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And as we know...this is all talk!!! [move]GO MUSTANGS ~ SLOCUM RULES ~ GO MUSTANGS[/move]

Oh yeah I agree it could have been alot worse if our top players would have played the last 4 or 5 minutes.... but we have a nice coach.....I would have let them run it up after all the trash talk they were doing..... but like i said we have a great coach... not to mention great players also....

theres talk of a big 3A tourny

Shouldnt softball talk be under softball, not basketball ?

Lady Bobcats, Mustangs ready for regional tests Gabe Pruett The Orange Leader For the second consecutive year, the West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs and the No. 12 Orangefield Lady Bobcats will make their home in Huntsville for a weekend. Both squads are looking to avenge last season’s early exit in the Class 3A Region III final’s tournament. The Lady Bobcats will start things off at 6:15 p.m. at Johnson Coliseum at Sam Houston State University when they face the No. 7 Diboll Lady Lumberjacks (25-5). WO-S (23-8) will face No. 17 Crockett (28-6) at 8 p.m. at the Johnson Coliseum. Both teams are fighting to reach the Regional Final which will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday. The semifinals pits two District 20-3A teams vs. two District 21-3A squads. LADY BOBCATS Orangefield brings a high energy game into their semi-final contest with more than just a few players peaking at the right time. The Lady Bobcats strength in the playoffs has been their depth and defense. From top to bottom, Coach Sondra Ancelot’s team is full of players ready to step up and give an extra boost even if it is for a few minutes of game time. The Lady Bobcats will have to deal with the Lady Lumberjacks and their 6’4 post Nikki Greene. Diboll was a 51-44 winner over the Madisonville Lady Mustangs in the regional quarterfinals. The Lady Jacks got 15 points from both Vanessa Jones and Mone Deason. Greene put in nine points in the victory. Greene also had 12 rebounds and five blocks. Matching up against a tall post presence does not worry Ancelot who has seen her team face WO-S’ Janea Hendreson and Lumberton’s Courtney Wilson already this season. “The key for us going is to continue to play our normal game and press and run,†Ancelot said. “I am real proud of what these girls have accomplished but it is time to concentrate on Diboll. It is time to refocus. Diboll played Madisonville in Huntsville so they have a little experience being there but we were there last year so we have ours.†Ancelot was up late Wednesday night watching film on Diboll and woke up early Thursday to start the process all over again. “I have a good feel of what to expect,†Ancelot said. “They are very similar to what we have been seeing in the playoffs. They are athletic and very fast.†Orangefield started its playoff push with a 80-48 whipping of Coldspring and then defeated previously 30-0 West Columbia 62-37. The Lady Bobcats took down the Cleveland Lady Indians 66-51 on Wednesday to reach the regional tournament. Diboll, the champions of District 20-3A with a 13-1 mark, had a bye in the bi-district round and beat Lorena 58-41 in the area round. One advantage Ancelot has seen growing by the dozens over the last few weeks is the size and volume of the Orangefield crowds. “Our crowd has simply been amazing,†Ancelot said. “Last night (Wednesday) in Vidor was electrifying. It was the greatest atmosphere I have seen in a long time. It definitely helps our girls and gives us a big advantage. “We want to see those people in Huntsville. All the kids talk about is getting there and making up for last year. We lost by 1 point to the state champion. We can’t get that feeling out of our guts. Now the chance to get rid of it has presented itself and we hope to take advantage.†LADY MUSTANGS It is back to work for WO-S in their game of “proving people wrong.†The Lady Mustangs entered the playoffs with a chip on their shoulder when they were unranked and being the third place team out of District 21-3A. So first WO-S took their anger out on Liberty by a tune of 57-22 in the bi-district round. Up next was a 46-41 victory over No. 5 Navasota in the area round and then there was Wednesday’s 79-74 win over No. 9 Silsbee. To say the least, WO-S is so far getting their revenge. “The girls are very excited,†WO-S coach Callie Orebo said. “We are tying to do something we have never done.†Orebo stayed to her strategy of not knowing anything about her opponent. It was a first coming into this year’s playoffs but it is hard to argue with the results so far. “I think it is best to leave it alone with how well it has worked so far,†Orebo explained. “It has been great so far with not being ranked. I am loving it.†Lady Mustang senior guard Brittney Scott is the main reason for WO-S’ attack with a scoring average of 35 points a game in the playoffs, 49 coming against Silsbee. While Scott has been the focal point, the rest of the Lady Mustangs are stepping up their game at the right time. Seniors Dominique Riggs and Rebecca McMillion are grabbing important rebounds while sophomore Kia Hartfield continues her streak of burying big shots. Senior post Janea Hendreson, who did not require stitches after suffering an eye injury Wednesday, is being her usual self by putting in tough points and averaging double-digit rebounds in the playoffs. “We just can’t go into the gym and have playoff syndrome,†Orebo said. “We have to go out there with open minds and realize it is just a game. We will do fine. If we go to Huntsville and get two wins, they will have to put me in a crazy house.†The Lady Bulldogs come in fresh off a 53-48 victory over Fairfield in the regional quarterfinals. They desposed of China Spring, last year’s state champion, in the area round 54-53 and took care of Groesbeck 66-37 In other WO-S news, a bus will leave Kroger parking lot at 4:30 p.m. to head to Huntsville. The cost is $13 a person. Contact Martha Morrow at 886-0651 or at 330-1655.

