OlDawg

Go Wildcats!

Good Luck & safe travels Indians.

In the words of Jeff Dunham… INFIDEL!

Never seen 3 TD’s called back (some phantom calls), a touchback from a fumble out of end zone from the 1 yard line, another TO, and a blocked FG all in a half. Score should have been 65-14. But, shows how explosive they can be when they get their act together to still wind up with 42. Yeah. They’re going to need a clean, smart game against Consol. Winnable though. Just like y’all. Good luck to the Cats as well! 11-5A/SETX show out.

LP played Katy in 6A 2008, 09, 11 & 12 in either quarters or semis pending year. (Katy & LP were both knocked out in Area in 2010.) LP’s longtime Coach Jeff LaReau retired in 2018 I believe it was, and LP moved down to 5A. LP went through a couple bad choices (Ex Crosby D coach, & Clear Springs coach) that were bad fits and set them back a few years until they talked Berneathy into leaving Pasadena Dobie and coming back as HC. (He had been an assistant under LaReau during the previous runs for a couple years before taking over as OC at Angleton during their long run to the Semis, and then taking over at Dobie.) Since then, they’ve been getting back to blue collar, hard-nosed LP football & the program is getting back on track. Participation is back up, the new $59MM stadium will be complete for next year, and the community is excited again. This is Berneathy’s 3rd full year. So far, he has 2 District Championships without playing a single home game for over 2 years straight. LP is 23-6 overall, and 17-1 (Split between 9-5A & 11-5A) in District in those 2 years. PO record is 2-1 so far.

Only event at Berry on Friday.

I like Angleton’s D against this style O. Just not sure—if it comes down to a scoring contest—the Cats can put enough points up. Run that T more often & should have success against CS D. Y’all do that, play clean, and burn some clock, I can see an Angleton win by 7 or less. (The other unknown for y’all & LP is how much the rival College Station schools are looking ahead to a possible rematch. From what I’ve seen, the fans already expect it.)

Not that I’ve seen.

Definitely more offensive firepower. If the OL continues to execute, LP can be heck on any D. No matter how good. Once the RB’s get through that first level…good luck.

Yep. First ever LP loss to PAM. Hard to beat a good team 2x in a month. LP’s O is MUCH better this year. Don’t think the D is without Hoza. But, it’s better than average. On the A/A- side. Very good. Not dominant.

Another interesting tidbit: The last time La Porte was in a Regional Semi (6A), they faced a top 3 ranked team that many thought was unstoppable. Said team had multiple State Championships & had mowed through their opponents. La Porte was basically a 5A school going against a juggernaut, and had lost badly to Katy 2 of the 3 previous years in their PO meetings. LP wasn’t given even a puncher’s chance. Final Score: La Porte 9 Katy 7 (I believe Coach Berneathy was on staff at the time either as OL coach or OC.)

Ha! It’s La Porte (2 words also). But, people spell it all kinds of ways.

Last 4 games: Consol 184, Opponents 23 LP 188, Opponents 77 PO Games: Consol 72, Opponents 23 LP 97, Opponents 49

NS doesn’t have the beef on the lines like usual. But, their skill players are awesome & Katy won’t be able to catch them in space. NS in a relatively comfortable margin of 2 scores.

AMC’s QB has a 69% completion rate with a 137 rating. AMC racks up right at 350 YPG. LP averages over 400 YPG. AMC has 3 shutouts this year. LP has one with 2 others only giving up 6 points each to Crosby & Kingwood Park.

Of other importance- Simon (#21) didn’t become involved until Kingwood Park. I seem to remember his first varsity TD was followed up by a somersault in the end zone, coaches took him aside, chewed him up one side & down the other, and that was the end of that. The rest of LP’s opponents have learned about him as the games have been played. He has broken longstanding records already as a freshman, and has set the LP single game record with 351 yards and 4 TD’s against (not a slouch team) Angleton.

Interesting tidbit for those that think Consol’s competition has been much better. Of La Porte’s 3 predistrict opponents, all 3 made the PO’s (Deer Park, Kingwood, and PNG). Kingwood & PNG are still playing. Angleton is also still playing. They face College Station this week. Angleton and LP took out the other 2 12-5A teams with winning records in Rd. 1.

Don’t think I can create one. Admins?

Consol is 12-0 & ranked #2 or #3–depending on source. La Porte is 9-3 & has moved to #10 ranking by Maxpreps. Both are undefeated District Champions. Consol has rolled through their opponents using a balanced attack that tends more to the passing game. La Porte uses a punishing ground attack. Both defenses are stout. But, Consol’s is touted as elite, while LP’s is overlooked by many because the focus is on the rushing attack. The experts, computers, and vast consensus seems to be that this game should be an easy win for Consol. What say you? The game will be broadcast by NFHS. Friday, November 29, 3:00 p.m. from The Berry Center.

They’re showing La Porte vs A&M Consolidated as being broadcast as well as of this evening. My bad… Looks like NFHS instead of Texan Live.

You’re using old data. Also, use the data from the actual source—TEA. As of 21/22 (latest because of lawsuits), BHISD & DPISD are both ‘A’ rated. GCCISD & LPISD are both ‘B’ rated. But, both have a higher 4 year graduation rate than Deer Park ISD at 94 & 93% compared to 90%. (How the ratings system works in light of that is interesting in itself.) LPISD’s rating also factors in DeWalt. DeWalt is the school for special needs. Not aware of either of the other districts having a designated school for special needs. But, I may be wrong. Yes. Demographics make a big difference. DPISD & BHISD are very similar. Won’t get into the details. People can figure that out on their own. GCCISD & LPISD are similar. LPISD teachers have a longer tenure rate than the other districts, and a lower teacher to student ratio. Makes sense being a smaller district. None of this affects transfers for athletic purposes. But, it does have an impact on where a parent may want their child to attend school. Meanwhile, I need to start a thread on LP/AMC. All the computers & experts have AMC taking the win. Looking at some of the stats I can find—and video—I’m not sold it’s going to be as easy a game as people think for AMC.

Been around a few years. I’ve always heard that BH was very good academically. Honestly, sports wasn’t really brought up as a first evaluation criteria. If I was a parent in a large metro area (and Baytown is pretty good size), I’d be looking to send my kids to a surrounding district as well just due to the academics alone. The last ‘report card’ I saw didn’t reflect that well on GCCISD in general compared to neighboring districts other than GPISD. BHISD, DPISD, and LPISD were all rated much higher.

10 years? Heck. Two years from now it might be because of school choice passing…😬 (And it can’t be Susie or Johnny. It must be 2 purple unicorns.) In all seriousness, with school choice probably passing—which I’m not saying is a bad thing for educating the kiddos—and NIL, we may be seeing the end of TXHSFB as we know it now soon anyway.

Yes

Need a new recruiting coordinator then cause something ain’t workin…😂