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Great job by the team and staff, now lets go dancing. 

Upset of the night?

I know this, I would not bet against a connell brother in anything competitive. I have seen enough Buna basketball the last 6 or 7 years to know how those guys tend to show up in big games. 

1 hour ago, TrojanMoJo said:

We were in the postseason last year 

I know that, which is why I asked the question. (When is the last time they have not been in the  post season?)

Will Coldspring be good again in the future? When is the last time they have not been in the posteason?

I like Buna at home, but Im not sure they can beat the sells lead lions twice. 

11 minutes ago, mfd814 said:

What about the 2 on JV.   Heard the dads from Winnie. But they were at West Brook then Orangefield and now in EC ?  They would play on a varsity elsewhere ?   Any truth to that ? 

They just moved to Winnie honestly from what I understand.

BH is really good, hoping we can close the year out on a win streak. 

No need to get upset.... we respect winning in mid-county. 

3 minutes ago, LoydW said:

Wrong. Perrault always been here and green since junior high. Need some cheese for that whine?

Relax bud, no need to get upset. People aren't oblivious to what goes on despite what you think. I think his brother Bruce Green had a great career at HJ. I think the youngest brother went back to BISD. 

For some reason I don't think Perrault & Green are Winnie guys, I was told those guys moved in from different places. Kudos to the bucs though they are getting it done year after year. 

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4 hours ago, LoydW said:

Usually Orangefield big about posting stats after game. Weird to see no stats. 🤔

EC usually likes to stack the deck with the amount of "transfer" students they get. Enjoy the win you earned it, where would the bucs be without those move ins? 

Indians have to rebound, that last playoff spot becoming a little tighter than I would like. 

This is surprising, Splendora was playing really good ball before christmas? Are they still missing players?

Good win for the guys tonight, congrats to the team & the coach. 

With the Indians being in Crosby tonight I got to take this one in as I have family in Buna. There were 3 tough calls down the stretch with 2 of them going the cougars way. I'm not sure the Cougars led very much in this one, Connell hit a huge shot to tie the game but the play that happened afterward was absolutely a foul. The cougars are solid, and have nothing to hang their heads about. 

5 hours ago, BADSANTA said:

Based off last season, I would have thought playoffs for sure. 

I think they have squeaked into the playoffs the last 2 years as the 4 seed. They graduated both of their move-ins from what I understand. I don't think there was much expected from them this year. Im sure they will be back to normal after this year. 

Some serious tension on this thread over a game that BC was probably expected to win. Congrats to the cards, keep it going. 

Big win for the program, also keeps us in the drivers seat for that 4th playoff spot going into the 2nd half. 

25 minutes ago, gogo1734 said:

That’s like saying you shouldn’t be able to criticize a car salesman if you aren’t willing to become one. It’s just silly. I and many others don’t care if officials have another day job. We care about the job they’re doing as officials. I’m not a yeller and screamer at officials during a game. That’s the coach’s job. However, I leave games now more often than ever frustrated at the way a game is officiated. There’s no longer any consistency whatsoever. The post above talked about several rules we should all know. I couldn’t agree more with that part of his post. Although, the officials all call games according to the same rule book, you even see some of the simplest of calls officially drastically different from game to game. It shouldn’t be that way. 

I would disagree, typically is a car salesman is a full-time employee and has been trained for years on the best sales tactics and business practices. A high school basketball official is typically someone who does it part- time and is truly doing the best job possible with limited time and resources. 

I also know that if you have a vested interest in a team as a fan you are going to view the game differently than someone who is non-biased. In my 30 plus  years of watching HS basketball, I have seen very few games where an official or officials cost another team a game.

Congrats to EC, but outside of the Bucs who can beat them moving forward? 

At the LCM tournament I was told that they brought back 3 starters off of their team from last year. #33/#23/& #0

1 hour ago, gogo1734 said:

No one asked for NCAA officials for Jr high basketball games. My original post is only speaking on high school varsity basketball games. It’s not too much to ask for officials in a varsity game to be competent. As far as “respect” goes we had an official who approached a fan who he thought had been complaining (he had not but it was someone close by this particular man). The official told the man, “If you don’t shut the hell up I’m going to throw your fat ass out of here.” The man told the official, “it wasn’t me” and he was promptly thrown out of the gym. This was a 70+ year old man who was ejected from the gym for nothing. Officials laughing in the face of coaches and refusing to have a discussion with a coach about a call. That’s unprofessional and disrespectful. These things go both ways. Your attitude that any and every official should be able to do an extremely poor job without being questioned is absurd. If I was as poor at my job as some of these guys I’d have been fired years ago. 

 I think you missed the point that many of these guys/ladies have different day jobs and do this on the side to give back to the game we all love. They make very little in terms of the abuse they have to put up with. I also know coaches are given the right to scratch officials they feel are too incompetent. I also know that people shouldn't be quick to criticize/berate officials if they aren't willing to be a part of the solution. 

Something seems off with this score, did Splendora have some guys missing?

Congrats to the Indians, good win tonight.

Tough Loss, gotta bounce back quickly.

Kountze is a very good club, I think if they get hot at the right time they can definitely make a run. They are extremely athletic, and shoot the 3 ball well. I have not seen EC or Orangefield but I bet they challenge both.