Warrior players and fans: Don't listen to that trash talk! Warren is one of the classiest schools around. Your fans are some of the BEST in the area, really passionate but never rude. Your guys on the court/football field are likewise. Plays with great heart everytime. Next year Warriors oughta be awesome in all sports. Lots to proud of in Warren! .........Let them go on and gloat, they only make themselves look bad!

Defensive side of the ball... Joseph Viator from LCM...he was an absolute beast, and he was either doing the tackling or in on the tackle on everyother play. Darius Bob also returns for the Bears, along with many more on the defensive side of the ball. Since I am a defensive football kind of guy, I'll let someone else talk about the offense... ;D

Write for AOL Slams the NBA (good article) Mayhem Main Event at NBA All-Star Weekend 'Police Were Simply Overwhelmed' in Sin City By JASON WHITLOCK AOL LAS VEGAS -- NBA All-Star Weekend in Vegas was an unmitigated failure, and any thoughts of taking the extravaganza to New Orleans in 2008 are total lunacy. NBA's Big Weekend An event planned to showcase what is right about professional basketball has been turned into a 72-hour display of why commissioner David Stern can't sleep at night and spends his days thinking of rules to mask what the NBA has come to represent. Good luck fixing All-Star Weekend. The game is a sloppy, boring, half-hearted mess. The dunk contest is contrived and pointless. The celebrity contest is unintended comedy. And, worst of all, All-Star Weekend revelers have transformed the league's midseason exhibition into the new millennium Freaknik, an out-of-control street party that features gunplay, violence, non-stop weed smoke and general mayhem. Word of all the criminal activity that transpired during All-Star Weekend has been slowly leaking out on Las Vegas radio shows and TV newscasts and on Internet blogs the past 24 hours. "It was filled with an element of violence," Teresa Frey, general manager for Coco's restaurant, told klastv.com. "They don't want to pay their bills. They don't want to respect us or each other." Things got so bad that she closed the 24-hour restaurant from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. "I have been spit on. I have had food thrown at me," she said. "I have lost two servers out of fear. I have locked my door out of the fear of violence." All weekend, people, especially cab drivers, gossiped about brawls and shootings. You didn't know what to believe because the local newspaper was filled with stories about what a raging success All-Star Weekend was. The city is desperately trying to attract an NBA franchise, and, I guess, there was no reason to let a few bloody bodies get in the way of a cozy relationship with Stern. The New York Times says it's "hard to beat." Deadspin calls it "freakishly good." What is AOL's Fanhouse? Everything you want and need as a fan from the best bloggers on the Web. Plus, the NBA's business partner ESPN didn't have time to dirty its hands and report on the carnage. I'm sure ESPN's reporters were embedded in the rear ends of the troops -- Shaq, Kobe, King James, D-Wade, AI and Melo. But there were multiple brawls, at least two shootings, more than 350 arrests and a lot of terror in Vegas over the weekend. And the police might want to talk to NFL player Pacman Jones about a nasty shooting spree at a Vegas strip club. Jones and the rapper Nelly were allegedly at Minxx Gentlemen's Club Monday morning shortly before (or during) the shooting. Two victims, male employees of the club, were listed in critical condition at the hospital; a third, a female patron, sustained non-life threatening injuries after being grazed by a bullet. There were so many fights and so many gangbangers and one parking-lot shootout at the MGM Grand that people literally fled the hotel in fear for their safety. I