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This is from BillyClydePuckett on Smoaky, he makes some damn good points here: 
 
 I can solve this problem in a heartbeat. Coaches quit being a jerk to officials ESPECIALLY in sub varsity games you are lucky to have officials. School Administrators start kicking jerk parents and fans out of games. Second time they offend ban them from schools. That silliness will stop overnight. UIL bump Minimum pay for sub varsity games to $100 / game. PLUS mileage. Bump MINIMUM pay for Varsity games to $200 PLUS mileage. And do NOT for one second tell me schools cannot afford this. I was a coach and teacher for thirty years. Every school I ever worked at threw away more money in a week than officials cost.  
 
 
Schools if you want to ensure your kids have officials make Officials WANT to come to your school by paying them in cash THAT night. If your Admin says "we can't do that" (and they can btw its just a little extra work for them god forbid people in Admin have to do that) get booster club to pay them that night. AND Feed them......WELL not a Concession Stand Hotdog either! If your Admin is too inept to pay them in cash AD;s do what it takes to make sure these guys are not waiting for their check for two and three months. And yes this is standard operating procedure for most schools. I've even seen AD'S put officials checks in their desks for weeks to "pay back" officials that they feel did not do a good job.
 
 
Trust me, officials talk to each other about schools that do a good job of taking care of them and which schools make it REALLY hard to go there. Guess which schools usually have officials and which do not.
 
 
 
When you have a shortage of workers it is because of two things. Pay is not high enough and / or the work conditions stink. Eco 101. It is amazing that schools just throw up their hands at the drop of the hat and say "there is nothing we can do" that is BS.  
 
 
 
Example: 6 Man schools have the hardest time getting officials. Many are having to play sub varsity and Varsity on the same night to address this. I know a place that has Officials FIGHTING to go call games there. Strawn, Texas. They pay in cash AND the HC feeds the Officials no matter what the sport after the games. At Mary's. He has an open tab there for officials. Take a hint.
 
 
 
Schools and the UIL better pull their head out of their fourth point of contact. If the current trend holds you will be having coaches call sub varsity games. And your Varsity Schedules will be getting rearragned around when the officials can show up.
 
 
 
To sum up show these folks some respect.
 
 

Buna use to have some good brisket.
Seems like your smaller schools always have the better food.
 

Hopefully it doesn't have you walking to the facilities afterwards 😂

my oh my, who will the losing teams fans blame for the loss. 

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Going to miss @AshlyKBMT. He was great at his job. Hardin-Jefferson getting a good one.

Barbers Hill wins their Pool.
BH 26, College Station 20
BH 19, Everman 20
BH 25, FM Marcus 19

West Hardin Volleyball is looking for games on the following dates.
 
August 11
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Colmesneil and Chester is a huge rivalry a lot of bad blood back when they were both 1a it would get out of hand a lot of games had to have a police presence. 

Longview vs. Lufkin
Warren vs. Woodville 
Nederland vs. PNG
Hardin vs. HD
Colmesneil vs. Chester
 
