Mean Machine

I agree with all of the above -
Two teams not mentioned to keep an eye on: Livingston and Tarkington
Livingston has Mya Miles who is one of the best players in the area -   they also have a new coach
Tarkington - returns all of their players off a team that lost a close game in Area and finished second in 21 4A - I think they come out of 21 4A as the champion this year but the misfortune there is they would see HJ in the 3rd round.
For all 4A teams in our region - the road to SA goes through HJ - no doubt about it.
Another 4A Region 3 team to watch (although not in SETX) is Fairfield - they only lost one Senior off a team that lost to HJ in the Regional Final.
 
SETX girls basketball is on the rise -  IMO - we have some very athletic teams and some very good players to watch this season.

Glad you corrected that...
True.  Each tournament from last year has been replaced with a tougher one...
Houston Stafford for Baytown
Livingston for San Marcos
Barbers Hill (even though I liked the tournament) for College Station Holiday
And an upgrade in non-district games as well
Fort Bend Clements (9-25) for Langham Creek (28-8)
St. Pius (3-27) for Spring Westfield (12-17)
Summer Creek (33-7) 6A State Finalist was added
Goose Creek Memorial (27-9) was added
Silsbee (24-7) was dropped even though I thought we could have kept them on the schedule
Still no HJ, I would love to see that game
 
This team won't go 34-0 through the regular like last years team simply because of a tougher schedule but this team won't bow out in the 2nd round of the playoffs either.  There is a good chance that none of our starters will even be a Senior, 3 for sure won't be.  I think this team will be better because they won't have Kirven in the middle to rely on which will make them all better ball players and more aggressive.  

Chelsea Perry - Sr - LCM
Cassi Chavez - Jr - Legacy
Asia Wheeler - Sr - HJ
Delberta Guillory-Smith - Sr- HJ
Four more very talented guards imo. Perry and Chavez are great floor generals who never seem to make mistakes and just make their teammates better, Wheeler a FANTASTIC defensive guard and underrated 3-pt shooter, and Guillory-Smith has 3-Pt range to the coach's timeline, and is a very long quick defender.

Well in terms of wins and losses maybe, but the girls played very solidly against highly competitive teams from all over the country, not just regional level teams. All the games were close score wise, but more importantly the girls showed numerous positive traits coaches are looking for in each of the games, imo. It was quite a grind for the young ladies, was real proud of their effort.

Definitely not taking anything away from their play, I was only talking about the W-L record.

Well in terms of wins and losses maybe, but the girls played very solidly against highly competitive teams from all over the country, not just regional level teams. All the games were close score wise, but more importantly the girls showed numerous positive traits coaches are looking for in each of the games, imo. It was quite a grind for the young ladies, was real proud of their effort.

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Amazing to look at this list and see all the height and length of the majority of the finalists, impressive grouping of talent.
Congratulations to Ash, good luck the rest of the way!
 

We haven't been able to secure a date with United for next year yet - but we have stepped our schedule up a notch or two - 
scheduled so far:  at  PNG, Nacogdoches, PAM, Coldspring, Chireno, 
Home: HJ, Livingston, Splendora, Woden, Cushing
Tournaments:  Lumberton, Splendora, Woodville

Indeed it has been a fun season drawing positive attention to these hard working young ladies. It really seems the needle is pointing "upward" in terms of the amount of talent in the area as it relates to girls basketball. A number of programs have solid middle school programs that will be adding players to the high school ranks next season as well.
Good luck to all the ladies this summer. Hopefully a large number will play aau ball and/or maintain their dedication to working out and developing as players in the off season.
 Thanks to all who have spent time posting on this board this season.....

Indeed it has been a fun season drawing positive attention to these hard working young ladies. It really seems the needle is pointing "upward" in terms of the amount of talent in the area as it relates to girls basketball. A number of programs have solid middle school programs that will be adding players to the high school ranks next season as well.
Good luck to all the ladies this summer. Hopefully a large number will play aau ball and/or maintain their dedication to working out and developing as players in the off season.
 Thanks to all who have spent time posting on this board this season.....

Indeed it has been a fun season drawing positive attention to these hard working young ladies. It really seems the needle is pointing "upward" in terms of the amount of talent in the area as it relates to girls basketball. A number of programs have solid middle school programs that will be adding players to the high school ranks next season as well.
Good luck to all the ladies this summer. Hopefully a large number will play aau ball and/or maintain their dedication to working out and developing as players in the off season.
 Thanks to all who have spent time posting on this board this season.....

on your trip to the state tournament, Ladies!

