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Kountze will still be the overwhelming favorite even if Bray leaves town.Roman Walker was and still is Kountzes best player.Bray has a tremendous amount of talent but needs to take a lesson from JCovan before he waste it.Right now he is highly overated.Duane Joubert is a fine coach and will develop Bray if given the time.

Hardin won't resemble the team they were this year without Marsh.They will also miss Nolan in the backcourt.Davis is a very good ballplayer and will be the best point guard in the district this year.That's the good news for the Hornets,thats where you have to start building your club.Not sure he has enough help though to compete.The freshmen players for the hornets were as good as Daniel made them.I think they are probably 4th in this district.

Congrats Scotty.No doubt who the best singles players was in Tyler.Austin is a Senior but I hear he has been hurt all year,don't know if he even played in the region-4 tourney this year.

This is neither surprising or news,next topic please !!!!!!

I think Coach Ramsey will be back,he has another year on his contract and has done a pretty good job as the head football coach.He has also done a super job helping with the softball program.The only down side to the athletic department over the last several years has been the baseball and track programs.They should be very competetive and both are in shambles.You can't blame this on TJ however just a tremendous amount of instability over the past 3 or 4 years.I hope he stays simply because he has the kids best interest at heart,Warren could do a lot worse.

Congrats KB,something tells me this won't be the last stop for this young lady,she's a very special player who sees the floor as well as any high school pg I've seen.This is a great opportunity for her.

Congrats Phillip.It couldn't happen to a more deserving young man.

Really sad to see the state of the Warren team this season.They have a coach who definitely knows the game but the past 2 years have left the program in shambles.There is one senior player left on the team, the rest of the kids are pretty young. A lot of the kids who should be playing are in the stands watching the softball games.It's hard to be competetive at the 2-a level when your numbers are down like that.Hopefully the young kids will stick it out,if they do Dickinson will turn it around eventually.

And the answer to that question is yes! He played post at Hardin because they had no other posts players. He can play the 2 or 3 because he can dribble, he is quick, and has an excellent medium range jumper along with a good outside shot. This kid can go, regardless of what ya'll say, I would put him up against anyone, AND YES I SAID ANYONE, including the almighty Tramain, anyday of the week. Even after a track meet!! Marsh is a good kid whose natural position would be a small forward.He is a little light to play the 5 and probably didn't handle the ball well enough to be 2 guard.He had a great shot from around 12-15 feet but lacked the consistancy from behind the arc for that to be his specialty so he wouldn't fit the mold of a pure shooter in the 3 hole.The kids that made the Gamble team were picked for a position,most of them anyway,and they played the positions well.Tramain,Jarvis and Shannon more than held there own in the backcourt as did the bigs.Daniel Marsh is a good kid who had a great year, that should be reward enough.I have no doubt he could definitely play receiver at the college level,the kid has great hands and super jumping ability.

McDonald seperated a shoulder during football season and never completely recovered.Against Warren he scored 8 points total,2 in the first game and 6 in the last game.I also watched him a couple of other times during the season and he wasn't his usual self.I don't buy the 2-a argument however.Most of the better 2-a players play aau ball with the big boys and more than hold there own.

They were using Parker to try and stop the bleeding at several positions.Catching was his natural position and probably where he should have been.He was one of the better defensive catchers around.No disrespect to Young but there are a lot of places where his speed could benefit the club,other than behind the plate.

I agree Buc2010, I also think Tyler Copeland from West Hardin should have been there.Congrats to all the kids,pretty impressive list.

I was talking about Parker,he doesn't run track.

That will hurt the Lions but they will still be the favorite.

I think Warrens pitcher was on an ag trip so Wilson probably pitched for them.If he was well, he's been sick the last couple of days.I heard Warrens catcher left the team on Monday.He was the last of a very promising group to give up the game.Sad to see whats happened to that program in the last 3 years.Will be a tough last half for the Warriors.

