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This would help Ozen tremendously as long as the powers that be don't make them play up in 5A. There's advantages of being a big fish in a small pond.  Ozen Silsbee Lumberton LCM Bridge City is a good district.

You will not have double the playoff teams in 5a it will still be 128 teams. Each division will have 16 districts like 4A.  

It ain't that west brook is getting smaller its that Houston Dallas and San Antonio add only 6a and 5a schools. Eventually 2500 will be the 5a cutoff. It might be 2200 this year. So unless Beaumont starts growing or all the schools merge into one its only a matter of time before West Brook plays in what we currently call 5A. Honestly there needs to be a 7A where schools above 3500 play each other and then start the 6a/5a splits.

It ain't that west brook is getting smaller its that Houston Dallas and San Antonio add only 6a and 5a schools. Eventually 2500 will be the 5a cutoff. It might be 2200 this year. So unless Beaumont starts growing or all the schools merge into one its only a matter of time before West Brook plays in what we currently call 5A. Honestly there needs to be a 7A where schools above 3500 play each other and then start the 6a/5a splits.

I don't think UT best quarterback is on the 40 Arces right now. He's still in Mid County.
As for Elia vs RJ its really splitting hairs. They're both great and as long as they keep winning on Fridays we'll be able to watch both on Saturdays. 

WB will keep it closer this year but they're still not in the same zipcode when it comes to being a legit threat to topping the Highlanders. 42-20. 
It would help if they could keep a coach longer than 3-4 years. BISD gotta pay more for 6A or even the schools to make them all 5A.

I would like to see a little chaos in the playoff picture but it really looks like Nederland is back. Its gonna be close though. 24-20 Nederland. Good luck Jags!

I've seen both districts. 22 5A is better. Port Arthur and PNG will be in the state quarterfinals if they get a good draw.  Each of them are playing at least 3 or 4 games. 
Nederland is back.  They're going to surprise people with their toughness.  I look forward to the playoffs. 

I hope everyone that wants to come back to Port Arthur gets back.  The titans are clearly the best team in the league and possibly this region.

West Brook will never keep a decent coach paying that low.  You should see what they pay 6A coaches in Houston. And if I were Memorials coach is be looking west to get a 30-40k raise. He's been successful for quite some time. At a certain point its got to be about the money.

I'm prepared to get scorched for this take, but this rivalry game has been greatly diminished since Ozen opened up and then Central dropping down in class. This game doesn't help West Brook get ready for district at all.
The Bruins need to play 6A teams in non district. BISD needs to either rezone so all the schools are legitamite 5A or quit making WB play uncompetitive games because the parents want to relive their glory days. Hebert and BCP play every year in district - that ought to be enough.
At the very least, BISD should remove the Ozen game from the Bruins schedule because that's really a 4A school.
If the goal is for all the schools to go far in the playoffs then the current state of the "Beaumont Bowl" hurts those chances.