Reagan

Certainly hope not, nothing against him but that would be the same thing as hiring Hancock and Nations and we all know how that worked out. If they were serious about it they would combine the HC/AD and go after someone proven.

Better call TD.

Every single article pushed by the leftist media right now is all about how republicans demanded a border bill, the senate negotiated a bipartisan bill, and then the house shot down the bill they demanded.  This take is so blatantly disingenuous that it gets my blood pressure up, and you all know I'm far from the most conservative guy around, and also not nearly as conservative as many of you when it comes to immigration. very few senate republicans supported that crap, so quit calling it a "bipartisan bill just because one republican was involved in negotiating it.  But more importantly, quit acting like any of the following parts of the bill truly benefit border security:
1.  out of a $118.3B bill, only $20B would be used on border security.
2. the new bill would negate border states' ability to challenge issues with border laws in their home states, instead having to do so in ultraliberal Washington DC in front of ultraliberal judges.  A better way of putting this is the bill would mean that border states could never challenge any aspects of the bill, because they would be guaranteed to lose.
3. based on the number of illegal crossings required to trigger actual border security through the bill, up to 1.6M illegals would be allowed in unchallenged yearly.
 
I mean, yeah, can't believe those crazy conservatives turned all this down, right?

Trump will never win all 50 states. Ever. The evil, mentally ill people in places like NY, NJ, CA, IL, would literally vote for Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussain, or Kim Jong Un over Trump. Their derangement and hate for Trump is unlimited.  

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Tom Halliburton’s Track             
Volume 37, Number 1       _____                                                                                           Feb. 7, 2024
    Seems as if it’s been a long winter by Southeast Texas standards. So it may be awhile before our area high school track and field performers can return anywhere close to top form.
    Yet here’s the beauty of sports we’ve discovered through 56 years of sports writing – you never know. Not many brilliant minds expected a 5A state football champ two months ago from those purple Indians. Hats off to Jeff Joseph and his folks for doing just that.
   Why do I mention this football stuff in our first 2024 track report? Because when we report in three months at the state meets, our 409 needs some state champions for the schools to honor.
   On the subject of the state meet, the schedule places the trip to Austin about 10 days earlier in the calendar year than last year. Of course that also means earlier dates for the district, area and regional meets during April.
   And, you guessed it. The earlier post-season schedule has required a number of regular-season meets to either be canceled or moved much earlier in this year’s schedule.
  A small handful of schools, including Nederland, are scheduled to visit Huffman Hargrave high school for a meet this week. Most area teams will wait a week or two.
  No doubt a large field can be expected next week at Nederland for the Bulldog Relays. That should be a showcase for many of the season’s strongest performers. Quite a few will have to trade in their basketball legs for track and field legs as February and March progress.
   Who are the premier stars? It’s too early to tell but Morgan Campbell certainly has established herself as a superb distance runner. She was a 5A girls state top 20 finisher in last fall’s UIL cross country championships at Round Rock.
  We’re also hoping for a great senior year from Beaumont Kelly’s Paris Coleman. Then there’s Vidor senior Raegan Stephenson, who snagged the gold medal in Austin at the 5A girls high jump with a leap of 5-7. If Raegan is properly motivated, she is likely to clear a higher mark now.
   More than 30 schools have provided us with their season track schedules and we thank them for getting more of those on their school websites this time. Much of my area weekly leaders will depend on e-mails from area coaches and officials. Please send them to [email protected].
  My wife Donna is in her fourth year of having kidney dialysis at the Davita Port Arthur location. That greatly limits my active participation. You know I will attend meets and report for the Beaumont Enterprise when I can. Feel free to post and/or publish any track info as I send it to you. I’m just trying to recognize our area’s athletes. I don’t need any personal glory at all.
  Thanks for all your help and God bless. Have a great season, Tom
2024 Area Track & Field Schedule
 
Date               Event                                                                                                                                 Site
Feb. 8             Lake Houston Relays                                                                                            Huffman
Feb. 10          C.L. Hanna Gator Relays                                                                                  Dickinson
Feb. 15         Splendora Wildcat Relays                                                                                Splendora
Feb. 16          58th annual Nederland Bulldog Relays                                                       Nederland
Feb. 17         Humble ISD Zoe Simpson Relays                                                                   Kingwood
Feb. 22          PN-G’s Joe Williamson Relays                                                                    Port Neches
Feb. 22          21st Joe Evans Panther Relays                                                                         Anahuac
Feb. 24          41st annual Sam Mosley Relays                                                                        Humble
Feb. 29          H-FISD Longhorn Relays                                                                                    Hamshire
Feb. 29          46th annual BC Cardinal Relays                                                                   Orangefield
 
