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Barbers Hill looking to raise the bar in 4A By Michael Pineda Baytown Sun Published June 26, 2008 MONT BELVIEU — In its two years competing in Class 4A, the Barbers Hill athletic department has proven that it can hold its own. Now it is time to expand on the success the Eagles have enjoyed and make more of an impact. Competing in District 21-4A, the school won 10 district championships and saw most of its teams finish in the top two in the district despite being one of the smallest schools in Class 4A. “It was a good solid year athletically,†Price said. “There were disappointments and you never feel happy when you play your last game and it isn’t in the state championship. We’re still not where we want to be in terms of being competitive year in and year out in 4A. “We are still growing and, as we grow, our pool of athletes will be bigger. We are going to continue to compete as best we can.†According to Price, the key for Barbers Hill to continue to compete in the coming years will be the participation of athletes in multiple sports. In talking with former Southlake Carroll and present University of North Texas head coach Todd Dodge, Price was told the key to success is maintaining the small school mentality as the numbers increase. “The biggest detriment in the future will be specialization,†Price said. “As we grow, we need to keep the small school mentality. We need our kids to compete in multiple sports. “Schools that have lots of specialization are limited in how well they can compete in all sports.†This past season, Barbers Hill started off on a strong note by winning district championships in volleyball, team tennis and cross-country. The girls’ cross-country team headlined those sports by advancing to the state meet with a third-place finish at regionals and finished 11th in Austin. The football team was the lone sports program that did not advance into the playoffs. The Eagles finished 6-4 with a rebuilt team that had to replace 19 full-time starters and was fourth in the district. Under new UIL guidelines, the top four teams will advance to the playoffs this fall. “It’s one of those things; the multiple qualifiers for the playoffs has been accepted,†Price said. “Year in and year out, there has been some competition that has been left out of the playoffs and that is why we went to two playoff teams in the first place. “It is more beneficial that more kids get compete in the playoffs. We will just have to wait and see. I don’t have any negatives about it and if we make it, we will like it. But our goal is to win the district.†During the winter, both boys’ and girls’ basketball teams advanced to the area playoffs and in the spring, Barbers Hill got back to winning district championships. Both track teams and tennis teams won district with Jess Williams qualifying for state in the 800-meter run and finishing seventh. The golf teams finished second in district 21-4A with the boys, paced by fourth-place medalist Austin Snell, taking fifth at regional. The girls took seventh place. The baseball team was ranked in the top 10 for most of the season and won district before bowing out in the area round of the playoffs. The softball team also won district and advanced to the regional finals before dropping a pair of 1-0 decisions to Nederland in the final two games of the best-of-three series. In all, three Barbers Hill athletes were named all-state and 10 received academic all-state mention. Sixteen athletes will move on to compete at the collegiate level next year. The underclassmen will return to compete in 19-4A. Forest Brook and Smiley have combined into North Forest while Goose Creek Memorial and Kingwood Park will replace Huffman and New Caney. Crosby, Galena Park and C.E. King all return. “This year the district will be more competitive with the addition of Dayton and the consolidation of Forest Brook and Smiley, especially in the boys’ sports,†Price said. “You never know but I think the addition of Kingwood Park will bring another level of competition in girls’ sports.†Barbers Hill will enter next season with a couple of personnel changes. A new softball hire is in the works to replace Kirk Hall, who accepted the softball job at Goose Creek Memorial. The football staff will also add a coach to replace long-time assistant Andy Terrasso, who retired this year. Other changes include the addition of an auxiliary football field and track to decrease wear and tear at the high school facility.

Good Review! I watched the raiders last year in BH play Smiley and the Lamarque game, they had a good squad last year and there fans were awesome. Look forward to the BH/Lumberton game this year!!

; Or the one in Port Arthur ohhh never mind I thought you said Stink hole ;D No matter how you slice it, the real West Side of Port Arthur had the Hill wearing a French maid outfit after we got done with them. Was it 8-4 SFA all time or something like that??? Yeah you caught BH in a bad Decade, too bad your school couldn't last long enough for some payback ;D

I hope you guys are right, but I'm not that optimistic Dayton is all by there selfs up front this year without anyone coming close IMHO. CE King will be improved , Crosby is a throw up this year and North Forest will be the Darkhorse lead by the Smiley Coach who is a very good coach. BH will have to beat one of these 4 to grab a spot and it will not be easy! Can BH do it? Of Course, but there will have to be some good play calling and BH will have to take some chances and not be conservative. I love the new district and can see some great games coming!!

And maybe a monkey will fly out of my *** (Ya Know) ;D Seriously though I am glad these are coming back I miss the double and triple header state games that were played at the dome!!!