 
Had to rep some of the small-town rivalries lol

2023 UIL State Baseball Championships
Harleton vs Shiner
Jun 08, 2023 at Round Rock, Texas (Dell Diamond)
 
Harleton 10 (37-1)
Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob  Dylan Armstrong p/3b  3  0  0  1  2  0  0  3  1     Evan Vance pr/lf  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Gage Shirts cf  5  1  2  1  0  0  2  0  2  Carson Wallace lf/1b  4  0  2  3  0  1  5  0  0  Mason Clark c  3  0  1  0  0  1  2  0  2     Caleb Correa pr  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  Shawn Booth ss  3  2  1  0  1  1  1  1  0  Braden Hopkins 1b/p  3  1  0  0  1  2  7  0  1  Tanner Tate 2b  2  1  0  0  1  0  2  3  0  Peyton Murray dh  4  1  2  1  0  1  0  0  0     Alex Holt pr  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Cameron Johnson rf  4  1  2  1  0  2  2  0  0  Kaden Skaggs 3b  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  Totals  32  10  10  7  5  8  21  10  7     Shiner 5 (32-5)
Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob  Ryan Peterson ss/cf  4  2  2  0  0  0  3  1  0  Drew Wenske p/2b  4  1  2  0  0  1  1  3  0     Brady Herndon pr  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Kennan Hailey 1b  4  1  2  2  0  0  5  0  0  Carson Schuette 2b/p  3  0  1  3  0  0  0  1  1  Bryce Nerada c  4  0  0  0  0  0  8  0  4  Landyn Pohler cf/p  3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  Kaidan Boothe rf  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Cale Shows 3b  2  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  Caleb Lehnert lf  2  1  0  0  1  2  2  0  1  Totals  29  5  7  5  2  3  21  5  6   
Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Harleton............ 060 121 0 - 10 10 2 Shiner.............. 003 000 2 - 5 7 1 ----------------------------------------- E - Wallace; Hopkins; Schuette. LOB - Harleton 7; Shiner 6. 2B - Shirts; Wallace; Peterson. HBP - Tate. SF - Schuette. SB - Tate; Johnson.  
Harleton   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  Dylan Armstrong W,10-0  5.0  5  3  2  2  2  2  0  0  0  21  23  6  8  Braden Hopkins   2.0  2  2  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  8  9  2  3     Shiner   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  Drew Wenske L,10-2  3.1  7  7  5  2  3  1  0  0  0  18  20  4  3  Carson Schuette   3.1  3  3  3  3  5  3  0  1  0  13  17  3  2  Landyn Pohler   0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0   
Win - Armstrong (10-0). Loss - Wenske (10-2). Save - None. WP - Armstrong 2; Wenske; Schuette 3. HBP - by Schuette (Tate). Umpires - HP: Andy Eudy 1B: Jon Hodde 2B: Ben Quarles 3B: Jerry Riley
Start: 12:10 PM Time: 4:07 Attendance:
Weather: 86 degrees, Clear Game notes: Game 8 - Conference 2A Final MVP: #10 Carson Wallace (Harleton) Pitch Count: Harleton: Armstrong-94, Hopkins-32; Shiner: Wenske-76, Schuette-81, Pohler-1.

 
 
Play-by-Play
  2023 UIL State Baseball Championships
Harleton vs Shiner
Jun 08, 2023 at Round Rock, Texas (Dell Diamond)
 
