JimThorpe

The first game is at 5:30 Here's ticket info from SISD ALL tickets to Friday night's game against Waco-Connally will be sold AT THE DOOR. They are $10 for adults and $5 for students.No passes of any kind will be accepted.The capacity at the Multipurpose Center at Lufkin High School is 3,250. They don't say when tickets will go on sale. I don't expect a super lot of people from Waco or from Austin but plenty from Silsbee and Houston. This is brand new for Washington and It will be an exciting time for them. For us it's kind of like Forrest Gump. "...and we went to the Regional tournament, again." It'll be pretty full but it should be able to handle the Friday crowd.

This game is a toss up, I say Silsbee by 4. Connally plays good defense. Good shot blockers. Their only early season losses were to St. Michael's which is like Faith Family and to a fair 5A team. They beat Orangefield by the same kind of margin Silsbee did albeit with a lower final score. With the Tigers in a shooting slump, new venue and Connally able to alter shots the Tigers are going to have to work hard for points. This one could even stay in the 60's. By the way, Silsbee beat a 5A that's still playing, Lufkin.

That was the difference. It was no blowout.

The Dallas Area 4A All Star Team j(aka Faith Family) just beat Van Alstyne 91 to 45.

Striking distance? Maybe? The Maxpreps ranking robot has Silsbee at No. 4 and Washington at No. 9. They have Connally at No. 6. So if we beat Connally then Washington should be no problem right? Yeah, right. Meanwhile FF is leading Van Alstyne 44 to 25 at half. Robo Ranker has Van Alstyne at No. 2.

67 - 53 with 42 seconds left. It's Connally on Friday.

It's Connally 60 something and Center 50 something with not much time left.

Is it over? I just have a spinny thing.

Back at the Center game it's Connally 40 something and Center 30 something. I was hoping for an upset. Center can't seem to get over the hump and make it to Region.

Oh, this is different. I've switched to the Faith Family game. They have some kind of fisheye looking lens. Kind of like watching a game threw your front door peep hole. But they can zoom out and show the center court scoreboard.

The score at Athens is in the 30's I think. Maybe it's still the 3rd quarter. Maybe.

Back at the Center game. The score fluctuates pretty radically here. Now it's Center 25 Connally 2. I think the scoreboard says Connally 29 - Center 25.

The Carter game is coming in clear. It's halftime Carter 25 Roosevelt 18. Looks interesting. They have the actual scoreboard in the corner of the screen.

Now it's showing Center 11 Connally 21. That looks sort of possible.

The Atascocita game is coming in fine. But of course it's 6A basketball.

I guess they are completely dependent on the arena's wifi and the arena couldn't care less. It's the end of 1 I think and Connally may have 11. I think I saw that. Don't know about center. The graphic is showing Center 1 Connally 5 with 3:14 left. Not the graphic shows Center 10 Connally 1. That's interesting. But in reality I think Connally has 14. I'm guessing it's 10 for Center. With 7:04 left in the 2nd. The difference in the atmosphere between this and last night is stark. That Dayton arena was rockin. It was intense. A Silsbee fan was thrown out. The atmosphere here is more like a holiday tournament. "Which ones are playing next?" "Hmm, I think it's Center and some team from Waco."

The Atascocita game is coming in fine.

It's unwatchable. Trying something else. They say they're going to have the Faith Family/Van Alstyn game and the United game at 7 It's been frozen now for about 5 minutes. I saw a little bit and these two don't play like we do. And the atmosphere is SOOOO different. Looks like about 50 people on each side.

NFHS is carrying the game and the camera is turned on so I guess it's true. Players just came out for early warmup and now the image is frozen so yes, it's NFHS

Like when he gets a rebound dribbles the length of the court under pressure and takes it to the hoop between two defenders and scores and gets fouled? One of those times?

NHFS claims they will carry the Center game tonight. Might be true. Lot's of interesting 4A games around the state. I'm curious about the Faith Family vs. Van Alstyn game. The Maxpreps robo-genie-handicapper has them at No. 1 and No. 2. Kind of a prelude to 4A state. Can anybody, Argyle, Silsbee, Carter, Boerne, anybody at all hope to compete with the Dallas Area 4A All Star Team? And of course our own LCM will be taking on the HISD 4A All Star team out of Washington High.

NHFS claims they'll have the game. Also the Nederland game. Maybe it's true.

They may pull it out anyway, even shooting like they are now. Intensity has a value all it's own. The will to win.

It was feedback from the team. They pegged the intensity meter. The most exciting regional quarter final I’ve ever attended.

Tiger shooting was off from all ranges but especially in close. When Yates went up by 4 I was afraid it was slipping away like the nightmare Regional final in 2018. Seemed like it was pure force of will. Silsbee was not to be denied. The Tigers had one extra gear in the last three minutes or so that the Lions simply didn’t have.