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All the Dayton coaches got there just before the end of the first half.  I forgot to mention d landry in my first post.  If he hits the weights this summer he could help at receiver. Thebaytown sun has a decent writeup bout the game.

21 for the white is Keith Johnson a jr to be rb.  He is a good lil player. I'm typing from my phone in the middle of Louisiana at the moment. I watched the first half of the scrimmage. My observations... Lee will be extremely young. They only have nine seniors. Heck they only had 66 players period. Jaevon Richardson is a couple of notches above everyone else on the field.  He will be a tough matchup for anyone lee plays. Josh zellars is the best qb on the team. His passes don't have the same zip as Ruben, but he is a much better athlete and the passing is a wash when you factor in the ability to make a decision on where and when to pass it. Keith Johnson will be a nice running back. He has nice open field moves and pretty good speed. Anointe Franklin showed pretty well for himself as a backup running back and as a safety. Couple of guysive never seen. One named kion Richardson and the other Myron oneal, both nice looking athletes that can contribute this year.  Boyd looked good on the line. Cody salinas will be solid at s linebacker spot from what u could see.  Always around the ball. The problems for lee will be along both lines.  Sophomores will need to plug a lot of holes there.  Also the depth just won't be there.  I was pleasantly surprised that they actually have three solid liking linebackers.  The athletes at lee are never in doubt. This crop is no different. They have zellars, both Richardson, oneal, barnaba, Johnson, Franklin and lodge as skill position players with plus athletic ability compared to your typical high school player.  Last year they really only had three or four guys you could really say could match up athletically.  This year should make for a muchmore explosive team.  Whether that translates to wins remains to be seen.

Today at 5pm At Stallworth I believe. I will have a full report tonight.

1997 - Baytown Lee vs Alief Hastings. third round of the playoffs, Hastings went on to play for the state championship. Lee was the better team in my homer opinion. The wind was really blowing hard that day and Ell had a rough day passing the ball.  Still almost pulled it out only losing by 10 I believe.

The first 80 seconds of the video is against Pasadena Memorial in the playoffs when he scored 5 td's. The team in the white jersey that comes up next is Port Arthur Memorial. Team in the all blue is Channelview. White jersey blue helmet is West Brook. All blue this time is Sterling. Another all blue, this time is Katy Taylor. Blue pants, white jersey is Katy Seven Lakes. The interception he made was against Clear Creek. The all white is LaPorte.

[url=[Hidden Content] Richardson sophomore year highlights[/url] They finally got some video up on youtube.

Has to be more behind this than what is being reported in the Baytown Sun. Said that they wanted a coach/AD and Chancellor didn't have the required experience??? The guy has been kicking butt and taking names over there at Barbers Hill. You gotta find another way to do it rather than just let him go.

Jermaine Edwards was playing football in Baytown before he ever went to Dayton is how I remember it. He came back after moving first to Dayton.

[quote name="bronco1" post="803700" timestamp="1274370065"] [quote author=panamamyers link=topic=65952.msg803465#msg803465 date=1274305215] The point was that 4A is easier than 5A, much the same point I made a few months ago. I don't care to talk trash to any team specifically, as I am a Gander fan, and am in no position to talk trash to anyone. Lee has been down for a few years. The only point that I have made is that 5A is tougher than 4A, which was just re-emphasized for me in the fact that [b]this appears like a tough schedule[/b] to a 4A team. To a 5A team, that is just a middle of the road schedule of teams to play. [/quote] All I am saying is that it is a tough schedule for a 4A team, not appears to be. We all know 5A on average is better than 4A, afterall they are 5A. Pearland Dawson is 4A and they have done well against their pre-district 5A opponents. I understand your point but I am not sure you see mine. [/quote] We don't all know that if the problem. We had a couple of rookies in here a few months back trying to argue(with a straight face) that 5a was not better than 4a.  :-\ That's the only reason I bring this up now. Of course that is a tough schedule for a 4a team.  Dayton will be ready to play come district. As I have said before, I have no reason to dislike Dayton.  I was born in Dayton and a lot of my relatives live in Dayton.  I have gone to many Dayton games over the years and honestly I root for them second only to Lee.

Glad you think it is obvious, as I think it is obvious too. Some on this board will argue til the cows come home that 5a is not better than 4a. No where in my posts on this thread did I say Lee would beat Dayton. Lee could go winless this year.

The point was that 4A is easier than 5A, much the same point I made a few months ago. I don't care to talk trash to any team specifically, as I am a Gander fan, and am in no position to talk trash to anyone. Lee has been down for a few years. The only point that I have made is that 5A is tougher than 4A, which was just re-emphasized for me in the fact that this appears like a tough schedule to a 4A team. To a 5A team, that is just a middle of the road schedule of teams to play.

