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  6. Centerville 56 Hull-Daisetta 16/Final

    in High School Football- 2014

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    35-8 CV at the half. HD has moved the ball decent and had 4 trips into Tiger territory. Defensively HD can't slow down Centerville at all. Massive offensive line is creating huge holes and they are running wild on the Bobcat defense. HD has moved the ball into CV territory on 4 of 5 possessions but only one score, by freshman Robinett who's back from a dislocated elbow. CV had scored on all 5 of their 1st half possessions. DeBlanc out again this week for HD.

  7. In addition to Cosby suspension, more bad news for Mart

    in High School Football- 2014

    Posted

    Mart senior all state linebacker  Collin Nail is out for the season after suffering a broken heel in practice. Kid just got back from missing three games due to an emergency appendectomy and this will end his high school career. Nail finished this season with 79 tackles (in only 5 games) and finishes his four year career at Mart with an amazing 616 tackles. Hate it for that kid  because he's a great leader and a heck of a player. He's the son of head coach Rusty Nail and one bad hombre! Good luck and speedy recovery to a young man that can play at the next level.

  8. Anderson-Shiro 51 Hull-Daisetta 20/Final

    in High School Football- 2014

    Posted

    Ok, I'm bored at work and got to doing some research. I wanted to compare HD's first playoff opponents to someone else in the area that's had several recent playoff appearances. Our friends from Winnie Texas came to mind as they've had a long run of playoff appearances. Just wanted to see how their first playoff opponents stacked up record wise to what HD's had to face in the past 10 years.

     

    East Chambers Bucs

     

    2004 - 1st round vs. 4-7 Timpson (W)

    2005 - 1st round bye, 2nd round vs. 11-2 Mart (L)

    2006 - 1st round vs. 6-5 Hemphill (W)

    2007 - 1st round vs. 10-3 Corrigan-Camden (L)

    2008 - 1st round bye, 2nd round vs. 9-4 Newton (L)

    2009 - 1st round bye, 2nd round vs. 6-6 Woodville (W)

    2010 - 1st round bye, 2nd round vs. 5-7 McGregor (W)

    2011 - 1st round bye, 2nd round vs. 9-3 Malakoff (W)

    2012 - 1st round vs. 9-2 Troup (W)

    2013 - 1st round vs. 13-2 White Oak (L) State Semifinalist

     

    So by comparison EC has a 6-4 playoff record based on their initial playoff games. Nice to have one playoff win, much less six, so congrats to the Bucs. My point is  that even earning a bye in the first round 5 out of 10 years, the Bucs matched up with a 4 win team, a 5 win team, and two 6 win teams. That accounts for 4 of their six wins, with the other two coming against 9 win schools.

     

    By comparison HD has played two 9 win teams, three 10 win teams, an 11 win team, and three 12 win teams in their nine first playoff opponents.

     

    This is totally apples and oranges, but was just curious as to how EC's first opponents stacked up to HD's.

  11. Anderson-Shiro 51 Hull-Daisetta 20/Final

    in High School Football- 2014

    Posted

    This year you happen to be 100% right. I for one didn't think HD was going to win more than a game or two this year with the class they graduated last year. The fact of the matter is that HD hasn't won a playoff game in a while, but that doesn't mean that they can't play with non SETX weak sister schools as you put it. HD won their district the last two years and would have made the playoffs in any Region III district last season. You may not be able to admit that and nobody really knows but  it's really all about the luck of the draw when you're talking about playoffs. Look everyone can make excuses, but tell me ONE time HD has got to play an average team in the playoffs? NEVER!! HD has the worst luck of the draw of any school in the area as far as I'm concerned. We all know about back in the 80's and 90's when HD always caught a state champ or finalist in the first round, but even recently with the additional playoff spots, you would think HD would catch a team like Colmesneil played last year (6-4 Axtell). But it just aint in the cards for the Bobcats......Look at the last 10 years where HD has made the playoffs 9 times....

     

    2004 - 1st Round bye and lose in 2nd round  to 10 win Normangee

    2005 - 1st Round loss to 11 win Iola

    2006 - 1st Round loss to 10 win Groveton (HD had the lead in 4th qtr)

    2007 - 1st Round loss to 10 win Groveton (HD leading at halftime) Another note, Groveton lost to 14-0 State champ 21-13 the next round. Alto won all other playoff games by average of 30 points

    2008 - 1st Round bye and lose in 2nd round to State Finalist Mart (actually held Mart scoreless for 3 quarters but a 12 minute stretch killed HD)

    2009 - 1st Round bye and lose in 2nd round to 12 win Lovelady team (who game State Champ Cayuga a run for their money later in playoffs)