Harleton starters: 2/p Armstrong; 22/cf Shirts; 10/lf Wallace; 1/c Clark; 8/ss Booth; 7/1b Hopkins; 4/2b Tate; 6/dh Murray; 3/rf Johnson; 20/3b Skaggs;  
Shiner starters: 21/ss Peterson; 6/p Wenske; 20/1b Hailey; 9/2b Schuette; 15/c B. Nerada; 22/cf Pohler; 13/rf Boothe; 1/3b Shows; 8/lf Lehnert;  
Harleton 1st - Armstrong grounded out to 2b. Shirts popped up to ss. Wallace struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  
Shiner 1st - Peterson popped up to ss. Wenske struck out, reached first on a wild pitch. Hailey lined out to lf. Herndon pinch ran for Wenske. Schuette flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.  
Harleton 2nd - Wenske to p for Herndon. Clark singled to right center. Correa pinch ran for Clark. Booth singled through the right side; Correa advanced to second. Hopkins walked; Booth advanced to second; Correa advanced to third. Tate popped up to ss. Murray singled to right field, RBI; Hopkins advanced to second; Booth advanced to third; Correa scored. Murray advanced to second on a wild pitch; Hopkins advanced to third; Booth scored. Johnson singled to right field, RBI; Murray advanced to third; Hopkins scored. Armstrong reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Johnson advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b; Murray scored. Shirts grounded out to p; Armstrong advanced to second; Johnson advanced to third. Vance pinch ran for Armstrong. Wallace singled to right field, 2 RBI; Vance scored, unearned; Johnson scored, unearned. Correa popped up to p. 6 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.  
Shiner 2nd - Armstrong to p for Vance. Clark to c for Correa. B. Nerada grounded out to 3b. Pohler grounded out to 3b. Boothe grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  
Harleton 3rd - Booth grounded out to ss. Hopkins struck out. Tate lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  
Shiner 3rd - Shows grounded out to 3b. Lehnert walked. Peterson singled through the left side; Lehnert advanced to second. Wenske flied out to rf. Hailey singled through the left side, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf, RBI; Peterson advanced to third; Lehnert scored. Schuette singled to center field, 2 RBI; Hailey scored, unearned; Peterson scored. B. Nerada reached on a fielder's choice; Schuette out at second 2b unassisted. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.  
Harleton 4th - Murray singled to center field. Holt pinch ran for Murray. Johnson struck out. Armstrong walked; Holt advanced to second. Shirts singled through the left side, RBI; Armstrong advanced to second; Holt scored. Wenske to 2b. Schuette to p. Wallace flied out to cf; Armstrong advanced to third. Clark struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.  
Shiner 4th - Murray to dh for Holt. Pohler flied out to rf. Boothe grounded out to 2b. Shows walked. Shows advanced to second on a wild pitch. Lehnert struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.  
Harleton 5th - Booth walked. Hopkins struck out. Tate hit by pitch; Booth advanced to second. Murray grounded out to 2b; Tate advanced to second; Booth advanced to third. Tate advanced to third on a wild pitch; Booth scored. Tate scored on a wild pitch. Johnson singled. Johnson stole second. Armstrong grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.  
Shiner 5th - Peterson grounded out to ss. Wenske singled to second base. Hailey singled to center field; Wenske advanced to second. Schuette flied out to cf; Wenske advanced to third. B. Nerada grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.  
Harleton 6th - Shirts doubled down the lf line. Wallace doubled to right center, RBI; Shirts scored. Clark flied out to lf. Wallace advanced to third on a wild pitch. Booth struck out looking. Hopkins fouled out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.  
Shiner 6th - Armstrong to 3b. Wallace to 1b. Hopkins to p. Vance to lf for Skaggs. Pohler grounded out to 3b. Boothe grounded out to 2b. Shows grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  
Harleton 7th - Tate walked. Murray struck out; Tate stole second. Johnson struck out. Armstrong walked. Peterson to cf. Wenske to ss. Schuette to 2b. Pohler to p. Shirts flied out to cf to right center. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.  
Shiner 7th - Lehnert struck out. Peterson doubled down the lf line. Wenske singled to pitcher; Peterson advanced to third. Wenske advanced to second. Hailey reached on a fielding error by p, RBI; Wenske advanced to third; Peterson scored. Hailey advanced to second. Schuette flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; Wenske scored, unearned. B. Nerada popped up to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Harleton won.......

The Lady Liberty Panthers ( 37-8 ) defeated the Lady Decatur Eagles ( 33-10-1 ) by the score of 9-1 to advance to their third straight State Title game. The game is set to play 10AM Saturday morning  at Red and Charline McCombs Field on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, TX. 

Smoaky’s also has a Hall of Fame.  I was honored recently by being chosen there.  Just like this site, a bunch of good guys and a handful of (the dreaded) others.  
😂😂🤣👽🤣😂😂

Great idea.  Gone but not forgotten.

With the recent passing of WOSgrad, I thought I’d create a place where we can memorialize members who’ve left us.  I know there have been others who we’ve lost over the years.  
@WOSgrad
@stevenash
@grayghost
@SillyWilly
@BigD95
@LilTex
@Skipper/Powerlifter
@raideroldtimer
@WOS87
@Hagar
@Mofo

Liberty defeated Bullard 2-1 in 8 innings and wins the Region 3 Championship by 2 games to 1.  The Lady Liberty Panthers will head back to Austin next weekend. Congrats to Bullard on such a great season.

They already got a guy on staff from what I've heard ......

They finally found a way to get baseball players to play football. Taking grounders on the 50 yard line. Batting practice in the end zone. 2-a-days will be interesting. Fall baseball will be fine at BC. And those that really wanted to play football are gonna fly out to another local school. OF, PNG, or LCM. Maybe even Vidor. I think Dubois has alot of fans in BC too.

It takes more than a good coach to win a state championship. 

Then it's definitely a better gig than Vidor 😂

I'm available 😁