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From 1954 until his retirement in 1963, his Cougar teams won 124 consecutive district games, had win streaks of 66 and 57 games and won seven state championships including undefeated seasons in 1956-‘57 and 1960-61.

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From 1954 until his retirement in 1963, his Cougar teams won 124 consecutive district games, had win streaks of 66 and 57 games and won seven state championships including undefeated seasons in 1956-‘57 and 1960-61.

In 1957, Buna could boast not only the 2A state champion but laid claim to the best team in Texas label. The Cougars beat the 4A champion Port Arthur twice and the 3A champion Smiley, plus the class B champion Big Sandy. That 40-0 state championship team was led by the Stanley twins, Pat and Don, who went on to star at Texas A&M.

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Great article.......

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Buna's New Gym name has been changed, it use to be The Activity Center its now gonna be called the Cotton Robinson/R.C Hyden Gym. 11 State Championship for the Cougars

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Probally old news to most but Texas basketball champs.com is a good site to view records.

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nice move renaming the gym

coach robinson was one of the best ever

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1957

The 1957 Buna team was one of greatest in TX history going undefeated and defeating the 4A champ

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Buna defeated Seminole, 74-45, in the final & Webster/Clear Creek, 64-40, in the semi-final at the state tournament.  The Cougars qualified for state for 4th time with regional wins over Cy-Fair, Rockdale and Marlin.  Buna was undefeated on the year at 40-0 and won its third consecutive state championship.  Many consider the 1957 Buna team, led by twins Don and Pat Stanley, to be the greatest team in TX H.S. history as the 2-A Cougars defeated the 4-A champion, Port Arthur, twice (51-42 & 50-45) during the year and cruised thru the state tournament with 24 and 29 point victory margins.   

Buna has won seven state championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963) and won 58 straight games from 1951-53 & 66 straight games from 1955-57.  Buna won 126 consecutive district games from 1952-1963 and 15 straight state tournament games from 1954-1963.  The Cougars won 58 straight games from 1951-53 & 66 straight games from 1955-57.  Buna won 126  consecutive district games from 1952-1963 and 15 straight state tournament games from 1954-1963.  Buna was coached by M.N. “Cotton†Robinson (1948-1963) in all of its seven state championships—a state record.  Robinson played at Southwestern LA in 1946-47 and was elected to the TX H.S. Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.  The Buna dynasty is chronicled in Harold Ratliff’s 1976 book, Texas Boys Basketball: A History, published by the U.I.L.  Buna is one of seven schools who have won the boys and girls state basketball championships in the same year---Buna in 1956, 1957 & 1961; Dallas S. Oak Cliff in 1977; Nazareth in 2002; Morton in 1987; Abernathy in 1991; Sudan in 1995; & Brock in 2002 & 2003.  Seminole made five appearances in the state finals winning state titles in 1955 & 1979.

The 1957 Buna players were:  (42) 5’11†So Charles Simmons; (43) 5’11†So Herman Davis; (44) 5’11†Jr Jerry Goins; (60) 5’6†Jr Robert Muckleroy; (61) 5’9†Jr William Withers; (62) 5’8†Jr Paul Swearingen; (63) 5’10†Sr Jerry Smith; (64) 5’11†Sr Jerry Buckner; (65) 6’2†Sr Don Stanley; (66) 5’11†So Jimmy Cobb; (67) 6’2†Sr Pat Stanley; (68) 6’3†Jr Dan Stancil; & (69) 6’1†Sr Revis Whitmire. 

Buna was led on the year by the twins, 6’4†Sr Pat Stanley (21.2 ppg) and 6’4†Sr Don Stanley  (18.8 ppg) who were both named 1st team all-state in 1957 along with James Davis of Clear Creek (Webster).  Buna was led in the semi-final by Pat Stanley with 36 points. In the final Don Stanley scored 51 points to break the state record held by Russell Boone at 50.  Seminole was led by Leland Caffey and Archie English with 10 points each.  Don Stanley made 20 of 27 FGs and 11 FTs in the record performance.  That record still stood in 2006 as the most points in any game and in a championship game at the state tournament. 

The 2A All State Tournament Team included Pat and Don Stanley of Buna; James Davis and Robert Brown of Clear Creek; and Donnie Wilson of Seminole.  The Stanley twins played on a national championship team in 1958 at Tyler J.C. and at Texas A&M where both twins were all-SWC as seniors?  Don Stanley (1953-57) was elected to the TX H.S. Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983 and his brother, Pat, in 2007.  Pat and Don Stanley were later executives in the oil equipment business.  Bull Muckleroy owns an auction barn in Kirbyville.