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I sent my son to the High School Position Camp. I would highly recommend this camp to any serious HS players.

That is Lenard Whittington. He is going to be a Junior.

Dogs are still young, too. Big guy is just a freshman. Shooters are going to be Juniors.

West Hardin didn't show up.

Semi Finals Kountze vs. Lumberton Silsbee (maroon) vs. Silsbee (white) Don't know who won.

Thanks, Warfan.

Does anybody know what time Nederland plays this weekend?

Where can we see a bracket?

Last night at the School Board Meeting, Coach Neuman made it absolutely clear that the only way to do things in Nederland Athletics is the Larry Neuman Way. When Board Members asked questions like "Why Football and not Basketball?", he repeatedly told them that this was not about Football. From the very beginning of the meeting, he was his usual self, very loud and intimidating. Any Board Member that had an opinion that was not the same as his was repeatedly told that was the wrong way to look at this issue. By the end of his talking, I think the School Board was just glad to see him go out the door, so that they didn't have to listen to him anymore. Coach Neuman has succeeded in making sure that he got his way on this issue, regardless of what anyone else may have wanted.

I heard that it was cancelled. Can anyone confirm this?

Not so sure that this is a dead issue just yet. Coach Newman stated to me that if the School Board directed him to make it happen, then he would have to make it happen. The school board members have expressed their support for this issue since I brought it up. Another parent and I spoke briefly with a school board member tonight and he seemed to think that this could still be achieved for this year.

Today, I spoke with Coach Newman, Athletic Director, and Dr. Soileau, NHS Principal. They both expressed their opinion that this was not going to happen for Basketball in the '07-'08 school year. They both stated that they would like to see it happen for all sports, but they didn't want it to happen for basketball only. They said that they will have to do a study through next year to determine if this is workable for all sports. The only reason that they could give me that it couldn't be done for basketball in the coming school year was that they didn't want to do it for basketball and not all sports. We have a full time basketball coach, Coach English, and what appears to be a very workable scheduling issue for the coming school year. Coach Newman just kept saying that he didn't want to explain to the other coaches how basketball could get it and other sports couldn't. This is the only reason I could get for this not happening in basketball.

I have spent the last 4 days talking to everybody that I could get to listen. Everybody says they are all for daily basketball classes. Apparently the Principal is the one to decide if this will happen or not. I had a meeting with him today and he assures me that he also wants this if it is possible. I haven't figured out how it can't be possible for some Bulldog programs and not Basketball. So, hopefully we will get this straightened out.

So, Nederland has been getting 270 minutes one week and 180 minutes the next. How fair is that?

This is true, but I think there is a lot to be said for building relationships between Coaches and Players on a daily basis versus every other day. Also having a chance to go over things that were done in class yesterday versus two days ago during offseason. Gameday classes can be used to go over gameplans, walkthroughs, and shootarounds. We played 9 out of 14 district games last season on days that we did not have basketball class.

Has anyone gone to the Don Eddy Basketball Camps? I see that there is one scheduled at Kelly High School. Thinking about sending my son to the High School Position Camp in Brenham. Any info would be appreciated. www.debb.com

We hired a new coach last year and our team might as well be playing with one hand tied behind their back. Nederland basketball players only have basketball class every other day. Therefore, during the off-season Coach English can only teach his players every other day. During the season there are some gamedays that he doesn't get to see his players until they get on the bus to go to the game. This when we are going to play a team that has had a basketball class to go over the gameplan and shootaround. From what I have been told everybody else in our district gets to go to basketball class every day. Last fall there was a stretch of two weeks during basketball season that, due to holidays, our coach only got to see his kids in class three times. What kind of message are we sending to our basketball players who would like to have a chance to learn from their coach on a daily basis just like the football players do. I, as a parent , would like to know that my son is being given every opportunity to improve and learn everything that Coach English has to offer. We were told that this was going to change for next year, but now we are hearing that this disadvantage is going to continue. Looks like the powers that be in Nederland were just trying to make us think that they cared about a better basketball program by hiring Coach English. When in reality, in Nederland if you're not playing football you really don't matter.

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Nederland took the lead with a 28 point 2nd quarter. They led by 11 at the half. Dayton took the lead in the 4th. Dayton had the ball with the score tied at 57 and was playing for the last shot. Buddy Cooper stole the ball, drove down the court, and fed Chris Hammond for a lay up at the buzzer.

