PrairieMan

Don’t want to start anything, just wondering if the kid that walked off in Dayton played tonight?

My understanding is winner plays Tarkington in Livingston on Friday night

Tarkington wins 46-42

Oh wow, I knew last year's HJ situation wasn't due to injury (I was at Dayton for that one) but I did not know that this year's situation wasn't either. I certainly don't want to dive into that topic either. I will adjust my statement then. It's a shame that injuries and "other" factors have to play a part. ALWAYS want to see the best of each team line it up.

That's a good one. They do seem to matchup well with HJ. It's a shame that injuries have to play a part. Always want to see the best of each team line it up. That being said, it's rare that HJ doesn't show up prepared to play no matter who is available. I'm thinking CE King over Dobie. That's totally from the outside looking in as I've not had the chance to watch either of them play this year. Just going based off of the district's each are coming from.

I look at a lot of these games and I see so many mismatches when it comes to this round. I think it's the downfall of letting four teams in. But I get it for the kids, it's always a great experience to go to the playoffs and a chance to maybe upset a team. I love high school basketball but don't always get a chance to follow all the districts. Just thought this might be a fun topic and a chance to learn about a #4 team that has a chance to move on.

In a district that already struggles with new hires, this puts the AD even further behind by not letting him get in and start working with the kids and scheduling games.

Per local residents he is 15 and should be in the 9th grade. If that's the case and he was a 15 year old playing against 8th graders, I'd hope he would stand out some. This has to be a hardcore Hardin fan or coach right here with this statement.....

Onalaska 39 New Waverly 78

Unfortunately it’s the typical small school issues. talent comes in waves good coaches are just using it as a stepping stone for some reason, a majority of the parents and kids out here think that just showing up for mandatory practices and workouts are enough to make your program successful.

Throw Tarkington back into the ring again. AD has resigned.

Absolutely they are not. I'm not sure if the person who said they were actually saw both teams play in person but my guess is he is strictly making that observation off of records or scores/wins vs what he considers comparable opponents to last year. Last years team started 4 seniors and made a run into the second round where had Dibol not of broken one of their shooter's arms during the second quarter on a loose ball by absolutely running him over they may have moved on to the 3rd round. That was I believe only the 3rd time ever that they made it that deep for Tarkington. That being said beating Lumberton is always a good thing and I sure wish their coach could have been there to lose his mind for it.

Tarkington 71 Corrigan 45/F

Last night Horns were down by double digits twice and came back to win. They lost 4 starting seniors from last year but Coach Sizemore has them playing hard. Great job Horns!

Tarkington defeats Dayton 53-50

I was videoing, I tried to post it but it’s too big. I will see if I can cut it to put it on here. Some Summer Creek fans and I watched it again and all that watched it agreed it was still in his hand when the light came on. I don’t have a bias, just glad I was there to watch a fantastic game. Coming from 3A basketball that was as physical of a game I’ve watched in high school. There was complaining from both sides but in honesty the refs were just letting them play unless blood was drawn so to speak.

51-50 creek 13 seconds left

The only problem with all of these accounts is they are based on other people's accounts. I was there and have no bias to either of the schools. I was right in front of where it all "went down". The HJ kid was already frustrated and when the ball got tied up and the Huffman kid would not give it up, the HJ kid slung him into the wall and started a melee of punches at him. The Huffman kid was completely thrown off and was trying to get him off. Yes the Huffman fans ran onto the court and most definitely shouldn't have. That being said they did not engage anyone and were quickly separated from the situation. The Huffman and HJ players both quickly got there as well and did a pretty good job of separating the kids and themselves from the other team. Other than the HJ kid throwing punches and the coaches shouting back and forth at each other there wasn't much action in all of it. The HJ kid in my opinion should have been suspended. Frustration is no excuse for how he handled that.

Watched first half, was really surprised to see Coldsprings in it as much as they were considering all I have been hearing about how good East Chambers was. That game would have been really interesting had Coldsprings still had their big kid. Watched him play a few times this year and he was pretty dominant in the paint. I don’t think EC would have had anyone to manage him.

He broke his arm in two places. Kid was a decent role player for them and he had just knocked down a 3. What’s worse is no foul called and they got a layup out of the play. When clearly the Diboll player grabbed all arm and essentially took him to the ground hard. That particular referee was HORRIBLE all night. Fouled out Tarkington’s best defensive player on a block with less 2 mins left and Horns only down by one.

Final Tarkington 53 East Bernard 38

Halftime Tarkington 34 East Bernard 15

End of 1st quarter Tarkington 16 East Bernard 12

End of 3rd Magnolia 42 Cleveland 30

Halftime - Magnolia 34 Cleveland 26