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Good Luck HJ. I am a Silsbee fan but I really like HJ this year. I think they are a much tougher match-up for Yates than Silsbee this year. If three of the Hawks are hitting from the outside and #22 and #23 are willing to maul the Lions on the inside they might surprise the Lions. I am really impressed with the play of Austin Samatha this year. Good Luck Hawks. I hope you win and then lose before we have to play you later in the tourney. 

If I remember right this young man attended school in Silsbee in the 7th and 8th grade. Residency was established and he can continue attending school here regardless of where he lives, If he were to enroll in BISD after moving from SISD to Beaumont then his residency in Silsbee would be voided and he would have to sit out a year. You can go about anywhere to school in Texas but you have to do it before the ninth grade year or plan on sitting out a year before playing at the varsity level. From what I hear the parents of at least one and maybe two SISD players have moved to Beaumont and they plan to enroll there in the near future. If that be the case they will no longer be elgible in Silsbee after they enroll at BISD. 
SISD is due some move ins to replace some of the move outs. It's a great place to live and attend school. 

I was wondering which Jones you were talking about.... Willie Jones middle son or Malik Jones who was the best Jr. high player a couple of years ago. Also don't forget about Briscoe and possibly even Pertain.

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I have been watching the tigers for about 30 years and have seen Brian Doss, Philip Lindsey, Jeremy Johnson, Patrick Reed, Dontre Thomas, Willie Jones and Sedrick Spearman. 
It is hard to compare them. If you look at what they accomplished at the college level then probably Lindsey, Reed and Jones were the best. Jones and Thomas both still have a story to write at Lamar. 
I would guess that Silsbee had some outstanding quarterbacks in the 60's and 70's that I never saw or heard about. It is hard to compare players from different era's.  They are not necessarily better today. 

Yes... I have always said you can't be better than your best player and the Tigers have the best player around. They probably won't be the best team in the region but the possibility is there that they might be. 

One of the best of the past 30 years was Brett Lively

That is probably wrong. Silsbee's enrollment is actually up 60-70 kids this year. Chances are they will be division 1 with the next realignment. They could go up and Carthage go down. Also then next three or four classes are a lot bigger than past years. 

The way I see it there are three types of schools. Magnate schools, which I assume Ozen and Yates were and are, charter schools, like faith and family and zoned public schools with district lines. I don't think two of these types of schools belong in the UIL. I spent nearly 20 years in Colorado and Nebraska where private schools participate in association activities. I would rather see that if the private schools are limited from offering scholarships. 
The private schools kind of dominated smaller school divisions in those states and charter schools will probably dominate the action in Texas if this trend continues. 

Cardinal Backer..... I saw BC playing Kountze the other night in basketball. They are not great but they are a pretty good team and I was very happy to see that. This district could get a little more competitive with BC, HJ, LCM all being a little more competitive. That will make that sport more fun. Football will turn around for BC. It always does. 
 

That was my thinking exactly. I even talked with Coach Green about it. He said it would not happen. I don't like transfers unless the parents move. Over the years we have had too many transfers from Silsbee to Kountze and from Kountze to Silsbee. A large portion of the athletes at Evadale actually live in Silsbee. I would prefer that the kids play sports in the district where they reside. Of course we know that never happens (meaning no transfers without moving) at places like Yates.

I'm just glad to see Cardinal Backer get on the football team and off my Silsbee Tiger basketball team. He used to hurt feelings around here ever now and then. I did not take it that CB was knocking the football coaches at Bridge City.  He probably would in the right circumstance though. 

I've known coach Joubert ever since he has been in Kountze. I guess I never thought about him being black. Not that it matters. I've always found him to be courteous, very responsive to my questions and a heck of a good guy. I would hate to see him leave Kountze but if he did I would certainly wish him the best. By the way as I understand it after playing football and graduating from Hardin Jefferson he played football at West Texas A&M and then in the Canadian Football League for several years. Even after he returned to Southeast Texas he played for the Beaumont Drillers. 
I think he likes coaching football but I can tell you this.... if coach Sigler decided to retire from SHS I would be calling the Superintendent asking them to consider Joubert as the next coach. 
He is a fine man and a great person to have around kids. If he were to leave Kountze and go to HJ it would be HJ's gain and Kountze's loss. 

I like the idea of only having five on the first team and a different five on the second. When you do that someone is going to be left out. That's the way it is in real life. Jordyn is a great player. However Bush and McCain were stronger this year during tournament time. Next year could well be different. I have no complaints about the people who received first team honors and I doubt he does either. 

I like the idea of only having five on the first team and a different five on the second. When you do that someone is going to be left out. That's the way it is in real life. Jordyn is a great player. However Bush and McCain were stronger this year during tournament time. Next year could well be different. I have no complaints about the people who received first team honors and I doubt he does either. 

I am and will be praying for you. I certainly appreciate your comments and your objective opinions. I don't know who you are and don't know what is afflicting you but I do know that God has the power to meet any challenge. 

I 've always been very impressed with Coach Louis and hope he has a long and successful career at the new school. He has always seemed to be a very fine man to me. 
 
 

My very first year. I was an 8 year old kid taking in the Dallas Roosevelt vs. Houston Wheatley state semifinal game which Roosevelt won 111-109. Game was in Gregory Gym and the place was electric. Jammed pack gym that had folks climbing out on top of the roof looking thru the windows watching the game. UNBELIEVABLE!! Safe to say, I was hooked.
Lot's of memories made with those trips with my father. He made 50 straight before he became too ill to go then passed away in 2010. I am just carrying on the tradition.
I'll have to come back to this thread with some other memories that stand out.

I got interrupted there. The point is that for every athletic event there are at least two teams on the field and one set of officials. It is the responsibility of the schools to make sure that their fans behave in an acceptable manner and sometimes that means telling some of them that they are not the official and that they are not welcome at the game. 
I have taken pictures and written stories at games for years and one of my goals has been to make sure I am not involved in what is happening on the field or court. If you work at it you get to be fairly good at doing just that. 

I'm thinking about changing my mind on this one.... ran across a couple of good looking home schooled boys... one over 6'6" that live right here in town.... I might have had the wrong attitude and info all the time. Welcome aboard boys.

Congratulations to the two fine Evadale athletes. I think they had several other outstanding players but did not progress as a team like I would have hoped. Mackey had a lingering foot injury most of the season. I am not sure how much he missed but he had two different stretches that he did not play and I think he missed about 2 1/2 games. I hated that for him. I still believe he has the best hands of any receiver in our area. His speed hurts him a little but he can catch the ball. I have season tickets at Lamar and think he would have helped them a lot. 

It looks to me like that is the sort of team that ought to have to play WOS. I could go to that game and enjoy cheering for WOS.