Barbers Hill (28) vs La Porte (55) - FINAL

[OlDawg]

Simon wound up with 160 yards on 16 carries & 3 TD’s in the first half.

[Clueless]

7 hours ago, Rob Corpus said:

LaPorte has been kicking butt since the loss to PNG. They even beat Angleton! Good job Dawgs! Good luck vs AMC

If they were healthy against PNG, they would’ve crushed them. They started getting their bosses back after PNG game

[gary-us-bonds]

1 hour ago, OlDawg said:

Simon wound up with 160 yards on 16 carries & 3 TD’s in the first half.

Simon is too big, explosive and ill-intentioned for a team like Barbers Hill to do much with. Whoever is going to stop him will need to have roughly equivalent athletes all over on defense which will be tough to find...or a quick, well-coached, swarming defense to get three guys around him every play 

[OlDawg]

22 minutes ago, gary-us-bonds said:

Simon is too big, explosive and ill-intentioned for a team like Barbers Hill to do much with. Whoever is going to stop him will need to have roughly equivalent athletes all over on defense which will be tough to find...or a quick, well-coached, swarming defense to get three guys around him every play 

I was just happy they played a clean game. They’d been worrying me with some sloppy play the last couple of games. They’ll need another clean game against AMC to have a chance against the #2 team in the state.

[vbdiva]

What grade is the LP rb? 

[OlDawg]

10 minutes ago, vbdiva said:

What grade is the LP rb? 

Freshman. If you’re asking about Simon. Barnes & Sandolph are Sr’s. Bright is a Jr.

[Goslin]

On 11/22/2024 at 9:07 PM, Old Ape said:

One team is 100% homegrown and based on toughness!

one team hopes another Baytown kid gets tired of Lee, Sterling, or GCM and saves them!

Which one is which?  LP is Open Enrollment and although BH is technically “closed” by GCCISD’s own admission BH has taken twice as many GCCISD transfers than DP, LP, or NS just in this past year.  A LOT of these transfers have been happening in Jr High to avoid PAPF/eligibility questions which is why UIL is tightening things up on transfers between 8th and 9th grades starting in Aug plus sending a UIL rep to observe DEC meetings of Districts with high numbers of transfers in/out.

 

 

Oh, BTW, Lee was 6-4 this year, while RSS was 3-7 and GCM was 0-10.  Neither the RSS or GCM results are surprising but REL did well this year.

[1970]

23 hours ago, Clueless said:

If they were healthy against PNG, they would’ve crushed them. They started getting their bosses back after PNG game

You must be referring to LaPorte's defense?  PNG scored 49, but gave up 35.  It's been a few weeks since that game, but if I recall, LP's 2 or 3 RBs and their QB looked pretty danged healthy to me.  

Edit:  Looking back at the game thread, LP did have some defensive starters out for that game.  That was an early season game, though; lots of changes on both teams since then, especially on defense.  

[OlDawg]

1 hour ago, 1970 said:

You must be referring to LaPorte's defense?  PNG scored 49, but gave up 35.  It's been a few weeks since that game, but if I recall, LP's 2 or 3 RBs and their QB looked pretty danged healthy to me.  

Edit:  Looking back at the game thread, LP did have some defensive starters out for that game.  That was an early season game, though; lots of changes on both teams since then, especially on defense.  

It’s been awhile, but I seem to remember 5 D starters out & 2 O starters out (OL). A big difference is that Simon wasn’t involved yet. He’s totally changed LP’s rushing attack from last year as a bruising, explosive addition to Barnes, Sandolph & Bright. Last year—and early this season—LP was missing that element.

Now, Coach Berneathy is not making talented players wait like many other coaches & even his predecessors at LP. If the kid can produce at the varsity level, they’re moved up. And man, has Simon produced! Over 1200 yards & 20 TD’s in less than a full season so far! It’s allowed LP to alternate RB’s where Barnes doesn’t take all the pounding. Barnes and Sandolph are also able to split out as receivers as desired to add threats that weren’t really an option last year.

The PNG/LP game was a full-on tilt & good for both squads. I remember Gary Joseph in the end zone giving his son pointers as an extra set of eyes since he’d had experience with LP in past PO matchups. That was a good game. The score wasn’t really indicative of the game. Not sure anyone felt it was over until the final whistle!

Good luck to y’all in Cajun Country. Bring back a win for SE Texas. (Yes. La Porte is still SETX. Ha!)