jag86

Wrong, Rivers is a sophomore who is a starter at cornerback.  This kid I’m talking about is a good looking Senior who is #2 on the depth chart at running back...

Thanks for the info.  I don't know if he is going to get 1,300 yards this year with James Wilson back there but it seems like he will be an great addition to an offense that's already looking better than last years at this point.  Just another toy in AB (offensive coordinator) toy box...

Didn't NYFA shut down registration early for the senior team? Isn't that why they were punished due to a mistake made by their board of directors? For some reason I feel like all three sides of this story isn't being told. You know STJFL side, NYFA side, and the TRUTH. 

The whole thing was a joke.  The STJFL board always has an agenda.....a few of them have power trip issues, and it showed.

Are you serious, the league President and those coaches broke the rules, and what makes matters  worse is they denied kids within
Nederland who wanted to play football the chance to play. This was so they could keep 1 senior team verses having to have 2.  Again same group of Coaches
who could not close the deal for the last few years and they saw a way to try and beat the system. Those kids should be pissed at their coaches for doing this to them because they have a great group that is playing Seniors. 
 
So before you start crying about unfair treatment get your facts straight and be lucky the STJFL did not ban the entire Nederland Organization from playoff.
 

Beaumont Bulldogs PeeWee blue has #unfinished business came up short last season 1 game away from the ship with 9 young men coming back WE HUNGRY #nuffsaid 
Good luck fellas let the games begin 

In the early stages Ozen turned in numbers under the cutoff. There are documents that showed they were opting up. But in the end their final number ended up being 1121. Cutoff is 1100.

I understand that the coach has only been with his kids for only a few weeks.  So playing a team that was stacked like that didn't make much sense.   A few posts on this site have talked around the subject of why Ozen is 5A but should be 4A.  Who made the decision for them to stay 5A?  Was is Suggs?  Was it the AD?  If so why?  My coworker told me that the BISD petitioned for them to stay 5A and that Ozen actually has 4A numbers.  Sounds like those kids over there are getting a raw deal.  And it seems like no one wants to stand up for the kids, but if it was a coach not getting the job done, everyone would be putting their 2 cents in to get rid of him.  smh

Ok Ozen lost its just a game,the kids took a butt whipping which is what happens when you dont come to play . But if my memory is correct  a lot of teams from the area took it on the chin a number of ways last night NEDERLAND,VIDOR,SILSBEE. All the this what they wanted and bs jokes is cool . But ask yourself there isnt but one team in this area that has a chance to win a ship and thats WOS. I hear a lot of you talking about what these teams will do and most won't make it out the 2nd rd. After years of mediocre football coaches Ozen finally has one that cares about the kids and not using it as a stepping stone. It will take time for the program to return to form i have faith as im sure other Panther fans do as well. 

Its not about sports, its call extracurricular activities that's recommended by the TEA. These programs are necessary and needed, so if you cant provide the activities shut the school down!! Its just like the Debate Team, cheerleaders, band, National Honor Society, and UIL Robotics competition theses programs must be provided and its not about sports!!!! Lastly I must say its a safety concern for a team and kids to be put into a numbers situation. I know for a fact Ozen had three to four major injuries this season and the training room was full every time i went by there to check on the trainer. Injuries are part of football, I understand that but lack of depth allows kids that are not fully healthy to play when the should not be playing or come back to soon!! I'm not making this into a negative post just trying to put the facts out there!!
 

we had three this season, our next ballgame is next yr lol (no playoffs with only 3 wins) 

Central will be good....wait until the youngsters get their feet wet...
 
Please don't hit the panic  button..Coach F.Paul is a great  coach and student of the game...

My bad JRidge, you did fight this same battle with your organization!! Lets see if we can get you some support bc I know you have a small one also. lol
 

Jag86, long but good post. I'm not going to respond to all of it.  I have 7 kids, the oldest being a Central freshman that plays football and runs track.  They all are involved in at least 2 extracurricular activities.  My wife is a board member with the Beaumont Bulls so I know that what you were talking about as for as fees and usage of BISD facilities is true.  It's ridiculous!!!  
 
Ozen looses in the end...

Good post! I experienced thIs with our S.T.A Raiders program and the financial sacrifices the coaches make to Keep It Going! Congrats Thunder!

