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I have always said that they had never won a state championship in a sport that involved a ball prior to the win in Basketball. I know they won the championship in track in 1988. They had a five man team. Three of them were Eric Foster, Chris Barnes and Calvin Tyler. I'm not sure who the other two were. I was here when they won the championships in powerlifting in the early 90's. I believe there were four of them. However I don't believe at that time that powerlifting was a UIL approved sport. By they way the championships were after Mark Henry graduated.

If you could win by half a point I would settle for that. The two things that impress me about the Tigers is the way they quickly push the ball up the floor and their smooth shooting touch when they get set up. They have a lot of guys who can shoot the "3". You never know who will have the hot hand. The third thing I like about them is the way Barnes and Jones crash the offensive boards. Barnes must have scored ten off rebounds Saturday.

I usually could not care less what color the uniforms are. I have noticed a lot of Silsbee's uniforms now have a lot of black in them. I am not sure why. The uniform to me is not a big deal in any sport except football. I remember Lumberton had a grey uniform a few years ago that was awful. I could never see the numbers to see who was doing what. They made it extremely tough to detail who did what.

Congratulations to the two fine Evadale athletes. I think they had several other outstanding players but did not progress as a team like I would have hoped. Mackey had a lingering foot injury most of the season. I am not sure how much he missed but he had two different stretches that he did not play and I think he missed about 2 1/2 games. I hated that for him. I still believe he has the best hands of any receiver in our area. His speed hurts him a little but he can catch the ball. I have season tickets at Lamar and think he would have helped them a lot.

It looks to me like that is the sort of team that ought to have to play WOS. I could go to that game and enjoy cheering for WOS.

I'm glad you got it straighten out that it was 7 on 7 football. i've covered six man games, eight man games and 11-man games. I've even read about nine man games but never saw one. I love 11-man football. Eight-man is not bad at all.... six man is a game of a different sort.

I noticed last week that there were only 22 or 23 players on the sidelines for Silsbee. That is fine but if you are playing two platoon football then there are really not that many reserves to send into the game so you can't sit your starters as much as many of us think that you should. Who knows there may me more varsity players suited up this week.

I believe Evadale had 50 or 51 players. They are one of the more impressive EHS squads I have seen. They have size and don't appear to be timid which sometimes is a problem for the Rebs.

I can't really say anything because I never did get around to casting my vote. I wanted to hear the press conferences of the coaches. I really thought the big guy from Levelland was one of the two best players in the first round and Devon McCain was the other. He did not even get on the team. Kortrijk Miles did not do much of anything the first day and he ended up being the MVP. The big guy from Lamarque was very much a factor. I really wish we had someone like that to come in and play ten to twelve minutes a game for the Tigers when we need a change of pace. He completely took Lincoln out of their game. They could not penetrate the lane and he got more than his share of rebounds.

Dakota was not the one I was referencing.

No. In that particular instance. It was a girl from Smithville who came into the game and dove on the floor under the Silsbee basket for a loose ball and came up crying. It was fairly obvious why Dakota was upset. I was certainly hoping that her arm was not broken.

You always hear about games where the team left it all on the floor. The game between Silsbee and Smithville was just that. Both teams left it all on the floor. One team had better shooters and more bulk. The other was more athletic and probably more aggressive. In the end both teams gave it all. I saw the ref check on one girl. She came into the game hit the floor and came up bawling. Her team was ahead at the time. I don't think either team thought they would lose. It was one of the best girls games I ever witnessed.

I walked out of the gym shortly after the team. School officials and Jasper police refused to make any statements following the incident. Sillsbee had one officer on duty. Jasper had an off duty Kirbyville officer working. We now have a lot more information than we did when we published The Bee last week. We will have that information in the paper next Wednesday.

Any Jasper students involved in the attack, football players or any other sport should never be allowed to play high school sports again.

I think that this is the first good shooting Tiger team that I have seen in years. Monday they did not shoot free throws well but you have to remember that a majority of the players were playing without even one practice. Conditioning has a lot to do with free throw shooting. My guess is that they will shoot better at the free throw line or Coach Sigler will have them sitting on the bench. In addition to Devon McCain not playing (and he is special) Trajan Harris was more or less hobbling around. That left Maze, Grubbs, Adams and Tanton as who had been in the gym a little. The refs did a good enough job. They called 63 fouls, 33 against Silsbee and 30 against Westbrook. They probably could have called more from what I saw but they might have blown their insides out if they had called everything that happened. Westbrook reminded me a little of some of our players. They were longer on athletic ability than they were on basketball skills. Wait a few weeks before you judge to harshly. Michael McCain had quarter scores of 2-1-7-7. He seemed to be getting in the rhythm as the game wore on. Others will catch up in a week or two.

It is hard to believe but Jeremy Johnson, a former quarterback at Silsbee High School and Lamar University played quarterback for the University of Charleston last week and completed seven of eight passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns. He suffered one interception. He also carried the ball ten times for 24 yards and one touchdown in a 56-44 win over Notre Dame College. University of Charleston plays in the Mountain East Conference which is a Division II conference like the Lone Star Conference.

I think their chances could improve a lot if the big new guy is as good as he is big.

I have picked HJ to be the easy favorite every since the season ended last year. I wish my Tigers the best but they have a rebuild a little. Unless something changes HJ should be the team for one year only.

I think Silsbee might be a year away next year even though they will have a very good team. The team's three key players Reed, Elam and Jackson will all be involved in football until very late next year. WOS has nearly everyone back and most of them are not football players. I really like the chances of HJ having a great season next year. With Bosha and Mayes they have the centerpiece to be really good. If they get the right people to go with them they could challenge Yates. Remember they don't have to beat Yates four out of seven they just have to win one game and with an offensive threat like Bosha they have that chance.

I have seen most of them play and the most impressive player in the district is a sixth grader

They made it to the quarterfinals in 4A his first year.

I have spoken with Silsbee coaches many times. The reason they did not play Jasper had nothing to do with the coaches. Silsbee anticipated that they would play Jasper in game five and then discovered that a sixth district game had been added. Coach McGallion did not want to go back on his word to the people he had already committed to play in the first four games.(PNG, LCM, Lumberton and Livingston) This left them no spot to play Jasper. It is my understanding that Jasper wanted to continue the series with Silsbee.

[quote name="tagalong" post="1186927" timestamp="1330378794"] Evadale grabbed their share of honors for all district selections this year; congratulations to the entire team on a great season. (21-10) and another District Championship and 39 consecutive district wins. District 25A Most Valuable Player: Kennedy Jackson Defensive Player of the Year: Holly Herrington Newcomer of the Year: Haleigh Oldbury First Team All District: Brittnee Rawls and Kennady Porter Second Team All District: Hannah Conner Honorable Mention: Katy Gipson and Alayna Langston Any idea where I can find the entire 25A district picks? Congrats Lady Rebels [/quote]

Kountze won 76-63.

I don't know about the two new players. I have heard that there is a possibility of one new player. I am pretty confident about the coaching situation. I spoke with one applicant Friday who has as many wins as any coach in Southeast Texas and is a pretty good coach. Can't say anymore at this time.