Snapshot Day

[pdawg119]

19 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

@AledoAlumni yall should be staying put in 5A D1 correct?

According to Matt Stepp, there's a good chance Aledo goes 6A.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Just now, pdawg119 said:

According to Matt Stepp, there's a good chance Aledo goes 6A.

Wow! I didn't think that would happen until 2026. 

[AledoAlumni]

On 10/22/2023 at 12:26 AM, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

@AledoAlumni yall should be staying put in 5A D1 correct?

I think Aledo is going 6A but we will see. 

[purpleeagle]

On 10/14/2023 at 8:10 PM, Separation Scientist said:

You are Incorrect, according to WOSdrummer99. 

WOS turned in 635 last alignment. If this was the same as last year WOS would have to lose 90 kids and I do not believe they will lose that many numbers this alignment or next alignment either. Last alignment was 545-879.   
I think it goes by average attendance for high school.

[SmashMouth]

12 minutes ago, purpleeagle said:

WOS turned in 635 last alignment. If this was the same as last year WOS would have to lose 90 kids and I do not believe they will lose that many numbers this alignment or next alignment either. Last alignment was 545-879.   
I think it goes by average attendance for high school.

It actually goes by a "Snapshot" attendance. The attendance for a specific day. Hence, well you know, Snapshot Day.

[purpleeagle]

Each alignment the bottom alignment numbers usually go up by 20 to 35 which if this happens then Newton could possibly go down to 2A1 unless they opp up.

[purpleeagle]

The enrollment figures are called “ Average Daily memberships (ADM) “and these enrollment numbers are used to determine classifications. 

[pine curtain]

2 hours ago, purpleeagle said:

Each alignment the bottom alignment numbers usually go up by 20 to 35 which if this happens then Newton could possibly go down to 2A1 unless they opp up.

why would they want to opp up?

[SmashMouth]

2 hours ago, purpleeagle said:

Each alignment the bottom alignment numbers usually go up by 20 to 35 which if this happens then Newton could possibly go down to 2A1 unless they opp up.

 

21 minutes ago, pine curtain said:

why would they want to opp up?

Opt. It's opt up.

[SmashMouth]

22 minutes ago, pine curtain said:

why would they want to opp up?

For instance, let's say you're LCM and you're going to go down to the district with Silsbee, HF, WOS and Jasper... OR you could opt up and play against Lumberton, Huffman, Splendora, Livingston... I know what I would do.

[pine curtain]

8 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

For instance, let's say you're LCM and you're going to go down to the district with Silsbee, HF, WOS and Jasper... OR you could opt up and play against Lumberton, Huffman, Splendora, Livingston... I know what I would do.

I was talking about Newton

Schools should not have the option of what class they are in unless you are a 6 man school wanting to play 11 man football

[myrecordwashorrible]

29 minutes ago, pine curtain said:

I was talking about Newton

Schools should not have the option of what class they are in unless you are a 6 man school wanting to play 11 man football

Some do it because of budget concerns and time missed from school.  It can be a real problem in sparsely populated areas for in school week travel. 

All sports and Jr High even has to be considered for smaller classification scholls. 

[purpleeagle]

1 hour ago, pine curtain said:

why would they want to opp up?

We are at the bottom of our bracket now. If the bio refr. Kicks off we would probably gain more students. If we go 2A I think it would be hard to get good 3A  and 4A teams to schedule us. WOS has already told us they will not schedule us   
next year.

[oldschool2]

17 hours ago, purpleeagle said:

We are at the bottom of our bracket now. If the bio refr. Kicks off we would probably gain more students. If we go 2A I think it would be hard to get good 3A  and 4A teams to schedule us. WOS has already told us they will not schedule us   
next year.

My opinion: Playing "bigger" schools in the preseason doesn't really prepare you for anything.. if you play every district game after and even the first couple/few playoff games as a blowout win.  What was accomplished? After winning 8 games in a row by 60 points I mean.. The preseason "preparation" is wiped away at that point.

