Kountzer

Need to finish this season first. This time of year gets boring. That's how upsets happen. Going to a game would help but that's not happening for me. Usually Silsbee competes in a playoff game somewhere nearby, like in or near Conroe, or that community college in Baytown. Meanwhile the new Delmar field house is coming around. It looks big enough to host playoff games, tournaments, maybe even a regional final. It should be ready by next season.

I saw Lincoln vs Silsbee in Silsbee back in the day. I don't think I ever saw them play in Port Arthur. The beehive was definitely intense.

I hope you are right Homes. Future championships are elusive.

Brazosport plays Lamarque again 2/2/16 this time in Lamarque. They won at home 48-47.

Brazosport has to get by Lamarque in the playoffs in reg IV.

Perception is reality.

Dress it anyway you want to but the first thing people think when the hear 'smoke town' is weed, or some type of drug activity. It may mean more than that, but I doubt it. That is a smoke screen. I am not living in silsbee..now, but I grew up there. The younger generation is not that unique in how they think. They are influenced by the whole hip hop thing, and drugs has always been a low key to prominent part of that ethos. That's where words like lean, and syrup, phrases like what u got in your cup, come from. Listen to the music: you got Big Mo, rip, talking about purple stuff, Pimp C, same thing, Plies 'ran off on the plug twice', etc, and on and on. I'm not judging though. Nothing is new under the sun. We were, some of us, puffing and dabbling back in the day too. Everybody got a past. Playing hide n seek with the po po. SPD gonna win their fair share of those battles. I know several guys who can't leave Sllsbee cause they got a record from drug busts. I was fortunate to leave when I did and go to the military. I only dabbled a little small time to fit in with peers. It always seemed stupid to me. Why walk around in a haze when you're already behind? My .02 on that.

Someone came up with the name to promote the idea that a lot of weed is consumed and or distributed in Silsbee. It is probably more fantasy than reality. I'm sure that type of activity happens there, but no more or no less than anywhere else.

I went to a home going celebration for my uncle this passed Friday. On one side of the church was a large section of purple and white, that's the color everyone was wearing. This was Wheatley class of '48, my uncle's classmates. A tall, prominent person in that section was legendary coach Jackie Carr. I talked with him briefly after service and took his picture. The pic was of poor quality. It didn't catch the contrast of the purple suit and white shirt and tie Coach was wearing. He was a nice guy. Very witty and charming. I saw him a little later pulling out the parking lot in a nice late model cadillac. I am glad to see that the coach is still doing well.

What happened?

QB for Clemson has a rifle arm.

D Lincoln pops Paris by 10 and then moved into their # 2 spot.

Re: Paris, that's a tough region, region II, especially those top teams in district 11.

That is a very competitive region and district.

These days I watch 2 or 3 Silsbee b-ball games a year. I may get 1 or 2 rockets games a season. Those are the only two teams I really care about. I may catch a Sam Houston HS game before the season is over. Other than that I'm good.

It is only basketball. I like it but it is not that deep.

Man, I miss my uncle that lived in Beaumont. Uncle Mad Dogg, aka Herman Hester, RIP.

I am at work, and distracted.

Cousins is fundamentally sound with a nice jumper. He needs a shrink more than anything else. Aldridge is good, Durant, also. Players like D Howard, Dandre Jordan, Corey Brewer, etc, the list is endless..Those players needed fundamental training. Too late now.

Sam Houston HS Houston 103 Houston Chavez 53.

I haven't watched a lot of HJ b ball. I've heard it said that the hawks are always fundamentally sound. My question is what are they doing in that community to teach fundamental basketball skills? Maybe it should be copied.

So a female was involved. That changes things slightly but not enough to matter. The guy is still dead. I am not a lawyer though. As someone mentioned there was a similar case in Houston, I think it was in the North. The girl's age is a factor. If she is a minor and Swift is an adult it doesn't look good to the law. I doubt it will go to court.

It is a possibility that a girl was involved. I haven't heard that one was. I don't think charges have been filed against the home owner. The family of the deceased would have to hire an expensive criminal lawyer to get anything going on this case. I'm thinking they don't have the resources or the will to do so. I am not passing judgement. We all make choices, good ones and bad. It is what it is. As the old saying goes: "open and shut case Watson."

I thought about all that. When you're in someone's house either way, bad things can happen/did happen.