PrairieMan

10/20 at Tarkington hmm rough basketball...in Tarkington? 2 rounds deep how many years in row now? Thanks for the insight, why is EC dropping random comments in a post about OF vs Tarkington? Thanks for stopping in and giving such meaningful conversation to the thread....

For Tarkington, they got to figure out a way to not give up the big plays (i.e. better tackling and better pass coverage) and win the turnover battle. If they can do that, I think they can stay close enough to keep this one interesting. With their offense, falling behind, especially by more than one score, is almost unrecoverable.

Apparently reading isn't a strong point of emphasis at LSU. I didn't say officiating lost the game. I actually said we were in it UNTIL we shot ourselves in the foot multiple times coming out of halftime. Then I merely commented on how bad the officiating was. So you're telling me that the OF corner didn't completely wrap up and drag the WR in the end zone or just outside of the end zone down before the ball reached him? Got great footage of it if you need it. You're telling me that on a drive where Tarkington was pushing the ball down the field that they didn't call a false start on Tarkington when nobody blew the whistle and the OF kid after the play was over and 5 yds were gained didn't absolutely blindside a kid after multiple whistles and the flag was thrown then they waived off the whole play so a +20 play turned into a -5 didn't happen???? Got plenty of game film if you need to see it, including where your coach pulled him off the field screaming at him because he thought he just got flagged. Just shoot me an email address, be glad to send it to you. Again, not the reason Tarkington lost, as I said "we have issues", turnovers and bad tackling at times are definitely at the top of that list. Edited version: I'll add to all that by saying that OF has a heck of a football team and my original response had nothing to do with them.. They have a couple of great athletes that made some great plays. I see them winning this district. I was only pointing out that Tarkington was doing their part for a half to give OF all they wanted and that, I just wished we could have stayed competitive throughout. I don't think the score was entirely indicative of how the Horns played.

Good call! Guy who hasn’t seen a bit of game film. I guess you would know what it looks like since Kirbyville apparently manhandled you a few weeks ago… I’m guessing your team hasn’t seen the last of it either so I guess we’re in the same boat.

Really wasn’t what Orangefield did to make it rough. More about how the Horns shot them selves in the foot multiple times. Fumbled kickoff turns into a touchdown. Pick 6 thrown right to a kid within about 6 mins of each other. Hard to keep pace with anybody with those kind of mistakes. On top of that we have got some of the worst officials I’ve ever seen this season. Last week inadvertent whistle causes a td to come back and turns into points for Hardin. This week, orangefield constantly playing after the whistle, one play particular, apparently a false start was called, no whistle blown though, then orangefield kid has such an egregious late hit that his coach pulls him and screams at him. The officials decide not to call it because the Horns had a false start so play was dead, yet no whistle until after the player is tackled…. No call PI in the end zone while receiver is getting wrapped up before his arms can even try to catch the ball. Not that we didn’t have our issues. We probably lose either way but y’all make it sound like we got manhandled and that was not the case.

1. Baytown Lee @ Barbers Hill 2. Crosby @ New Caney Porter 3. Kingwood Park @ Goose Creek Memorial 4. La Porte @ Port Arthur Memorial 5. Dayton @ Galena Park 6. Santa Fe @ Nederland 7. Texas City @ Fort Bend Marshall 8. Huffman Hargrave @ Livingston 9. Vidor @ Little Cypress-Mauriceville 10. Bridge City @ Jasper 11. Hamshire-Fannett @ West Orange-Stark 12. Liberty @ Hardin-Jefferson 13. Coldspring-Oakhurst @ Woodville 14. Huntington @ Crockett 15. Kirbyville @ Anahuac 16. Orangefield @ Tarkington 17. Anderson-Shiro @ New Waverly 18. Trinity @ Kountze 19. Joaquin @ Grapeland 20. Shelbyville @ Garrison 21. San Augustine @ West Sabine 22. Corrigan-Camden @ Normangee 23. Jewett Leon @ Groveton 24. Evadale @ Deweyville 25. Sabine Pass @ Hull-Daisetta

I would agree, historically Tarkington has been the better program. However, there was not only a lull in overall talent but also a coaching presence for multiple years in Tarkington. They literally had a person coach an entire season that had never coached a vollebyall game in her life one year thanks to Coach J leaving in August! Then hired a total fail as a coach for two additional years. Last year was Kennedy's first year and they at least returned to the playoffs. This year has been very up and down, but I can say that this group has a chance to win district or at least finish second and will move a round or two deep into the playoffs. They already beat Hardin this year as well. Also most of the varsity players will be returning and are already in club programs for the spring. Future is bright for the Horns!

1. North Shore @ Sheldon C.E. King 2. Humble @ Humble Summer Creek 3. Humble Kingwood @ Beaumont United 4. Barbers Hill @ Goose Creek Memorial 5. Kingwood Park @ La Porte 6. Port Arthur Memorial @ Crosby 7. Nederland @ Dayton 8. Port Neches-Groves @ Texas City 9. Spring Legacy @ Little Cypress-Mauriceville 10. Hardin-Jefferson @ Silsbee 11. Jasper @ Hamshire-Fannett 12. West Orange-Stark @ Liberty 13. Crockett @ Coldspring-Oakhurst 14. Palestine Westwood @ Diboll 15. Woodville @ Shepherd 16. Anahuac @ Orangefield 17. Buna @ Kirbyville 18. Tarkington @ Hardin 19. Kountze @ Hemphill 20. Newton @ Anderson-Shiro 21. New Waverly @ Warren 22. Garrison @ Joaquin 23. Grapeland @ West Sabine 24. San Augustine @ Timpson 25. Chester @ Apple Springs

