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No he did not. He went to Vincent Middle School.

Two eye witnesses of Adams at Silsbee Middle School!? Does that make idiotproof an idiot?

Well my dad is black. My mom is black. My wife is black and even my kids are black. This is why I said "we" can't cry racism every time someone doesn't agree with our opinion. Try to keep up. The two kids that came over can really play and seem to be good kids. They somehow got cleared for eligibility, but everyone knows they were recruited to come over and should not be eligible. They got cleared and I need to let it go, but it is difficult when you guys keep promoting your friend/yourself as a coaching guru when all his/your success is on the shoulders of illegal transfers. At the expense of the "local" Hamshire Fannett kids. When coach learns more offense than the spread stall or iso with the point guard maybe I'll be impressed. This will be the last I post on this topic and I should have stopped long ago. My advice to Coach Rideau is to follow the rules before it catches up to you. My advice to you would be to be a lot more cautious with that accusation, as it is both divisive and dangerous.

We can't cry race every time someone has an opinion we don't like...and #5 at HJ is a black kid. Doesn't matter. The old "they do it too" defense isn't worth much either. He brought four kids over with him. Two are players, one is on JV (why?), and I think another is hurt. What happens next year when the Ardoin kid from PA shows up? And a couple more from Bmt? HF gonna field a whole team of transfers and completely abandon all our local kids? This guy will do whatever he can to get an advantage and the first chance that guy gets he'll jump ship and leave HF right back where it was. And then who is going to bring the Beaumont kids to school?

HJ, Huffman, HF, Tarkington should make a really tough district depending on what happens with HF moving forward. District 22 looks lots weaker. Silsbee going to play the Fab 5. LCM started two freshmen at HF the other night and I think shooter comes back. Bridge City should be good because they all come back, but I think they say that every year.

I have to say I don't agree with his methods of bringing players in from other communities, but Coach Rideaux has done a good job with them. I don't think they great x and o wise, but his players know their roles. I keep hearing he will leave after this year and we will see what happens with all the transfers. Also, HF community deserves a new gym. It hasn't been full in a long time, but when it only holds 500 it'll get crowded quick.

I know the Freshman/JV referee you are talking about and it is disgraceful that an official would call a game his own child is playing in. It is disgraceful that someone would schedule that (also a HF person). Referees are by nature supposed to be neutral and he's assigned his own children's games? Not good.

The great game changer won't be back next year and the Beaumont kids gonna go right back to Beaumont.

It's not as wide open as most think. Unless HF beats Silsbee and HJ (ain't happening) they can only tie Lumberton or Little Cypress. And that's only if those teams lose out (ain't happening). Now West Orange Cove still has a shot at it, but it seems rather long at this point too.

He is nuts. You can believe that.

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If you're not mistaken? You were there!

Lumberton basically returned the whole squad and is two games back from LCM and behind WOS due to head to head. I have been critical of Coach Rideaux's "rebuilding" strategy at Hamshire, but I think Lumberton was better when he was there.

Silsbee is way down from last year. HJ is way down front last year. They both still good teams, but the gap to the rest of the district has narrowed. That doesn't mean the rest of the district is very good. They are just competitive with each other and closer to the top, which makes things entertaining. We've been spoiled in recent years with the talent level in this 4A district.

Too many people sleeping on Carthage...

Changing that culture! Can't understand why anyone wouldn't be happy?

It does happen at other places, but the volume of transfers in such a short period of time is pretty telling. A big part of participating in athletics is cultivating qualities such as hard work, perseverance, loyalty, etc. The new HF regime would rather bring in the ringers and just "block out the noise" than actually build the program. I believe winning is important, but not at the expense of the rules. While I think local coaches are aware of what's going on, I'd expect this trend to be addressed from within HF ISD. And I think it will happen sooner than later.

So sad to lose a legend and an icon!

I feel like Jasper basketball does this every year. They show a ton of promise early and implode late. No shame losing to Hudson, though. They can play.

Be real. #2 is a transfer. #4 is a transfer. The JV kid is a transfer. There will be more next year. There has always been talent in this community, but it's being recruited over for Beaumont/SBG kids. Guess who coached at both those places? Tigee Rideaux is a good coach of basketball. He just doesn't follow the rules that the majority of high school coaches follow and HF is going to get hurt by it.

Haha I know. Just trying to spark some discussion.

What is the situation in this district? PA and Nederland playing for first. What's 3rd and 4th look like?

For a team with an overrated coach and overrated star player they seem to win a lot of games.

HF as an administration is confusing to me. They're ok with blatant recruiting and shady transfers. Now I'm hearing the Ardoin kid at Tekoa is "moving" there. The big man acts a complete fool at HJ, gets sent to locker room, then I hear he plays the whole game at LCM. I'm glad that whoever made the call to suspend that kid still believes in rules and discipline and not just winning at all costs. HF has been pretty bad in athletics for a while, but at least they used to do things the right way. On the bright side, my referee buddy that was there said no stall ball in this one. Just two offenses that couldn't score.

PNG goes into Cleveland and gets a win!? That is a tough place to go.