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Splendora is growing quickly. They have a lot more talent than previous years. I would not go off of historical stats for this game. I see Splendora winning this game by at least 2 TDs.

Nah, they need to be shown that the world isn't fair. If you don't play in a blowout win or loss as a senior, that is saying something. Let the best football players get the reps because in the end, it'll benefit your team more and it's a life lesson that the world isn't always gonna be nice to me. Kids need tougher skin these days.

This will be closer than some of you are predicting. It will come down to the wire, possibly overtime. EC wins in a thriller 49 to 42

Porter will win this game in a blowout. 42 to 7

I think Jasper wins by 3+ TDs. Prediction. Jasper 49 - LCM 20

Again, this is a NON-DISTRICT game. Classification matters in district games. You wouldn't be saying this if Kirbyville had the talent that Newton has. Newton is playing Silsbee. There is a big difference in enrollment there. You gonna say anything about that game? No, because Newton has a great chance to win against ANY team in SETX regardless of classification. Also Newton is not the only example. WO-S beat Nederland and the enrollments between those two is noticeable. Someone made a post about Buna above. East Chambers can run with some bigger schools. You're arguement only applies for district games. It doesn't apply in non-district. Filling games isn't easy either. You take what you can get in non-district scheduling.

Why do you say that? Would you feel differently if Kirbyville was competitive? It is a non-district. A lot of schools are playing games against smaller/bigger schools.

Lumberton 49 - Kirbyville 0. I think Lumberton runs all over the Wildcats and pitches the shut out on defense. If Kirbyville scores, it will be in garbage time.

Did you read the whole thread? There was an issue with funding initially. Once they were able to get the funding, they started construction. Gotta follow the timeline of events to understand why they started this project later than usual.

I am going Nederland over WOS by at least a touchdown.

Gonna be a great game I think. Dont forsee this one being a blowout by any team.

Don't count Lumberton out of that mix. You got 4 solid teams that will challenge for the district champion spot. You never know in this district. So many close games, upsets, big injuries and surprises last year that influenced this district.

Co Champs!? You do realize Huffman lost two district games and Splendora won all their district games right? That would make Splendora outright district champion. As I remember it, y'all were 2nd seed for playoffs and were NOT Co Champion of the district.

Don't hold your breath, WOS should and most likely will run through all of those schools listed with little resistance. District wide speaking though, Silsbee has a great chance to beat the Mustangs and take the district. That game is going to be a good one and should decide the district winner.

I think Splendora will be district champion most likely, but I honestly couldn't tell you who will take 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. The teams are so close together when it comes to talent. I wouldn't be surprised of any one of these teams shocks Splendora, or we see a co-champ situation. The 3 schools: LCM, Lumberton, and Huffman will be interesting to follow from week to week. I'm excited to see how it all shakes out!

Livingston over BC!?! That is a bold prediction.

I agree and love your thought that good coaches could develop athletes to become better with a good off-season programs and getting kids to buy in the program, but let's be honest about something. In terms of consistency, The number of talented young men is something you cannot control as a coach. We have several great coaches that do their best with what they are given talent wise. Regardless of who the coach is, you got to have the athletes to go out there and put points on the board or play defense. Some people do not understand how many variables go into a successful program. Most schools have a great coach to lead them, but the talent caliber of a WOS or a Newton just is not there. Reagan wants to focus on coaching records, but does not realize behind a stellar coaching records is tremendous players, awesome coaching, and communities that drop everything to be at the game on Friday night. That is the culture that needs to be in place.

Reagan it's simple. If Orangefield, BC, LCM, Vidor, or any other Orange County school had the consistent number of high caliber athletes rolling through, they would see consistent success like WOS does. Like I said before, there are three main aspects to a consistently successful team. Talent, Good coaching and a community who supports the football team. You wanted to bring up history and made the focus on coaches. You cannot do that, because you leave the other factors out. Teams that have little talent and awesome coaching are usually mediocre. Teams with good athletes and bad coaching are mediocre. When you put it all together, good players that are well coached will win consistently. Yeah, there will be years where a good group will come through a usual mediocre school and make a deep run but when it comes to consistency, there is no arguement against taking into account all factors. I believe most coaching records reflect the consistent lack of athletes, or a community that has little support for their team.

Honestly, the only fact that matters in this whole thread is that WO-S churns out raw talent better than any school in the area. There are alot of great coaches out there that will never have the talent that WO-S gets on a regular basis and their records reflect that in comparison to WO-S. Aside from good coaching, you gotta have the athletes, and equally as important, a community that backs their football program. Not to take away from their tremendous success, but compared to their present and past district opponents, WO-S rarely faces hard opposition until about 3 to 4 rounds deep. WO-S is blessed with athletes, great coaching, and a community that supports the team. That is what it takes to be successful, if you are missing any one of those three elements, your record will look like any of the schools that aren't WO-S in the article.

Ummmm, football is predominantly played outside, so weather is very much apart of the game. Thinking that it isn't and shouldn't be is foolish.

It is a whole different culture with East Texas football, especially Carthage. Everything is centered around football. Yeah, they have all the other sports and other extracurriculars, but everyone knows in those communities that football is second to nothing, and that is why Carthage does well every year.

Sub Varsity is important. It shows what your future holds and helps develop players. If it wasn't important, then what is the point in Middle school, freshman, and JV games. I know Its all about the Varsity but to say your Sub-Varsity isn't important is basically saying you don't care about the future of the program.

Barely made the playoffs? Lumberton secured a spot after beating BC. TWO weeks ago. Honestly, I think the mentality of "oh we already made the playoffs" killed them the past two games.

Considering the Sub Varsity teams have been very successful this year, the future looks good for Lumberton. Jv went undefeated with a tie. Freshman had a winning season. Babin has a great thing going, Lumberton needs him there. As far as the game tonight, Lumberton players didnt show up to play and LCM players did. LCM wanted this win more.

So you have Lumberton losing to both Splendora and LCM? That would be an interesting result.