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The bonds are the big issue. Yes PNG has more money, but they also spend it wisely and the community is behind them. Nederland is spending $32 mil more than PNG on the last bond. PNG got rid of 2 schools (which cut overhead) and built 4 brand new state of the art schools. Nederland wouldn’t get rid of 100 yr old “historic” buildings because someone’s great grandma went to school there. Instead they piece milled 4 old schools together and it looks awful. They did get a new HS and 3 connex boxes for a press box though for $32 mil over what PNG paid.

I understand everyone likes to talk of the difference of the approach of the school districts between NISD and PNGISD. Yes, there are definitely differences between them, but I think the elephant in the room is that there is a significant difference in the revenue brought into each school district. Despite the feeling that NISD is equal on everything with their neighbors across the tracks, the reality is NISD is not a “wealthy” school district. Everyone likes to complain that NISD does a horrible job of doing this and doing that, but in a sense they do amazingly well with what resources they have. Could they do better? Yes. Could they be more creative? Yes. But, it’s not as easy as being about mismanagement of the district or poor decisions. And, apparently the people constantly criticizing NISD have caviar dreams on a McD’s budget. NISD does not have the industries that PNGISD has. Its major revenue is on the home properties, and last I checked they are pretty landlocked. Look at a majority of the large successful programs in the state with state of the art facilities who are “wealthy”, and yes, they usually have good programs. However, the game is still played on a field whether the stadium is $100 million or $100,000. What is lacking in NISD currently is the mentality and attitude of a champion. Nederland was down for many years prior to Coach Neuman. What he brought was an attitude and a belief that they were at a championship level and winners. There were many years that Nederland was lacking in talent and still won, beating much more talented teams from PNG. Currently, the mental game is being lost every game because the attitude isn’t there. Yes there needs to be a focus on getting back to the basics of football. Discipline. Skill development. And attitude. But, good grief Charlie Brown, how about people just embrace where NISD is as a district with limited resources and be supportive of the children in the district. I’m sure all the “experts” on this board will pile on and go off on how they have held tickets for x number of years and they have 10 million bulldog shirts. At the end of the day, it’s 15,16,17, year old young men playing football. The Negative Nellys are quite ridiculous. Let’s just see what happens and be supportive and have a little faith instead of just constantly complaining how NISD can’t be trusted and they will screw this up and yada yada. PNGISD made a great hire based on recommendations by TD. And good for them. It turned out well for them. Why don’t we just see what Monday brings and quit complaining? Apologies for the rant. But, there needs to be some reality on here.

Why do they have to be caught driving drunk for deportation? “Illegal Alien” should simply be the charge, which is already on the books.

It is about players as well, however, and if people are not choosing NISD or leaving NISD because of the quality of facilities, then that impacts all programs…unfortunately, the numbers and some of the statements made here indicate that to possibly be the case…on a positive note, the last bond passed, upgrades are being made and hopefully they have an impact…time will tell

With this win, Silsbee clinches the #1 seed and at least a share of the district title. This makes their 37th consecutive district win. Tigers are averaging 99.4 points in district play, giving up 55.3. A 44.1 average win margin in district. In the 10 district games, they have hit the century mark in 7 of those games. (4 consecutive now) Like I stated earlier this season about this district. 1. Silsbee Everybody else

When I went to academic competitions in Nederland their schools were piss poor work. I went on a tirade here and got shot down. Ned deserves better.

May end up being Clay’s best coaching job. And he’s had many.

Right HF. I get my H’s mixed up. There are so many in that district.

Big Ned plays UP when they schedule the Mustangs and the Tigers…not sure who you wanna see ,maybe the boudain balls or the sand sharks!!

Just saying we are playing all three this preseason I should get a special title like Oracle of Crosby for this one.

Punxsutawney Phil must have predicted rain because it was raining 3's tonight.

Silsbee is up 113 to 58. Payton Jones is lighting it up from 3. My goodness!!!

Rain, rain go away. Hopefully we can get some games in today.

Nah chief….baseball season is now! 😂

QB coach at Katy High.

