FlyLikeAnEagle

I am not trying to start anything negative, and I know it is not good to deal in rumors. I heard yesterday that 4 LCM varsity players, 3 of which were starters had quit the team. Is this true? Doea anyone else know anything about it? Like I said, I am not trying to start something, just wondering what affect this will have on the Kashmere Game, a game that LCM should win on paper.

Week 2 (September 15) Anahuac vs Hitchcock at Deer Park (Thur.) Spring Westfield at West Brook Port Arthur Memorial at Nimitz Nederland at Waller Silsbee at PN-G Houston Sterling at Central Houston Jones at Vidor Houston Kashmere at LC-M Dayton at Friendswood Santa Fe at Huffman Bellville at Barbers Hill Newton at Jasper Lumberton at Bridge City Splendora at Orangefield Hamshire-Fannett at East Chambers Stafford at Liberty Warren at Woodville Buna at Tarkington Evadale at Kountze Deweyville at High Island Hardin at West Hardin Houston Furr at Kelly Hull-Daisetta at Cathedral Ozen vs Seguin at Clear Lake (Sat.) West Orange-Stark vs Bay City at Pearland (Sat.) Sabine Pass at Colmesneil (Sat.)

Week 1 (September 8 ) Central vs West Brook at Lamar Ozen at Port Arthur Memorial Houston Forest Brook at Nederland PN-G at Crosby New Caney at Lumberton Vidor at St. Pius LC-M at WO-S Nacogdoches at Dayton Barbers Hill at Jasper Huffman vs Houston Wheatley at Dyer Stadium Houston Sterling at Silsbee Orangefield at East Chambers Cleveland at Hardin-Jefferson Kirbyville at Carthage Liberty at Hamshire-Fannett Crockett at Newton Splendora at Woodville Groveton at Hardin Warren at West Hardin Burkeville at Buna Deweyville at Evadale Fort Bend Baptist at Anahuac Kountze at Hull-Daisetta Baytown Christian at High Island Kelly at Hitchcock Oakwood at Colmesneil

As far as the game goes, I think WO-S will win and win big. As far as why, to me it seems feirly simple. WO-S has a great football program and great coaches and great fan support. They also have the best 25 -30 athletes in a town of 17,000 people. That is the bottom line. It is not always the X's and O's, it's mostly the Larry's and Joe's. WO-S has consistently turned out athletes to Division I colleges and even the professional ranks. You have to go back to the 1950's to find a pro player from Little Cypress (and yes they had one). As far as BOJO is concerned, I don't know why the fans of WO-S always try to bash LCM for trying to start something. Believe me, it will be a long time before LCM becomes a threat to the WO-S Football Machine, if ever. This is not a rivalry, and frankly I don't know why WO-S gets so fired up about it. WO-S year in year out should and does win this game in convincing fashion. Finally I want to send a personal message to SDV2006. SDV I was one of those so called non-comitted coaches that worked for David Williams. You could not be further off base, I spent a good portion of my life in and out of season for 10 years trying to make sugar out of something less than sugar. I was as dedicated as anyone has ever been. Believe it or not, we left no stone unturned trying to bring a winner to LCM. Our off-season was as grueling as any ever in Texas. We were organized, we worked the kids just as hard as they are being worked now. And some years we only won 2 gaems, the exact total the Bears won last year. By the way, some years we also won 11, 9, and 11. Seems like when we had better players we were better coaches. So quit showing your ignorance by bashing those of us who were actually in the trenches. As Teddy Roosevelt said, "it's not the critic who counts, etc" Think about this before I go, what if Friday Night the two coaching staffs switched teams, then which team would win? I still say WO-S would win big.

I know you have to go back a good way, but the 1983 LCM vs. Jasper Game was a heartbreaker. LCM held 14-13 lead late in the game, only to lose it on a last second field goal 16-14. Great football game! Also , the 1997 Bears loss to Nederland where Havard scrambled late and found a receiver in teh end zone to win it. I also remember some great goal line stands in that game by Aubrey Brisendine and the rest of the Dogs.

Thursday the 24th Bridge City at LC-M 7pm Hamshire-Fannett at Cleveland Huffman at Splendora 5pm Woodville at Kountze New Waverly at Hull-Daisetta Beaumont Cathedral at West Hardin 7pm Friday the 25th Memorial at Central Jasper at Nederland 7pm WO-S at Vidor 7pm Orangefield at Liberty Anahuac at Silsbee Lumberton at Barbers Hill 7pm Diboll at Kirbyville 7pm Newton at Center 5pm Kelly at Tarkington 5pm Colmesneil/Deweyville at Buna 5pm High Island at East Chambers 5pm Shepherd at Warren Saturday the 26th Lufkin at West Brook 11am Clear Brook at Ozen 11am Baytown Sterling at PN-G Hardin-Jefferson at Livingston