If one was at the game and knew HJ and their roster, they would have observed HJ operating without it's 6' freshman phenom that whole game. Kind of different feel when all the pieces were not available. HJ has a fantastic overall roster, with the two-time defending SuperGold player of the year, one of the best 3-Pt shooters makes wise in the state, and two way defensive minded guard who can knock down shots at a good clip. Plus they have a SOLID bench with players who stay in their lane and do their job.
It was a very "explicable" margin when you take into account a superpower team that was missing a VITAL piece and appeared to be a bit over confident that the scrub team they were fixing to play was going to just lay down. That did not happen, and to the credit of the great coaching staff HJ has, they got their ladies focused in on game and HJ held Lumberton off. Lumberton girls did not play scared and they pushed as hard as they could with a not very deep team.
My point is at this point of the playoffs, there are only good teams left now, and all it takes is foul trouble or some other glitch to throw things out of wack. I think this game actually kind of helped HJ, especially the coaches, drive the point home that nothing will be given it must be earned.
Good Luck the rest of the way HJ ladies, bring it home. Fantastic group of young ladies.

If one was at the game and knew HJ and their roster, they would have observed HJ operating without it's 6' freshman phenom that whole game. Kind of different feel when all the pieces were not available. HJ has a fantastic overall roster, with the two-time defending SuperGold player of the year, one of the best 3-Pt shooters makes wise in the state, and two way defensive minded guard who can knock down shots at a good clip. Plus they have a SOLID bench with players who stay in their lane and do their job.
It was a very "explicable" margin when you take into account a superpower team that was missing a VITAL piece and appeared to be a bit over confident that the scrub team they were fixing to play was going to just lay down. That did not happen, and to the credit of the great coaching staff HJ has, they got their ladies focused in on game and HJ held Lumberton off. Lumberton girls did not play scared and they pushed as hard as they could with a not very deep team.
My point is at this point of the playoffs, there are only good teams left now, and all it takes is foul trouble or some other glitch to throw things out of wack. I think this game actually kind of helped HJ, especially the coaches, drive the point home that nothing will be given it must be earned.
Good Luck the rest of the way HJ ladies, bring it home. Fantastic group of young ladies.

Also the 75 pts they put on us didn't feel very slow and methodical.....lol   

Have watched her since Little Dribblers days. One of a kind player, and as Bill Russell once told Uncle Drew, "This game has always been, and will always be, about buckets"; and she certainly always has gotten buckets.
Just wishing she doesn't drop 48 on Lumberton this Friday, get the 3000th at home next week in front of the Hawk Nation, lol.
Hope she finishes season as her name suggests, "Strong"

Great season SheWolves all future United teams will be chasing to better what you guys did. 

I agree, but think it is comparing apples to oranges....  What works at Buna wont necessarily work at kountze.... what Works at United wont work at Lumberton....   At the end of the day it is about preperation, putting a plan in place, getting kids to buy in to that plan and execute it....
To answer, there are about 10-15 coaches in this area that I would loved to have my daughters play for.  Each has their own strengths.  I know it is vague, but its the truth IMO.

Good season PNG, continue to build.

Final
Livingston 48
BC 39

Most of this preseason prognostication by many of these "experts" is primarily done off of "what a team did last year" and "what their reputation as a program" is. Speculative at best, because most don't follow programs to know who is lost to graduation, "transfer",  "I am going to go play sport "X" and not play basketball, or "I am quitting all sports because it is hard work", etc. No real knowledge of each program to make truly informed decisions.
In United's case, their really was no excuse for "experts" to have them rated as low as they were coming into that district, given the history of Ozen and their coach, and to a lesser extent, Central's success due to the coach that was there until Central was no more.
But hey it's just girls basketball.....
 

those TABC district picks are picked by the coaches in those districts....   each coach ranks... (not all turn in, so sometimes they are skewed)
As far as rankings, they are done by a guy who normally hasnt seen many play, but tries to do the best he can...   All he has to go off of is win or loss and vs who.   Where the game was played and final score doesnt have any bearing....
At the end of the day, the playoffs are the ultimate ranker!  Time for our area teams to go to work!

Game
Lumberton 59
BC 62 
Good season Raiders Hold ur heads up yall will be back strong next year. Seniors thanks for yalls effort for four years. Good luck down the road.
 

Also want to say congrats to BC squad for making the playoffs. Lot of seniors on that roster that played hard.. Good Luck against Livingston I believe it is in the upcoming playoff match-up. Couple of top level shooters/scorers on that Livingston squad, BC's hard nose physical style of play will be an asset in matching up with them, imo.

Silsbee 45
HJ 77
Final 
HJ Undefeated district champs