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Looks like BH just bulldozing and Nederland is starting to get into a groove, should be a good match this Friday.  Little surprised that Sterling didn't handle GCM a little better.  I see Sterling did win in 3, but the set scores are not what I would expect.

25 minutes ago, SetHaGoEagles! said:

As of 9/26. 

18-5a	District		Overall
Teams	Wins	Losses	Wins	Losses
Friendswood	4	0	25	9
Manvel	4	0	22	10
Santa Fe	2	2	12	15
La Porte	2	2	14	16
Galveston Ball	1	3	15	12
Texas City	0	3	7	11
Angleton	0	3	5	8

 

Scores 9/23. 

FW wins 3-0 @ TC. (25-11, 25-12, 25-11)

LP wins 3-0 vs GBALL. (25-18, 27-25, 25-23)

Manvel wins 3-0 vs Angleton. (25-10, 25-14, 25-10)

SF - Bye 

 

Schedule 9/27.

Manvel @ Friendswood 

La Porte @ Angleton 

Texas City @ Santa Fe 

Ball vs Sweeney 

This Tuesday match between Manvel & Friendswood should be one of the highlights of the week for the area.

4 hours ago, SetHaGoEagles! said:

BH wins 3-0 @ PAM (25-9, 25-7, 25-1)

Yikes.

Baytown really missed the boat when it turned down the proposal to consolidate the high schools. It would have been beneficial all across the board: academics, athletics, fine arts, etc…. 

4 minutes ago, kenny powers said:

Come eat some crow all you Crosby big mouths!  

I bet they are working on the UIL one act play. Gotta try to beat BH at something. 

6 minutes ago, Cougar14.2 said:

Depending on how you want to look at it BH is either in a better or worse situation than Crosby. Yes, their increasing growth rate will naturally bring them more talent. On the other hand if that rate continues to increase it's going to get BH to 6A faster than they're probably ready for in the boys sports. The 5A-D1 cap is only 2,222 right now. Crosby will be over 2,100 at the next realignment and BH should be 100+ students larger than Crosby. BH could potentially go 6A at the next realignment without an increase in the enrollment cap, both Crosby and BH will be 6A by the '26 realignment though. 

The growth projections for BH are astronomical.  They will definitely be 6A sooner rather than later and I think there will be a learning curve for the boys sports (girls should be okay), but the correction shouldn't take too much time to occur. 

25 minutes ago, EagleFootball281 said:

last year BH vs Crosby All sports district Championships

Football- Crosby District Champ

Volleyball - BH District Champ

Boys Basketball- Crosby finished 2nd in district BH finished 4th

Girls Basketball- BH finished 2nd Crosby finished 3rd 

Fall Tennis - BH District Champ

Boys Cross Country - BH District Champ

Girls Cross Country - BH District Champs

Girls Soccer - BH District Champ 

Boys Soccer - Crosby District Champ

Baseball - Crosby District Champ

Softball- BH District Champ

Boys Track - BH District Champ - 1 State Medalist, Crosby - 0

Girls Track - BH District Champ - 1 State Medalist, Crosby - 0

Boys Golf- BH District Champ

Girls Golf - BH District Champ

Spring Tennis- BH District Champ

UIL Competition - BH District Champ (25 years in a row)

One Act Play - BH District Champ

Every Single sport at BH Boys and Girls made the playoffs. 

 

Total score from 21-22 

BH - 13

Crosby - 4

 

 

 

Those are nice results and all, but lets not forget that this is Texas and football is king.  BH does have the edge in mostly everything else, but people will keep chirping until they start beating Crosby in football.  However, with all the SH99 related development that is happening in the Mont Belvieu area, the clock on Crosby's football dominance could be ticking.

2 hours ago, SetHaGoEagles! said:

I do not think so. A lot of volleyball left to be played. I think it shows a more competitive district this year. I think you are going to see a lot of battles, and maybe even splits. I think that will make for possibly some interesting tie breakers at the end. 

18 minutes ago, Pkvalt said:

Totally agree. Every set in that game was close. Could have gone either way. Also, anyone can win 1 game so anything can happen still.

Just being facetious, the district is far from settled.  The Eagles are really good, but they are not invincible; no one is.  They need to have the intensity in district play that they showed during non-district/tournament play.  With each match the pressure builds for BH and the target on them gets bigger.  Continuous focus on BH can be freeing for the other programs.

So with Crosby beating Sterling, has the district already been decided in the first week of district play?

2 hours ago, KF89 said:

Below are the Chronicle’s weekly Houston high school volleyball power rankings. Rankings are based on overall and recent performances, quality wins, strength of schedule and team accomplishments.

1. Tompkins | Previous rank: 1

The Falcons (23-3) improved to 4-0 in District 19-6A action with a dominant 25-12, 25-18, 25-11 sweep against Katy Taylor last Tuesday. Tompkins will continue its league slate this week against Morton Ranch and Mayde Creek. The Falcons are 15-1 all-time against Morton Ranch and 16-0 against Mayde Creek.

