatic TD. They were that good. It took Thurman Thomas and Willowridge to put the 84 team to the sidelines by a 10-6 score. And the 90 team that WOS beat 7-6 sent three players to the NFL. One to the practice squad, for perhaps a year, one for five years, and one for eight years with the 49ers. And that team did not even get out of district. A one point loss to WOS and a 3 point loss to PNG left Jasper at home.

Maybe not "ever", but definitely best in years, imo.

Jasper injuries update link: [Hidden Content] Horse collar tackles are illegal I thought? Anyway please keep Hubbard in your thoughts. It is a shame for his season to end this way. Here's hoping that the game Friday will be cleanly played and no one gets injured on either side.

After Friday night there will be a clearer picture of who is right about sos.

NOW time for the real smack talk!

Gud. Details please.