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[font=Courier]Oh man...I was hoping to read his take on his "we will win by 15" comment.[/font]

Bulldogs pass first test Top-ranked New Waverly rolls through East Chambers 78-36 By Gene Schallenberg Sports HUNTSVILLE — NEW CANEY — Though it had been more than a week since the New Waverly boys played a meaningful game, the Dogs didn’t show an ounce of rust Thursday night. With a strong defensive effort, the top-ranked Bulldogs cruised past East Chambers 78-36 and into the Region III quarterfinals where they’ll face either fourth-ranked Kountze or Buffalo early next week. “We had a real good warm-up game against Coldspring last Friday. I think that kept the blood flowing,” New Waverly head coach Bill Goffney said. “We came out pretty intense and that’s what we emphasized the whole season. “The guys I thought did a real solid job up front. I was real pleased with the effort.” The Bulldogs jumped out to a 9-0 lead to start the game, a lead they did not relinquish, with eight of their first points coming from inside the paint. With a little less than four minutes remaining in the first quarter, Hank Jones scored East Chambers’ initial basket. But the Bulldogs stuck with their inside-out offense, which was effective against the Bucs’ man-to-man defense, and outscored East Chambers 10-4 through the rest of the period. Holding onto a double-digit lead in the second quarter, the Dogs (29-3) ran into foul trouble. Junior point guard Arthur Reece and senior guards X’Zavious Harrison and Tyren Watts each collected three fouls apiece and had to sit. The Bulldogs’ offense suddenly ran cold. Through the first five minutes of the second quarter, New Waverly scored only seven points. But the Buccaneers couldn’t capitalize and managed just eight points in that span. “The guys that came off the bench did a good job of not panicking and letting the lead slip away,” Goffney said. “They got us to the second half and let us get those guys back in there. “The thing about us is that we don’t mind being patient. Not scoring doesn’t hurt us. We’ve had games where we just hold the ball and we’re able to do that. In those instances where we do go stagnant, it’s not that we’re in panic mode.” Sophomores Johnathon Reece and Isaiah Gilliam and freshman Josh Durisseau entered the game and filled in nicely. After the lead was whittled down to 10 points, the three underclassmen started to be more productive offensively. Toward the end of the second quarter, they started to find their touch. Gilliam hit a 3-pointer and Durisseau drilled a couple of treys to extend the Bulldogs’ lead to 18 points at 32-14. “Everybody chipped in,” said Harrison, who poured in a game-high 24 points. “That was really good to see.” In the second half, East Chambers went to a zone defense, preventing the Bulldogs from slashing their way through the lane, which is how the Dogs scored most of their points in the first and second quarters. It was clear that if the Bulldogs were going to hold on to their lead and advance onto the next round, they were going to have to hit some shots. The Dogs, though, found their shooting touch rather quickly with a collection of 3-pointers and mid-range shots, never cooling off the rest of the way. Harrison hit four 3s and Watts, who typically tries to find an open lane in the paint and drive between defenders to the basket, drilled one from downtown. “Our shooters really found a groove in the second half,” Harrison added. “We just let it fly and it kept going in. We like days like today.”

[font=Courier]Ozen-EC has the perfect broadcast setup![/font]

[font=Courier]Not set in stone but that's the latest...not word yet on time.[/font]

[font=Courier]24-Harrison shot lights out for NW. They had 2 kids in early foul trouble with 3 first half fouls....[/font]

[font=Courier]Impressed with Spurger. They should roll in this one.[/font]

[font=Courier]Ozen or EC would be the logical choice for Monday night. [/font]

[font=Courier]next up...WO-S for a 3rd time.[/font]

[font=Courier]Bad draw could have been adverted if you would have beaten Anahuac in the tiebreaker.[/font]

[font=Courier]OT: New Waverly hammering EC[/font]

[font=Courier]All my scouting reports said they shoot 3s, if they are up by 10 or down by 20....they shoot.[/font]

[font=Courier]Went to the DR myself today...upper respitory infection. Travis Williams is sick, Emily Spicker (the pretty girl who ran the clock saturday is sick.....man![/font]

[font=Courier]Heck, that's all i use....I just get a kfdm.com link to chose from. No biggie...Keep updating peeps.[/font]

[font=Courier][b]UIL brackets:[/b] [Hidden Content] [b][size=12pt]Mon, March 1[/size][/b] [size=11pt][b]4A[/b][/size] [b]No. 13 Brenham 56[/b], Nederland 49 N (21-15) B (27-5) [b]PICK:[/b] Brenham (-4) -winner vs. No. 3 La Marque (33-2) -Region 3 Tournament March 5-6 @ Merrill Center in Katy [size=11pt][b]3A[/b][/size] [b]No. 4 Silsbee 59[/b], WO-S 49 W (21-11) S (28-4) [b]PICK:[/b] Silsbee (-8) -winner vs. Lufkin Hudson (24-10) -Region 3 Tournament March 5-6 @ Johnson Coliseum (SHSU, Huntsville) [b]No. 11 Hardin-Jefferson 82[/b], No. 7 Cleveland 66 HJ (34-4) C (28-5) [b]PICK:[/b] H-J (-2) - UPSET SPECIAL -winner vs. Fairfield (24-7) -Region 3 Tournament March 5-6 @ Johnson Colsieum (SHSU, Huntsville) [size=11pt][b]2A[/b][/size] [b]No. 1 New Waverly 77[/b], No. 4 Kountze 65 K (33-3) NW (30-3) [b]PICK:[/b] [color=red]Ktz (-3)[/color] -winner vs. Arp (23-8) -Region 3 Tournament March 5-6 @ Tyler Junior College [b]Anahuac 49[/b], Centerville 38 A (21-14) C (27-7) [b]PICK:[/b] Ana (-5) -winner vs. No. 8 Sabine (32-6) -Region 3 Tournament March 5-6 @ Tyler Junior College [size=11pt][b]1A-DI[/b][/size] [b]No. 25 Spurger 57[/b], Somerville 37 SP (26-5) Som (21-9) [b]PICK:[/b] Spur (-3) -winner vs. No. 16 Medina (25-6) or Yorktown (21-4) -Region 4 Tournament March 5-6 @ Austin ISD [/font]

[font=Courier]I can't get the option to listen. Dang MAC!!! LOL[/font]

[font=Courier]Can't get anything...sends me to KFDM website.[/font]

[font=Courier]Yes, as of right now, we are doing a live video broadcast.[/font]

[font=Courier]So if someone new comes in to H-J or Silsbee and continues to win....are they a great coach? Or is it just the tradition of the program? Let's use some common sense here. [/font]

[font=Courier]Confirmed. Deer Park HS (South campus) 710 West San Augustine Street...7:30pm[/font]

[font=Courier]they play no. 23 milano with the winner getting spur/flatonia[/font]

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[font=Courier]They will be much better next year. Several coming back.[/font]

[font=Courier]Final: bullard 64-56[/font]