Mar. 1           5th annual Ed Taylor Relays                                                            Beaumont United
Mar. 1           73rd annual Trinity Valley Relays                                                                       Liberty
Mar. 1-2       Texas A&M Bluebonnet Relays                                                            College Station
Mar. 7           East Chambers Buc Relays                                                                                   Winnie
Mar. 7           Deweyville Pirate Relays                                                                               Deweyville
Mar. 7           Vidor Pirate Relays                                                                                                    Vidor
Mar. 7           Hargrave Falcon Relays                                                                                     Huffman
Mar. 7           Livingston Corky Cochran Relays                                                                  Livingston
Mar. 8           Barbers Hill Eagle Relays                                                                          Mont Belvieu
Mar. 8           Clear Creek ISD Ruben Jordan Relays                                                       Clear Creek
Mar. 14         Mike Gentry Bobcat Relays                                                                       Orangefield
Mar. 14         West Hardin Oiler Relays                                                                                Saratoga
Mar. 14         Kirbyville Wildcat Relays                                                                               Kirbyville
Mar. 15-16  Texas Southern Tiger Relays                                                                           Houston
Mar. 21         Artie Trahan Raider Relays                                                                         Lumberton
Mar. 21         81st annual Rockhold Relays                                                                  Baytown Lee
Mar. 21         38th annual Gid Campbell Relays                                                                  Anahuac
Mar. 21         45th Barbara Rainey Relays                                                                               Evadale
Mar. 21         Dayton Bronco Relays                                                                                         Dayton
Mar. 22         20th PAISD Memorial Titan Relays                                                            Port Arthur
Mar. 22         28th annual Battlin’ Bear Relays                                                            Little Cypress
Mar. 22        Shadow Creek Invitational                                                                                 Manvel
Mar. 28         60th annual Silsbee Tiger Relays                                                                       Silsbee
Mar. 28         Hull-Daisetta Bobcat Relays                                                                            Daisetta
Mar. 29-30  96th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays                                                        Austin
 
Mar. 25-27  District 22-3A championships                                                                      Anahuac
    (Anahuac, East Chambers, Kountze, Buna, Hardin, Warren, Kirbyville, Orangefield)
Apr. 2-3        District 21-6A championships                                                                       Humble
          (GPNS, Bmt BU and WB, CEKing, Humble, Atascocita, Kingwood, Summer Creek)
Apr. 2-4        District 19-4A championships                                                                         Silsbee
          (Silsbee, Jasper, Bridge City, LC-M, Lumberton, Vidor, West Orange-Stark)
Apr. 3-4        District 17-5A championships                                                               Baytown Lee
          (PAM, PN-G, Nederland, Barbers Hill, Baytown Lee, Sterling, GCM, Crosby)
Apr. 3-4        District 20-4A championships                                                                      Huffman
        (H-F, H-J, Liberty, Huffman, Splendora, Livingston, New Caney West Fork)
Apr. 4            District 25-2A championships                                                                      Saratoga
            (West Hardin, Evadale, Sabine Pass, Deweyville, Hull-Daisetta, Big Sandy)
     Top four places qualify for the area meet
 
Apr. 10          Area 2A championships                                                                            Deweyville
Apr. 10          Area 3A championships                                                                                Anahuac
Apr. 11          Area 4A championships                                                                        West Orange
Apr. 10          Area 5A championships                                                                               Angleton
Apr. 11          Area 6A championships                                                                              Deer Park
    Top four places qualify for the regional meet
 
Apr. 25-26   TAPPS regional championships (all classifications)                                Bastrop
 
Apr. 19-20   Region IV-2A championships                                                                    Kingsville
Apr. 19-20   Region III-3A championships                                                         Hewitt Midway
Apr. 19-20    Region III-4A championships                                                                        Bullard
Apr. 19-20    Region III-5A & 6A championships                                                            Humble
   Top two places plus the best 3rd place region performance qualifies for state
 