    2010 - 1st Round loss to Regional finalist Normangee

    2011 - missed playoffs

    2012 - 1st Round bye and lose in 2nd round to 12 win Regional Finalist Alto 35-28 (Score was tied 28-28 win 5 min to play)

    2013 - 1st Round bye and lose in 2nd round to Regional Semi-finalist Alto 47-42 (HD had lead until 1 min left in game)

     

    I mean, I understand and know that excuses are like elbows, everybody has 'em. But to say that HD can't compete with ANY of the other schools our size outside of the weaker SETX schools is just not true. With all the 4-6, 5-5, and 6-4 teams making the playoffs, HD cannot catch one of them to save their lives to get the monkey off our back. I'm not saying you necessarily want to play weaker competition but you would think at some point you'd matchup with an above average team, and not one of the top 5  teams in the region in your first game EVERY year.

  12. Anderson-Shiro 51 Hull-Daisetta 20/Final

    in High School Football- 2014

    Posted

    I totally understand how the process works and I'm well aware that the districting and alignment  has nothing to do with the amount of kids actually playing. If Dayton only has 25 kids come out for football, oops they still have 1000+ enrollment and fall into 5A. The only point I was making is that with re-districting done a year in advance, it can make a huge impact on a small school. If you have a senior class that graduates 50, but the 8th grade class coming in is only 28, plus kids that move, drop out and who know's what.... you just went from 175 kids, to 140 when it's time to play the games. Not a big deal when HD plays WH who has about the same, but it's a big deal when you play Anderson Shiro who has 215+ kids. Exactly like when HD plays Burkeville and has 75 more kids in HS than them. Those few kids on the cutoff make a huge difference in the big picture. Look at Iola who  was 2nd or 3rd in a weak DI district two years in a row, and now in DII they are undefeated and ranked in the top 3 in the region with a similar team  that went .500 last year in DI.

     

     

     

    There's no perfect solution, and HD should be able to compete with the teams in this district based on snap shot enrollment numbers.

  15. Anderson-Shiro 51 Hull-Daisetta 20/Final

    in High School Football- 2014

    Posted

    Distance wise, the district that HD and WH are in  is the only district that makes sense based on the UIL numbers after realignment.  I'm not sure about WH but I've heard that HD is below the cutoff number for 2A-DI now anyway and would have been in DII (with Evadale, Iola, Normangee, BVille, SP etc.) if the snapshot would have been done at the time of fall enrollment. I understand that you can't wait that long and districts and schedules have to be developed prior to the season. It is tough when you play teams like AS and they seem to have a never ending amount of backups and HD has 21 kids suited up on Friday night (with no JV team) and only about 10-12  of those kids should even be playing on Friday nights right now. It is what it is though and you play the hand you're dealt. Here's a little mileage information..

     

    HD distance to current district opponents:

     

    West Hardin - 10 miles

    Groveton - 91 miles

    Lovelady - 100 miles

    Anderson-Shiro - 103 miles

    Centerville - 132 miles

     

    Only other 2A-DI schools within 150 miles:

     

    West Sabine - 111 miles

    San Augustine - 122

    Alto - 128

    Shelbyville - 139

    Ganado - 145

     

    What would have been nice is that if HD and WH would have fell in 2A-DII. If that was the case, Normangee and Iola could move out (130 and 117 miles away respectively) and the district would be:

     

    Hull-Daisetta

    West Hardin - 10 miles

    Evadale - 48 miles

    Sabine Pass - 67 miles

    Colmesneil - 69 miles

    Burkeville - 102 miles

     

    Other than HD/WH vs Burkeville, all other games would be within 70 miles of each other. Little bit of difference in competition at that level too lol.

  16. Mart star RB Cosby dismissed from team

    in High School Football- 2014

    Posted

    Coach Nail is a heck of a coach and runs a tight ship. I don't think it's his  policy that if you miss one practice, then you can't play. I think the issue that caused the detention and subsequent missed  practice led Coach Nail to suspending him for the game or part of the game. In turn when finding this out, Cosby chose to walk out of practice (the day before detention related missed practice). All speculation but I don't think that Coach Nail is in the wrong in anyway and should be applauded for sticking to his guns even with the star player.

  18. Anderson-Shiro 51 Hull-Daisetta 20/Final

    in High School Football- 2014

    Posted

    It's hard to play competitive ball against a good team when you have about 8 freshmen on the sidelines as your backups and that's it. 3 of 5 starting offensive linemen out tonight along with 2 of 3 starting RB's, both who start both ways and one has 1000+ yards and 20 TDs this year. Not saying HD wins tonight with those kids but I think it's a more competitive game. AS is about as good as WS, so they were one of the two best teams HD has played so far. I'm sure CV is better and we'll be in for a long night next week. AS is pretty darn big across the board and has a lot of play makers. They will play CV pretty tough for the district championship.
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