Mean Machine

3rd Lumberton 52 Cleveland 35

2nd Lumberton 33 Cleveland 29

Varsity 1st Lumberton 19 Cleveland 16

JV Game Lumberton 41 Cleveland 13

Nice job HJ against top level competition. Gonna be a force in 4a, period.

Sure thing Coach. All these young ladies at all the schools work very hard as well as the coaches who are developing them. They deserve the recognition for their efforts.

4pm Game Barbers Hill 46 Westbrook 32

230pm Game Tomball 59 Lumberton 21

1pm Game Westbrook 73 Cleveland 46

1130 Game Orangefield 49 Vidor 44

Sat 1000 Game Tomball 49 Cleveland 25

Sat 0830 Game Orangefield 64 Lumberton 60 Back and forth the whole game. Orangefield better free throw shooting down stretch to hold Lumberton off. Lot of heart shown by both squads.

4:30 pm Game Tomball 36 Orangefield 30 6:00pm Game Barbers Hill 58 Lumberton 39

Barbers Hill 64 Vidor 24 I may be a point or two off on BH score, was working the concession stand, and was looking in on the game.

Tomball 65 Westbrook 41

1000 Game Lumberton 59 Cleveland 27

Friday 0830 Game West Brook 66 Vidor 58 Hard fought game by both teams, Westbrook pulled away in 4th qtr

BH 60 Orangefield 42 Vidor 52 Cleveland 42

BH 48 ish Tomball 24 ish Westbrook 52 Lumberton 49

Good hard fought game by both teams. Lot of hustle and positive effort by both squads on both sides of the ball.

Lumberton vs Barbers Hill scrimmage last night was in the format of four separate quarters where each quarter the coaches seemed to work on different sets and player lineups in each of the quarters. IMO in terms of the Varsity game, Barbers Hill looked pretty sharp and played with crispness and fast pace. They have a lot of length and really ran the dribble hand off well in their half court set. They rebounded well and transitioned to offense nicely, which got them a NUMBER of transition baskets. They ran man and different zone defenses at times through the game, and looked pretty far along in terms of understanding team defense concepts. Lumberton effort was good, but the roster is still being determined based on what I saw with all the different lineups that were used throughout the night. This in turn made the play a little choppy at times on both sides of the ball, as all the girls haven't assimilated the sets that Lumberton runs on offense, and haven't had time to gel defensively to the level Coach is looking for. As Raider24 had posted a few days back, it is largely a young team, and it will take a little time to get up to the speed and intensity that the good programs in the area play at. That being said, there were some nice flashes by the group of guards Lumberton has, and the post play looks to be an area that can be a plus offensively, once the running of the plays becomes more efficient. Lumberton will benefit from the scrimmage this Saturday, as their biggest need appears to be playing in "Game" situations at "Game" speed. I believe Barbers Hill plays Legacy this Friday Nov 2nd, which should be a good game/scrimmage to watch. Please correct me if I am wrong about the date of this game.

Lumberton @ Woodville Scrimmage this Sat Nov 3rd. Woodville, Jasper, and Woden is who they will scrimmage. I also saw on handout that Warren is on the schedule playing Woden and Jasper. 10:00 Lumberton vs Woodville 11:00 Lumberton vs Woden 12:00 Lumberton vs Jasper

Lumberton scrimmages at Barbers Hill on Tues (10/30) and will play Barbers Hill, Vidor, and Cleveland (among others) in the Lumberton Tip-Off Classic (11/8-11/10), so I will relay what I see in terms of where those 21-5A teams seem as play starts out.They also will be playing Orangefield, Tomball, and Westbrook at the Lumberton tournament. Should be good early season work for the overall young team the Raiders have at this point due to the previously mentioned graduations and "transfers" that One Chance has listed.

Alpha, Spot on comment in regards to the potential HJ vs United matchup. Long enough season such that I would believe there is an open spot or two on the schedule so that this game could happen. It is not about a win or a loss, its about iron sharpening iron, imo. Both teams would benefit from a matchup.

Have lurked on the SETX site for years, only recently got an ID. I think girls basketball has always been a little under the radar in terms of posts, but agree more support is a good thing. There are going to be some interesting story lines and some pretty good basketball played this year imo. HJ will be a force as y'all have stated, and should be a much watch game for people at some point during the season. United should be really stout as well. To mess with One Chance a little (since he will be able to quickly figure out who I am (lol)). In spite of his earlier post about Lumberton having nothing and lost everything, the program isn't putting plywood over the doors to the gym just yet. As Raider24 stated in another post, they will be young but scrappy. Should be a great year. Good luck to all the young ladies in the area and I hope for health and success for all.