Cardinal 1
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1 hour ago, UNT-AggieMan said:
Westfield basketball team is a top 10 team in 6a.
they are having to forfeit 6 district games. anyone know what happen????
Ineligible player. The district has shifted due to those loses now wins
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1 minute ago, AggiesAreWe said:
Typo. I corrected it
No problem I'm in the gym doing leg day so I'm having brain farts as well
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1 minute ago, AggiesAreWe said:
Yates won their district last year not Washington. Silsbee played Yates in 2nd round.
The brackets have not changed.
Ok I see, it was Yates that confused me. I thought they didn't win their district last year
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14 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:
Incorrect.
Washington will be in top half of bracket. HJ and Silsbee will be in bottom half.
If HJ wins 1st round, they would face winner of #2 24-4A and #3 23-3A.
Silsbee would face in 2nd round winner of #3 24-4A and #2 23-3A.
Silsbee and HJ would see each other in 3rd round.
Neither team would see Washington till regional final, like I stated earlier.
Did they change the bracket format from last year? Because that's not how it went at all. Huffman and Lumberton played in the regional quarterfinals and Huffman played Silsbee in the regional finals. Booker t was on their side, I think they won their district as well. HF played Silsbee in the first rd #2 vs #3 from their districts. Why are 3A playing 4A or you have a typo?
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1 hour ago, AggiesAreWe said:
Very good team but not deep. Only play 6 against good competition.
Silsbee or HJ wouldn't see Washington till regional final.
Both Silsbee and HJ will have to get through Booker T to get to the regional finals. 1s and 4s are on one side of the bracket, 2s and 3s on the other side. Silsbee, HJ, and Booker T will be 1 seeds out of their districts facing 4s in the 1st round. HJ will face Booker T 2nd rd unless their is an upset and the winner will face Silsbee, barring an upset in the 1st or a loss in the 2nd from the Tigers, in the 3rd.
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2 hours ago, whsalum said:
I had said before the season the team that could hold serve at home and steal one on the road would win the district. I didn’t think HJ would be able to go through district undefeated but they are getting close. HF will have a challenge next Tuesday traveling to Huffman. If the Falcons win that one I think there’ll be a seeding game for the 3-4 spots.
HJ goes to Livingston, I have to admit I thought they would have ran through them at home but Livingston played them tough. They are a solid defensive team, I still think HJ beats them at Livingston but I have to agree with your earlier assessments about them after last night. They are a pretty tough team
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2 hours ago, Ball4Life said:
Who is the playmaker and floor general for hf? Cardinal 1 please let me know
If you don't know the answer to that, then you haven't seen any of the games particularly the close ones. Also a "floor general" is a common basketball term for one particular position on the court. Ours is a 2 time 1st team all district and was all region last year. He's kind of hard to miss, he's the one with ball coming up the court 80% of the game 🤣🤣
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11 minutes ago, TxHoops said:
HF 54
Livingston 45 F
Good defensive battle the first half. HF was a little cold but stayed locked in on defense. Down the stretch HF just made more plays on both ends and put the ball in the hands of their playmaker and their floor general to finish the game. Got solid play from some bench players, #20 & #0 especially. HF bench outplayed Livingston's and that was a huge difference in the game.
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56 minutes ago, whsalum said:
I think the district champ definitely has a tougher road. Not sure I’d want a coach or player who didn’t play to win though. If Silsbee is hitting the 3 they are just on a different level not sure about Booker T, I haven’t seen them.
Booker T has the best Sophomore in the Houston area. 6'8" and plays like a SF/G! He's had multiple games with 30pts 20 plus rebs
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23 hours ago, OVER THE HILL said:
A lot of coaches only see some athletes abilities to run fast or jump high and ignore the bad things they do because they are awesome athletes. Those coaches are always wondering why can’t we win at a high level? The good coaches know chemistry between teammates is what wins. I agree that these problems should have been addressed in preseason. He can still save the season and make a run in the playoffs if he makes the hard decision. Their is chemistry with some of the players and you can see it especially with the second unit and Cardinal 1s son but like I said above everyone loves the athletes so they will stick with that even though it may bury them.
