Lions Pride 2021

We're the United States of America, aka as the biggest, baddest country to have ever have existed. We can and do anything we want to. if we want to invade a country, no one can stop us. If we want to send checks to everyone in this country and businesses, we can do that. Uncle Sam cut checks to the Native Americans (the Supreme Court just ruled that they own half of Oklahoma still and Tulsa,. of course they owned it, where did you think the OU football team got its name from!), the Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans. Unk can certainly run that check to us for building this joint. If he had only gave us our 40 acres and a mule 170 years ago and actually stopped the south from implementing Jim Crow, we wouldn't be having this conversation now

He's a good coach. I remember him when coaches at McNeese. He's made strides in improving the program.

You're getting some stuff mixed up. Repetitions is money due for work and services not paid for. Whether we think the payments were fair, the United States has paid reparations to people it had wronged such as Native Americans (via reservation and the current Indian bureau), Chinese Americans, and Japanese Americans. Black people, nope, no payment. so it's not unreasonable to expect payment especially since this county benefited from 250 years of unpaid labor and another 120 years of Jim crow depressed wages. As for the Confederate flag, it's a traitors flag. The officers renounced their sworn commissions in the US Army to commit treason to fight against the United States so a rich few people could continue to own other people. The Confederacy and all the states in rebellion all stated in their constitution that they were committed to slavery and planned to expand it and they were fighting the United States to preserve slavery. Is that a heritage you want to honor? The right to own other people? if you're gonna fly that flag, at least fly the right one. it's a blank white sheet. it's also known as the surrender flag. The KKK eventually adopted it as their wardrobe. Be better than that.

Come on, they not doing that for real? If they are, that's trash. But I haven't lived in the area for years and I don't recall that the mascot did that. All I recall is it was just a boy with some purple paint cosplaying. I'm against the name, btw. I stated that much. There are plenty of good names out there that are non offensive. If wearing purple paint is considered red face, then they should probably drop the name and get up. I'm all for not offending people if it reasonable. If a native American says it's offensive, I'm going to go with what he /she said, not my feelings about the subject.

Florida State has the approval from Seminole nation to be called the Seminoles. They check in every few years to see if it's ok. I also think they get a member of the tribe to actually ride on Renegade for the games. so there's no cultural appropriation. The NCAA made most of the schools get a letter form the tribe, or they had to change the name. Louisiana Monroe became the RedHawks and it hasn't hurt them a bit. Stanford used to be the Indians and now they are the Cardinal (color, not the bird, the mascot is a sycamore tree). They're alright. It might be a good idea to check in with the Cherokees again to see if their position has changed. But the term Indian is so generic, I doubt even a new letter is going to please everyone. In PNG's defense, they do seem to have respect for the name and take care of the traditions. Naming a team after an ethnicity is not a good idea. If Seattle got a new basketball team, no one would think it's a good idea to nickname them the Asians, no matter how respectfully you mean it. Probably better to stick to job descriptions or animals. The one nickname that gets me is the Kansas City Chiefs. They were named after the mayor of KC who convenced the team owners to move from Dallas. His nickname was The Chief. It had nothing to do with Indians to start with but now it's full blown Indian regalia. these are crazy times.

I feel better that Lamar did it's due diligence. I know its hard to convince a kid to stay at home. But for a long time, it seemed they didn't even try. Thanks for the update

George Floyd's so called criminal past has nothing to do with how he was handled during his last interaction with law enforcement. No one should have a knee thrust in their neck for nearly 9 minutes while three other officers look on, no matter what he might have been accused of. It's alleged he had a counterfeit bill. The worst that should have happened is take the bill for evidence and write the man a ticket. Do you have any sympathy for your fellow man? Did your heart not break seeing injustice? A lot of people were stirred to righteous anger. We gotta a lot to fix in this country. Maybe momentum is on our side this time. BTW, Ty Cobb is a well known bigot in the baseball world. If there's a man who doesn't belong in Cooperstown for morality, it's him. Maybe you might want to switch your handle up before you get confused for him.

If he wasn't going far away, I wish he was headed to Lamar. At least I'll get to see him twice a year. Talented kid. I hope he makes a lot of programs regret passing on him, including the one in Beaumont. If he was offered Lamar, I can't blame him for wanting to get away from home. Lake Charles is far enough away from Silsbee to force you to find new friends and grow out of your comfort zone. A talented kid that grows up in your backyard, you at least gotta ask, even if they're dead set on leaving home.

That dude graduated. Nice kid off the field. Lumberton did what it had to do to put the game out of reach. Remove some of the mistakes, maybe it's a different game. And I acknowledge mistakes are a big part of the game. I just don't believe Lumberton is heads and above anyone in this district.

Memorial has done a great job since it opened up. it also has been a small fish in a big pond, spending most of it's time playing in the now 6A where schools were often twice the size of the Titans. When PA had three school, the enrollments of their opponents were comparable. Lincoln was also blessed to have hall of fame level coaching and a few guys good enough to play basketball at the highest level. Coach Coleman did an excellent job to get the Titans to the promised land. That was a great group of kids and coaches and the town should be proud. The program is solid and most towns would be envious of the success they continue to have.

I was there. I stand by what I said. Livingston was better than their record. And the Lumberton game was closer than the scoreboard indicated due to the errors by the Lions. Stupid holding penalties away from the action cost a lot of kickoff and punt return touchdowns last year. The QB will be better and they are by far the fastest team in district (a bit undersized though) If there's a season, they'll improve the win total, including in district. I don't think anyone is going undefeated here, and no one is going to winless either. We're going to dealing with point spreads and coin tosses after Nov. 6 to figure out the district champ and playoff teams.

