No lights at H-J

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[T-daddy]

Ya huge embarrassment to the HJ school district !!! They can afford lights without a bond $180,000 is a very small percentage of a schools budget ... they probably waste that much on no essentials every year.

[Hupernikomen]

180,000 is not chump change to a district HJ size.   These districts run very tight budgets.  That is about how much they will have to scrounge together to pay for a modest raise each year.   But I agree that if it was a proirity it would get done.  Seems pretty obvious what the emphasis is in Hawk country as far as facilities are concerned.   

[PlayActionPass]

9 hours ago, Hupernikomen said:

180,000 is not chump change to a district HJ size.   These districts run very tight budgets.  That is about how much they will have to scrounge together to pay for a modest raise each year.   But I agree that if it was a proirity it would get done.  Seems pretty obvious what the emphasis is in Hawk country as far as facilities are concerned.   

Yes, it is all about PRIORITIES.

It is sad when COMMUNITIES don't support the future. Yes, taxes are high. Yes, raising taxes sucks. But its called making a small sacrifice for the greater good.

Selfish adults, raise selfish children which leads to many of the problems we have in the country today. It is all about taking care of "ME" and the heck with everybody else.

 

[Makemineaconvertible]

Back when we played there in the early 90’s they didn’t have lights either. Started all their home games around 4pm 

[fox]

they could always use the city park it has lights.

[Tigers2010]

Fields with no lights should not be allowed to host games. After a season or two of no home games, I am sure they would figure it out.

[oldschool2]

1 hour ago, Tigers2010 said:

Fields with no lights should not be allowed to host games. After a season or two of no home games, I am sure they would figure it out.

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[bljnhjs19]

I played for HJ in the 90’s and never thought not having lights was an issue. I do think they should work to get lights, but not as big of a deal as some want to make it. I also think that they should not even think about playing at the city park again. It’s hard for the coaches and players to have ownership of a field that they cannot make adjustments to, plus the school doesn’t want to pay for the use of their lights either

[Clueless]

1 hour ago, bljnhjs19 said:

I played for HJ in the 90’s and never thought not having lights was an issue. I do think they should work to get lights, but not as big of a deal as some want to make it. I also think that they should not even think about playing at the city park again. It’s hard for the coaches and players to have ownership of a field that they cannot make adjustments to, plus the school doesn’t want to pay for the use of their lights either

When you can't have a Freshman team and only running with one underclass team because lack of lights, I would think that hurts your program. Maybe it's just me though ,since my kid isn't effected by it.

[Peppermint Patty]

Lights are like a cell phone. You CAN live without them, it's just harder.

 

[bljnhjs19]

1 hour ago, TradenupBH said:

When you can't have a Freshman team and only running with one underclass team because lack of lights, I would think that hurts your program. Maybe it's just me though ,since my kid isn't effected by it.

We didn’t have a freshman team back then...mainly because of numbers. Our varsity football team only had 19 players. We only had maybe 12 players on the varsity baseball team

[Makemineaconvertible]

1 hour ago, TradenupBH said:

When you can't have a Freshman team and only running with one underclass team because lack of lights, I would think that hurts your program. Maybe it's just me though ,since my kid isn't effected by it.

We played HJ JV in Orangefield tournament and they have a very good team. Most of our JV team are freshmen and we have 2 JV teams at that. 

[Tigers2010]

It is 2018. There is no excuse, other than natural disaster putting them out of commission, to not have freaking lights at the baseball field. Especially at a school like HJ, that typically has a solid baseball program.

[BlueOwl]

This is bad timing for the lights. A couple years ago they tried to make a push to get them with that bond. I can’t imagine how hard it’s going to be now after all that flooding. They won’t be spending money on lights any time soon.

[PlayActionPass]

What a joke, let's take the lights out of the gym and see how long that last. If it was basketball in HJ they would have it done tomorrow with local donations.

Not sure why the Baseball Booster club can't go out and raise $200,000 in Sour Lake.

[BlueOwl]

32 minutes ago, PlayActionPass said:

What a joke, let's take the lights out of the gym and see how long that last. If it was basketball in HJ they would have it done tomorrow with local donations.

Not sure why the Baseball Booster club can't go out and raise $200,000 in Sour Lake.

If the basketball program needed $200,000 I doubt they would get it. $200K is a lot of money. And the people who think that’s “pocket change” for the district are idiots. 

[PlayActionPass]

Every district in the State of Texas sits on a minimum 8-10 million dollars.

It is called a rainy day fund. It sits in an account and earns interest every year and is replenished by the budget as needed.

If the School Board made the decision to put lights up, the money is there.

[BlueOwl]

They are having to rebuild the middle school from the rainy days in August and September.  The school board tried to get the lights when they tried to pass the bond. Not really much more they can do. 

[undiscovered]

I think you’re mad at the wrong people. Be mad at the old people in Sour Lake who don’t want to pay $14 more a year in taxes so we can have nice things.

• Can’t host track meets bc of the condition of the track

• Can’t host tennis tournaments because of the condition of the tennis courts

• Can’t play JV baseball games because there are no lights 

All of this would have been taken care of in the last bond that the District, that you’re so mad at, proposed. The people voted against it. Get out and campaign, and educate people on the bond and maybe next time this bond is proposed, people will actually vote for it. 

Nobody is picking on baseball ..

[BlueOwl]

8 minutes ago, undiscovered said:

I think you’re mad at the wrong people. Be mad at the old people in Sour Lake who don’t want to pay $14 more a year in taxes so we can have nice things.

• Can’t host track meets bc of the condition of the track

• Can’t host tennis tournaments because of the condition of the tennis courts

• Can’t play JV baseball games because there are no lights 

All of this would have been taken care of in the last bond that the District, that you’re so mad at, proposed. The people voted against it. Get out and campaign, and educate people on the bond and maybe next time this bond is proposed, people will actually vote for it. 

Nobody is picking on baseball ..

Hit the nail on the head 

[Tigers2010]

Regardless of who is at fault, if you don't allow teams without lights to host games, the problem would get fixed. One way or another, those schools would figure it out.