Port Neches-Groves (35) @ La Porte (21) - FINAL

[OlDawg]

2 minutes ago, NDNWarrior said:

PNG looking really good. Bailey on point all night with passes. Gotta work on receivers. Good game. Beautiful Stadium!

Yes. I thought Bailey looked really good. LP tackling is atrocious still. Not sure what’s up with that. Too much head down & arm attempted tackles. Been talking about that for 3 weeks now.

[1970]

A bit of a somewhat sloppy game, lots of penalties, dropped passes, but sometimes it works that way. Good win for the Indians. 

[OlDawg]

Simon wound up with 145 & 2 TD. Obviously didn’t get the ball as much when LP got behind by so much. Wells (young QB) was 15/18/100 & TD

[OlDawg]

Safe travels home Indian fans & good luck the rest of the way. LP needs their week off to regroup for district after the schedule they’ve played.

[Darth Texas]

Good game La Porte. Every time Simon or Ruffin touched the ball I held my breath. Ya’ll have a super good team. 

[1970]

2 minutes ago, Darth Texas said:

Good game La Porte. Every time Simon or Ruffin touched the ball I held my breath. Ya’ll have a super good team. 

Yep. 

[prepballfan]

Another great Coach Joseph classic. Great game and team LaPorte. Congrats Indians

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Looks like this was a pretty good game tonight. How was the stadium Png??

[NDNWarrior]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Looks like this was a pretty good game tonight. How was the stadium Png??

BEAUTIFUL. VERY NICE. 

[Darth Texas]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Looks like this was a pretty good game tonight. How was the stadium Png??

The stadium is really, really beautiful. A palace. The seating is comfortable too. My only complaint was the concessions didn’t have any pizza. 

[OlDawg]

4 minutes ago, Darth Texas said:

The stadium is really, really beautiful. A palace. The seating is comfortable too. My only complaint was the concessions didn’t have any pizza. 

I understand the restrooms even have a/c. Haven’t been able to take Mama to an actual game yet. Only a pep rally. As nice as everything is & handicap seating, elevators and all, she still has to have assistance in the restroom and there’s no family restroom.

But, you can’t accommodate everyone all the time. We can still watch from home. So, that’s good. She misses the bands though.

[purpleeagle]

Way to go Indians from a PNG grad. of class of ‘61

[prepballfan]

3 hours ago, purpleeagle said:

Way to go Indians from a PNG grad. of class of ‘61

Grats

[prepballfan]

7 hours ago, OlDawg said:

I understand the restrooms even have a/c. Haven’t been able to take Mama to an actual game yet. Only a pep rally. As nice as everything is & handicap seating, elevators and all, she still has to have assistance in the restroom and there’s no family restroom.

But, you can’t accommodate everyone all the time. We can still watch from home. So, that’s good. She misses the bands though.

TY for the very welcoming environment, the kind treatment and the absolute great sportsmanship from you team and coaches.. What a great group of kids. LaPorte is a class act and I hope we keep playing you guys. Thank You. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Good dub PNG. 

[OlDawg]

I've been worried about LP's D ever since the previous DC left for Shadow Creek. I know the new DC is probably very good. But, this is the most porous LP D I've seen in a few years. Even when they are in position, they seem to have forgotten how to properly wrap up and tackle.

Part of that is the opponents they've played as they're all well above average teams. But, if LP doesn't get these issues cleaned up for district, they may be looking at a trip away in the first round. They need this off week to regroup and focus on fundamentals again. I haven't seen any real improvement since Week 1.

I think it will be good for them to also have some time without all the press. Press has been crawling all over since before the first game. Not sure how much of a distraction it has been. But, I can't think it would be helpful.

Friendswood always plays LP tough, and they look like they are definitely a better squad than last year from the scores I've seen. Really tough game coming up. Hoping this loss will help them refocus, and start fixing some of the issues these good opponents have revealed.

May also be time to give Wells his shot. He threw some nice balls last night, and showed some good scrambling skills.

Still, to be 2-1 (vs 0-3 last year) against the same competition with all the hoopla is not a bad start. Just need to keep improving.

[navydawg31]

Great win PNG! Congrats on the W! 

[prepballfan]

40 minutes ago, navydawg31 said:

Great win PNG! Congrats on the W! 

TY

[1970]

1 hour ago, OlDawg said:

I've been worried about LP's D ever since the previous DC left for Shadow Creek. I know the new DC is probably very good. But, this is the most porous LP D I've seen in a few years. Even when they are in position, they seem to have forgotten how to properly wrap up and tackle.

Part of that is the opponents they've played as they're all well above average teams. But, if LP doesn't get these issues cleaned up for district, they may be looking at a trip away in the first round. They need this off week to regroup and focus on fundamentals again. I haven't seen any real improvement since Week 1.

I think it will be good for them to also have some time without all the press. Press has been crawling all over since before the first game. Not sure how much of a distraction it has been. But, I can't think it would be helpful.

Friendswood always plays LP tough, and they look like they are definitely a better squad than last year from the scores I've seen. Really tough game coming up. Hoping this loss will help them refocus, and start fixing some of the issues these good opponents have revealed.

May also be time to give Wells his shot. He threw some nice balls last night, and showed some good scrambling skills.

Still, to be 2-1 (vs 0-3 last year) against the same competition with all the hoopla is not a bad start. Just need to keep improving.

The Bulldogs will be ok; they're a good team. I was surprised that they didn't keep it on the ground more, but maybe they just wanted to work on the passing game more before district games begin. They used 2 different QBs, one seemed to be more for the passing plays.  The game was really hyped, and the Bulldogs perhaps reacted more to that, with the various first half penalties, etc, or maybe it had nothing to do with it, IDK.  PNG to me seemed to enjoy the hype more, and took advantage of the LP mistakes.

This is just my own opinion but last years' PNG team had the '23 state championship and #1 ranking on their backs, and it wasn't until the Nederland loss, that the team turned a corner. They still had their weaknesses but they seemed to play more relaxed. This years' team so far is their own team with their own ambitions, 2 years removed from the championship, and they seem to be enjoying each game more and more.