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Looks like Ruben and Smith have both committed to Baylor. I think Ruben will actually be moved to defense at Baylor from the sounds of it. I've thought all along that he should be playing defense here. He could be a dominating presence if you turned him loose on the defensive side with his size, strength and agility.

West Brook, Central, PA Memorial and Deer Park. Lee had one taken from us in Deer Park the year after my senior year. We must have gotten 200 yards in penalties. Beaumont and PA teams are always tough to beat when playing them there.

No way was GCM going to compete for anything that first year. They got all their kids from a Sterling program that wasn't doing a lot as it was. The kids were all underclassmen. They did good to win any games at all. Olin got too much credit because he was compared to Sterling. At least Lee was making the playoffs occasionally, but people were holding him up like he had turned Lee into some powerhouse. The Ganders had a few chances to get to a state title game in 1995 and 1997. They haven't really been much in contention since those days.

Lee would be competitive in 4a. They have the athletes, just not enough of them. They have honestly been 4a level in enrollment the last few years as it is. Things would look a lot better if they were playing the Barbers Hills and Crosbys of the world instead of the North Shores and West Brooks.

I can't wait to see a game period. It's been a long wait considering we didn't have spring practice this year. I stay in Missouri City now, so it will be tougher to get back to all of the games. Lee and Sterling should be a good game this year. I think people are writing Lee off a little bit too much this year, considering they were three plays away from beating Sterling, Port Arthur Memorial and West Brook last year and finishing 2nd in the district. Lee just didn't have a quarterback last year. That shouldn't be the case this year.

I will give my own little preview for Baytown Lee this year. I just wish I knew what type of offense or defense the new coach intended on using. I'm guessing it will be a little more traditional than Olin. Maybe we'll even see a tight end or fullback make their way into the lineup at some point. I'm not expecting a whole lot from the Ganders this year. They do have some D1 talented guys, just now a whole lot of them. Qb – Havins – fast and athletic RB – Jackson – fast and athletic, undersized WR – Mixon(junior) – fast and athletic, undersized WR – Maguire(junior) - Big, pretty fast OL – Smith – 6’4†280, recruited by a host of D1 schools OL – Ruben – 6’3†275, recruited by a host of D1 schools DL – Cleveland (junior) – Big, athletic, will play college ball ILB – Fuentes – solid player CB- Warren – will be 3 year starter, pretty fast and athletic S – Murray – Will be going to a top tier school Some sophomores to look for are Haggerty, Barnabba and Johnson. They are all quality athletes that should make some noise on varsity this year.

I'l take him. I'm excited about the fact that they got a young coach. We need someone to infuse some excitement back into the program and get all the kids out and playing ball again. I notice they mention that he is a proponent of kids playing more than one sport. Olin was big time against kids wanting to play basketball.

I woulda sworn this was a thread about Baytown Lee.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Olin was able to provide a good deal of input in choosing his successor. If that's the case, I expect Riley to be named head coach shortly.

Dickinson hasn't really played anyone this year. The few times they did, they got beat. If Dickinson scores over 14 I would be surprised. I will say 42-14 West Brook

Memorial will run for 300 yards and score at least 35 on West Brook in my opinion. It will be up to WB to score more than that. Snelson still plays for Memorial, and he will be tough for the Bruins to handle.

Hope Sterling can pull off a miracle here, but I don't think it's in the cards. In fact, I think only North Shore will advance to the second round from this district. I will be pulling for all of the district teams though.

Olin complaining in the Baytown Sun The Ganders had 13 penalties on the night with 10 of them being major walkoffs. “You shouldn’t complain about the officials,†Gander coach Dick Olin said. “But it’s the same thing every time you go down there. We’ve played down there (the Golden Triangle) twice and we’ve had 32 penalties.†Olin said in Friday’s game he saw the fastest holding call ever. “We snapped the ball and the flag flew,†he said. “They called ‘Holding, No. 57.’ Maybe 57 held, but he didn’t have anybody on him and it’s hard to call that on the snap.†Olin said once they got into a first-and-long situation offensively they were in trouble. “If we get into a first-and-20, we are dead in the water,†he said. “We can’t throw the football and don’t have the offense to make that up.†Olin said the Titans only had two plays on offense. “They had a 94-yard touchdown pass that was like our Seven Lakes game, where we tipped it, then they tipped it, and then they caught it and ran it in,†he said. “Then they also had a fourth-and-20 and caught a pass for the touchdown. “I haven’t seen the tape yet, but I looked at it last night on the bus and it looks like he caught it out of bounds.â€

I just couldn't believe the offense. With all those athletes running around. It was the most predictable, lame offense. It looks like something a 7th grade B team would throw together for their first scrimmage.

On a side note, it's absolutely criminal what the coaches are doing in Port Arthur. The talent they have on that team.... The only team that arguably has more talent in the district is North Shore. Port Arthur has athletes all over the field. To see that atrocity that they call an offense is ridiculous. If Chance Filer or that running back they had played for a team with an actual offense, they would be getting all state recognition. They don't have any problem fielding a defense with plenty of athletes as well. They have at least 12 guys out there last night that I saw that could play in college.