Just Saying, lets just be honest with ourselves!! The Three schools in BMT will never have success in the playoffs against schools out of the Houston area. The best we can hope for is two rounds and be happy. The Houston area has by far a larger number of kids to pick from first, thats just putting it mildly. Lets do facts for a minute: Our administrators are not that bright, case in point if i attend Pearland High and I feel its not the right fit for me because of whatever reason and can go to Pearland Dawson. First of all i would not have to sit out a entire year and I would have to wait the 15 days per UIL and that's it. In BMT our AD not Vidors, Nederland, or PNG will not allow a kid to play varsity for a year. HATE THAT RULE!! I understand the reasoning behind it but the reasons behind it does not benefit the kids development when he's playing sub varsity and played varsity the year before. The district does not have enough coaches so do you think there's Quality at the lower level!!! We had a coach in the district right now kid was an all district performer as a Soph, dad got a head job at the cross town school and do you know his own son could not play varsity bc of the terrible rule. That kid had D1 skills and i personally feel the reason he didn't go D1 was because his Jr year he did not get quality coaching and did not develop when the Pearland Kid continued to get better because hes still being coach up!!! Head Coaches in BMT are not judged on their Sub Varsity win/loss record so sub varsity do not have the best coaches, just saying. Secondly, Our District/ community is not about developing youth programs the correct way, meaning there's no way a youth program in the Pear Orchid, South-end, or the North-end can survive without the district/community help!! My good friends are doing it though, they coach Thunder Football and with the help of Central they are allowed to practice on their practice fields. Come game time, this is the problem why its hard to keep a league going for the kids zoned to Central and Ozen, It cost anywhere from 600-1500 to have a home game. I understand you have to pay for security and Refs. So if your having 4 age groups play and 3 refs per game at 50 per game that's 600. BISD officer making 25 hour, so it starts at 10 finishes at 5. That is another 175 and to add insult to injury our district wants them to pay them 250 just for using the facility on top of paying for a custodian all day and you cant use the concession stand bc the boaster clubs may not allow you to. Now mind you the league Thunder is in a league where you cant charge at the gate like Salvation army does and its a united way organization that I support Bi Weekly through payroll deductions!! I know for a fact my Buddies with the Thunder do not turn any kid away because of money, they just sell Turkey Legs every Friday to help with the cost, now i said all that to say this: This is a problem in our community because everyone wants to see the finished product on Friday nights and if they don't win FIRE the coach!!! Well when is the community going to step up and help support these types of leagues. I know the ones that are posting on this site can afford to do that because the kids I'm talking about don't even have a computer at their home. So their mentality is i will wait till i get in middle school to play football bc my mommmmmm cant afford for me to play nor can she afford to drive me to Houston every other weekend!! BISD comes into play because there's basketball leagues that are supported by BISD and there is for sure a summer TRACK program provided and the coaches even get summer stipends to do it. I don't hear no one on here saying fire the track coaches and i promise you we haven't had a state championship in track in a while but BISD pays people to run those summer programs. I guess because the have to go to WB to do it they get paid. So why cant we have a youth football program thats sponsored by BISD if football is that important!! We can also hold our city accountable also because they support all of this adult stuff and nothing for the youths that cant afford to play travel anything!!! Long post so I will continue later!!
Just got the word, The Thunder Sr team will be in the super game, the only team in the area to make the SB in youth sports!!!

Its not about sports, its call extracurricular activities that's recommended by the TEA. These programs are necessary and needed, so if you cant provide the activities shut the school down!! Its just like the Debate Team, cheerleaders, band, National Honor Society, and UIL Robotics competition theses programs must be provided and its not about sports!!!! Lastly I must say its a safety concern for a team and kids to be put into a numbers situation. I know for a fact Ozen had three to four major injuries this season and the training room was full every time i went by there to check on the trainer. Injuries are part of football, I understand that but lack of depth allows kids that are not fully healthy to play when the should not be playing or come back to soon!! I'm not making this into a negative post just trying to put the facts out there!!
 

Agreed totally Jag86 and going to 4a probably would be best for the school in my opinion but i guess the powers at be say different. I see Memorial is dropping so what's the big deal anyway, i mean you still have to prepare the kids for victory and having equality in numbers allows competitive balance i do believe. 

From my understanding, the Pear Orchard was so concerned about getting their school back that they forgot to re zone the district. So jRidge that's why you have kids right down the street attending WB. So yes three school can be had in BMT but the zoning issues need to be addressed. I want to know whats the big deal about dropping to 4A. I've heard about the finances and all that's associated with the traveling and that's really dependent on which district they actually land in. WOS has been a winner at every level, the kids are what matter. WOS has given everyone in the area the blue print, i know the district has had its ups and downs but if it wasn't for a successful football program that district would fall apart. As an Ex Educator and coach a successful football year enhances the overall morale of the school: reduces absenteeism, referrals, and suspensions. Not saying WOS is perfect but all i'm saying if it wasn't for success in football there would be a number of kids that want even finish school. Sports is all the know and that's the motivation you need, not playing schools every week that has more  kids in their band than you have in your athletic program. 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A, WOS send kids to college on a regular basis and from may last in service its all about putting kids in a good situation to succeed!!!! LIL C is going to be a beast no matter what division he plays in just like your boys JRIDGE because they work hard. Just had to vent, do whats best for the kids and yes my kids went to Ozen and played sports and they were happy but it may not have been what was best. Just following our feeder system like your suppose too. Odom to Ozen!!!

