Kountzer

I went to that game.  It was played in Deer Park.

Sealy has a tall front court.  Silsbee was probably rusty from having a 1st round bye.   That near victory against Ball may have made them over confident.  Regular season and the playoffs are two different seasons.  Nothing like playoff pressure.   Lots of distraction this season with Coach Williams health and all. Good season Silsbee.

Regarding Silsbee boys basketball this season, 2010/2011: wake me up when the playoffs get going. Silsbee vs. Nederland would be a good warm-up game.

So, where is Silsbee Coach Travis Williams these days?  I noticed from this thread that the assistant coaches have taken over.  I know he had a heart attack a month ago or so.

Manning & Brannon.

More names to consider: Earl Evans PA Lincoln, David Brown, James Hunter, Michael Dabney Silsbee.  Coach Green Silsbee.  (I can't think of his name). If you gonna put Thad Holden on there, then Damion Bush from Silsbee needs to be on there also.  Also about 5 or 6 Kountze players should be mentioned: Manning, homeboy that played with Manning (I can't think of his name, help me out y'all).  Some names from that Hebert team, coached by Fred Williams, the team that won back to back to back, if I recall correctly, think about it.. DB aka Kountzer NW Houston via Silsbee

Oh well,  I missed that one.  I work about three blocks from Delmar Stadium.  I could literally get off work and walk there, easily.  Waltrip high school is just down the street a bit.  A lot of students and their parents come into the office where I work.  Again, oh well.  I should of paid attention to the start of the schedule. Kountzer in NW Houston

I found out about this early this morning.  I've stated on this forum several times that James Hunter was the best athlete I personally witnessed coming out of Silsbee.  That was awhile ago; back in the early to mid 1970s.   Maybe somebody better showed up since then, but I don't know who it is.   I was shocked to hear about this, but when it is time, I guess it is time. Dude could do it all: blazing track speed, all sorts of basketball hops, quick, and moves.  Standout wide receiver.  And defensive back.  I wouldn't want to be a receiver that went into his territory.  I knew he was up there living and working as a distribution manager in the Detroit area.  Not many people get to experience sports at that high a level.   I enjoyed watching James Hunter play sports in high school.  I enjoyed following his career.   He will be missed. Kountzer

I didn't like Lebron going to Miami at first, and I still don't.   I've gotten over it though.  It's only basketball.   In Cleveland LBJ was a big fish in a small pond.   The Cavaliers let him do whatever he wanted, like dancing during the games, throwing chalk up in the air like a nincompoop, putting his buddies on the payroll.  The result of all that is that he lost respect for that team. He had a right to leave, but the way he handled his departure was classless.  Cleveland's owner, Gilbert, made it much worse with his stupid comments.  Now Jesse Jackson has turned it into a racial issue.  (I am black btw).  It is a big circus. It is a waste of time hating on the Miami Heat though.  They should win a lot of championships.  I don't hate them, but I will be rooting for someone else to beat them. It should be interesting.

Jerry Levias was very good also.  I think he went to Hebert.

Thad Holden.  I saw him 3 or 4 times.  Good player.  Nice jump shot.  I grew up with his Mom and his Aunt.  I used to watch his dad play sports for the old Waldo Matthews teams. He's aiight in my book. Silsbee all timers vs. PA Lincoln?  That's pure speculation there.  They put out a lot of legends at PA Lincoln.  Before Steve Jackson there was Earl Evans.  Then there was that pg that went on to star at U T Austin for 2 or 3 years. Going to play at the beehive (PA Lincoln gym) used to make opposing team's knees knock with fear.  I miss that school.

Joe Washington, Jr.  Whoever is in second place ain't even close.  If you don't believe me look at his video clips when he was at OU on youtube. Here you go: [Hidden Content] I heard a lot about Jeff Bergeron, but I never saw him play.

