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The shot clock idea is a terrible idea. Great coaches like the one at Argyle know how to coach and teach players to be disciplined and take great shots. Several times they battled Silsbee to a standstill and coach Sigler once told me the Argyle told me that the Argyle coach once said he would play Silsbee every week if he could. That goes way back. When I was in high school in Arkansas Coach Kaundart had a great team year after year. He was winning state championships and he had a player Almer Lee who was maybe the best high school player I ever saw. HE averaged 13 or 14 points per game. After winning championships he went to the all star game after his senior year and set a new scoring record at around 50 points. In those days freshman did not play in the SWC and there were no black players at Arkansas. He was the first black player at Arkansas and was the sophomore of the year in the SWC. He had a bad knee injury his senior year and his career did not continue. His time is passed but he was great in either style of play. He did not need a shot clock to prove it.

I want to say "Congratulations my friend"

He probably has as good a chance as the next fellow but no.... I probably would not bet against Newton versus many teams

I have know Kenneth for about 35 years and one thing I have come to know about the guy is that you should never bet against him. He went to Silsbee High and then played football for several schools in Kansas before graduating from I believe Northwest Missouri State. He then coached several years in Missouri before returning to this area and I think he might have been a head coach there. He will never quit and eventually will find a way to be successful. Congratulations Mr Reidinger and best of luck.

I watched a number of his games when he coached at Kirbyville and then watched a few of his games when he coached at Anahuac. When I interviewed him and watched those games I always thought he was a very promising young coach and an outstanding young man. I believed Coach Neace first hired him in Kirbyville before he left for Newton. When he became athletic director in Anahuac he immediately called for Mr. Brown. He is a little different type of coach from Joe Sigler but I bet everyone is pleasantly surprised with his results.

I am pretty happy with what we have in Football. Next year Jacaleb will be the QB and he will be outstanding. After that the job probably will go to Haegyn and I think he is a man amount boys. Silsbee will be fine. The job here is to hire a basketball coach and there is one right down the road who has defeated the man from Westwood every time they have played. He also has a number of State Championships already earned. Folks Silsbee is not out of talent. There are at least a couple of ninth graders who can play. The JV program is solid and there are a couple of eighth graders who are as good as any I have seen. We will be all right.....

t I voted for made offensive finalists. Two of the four defensive players got my vote. I voted for six of the eight finalists. Now the voting gets tougher

I never saw Darryl MacArthur so I can't use him. With that in mind 1. Jared Harris 2. Braylon Bush 3. Jordon Adams 4. Donyell Allen 5. Elester Whitmore These are scorers and not necessarily the best basketball players. If it was the best 5 basketball players I would leave Whitmore out and add Lewis Arline. I would also have to find a place for Thadeous Holden

I haven't missed a game except when I was out of state for years but I had knee surgery today and will probably watch this one on Texan Live.

Congratulations to Coach McDonald. I can't say that I really know him but the coaches at Lumberton have been pleasant to work with in recent years. The same can be said for Kountze and Silsbee. Most of them seem to realize that I now work only part time. They try to help as much as they can. Readers and others who are not involved in the programs probably do not realize how hard school administrations have made it to gather information from coaches at the various schools. Half the time you can't get in contact with the coaches and you can't interview them because you can't get past the front door. You have to do a lot of work by email or over the phone when you can catch them. One of my friends who used to work in the local golden triangle media told me a couple of weeks ago that at the media he worked at they now have one reporter trying to cover 32 high schools.

I've been wanting to respond to this.. I get to see most of these players up close more than most people. Boulwen is pretty closed to 6'4". Walker is probably in the 6'1" tp 6'2" range. Johnson may actually be bigger than 6'2" He has grown an incredible amount since football season. I would not be at all surprised if he was 6'4" or more by next year. On top of that he just finished third in the district 200 and ran legs on the 4x100 and 4x200 that placed third. I feel he probably will be able to take Miller's place on the court and may well be the best athlete on the floor. I would love to think that Troy might grow another inch or two before next year.

I am the Mayor of Silsbee..... I am retired now after running the newspaper in Silsbee for over 30 years and another 18 years or so in other locations in Colorado and Nebraska. Anderson Land, the Mayor of Jasper, and is also a very familiar voice on KJAS, called this week with a friendly wager that if Silsbee loses I will have to wear a Jasper Bulldog T-Shirt to the next Silsbee council meeting and he will wear a Silsbee Tiger shirt if Jasper loses. I am pretty confident that this is Silsbee's year so I jumped on the proposition. I've never worn that wanna be maroon color that Jasper holds so dear. The thought of it is well "revolting". At any rate it is always fun to have our friends from Jasper County in for a visit and to be able to trade a few barbs with them. I'm looking for a great game Friday night.

It was my understanding that he would play but after I spoke with You (Aggie'sarewe) I ran into him and he stated that he would not play until next week. It could very easily be either way but I hope after he has sat out a whole year he does not play until they are sure he is elgible.