I agree, Coach Kenebrew is an upstanding man of God. He's a genuine man who honestly got caught off guard with somethings going on with his locker room. I have to admit I have been critical a few times of how he handled particular players and situations with them, that I really do regret, but I believe he just got caught off guard. I've spent time in the gym with him over the summer and fall ball, the guy has a great basketball mind and has made a lot of the guys better, my so included. He challenged my son to be a better on the ball defender which was the missing piece to him getting his recruitment back on track. The next line of players fits his personality better and the have a great crop of young players on JV and varsity that will be there next year. Also maybe he does know what he's doing. The road to the regional finals for the district champs, barring upsets, goes through Booker T Washington (2nd rd) and Silsbee (3rd rd). Good luck to the Hawks 😩😔
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3 hours ago, Jerry West said:
Coaches call out players all the time, at practice/locker-room/games. The social media public forum is not the place for it IMO. Yes there is more important things than basketball and getting these young men ready for the real world is the end state. I don't have a dog in this fight but I have been in a lot of gyms over the years and I know athletes are not only influenced by the coach on the side line these days. Many parents, AAU coaches, grandparents, etc can set the tone in a gym like it or not (Yes I do know where their head should be).
At this point I know the young men at HF do the playing on Tuesday and Friday nights but I would be curious how many of your post are used as locker room material for other teams as well as used in HF locker rooms to continue an obvious divide. If I had a son on this team I would probably handle it differently than a forum that SETEX and surrounding areas look at often. More importantly I know some college coaches that look at this forum as well. I know they can put 2 + 2 together and I wonder how many of them want to deal with these social media post in their program for 4 years. Good luck this season, I hope you guys get it back on track
This is a sports page forum, not really social media but I get what you're trying say. I gave an observation based on facts of the game as did others. We disagreed on certain points which people do. Some where there to watch HJ win and focused on how HJ played, I focused on how HF performed and played. Two perspectives based on personal bias which brings good debate. Only betas get in their feelings about disagreements as real men know we not going to always agree especially in a rivalry games. I teach both my sons to set their own tone in all things. If you allow anyone's words to alter your state of mind then you have given power of your destiny over to them. I also teach them criticism of your worst is always valid and should be heard loud and clear in order to correct it. Your feelings mean absolutely nothing to the grind of this world as a man. But thank you for the talk. Blessing and peace unto you and yours 💯
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21 minutes ago, Jerry West said:
@Cardinal 1 Your keen eye would have noticed in the second half HJ stayed in a zone. They may have ran it as a matchup zone at times but still a zone. More importantly as a Coach/Professional I am surprised that you continuously call kids out here on that. All coaches know that's a no, no. Even though you're not saying names numbers and the tech everyone knows who you're talking about. Lastly competing with Tekoa at the State level is a lot different than UIL and is not even close. AAU depending what Org a lot of those teams are daddy and mommy ball who coach with dadd/mommy eyes. That does not mean there are not good Mom's and Dad's that coach but many never coach again after their sons or daughters move on.
Coaches call out players actions, attitudes, and play all the time. How else do you think players get assessed or recruited? Speaking on your own players openly is a no no my friend. I don't coach at HF and as far as HJ players, I believe I've given them their credit for a well played game and Coach Davis for executing a solid second half plan. Keep in mind, in 4 months for several of these players they will no longer be considered kids at all but young men. There's no protection from criticism, consequences of actions, or mulligans for mistakes. Certain emotional actions can cost you your life or your freedom. I don't coach just to win games and trophies, but to save lives. So yes I'm very critical when a kid allows their emotions to go to far because I know where that can lead as I personally have 3 former players serving a total of 100 years in prison behind their emotional responses.
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3 minutes ago, bullets13 said:
I'm fairly confident this man has considerably more basketball and coaching experience than you. Then again, he may not be who I think he is (but I'm fairly sure it's who I think it is).
The statement you highlighted had nothing to do with basketball experience or knowledge, just simply someone repeating ignorant rumors about certain kids.
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15 minutes ago, whsalum said:
Once again you watched a different game. I’m not sure a stint at Tekoa makes you an expert although you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. The trap that was used in the 2nd half was a different look and worked on more than one occasion on different players. Give credit where it’s due . With both teams hitting on all cylinders HJ has the best club this year. I gotta think these conversations make things tough in the HF locker room. On a different note GF looks to have a really nice JV club. Some of those kids , if eligible, could play on the varsity.