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="777955" timestamp="1268832040"] [quote author=Kountzer link=topic=67346.msg777929#msg777929 date=1268811570] To lose in the first round, and make the state championship all tourney team, a player has to play lights out and put up some eye popping numbers.  The first thing they (the selectors) are going to say is: if he is so good, why didn't his team make it past the opening round game? [/quote] If you would bother to look at the list of all the all-tourney teams, you would see players that made it that lost in the semis that did not have as good of numbers as Stallworth had. ::) It was a glaring omission. [/quote] Perhaps you're right.  I haven't been to but two state tournaments.  After Silsbee lost my interests in high school boys basketball went South til next season.  At this point it is splitting hairs over water under the bridge.

To lose in the first round, and make the state championship all tourney team, a player has to play lights out and put up some eye popping numbers.  The first thing they (the selectors) are going to say is: if he is so good, why didn't his team make it past the opening round game?

[quote name="RP3" post="777086" timestamp="1268620415"] Silsbee will have to go through Cleveland, who was young this year returning 4 starters and Hardin Jefferson once again...The window is getting smaller and smaller for them, but who knows..I really feel they were BETTER last year, and got the job done a year too late....Don't know about Spurger, they ARE fairly young too, but they really got man handled versus Cayuga...Can't assess them after seeing them play only once, because honestly they looked real average against Cayuga, but in their defense that is not hard to do against a team like that one! [/quote] That's almost a repeat of what people were saying about Cleveland this time last year. It is hard to get all the ingredients together at one time.  One year you have great guards and shooting.  The next year you have the BIGS.  It is always something.  They are going to miss Avory Thomas, and Pheal Hill.  I said the same when William Harper left a few years ago.  Somebody in the ranks, from lil dribblers, on up, will step up.  Hopefully sooner than later.

When the season starts I pay attention to where SETX sports and other forums rank them, namely Silsbee.  Then about Jan u can tell if they are going to make some noise or not.  Some tell tale games is how they do against Kountze, HJ and the bigger schools in beaumont, also the tournaments. You really can't tell by what they lost to graduation.  I didn't think they would do that well this year after they lost Shannon robison, etc.  Someone will step up, hopefully.

I wanted to see Ponder.  I've heard a lot about them.  They are impressive.

Yates is pulling away with 2:00 left.  they may even reach 100 again.

Fox Sports: too many people logging, and they don't have enough bandwidth to handle it all.

[quote name="tigersvoice" post="776582" timestamp="1268501479"] [quote author=court side link=topic=67191.msg776556#msg776556 date=1268497990] Congrats Tigers on a great season Im with the ones that say this was the championship game. Clearly IMOP the best two in the tourney [/quote] In Class 3-A you're speaking about, right? [/quote] Of course 3A.  You Yates jock riders got a one track mind. yeah I said it.

30 25 Estacado leading.  Estacado can take this game if they want to.

Good game Silsbee Tigers.  I stayed home and listened to it.  I wish I could have seen it.  So close and yet so far.  After last year I wasn't expecting this run, at all.  We gonna miss those Seniors: Hill, Avory, Jones.  The guys will step up in the future, starting next season.  They always do. 

I can't place you Boogy1000.  I want to think you're a young person, but if you know all that stuff, you been around at least a minute.  So much for that. Herb Sapp, Jr?  I didn't know this person existed.  I haven't seen Herb Sr, again, in a minute.  In fact, I think the last time we spoke we were sitting in the stands watching a game that has been mentioned here a few times: Silsbee vs. PA Lincoln & Steve Jackson, back in the day. I just saw someone named Jerry Howard, Jr on facebook.  Both Herb and Jerry Srs. were class of '73.  Ask either one about Michael Dabney, and or David Brown.  They can tell you.

Better to have a team playing in Austin, than to be watching from the sidelines.

That Tiger team peaked too soon.  They were trying to hard to stay undefeated, and stay # 1.  That # 1 ranking is like an albatross around your neck if you don't know how to handle it.  I saw them 2 or 3 times.  They should of played some really good 5a team and lost a few times.  Then build up steam for the playoff run.