Ace Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 36 minutes ago, SiriusDogon7 said: Cool off dude, I did not intentionally disrespect his name. Meant in good fun. I knew you were not offering disrespect in any way. In fact, I think you were responding to an earlier post that had his name wrong. At the end of my post, I switched gears and commented that I have to resist the temptation to be a jerk and try to correct every post that gets the name of Texas High's Stadium wrong. Through the years, even Texas High posters have gotten the stadium name wrong by referring to is as Grimm rather than Grim. (Officially changed a few years ago from Grim Stadium to Tiger Stadium at Grim Park). Al Hanna, the long-time voice of the Tigers would explain it this way: It's Grim, as in Grim Reaper, not "Grimm" as in "Grimms Fairy Tales". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Ace said: Meant in good fun. I knew you were not offering disrespect in any way. In fact, I think you were responding to an earlier post that had his name wrong. At the end of my post, I switched gears and commented that I have to resist the temptation to be a jerk and try to correct every post that gets the name of Texas High's Stadium wrong. Through the years, even Texas High posters have gotten the stadium name wrong by referring to is as Grimm rather than Grim. (Officially changed a few years ago from Grim Stadium to Tiger Stadium at Grim Park). Al Hanna, the long-time voice of the Tigers would explain it this way: It's Grim, as in Grim Reaper, not "Grimm" as in "Grimms Fairy Tales". Ha, that's a great way to differentiate the spelling! Question: When Jacksonville played Texas High in 2009 at SFA in bi-district, I met the radio play-by-play gentleman for Thigh in the press box. He told me it was like his 48th year of broadcasting . . . or something like that (?) Was that Al Hanna? Is he still around? Do you know how many years he did the Texas Highs games? Thanks in advance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Matt said: Ha, that's a great way to differentiate the spelling! Question: When Jacksonville played Texas High in 2009 at SFA in bi-district, I met the radio play-by-play gentleman for Thigh in the press box. He told me it was like his 48th year of broadcasting . . . or something like that (?) Was that Al Hanna? Is he still around? Do you know how many years he did the Texas Highs games? Thanks in advance. He passed away like six years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 21 hours ago, Matt said: Ha, that's a great way to differentiate the spelling! Question: When Jacksonville played Texas High in 2009 at SFA in bi-district, I met the radio play-by-play gentleman for Thigh in the press box. He told me it was like his 48th year of broadcasting . . . or something like that (?) Was that Al Hanna? Is he still around? Do you know how many years he did the Texas Highs games? Thanks in advance. Matt, Eagleborn is correct. Al Hanna died about six years ago. He started broadcasting Tiger games in the 1960s and continued for about 50 years. When the stadium was upgraded several years ago and a state of the art press box was constructed, the press box was named the Al Hanna Press Box. Wisely, the school district chose to honor him in that way before he died. He got to broadcast games from the press box bearing his name. What a great guy. Still to this day I will find myself blurting out some quirky Al Hanna-ism when something happens during a game. When an obvious penalty occurred and every official on the field would throw their flags, Al would say - "there's so much yellow cloth on the field, it looks like a whirlwind hit a quilting bee out there". They don't make them like Al anymore. One of the great things about East Texas football is that each town and school has colorful, devoted fans and radio guys that have been around for decades. They are walking encyclopedias when it come to the history of their teams and they stick with their teams 100% through good years and lean years alike. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyMoney Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 12-5A II has 3 of its teams playing Thursday night games. Crosby, Nederland, and PNG all in action. Close games tonight unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Ace said: Matt, Eagleborn is correct. Al Hanna died about six years ago. He started broadcasting Tiger games in the 1960s and continued for about 50 years. When the stadium was upgraded several years ago and a state of the art press box was constructed, the press box was named the Al Hanna Press Box. Wisely, the school district chose to honor him in that way before he died. He got to broadcast games from the press box bearing his name. What a great guy. Still to this day I will find myself blurting out some quirky Al Hanna-ism when something happens during a game. When an obvious penalty occurred and every official on the field would throw their flags, Al would say - "there's so much yellow on the field, it looks like a whirlwind hit a quilting bee out there". They don't make them like Al anymore. One of the great things about East Texas football is that each town and school has colorful, devoted fans and radio guys that have been around for decades. They are walking encyclopedias when it come to the history of their teams and they stick with their teams 100% through good years and lean years alike. Awesome, thanks for sharing that. We had a great conversation. I had been broadcasting Jax games 27 years at that time. I just finished year 39.... started in 1982 when I was 22. I know I’m no where near as witty as Al Hanna was. What a great legacy thanks, for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyMoney Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 FB Marshall leading PNG 14-7 at the half. No way they win Region 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 