Kountze brings back everyone and basically everyone else takes some huge hits from graduation so I think 2-7 is wide open.Playoff spots will be fun but overall the district will be down a little.I think Hunter Davis is a fine player but he will struggle without any post presence.Roman Walker will have tons of help and will be the best player in this district next year.

What kind of stats did he have in high school?One of the few players in the area I didn't get to see.Congrats!!!

hdbasketball star.One of the few times I've disagreed with ya on this or any other topic.Thomas is the ultimate team leader.Early in his career he had CJ and Preston to dish to but this year EC went as far as he could take them.Vance was playing hurt and everyone else the Bucs had were role players made better by Thomas.I don't think the roles would have changed if the players would have changed places,Tramain would still have been the PG and Marsh would still have played the post.Simply because thats where there strengths put them.I don't buy in to the small school arguement at all,if you can play at 2-a you can play at 4-a if you have talent.Just for arguments sake Kountze's next Gamble all star won't be Brae,it will be Walker.This kids upside is tremendous.

Easy there basketball coach.I said I was a big fan of both Tramain and Marsh but we're gonna have to disagree on this one.Tramain is a true point guard,would be regardless of who he played for.He can penetrate and dish ,that was the reason EC was successful,he kept them all involved.Marsh on the other hand played well at the post with his back to the basket.He has great hands and can shoot the 10-12 ft jumper very well.I don't see him as a 2 or 3 on any team,much less the Gamble club simply because he doesn't hanle the ball real well or shoot the long ball very much.He would have a little trouble posting the "bigs" up that the Houston club will bring.Looking at the stats however he may have had the edge on Hammonds had he gotten the exposure.I did see both Thomas and Marsh play alot over the past 2 seasons and last summer thats where I formed my opinion.Both kids should be congratulated on great years.

I am a big fan of both Thomas and Marsh but the Gamble guys got it right.Tramain was not surrounded by stars,McDonald played hurt and wasn't his dominant self by any stretch and Raymond was pretty much a non factor in the games I saw EC play.They were good because Tramain made everyone around him better.Marsh had a great year but his strength was rebounding and putting the short stuff back in.He would struggle with the long ball and ballhandling in an all star game and is a little light to play the post against the 225 lb post guys.Hammond is the only kid I haven't seen so I can't comment on him but the rest are solid.I was simply making a comment about Tramain being the district MVP,I knew Marsh was the Offensive MVP.I don't buy the 4-A ,5-A argument though because the small school guys on this team are every bit as good as the big ones.Should be a entertaining game,look for Bernard to get some new found respect before its over

Kountze was ahead 8-2 in the top of the second.Warren simply has to many kids that have decided not to play.It's a shame to see the program in the shape it's in.On the upside Coach Dickinson knows the game and if he stays will eventually turn it around.Good luck to the guys that are playing,they are playing hard.

Dawg, Did you ever find out which kid moved to Silsbee? I think Walker will be fine,he improved every game last year and was Kountze's best player the second half of district and in the playoffs.He's just a sophomore so I think talking D1 is a little bit of a stretch at this point.Some kids continue to improve,hopefully he is one of them.

While Marsh is an excellent player he was not the district MVP.That honor went to Tramain Thomas and rightfully so. Marsh is a great kid who I got to watch a lot over the past 2 seasons and the last 2 summers but he is a classic tweener.He played the post at Hardin because of his jumping ability but is probably a little light to play with the post players on the Gamble team.As far as the outside players he definitely wouldn't replace any of those guys,they can all penetrate and shoot the long ball.That being said,he had a great season and literally carried Hardin this past season.I believe he could play receiver at a smaller college,he has good speed and great hands.Overall the Gamble guys did a good job.It's to bad they don't have a slam dunk contest and a 3 point contest to showcase some of these other kids that would be a real crowd pleaser.

The best player Kountze had at the end of the season by far.Dawg did you ever find out who Kountze was losing??

I wasn't slighting Moten,the kid can play.While I didn't see him play during the season I always saw his name in the box scores,especially in the bigger games.