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WOS vs. Celina in the finals. From that point it's a toss up. My heart is with the Ponies.

Silsbee just beat 5A #5 Beaumont Central 73 - 70 with a bunch of freshman. You want to wager in basketball, I'm your boy.

Well, it's on his twitter now lol. Mason Sikes, the soon to be two time first team all-district tight end from Lumberton. 

Another local kid was offered today. Great they're recognizing the talent in the area.

thats why I picked Cuero. 

man I guess you wasn't on here the two years Summer Creek was here. 

I forgot that bunch. Out of sight out of mind..lol
 

Central can gripe all they want but all I know (and BG and AWW can back me up when I say I am far from a basketball expert) is that this Silsbee team is beyond impressive. How many starters are they missing? How many total players are they missing? And they just beat the No. 5 Class 5A team in the state?
Applause to Silsbee. That is scary good right there. 

I've been saying Silsbee was plenty good without the football boys.  The ones they have now are just as good.  However, when they were down to 5 players in OT, not hard to see where the depth is going to help immensely.  
May have some more joining the voting Silsbee #1 in the Dirty Dozen next week.     This team is for real.

Wednesday Morning Headline:
Silsbee Lite Too Heavy for Fun Size Central

Central in my mind can't use any excuse when another team is missing about 4 of 5 starters if I remember right. Central was going to be awesome without the big man or not.

Outta crow after Mecca lost. Gonna have to be buzzard.

Crow going on the endangered species list.

Outta crow after Mecca lost. Gonna have to be buzzard.

Crow going on the endangered species list.

Outta crow after Mecca lost. Gonna have to be buzzard.

Hello SETX fans!  This is my first post on this site because my confirmation email was in my Spam folder & I wasn't able to get onboard until now! 
First, about Carthage blowing Silsbee out of the water this Friday night; I think that's going a tad overboard. We are both coming down to the nitty gritty & those one sided victories are probably not going to happen here. 
The Navasota game was a war between two evenly matched adversaries who were playing Life or Death for the chance to advance. No One in th' place had a Clue who was leaving as the winner until Eppler fumbled the pitchout to the RB on their final drive toward the goal with 1:02 left to play! 
Being a Carthage "homer", I have us as a 10 point favorite. I just hope everyone stays safe both to & from the game, & hope we have a good clean penalty free game & may the winner advance to the Championship & take the Crown!

I thought it was kinda funny that Navasota played Cherokee in front of a bunch of barking Dogs and look what happened....

and saw one helluva football game. Worth every penny. Thank you Carthage and Navasota for playing it here.

Vidor has an indoor facility. Mathews converted the old gym with some of the turf from the Superdome. Could be that we're supporting the Tigers.

Vidor has an indoor facility. Mathews converted the old gym with some of the turf from the Superdome. Could be that we're supporting the Tigers.

I'm just going to assume I'm one of the posters some are talking about. Well yes I declare a Carthage victory before the coin toss. That's what a prediction is, a declaration of victory for the team you pick. I find it comical that while others make their picks it's ok but as soon as a Carthage fan says that Carthage is better and they will win, it's all of a sudden disrespect. Silsbee is very good no doubt. That's why they are still in it but I think my team is better but for some reason that rubs people the wrong way. Can Silsbee win? Yes, but I just don't see it. One poster even said Carthage people live and die for football and I'm trying to figure out how he came to that conclusion. I guess that's the curse of success. Anytime you pick Carthage to win you're arrogant. 

Lumberton has some sort of indoor practice facility but I'm not sure if it's big enough for football.. They got it after I graduated so idk.. I'm sure we would let our village creek neighbors use it for a week! Lol

since when?  East Chambers let yall borrow it? 

But seriously this thread is out of control... Carthage fans declaring victory before the coin toss! Baising it off history. Stating our coaching staff is superior. Blah blah blah...
Then Silsbee fans calling out Carthage & asking crazy questions like do we still recruit athletes & give their parents jobs!!! Seriously!!! That is just poor sportsmanship. 
I assume the majority of you posting are leveled headed adults; why can't you see the bigger picture? Both teams have 14-18 year old kids that have been working their butts off since August to get here. Anything can happen, anyone can win or get beat at this stage. Give glory to God each team is still playing, hope neither team leaves with anyone hurt, and every one has safe travels to & from the game. May each team play to the best of their ability & leave it all out there on the field. 
Do not stereotype Carthage fans from a small sample group that post on a couple of message boards. This is what you need to know... We will travel near & far to back the Bulldogs. We can disagree with some of Suratt's play calling but no one else better. We are very respectful of who we are playing. We even respect Henderson & Kilgore even though we don't like them!!! (I'm kidding, I'm only kidding!!!) We vote YES, on EVERY bond; let me say this again; we vote YES, when it comes to bonds & our schools; it is just something we do! So when a person makes a statement like we are completely wrapped up in high school football; I'm not sure where that information is coming from... We are completely wrapped up in our kids; the kids of Panola County & CISD and making it the best place we can for them to go to school. I guess that makes us passionate about our kids. Get to know us; we really are nice folks from a small rural East Texas Town.