Nah I just have access to the game footage and look at live from a coaches perspective not a fan. And being that I've coached in 3 state title games at Tekoa, ran/coached an AAU organization that encompassed players from 3 different countries boys and girls, and have multiple players that have gotten free educational opportunities that I coached and trained gives me a pretty good idea of how to break down a game. Not to mentioned every main player on both sides have been in my car on our way to an AAU tournament, training, practice, or camp. Many of them since middle school. There's nothing I wouldn't do for any of those kids on both sides. Truth be told, my son spent more time in a HJ gym over the past 6 years training and practicing in the summer then any other 🤷🏾♂️. HF JV are mostly Fr and Soph. Their Fr. squad is pretty good as well. They have a few players that will make a lot of noise the next couple years.
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3 hours ago, Jerry West said:
HF just ran into the tradition of a great program and an always well coached HJ team. @Cardinal 1 you are all over the place. Earlier in the year you stated HJ only had 1 player and pretty much stated the rest were scrubs/rec ball players. I saw last night two teams, one being HJ that has basketball players meaning they can make adjustments as the game goes on. HF has hoopers who could not adjust when HJ switched from man to an extended zone. That along with a mixture of a team put together through recruitment can't figure out how to play with each other. At the end of the day HJ will be good at basketball next year as well and HF well they will be HF.
First off you sound very ignorant and like a complete hater who has no clue how anything went. Every kid on HF has been there 3 years or more, including my kid who went HF elementary before attending the charter school I worked at grade 5th-10th and transferred back to the district for a better academic opportunity in scholarships. He's a 4.0 national honor society member who wanted to graduate with a larger class instead of one that only had 20 kids in. Graduating valedictorian out of 20 doesn't look as good as being among the top percentile of 130. That's why he moved BACK to HFISD. Which was the plan before any of the success started at HF. Funny how HJ JV got mauled by HFs but the school is recruiting right? Ok
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3 hours ago, whsalum said:
It seems like these game threads always turn into a discussion as to how HF figured out a way to lose. This one should be about how HJ found a way to win. The Davis’s turned the tide coming out of the locker room for the second half, Clay by making some big time adjustments on the defensive scheme and Clayton by filling it up from DEEP!! That was the spark the Hawks needed and the que for Sears and Melvo to take this game over. The Samaha kid as well as several others gave the Hawks some big time minutes off the bench.
I believe I stated in my first comment about how HJ came out and executed a perfect game plan of making sure that particular player got the ball. They scored 4 straight times off him at the beginning of the 3rd 🤷🏾♂️.
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3 hours ago, Jerry West said:
HF just ran into the tradition of a great program and an always well coached HJ team. @Cardinal 1 you are all over the place. Earlier in the year you stated HJ only had 1 player and pretty much stated the rest were scrubs/rec ball players. I saw last night two teams, one being HJ that has basketball players meaning they can make adjustments as the game goes on. HF has hoopers who could not adjust when HJ switched from man to an extended zone. That along with a mixture of a team put together through recruitment can't figure out how to play with each other. At the end of the day HJ will be good at basketball next year as well and HF well they will be HF.
HJ came out from the jump in an extend zone and played man halfcourt the entire game, they didn't change anything. HF just imploded. You only saw one angle of the game, not what was going on in the locker room or bench at the half or the game. As hard as it may seem for fans, as a coach I can tell you one player can destroy your teams chemistry and kill their momentum. That's what happened. That one player refused to dump the ball down low to the post, set off the ball screens that got shooters open, and took the ball out of the PGs hands. All that was happening in the 1st half which is why HF was winning. HJs press was ineffective when the ball was moving properly. Matter of fact that one player is the only guard who got trapped by the press the entire game and turned the ball over. All others passed out of it.
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36 minutes ago, bullets13 said:
That explains the third quarter. what about the 4th? As for the PG, there's no doubt he's a quality player, and he's not being benched because of his play. I can only think of one other reason that he'd be on the bench. I hope his dad isn't filling him with too much of the expertise that he spreads online, leading him to say some things he shouldn't, or making him feel like he's too good to be replaced or is smarter than his coach. Coach Kenebrew is no dummy. He's putting these players on the bench for a reason.
