2016-17: A GREAT YEAR IN SETX!!!!

[WOSgrad]

As fun as it is to keep up with area sports and report their scores, it is a complete blast when a particular season ends with an area school winning the last game of the year.  So imagine my joy when I was able to do that five times (West Orange-Stark and Baytown Christian - football, Silsbee - boys basketball, Beaumont Legacy Christian - girls basketball, Port Neches-Groves - baseball).  And that was the team sports, you throw in the Port Arthur Memorial 4x100m and 4x200m track teams, Memorial's Kary Vincent's 200 m victory and Silsbee's Kalon Barnes golds in the 100m and 200 m, that is 10 times that a team or individual in Southeast Texas stepped up to take a gold medal in their event.

If that is not enough, you look at those teams that didn't get the gold but advanced to the state tournament such as Beaumont Kelly baseball and Dallardsville Big Sandy baseball (both finalists), Barbers Hill girls' basketball and Jasper girls' soccer.  Add to that the countless number of track and field participants in the various state meets......yeah it was a successful year in SETXsports lore!  It has not made our tasks here more exciting, but has given the whole area a lot more of a reason to look forward to the 2017-18 school year!

To the young men and women of the area high schools, whether they make it to the pros, play college ball, or if they never play another down, inning, quarter or race ever again, we thank you for the precious moments that you gave us over this entire year.  We will continue the watch your development and pray for your success. 

The the area coaches, we thank you for stepping up and taking part in developing our boys and girls into young men and women, sometimes in the face of folks who are the age of men and women, but act like boys and girls.

  And we are not quite done yet.  This weekend, the SETCA gave a number of area athletes a final farewell to high school sports in their softball, volleyball, girls and boys basketball, football.  And Jack Dallas will be a and Austin Hendrix will represent our area in the THSBCA All-Star Game next week.  That event will finally close this wonderful chapter in the world of high school sports in Southeast Texas.

But at SETXsports, there is no such thing as an off season as we prepare for what promises to be a stellar football season as many here view to be the subject of this topic come this time next year!  Our football team previews will commence on July 1st and it is only a matter of time before the district prediction threads will heat up!   So get on, and have fun!

[MAYFIELD]

And Tavian Mayfield for winning State in the triple jump this year, 

[WOSgrad]

17 minutes ago, MAYFIELD said:

And Tavian Mayfield for winning State in the triple jump this year, 

See, that makes it 11 winners!

[prepballfan]

To add to that PN-G just graduated its most successful athletics class in our entire history dating back 92 years. Our sports teams won more district championships and playoff wins than any other in our history.  Not 100% but believe it to be 8 district championships. Cannot remember the number of playoff wins but it was a very large number. This capped off by the baseball SC and number 12 national ranking as well as #1 baseball team in Texas. The most important stat of all ( I know you will appreciate this Grad) The largest amount of scholarships ever given at PNG 4.8 million dollars this year. The 2017 class if PNG is the most successful ever.