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I was sort of surprised, but relieved, that LP chose to punt on 4th down with ~ 5 mins-or-so remaining in the game. PNG's last big TD run afterward sealed it.

If I remember right, LP's #3 scored all 35 of LP's 35 points. But it wasn't a one man show, entirely. There were a few key passes and some scrambling by the LP QB. Big O-Line. An aside ... there sure seems to be a lot of area teams with big O-lines this season. Hopefully PNG inside LB #43 will be able to play when district play begins. He's a 3rd year starter, a leader, and they need him. Not to take anything away from the inside LBs tonight, they played hard but are still improving. The PNG offense really stepped up and found their game tonight, and PNG sure needed it.

Silsbee by 7. I agree with what everyone's saying, expecting a closer game than last season.

Simply incredible. Ned stole that game.

told ya

Watch for that same little fake to #1, and bootleg.

Lots of confusion on this one. WTH?

Unbelievable

This one'll be close.

Ned D is tired, but WOS penalties are helping.

WOS, good defense, lots of dropped passes. Nederland RB can't get going. Defense hanging in there.

Ha! What amazed me was how nonchalant the receiver was about it.

That was a dropped pass, perhaps a dropped TD pass.

FG attempt was plenty long.

WOS by 14. 28-14, or maybe 21-7.

I scrolled thru the 1 st half on TSBN. Lake Creek ran a no-huddle semi-hurry-up offense and moved the ball for the 1st qtr but fumbled and stalled the first two times they got inside the 20 yl. The fumble was picked up by Magnolia and returned for their first TD. The score at the end of 1 qtr was 7-7. But by the half, Magnolia offense and defense had found their game, and the score at the half was 35-7 Magnolia. LC pass defense wasn't too good in the 2nd qtr, and the defense got spread out a bit. Their O line looks big, especially the rt tackle. The one extra point that I saw, they spread guys way out wide like they're going for 2, then end up kicking the xtra point, just like they did last season in the playoff game against PNG.

PNG 35-28

PNG defense will get better. Several starters sat out this game I think, including ILB #43. Some of the backups looked pretty good, on both sides of the ball. The special teams will see changes as the season gets into district play, and even more so for playoffs, (without getting ahead of myself). KO has some good athletes, size and speed, but not enough discipline. The young man that touched the ball for KO on the punt return learned a good lesson, and so did the KO coaches, who are just as much to blame for a play like that, IMO. KO gave away lots of points, but I think they could be pretty good going forward, as well as PNG.

So, I presume that SOC lost this game, 0-38, just based on the game comments, not the posted scores. Edit: 38-0? NS was the visitor?

Lots of holding all night. Especially the lineman trying to block PNG's #94.

True, dat. But that's how he runs.

Yeah, they've run Blair on the same up-the-middle play about 15 times so far. But for the past 3 years, PNG's first game is basically their second scrimmage.

It's a new season and a new team, for PNG. And a new offense coach. They look rusty, but we'll see what happens in the 2nd half. KO ain't worried about pre-season ranking, that's for sure. They're running the ball well for the most part.

Yes, it's too hot for practice. I played 18 holes of golf yesterday, from ~8:30 - 12:30, then worked in our garden yesterday afternoon, and it was way too hot for this 72 year old. So, those youngsters should definitely stay inside and drink Liquid IV or Gatoraid or whatever. Edit: There was an good moving tide yesterday morning and evening. Not too hot to fish, but sometimes choices must be made.

It's about time. The end of a long era, but it's just the HQ.