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So now that BC has finally settled on what they want, what's next for HF?

I don't know if Coach Landry reads these posts or not, but if he does, I just want you to know I think BC has snub you in a really wrong way.  HF would be honored if you decide to stay and continue coaching our boys.  I think we look good for next year and it will be a great run!

Where can you go to get info for the 14-15 yr olds, such as schedules and rosters.

Who plays in this game, 5A, 4A, 3A, etc?

Does anyone have directions to the field?

I10 toward Houston.  Take Hamshire Rd exit and go left over overpass.  Continue straight you will come to a sharp right and then a sharp left and the field will be on your left.

HF could upset BC but even if they did it wouldn't be that big of a deal for BC....

BC 6

HF 4

are you kidding? losing to a 4th or 5th place team in  your district relatively close to the playoffs is a HUGE deal.  the best thing for bc would be to run rule this team in 5, time to start expecting that every time you take the field, no room for doubting  yourself now and saying "well maybe we'll win in 7"

Don't you think that just speaks pretty highly of our district if the first place team is that worried about a 5th place team. 

Just wanted to let everyone know that HF has a new website for their baseball team.  Check it out www.hfbaseball.com

Oh yes, skeeter spray is a staple.  If the wind is less than 30 mph there will be skeeters!

Congratulations, Travis!!!  We'll be checking in on you.

Great Photos!

A football coaches responsibility is to build a football team, whether during the season or the off season.  A baseball coach's responsibility is to do the same.  The problem is conflicting needs.  If you have a big guy that is a lineman, you are going to build him as such.  This means that you are going to build bulk, and not arm.  If he is also one of the pitchers of the team, this is going to conflict with what is needed for the baseball team.  Problem is, the head football coach in most of the area schools is also, TA DA...the AD.  So guess who gets hosed?

In addition, probably the majority of weight training workouts specify alternating muscle groups on alternating days to prevent injury, and allow for muscle growth and regeneration.  It's a physical reality, especially for developing muscles in teens, where not only is the muscle involved, but the bone growth plates as well.  I'm sure many of you know of a kid who was threw heat at 11 or 12, was ridden hard by his volunteer coach as his "ace", and ends up having a "rag arm" by the time he gets to high school.  It wasn't his genetics, it was over use.

So what does this boil down to?  A good coaching staff puts the health of the kids first and foremost.  A good coaching staff doesn't have identified "aces". they have developed a lot of kids at the pitching position, and are ready no matter who they play.  A good coaching staff develops their team in all positions, and has a kid ready to go, if one of the others is hurt.  A good coaching staff doesn't need a couple of "ironmen" playing hurt because they have the whole team ready to play ball.  A good coaching staff has workouts that meet the needs of the kids, not the ego of the coaches.  A good coaching staff doesn't need a UIL rule, because they already had that idea of taking care of the kids foremost in their mind.  I am proud to say that where my kid is...we have a GREAT coaching staff, and they have developed the epitome of what baseball is...TEAM... 

Well said!!! 

Check Nolan Ryan's weightlifting schedule.

Nolan Ryan had an intense regimen. So did Cal Ripken. They didn't work out like that until they were grown  men. These kids are developing more muscle than their tendons and ligaments can handle. On top of that they are not developing flexibility and everything gets so tight until something has to give. That's why we see so many more tendon and ligament injuries to High School athletes.

Exactly!!  My son had an elbow injury last year.  We went to a doctor in Houston and he said his muscle was so much stronger than his growth plate that the muscle overpowered the bone and broke off part of the growth plate. 

The complaint is not to workout or not.  Definitely believe in working out.  The complaint is the type of work outs.  Some of the coaches are working the boys out like they are power lifters not baseball players.  That is the complaint.  Just because someone questions what a coach is doing to their kid doesn't make them a winer.  Let's face it just because the word coach is in front of your name doesn't make you a see all know all expert.

most of the top athletes around here find their way to Dan Kroesch in beaumont. He has over 70 athletes he has trained from this area in college sports. he makes you stronger, more explosive and faster. Most High schools make you power lifters and slower

Mine does go to a trainer plus all the after school workout.  Trainer suggested quitting football to focus on baseball.

Moore at 3rd and Courville at 1st for HF has done a jam up job.  Moore has just returned to play and has done a great job.  Courville has the best pooper scooper I've seen. 

I attended a local game yesterday and was informed that  players on the baseball team and also play football are required to lift weights two days a week. (the days before a game). Can anyone explain this practice?  Do all local schools engage in this practice? What would this do to your pitchers? Help or hurt

We are in a small school where most of the kids play all sports.  This year the ad implemented the rule that if your in football, you must complete off season training which includes up to 45 minutes after school before you can go to your other sports practice.  Yes, they don't make them lift on game days, but he forces them to make up the workout the next day which means they are doing a double workout on those days.  How can this possibly be good for the boys muscles.  When do the muscles get to rest.  And it sure seems like we keep having a lot of muscle injuries.

I hope Michael does come and get this job, at least whoever gets the job next will bring the Certa/Bearden Tourney back.  Whoever hired the guy that just got fired needs needs to re-examin the hiring process.  What has happened to WOS athletics? 2007 Baseball TWO WINS!! 2007 Girls Volleyball ZERO WINS!!  2007/2008 Girls basketball ZERO WINS!!  2007 Girls and Boys Soccer combined for a total of FOUR WINS!! Someone told me the other day that the girls track team doesn't even have enough girls out for a relay team!!  For years I didn't think that coaching really mattered much at WOS, but the last 365 has proved me wrong!  Losing McCarter, Orebo, Foreman, and Westbrook hurt more than I thought it would!! 

Did you ever think for a minute that maybe it isn't the coaches it's the kids...

Absolutely not!!  Yes, your talent matters, but talent or not a good coach will figure out a way to may the kids strengths work for the team.  They may not be state champs, but there is no reason that even a team with mediocre talent can't at least have a winning season with the right coach.  I don't think we give enough credit to good coaches until they're not there.

What are you going to change to?  Not real deep.

Pitching against Liberty for HF started with Travis Moore for the first half the game, then I think it was Jake Minaldi, Logan Johnson, and Brett Koenig, each an inning.

Hey guys,  keep those of us unlucky enough to have to be at work posted.  What's going on with the 1230 game.

Any upcoming new talent standing out?