1. C.E. King @ Humble 2. Goose Creek Memorial @ Baytown Lee 3. Baytown Sterling @ Port Arthur Memorial 4. La Porte @ Barbers Hill 5. Dayton @ Santa Fe 6. Fort Bend Marshall @ Port Neches-Groves 7. Fort Bend Willowridge @ Nederland 8. Tatum @ Lumberton 9. Trinity Christian @ Vidor 10. Hamshire-Fannett @ Bridge City 11. Silsbee @ West Orange-Stark 12. Coldspring-Oakhurst @ Huntington 13. Diboll @ Woodville 14. Shepherd @ Crockett 15. Kirbyville @ East Chambers 16. Orangefield @ Buna 17. Anderson-Shiro @ Kountze 18. Joaquin @ Shelbyville 19. Timpson @ Grapeland 20. Centerville @ Jefferson 21. Hempstead @ Corrigan-Camden 22. Groveton @ Alto 23. West Hardin @Hull-Daisetta 24. Colmesneil @ Cushing 25. Sabine Pass @ KIPP Generations

Tarkington 3-0 over New Waverly

1. Barbers Hill 2. La Porte 3. Kingwood Park 4. Port Arthur Memorial 5. Huffman Hargrave 6. Spring Legacy 7. Lumberton 8. Hamshire-Fannett 9. Jasper 10. Coldspring-Oakhurst 11. Groesbeck 12. Diboll 13. Warren 14. Hempstead 15. Woodville 16. East Chambers 17. Hardin 18. Buna 19. West Orange-Stark 20. Grapeland 21. Anahuac 22. Mart 23. Thrall 24. Overton 25. Tarkington

There may be a multitude of reasons that teams are playing in a particular tournament. For one, heard today that this tournament is completely free to the fans and teams. That’s probably attractive along with nice facilities and an actual up and down ref for every game. Especially if your school isn't backed by refineries or higher tax brackets. If you could, send us a list of your preferred tournaments so we can pass along to all these coaches. I can’t imagine why more teams aren’t going.

Tarkington is 2-0, wins vs newton and splendora splendora is 1-1, win Vs Beaumont United and loss Vs Tarkington

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Tarkington continued their roller coaster play. Beat Porter fairly easily in first two sets then manage to lose two sets and fall 5 points behind in the 5th set only to comeback and win 15-13.

1. Alvin 2. Deer Park 3. North Shore 4. Summer Creek 5. CE King 6. Lee 7. Porter 8. Dayton 9. Silsbee 10. Huffman 11. Vidor 12. LCM 13. East Chambers 14. Woodville 15. PNG 16. Franklin 17. Buna 18. Orangefield 19. Tarkington 20. San Augustine 21. Kirbyville 22. Groveton 23. Deweyville 24. Kountze 25. Hull-Daisetta

I don't know how much you actually know about this year's participants. But so far every team that Tarkington has played at KSA has been pretty good with quite a bit of size. Now tomorrow's teams don't appear to be near as tough. It appears they played the 3 best teams all today. Agreed their record doesn't look great but they have had some flashes of great play and the team has a lot of potential, just got to put it all together. Don't forget they start a freshman, a sophmore, 3 juniors and one senior. Not making excuses for them, if they want any hope of advancing in the playoffs they are going to have to gel and become more consistent VERY soon!

Week 2 Locks Friday Sept 1 @ 6:30 1. Port Neches Groves 2. Klein Forest 3. Katy 4. Katy Jordan 5. Humble Summer Creek 6. C.E. King 7. Port Arthur Memorial 8. Texas City 9. West Orange-Stark 10. Livingston 11. Lumberton 12. Vidor 13. Bridge City 14. Hardin-Jefferson 15. Silsbee 16. Woodville 17. Hamshire-Fannett 18. Evadale 19. Teague 20. Centerville 21. West Hardin 22. Cushing 23. Warren 24. Chester 25. Bmt Kelly

Tarkington over Liberty 3-1

My hope is, that theoretically, not EVERYONE can move up. It's not like many schools in our area are decreasing in size. Therefore to keep things even from a numbers perspective, the powers that be are going to have to move the cut off lines high enough to keep these districts where they belong.

1. Beaumont United 2. GP North Shore 3. Dickinson 4. Klein Cain 5. Barbers Hill 6. Sheldon C.E. King 7. Dayton 8. Galena Park 9. Port Arthur Memorial 10. Huffman Hargrave 11. Little Cypress-Mauriceville 12. Silsbee 13. Lumberton 14. West Orange-Stark 15. Madisonville 16. Newton 17. Buna 18. East Chambers 19. Bridge City 20. Warren 21. West Hardin 22. Tarkington 23. Kountze 24. Chester 25. Gilmer Union Hill

Huffman wins in 2 sets. Both pretty close games

They are definitely a scrappy bunch. Tarkington beat them 25-14 and then dropped two sets in a row. PNG beat them first set then dropped two straight also.

Gold bracket - Tarkington tournament 6th - Tarkington 5th - HJ 4th- Hardin 3rd - PNG Championship game - Buna Vs Huffman

Gold bracket Buna wins in 3 sets vs Tarkington Hardin wins in 3 sets vs HJ Buna Vs PNG Huffman Vs Hardin