He got in the 4th qtr, but unfortunately so did the one player who didn't want to follow the game plan. He and another player who doesn't start kept turning the ball over. You can't beat a defense by yourself so you have to pass the ball. Unfortunately when the ball got in the hands of a certain player, that's where it stayed for either a turnover or bad shot. We did get a couole good looks down the stretch for #23 and #5 but they were far and in between and not enough. He wasn't benched, he was subbed out at a bad time of the game and sat too long. HJ was making a run due to turnovers and instead of just subbing out the problem player, our pg came out as well. HJ then went on a run taking the lead. He sat the remainder of the 3rd. Then at the beginning of the 4th all but 1 starter was out of the game and HJ scored 6 straight points off turnovers. 3 starters were put back in, but one of them should have never touched the floor again.
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48 minutes ago, 5GallonBucket said:
That’s a simple fix that should ve been addressed pre district.
I fully agree. As a varsity coach of 10 years myself when you have a player who gets a tech for cursing at the ref and then a flagrant foul that was intentional and almost started a fight all in the first half, he sits for the remainder of that half. Then comes out in the 3rd and has 4 straight turnovers because he doesn't want to pass the ball, he sits for the rest of the game and possibly loses his starting position. Especially when I find out he tried to start a fight with an HJ player after the game. He might be off my team period. Heck Coach Davis even talked to the kid right after buzzer to give him some encouragement and he comes out the locker room after getting dress and tries to fight HJs best player, cursing at him and yelling.
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6 hours ago, whsalum said:
I think the substitutions he made were made because the starters were out of gas. That and he was looking for scoring. The blond headed kid came in and hit a 3 but that was it. I think #23 had a 3 point play with a minute left in the 4th but the game was over by then. HF has defensive liabilities all over the floor. At the end of the day the coach doesn’t have but so many pieces to work with and HJ just has more pieces this year.
Blonde head kid scored in the first half. Only two players to score in the 2nd was #5 and #23, both had and 1s. The only subs he made that was bad was taking his PG off the floor for most of the 3rd and his best shooter #3 for the majority of the 2nd half. The blonde head kid is a shooter as well and should have played more. Our liabilities are 2 players who consistently refuse to play team ball while on the floor and who cause turmoil in the locker room by blaming others. The rest of the team leaves it on the floor, win or lose. 3 of our starters were dominating the first half by moving the ball and exploiting mismatches. The 2nd half happened because we had a 4th starter who was unhappy with his point production and took upon himself to change that turning the ball over 4 straight times and killing the offensive flow we had. He literally was HJs best player/defender in the 2nd half 🤷🏾♂️🤣🤦🏾♂️. HJ has guys that believe in each other and sticks to the game plan. We a couple players who will throw fits and/or yell at their teammates and coach if they not playing well or scoring. It's crazy!
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Just now, whsalum said:
HF lost this ball game because they got away from feeding the ball down low to #5. He is the best ball player on their squad. They also seemed to struggle with conditioning. They are very suspect on the defensive end. The HF coach made a wholesale substitution to start the 4th but I can’t blame him after watching his squad score 3 points in the 3rd. I would be hard pressed to question the HF staff. They have one of the best assistant coaches in the area.
When a player comes down 5 straight trips and turns the ball over because he refused to run the offense that got the ball to #5 and you sit your PG who is the primary passer on your team in the 3rd, yeah you will lose. We had 3 players in double figures going into halftime and neither of them got the ball within the offensive flow in the 2nd half because of 1 player and a bad sub. Your PG doesn't come off the floor, especially when he's playing at a high level, unless he's in foul trouble or hurt. He was neither 🤷🏾♂️. Him coming out hurt us defensively because it allowed Malbrough to go up against a smaller defender and he took advantage. Dude was balling! Offensively not having your starting PG in the game moves #23 to the PG and off the wing which is why #5 couldn't get the ball down low. They were running a high low feed with him getting the ball from the wing down low or the high post from the PG. They are our two best passers and playmakers in the offense. Take one off against a tough defensive team like HJ and your post player has only one entry point which is easily defended. You also take off your best shooter in #3 which allows the backside defense to cheat over and double team the entry pass or player once he got it down low. 10 turnovers from two players in the 2nd half allowed HJ to take the lead and close it out. #5 was the mismatch all night but if you have players that refuse to run the offense to get him the ball consistently, then he can't do anything
season is around the corner!! who are some teams to put an eye on
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Isiah Malbrough changed everything for HJ and is main reason they are having a great district run. I dont think anyone saw him coming! The kid developed his game seemly overnight and is just a junior!