FRI. 4/22- RUSK- 2 LUFKIN HUDSON- 1 FINAL

[KF89]

7PM

[89Falcon]

Rusk can "nearly" clinch a share of 1st with a win. We can assume they will win with JD pitching on Tuesday. 

[89Falcon]

Rusk is definitely better than Hudson. Looking like the "rankings" may have been accurate all along. 

[aTmfan06]

2 hours ago, 89Falcon said:

Rusk is definitely better than Hudson. Looking like the "rankings" may have been accurate all along. 

Hell Bellville lost to El Campo 9-4 last night. Teams have bad games sometimes. At least that’s what I hope happend to us lol

[KF89]

With that win Rusk is now 11-12 for the season, one more win & they will reach .500 winning %. Has not had a winning record any week of the rankings. That being said the only rankings that Rusk probably cares about is if they win state then they  will be the un deniable #1 team.

[RonStopable]

Top two pitchers did not play pre-district (surgery and injury) #3 pitcher/short stop broke his leg in the summer and has been limited on the mound and not played in the field. 
Top two are back and are finding their groove. I expect the short stop/#3 will be close to 100% in the next couple of weeks and back in action. This group has 1 goal and could care less about the rankings. As everyone knows it takes a little good fortune to win the whole thing so I’m not about to make a prediction but we are playing our best baseball right now and that’s exactly when we wanted it to happen. Two big games this week against a very good Jasper team so it should be fun. 

[aTmfan06]

34 minutes ago, RonStopable said:

Top two pitchers did not play pre-district (surgery and injury) #3 pitcher/short stop broke his leg in the summer and has been limited on the mound and not played in the field. 
Top two are back and are finding their groove. I expect the short stop/#3 will be close to 100% in the next couple of weeks and back in action. This group has 1 goal and could care less about the rankings. As everyone knows it takes a little good fortune to win the whole thing so I’m not about to make a prediction but we are playing our best baseball right now and that’s exactly when we wanted it to happen. Two big games this week against a very good Jasper team so it should be fun. 

Depends on which Jasper team shows up lol the one that lost to center or the other lol

[RonStopable]

1 hour ago, aTmfan06 said:

Depends on which Jasper team shows up lol the one that lost to center or the other lol

I’d be thrilled if the one that lost showed up but I’m expecting the other one. 
If things go well for mine and yours respective teams we could be looking at a “rubber match”. 

[aTmfan06]

18 minutes ago, RonStopable said:

I’d be thrilled if the one that lost showed up but I’m expecting the other one. 
If things go well for mine and yours respective teams we could be looking at a “rubber match”. 

Yeah I hope we play better going forward than the last couple games. I’m sure they will get things rolling again. El Campo isn’t by any means a bad team. Bellville, Sealy , and El Campo are closer in team talent than some may be

[89Falcon]

5 hours ago, KF89 said:

With that win Rusk is now 11-12 for the season, one more win & they will reach .500 winning %. Has not had a winning record any week of the rankings. That being said the only rankings that Rusk probably cares about is if they win state then they  will be the un deniable #1 team.

Agreed on what Rusk "cares about". Now that Rusk is going to win the district we can definitely see why Rusk has been "ranked". There have been many throughout the year that have questioned "why Rusk was ranked" and that "Carthage, Hudson or Jasper deserved to be ranked but not Rusk". The rank voters knew all along that Rusk is a different team with/without JD Thompson. The district also understands this clearly now and that Rusk is the best team in the district. 

[89Falcon]

4 hours ago, aTmfan06 said:

Depends on which Jasper team shows up lol the one that lost to center or the other lol

I definitely expect the "Thursday" team to show up against JD on Tuesday. Will be interesting to see how they fare against Circle but he is no easy pass either.  

[RonStopable]

31 minutes ago, 89Falcon said:

I definitely expect the "Thursday" team to show up against JD on Tuesday. Will be interesting to see how they fare against Circle but he is no easy pass either.  

Mason Cirkle doesn’t get much attention behind JD but I would give him the ball against anybody. There aren’t many #2’s better in my opinion 

[KF89]

25 minutes ago, 89Falcon said:

Agreed on what Rusk "cares about". Now that Rusk is going to win the district we can definitely see why Rusk has been "ranked". There have been many throughout the year that have questioned "why Rusk was ranked" and that "Carthage, Hudson or Jasper deserved to be ranked but not Rusk". The rank voters knew all along that Rusk is a different team with/without JD Thompson. The district also understands this clearly now and that Rusk is the best team in the district. 

