trojansgo04

Taking nothing away from Clevelands improvement, gotta go Coldsprings by a safe margin.

[quote name="sports fan 9" post="1313927" timestamp="1351537803"] I will agree the kids do play hard and give effort.  Correct me if I'm wrong...most small schools have their better freshmen and sophomore on varsity so its hard to judge the JV teams.  It just seems the progress is talked about  but doesn't show on the field.  It sure didn't take Shepherd long to turn it around. [/quote] Ha comparing Tarkington to any school in the state let alone district doesn't really apply. Shepherd has had good seasons before, heck they were mighty competitive a few years back. Tarkington to the best of my knowledge is fighting the uphill climb of historically never even making the playoffs (at least to the best of my knowledge, if someone knows of them making the playoffs please do tell).

Yeah, I believe the current crop of sophomores(i believe alot are on varsity) are all kids who were in 7th grade when Carpenter got there, and are the first group of kids that have been truly developed at the Jr. High level by him and his staff. For sophomores on varsity they seem to be doing well. So yes, I would say definitely an improvement.

[quote name="ECBucFan" post="1309242" timestamp="1351175784"] The larger classification of the school, the less impact of size disparity within the class. Imagine this, you add one extreme athlete to a 1A team. Likely, that 1A team is instantly transformed from a 5-5 team to maybe a 9-1 team. Add that same guy to a 5A team and he certainly helps, but would not push them from 5-5 to 9-1. In fact he probably just blends in well. Most all 5A have plenty of talent and depth, so increased enrollment helps some but not tremendously. Some 1A and 2A teams struggle just to put 11 good players on the field at one time, and they certainly lack depth. Any increase in in enrollment in the smaller ranks "counts" more.      [/quote] Exactly. If a large 950+ 3A school is playing a smaller 500 student 3A, and the large team loses one of their players they likely have some decent talent to replace it with, however, if that smaller team loses a talented player they likely do not have the option of replacing them with a quality player. Whereas at the 4A level large or small, either team likely has some quality players on the sideline.

[quote name="hitman009" post="1308715" timestamp="1351101510"] [quote author=trojansgo04 link=topic=105113.msg1308616#msg1308616 date=1351093884] Huffman and Splendora fans whining about having to play schools bigger than them? They are in the upper 900's and schools all over 3A and in their own district like Shepherd, Coldspring, and Tarkington are sitting with 400 or so less students than them. [/quote] I am not from either school........ and Shepherd, coldspring and tarkington do not have 400 or less... that would put them in 2A(435 i think is the number)... all three of these teams have 534+ while Huffman and Splendora have 962-.  yes that is 400 students... I see the difference but 534(shepherd)-962(huffman) is not that big of a difference in 3A. Kirbyville went 3 rounds deep several times with 442 in 3A and to the state game twice in 2A with 332. but putting them in a district that has 1700-1800 kids is a big difference... maybe with UIL making 6 divisions would even thing up a bit.... Lets hope...  I get tired of seeing small schools get their tail whipped on friday nights... [/quote] I'm not saying that smaller schools cant win, the Trojans just put it on the Falcons, but year in and year out with respect to reloading a team those numbers do make a difference. 970 kids (probably over 1000 now the way those areas are growing) vs. 450-500 kids can hardly be viewed as not making a difference.

Huffman and Splendora fans whining about having to play schools bigger than them? They are in the upper 900's and schools all over 3A and in their own district like Shepherd, Coldspring, and Tarkington are sitting with 400 or so less students than them.