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Just wondering how the new district will look once Lee goes down to 4A. Looks like 2008 will be the year? Barbers Hill, Lee and the new high school will all be 4A. I guess Lee will be put in the golden triangle district again, just like they are now. I almost wish the new school would go 5A, so that I could root for them. I can't root for them if they are in the same district as Lee.

Baytown Lee plays Baytown Sterling this Friday. Sterling seems to think they have a chance at this one. Lee has won about 12 of the last 13 I believe.

Ask me again after this weekend...

If games that are played in Deer Park count for southeast TX, then the worst 50 calls I've ever seen were all there. They get the home cooking started up early and often.

Looks like I was way off on the Humble score. I figured Channelview would give PAM trouble.

PAM 34 Channelview 29

WB 49 Atascocita 13

Lee 41 Kingwood 24

Humble 40 Sterling 17

Baytown Lee has a few pretty good ones.

Stephen Bradford plays qb for JV, tall and good arm

Eugene Mayes plays corner. Not real sure why he's not on varsity. He was on varsity the first game last year, then got hurt, then played JV for the last 5 or 6 weeks. Still on JV this year as a junior. He's a solid player that will probably start nextyear for Lee.

Lee's rounding into shape a little bit. If they can get any sort of pass protection when Moses comes back, they should be a pretty high powered offense. They definitely have an unlimited supply of weapons.

I'm still not sold on the defense. They have the players to get it done, but it seems like half the time the defense is basically designed to give the offense at least 7 yards. Safeties are too far back and not attacking.

WOS played Yates pretty tough that year didnt they?

I hope West Brook wins. I really do. This would make me feel better about Lee and the district as a whole.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Westfield is gonna put it on em though. They have athletes coming out the wazoo at Westfield. Their third string is more athletic than a lot of 5a teams.

I'll go

Westfield 31

West Brook 10

PAM 35

Nimitz 28

Lee 31

CC 24

I'm a homer though, so take that for what it's worth.

Coryatt was one of those guys that was better in college than he was in high school. You could tell he had the potential from his size, but he wasn't any dominator at the high school level.

1985 Houston Yates was a pretty hard hitting squad. All of those Yates teams from the 80's really, but that one in particular.

I saw a couple of times when Central had the angle and Lee's backs and receivers out ran the angle, left them eating dust and got to the corner, so I guess it all depended on the angle from which you were watching. Central is a fast team. Do they have more speed than Lee? Nah. They are just better. They hit harder and know how to play ball better.

LOL

It wouldn't have mattered either way, but the second string qb for Lee is not even in the same league as Jeremy Moses. Lee won't be able to throw the ball more than 20 yards downfield until Moses comes back. The second string qb on varsity is probably the 4th best qb in the program. The JV qb should come up and play now. He would be a much better option.

Again, Central was going to win the game either way, but the second string qb was a HUUGGEE dropoff.

Central beat the fire outta Lee tonight. Lee's qb went down in the first quarter, but it woukldn't have mattered. Olin has had 9 months to figure out what to do when a team blitzes every play. He still hasn't quite figured out a way to beat it yet.

It reminds me of the Texas-/WAsh St Holiday Bowl a few years back....except worse.

It's a jailbreak every time the center snaps it. It turns into hail mary tosses and hoping for some luck. It's ridiculous. I can only hope that Olin hasn't been calling the plays, because if he has, there's no hope.

Central has a good defense. They play too many both ways though which I think will hurt them sooner or later. They should let Williams just focus on playing qb, because the backup qb is a huge dropoff.

Anyways, looks like another long year for Lee. The qb left with a brace on his leg so it was probably bad.

Lee JV won 20-18

Lee freshman B won 22-8

Lee freshman A won 19-0

I was able to see Lee freshman B and the first half of freshman A.

In A team action:

Central has a really fast quarterback and a couple tall receivers that will probably develop into good players. They also have a good running back. They were just too small along the front lines. Also, looked as if they hadn't really practiced on special teams. Lee's first score came when XCentral tried to punt from their own end zone. The punter kicked the ball straight into the ground and it hopped up and a Lee guy grabbed it at the 7 yard line and ran it in for a punt return lol Never had seen anything like it before. The ball never got over 5 feet off the ground, just one bounce right into the guy's hands. Central got stopped on a goal line stand late int he second quarter that could have gotten them to within 13-6. They were first and goal from about the 3. They couldnt punch it in. Their best play the whole first half was the quarterback bootleg. that's virtually the only play that got them any yards. But they do have some athletes once they get it together.

