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HJ Fresh 73 Kountze Fresh 17 HJ JV 69 Kountze JV 33 . HJ 93 Kountze 77 Good showing tonight by the Hawks. They hit the 3 tonight consistently when they got the looks. Congrats guys !!

Pretty well sums it up Blue Dove.Not a ton of coaching going on in the AAU circles.

Overall any time kids can stay in the gym against good competition makes them better. AAU does this and can really be good for the players in that respect. The down side of it comes from the constant conflict over recruiting talent and the coaches that all think they are Coach "K". More times than not it turns in to the "look at me league ".

Now who would make that bracket ? 1 and 4:30 is brutal. I didn't see this game but the Ozen vs Memorial game last week definitely had some questionable calls in favor of the Beaumont club at crunch time.

I'm not sure how AP faired in their tournament this past weekend but I think they may be down a little this year. They will be well coached but I'm not sure about a #5 ranking.

I knew something was amiss I know Kountze will get better and I have no idea what he north part of our region has but right now they have some holes you usually don't see in Kountze.

With Kountze's current line up I'm not sure they have many other defensive options than the press.They could probably play some half court man but they aren't real big. Big Sandy doesn't have many weaknesses, they find the mismatch more often than not with the motion they run.Should be a good tournament next weekend at HJ.

Yes they are both very good, I can see them playing 3 times easily. I would schedule something else pre district but that's just me

Dawg, Big Sandy moves the basketball very well and causes some matchup nighmares on the perimeter. The are pretty darn good.I believe they are better than they were last year.What you think?

Not sure why these two clubs continue to play each other in pre district games. It puts whichever club that is the best at a disadvantage. It's tough enough to beat a team twice in a season, almost impossible to do it 3 or 4 times if the talent is close. Both of these clubs have a lot of potential but they have got a lot of work to do to be ready for the 5a regional tournament.

Why isn't King playing for HF, saw him several times last year and he is solid.

They said Legacy didn't score but 20 against Kountze though after playing pretty well against Big Sandy and Hudson, thought they may have been missing somebody

These Legacy scores have been all over the place, did they have someone missing against Kountze?

Hope the young man isn't injured seriously, nothing worse than having to watch a young man who loves the game and can't play.

I gotta admit I'm surprised by the Cougars so far this season. I watched them play a bunch last year and they had a really solid team. I knew Brian would do a good job with them but I thought the losses to graduation would be to much to overcome this season, Looks like the top 3 spots are going to be closer than I thought.

HJ 66 Laredo Nixon 62 Final

Big Sandy has one opposite of Angel that is no slouch himself. The kid from Kountze can shoot the leather off of it as well !!

Was Arnold sick or just sitting ??

They are very young. Probably will finish 3rd or 4th in their district this year but will have some growing pains !!

I saw those guys more than I wanted to LOL.There was no doubt with that talent they would be in Austin. The talent level overall in the region may well be down this year but I couldn't compare the club I saw play West Brook last week to the traditional Kountze teams of years past.

That's why I said I didn't know anything about the other 2a powers in this region. Some of the teams the Lions played in the regional rounds last year were not very good. If Kountze had a post presence similar to Busby and Powell from years past I would no doubt make them the favorites to win the title but they don't have anyone near that type of player in the paint. Can they make a deep run with Arnold and Stafford? Absolutely . Will Duane get everything they have to give? You bet !! Would it help to have a banger on the block ?? I would think so but that's just me !!

I have seen several issues over the years with official books and score keepers. Unfortunately if they are not corrected immediately the argument falls on deaf ears. I have seen 2 occasions already this year but it wasn't game affecting.

Just gonna throw this out there, it's not unusual for 2 or even 3 teams in the same district to be ranked in the top 25. The question about the guard tandems will work themselves out on the hard wood starting next week I believe Kountze and HJ match up next week and could go head to head next weekend as well in the HJ Marathon. HJ is 2-2 going in to the Aransas Pass tournament with wins against Nederland and Huffman and losses to Big Sandy and Central. One things for sure they are getting better every week . I don't think they would be overly concerned about a ranking in week 2.

They are definitely 2 solid players but West Brook has no perimeter defense at all. Arnold will be a game changer with his ability to penetrate and dish. I don't know a lot about any other 2a powers in this region but Kountze is lacking the bigger guys on the block they have had in the past.It's hard to make it to the state tournament with any post presence and even harder to win it.

I may be wrong but I think Kountze and EC will be pretty even by the time district rolls around. I don't think anyone else in this district will be strong enough to compete. I know the West Brook game was Kountze's first game and they didn't have Arnold but I have never seen a Kountze club struggle with a team like West Brook in the past. The starters will really have to be in shape because the bench wasn't real deep. I think they dressed 9 but not all of them played. Has Woodville changed coaches ?