; Or the one in Port Arthur ohhh never mind I thought you said Stink hole ;D

Tell us something we don't know :'( There is always next year tough ;D

Embarrassing :-[

That's they way I see it, as well. I would include Winnie and Chambers County in SETX, too. Liberty, Dayton, Huffman, and Barbers Hill are "tweeners" in my view, but many people in the Golden Triangle consider those four more of a Baytown/Houston connection. As someone who lives in the Houston area, I can tell you most people over here see those four towns as more of an outer Houston suburb, and not part of the Beaumont area. BH is in Chambers County ???

Just messing with ya! I'm bored at work, so I figured I would try to stir the pot ;D ;D I know you are! ;D Just remember that you and your people (Mount Belvieu) are the reason I am hear in the first place. Sweet!!!! Hey Coop do I get some kind of pay for making people so made they have to sign up and post???? ;D ;D And then a bonus when they get selected to me a Moderator ;D

I think the Broncos are coming back stronger than ever and will win our district in dominating fashion!! Give us a couple of years and BH will make a game out of it, but the Broncos are just to strong this year. Hope you guys stay healthy an go to state!!

No kidding. Watch out, Kirbyville...there's a couple of BH followers who will despise you even more over this development. ;D ;D ;D Nope we like Kirbyville is just those dang ponys fans we could do with out ;D ;D if they only could ban computers in trailer parks ;D At least Kirbyville will live up to there pre season ranking :'(

Just messing with ya! I'm bored at work, so I figured I would try to stir the pot ;D ;D

me definitely no espanol :D :D :D ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh ok ??? No english either I assume ;D ;D

Chambers County is part of South East Texas you can look it up on most encyclopedia refernces. Folks that live in the area do see the Trinity river as a boundry, but that is there opinon. Chambers county is not part of the Greater Houston Area and is not considerd by those who live in that area. Were used to it by now! We are the FLOATER ;D ;D

The Golden Triangle is an area of extreme Southeast Texas near the Louisiana border. The "triangle" is formed by Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, which are the largest cities in the area. The "golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike near Beaumont in 1901. In an attempt to distance the area from the petrochemical industry, some area interests attempted to rename the Golden Triangle the "Triplex." This name change did not catch on, and area residents still refer to it as the Golden Triangle. Some residents of the Golden Triangle do not refer to the Greater Houston area as being part of Southeast Texas and place the western boundary of the region roughly at the Trinity River. The area holds the annual South Texas State Fair in Beaumont. If I'm not mistaken, Dayton and BH is on the Western side of the Trinity. It's good to see that I'm not the only one that may have been baffled by this. If you notice it says "Some Residents of the Golden Triangle". That would be those that do not own a computer or a high school diploma ;D ;D

Oh yeah they will take some bumps, but I think both of these area's are capable of producing some talent. Depends if they can develope the coaching staff to go with it.

Ok any of you folks that are in the know, how is the team going to look this season? Last season was a bit of a dissapointment for the Eagle Fans ,but after 8 straight years in the playoffs you have to rebuild sometime :'( We had a lot of young players last year, so we should be returning most of our lines and a QB. Its going to be intersting with 4 teams going this year and jugernaught Dayton being in district this year as well as a game with LONGVIEW Can't wait for the season to start! I have know idea what to expect this season. I do know that we will start to see some new stars arise and play our hearts out!!

That looks about right this year ,but the next this district will get interesting. Dayton will always be good ,but they will lose some off their Greatness next year IMHO. BH will start moving toward a strong team that is just now making its way into highschool. IF North Forest can find a coach to make those boys beleive they could be outstanding. Baytown Memorial will be in their second year and will have some talent from the area's that they pull from (North of I-10) and then you have Kingwood Park which is growing like crazy you can bet they will be in the mix at some point. Crosby will be building this year and be stronger the following season as well!!!!! The next 2-4 years looks to be interesting!

I plan on being there!! Been every year to get my fix to last me till August

Well in that case I take it back! With Three GT players on the team LA is going to get taken behind the wood shed for an old fashon BUTT WHOOPPIN ;D ;D ;D

Congrats! Greg had an outstanding year last year! what a back up QB

It will be tough for Texas to ever compete in this, because (as I understand it) this is the only Louisiana all star game now, so LA will always have there top atheletes while Texas has tons for these bowls to send our players to. Plus this is only the Houston area! If we had only one allstar game in Texas most of these players may not even get an invite. JMO

That has absoulutly nothing to do with these players abilities. Would they be better athletes if they were in the best distrct in the United States of Ameraca (Golden Triangle). I think not ;D

Very True!! Last year when BH was playing them in football they had a player get hurt on the field and no one from the Forest Brook side even looked like they cared. The BH coaches and doctor attended to the kid on the field while the FB coaches just casuall strolled over and watched!! There is a lot of good people over there, but as Purple said they have a hard hill to climb to get out.