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Cleveland over Nederland no score reported

Julia only had 8 points from the floor, made 7 of 11 free throws.

Did you take PAM by 1? Lol

Julia got in foul trouble late too.

No, but we did a good job of denying her the ball

PAM coach tried to go to 4 corner offense with a 6 point lead and let us back in it.

1st half mine was on the bench with 2 fouls in first 2 minutes of the game, she had to sit for 14 minutes.

PAM 45 PNG 44 Final

PAM 34 PNG 29 after 3

PAM 24 PNG 14 halftime

PAM 10 PNG 8 after 1

Amen, this I guess is where I am going with part of this. Bad officiating to me punishes the more skilled players, due to the unskilled just playing street (Gorilla) ball and not getting called for it, force these coaches to teach players a more fundamental game. I hear it over and over by people that come and watch a girls game for the first time, “Geez, girls basketball is brutal, these refs don’t call anything!” I want to also say, I understand officiating is very difficult and they are not going to see every foul, double dribble, carry and travel. I just wish they would try and eliminate the physicality of the game. And yes, lol, this would help PNG’s game, but I truly and honestly just want to try and protect the girls from injuries that maybe could have been prevented. All I have to say on this subject as well.

So back to my question, why do the boys games get the better officiating? Let me be clear, this officiating crew in this particular game was not the worst crew I have ever seen, it was just the icing on the cake for me, because my greatest fear for the girls finally happened. I just bit my tongue and couldn’t bite it anymore after seeing that. (On a positive note, the injured girl had a severe dislocation of the radial bone at the elbow, and should make a fairly quick recovery. There is some nerve damage involved so does have to PT).

Intresting, I did not know that. Tournament and game was a three person crew. Now that I have cooled down a little and talking to friends. I guess what irritates me the most is the inconsistency from one quarter to the next. One half to the next. The particular game where player was hurt started off like any other game, refs called normal and missed calls like normal, then you could feel the fans starting to get excited the play started getting more and more physical the more excited the fans became, but the as the energy in the gym and the physicality of the game increased the refs whistles decreased. Almost like the refs started watching the game instead of reffing the game, this to me is where the refs have to step in and get control the game. You don’t want to take the energy out of the gym, but you can’t allow it to get out of hand and allow the potential for injury to happen. Don’t get me wrong here, this injury was an accident and may have still happened with the best refs in the world.

Gold Bracket Tomball East Chambers LCM Bridge City Silver Bracket PNG Halletsville Tarkington Broaddus Consolation Liberty vs Huffman was cancelled, I believe due to being in same district and didn’t want to face each other.

I educated my daughter about tournament reffing along time ago, but I cringe and hold my breath every time my kid drives to the basket. District play to me still isn’t good enough. I hear fans say all the time, “Holy cow the girls basketball games are way more physical than the boys games!” I understand the level of play and basketball iq in the boys game is higher, so what that means is the girls game should be officiated way tougher to take some of this crap away from the game. If a defender is riding on the PG’s hip all the way down the court, the foul should get called when it initially happens on the opposite side of the court, not when getting to the hole and getting knocked down. This has been a problem of mine for a long time. Basketball is basketball whether it is youth basketball or NBA basketball, and a foul is a foul no matter what level. I could be crazy, but sometimes it feels like the refs pick and choose and say “That girl knows how to play so she knows better so I’ll call a foul on her, that girl isn’t a very good player and she probably doesn’t understand the game as much so I won’t call anything on her!” I am still livid about this, PNG is 3-0 in district about to play against PAM and BH and we will now be without two key players now due to injuries. One was non contact and had nothing to do with refs, but this last one could have been prevented, then to add insult to injury, literally no foul was called and possession was given to the other team after ambulance arrived to take her to hospital.

My comments are from a pissed off parent who is tired of crappy refs not controlling the games and creating a greater risk for injury. How come the boys games get the top ref crews in the area? Somebody please explain this too me. Why does a Varsity game on a Tuesday night last 2 hours, but tournaments continually schedule games an hour and 10 minutes apart? The way a ref crew calls a game is a HUGE factor in the outcome of the game more times than not when they just refuse to call the game properly!

Tonight it finally came to a head for me. PNG suffered a devastating injury to one of their players will fighting for a rebound. We are not sure the extent of the injury at this time, but it was clear that her feet got completely taken out from underneath her and she fell on her arm without being able to brace herself from the fall. This was with 3:30 left in the game. Now for the ref part, this injury was due to the refs not taking control of the game, this game was poorly officiated and the physicality of the game was allowed at an extreme level. This has gone on for way to long now and it needs to stop before more injuries happen. The refs need to start calling the game the way it is suppose to be called. Watch the college game and the lack of physicality, because the refs call the game the right way! Sorry if this makes no sense because I am fuming mad right now!

Jan 4 she doesn’t need to touch the ball!

Huge win and in impressive style too! Well done Shewolves in the Shegym!

I was the video person and phone died. LCM won by 2. Look like the Christmas turkey was in their feet!

LCM 21 PNG 19 Halftime Girls look like they ate too much Turkey for Christmas!

Silsbee cracked into the 4A polls. I’m really surprised that United still hasn’t cracked the polls!

I hope all you guys and your families had a blessed and Merry Christmas! Good Luck to all the girls playing in tournaments this week!

Well Common opponent is PAM United vs PAM results were 66-28, 38 point differential 45-20, 25 point differential HJ vs PAM results were 59-26, 33 point differential 83-44, 39 point differential So with a common opponent they are pretty equal, I would just side that the strength of schedule for HJ is just tougher. One loss was a close one to a top ranked 6A Jersey Village Team and they defeated a top ranked 6A team as well. Part of it is I am biased towards HJ, because my daughter has grown up playing with them and I’m more familiar with them and I know without a doubt what they are capable of!