Don't want to belabor the point, as I realize that Lee is not a world beater, but that is a run of the mill schedule for a 5a team.  If you're a 5a team, and you schedule Angleton, Ike and Elkins, then no one would blink an eye.  It would be on par with what everyone else is playing. The fact that a 4a team is playing those teams, it makes it seem like a difficult schedule. This is why it is obviously a little more of an even playing field for a 5a team that comes down to 4a. That rigorous pre-district schedule for Dayton would essentially carry on at that difficulty level for 7 more games for a 10 game season if you were in 5a.

I went to check out Baytown Lee today. They had a controlled scrimmage.  I was there for about 90 minutes.  It's hard to really tell much, because I don't really know who was who out there. Ruben was starting at QB.  Zellars was running second string at qb.  Zellars performed better.  Ruben threw two picks at least, maybe three.  Zellars is a much better runner and is a better decision maker.  Ruben has the stronger arm.  It was EXTREMELY windy out there, so the passing game was suspect.  #6 on the defense, not sure who that is, had two interceptions.  He also played receiver some and did well there. Keith Johnson looked pretty good at running back. The defense looked better than I suspected they would.  They have a lot of young kids in the secondary.  #6 and #2 both played well.  #2 is the backup running back and did well there too.  I believe his name is Franklin and he will be a sophomore next year.  A lot of guys are going to have to play both ways I think. I did not see Jaevon Richardson out there which scares me a little bit. I have heard that Nathaneil Scott and Jeffrey Patton have both moved, so that's two down...if Richardson moves it will be a HUGE blow as he's ranked in the top 25 in the state for class of 2012 players. I am pretty excited about the prospects.  They have some nice athletes to choose from for the skill positions.  The linebacking crew will be thin as well as both lines.

I don't think anyone at Baytown Lee thinks that 4A will be easy.

Memorial won the high jump, long jump, triple jump, 400 meters, 400 relay, 1600 relay, 110 hurdles They did quite well even without the B  teams help.

[quote name="GoneSouth" post="783173" timestamp="1269737723"] Well I am not sure what the suprise was supposed to be, but it must not have showed up.  The only sprint that PA won was the 110 hurdles and that was as close as it has been all year.  WOS finished: 1, 2 and 4 in the hundred with Trey Franks 10.55 (FAT), Justin Thomas 2nd and Colon Janice 4th 1, 2, 3 in the 200 with Trey, Justin Thomas and Mark Roberts 1st in the 4x2 (Mark Roberts, Justin Thomas, Phillip Jones, and Trey Franks Did not run the 4x1 team 2nd in the 110 hurdles and 400 1, 2 in the 800 2nd in the 4x4 Pretty good day for WOS alot of young talent shinning today [/quote] Maybe the surprise was that PAM lapped the field at this meet? PAM 187 WOS 144.5

The last iq test bigdaddyblue had was in the 50's as well, so there is a theme here.

Sterling had a good team in 1985 as well. Tied, but lost to, WOS on penetrations I believe in the second round of the playoffs.  WOS went on to lose to Yates the next week, but they lost by only 13 and that Yates team is considered by many to be the best ever in Texas. 

Baytown Lee: 1994 - Beat Aldine Eisenhower in the first round, lost to Galveston Ball by about 10 in the second round.  Ball ended up in the state semi-finals. 1995 - Lost to Humble in the first round by a field goal.  Humble went on to the state semi-finals. 1997 - Lost to Alief Hastings in round three.  Hastings went on to play for the championship I believe. 2003 - Great team, somehow lost to Nimitz in the first round on a couple of fluke plays. The 1997 team, led by a junior Ell Roberson, was really poised to do some damage.  The Ganders were all over Hastings early, but Ell threw about 4 or 5 int's in that game and the Bears beat us by 10.  The 4th round would have been against West Brook, who the Ganders beat like a drum in the regular season. That year had one of our better defenses, and a lot of playmakers at wide receiver. I can remember the game against Hastings like it was yesterday.  Tully Stadium, Lee had our whole side filled up and half of Hastings' side.  Just couldn't get it done.

[quote name="BrenhamFan" post="770371" timestamp="1267676144"] To be the best, you have to beat the best....untill somebody beats PNG in yalls district...they have to be the favorite.  Doesn't mean it can't be done though. [/quote] Not necessarily. It depends on what all they have coming back and what all everyone else has coming back. I don't agree with the steadfast rule that just because you did it last year you are favored this year. It's completely different teams.

Crosby still has a residual inflated sense of self worth since they got that new WalMart 5 years back.

Maybe, but the other 364 days of the year suck for Crosby students, because well....they live in Crosby.

Can't wait to get on an even playing field. Crosby, Barbers Hill, CE King... Those are the types of teams Lee should have been playing the last few years. Lee will have a nice offense this year. Still not sure they can stop anyone.

Was the same way when I went to see Willowridge play against Bellaire back in the TJ Ford era.  The arena was full.  There were a couple thousand people standing outside looking in the windows.  I had to sit on the stairs  to catch a seat.  It was crazy.

With Olin as coach, Lee made it past the first round 6 times in 17 years. So, unless you have a weird deformity on that one hand you may need two hands.