First poll I have seen in 35 years that ranks teams in a weekly poll based on wins they might have gotten with missing player philosophy & not weekly win/loss record, strength of schedule & overall wins/loses. 

[89Falcon]

2 hours ago, KF89 said:

First poll I have seen in 35 years that ranks teams in a weekly poll based on wins they might have gotten with missing player philosophy & not weekly win/loss record, strength of schedule & overall wins/loses. 

I think they just rank them on how good they think the team is. Example: Rusk are the District Champions despite the W/L record. All of the teams in the district that have better W/L records finished behind Rusk in the standings and are "in actuality" not as good of a team as Rusk. Also, the "rankers" believe that Rusk is likely to make a decent run in the playoffs despite their W/L record. They believe that "when it counts" (such as district) Rusk will be among the better teams. 

[89Falcon]

2 hours ago, RonStopable said:

Mason Cirkle doesn’t get much attention behind JD but I would give him the ball against anybody. There aren’t many #2’s better in my opinion 

I wouldn't disagree. I have seen a few "#1s" that are his equal but not many "#2s". 

[89Falcon]

However, if Jasper somehow could get a win on Tuesday it would definitely shake up the order. 

[KF89]

23 minutes ago, 89Falcon said:

I think they just rank them on how good they think the team is. Example: Rusk are the District Champions despite the W/L record. All of the teams in the district that have better W/L records finished behind Rusk in the standings and are "in actuality" not as good of a team as Rusk. Also, the "rankers" believe that Rusk is likely to make a decent run in the playoffs despite their W/L record. They believe that "when it counts" (such as district) Rusk will be among the better teams. 

Must be some new woke liberal voters in this one poll🙃

[RonStopable]

On 4/23/2022 at 9:50 PM, KF89 said:

Must be some new woke liberal voters in this one poll🙃

So you’re saying the left is right. I didn’t peg you as a libtard. 

[KF89]

2 hours ago, RonStopable said:

So you’re saying the left is right. I didn’t peg you as a libtard. 

Nope, saying rank a team on its actual record each week from start to finish.

RUSK EAGLES 

Date	Game	Opponent	Score	Record
02/21	Regular	Livingston Lions	11-1(L)	0-1-0
02/25	Tournament	Hallsville Bobcats	8-7(L)	0-2-0
02/25	Tournament	Sulphur Springs Wildcats	8-2(L)	0-3-0
03/03	Tournament	Concordia Lutheran Crusaders	3-9(L)	0-4-0
03/04	Tournament	Joshua Owls	10-0(L)	0-5-0
03/04	Tournament	Lufkin Panthers	4-1(L)	0-6-0
03/10	Tournament	Diboll Lumberjacks	3-1(L)	0-7-0
03/11	Tournament	Woodville Eagles	5-7(L)	0-8-0
03/12	Tournament	Jacksonville Indians	3-0(W)	1-8-0
03/12	Tournament	Huntington Red Devils	5-3(W)	2-8-0
03/12	Tournament	West Rusk Raiders	6-10(L)	2-9-0
03/16	Regular	Bullard Panthers	1-0(W)	3-9-0
03/24	Regular	Brook Hill Guard	2-0(W)	4-9-0
03/29	District	Center Roughriders	10-4(W)	5-9-0
04/01	District	Center Roughriders	14-1(W)	6-9-0
04/02	Regular	Bullard Panthers	5-0(L)	6-10-0
04/05	District	Carthage Bulldogs	7-6(W)	7-10-0
04/08	District	Carthage Bulldogs	5-4(L)	7-11-0
04/09	Regular	Brook Hill Guard	2-7(L)	7-12-0
04/12	District	Palestine Wildcats	10-0(W)	8-12-0
04/14	District	Palestine Wildcats	12-0(W)	9-12-0
04/19	District	Lufkin Hudson Hornets	8-0(W)	10-12-0
04/22	District	Lufkin Hudson Hornets	2-1(W)	11-12-0