talked with a woman who moved from the MGM to the Luxor because "I couldn't take it. I'll never come back to another All-Star Game." There are reports of a brawl between rappers and police at the Wynn Hotel. Vegas police were simply overwhelmed along The Strip. They were there solely for decoration and to discourage major crimes. Beyond that, they minded their own business. I was there. Walking The Strip this weekend must be what it feels like to walk the yard at a maximum security prison. You couldn't relax. You avoided eye contact. The heavy police presence only reminded you of the danger. Without a full-scale military occupation, New Orleans will not survive All-Star Weekend 2008. David Stern seriously needs to consider moving the event out of the country for the next couple of years in hopes that young, hip-hop hoodlums would find another event to terrorize. Taking the game to Canada won't do it. The game needs to be moved overseas, someplace where the Bloods and Crips and hookers and hoes can't get to it without a passport and plane ticket. I'm serious. Stern has spent the past three years trying to move his league and players past the thug image Ron Artest's fan brawl stamped on the NBA. After this weekend, I'm convinced he's losing the battle. All-Star Weekend Vegas screamed that the NBA is aligned too closely with thugs. Stern is going to have to take drastic measures to break that perception/reality. All-Star Weekend can no longer remain the Woodstock for parolees, wannabe rap artists and baby's mamas on tax-refund vacations. This was not a byproduct of the game being held in Vegas. All-Star Weekend has been on this path for the past five or six years. Every year the event becomes more and more a destination for troublemakers. If something isn't done, next year's All-Star Weekend will surpass the deceased Freaknik, a weekend-long party in Atlanta, in terms of lawlessness. Wide-spread looting and a rape killed the Freaknik in 1999. The NBA's image cannot survive bedlam in the French Quarter. And I'm not sure it can survive the embarrassment of a New Orleans standoff between its fans and the National Guard, either. If Stern wants to continue to strengthen the international appeal of his game, he has the perfect excuse to move the All-Star Game to Germany, China, England or anywhere Suge Knight's posse can't find it. from AOL.com

I respect dayton very much i take all that cheap talk back that was wrong.central is a very talented team when central strap their pads on all this talk will stop.central will always be number one in the Setx triangle

I was at the game and we just didn't take care of business like we should have. Talk about classless, though. The Splendora fans were throwing candy and things down at our cheerleaders the whole game. I asked them to stop several times, before the police officer had to get involved. You must not be used to the play-off scenario, much. CLASSLESS, TRULY CLASSLESS!!

The stinch from the ignorrance about running up the score in a scrimmage has crossed the Gulf and invaded my home. It is a scrimmage, both coaches are looking to see what exactly they have, good or bad. They both know each other well since I went to school and played ball with Shane. The score is meaningless, seeing who can hit, throw, catch, run the bases is what it is about. Even if it was a game, how the score got that way would be the main issue. Did they bunt runners over with a 9 run lead. Were they still stealing with that lead. You dont tell a kid to stand there and not swing or if they get on base to let them tag you. That is disrespectfull. As a competitor you want the other guys best, by not doing that you are saying they are inferior. Dont talk about his class or integrity when you really dont know what your talking about at all.

so lets get the talk going, what is diboll and crockett bringin to the table.

