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Coverage area players who made these teams:
6A
Jerrell Barron         Atascocita
Weston Davis        Beaumont United
Kayde Dotson       Beaumont United
Jordan Maddox    Atascocita
Clarence Payia     Beaumont United
Ashton Simmons  Beaumont West Brook
Christian Thomas   CE King
 
5A
Austin Brown            Lufkin
DeAndre Charlot      Barbers Hill
Amir Young             Port Arthur Memorial
 
4A
Mathew Bingham      Huffman
LaMarcus Bottley       Silsbee
Jared Harris               Silsbee
Dre'lon Miller            Silsbee
Jackson Seastrunk     Hamshire-Fannett
 
3A
Antwaain Boston         Crockett
Tristen Cullem             Shepherd
Calvin Ellington           Tarkington
Jacob Matthews         Pollok Central
Luke Monroe             Coldspring-Oakhurst
Jaxson Pitre               East Chambers
Garner Rodriguez      Central Heights
Jaden Scales              Orangefield
Zac Sells                    Kountze
Zane Wrinkle             Orangefield
 
2A
Warren Brewer             Evadale
Tony Cooper                Corrigan-Camden
Jaden Gravis                 Evadale
Richard Thomas           Sabine Pass
 
1A
Cade Morgan                Brookeland
Joshua Perkins             Leggett
Landon Smith              Brookeland

I get it those guys are exceptionally talented players . I always ask adults go ask the kids who is the best leader and I guarantee they will all say Kayde . Basketball is a pecking order your best player sometimes isn’t the best leader . He’s been the best LEADER since a freshman , now it’s his turn to be the best player and leader . The team goes as he goes and he’s done a hell of job leading those guys.  Daniel, Kayde, and Payia have 110 wins and 8 losses, let that sink in !!!!!

1st of all.. it said best leader.. not best player.. understand this..the kid does whatever is asked and he only cares about winning! He doesn’t chase stats and he chases W! His resume speaks for itself!! 

After watching them in person last night I didn’t think they were as good as advertised as a whole. We were supposed to get blown out and sure we lost by 21 but we had our absolute worst game of the year from a shooting stand point and you might say it was because of the defense but really it wasn’t. We missed wide open 3’s time and time again. And just like I suspected they shot 12 more free throws than we did thanks to one particular ref. 
 
All that being said, as long as #5 came from Kountze the rest of the kids really don’t matter. Sure some kids had a few rebounds and put backs and made a few buckets here and there. But that’s stuff any halfway talented big can do. #5 was by far the best player on the court for either team and they will go as far as he can take them. Very impressed with how savvy he was with the basketball. That kid is the catalyst for that team and much props to him.

Congrats to Kountze and good luck!

Great job by Tarkington keeping it respectable. They got a scrappy little team. Nice season!

Correct!!!!
Horns win!!!
63-61

23-3A District playoff for #3 & #4 seeds
 
Game 1
Coldspring vs. Onalaska
Thursday, Feb. 15    6:30pm
Tarkington HS
 
Game 2
Tarkington vs. winner of Game 1
Friday, Feb. 16     7pm
Location will be at loser of Game 1
 
Game 3 (if necessary)
If Tarkington loses Game 2, they will play loser of Game 1 for 4th seed. That game will be played Saturday at the venue of the team not playing on Saturday.
If Tarkington wins Friday, they will be the 3rd seed and the loser will be the 4th seed. No game 3

So must shamefulness in this game. 
Onalaska shoots 47!!! Free throws….yet if you’ve seen them play, they think of themselves as the aggressors 
same referee fouls out Tarkington’s best two players with 5 and 4 mins left in the game after they hit 5 threes in the second half to help take the lead…
 
same ref T’s up the Tarkington coach for asking a question. 
 
same ref calls traveling one direction but doesn’t “see it” when it happens the other way
Wait, did he graduate from Onalaska also??? 

Sounds great! We are on a nice little roll right here before district. Would love to see that continue on Tuesday night. 

Congrats 🎊🎉 to The Tarkington Longhorns!!

Tarkington goes 5-0 defeating Liberty in the championship game. 
 
All tournament players for Tarkington
Jackson Stovall
Calvin Ellington
Way to go Horns!!!