2. Cypress Ranch | Previous: 2

Cypress Ranch (28-2) has won 12 consecutive matches and is ranked No. 11 in the nation by USA Today and the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The Mustangs began District 16-6A action with a 25-15, 25-12, 25-15 sweep against Cypress Woods on Friday. They continue this week against Cypress Springs and Cypress Park.

3. Bridgeland | Previous: 3

Bridgeland (26-6) kicked off its District 16-6A schedule Friday with a hard-fought 25-21, 25-17, 25-22 victory over a solid Langham Creek team at home. The Bears have only suffered losses against elite competition, including twice against Cypress Ranch. The team has a match against Cypress Falls on Friday before meeting the Mustangs again next week.

4. The Woodlands | Previous: 4

The Woodlands (25-8) extended their current winning streak to four matches after picking up a pair of District 13-6A victories last week. The Highlanders pulled out an impressive five-set road win over Grand Oaks to grab sole possession of first place. They easily coasted past Cleveland on Friday to improve to 5-0. Rival College Park is up next on Tuesday.

5. Conroe | Previous: 5

Conroe (34-1) bounced back nicely after suffering its first loss of the season against The Woodlands. The Tigers improved to 4-1 in District 13-6A action with sweeps against Oak Ridge and New Caney last week. Conroe has a nondistrict match against Huntsville on Tuesday before continuing its league slate with a big test against Grand Oaks on Friday at home.

6. Ridge Point | Previous: 6

Ridge Point (26-6) continued a dominant start to its District 20-6A title defense with four-set victories over George Ranch and Elkins last week. The Panthers are now 5-0 in league matches and have only dropped two sets. They will continue their journey against Clements and Fort Bend Austin this week, teams they have a combined 25-7 record against all-time.

7. Clear Springs | Previous: 7

Clear Springs (25-7) kicked off District 24-6A action with a 25-16, 25-21, 25-10 sweep against Dickinson at home Friday. The Chargers continue their league schedule with matches against Clear Falls and Brazoswood this week. Clear Springs is 4-0 in true road games this season and will try to make it 5-0 on Tuesday against the Knights.

8. Barbers Hill | Previous: 8

Barbers Hill (26-5) began District 17-5A play with a 25-18, 26-24, 25-10 road victory against Crosby on Friday, the team’s fourth consecutive win after dropping three straight in late August. The Eagles are now 23-5 against Crosby dating back to 2007. They will host Baytown Lee on Tuesday before traveling to face Port Arthur Memorial on Friday.

9. Grand Oaks | Previous: 9

As previously mentioned, Grand Oaks (24-9) lost a hard-fought match against The Woodlands last week. Despite coming up short, the Grizzlies proved once again they belong in the conversation with the Houston area’s best teams. Grand Oaks turned around and swept Oak Ridge on Friday to move to 4-1 in league play. They have New Caney and Conroe this week.

10. Columbus | Previous: NR

It’s hard to ignore what Columbus (27-3) has accomplished so far this season. The Cardinals are a 3A team, but they have also scored victories against 5A and 6A opponents this season. The team is riding a 10-match winning streak and was dominant against Rice Consolidated in its district opener. Columbus gets Hallettsville and Edna this week.

Honorable mentions: Deer Park, Dawson, Cinco Ranch, Stratford, Friendswood, Pearland, College Park, Langham Creek, Seven Lakes, Manvel, Klein Collins, Bellville, Cypress Creek.

 

What will be hurting BH the rest of the season, poll wise, is the strength of their district as a whole.  No matter what BH does now, they can only go down in that poll.  If they don't post dominant wins with each match then it will be viewed as a negative.  Manvel and Friendswood have each other in their district, so I see at least one  of them appearing in that poll just because they are playing better teams.  Same can be said for the Foster/Fulshear district.  

17 hours ago, Austin1985 said:

I've seen a big oline but perhaps Ross Sterling's line looks great until the ball's snapped.......

It definitely appears that way.  They do have size, but it looks like speed and technique were the trade-offs for that size. 

1 hour ago, SetHaGoEagles! said:

As of 9/7. 

 

17--5a	District		Overall
Teams	Wins	Losses	Wins	Losses
Barbers Hill	0	0	25	5
Sterling	0	0	15	4
Nederland	0	0	18	9
Crosby	0	0	11	17
GCM	0	0	11	11
PNG	0	0	8	13
Lee	0	0	4	14
Port Arthur Memorial	0	0	3	5

 

9/6 Scores: 

BH wins 3-0 vs Pasadena 

Bellaire wins 3-2 at Crosby 

Nederland wins 3-0 vs Santa Fe 

PNG vs Kountze? 

GCM at Pasadena Memorial - 9/7

 

District begins Friday: 

BH at Crosby 

Sterling at Nederland 

PNG at GCM 

PAM at Lee 

 

It seems like Crosby is struggling big time right now.  I think the most exciting matchup in this district will be Sterling v Nederland.  Basically, it appears to be a battle for 2nd place between these two teams (unless Crosby turns it around), because I would be surprised if BH loses even a set in district play.  