I met Coach Fuller in Fairfield to watch this one. West Hardin should win this one by 20 and get their subs some PT. Not sure where this one will be played. Coach Fuller was going to talk to the Slocum coach when I was leaving.

I just got home from that game. Silsbee had 95 when I left. First game I've been too in a looong time. Ahmed Jones, the post player for Silsbee, and football recruit for ok State u, is super quick, for a man his size. Never seen him on the football field. Maybe I'll be able to watch him on tv next fall. Harper is a very good baller. Got to talk with Jones' parents. I remember them from way back when. Saw Ryan Donahoe from HJ. I wish I could see HJ play. I heard a lot of good things about HJ from some of their fans in the stands. I even met a guy I know from church who was getting ready to ref the WOS vs. Splendora game next. I had a good time. Marcus Brewer, the post for Silsbee, has some serious hops. Silsbee has a nice little squad. Don't know how far they will go, but still, I was impressed. DB

I would go with Rick Barnes, Bob Knight, or Billy Clyde at A&M....... ;D Come on....we have some good HS coaches in SEtex, but we need to talk the college coaches into something like this--it would mean more. Most High School coaches know that the xs and os can help you win, but it is the Jimmys and Joes that make it actually happen. Usually Jimmy and Joe can play a little bit--which is what separates most high school programs (championship programs). I'm not talking about the programs that schedule waaaay down to boost their win record, which makes it look like they know what they are doing as a coach. If that's your program coach, you are a smart man!! Get the wins baby and please the public. On the college level, everybody can play, so what's the difference......coaching. High School coaches hit slumps and slides because they don't have players that can chunk it in the ocean. WE HAVE GOOD COACHES here....I'm not saying that.....but any coach that doesn't have an ego the size of Nebraska knows that if they have a couple of kids that can play and work together as a team, that is why they win more games, not because of great coaching!!!. College coaches are better coaches..no argument...so lets try to entice them to coach an all star game here in SE Texas.....maybe we can offer them an all expense trip paid to Babe's museum or something!!

I try to stay away but I just get drug in. The funny thing is that Brandon would not even want this conversation going on. He would probably tell you Donahoe is the guy to talk about. That is just the way he is. But, he leads his team and they win. He cannot worry about classification he can just play who shows up that night. On his numbers, he could have ridiculous stats this year, but when you are up on a team by 30 Coach Fuller does not need him to keep throwing up 3's. I think he remembers what it is like to be the team that is down by 40. Ltown your opinion is your opinion and I respect that. But the sniffing the jock thing is out of line. He has been on the court with the other guys mentioned and performed well

This is the best Warren has looked this year. Starting pitcher (Brazas) did a good job as did the young infield. There was some shotty defense on both sides, but some good plays were also made. The freshman ss for Warren is gonna be one to watch out for in the future. Lumberton bats hammered us the second/third time through the lineup scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the 5th for the "10 run rule" win. Tucker Ellis(jr)went 2 for 3, staying hot with the bat. This young team is really coming around, now if we can just talk Granger into pitching..........

Saw the game---i am a WB fan all the way. WB players seemed a little cocky---lots of unnecessary talk from the dug out. i thought the umpire was taking too much lip. Ozen took care of business in all areas. Great pitching and pitch selections by Ozen to cap good batters off balance. The pop flies were all mis-judged and should be caught at that level. I was impressed with the run-down that WB got in. It appears to have been an executed play for a sacrifice out to save the top of the order for the next inning. WB problems are fixable---but they need to work on their mental focus and play ball and let that other stuff go. They have an openings for player leadership.

