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To paraphrase Gloria from White Men Can't Jump, sometimes when you win, you actually lose. Porter is the last team from that district I'd want to play right now. They are red hot, riding an 11 game win streak, I believe.

They didn't play last year with the same coaches. But my understanding is they both agreed which side of the bracket they wanted to be on based on the FB teams. Then it seems like the FB teams pulled a switcheroo. Could be wrong but I remember hearing something along those lines.

That's a live ball. If it hits something (like a cord or bar) that is not part of the backboard, it is a dead ball. But the top of the backboard is not out of play.

By far, "over the back". No such rule...

Ahh gotcha - two spots in play.

I thought Pasadena was eliminated? Winner of Rayburn and LaPorte will end up 7-7 and Pasadena sits at 5-8.

My issue is the suspension pending investigation. While I understand and support why this is done when the safety or welfare of the kids are involved (i.e., assaultive allegations, sexual or otherwise), I don't in situations like this. I'm sure there must be some policy requiring it. But if there is, I don't agree with the policy. In this country, you're innocent until proven guilty. And to cost a coach most of the season and deprive the kids of their coach based on the "allegations" of a couple of parents is a travesty. Especially when it sounds like he's going to end up being cleared anyway.

True and I think Reb could. Just might take a few days...

I have seen snowbirding like that since 2013-14 Silsbee....

Refs are going to go overboard to try and control games Silsbee is involved in, especially around here. It seemed like even in some other games they had marching orders about calling it tight to keep things from getting out of hand. Although it loosened up a bit in the second half of the game I was at so maybe it will pass sooner rather than later.

I was talking about this one: "I agree with just about everything in this post. I really believe both sides will be on their best behavior. As far as the last sentence, that will be an interesting matchup for sure. But don't be surprised if Bush is the best player on the floor on Friday . That little joker can go. "

BC 38 OF 37 F

BC 27 OF 23 End 3

When it was suggested that a WOS guard was going to feast without Devon and Jordyn on the floor, someone predicted Bush might be the best player on the floor tonight

OF 20 BC 18 H

BC 10 OF 7 End 1 Looks like all area officials are on a mandate to call it tight. This one tight both ways.

Seriale. He will be the tallest and most athletic kid on the floor if they play Silsbee (well, maybe not more so than Tyler but the foot taller helps). I just don't know if they are deep enough to hang with Silsbee. But not having Devon makes it more interesting for sure.

Dang!

Ray Charles could have told you it would be called tight tonight. You can expect that at least until you get a few rounds deep in playoffs. Get your hands off and move your feet.

I don't disagree. I'm as disappointed, if not more so, in the way adults have acted and spoken after this mess. And we wonder why some kids don't know how to behave themselves.

I have not. I have personally spoken to a few people who were there, one neutral and the rest LCM folks. They ALL recounted the incident the same way. Due to the consistency of what I've heard, and the fact they are friends of mine (and again, mostly LCM people), i have no reason to doubt their version of the LCM involvement in the incident. I've made no bones about how highly I've regarded Devon and I also personally know the opponent who threw the other cheap shot. I guess I've had a lot to say because I dedicate most of my free time to helping kids. Anyone that knows me well can tell you that. It's tough to remove that "hat."

I'm not shifting blame. And no one has posted the video of the LCM kid sucker punching the Silsbee kid. In fact, that kid's dad has stated he doesn't want it posted. Some people have class, some don't. If you don't believe me, go read the thread of the clown who posted it on Facebook and the comments he's made there.

And if kids don't think colleges have someone designated to look at their social media accounts when they are evaluating a student-athlete, they are sorely mistaken. We often take up our kids' phones entirely when on road trips much to their chagrin. But they spend way too much time on Twitter and Snapchat and not enough time focusing on the important things. Again, if I was a HS coach (or college for that manner), I would be issuing Twitter bans right and left for any indisrection...

Not justifying that either. Two wrongs... I don't listen to it with my kids ("but she did this first") and I especially expect adults to get the simple concept. However upon reviewing the thread on Facebook and some comments the original poster has made to other kids (name calling, inviting them to come to his house and fight him), I guess the term "adult" isn't very appropo in this instance.

No one is arguing that but that doesn't make it right for an adult to do what was done. The "it's the age we live in" argument can be made in about an innumerable amount of things. And with a great many of those things we are worse for the wear. Right is right and wrong is wrong, today just as it was in the 50s when my parents were teenagers. You choose to be part of the problem or part of the solution. And, again, as adults we should hold ourselves to a higher standard.