Hargrave is tough and LCM just finds a way. The Pirates are just gonna have to prove it to me. I wouldn't be shocked if they finished above LCM but the Falcons are a well oiled machine and until I see it, I'm not going against the champ. I put Lumberton last because I wasn't impressed with them. Livingston gave that game was away due to unforced errors. I don't see them making those mistakes in year 3 of the rebuild. May not matter anyway with the virus getting worse by the day. UIL is calling for a break this week. A lot of schools in Houston are contemplating home schooling this fall.

Huffman Hargrave LCM Vidor Splendora Livingston Lumberton The top 3 are all capable of being district champs and I don't think anyone is going undefeated or winless this season (if we play, which I don't think is happening). Everyone is going to beat on each other. I don't think there's a team here that head and shoulders above the group. probably looking at tiebreakers, point differentials and coin flips the first week of November to figure out who keeps play and who stays home.

Chains are a symbol of bondage. I went to the Equal Justice Initiative a few years ago in Montgomery, Alabama, and the sculpture of Africans in chains at the memorial had me balling out crying. Good riddance to the chain imagery. If you haven't had a chance to go, it's worth the drive to go see the museum and memorial.

Bravo West Orange-Cove for this move. The world is for those living and coming after us. The school is for the kids and not us old folk who would pull a hamstring just thinking about running a 40. Let's not be beholden to ghosts. The defense will be just fine. This will be a non issue by game 2.

Congratulations Trojans!

Not a troll. Just miffed by all this HF is now a great program talk. This is almost as absurd as Rick James sitting down telling stories of how he hung out with Charlie Murphy. He's Rick James! Y'all are Hampshire Fanette. Where you get the illusion of grandeur is mystifying, and most importantly, is unwarranted. This whole line of reasoning is idiotic. One year doesn't make a dynasty. RIP Rick James. RIP Charlie Murphy.

HJ saves those accusations for teams that have a shot of winning state, such as Yates (too soon, sorry!) Y'all are not in that class, no matter how many magic mushrooms you pick up in the pasture and ingest. Huffman may lose a district game for the first time in a long time, but it won't be to HF.

That's why we play. Y'all had a good year. Next year is a different year. For HF to take one year and extrapolate that to being the next district champs is preposterous. Y'all need to calm down on the farm. No one is scared of you. Silsbee doesn't owe y'all a game next season because y'all got lucky against them. The only reason y'all were on the Tigers schedule is you were in their district. They only play good to great 5A and 6A teams in preseason. We beat y'all pretty bad a year ago and y'all returned the favor this season. I give you a soft golf clap. It'll be different in district. I just wanted to throw some water on the how great HF is talk. I'm shocked at how many pages has been wasted on this. You're much more likely to be playing a play in game for fourth place than being district champs.

You act like the other teams don't have people coming back and new kids coming up from the lower levels. HF isn't the program yet where people outside of Western Jefferson County say they're a title contender. Glad y'all are improved, but I will enjoy watching you leave the Lions Den with Horns sawed off. By this time next year, you may be happy that the UIL takes 4 teams per district.

The hierarchy of 4A ball in the area is Silsbee, Huffman and HJ, with everyone else scuffing and occasionally having an exceptional season. The longhorns had a good season. It's been a while since they were competitive. But each year is different. HJ and Hargrave are probably going to be the favorites for the district title, as they should. They both have long time coaches and well established programs that keep the level of play steady. And while Silsbee may step back, their team will be good enough to make the regional tournament if they get a good draw. They're still the team to beat in the area in this classification. I wouldn't schedule a playoff spot for HF just yet. Livingston returns most of their team and Splendora will be much better. Shepherd lost 6 seniors but they still have a good center that alters shots (he's every bit of 6-9). Liberty will be improved too. A good team is going to miss the playoffs. The Lions had a good year before with 19 wins and then sleep walked in 2020 and almost missed the playoffs. When a team hasn't made it in a long time and then gets there, there can be a hangover. That's going to be the test, how will your squad respond to it's first taste of success and teams giving your their max effort because you are now considered a good program building win. HJ and Huffman come ready for war every year. I can't see them ceding the title easily. Y'all gonna have to show me before I believe y'all belong in the top tier.

HJ played good defense against a great team and almost stopped the 100 point streak. That would have been a great moral victory. But to go on about recruiting after the loss is sour grapes. They played the Lions tough last year and not a peep about it. If you're so sure about this, go file a complaint with the UIL, which frowns on this. The reporter should have pushed back on this comment. Where is your evidence? Otherwise, he's just letting the coach libel another coach. Bad job, Beaumont Enterprise. When there were veterans in the editor desks, this would have never happened. HJ could have avoided this by hanging on last Friday. They lost to the better team and there's no shame in that. This was an opportunity to teach his kids sometimes your best isn't good enough but that it's no reason to be ashamed because they laid it all on the line. Clay Davis is wrong.

Yikes! Notwithstanding that result, the past few years of AAU ball has been good. LCM will be fine. District title within the next two years. I'm sticking with it . I had a conversation with a tiger fan at the game and he was complaint about y'all being down. Silsbee doesn't get to complain about being down when it's had all this success in the 2010. Being down is struggling for a decade. Y'all should be proud of the program and the pictures, trophies and banner in your gym are awesome. But complaining about being down should never be in your vocabulary.

Calling off the trap was the mercy part. But when HJ was in half court, WOS was able to limit HJ to one shot. The Mustangs just couldn't handle the pressure.

Watching Yates highlights has been a guilty pleasure every weekend. Had HJ hung on Friday, we'd be writing Silsbee's obit and talking about the Hawks getting ready for Huntsville. They have a good enough team to be playing for the regional championship, they just got a bad draw.