Lee A team has about 6 or 7 guys that will be on varsity next year. They have two running backs that are both pretty physical and fast. The quarterback is a decent athlete with a nice arm. One of the receivers is a decent height and really fast and agile. They have an OL/DL that is probably 6'3" 245 right now. He was doing a good job on that goal line stand.

The best player for either team was a 5'7" 145 lb(guesstimate) linebacker for Lee named Juan Aviles. Not sure how he will do on higher levels when others catch up to his level of football IQ and what not. He is just a bad lil dude in there right now. He brings the wood and is very active and intelligent. I wouldn't say he'll be on varsity next year, although he could be if he grows a couple inches. He's just one of them guys that is too smart and physical and advanced for other 9th graders. Everyone else is pattycaking around and he's in there laying the wood.

Anyway, I'm anxious to see Central's varsity. I hear they have a super fast receiver and a good qb, so I can't wait.

I absolutely disagree with this. Vidor would fall into the same boat as a Katy or Westlake. Vidor doesn't have the athletes necessary to go out and roll all over a team like North Shore or Westfield. They better make sure they have a program in place. They need to learn that program from the moment they step into organized football. They need to learn and relearn and perfect that system as they go though junior high. and they better know the system like the back of their hand by the time they are 10th graders. Without great speed and athleticism, you have to out-execute the other team. You have to know everyone of your responsibilities. Every single player has to be in the right place and doing the right thing on every play. You have to be a well oiled machine. A good weight lifting program wouldn't hurt.

But I think in a situation where you don't have the athletes that other schools do, it definitely matters what they are doing as 8 or 9 years olds.

Trying to say that Vidor does not win at the varsity level because of something that happens on the little league level is crazy. The well intentioned Dads that coach LL football do a great job' date=' but there is nothing that happens at the LL level that really affects playing at the high school level.[/quote']

Just because he got a scholarship to UT, doesn't mean he is "rated" properly by those that do the ratings. Rashad Bobino got a scholly to UT too, but he was vastly underrated. He wasn't underrated to those at LaMarque that saw him everyday of course, but to others that just looked at the recruiting rankings, they probably underrated him.

JV looked real good against Ball. They have a quarterback that is in 10th grade that will take over next year. He's about 6'3" 185 and has a good arm, not the fastest guy, but fast enough. Reminds me of what a younger Byron Leftwich may have looked like. Running back is scrappy, couple of decent enough receivers. Lee never has a really good JV. If they were THAT good, they would be on varsity with our lack of numbers.

The freshman team looked good against Vidor, but not sure against Ball. They scrimmaged at a different location than varsity. I would say they are going to be pretty good. I didn't see any talents that just jumped out at me as guys that are going to be contributing next year. They have a couple of good running backs and a stout defense.

I'll let ya know more about the freshmen after Thursday when I see them play Central.

How does Lee's Freshman and JV look?

I thought you meant in the overall scheme of things. On this board he might not be, but statewide he is. Texas fans had no idea how good Robert Joseph was going to be. Jamaal was fairly highly ranked, but not high enough to do him justice. Earl Thomas is seen as one of the lower ranked guys that Texas has committed this year, but in actuality he may be one of the best.

Earl Thomas, because he's really good and Golden Triangle players have been underrated a of late. Jamaal, Robert Joseph and now Thomas.

New Caney should go in with Huntsville and Livingston.

Lee can slide into New Caney's spot. New Caney may even be 5A by then? They look close to the cutoff in Dave Campbell's.

I'll need to see what population zones they take from Lee before I decide how effective they will be lol

2008

Brian Johnson led a much better team than Drew Tate ever did at Lee. It's been since 2003 since Lee was good, so you're right about that. The influx of Hispanic students started long ago, so that's not a factor with the recent efforts. I think Olin had gotten complacent. The team has looked ragtag the last few years. There is a ton of talent in the program right now. The days of Lee being good again are about a year away. Next year they will have one of the best teams in the Houston area if not the state. I still think they are a year away, but they will be much better this year than last.

Lee will become 4A, the new school will be 4A and Sterling will remain in 5A with their attendance numbers not affected too much.

I'm not sure about the players being too small to be effective. I will guarantee you that Lee will be much bigger than Central and as fast in the skill positions. I tried to be as diplomatic as possible in my earlier replies, but if you think Central is going to outspeed Lee, then you got another think coming. You must be talking about Pasadena Rayburn with your description. Having said all this, Lee still has looked very unorganzied and made too many mistakes the last few years, so I could see Central winning, but your description wasn't really accurate.

I think he's one of the main guys behind it. Don't get me to lying and say he started it though, because I am not sure on that.

Yeah we have a ton back. Just been so long since we have stopped anyone on defense or had any pass protection. Seems like it can only happen in a dream at this point.