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Hats off to Anahuac, we traveled down and had a hard fought game.  Kids are physical and will fight you for 48 minutes.  Good luck to the Panthers down the road!

PS - it was good to be back in SETX for a Friday night!

Our QB is Khalan Griffin (Class of 2020) who transferred in from Chapel Hill/John Tyler.  He was able to use his speed quite well last night in horrible conditions.  More than a handful of long runs for him last night.  Huntington is much more sound than I remember them being over the last however many years.  Hopefully they will allow the coach long enough to work it all out.  Those kids deserve a chance to be competitive, and I think they will get there if given time!

3 hours ago, LOUD and Proud said:

They won't be white for long. This is an interesting match up.

It's a matchup of contrasting styles for sure.  Huntington wants to throw it around, but struggles.  They will eventually just line up and try and run over you.  We on the other hand, want to go fast and spread you out.  With our new QB we have explosiveness at the position we have not had in a long time.  The weather will be the ultimate equalizer tonight.  Hopefully we can capitalize early before the conditions really deteriorate.

2 hours ago, no-look said:

Could get muddy. More rain is expected this evening. All uniforms will probably be the same color after game starts.  Huntington by 7. Or whoever wins the turnover count in the mud. 

It's going to be wet for sure.  Luckily we wear different colored helmets so we can notice who is who!  Huntington is looking better on film than I have seen them in quite some time.  As a coach I will not make a game prediction obviously, but we will just have to agree to disagree on your score prediction.  However, the turnover count in the mud is extremely critical tonight!

I'm disappointed!!! No one cares that I get to bring my guys down to Huntington tonight to play??? I figured there would be some talk about this game on here!!!

All joking aside, I'm glad the weather has remained at least decent enough for us to get to play tonight on that lovely grass field tonight in our brand new road whites!!!

Good luck to everyone tonight!

Surely you can bring @Lefty99 out of retirement for Lumberton games right?

Todd, I get no love brother? Game 1 has a special play-by-play appearance from yours truly!

If you know of schools looking for games, please post here.  Might be some coaches looking for one more game somewhere...

Melissa wins 56-34

Melissa scores on 4th down on a screen pass to go up 56-34

Melissa puts another on the board, up 49-34 with 3:40 to play

Melissa scores again, up 42-34 with 6:29 to play in the game

Rusk turns it over for the fourth time inside the Melissa 35, 10 minutes to play

End of the 3rd Quarter, Melissa 35-34

Winner gets Gilmer, who is whipping Caddo Mills

Melissa takes the ball and scores on the next drive.... Melissa 35-34

Rusk scores again after a punt, two point try, Rusk 34, Melissa 28

Rusk scores on first play... two point try no good... Tied at 28-28

Melissa leads 28-22 at the half

Melissa turned it over twice, Rusk three times

Due to a scheduling conflict with their original opponent, Brook Hill (Bullard) is looking for a 7th and 8th grade opponent this week.  We will need to host the games, so if you know of anyone who is close enough to us to travel and play Thursday, please contact me via email at [email protected].

Thanks in advance for your help!

First, let me say that our thoughts and prayers up in East Texas are with all of the folks down south who are being displaced or affected by this storm.  While football is way down the list of concerns by most, it is at least something that has to be discussed.

I am coaching now at a private school in Bullard (Brook Hill) and we have two Houston area teams on the schedule for September 15 and 22, and are having conversations about whether those schools will even be ready to play at that time.  While the fields and roads are destroyed, you have to consider whether or not schools lost equipment, transportation, etc.

I am glad to see all of these Texans answering the bell and helping each other out.  But high school football for many schools may not happen all year long.

Congrats to Coach Wayne Mahaffey and his Sandies on a solid season.  Lot of young guys on this roster, should be fun to watch next year as well!

Of all of the games I have ever been a part of broadcasting, this one probably ranks in the Top 10 for me.

 

Kirbyville managed to withstand the first five minutes, when Rockdale exploded.  The Wildcats made the necessary adjustments defensively and unleashed one of the most physical defensive attacks I had ever seen in person.  They were playing fast and physical and left Rockdale with two quarterbacks out and their best back out.

 

Unfortunately, only one team could win the game and the Wildcats fell just short.  Rockdale made just a couple of more big plays and made them at the right time.  Nothing for the Wildcats to hang their head about, they lost to a good team who played well.  I also noticed the sportsmanship shown by both teams, which to me is a sign of respect for each other.  Rockdale knew they had been through a battle when it was over.

Wildcats get the ball to start the second half, big drive coming up... 16 minutes until we get going again in the 3rd Quarter

Are they playing a doubleheader? I think it's just one right?

Two great groups teeing off back to back today....

Kuchar, Simpson and Mahan at 1:05 and then Tiger's group (with Fred Couples) at 1:16

My picks (not named Tiger) are Brandt Snedeker or Matt Kuchar!