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Great Job Chelsea.  We are all proud of you.

Good Job Cardinals and Coaches.

Good Job. Ladies

I have always thought that we must have club VB tournaments every weekend from around 12/1 until 6/1 in the Triangle (just like in Houston and other large communities) to be able to compete with the larger areas in post season. The cost for a person to join, travel and play for clubs like JCJ is simply cost prohibitive to most in the area (not to mention the travel cost of parents and fans). I know it would be hard but can be done if all schools in the area wanted it.  Plenty of ex-coaches & ex-players available without having to use parents.  Must screen & pay well to get & keep good coaches. Sometimes I have thought some schools/communities don't want more girls involved in order to make their schools better in district play without considering how weak it makes the entire district in post season.

While I can't comment on the PNG/Nederland match; I can comment on the BC/OF match last week.  It was the only match that I attended this year. I don't agree with the statement "It's the way it is these days".  While both sides showed good school/community spirit, I heard [u]zero[/u] "Heckling" or rude comments from either side.  In fact, while most knew that I was pulling for BC, my many friends from OF were very kind and courteous to me.  I am extremely proud of the way OF fans as well as the BC fans conducted themselves. I am confident that many fans in the Triangle act like OF & BC fans.  Maybe BC & OF aren't easily influenced by Hollywood.

AAW; seems like anyone that dares to challenge anything you say more than once is your "red headed step child".  Lets just see how long it takes you to slam me for this comment.    LOL  :D  ;D

Gotta hand it to you AggiesAreWe; you do liven topics up with your predictable and [u]boring[/u] remarks.

WOS and Vidor scrimmaged each other this year.    Think that neither team has bragging rights on this one.    Good match-up.  Anyone remember the results?

Mr Joseph:    The issue was dead for two whole days until [u]you[/u] wrote the letter that seems a little suspect to almost everyone that has read it. Mr Joseph:    Not only did you bring this hot issue back up after it was dead; you mistakenly think that reasonable SE Texans believe a word you said.  You only made it up after you got caught.  You might want to fire your PR Team.  Would save the district money being that "On December 12, 2009, our community passed a Tax Ratification Election.". [size=12pt][b]Shame on You![/[/b]size]  Crosby deserves better than you.  ::)

What age?

Not sure of the names of each organization or how many teams each has.  I worked with a club for a while and always thought that one of the reasons for only having limited teams was because of the heavy cost.  I thought that was the reason more opted for softball & soccer. Many families simply can't afford the fees or the travel cost.  If each league would keep their cost down (ie T Shirts) for local competition, I wouldn't be surprised if SE Texas Club teams doubled in numbers. After a few weeks of matches/scrimages, Clubs could go back to normal with their allstars. LCM and Vidor had a "practice team" a few years ago that was charged a very limited fee and never went to out of town matches. Anyone know how many HS age teams play club ball in SE Texas.  Also do you know the app fees for each club?

I currently live in an area in another state that has enough teams to have large local tournaments.  With all the club leagues in SE Texas, I have always wondered why local teams couldn't have local tournaments and play each other at somewhere like Lamar or even at local High Schools.  If cost were controlled, more parents could afford these fees. The teams could then select an allstar team/s to compete in the larger areas of Texas, Louisana or even nationally. I think this might get more local athletes playing longer which might upgrade VB in SE Texas.  Just my thoughts.

Cougtalk; Not sure you understand why people of Southeast Texas are upset. I didn't really know much about Crosby (I don't currently live in Texas; never lived in Vidor and don't even know where Crosby is) except for comments on the post "Crosby drops game with Vidor". I have always hoped that the game was cancelled because of a scheduling conflict or was just too far away to travel.   Now you are confirming what I hoped not to hear. "[u]our administrators apparently think Vidor has always been they way they were and will always be in thier eyes.[/u] " You are confirming our worst fears that Crosby administrators forced the cancellation because they think that people from Vidor are racist.  Hard to believe that Crosby dropped Vidor due to their finding a stronger opponent.  Believe Coach F has too much integrety and love for SE Texas to do something like that. While I probably would be defending my school/town if I lived in Crosby, I would be as active in erasing this hatred at home as those folks in Vidor have worked to changing their old image. No place in Texas for these old racist feelings in Crosby or Vidor.  Let's all just have respect and get along with one another.

  I remember when West Orange (before WOS) & BC (Wooster years) was a big thing.  Remember when LCM & BC was a big thing.  Guess BC & OF is now a big game.  Many other rivalries in the Triangle.   Coop; point is that rivalries have always been around and they eventially just fade away.   Would have really been interesting and objective reporting if you had interviewed the LCM Coach before writing a scathing article like this one.   Great Athletic programs in LCM & WOS.

Very good post, soccermom.   I lived in the Triangle for 50 years and have observed Vidor community activities as well as their sporting events.  No one is saying that Vidor hasn't had their problems in the past.  We are saying that the community is a very nice area that has taken giant steps toward improving their self image while being a good neighbor to all that choose to visit their town.   It hurts very deeply when someone treats the fine people of Vidor in this manner.  This is not the way to improve race relations with fellow Texans.   They are really nice people.  Those that worried about the safety of their people while travelling to Vidor could have eliminated their fears by simply seeing for themselves.   Coach Mathews and town has done an exemplary job in making other teams feel safe while in Vidor.  If you still are worried, ask any of the schools that go to games there. Ask Central or any other teams that play Vidor.   Again; they are far from perfect but [u]neither are any of the communities in the country[/u].   To whoever is responsible for this mess. Shame on you. In the future, think before hastily making a decision that might hurt another community.