May 2-4        114th University Interscholastic League state championships            Austin
May 3-4        TAPPS private & parochial school state championships       Hewitt Midway
May 17-18   Meet of Champions                                                                             San Marcos
2023 FINAL AREA OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS
DISCUS — Girls: Whitney Cunningham, Bridge City, 110-3; Boys: Caydon Farrell, Hamshire-Fannett, 164-6.
SHOT PUT — Girls: Kyra Owens, West Brook, 37-4; Boys: Caydon Farrell, Hamshire-Fannett, 54-5.
HIGH JUMP — Girls: Raegan Stephenson, Vidor, 5-8; Boys: Keandre Jones, PA Memorial, 6-7.
LONG JUMP — Girls: Alexia Lewis, 18-3.25; Boys: Keandre Jones, PA Memorial, 22-9
TRIPLE JUMP — Girls: Karynton Dawson, H-J, 37-7.5; Boys: Keandre Jones, PA Memorial, 48-5.
POLE VAULT — Girls: Morgan Louvier, Bridge City, 11-6; Boys: Grayson Mueller, H-F, 14-6.
100 METERS — Girls: Amya Barefield, H-J, 11.93; Boys: Samaj Pierre, PA Memorial, 10.6.
200 METERS — Girls: Dinah Tippins, LC-M, 25.55; Boys: Johnny Banks, West Brook, 21.96.
400 METERS — Girls: Alissa Blue, West Brook, 58.2; Boys: Eli Cowart, Lumberton, 49.38.
800 METERS — Girls: Christine LeFleur, West Brook, 2:18.03; Boys: Lonnie Jessie, Silsbee, 1:57.
1,600 METERS — Girls: Morgan Campbell, PN-G, 5:15.52; Boys: Beau Waldrop, Lumberton,  4:42.5.
3,200 METERS — Girls: Morgan Campbell, PN-G, 11:04.34; Boys: Gage Gordey, Lumberton, 10:19.72.
100-METER HURDLES — Girls: Paris Coleman, Beaumont Kelly, 14.59.
110-METER HURDLES — Boys: John Sanderson, Hamshire-Fannett, 14.03.
300-METER HURDLES — Girls: Baile Randle, Bmt United, 48.12; Boys: John Sanderson, Hamshire-Fannett, 39.98.
400-METER RELAY — Girls: Beaumont West Brook 48.48; Boys: Lumberton 42.11.
800-METER RELAY — Girls: Beaumont West Brook 1:43.1; Boys: Bmt West Brook 1:27.23.
1,600-METER RELAY — Girls: Beaumont Kelly 4:02.74; Boys: Port Arthur Memorial 3:26.45.    

I don’t see it as about stature so much as a way to judge where things are likely going. If, seven years from winning a state championship, a team hasn’t been back to state, it’s roughly safe to say they aren’t likely to be back to state any time soon. But, I take a more broad approach - Getting to state is nearly as useful an indicator as winning state, and getting at least to the semifinals means you had a team that was capable of getting to state. So if I had a coach getting to semifinals or to state seven years in a row, never winning state, I’d think long and hard before firing him on the hope that a new guy can replicate that success. A coach that can get you that far is one of the best coaches in the state. 
But, I like the seven year rule because in seven years you have an idea of what is a coach’s “normal” (statistically) outcome. 

Leaders lead.  That’s a big reason that PNG is where they are now.  

 

Easy answer......Lee due to much better coaching.

Coach Rich started today.  The 7 year clock is officially ticking….
 

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True!  Good head coaches have good assistants.  Bad head coaches have not so good assistants.  That's the state Ned is in now.  Time to bring in fresh blood!

True!  Good head coaches have good assistants.  Bad head coaches have not so good assistants.  That's the state Ned is in now.  Time to bring in fresh blood!

About 3 months, that’s it.

I’m also wondering what happens if you don’t win another within the next 7 years… if not is it because they get content and lazy, were they just lucky?  Do you get stripped of stature if you don’t validate in 7 years?  

I like what he said in the interview about he is approaching this as the last job of his life.  Hoping he makes that very important connection with kids in all sports.  I know Nederland will back him. 
Defensive coordinator will be crucial decision.  
I kinda hope he changes to a pro set offense.  Huddle. Tight end.  Etc.  It may work well.  

I understand that Barrow called him and warned it about that.  He said he knows it from first hand experience!  (Grin)

I’ve got a come back but I’m gonna stay silent!  😏😁

How about “purple pain” or “purple pain gang” 

Thursday is what i’m hearing.

That makes Nederland non district schedule 
Lumberton, WOS, Silsbee 

Jeryl Brixey...Coach Rich typically ran the red zone offense...Coach Rich was the offensive coordinator at Fort Bend Travis before he was at A&M Consolidated

I heard IZZY was one of they coaches he was bringing in.

I understand that Barrow called him and warned it about that.  He said he knows it from first hand experience!  (Grin)

Shot in the dark????? Dude has coached at some of the best programs in the State!! This is an impressive hire.

rumor has it he is cleaning house