My favorite Jasper/Silsbee games were the 1971 35-8 Silsbee win, 1977 34-14 Silsbee win, 2004 29-28 Silsbee win, 2006 35-0 Silsbee win (game was called halfway thru 3rd Q) and the 2015 59-48 Silsbee win. Those are my top 5 favorites.
Now top 5 best games between the two are a little different.
Silsbee tournaments this year will be Nederland, Lufkin and Tarkington tourneys.
Silsbee has home non district games against Splendora on Dec. 1, Hardin-Jefferson on Dec. 8 and Huffman on Dec. 15.
Road non district game at Port Arthur Memorial on Nov. 28.
Silsbee is also playing in the Texas Jamboree at CE King on Nov. 27
I remember but this Silsbee team has way more football guys than last year's team.
Most did play in that game but a few did not.
Point being, it's likely a Silsbee JV type team that plays on the 23rd.
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Coverage area teams in this week's rankings:
6A
#2 North Shore
#8 CE King
#19 Summer Creek
5A DI
#4 Port Arthur Memorial
5A DII
#10 Montgomery
4A DII
#8 West Orange-Stark
3A DII
#2 Newton
2A DI
#5 Joaquin
1A DI
#1 Union Hill
I would have to give that some thought.
But, what I cherish and miss is the after game parties that my parents and some very close friends of theirs from Jasper would host each year after the game.
Dubose's and Foley's from Jasper were longtime friends of my parents and when the game was played in Jasper, one of those would host the after game party.
My parents would host when it was played in Silsbee.
That went on for many many years. Some really good times.
2nd round of playoffs would be the 20th. That's the Friday before that Monday the 23rd.
I anticipate Silsbee to at least make the 2nd round. Even if they lose that game I don't expect too many varsity basketball players to suit up on that Monday.