Was at the game in the rain last night. Silsbee wins that game by a big margin on a dry track. Sealy’s offense isn’t going to break any speed limits or put up a bunch of points on a good team. I was surprised by the trouble Silsbee had coming out of halftime with the additional tackle on the line by Sealy for a while.
The refs did a pretty good job of trying to keep the kids in check. Lots of warnings before starting to throw flags. Then offsetting penalties, and then finally catching the blatant stuff.
Sadly, neither team put on a great display of sportsmanship. Sealy has a few hot heads that will get involved in the trash and has largely played undisciplined all year under this new head coach. But besides LaMarque, Silsbee certainly did the most trash talk, standing over players after the hit and talking, and getting into players’ faces that I have seen this season. It was very close to a fight when 3 Silsbee defenders went into the Sealy sideline at the end of a play with a late hit called in the 4th quarter. I have always told my son to let your play speak for itself. My point in saying that is Silsbee is a good enough team to go far in these playoffs but as others have said, that type of extra stuff could cost them in a tight game.
Good luck to Silsbee moving forward and hopefully the players injured last night are able to go next week