Dayton 57 Nederland 59 Ned: Chris Hammond 22pts. - Micah Van Schoubrek 11pts. Nederland won on a Chris Hammond lay up at the buzzer.

Bears outscore misfiring Bulldogs Published January 31, 2007 12:18 am By Dave Rogers The Port Arthur News — NEDERLAND – Early on Tuesday night, it was hard to believe that the Little Cypress-Mauriceville team playing at Bulldog Gym was the same squad that played to within three points of league-leading Beaumont Ozen just a week earlier. For that matter, with LC-M hitting just 3 of 15 shots and Nederland 1 of 11 in the first quarter, it was hard to believe fans weren’t still watching the JV game. But LC-M kept improving its marksmanship and ultimately won the game over the Bulldogs 46-36 behind Kevin Cooper’s 14 points and 10 points by Dallas Bean. The fourth-place Bears improved to 5-5 in District 22-4A, 15-13 overall, while Nederland dropped to 2-8, 11-18. Of course, somebody pointed out that Nederland was only “technically†playing with its varsity team, since the Bulldogs start four sophomores who would be on the JV in a better-stocked program. LC-M, too, is in a rebuilding mode and the two teams played like it offensively. By the end of the game, the Bears had boosted their shooting numbers to a cool 34.7 percent (16 for 46), while Nederland was just barely above the Mendoza line at 20.8 percent (10 for 48). That’s a combined 27.6 percent for both teams for the game. Fans at the game were lucky they didn’t exit to find nearby streets frozen over. It was that cold inside. “That was one ugly basketball game,†first-year Nederland coach Brian English said, speaking for his team. “You can’t win when you shoot 10 for 48. “That’s probably the worst we’ve shot all year. But that’s the way it is. We’ve got to find a way to win. They found a way to win shooting 34 percent.†To be fair, neither team had a wealth of uncontested shots inside, where the refs allowed plenty of banging. Outside – where LC-M was 2 for 14 (14.3 percent) on 3-point trys and Nederland 3 for 22 (13.6) – the shooters were on their own for excuses. Sophomore Chris Hammond of Nederland led all scorers in the game with 17 points. He scored 13 of those points in Nederland’s 16-point fourth quarter, which equaled the combined output for its two prior high scoring periods in the game. And Hammond had the Bulldogs’ “hot†hand, hitting 4 of 11 (36.3 percent) from the field and 6 of 8 (75.0) from the free throw line. “That’s pretty good for us,†English said. Indeed. While Hammond was 3 for 6 on 3-pointers, his teammates were 0 for 16 from beyond the arc. Of course, English knew he had his work cut out when he returned to his alma mater after pulling off a major upgrade for Vidor’s basketball program. He knew his Bulldog teams would take their lumps early. Both teams missed their first six shots of the game before LC-M’s 6-foot-5 David Sicktich scored the game’s first field goal on a putback and converted a three-point play midway through the first quarter. Nederland had cause for optimism, though. English had benched his usual starters because of some lackluster work in practice, but he sent the five onto the court with 3:43 left in the first. Jacob Van Schoubrek scored on a jump shot with 3:10 left in the period to give Nederland a 4-3 lead (Trace Baker had hit two free throws earlier for the Bulldogs). Then Nederland’s regulars committed three turnovers and missed three shots in what was left of the period and LC-M went on a 6-0 run for a 9-4 lead after one quarter. That run went to 10-0 for a 13-4 lead before Hammond nailed his first 3-pointer with 5:35 left in the first half. Nederland scored three more field goals in the final 5:35 of the first half – by Josh Dean, Micah Van Schoubrek and his twin Jacob – and LC-M’s halftime lead was only three points, 16-13. The Bulldogs hit only 2 of 15 shots in the third period and LC-M, which hit 5 of 11, extended its lead to 28-20 heading into the final quarter. The Bears grabbed a double digit lead early, 31-20 on Justin Kinsley’s three-point play with 7:26 to play, and Bean made it 14 points, 44-30, when he stole a pass and raced downcourt for a slam with 1 minute left. Hammond’s back-to-back treys got the Bulldogs within eight points, 44-36, with 34 ticks left. Copyright © 1999-2006 cnhi, inc.

LC-M 46 Nederland 36 Ned: Chris Hammond 17pts., 11rbs.

I'm pretty sure that he was in foul trouble. I know that he got his 4th foul early in the 3rd quarter.