Sorry for the late reply. Hope you and yours had a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Noted. Just was giving my run down with a little more knowledge of what this district has/returns. 
The whole Crocket at #25 is what I questioned on the preseason rankings post. Just not sure that's very accurate. Not saying they won't be competitive, just doubt they deserve to be that high considering what they lost and from my understanding of what they are bringing back. Shepherd did make the playoffs but only on the heels of a total implosion by Coldspring, including losing their second best and biggest player to grades then fired their coach mid-district. Shepherd will return a pretty decent sized big with some skill, but by far their best player graduated. We both agree that Onalaska is on their way. They get the benefit of not losing kids to football and their coach pushes them hard. He's made a lot of progress there and my hats off to him for it. 
I just feel that Tarkington (call me a homer... haha) have the best chemistry and well rounded team coming into the season. Unfortunately they will be a little rusty coming from football so the first part of the season could be spent shaking off "football shape", but hopefully they will get in a groove early and only get better as the season progresses. 
 

Tarkington had them on the ropes. Lost in 5. Both teams were out there playing really hard. Tarkington was missing their third best hitter (statistically speaking) due to a shoulder injury. I had heard stories about their up ref before and they were spot on!

They were okay but not likely that anyone from last years jv team even impacts this upcoming season. A couple kids will need to help for sure but most of the kids were already on varsity.

I'm guessing that was a total shot in the dark. Shepherd is not good. Coldspring returns most of their starters from last year, including possibly the best player in the district. Anderson will actually be pretty good. Onalaska is definitely on their way up. Crockett lost their best 3 players. Tarkington is returning 7 kids from varsity last year including a starter and has played well all spring and summer long. My prediction. 
1. Tarkington 2. Coldspring 3. Onalaska 4. Crockett 5. Anderson 6. Shepherd 7. Trinity 8. New Waverly

1. Onalaska 2. Crockett 3. Coldspring 4. Anderson 5 Shepherd 6 Tarkington 7 Trinity 8. New Waverly.  Onalaska advances to third round of playoffs. 

100% 
Wish we could have been a little more aggressive offensively but I get it, personnel always creates limitations. It’s easy to be a coach from the stands… haha!!!
Coaches and the kids gave it their all and that’s all a community can ask for! 
The fact that the three most productive offensive players from last year didn’t return or contribute is a huge obstacle to overcome in a small school. 

100% 
Wish we could have been a little more aggressive offensively but I get it, personnel always creates limitations. It’s easy to be a coach from the stands… haha!!!
Coaches and the kids gave it their all and that’s all a community can ask for! 
The fact that the three most productive offensive players from last year didn’t return or contribute is a huge obstacle to overcome in a small school. 

I mean picking Tarkington to win the district would fit the thread title lol

Yes and no. They graduated three starters and unfortunately they lost another starter to a moving to another state. Out of the kids returning, one kid started half the season last year and will be a senior this year. One returning starter from half of the district games and the playoffs. The other three kids starting will be Juniors returning from more sub roles from last year but this group has been playing together for a while and have a real feel for their roles. I definitely see where the skepticism is coming from. But I guarantee you anyone in the district and area know about this group. They've been playing good basketball since they were in 7th grade and had last years starting lineup not been so senior heavy, they would have had been more impactful last year.
Also to justify going from third to first. Look at the top two teams from last year. 
New Waverly lost everyone from their varsity roster except maybe one kid who did not play much if I remember correctly. Their JV, barely beat our JV and our JV, well was missing ALL of these underclassmen that were already on varsity. 
Crockett, I probably have beat that dead horse. They lost maybe the best player of the district and two additional solid players. Maybe have a couple move ups from JV, but hard to step right in and make an impact if you haven't played Varsity basketball. 
Again, just my opinion.

Orangefield did lose a good bit.Yeah Kountze  didn’t make the playoffs… The team was basically all sophomores but they did play a seeding game with Buna for 4th which they did lose.. they also beat East Chambers once last year as well so it’s not like they were just a bad team. I stand by my prediction that they will be a favorite to win district. After the first few weeks of the season I think others will be on board as well

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. 

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. 

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.