From my understanding, the Pear Orchard was so concerned about getting their school back that they forgot to re zone the district. So jRidge that's why you have kids right down the street attending WB. So yes three school can be had in BMT but the zoning issues need to be addressed. I want to know whats the big deal about dropping to 4A. I've heard about the finances and all that's associated with the traveling and that's really dependent on which district they actually land in. WOS has been a winner at every level, the kids are what matter. WOS has given everyone in the area the blue print, i know the district has had its ups and downs but if it wasn't for a successful football program that district would fall apart. As an Ex Educator and coach a successful football year enhances the overall morale of the school: reduces absenteeism, referrals, and suspensions. Not saying WOS is perfect but all i'm saying if it wasn't for success in football there would be a number of kids that want even finish school. Sports is all the know and that's the motivation you need, not playing schools every week that has more  kids in their band than you have in your athletic program. 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A, WOS send kids to college on a regular basis and from may last in service its all about putting kids in a good situation to succeed!!!! LIL C is going to be a beast no matter what division he plays in just like your boys JRIDGE because they work hard. Just had to vent, do whats best for the kids and yes my kids went to Ozen and played sports and they were happy but it may not have been what was best. Just following our feeder system like your suppose too. Odom to Ozen!!!

Ozen basketball will always have a good/great team. This doesn't really affect them. I feel terrible for the football and baseball team though. I know the football team has ALOT of talent but no depth. Most going both ways. That is common at the 4a level. Some 5as do it but generally it either means you have a D1 athlete (Rodney Randle) or you have no other choice. They would compete and make playoff runs in 4a. They won't sniff the playoffs in 5a. Like someone else said they can play WB and Central in non-district play. Heck they play WB every year anyways so just replace the out of state game with Central and you still get the two BMT schools and PAM. I feel bad for the athletes at Ozen who just need a chance to compete against shhool a with there numbers. Smh BISD. 

From my understanding, the Pear Orchard was so concerned about getting their school back that they forgot to re zone the district. So jRidge that's why you have kids right down the street attending WB. So yes three school can be had in BMT but the zoning issues need to be addressed. I want to know whats the big deal about dropping to 4A. I've heard about the finances and all that's associated with the traveling and that's really dependent on which district they actually land in. WOS has been a winner at every level, the kids are what matter. WOS has given everyone in the area the blue print, i know the district has had its ups and downs but if it wasn't for a successful football program that district would fall apart. As an Ex Educator and coach a successful football year enhances the overall morale of the school: reduces absenteeism, referrals, and suspensions. Not saying WOS is perfect but all i'm saying if it wasn't for success in football there would be a number of kids that want even finish school. Sports is all the know and that's the motivation you need, not playing schools every week that has more  kids in their band than you have in your athletic program. 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A, WOS send kids to college on a regular basis and from may last in service its all about putting kids in a good situation to succeed!!!! LIL C is going to be a beast no matter what division he plays in just like your boys JRIDGE because they work hard. Just had to vent, do whats best for the kids and yes my kids went to Ozen and played sports and they were happy but it may not have been what was best. Just following our feeder system like your suppose too. Odom to Ozen!!!

None!!!!!!

It won't affect the Ozen basketball program but as for football, they won't make the playoffs in 2016 or 2017.  Remember I said it even with Tyler returning.  It really isn't fair to the kids in my opinion.  They could have still played Central and West Brook in pre-district games.  I think the drop would have done great things for the student body at the school in the various extracurricular activities...

The first and only non-BISD gasbagger to actually make some sense.......  Thank you........
 
Now back on topic.  All BISD has to do is enforce a strict feeder system which would result a minimum of 200 kids back at Ozen and WB's ADM around 2200ish while Central would be around 1700.....
There are 2 elementary schools that are zoned to the West End which can be zoned to Odom and SP Middle.  Also, stop allowing the transfer of students who are passing the test.  Only those who are struggling would be allow to transfer.  This would go a long way to keeping Ozen above 1200.....