Leander is 230 miles away so still far down Hwy 7 but, if they were in District 10 and could play all their away games @Delmar Stadium, that's only 125 miles for Lufkin

Uncle Larry did fairly well with Rotten Press Boxes, grass fields, and long lines at the restroom......Not long ago he was begging for new jerseys while other teams had 2 different helmets with several uniform choices, (and colors). Not everyone can afford or is willing to pay for all new. . Ned's problem is not about fluff.....It's LEADERSHIP in the Athletic program. Academics are fine, WIN and they will come,

Exactly................School financial integrity rating of Texas (First) and TEA gave the Injuns a B......Poor old Ned got an A from both.

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It's easy to throw opinions out there about how certain ISDs spend their money and how well they manage it. This is straight from TEA 2022-23 school year. "The state's school financial accountability rating system, known as the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), ensures that Texas public schools are held accountable for the quality of their financial management practices and that they improve these practices. The system is designed to encourage Texas public schools to better manage their financial resources to provide the maximum allocation possible for direct instructional purposes."

Not exactly, but 2A in the late 70’s early 80’s. 3A late 80’s the 4A early 2000’s then 5A 2010 ish.

I said earlier in the week that I wouldn’t be shocked if HJ pulled off a win in this one. This HJ team is much improved from earlier in the season. Overall great win by coach Davis and his team. They’re now in a good spot to avoid Silsbee in the first round of playoffs.

Ok BH our rival now. Be careful what you wish for 😂

All 6 A’s … nice

They wanted someone they could beat 🤷‍♂️

Payton Jones gives Braelon Bush vibes as a freshman. Once Johnson comes back, I dont think anyone in Region 3 can beat them.

I tried to tell people years ago. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Exactly….kudos to all the bond naysayers back in 2008-9 in Nederland that slowed progress for your city…the bill is now coming due...ironically, it is likely most of the same people who seem to be do most of the complaining about the state of things today...interesting

I agree. I'll even go further and say it IS his best coaching job. He has earned every win.

School district boundaries don’t follow city limits. NISD has all of Nederland plus healthy portions of Port Neches and Port Arthur and all of Central Gardens and Beauxart Gardens. PN-GISD loses roughly a quarter of Port Neches to NISD and a fifth of Groves to PAISD, though it picks up two neighborhoods in Port Arthur. It’s more like both districts have a town and a half; the number of residents and households the two districts have is almost always roughly even. When I was in school (PN-G c/o 2011), Nederland had about a hundred more students than PN-G. The fact that PN-G is ~15% larger than Nederland now is significant. That’s the largest enrollment disparity between the two schools in at least 30 years, maybe longer. What you’re seeing is PN-GISD’s aggressive approach to replacing schools since 2008 paying dividends. Young families took notice.

Shut up.

We call that shut down defense

Steaks on coach harper for busting 100!

Final Kountze 103 Anahuac 64 Courts paced the Lions with 31

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You know it's bad when even the starters are out there free styling for portions of the game. That and not playing defense 🤷‍♂️

End of 1 Huffman 18 -17. Was 18-11 and ref called T for taunting on top of a foul. HJ hits 3 of 4 FTs and a hail Mary 3 at the buzzer.....6 point swing

PA 26-14 at half

Halftime Kountze 57 Anahuac 25

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Have nothing against Josh. Think he is a very good coach. He and I are good. Now some of his PR peeps, well that's another story. lol

A good friend of mine from law school is a Nederland grad and still practices in Austin. Grabbed a beer with him a few weeks back. He told me just about everyone he knows from his high school graduating class who’s still in the area and has kids is trying to find a house in PN-GISD right now. Top reasons are the current success of PN-G’s extracurricular programs and the condition of NISD schools, the new high school aside. Meanwhile, the only person I know from my high school days who’s sending her kids to Nederland has a beef with a retired PN-GISD administrator (petty reasons, not real ones) that she’s still not over.

A non sequitur: When I left SETX in the 80s it seemed like lots of PNG folks were moving to Nederland. When I returned in the 2000s it seemed like folks were moving from Nederland to PNG. The two towns are like an amalgamated area, except for the school districts, and especially athletics.

No dates or locations yet, but here is what was put out for BH

I hope not.. but it wouldn't surprise me we have a history of doing that

Yeah but it's still better than we get it in baseball. Start late due to basketball and have a 10 team district play both 1A and 2A teams.

Well then Cy Fair HS must be the OG of the OG because it was the first HS in 1940😁

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I’m so glad we don’t have to drive over an hour to half of our district games anymore!

If only BH could keep their seniors one more year.