PAM definitely won 13-10. Let me start by saying that both of these teams are horrible. That either of them are going to the playoffs is laughable. The only thing funnier is that PAM will play LaPorte, and Lee beat LP early in the year, so PAM has a chance. From the 3 minute point in the third quarter through the end of the game, Lee had 6 penalties for 80 yards. Four personal foul penalties, a holding and a blocking in the back. Honestly, PAM was ready to pack it in and start up basketball season. The resilient never say die refs kept urging PAM to go ahead and try to win the game. The last PAM drive of the third quarter started with a Lee personal foul, but ended on downs. The next PAM drive had a personal foul on Lee but also ended on downs. The last drive, they finally got it right and called two personal fouls on Lee to get PAM down inside the 10, where it finally paid dividends. It sucks to drive 2 hours from Fresno, TX to Port Arthur to have to endure such atrocious officiating. Again, neither team was good, but this always happens in Port Arthur. I don't think I'll ever go to a game there ever again. I've been watching high school football my entire life, I'm 33 years old,and you never feel as helpless about the officiating as you do when playing in Port Arthur.

Alright, so which one of you Titan fans are going to the game?

No doubt, North Shore will have to make some mistakes. Lee will be able to get pressure on the qb. The wearing down is a huge concern obviously. Lee is very small, and a power running game could chew them up. I don't see any way of avoiding the three and outs. It would take some extreme moves. Maybe put Bates at qb and run the option or something lol

I would venture to guess that Lee will give NS a better game than Sterling because of the way they matchup. Sterling has a much better offense than Lee, but that was going to be neutralized by NS's defense anyways. Lee has a better defense than Sterling, so the Ganders should be able to cause a little more resistance to the NS offense than Sterling could. Lee will need to play mistake free ball. Cut down on penalties and turnovers. The Ganders will also need to score on special teams or defense once or twice. The Ganders had West Brook right where they wanted them except for the 4 turnovers and 15 penalties killing them. Even after all of those mistakes, it was a 7 point loss. I could see a scenario where Lee is able to hang with NS. Is it likely that Lee will win? Not very. But there is a slim chance.

While I won't discredit the help that the Dayton coaches have given to Lee, I will also add that for the first time in a long time, Lee has basically every single athletic guy they have playing defense. This is why you see the offense suffering so much. Lee has a TON of speed on defense this year. Thomas Bates at safety, CJ Mixon at cb, Trenton Warren at cb, Treion Murray at olb and Dandrick Jackson at olb are all sprinters on the track team. Tunwar at ilb soubles as a receiver on offense. Raymond at one de is about 5'8" 185. Zellars at ng is extremely underrated and should get a D1 scholarship. He was hurt all last year. In the years of Drew Tate, Bates, Mixon and Warren would be receivers and Murray would be the running back. Lee just doesn't have the numbers any more to field athletes on both sides of the ball without a lot of guys playing both ways. Plus Olin just is really hamstrung with the qb situation this year. There's really no point in putting any athletes on that side of the ball, because it's a lost cause. Just try to stack the defense and win that way. Again, Dayton has a great coaching staff, and I enjoy watching them play. I am glad that Olin went to them for help if that is the case. However, the biggest difference is just that all our athletes that used to be on offense are now on defense.

Baytown Sun said that Havins is out for the year at qb, so it's not going to get much better for Lee. Good defense and pathetic offense the rest of the way. 10-7 over Channelview doesn't give me the warm fuzzies lol I'll take a win either way at this point.

Tonight at 7 o clock in Baytown. I won't be able to make it, because I work until 8:15, but I hope Lee can pull one out here. The crazy part is, I was thinking about it lying in bed this morning, and it's not too far from the realms of possibility for Lee to go 1-4 in district and get a playoff spot. Hopefully we can beat CV and PAM and get to 2-3. I would feel somewhat comfortable with that record making the playoffs. I never have any intention of winning a game in Port Arthur though. I don't care how poorly PAM is playing or how good Lee is. It's always a difficult one.

Did #7 play at all for Lee at qb? He is by far and away the best qb on the team. I mean an enormous canyon between him and the next closest guy. He has only played sparingly all season because of injuries though.

Bruins over Ganders

Absolutely. I don't toss around the word "inept" casually. Lee's offense is completely inept this year. WB's jv should have been able to stop Lee's offense, much less the WB varsity, so I'm not surprised that Lee's scores came off turnovers and not extended drives. Why did the qb get hurt? Did he step in a pothole in the sideline? Did he get crunched by a couple of Gander defenders? If it was the latter, then you really can't use a what if there, because that's part of what makes a team a good defense. If a team is fast and hard hitting, then there is the possibility that a couple of guys on the opposing offense might get nicked up and not be as effective as when the game first started.