[purpleeagle]

On 9/28/2023 at 10:13 PM, alwaysright said:

I heard BH is going to fall one short from moving to 6A. They’re going to stay 5A by a hair.😂😂

Check back in feb. for results 

[purpleeagle]

1 hour ago, oldschool2 said:

My opinion: Playing "bigger" schools in the preseason doesn't really prepare you for anything.. if you play every district game after and even the first couple/few playoff games as a blowout win.  What was accomplished? After winning 8 games in a row by 60 points I mean.. The preseason "preparation" is wiped away at that point.

You need to look at Newton’s results, they speak for themselves. We have no chose to who we play in district. Barbay said he did not want to schedule a team   
unless he thought they had a chance to beat us. He said playing a real bad team serves only to get one of your kids hurt. That is why we have played Silsbee, Gilmer, WOS, Carthage, Jasper, etc.. It prepares us for the playoffs. 

[WOSdrummer99]

On 10/23/2023 at 4:06 PM, purpleeagle said:

WOS has already told us they will not schedule us   
next year.

Smh

[buccaneers4lyfe]

WOS VS Newton is one of the best games of the year. I hope they figure out away to keep it.

[oldschool2]

On 10/24/2023 at 11:44 AM, purpleeagle said:

You need to look at Newton’s results, they speak for themselves. We have no chose to who we play in district. Barbay said he did not want to schedule a team   
unless he thought they had a chance to beat us. He said playing a real bad team serves only to get one of your kids hurt. That is why we have played Silsbee, Gilmer, WOS, Carthage, Jasper, etc.. It prepares us for the playoffs. 

I'm not sure you're understanding what I'm saying.  I'm saying that by the time they're deep into the playoffs, it's been several weeks/months since they've had a "preparation game". You have no idea whether or not the season would have turned out exactly the same or not by playing different schools in the preseason. When you win by 50/60/70 points for 6 weeks in a row.. then keep doing so until round 3, does it really make a difference that you had a close game in week 2?  I don't think it does.. the starters haven't played more than 2 quarters since then. If anything, they've forgotten what it's like to have to play a whole game.  There's no way that you can convince me that 2 weeks of "prep games" has an effect but 10 weeks of blowouts doesn't.

Wanna play bigger schools preseason?  Fine.. go ahead.  I'm just saying that it doesn't make as much difference as people think.  Newton would've won those state titles no matter if they played WOS before district or not.

And.. can't be mad at WOS for not wanting to play a school multiple classifications lower... in football.  That's a no-win situation for them.  

[purpleeagle]

On 10/23/2023 at 3:10 PM, pine curtain said:

I was talking about Newton

Schools should not have the option of what class they are in unless you are a 6 man school wanting to play 11 man football

You do not opt. Up automatically. 

[purpleeagle]

17 minutes ago, oldschool2 said:

I'm not sure you're understanding what I'm saying.  I'm saying that by the time they're deep into the playoffs, it's been several weeks/months since they've had a "preparation game". You have no idea whether or not the season would have turned out exactly the same or not by playing different schools in the preseason. When you win by 50/60/70 points for 6 weeks in a row.. then keep doing so until round 3, does it really make a difference that you had a close game in week 2?  I don't think it does.. the starters haven't played more than 2 quarters since then. If anything, they've forgotten what it's like to have to play a whole game.  There's no way that you can convince me that 2 weeks of "prep games" has an effect but 10 weeks of blowouts doesn't.

Wanna play bigger schools preseason?  Fine.. go ahead.  I'm just saying that it doesn't make as much difference as people think.  Newton would've won those state titles no matter if they played WOS before district or not.

And.. can't be mad at WOS for not wanting to play a school multiple classifications lower... in football.  That's a no-win situation for them.  

It works for us. 

[purpleeagle]

On 10/23/2023 at 12:32 PM, SmashMouth said:

It actually goes by a "Snapshot" attendance. The attendance for a specific day. Hence, well you know, Snapshot Day.

Funny.

[oldschool2]

6 minutes ago, purpleeagle said:

It works for us. 

You have zero proof that it wouldn't have still worked with a different preseason schedule.

[purpleeagle]

Why did CT play PN-G, Nederland, and teams like that? I guess he did not know any better. Thanks for the expert devise, I will pass this on to our coach.

[Chester86]

***** BREAKING NEWS *******
 

This just in from CBS (Chester Broadcast Station), Chester will remain firmly planted in 1A.