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Parents absolutely have a right to do what is best for their kid within the rules. However, if you truly believe that three parents of three 6'8" kids all happened to get a job in Houston and all decided to live in Yates' attendance zone then you are living in a dream world. Last year Yates had one 6'8" player (that became eligible mid way through the season) and he wasn't that good and did not play much. This year they have four 6'8" kids (three of which are seniors). The system is broken. The problem is in multiple areas. Did you know that two years ago Yates' enrollment was 1100? Now it is around 850. So, in a school that is in that drastic of a decline in enrollment, they still happen to have that many 6'8" kids there within the UIL rules? Yates has open enrollment and is a magnet campus, which pretty much makes it accessible to anyone and at the same time Yates has the right to deny student entry because of those same factors if a student does not reside in their zone. Therefore, they are able to manipulate their enrollment. In turn, the playing field is not leveled. How on earth in DISD and HISD does it make sense to have schools that vary in size from 3A all the way to 6A? Yes...DISD has a 3A school...Madison. Madison, by the way, has won basketball state championships in 3A, 4A, and 5A (before they renamed the classifications). The open enrollment and magnet status combined allow schools within large cities a decided and unfair advantage. The easy solution is to require that multiple high school districts that participate in open enrollment AND magnet programs cannot have schools participating in more than two classifications. Therefore, they can compete (based on enrollment) in 4A and 5A or 5A and 6A but they cannot have schools in 4A, 5A, and 6A. This should apply to all multiple high school districts because the open enrollment and magnet programs along with the sheer population of their city give them a decided advantage over districts that have only one high school.

Only lose one starter and one senior off the bench. It was an up and down year but it looks like they don't finally figured it out over the last couple of weeks and played to their advantage with their height. They're going to be a mainstay in the playoffs the next few years as our younger teams are dominating. We're on the upswing. They will compete for a spot in the regional tournament these next few years.

Something we need too as well as that sorry football field of ours... You would think they would do that since they're adding on to the high school but then again Coldspring always had a low budget to work with in the first place

Good game Silsbee. Best of luck the rest of the playoffs.

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Hmmm, yes. Forgive me, but I don't understand the jist of your question.

Quick question. Would this even be a topic of Yates were in a different classification or if Yates has a horrible season, like a 4th place finish?

I watched North Forest vs Brazosport Game last night, Brazosport had a difficult time beating a bad North Forest Team. Silsbee should win easily/double digits

Oh i agree 100%, me and @BMTSoulja1 have had plenty of convos about that particular issue.

And another thing.. it's absolute insanity to me that THIS year's seniors affect NEXT year's district alignment. I know that bigger schools have several different JH feeder schools but schools where everyone JH kid goes into the same high school should count 8-11. Just my opinion.

To be honest.. I think the biggest mistake UIL makes in regards to classification/cutoff/enrollment is to actually tell the schools when the count will be and then ask for their enrollment THAT DAY. Just randomly pull a schools enrollment on a random day of the redistrict year or take a weekly/monthly average or something. It seems like they're asking for schools to skim numbers.

Easily checked.. schools receive funding based on enrollment. Those numbers aren't usually messed with because that's a good way for a school to either lose funding or get shut down.. or whatever happens when/if a school falsifies the number that affects the amount of money they get. Is that the issue here? Or is the issue that Yates is getting a disproportionate amount of talent for a school with the number of students they have? Which again.. nothing can be done about if they are following the rules. I as a parent completely understand. Every good parent in the universe makes decisions they feel are best for their kids. If I have a son that is 6'9 and a potential basketball phenom and I get a job in Houston.. we're probably getting an apartment in Yates' district. Sue me. Just like if I have a football star and a job offer in Fort Worth.. probably gonna house shop in Aledo. Or an ag department.. or academically.. or whatever reason I felt best. The days of K-12 schooling probably don't exist anymore.

Yes, each other. Lumberton beat Tarkington twice this season. Second game was right before district play, Lumberton won 57-51.

Yeah, right! She can go to the SRO just outside the house chambers. lol

There is no question that it is not a perfect system. But.. are you suggesting that Yates play 6A in basketball because they happen to be a consistently good "smaller" school in basketball? Never mind the fact that they're awful in football.. and volleyball.. and baseball/softball (team sports where enrollment has much more of an impact). Even in 4A. So what are you getting at? Every school in the state should abide by the UIL guidelines EXCEPT Houston Yates because they happen to be a relatively smaller school in an enormous city and there are speculations of recruiting going on from the other Houston area school districts? A lot of the Houston area schools are trash in basketball. Same with Dallas..and the other Big cities in the state. I'm not defending Yates.. I'm defending the guideline that every public school is required to adhere to. Should UIL just require every single transfer to sit one year, regardless of reason?

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Those LCM middle school cubs were on our MS schedule this year, and I don’t know the score but I do know our MS 8 th grade went undefeated and I don’t think had any close games. And if you didnt see it on the other thread they just won the Greater Houston area Championship this weekend going undefeated and beating two teams that were undefeated in the semis and finals. The Lake Olympia MS team they beat in the final was out of that Missouri City fort bend school district. They hadn’t lost a game in 2 years of middle school play....well until they met the Tigers!

No but there is a Miller. And lots more.

Any Bush, Adams or McCains in the group?

Nope. HJ wins by 25

what is missing in all of this conversation defending yates, is the recruiting part. Im sure the 4 6'9 kids were not on yates JV last season.. and im sure they didnt transfer for the stellar communications program there. Transferring for athletic reasons, or being recruited there are against uil rules..... Imagine combining the best that HJ, Silsbee, EC and Kountze has to offer and then go play a 4a schedule......That population size is still 1/1000 the size of the city of houston.

One of the better scores by the Lions tonight... Congrats Silsbee hope y'all make a long run this Trojan will be rooting for y'all

Good game by your Lions tonight. Length inside was tough.

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Livingston giving a solid effort.

Just a natural. Doesn’t look athletic but can hoop.

La Marque to good for Lumberton

They have a fairly new high school with a nice gym.

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Not a chance. The Jack Yates Lakers will win it all. Wise recruited well.

Houston and Dallas are able to get away with recruiting because they are their own DEC (District Executive Committees). the entire 4a district in HISD and DISD work for the same AD respectively. What coach is gonna report kids transferring for athletic purposes within their district with the threat of losing their job hanging over their head because the district is loading up their "showcase school" ? Also, just like basketball kids are steered to Yates in this way, football kids are steered to a certain school(s) as well. That's why small towns can fair well against most of the other Houston schools and not these. As stated before, if these schools have this unfair advantage then they should either be in 5 or 6a or in their own league. And yes, there are exceptions when talking about small towns competing. However, in most instances, small towns cannot compete on a consistent basis.

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Yes. 79-32

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