2 hours ago, kenny powers said:

Looks like Sterling is in Florida playing in some random tournament in Orlando starting today. 

After a quick lookup of the tournament and some spot checks of the teams attending from MaxPreps, I guess it is more about the overall experience than the competition?  I wouldn't put near the level of Fraulein Volleyfest, Volleypalooza or John Turner; I could be wrong though.

Houston Chronicle has BH ranked #5 in the area. I know it’s early, but they have looked really good so far. 

2 minutes ago, Eazy said:

Where’s the Crosby offense tonight?  3 and out again.  

The offense needs to put something together to give the D a rest. LH’s pace is causing a problem for the DL. Getting beat to the point of attack by smaller, quicker linemen. 

18 minutes ago, aTmfan06 said:

We ran into the defending state champs… and they were amazing. Decatur also ended up beating Celina 25-23 25-10 25-10 so it is what it is lol They we’re just on a different level 

I agree, Celina looked really good in that game.  Nothing to be ashamed of though.  Similar situation in 5a, Lovejoy was just on another level than every other team.

29 minutes ago, kenny powers said:

The defensive coordinator came and changed to "his" scheme before he even saw what personnel he had. They would have been better off sticking with last years DC's scheme. 

The QB did a good job most of the year punting, no complaints there but the short kickoffs were bad last night. Its not a bad idea having the QB punt because it does make the defense have to play honest for a potential fake. Just kick it out of bounds or kick it high enough they have to fair catch it. 

And how can there not be a kid on the soccer team that can kick long field goals? Surely there is one. 

I dont know how they replace the QB next year, he made so many critical yards with his legs and tough running. He is a very tough kid. The RB was also a very tough runner when healthy. 

oldman is a BH coach, he is sensitive to any coaching criticism.  He should probably stay off the boards but he cant help himself. 

I agree, not sure if Oldman is current coach, former coach or overly sensitive parent, but message boards might not be the place for him.

Anyways, my assessment of the defense wasn't a slight on the kids, they are confined to the system that is designed by coaches. Discipline on the backside is something that needs to be ironed in with repetition during practice.  Switching to a new defensive philosophy that might not be in tune with the strengths of the current roster really puts those kids up against a wall.

On the QB punting, like I said, I commend him for wearing both hats.  In games like this the ability to change field position would have been so critical for BH.  For the most part his punts were okay, but that last one was unfortunate.  All in all, that QB played a very good game, he made critical plays with his legs and had a few good throws. 

Also, just so oldman doesn't think I am 100% negative, I thought BH's interior Oline play was pretty good most of the night.  The tigers had some big dudes playing on their Dline and for the most part BH held their own.

7 minutes ago, oldman said:

Stick to Volleyball 

Hahaha, what a sensitive reply.  Better go get some kleenex for those blue tears of yours.  I guess you're cool with 20 yard punts and 30 yard kick offs then?  Come back with a better response next time or go ahead and sit this one out.  One thing for you to think about in the long offseason, what is BH going to do to get better disciplined against the read option so they don't get burned by lack of backside contain like they did most of last night?  

One thing that isn’t getting mentioned enough is the breakdown of BH’s 3rd phase. For a school of that size, and talent base, they have to be able to produce better special teams play. Specifically punting and kickoffs.  Hats off to the QB for pulling double duty as the punter, but that team would have benefited greatly from better punts all night; especially that last one.  The short kickoffs appeared to be done out of necessity, but again, starting at the 35 vs the 20 makes a big difference.  The battle of field position matters in games like this and BH’s special teams execution hurt them at the worst times.  

Yep, it looks like Greater Houston got shut out across the board. The Manvel match was the least competitive of all the semifinals though, Lovejoy was a steamroller. 

You have access to anything that they broadcast.

1 hour ago, Steven Avery said:

BH lost in 4 and BC lost in 4 as well. Rough night for SETX 

Didn't get to see the BC match, but watched the BH match on NFHS.  Tough loss to a good Manvel squad, but BH had their chances.  In that 4th set it looks like the bottom dropped on their passing and they weren't able to right the ship until it was too late.  For the most part, the other phases of their game looked good enough to win, but passing seemed to be the biggest weakness in all the sets last night.

Figured Delmar would be the location, due to where each school is located, but I agree that the date is not good for BH.  Foster's football team is playing Thursday night, so they could out number the BH side significantly.  

7 hours ago, aTmfan06 said:

Bridge City vs Huffman in the third round most likely 

BH has a shot to get into the 3rd round this year, but we'll have to see.  Have to perform better than last years disappointment.

10 hours ago, Steven Avery said:

And it happened..FW beats Sante Fe and will take 2nd place to play Nederland in round 1. 

Not the best outcome for Nederland.  It looks like BH will have to save the clean sweep for their district.