NM

I agree... I'm expecting great football next year with all the talk from most teams saying what they have. Good luck

Results, not excuses is my saying. If you wanna talk about players missing, one of our bigs has been out. He quit inthe middle of a game. Dude was 6'6" and you dont' hear us complaining saying that's the reason that we lost to yall the second go around. 'If it's in the game, it's inthe game' is what I always say. Yea, yall did down us twice, no denying that. But from the outside looking in, people gonna say, how in the hell did you get blown out by LC-M and lose to the cellar dwellers? You think about that. And that would be why Central is above Dayton on the rankings.

Tramain....great year. I think CJ Busby deserves some talk too, but Thomas is the best.

Southeast Texas professional baseball players work out at alma maters Three former West Brook baseball stars went back to school. So did one former Nederland standout. And there were a few others, too. Now is the time of year when hundreds of professional baseball players report to spring training. Some are in the major leagues. Most are in the minors. Many kept in playing shape by working out at their old high school and colleges. "There's a lot of guys who work out at their high schools," said former Nederland star Brian Sanches, who pitched in 18 games for the Philadelphia Phillies last season. Like Sanches, former West Brook stars Chip Ambres, Jay Bruce and Jason Tyner worked out with and talked to players at their old school. Those three also play professionally. "I think everything they do rubs off on the players," said West Brook coach Jacob Walton, whose team opens its season at home against Ozen at 4 p.m. today. "I think what we as coaches say can get kind of stale, so they get some fresh words from the professional players." Ambres had batting practice sessions at the high school before leaving Beaumont as a non-roster spring training invitee with the New York Mets. Tyner talked with players about base running. Bruce, a 2005 graduate, is young enough to have been teammates with some current West Brook players. "Chip hit (batting practice) at our field, and you could see the difference between a high school swing and a professional swing in the way the ball jumps off the bat," said West Brook senior Tim Ferguson, who will play next season at the University of Mississippi. West Brook senior David Murphy said Tyner, an outfielder with the Minnesota Twins, talked with him about bunting. "He told me he wants me to get 15 bunts for a hit," said Murphy, a University of Houston recruit who expects to bat leadoff and third this season. Murphy estimated he had three or four bunt hits last season. He said Tyner told him to keep an eye on the third baseman this season. "If the third baseman is playing in, and I get a double in my first at-bat, he might see that I have some power and be playing back the next time I'm up," Murphy said. "Then I can put down a drag bunt for a hit." Ferguson and Murphy said they consider Bruce, in the Cincinnati Reds organization, to be a good friend. All three were West Brook teammates two years ago. Murphy said University of Houston scouts first saw him play when they went to West Brook to watch Bruce, who the Reds drafted 12th overall in 2005. "It's an advantage for us to have three guys who came from here because it brings a lot of hype to the school," Murphy said. "Those players brought a lot of scouts, so they know there are good players at West Brook." Among other professional baseball players from Southeast Texas are former Port Neches-Groves standout Lew Ford, also a Minnesota outfielder; West Orange-Stark star John Patterson, a pitcher with the Washington Nationals; and Hardin-Jefferson product Ben Broussard, a Seattle Mariners first baseman. Sanches said working out with the high school players reminds him of some of the game's fundamentals. "I'll be explaining something to them, and it will kind of remind me of things I need to do," Sanches said. Sanches said he told the Nederland pitchers to attack the strike zone and not nibble around the corners. "He's been helping me with my pitching selection, with where to place the ball," said Nederland senior Beau Helmke, a Lamar University recruit. Sanches said he had few chances to talk with professional players when he was in high school. He said he has returned to Nederland after each of his eight professional seasons. "He's been a big asset to us," Nederland coach Cody Robbins said. "We pick his brain about a lot of different things."

It isn't, but whats the problem with talking about j.v.? this is a SOCCER TALK FORUM, not everything has to be about varsity man.

why is all the talk about jv