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Final 67-41 Kountze Kountze is the 2025 3A DII State Champion

That concludes Day 1 of state championships. Tomorrow will be 3A DI & DII and 4A DI & DII championships. First game tomorrow will be the Kountze/Paradise game and it will have it's own game thread.

No problem.........I was there when we beat powerhouse LaPorte in the dome. I remember LaPorte's offense sitting in the stands before warmups eating hotdogs. That being said, that was the best backfield in high school I have ever seen. They all signed with OU if I remember correctly.

Congrats Lions! 🏆 Heck of a year when the ladies and gents both win it all. That's Kountze basketball!🏀

Congratulations Kountze TX...409.. 🫠

REL still holds their own, Finn’s 37-33 in his time there so far. Folks don’t seem to realize that. GCCISD will end up consolidating the High Schools, but we’re still years away from it. First off, they have to get a Bond passed to rebuild RSS. After that, and after the rebuild, then they’ll pitch the consolidation as a cost-saving measure. It’s probably 5-10 years away. Thats the only way it’ll ever get done. The Board telling voters that there’s no choice left but to consolidate due to budget woes. GCCISD is headed into year 3 of budget cuts for 25-26 and are already saying that 26-27 will be a 4th year of cuts with no relief on the horizon. Until then there’s not much for the 3 football programs in Baytown to do but play the cards they’re dealt. REL does pretty well considering. With a former REL OC running the show at GCM maybe they’ll find a way to get 2-3 wins next season or maybe not but we’ll see. RSS has a good possible interim HFC in Coach Launius, hopefully they can find a way to at least tread water this season. After that, UIL redraws Districts again and 9-5A-1 might get a little easier for them. One more thing. When folks talk about too many folks wanting to keep REL, I think they mistake why that is. I think folks assume things about other folks without walking a mile in their shoes. REL over the last few years has been the High School with the highest test scores and lowest number of fights. 6 of the Seniors on the football team made Academic All-State Honorable Mention this school year. None from RSS or GCM. Folks in Old Baytown, (and I actually live there so I know), don’t want to send our kids to RSS where the foundation of the building is crumbling or all the way out to GCM where it’s extremely overcrowded and a total mess as a result. REL is where we prefer to send our kids.

Needed Kountze to cover. Business is business.

Congrats Lions and Coach Joubert on a remarkable season. I think Mr Sells will be one we talk about for years to come. On a side note, @AggiesAreWe, @BBfan061 wanted me to ask you if you were rooting on Kountze or Paradise today?

Epic Trump!

These are his stats from this game: 31 points on 10/28 shooting (28 of the team's 55 attempts), 3/14 from three, 8/16 from FT. 6 rebounds but led the team in turnovers with 7 and had only 1 assist. Lot's of times he failed to get back on defense. Like I said, he reminds me of Troy House who averaged 40 points a game but took 40 attempts a game to do it.

I know he was trying to find a school that would let him play basketball and football, but Rigdon isn't close to a D1 basketball player.

I agree. Wonder what change made it that way?

Rigdon out of control. Picked up two early fouls and ends up on the ground more than two girls in a jump ball situation.

Slow down now. We claim Lee in Pelly. OBT can share it I guess.

Fantastic season, and fantastic career for the Kountze seniors! I would've loved to have seen them match up with Tatum for a ship, but it's hard to argue with what Kountze did throughout the year and in the playoffs! Best 3A team in the state this year!

I thought what MTG did was stupid but I believe there is a slight difference between shouting something and then what Green did by shouting, standing and refusing to end your tantrum. Shout something then sit and be quiet. Or better yet just don't attend

What year did you graduate Goslin?

The driving force was actually volleyball and softball coaches from around the state. Some basketball and baseball.

It's not really that bad. Obviously I'm pulling for Kountze, but i'm not a biased kountze fan. I've seen a foul or two that couldve been called, that's about it. Kountze does a good job of reaching without fouling.

I’m sitting right behind the Kountze bench and right in front of the Paradise main fan section. They do not like the physical defense being played.

Halftime 42-20 Kountze Kountze with 21 points off turnovers in first half.

This gotta be the most senseless thread, and the most traffic that H-D has gotten since the HDbobcat55 days.

Agreed, I just wish Sultis had not been so short sighted years ago.

BTHO Parrot Ice!

I am not downing REL in any way. Like I said, I went there, my parents went there. I guess my point was they had a golden opportunity years ago and did not take advantage of it.

Well said.

Kountze should go out and handle business today. Enjoying a nice IHOP breakfast then gonna catch a UBER to the dome

That is what should have been done when they built GCM. BUT there were too many folks that still felt they had to have Lee high school. I went to Lee and loved my time there but if Baytown would have done a freshman, soph. school and a jr/sr school like a lot of people wanted they could be competitive across the board. The superintendent at the time (Sultis) squashed this. I loved her dad (Mr. Pete) but her not so much. Now they have 3 schools that just can't compete and it is sad.

So you are excusing his actions because of MTG? A few of us have admitted she messed up. Does that excuse Green and all other democrats for their behavior? Also, let’s take it back to Pelosi’s tearing up of the SOTU. Even that was defended by the left.

Been a lot of talk about bad shooting because the gym is so big and they’re not used to it. In years past they’d play the semi there and shoot better in the final

I’m wondering how they aren’t ranked also.

I'll be able to update the next game now. Finished with meeting much earlier than thought. Up next 7pm 2A DI Championship Hearne vs. Meyer

District 19-5A Boys Standings 3-4 1. Port Neches Groves-x (7-1-5) 26 points 2. West Brook-x (7-2-4) 25 points 3. Port Arthur Memorial (6-2-5) 23 points 4. Baytown Sterling (5-2-6) 21 points 5. Barbers Hill (6-4-3) 21 points 6. Nederland (1-3-9) 12 points 7. Beaumont United (3-10) 9 points 8. Baytown Lee (0-11-2) 2 points x- Clinched playoffs 14th (and last) district game matchups: Port Neches Groves at Beaumont United West Brook at Port Arthur Memorial Baytown Lee at Baytown Sterling Nederland at Barbers Hill

Agreed, completely. Never said otherwise.

Any District 18-4A Boys/Girls Standings?

District 19-5A Boys Standings 3-4 1. Beaumont WestBrook (7-2-3) 24 points 2. Port Neches Groves (6-1-5) 23 points 3. Port Arthur Memorial (6-2-4) 22 points 4. Barbers Hill (6-3-3) 21 points 5. Baytown Sterling (5-2-5) 20 points 6. Nederland (1-3-8) 11 points 7. Beaumont United (2-10) 6 points 8. Baytown Lee (0-10-2) 2 points

I think as long as Abseck doesn’t bring his DC from BH with him he should be alright. That guy gave up 30+ points a game and from what I hear was part of the reason Abseck got run out of town. Somehow he’s still on staff though so maybe he’s gotten in good with the board.