Kountzer

For Kountze you have to add Manning and Brannon, from way back when.

Back in the day, class of '75 they had a brother named Michael Dabney. He could do it all. He had a deadly accurate jumper, and he could hit it from downtown 3 pt range on in. He could do it al. He could dribble, had mad handles, rebound, take it to the rack, everything. His nephew played at Ozen with Perkins. Darrell MacArthur may have been close, but I don't think he could of been better than Michael Dabney. David Brown has to be on that list. He was all american also. ~ Kountzer ~ I saw both of these players play. Not taking anything away from Dabney, but McArthur was on another level. McArthur was a McDonald's All-American, I think Dabney may have made all-state honorable mention.

It makes me feel so proud that nobody has disputed this. I thank you. BTW, the best basketball player to come out of Silsbee really is Darrell McArthur, McDonalds All-American. I did not have my computer last night so I am reading this for the first time!!!!!! If you are one of the best then either you did not graduate from Silsbee or the Silsbee program must have really sucked backed then!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D :D Oh contraire. Silsbee basketball has never sucked, particularly back then. ;D Hey, I was the only "white boy" ;D that could dunk in our high school. I broke the personna of "white boys can't jump". ;D Hey Lazeek, don't judge me by my looks now, that's what 20 years of marriage and broadcasting will do to ya. ;D TOKEN WHITE GUY!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D I was considered a brother even though I was the only white dot running up and down the courts at Waldo Mathews, 9th Street or Exquisite Park. ;D Waldo Matthews. wow. You brought up some memories with that one. 9th street also. James Simmons lived around the corner from there. So did Dabney. Exquisite park is a new one on me. Never heard of it. DB

Back in the day, class of '75 they had a brother named Michael Dabney. He could do it all. He had a deadly accurate jumper, and he could hit it from downtown 3 pt range on in. He could do it al. He could dribble, had mad handles, rebound, take it to the rack, everything. His nephew played at Ozen with Perkins. Darrell MacArthur may have been close, but I don't think he could of been better than Michael Dabney.

Clear Creek has as much basketball tradition as Silsbee, or maybe more.

Nice win. Let me know when the next game with HJ comes up, or better yet the playoffs. If silsbee is as good as everyone says they are, and i have no doubt they are, games like this are a cakewalk, or close to it. DB

Kountze is down now, no doubt, but they have a way of reloading every so often and going up to Austin and bringing home a state trophy. I respect that. DB

The Lions know how to go to state and bring home a championship.

The last B-ball game I saw was year before last in the playoffs against cleveland in Barbers Hills gym. Ahmad Jones, and Harper were on that team. I didn't see last years team, but I followed them in the paper and on the internet. I was glad to see them finally get past HJ. Kennedale was too much for them in Austin. I was in FT Worth/Arlington for thanksgiving. My money was too funny to make it back up there for this tourney. They are scheduled to play in barbers hill again this year. Maybe I will make it to that game. I live in NW Houston. I did get to see the football team play davis. that's a whole 'nother topic ~Kountzer~

I just use the name kountzer. I grew up in Silsbee. I can remember when Asst coach Brooks was a little boy. Of course, I was a teenager myself at the time. DB

So Sanger beat Silsbee by 8 points. HMMM. That shows - again, that those TABC polls are not that accurate, because Silsbee was ranked # 7, or # 8, and Sanger is nowhere to be seen in the top 20, at least they aren't right now. Looking at the positive, a little Northern exposure is good for the Tigers. A loss like this will show a team exactly who they are and what they need to work on. Better to lose like this now than in the playoffs. DB

I saw that 31-1 team; they were impressive. they went into the playoffs with too much pressure on them, being ranked # 1 and undefeated. Hopefully this team has learned from the past. DB

You heard right, they didn't have a clue. that was the 1st silsbee football game I've attended in a long time. I work right by delmar stadium and decided to go to the game. it was an entertaining game. The score kept going back and forth. Houston Jeff Davis quarterback John Castillo looked very good. I don't know if he is just that good, or if Silsbee's defensive backs are just that lost. Perhaps it is a combination of the two. It looks to me like silsbee also has some offensive and defensive line problems. Silsbee quarterback Johnson was scrambling on every play. good game just the same. Met a lot of old friends. A Silsbee victory would have been nice, but hey, you can't have everything. DB in NW Houston, aka kountzer

Fort Worth area teams appeared in all 3 of the top classes, or conferences. They won 2 of 3. I have 2 of those games recorded, and the Houston Rockets as well. It will be a week before I watch them all, if ever.

It's cliche, but it gets the point across: leave it on the floor Silsbee, leave it on the floor. I'm not talking about playing dirty, or unethical or none of that. Just give it your best, and leave whatever you got: blood, sweat, skills, heart, desire, athletic ability, etc, leave it all on the floor. For some schools trips to Austin are rare. But don't let that mess up your mind. One of the four teams left in conference 3A is going to leave with a championship trophy. It may as well be Silsbee. ~ Kountzer ~

What kind of height does Silsbee have this year?

Kennedale is just off I-20 in the Fort Worth area. I've passed by and seen the name hundreds of times and never really noticed, til now. FW Dunbar h/s is not all that far away. Neither is Everman h/s. Both of those schools put out talented basketball teams just about every year, especially Dunbar. So, it shouldn't be that big of a surprise that Kennedale is in the thick of things in terms of the conference 3A basketball championship. But hey, the Silsbee Tigers have shown a lot of heart and determination this season, and during the playoffs. After 2 tough victories over Crockett and HJ, they should be able to get on the court with anyone. This should be a good game. ~ Kountzer ~

How hard is it to get a ticket to Thursday's game?

That's why I said 'as I recall'. I saw the '76 team in the playoffs that year. I knew Artie Shankle; used to play sandlot football and 3 on 3 b-ball with him. I've heard a lot about Darrell MacArthur and those teams, and the teams with now coach David Green. They may have played on the same team. I left Silsbee shortly after school for the military and haven't really kept up that well since. I have followed them in the papers and on the 'net over the years. Occasionally I have shown up at a playoff game. I don't recall a team in the '90s going undefeated and making it to the championship game. There was a Tiger team in the mid 90s that was ranked #1 in the polls all year and then lost in the 1st round of the playoffs. that may be the team you are referring to. that team had a 6'6" Arline in the post, and this sharp shooting guard, who eventually played for Univ of Tennessee. I can't recall his name. I grew up knowing his mom and dad.

How do you know all this stuff? Showing my age. I was around to see it. I went to the game.

The only other time I can recall that the Silsbee boys played at the state championship tourney in Austin was back during the '72/'73 season. The team was led by 6'8" David Brown, and by 6'3" forward/guard James Hunter. Hunter went on the make it to the nfl, but that's another story. Don't ask me how I know all this stuff.

I saw Stephen Jackson and PA Lincoln play against Silsbee in the region III championship in '95. That was his Jr. year. The next year he was at Oak Hill Academy. That was the 1st time I'd heard of the place.

I wasn't surprised by the outcome. PNG beats Silsbee every year here lately. After all the talent Silsbee loss to graduation I knew this type of outcome was possible. Oh well.. DB aka Kountzer

Halftime, & Duncanville is up by 12. Kingwood can go 'head and warm up the bus, this game is ova. DB aka Kountzer

I grew up in silsbee. Kountzer is just a name. I was stomping around silsbee waay before you were born, probably.