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DCTF - Beaumont United (3-2) at Galveston Ball (2-4) BU is favored by +2 points.

DCTF - Baytown Sterling (5-1) at Beaumont West Brook (4-1) West Brook favored by +21 points

DCTF - Port Arthur Memorial (6-0) at Barbers Hill (4-2) PAM favored by +19 points.

Game @ Barbers Hill, BH will be the one of the better teams PAM has played since FB Hightower. Even the Sports Science team with #1 QB is 2-3 right now and giving up a lot of points even in close games. It's a big game for Barbers Hill not to have 2 losses in district with 3 games to play. Those two district shutouts by PAM over Ball and United are impressive. I have no idea how this game will go, but as I have said before the season began, PAM is a head taller than most in district 9-5A DI this year, the title is theirs to lose. Never understood why DCTF kept picking Lufkin to win the district, they never understood as I did how much retooling (new coaches, new offensive and defensive systems) it was going to take for the Panthers this season. Don't know what PA Memorial will have next year, but they are loaded this year, this is the class everyone has been watching the past three years, just like the senior class was for Lufkin in 2024.

Taking Lufkin to win at home by +14

Is the conversation about 4A DII Silsbee?, and them losing 37-16 to 3A DI Hitchcock last week? What was the shortage, injury? The Lufkin-BWB game will be close game and I'm just not going to get into anything other than the game before us.

I agree the identity or chemistry has not come together on the offensive side. The talent is clearly there, will need to leave it to Abseck and Kuykendall to work that out in the way they want to move forward. My 2 cent opinion based on what I think and see means zero, just not going there. West Brook definitely has the opportunity to win if the Lufkin O comes out stagnant again.

WE are going to find out soon.

Can't comment on the DCTF rankings or the way they predict game spreads. It's all AI computer formula stuff now anyway. You think Abseck is not aware of Morton's return??? Abseck, Kuykendall and Cowgill know much about where they are going, they will have the Lufkin kids prepared to play.

Lufkin by 1 on the road. Got to back my PACK!

Lufkin (9-5A DI Reg III) and Tyler (7-5A DI Reg II) will finish their non district play Friday night at Abe Martin. Lufkin plays all of their non-district with teams to the North, in Longview, Nacogdoches, Little Rock SW, Ark and Tyler. Lufkin will head down South after this week to start district 9-5A DI play at Barbers Hill. [Hidden Content] Going to be a good game between two high octane offensive teams, which teams defense will step up to make the plays?

Just an honest question. How does it help BWB to play 4A DII Silsbee or 4A DI Lumberton football teams in non-district? I mean Silsbee might be a real good #10 4A DII team, but I could never see Lufkin, PAM or BH playing those classification teams. DCTF has Silsbee a 3 point favorite. Again, just asking. I mean Lufkin only plays 5A DII Nacogdoches out of tradition only and that game is rarely close. Maybe these are also traditional games for BWB from way back, I do not know the history there.

As far as I am aware we did not sustain any further injuries than the 3 or 4 we already had currently.

LRSW has athletes, size, talent and speed, they are either poorly coached or not buying into what they are taught. It's a clear waste to watch such athletes with poor fundamentals and timing. Hard to watch, they have no mantra for winning, just go through the motions. That was a last minute fill in game for last season on the two year contract. Thankfully after realignment Lufkin will have new non district opponents, of course depending on where the Panthers end up. I don't count this game much, not sure what Lufkin got out of playing the game except everybody but the trainers got to play.

Feeling fine so far. Feel like the area's of Lufkin's inexperience and youth will all be playing well by district. Pleased with the depth this team has, especially on offense. Varsity is dressing out 64 players, that includes 9 sophomores and a freshmen. Abseck said he would play the best talent he had regardless of the classification, and so far that has been his path. The implementing of the new defensive and offensive schemes have steadily improved each game. Lufkin learned much in the Longview game, there is not a single team in 9-5A that compares to them, maybe not in all Region III. They are a tough 6A out at their home field, don't let the 41-16 score fool you, it was 28-16 when they scored two TD in the last 3 minutes of the 4th quarter, no running the clock in Longview. No doubt in my mind this district race has some parity and will be highly competitive between those the top four mentioned, even Ball, we can't leave them out. Thankful to have BWB, PAM and Ball games in Lufkin this year.