I saw a post on another site that said that PNG exposed FB Marshall as being the product of a weak schedule. I was really surprised that PNG almost pulled off the huge upset. Crosby got up on Willowridge 28-0 in the first quarter and coasted to a huge win. The Cougars might be a real challenge for the winner of the Texas High - Lake Creek game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavchamp Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 43 minutes ago, Ace said: I saw a post on another site that said that PNG exposed FB Marshall as being the product of a weak schedule. I was really surprised that PNG almost pulled off the huge upset. Crosby got up on Willowridge 28-0 in the first quarter and coasted to a huge win. The Cougars might be a real challenge for the winner of the Texas High - Lake Creek game. Crosby is GOOD imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavchamp Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 44 minutes ago, Ace said: I saw a post on another site that said that PNG exposed FB Marshall as being the product of a weak schedule. I was really surprised that PNG almost pulled off the huge upset. Crosby got up on Willowridge 28-0 in the first quarter and coasted to a huge win. The Cougars might be a real challenge for the winner of the Texas High - Lake Creek game. I think PNG is just a proud program with tons of history is never an easy game no matter what their seeding is. I’d never expect them to lay down to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Papacat Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Good Luck tonight Tigers! Beat Lake Creek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacwagons Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 46 minutes ago, Mavchamp said: I LOLed at the team missing:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nacdragon07 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Good luck Texas High and Pine Tree!!!! And may God have mercy on our souls tonight in madisonville! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusDogon7 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 10:45 AM, Ace said: Meant in good fun. I knew you were not offering disrespect in any way. In fact, I think you were responding to an earlier post that had his name wrong. At the end of my post, I switched gears and commented that I have to resist the temptation to be a jerk and try to correct every post that gets the name of Texas High's Stadium wrong. Through the years, even Texas High posters have gotten the stadium name wrong by referring to is as Grimm rather than Grim. (Officially changed a few years ago from Grim Stadium to Tiger Stadium at Grim Park). Al Hanna, the long-time voice of the Tigers would explain it this way: It's Grim, as in Grim Reaper, not "Grimm" as in "Grimms Fairy Tales". My bad, apologies and appreciate your graciousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonLigma Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 T-high, whitehouse and PT all go into half with the lead. Huntsville defense all over Nac is what is sounds like 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavchamp Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 9-5A goes 2-2 against 10-5A..... games were closer than I suspected. Congrats to PT and Texas High on advancing. Texas High wins 37-7. They get Crosby next. Pine Tree wins 34-28 in OT. They get Nederland next Nac falls to Huntsville 29-0 Montgomery got the game winning TD over Whitehouse with a 63 yard run with less than a min left in the game to win 38-31. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THSfanatic Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Our district put up a pretty good fight tonight. Knew Nac was up against it. Thought Texas High would win especially being at Grim. Thought PT and WH had a 50:50 shot. Glad to see at least 2 advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonLigma Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mavchamp said: 9-5A goes 2-2 against 10-5A..... games were closer than I suspected. Congrats to PT and Texas High on advancing. Texas High wins 37-7. They get Crosby next. Pine Tree wins 34-28 in OT. They get Nederland next Nac falls to Huntsville 29-0 Montgomery got the game winning TD over Whitehouse with a 63 yard run with less than a min left in the game to win 38-31. Thanks for the updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THSfanatic Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 ditto. Thanks Mavchamp Your updates were greatly appreciated !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoboFan07 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mavchamp said: 9-5A goes 2-2 against 10-5A..... games were closer than I suspected. Congrats to PT and Texas High on advancing. Texas High wins 37-7. They get Crosby next. Pine Tree wins 34-28 in OT. They get Nederland next Nac falls to Huntsville 29-0 Montgomery got the game winning TD over Whitehouse with a 63 yard run with less than a min left in the game to win 38-31. Did you see that fog in the Whitehouse game?! Crazy stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavchamp Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Just now, LoboFan07 said: Did you see that fog in the Whitehouse game?! Crazy stuff! I didn’t on that game. But I saw it on the Nac/Huntsville game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavchamp Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, THSfanatic said: Our district put up a pretty good fight tonight. Knew Nac was up against it. Thought Texas High would win especially being at Grim. Thought PT and WH had a 50:50 shot. Glad to see at least 2 advance. Last time two East Texas 5A Div II teams advanced was 2018 when Marshall and Lindale did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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