1970

That makes sense, if Huntsville wasn't ranked above Brenham the previous week. I can't recall, but no matter.

Just shooting from the hip here, but a week or so ago in 5A DII I seem to recall that Huntsville was ranked 8th or 9th. They played #1 PNG a very close game, and then defeated a ranked Montgomery team the following week. And so now they aren't ranked in the top 10?

My first guess was going to be H-F, just based on conversations with friends that have kids attending H-F.

I lived there from 2000 - 2015, and didn't really have a dog in the fight, so I didn't follow the football too closely, but I recall that BH moved up rather quickly from 3A I think, to 4A, to 5A. The head coach and other coaches and trainer, had been there a while, and always seemed just a game away from going to state. Then the HC got fired, more or less, others moved on, retired, or passed away (I knew one coach personally, who lost a hard fought battle with cancer). The area has really grown very rapidly, and I'm not sure what old traditions are still there, just looking from a distance.

Memorial in OT.

Nederland, in a score-fest.

Wow!

Sounds like great game, this one.

I've asked that same question on the PNG forum. I don't recall any replies, so I guess not.

I'm a bit surprised at this score, but ok with it. Huntsville D line still playing pretty good.

Good close game. Both teams looked like they were sucking it up there in the last 5 minutes. They played some tough ball.

Big D holds!

Intentional Grnding right there!

BS . How many TOs remaining does BH have?

Well, this is the closest game I've seen tonight so far. Mem D better hang in there.

Memorial D is dragging.

That was a missed pic 6 right there.

I wouldn't have called PI on that last pass. Anyway, incredible end to the 1st half.

+1 Always interesting to listen to what good coaches have to say, and particularly, how they say it.

Yeah, I'd say that the Bulldogs had better keep their pads and helmets on, their eyes open, and their minds on this game at hand. (And the same goes for PNG and their homecoming game as well. )

Ca. 1968 or '69, I was on the sideline and said something about the other team's luck after they covered our fumble, and Coach Mo O'Brien very quickly spun around to face me and said, "you make your own luck, son". (If you're of PNG lineage then you likely know who Coach O'Brien was.) Anyway, since everyone has their own opinions, then I have mine also, and when the first half ended I said out loud that PNG should win this going away, regardless of the outstanding play of Huntsville's D line. In the 2nd half, PNG appeared almost intent to give the game away, (with the help of the refs), but they won it anyway. This is my last comment on this one. I hope that Huntsville will bounce right back against Montgomery and MLC.

When the roughing-the-passer flag was thrown I was thinking that it was going to be for defensive holding (of the receiver), and the young man calling the game for NDN Press thought so as well. That pass was 10 or 15 yards out in front of the receiver. Conner has missed some targets before but not by that margin. But anyway, the camera was on the action in the end zone so the passer and roughing or anything else at the LOS was not visible on camera. It was a good tough game, with a few mental mistakes, some blown coverage, screwy game clocks, some tough running and some outstanding play on both sides of the lines. PNG coaches got frustrated; that was the very first flag on a PNG coach that I can recall seeing in the past 5 or 6 years that I've been following the games, including the JV games. And I've never seen the likes of helmets coming off. One Huntsville defender got upset with himself and took off his helmet and threw it onto the ground right in front of the ref, who flagged him for an USC. Emotions were high. Also I hope the Huntsville kicker isn't down on himself, that was a good long kick, and when the ball hit the goal post the "twang" was very audible. Perhaps the extra umph from that distance cost a small bit of accuracy. Whatever, it was a good try. Huntsville will give Montgomery a good game.

I just now looked up West Fork HS on Google. WF, New Caney, and Splendora are so close to each other, one could almost pick a day and play all 3 back to back, and then enjoy a game of golf afterward. There are some nice courses around there.

On line they appear to be pretty evenly matched, but Silsbee may have a little more speed I think. Silsbee in a close one, even with HF HFA. I may attend this one. (Besides, I'd like to check out their concession stand, I've heard that it's nice, and that they have a good menu.)

Ok, at first glance I thought this thread was going somewhere else. Such as what happened in Huntsville last night. If you're the referee and the play clocks are malfunctioning, how are you supposed to handle that? At one point early on the ref directed the press box to just turn the clocks off. I wasn't at the game, was just watching live stream on you tube, so I couldn't actually see the clocks. Reportedly they came back on but were out of synch.