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  1. Lufkin is in the same district as Texarkana and MP in all sports now except football. So yeah. What could throw a wrench into them going North would be Lindale or Sulphur Springs moving back up. But with Jacksonville on the borderline….. it could be moot. Not to mention Texas High is only 75-ish away from moving back up to Div I.
  2. A few of the larger ETX cities have had some growth. But nothing explosive other than Tyler. Nac: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/nacogdochescitytexas/PST045224 2010: 2,996. 2023 estimate: 32,156 2.6% Loss Lufkin: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lufkincitytexas/PST045224 2010: 35,067 2023 estimate: 34,181 2.5% Loss Jacksonville 2010: 14,544 2023: 14,420 0.8% Loss Texarkana 2010: 36,411 2023: 35,741 1.9% Loss Henderson 2010: 13,712 2023: 13,464 1.9% Loss Marshall 2010: 23,523 2023: 24,118 2.5% Growth Mount Pleasant 2010: 15,564 2023: 16,055 3.1% Growth Kilgore 2010: 12,975 2023: 13, 523 4.2% Growth Longview 2010: 80.455 2023: 83,236 3.5% Growth Tyler 2010: 96,900 2023: 110,327 13.9% Growth
  3. They said an enrollment drop of 1,600 since 2013. Wowsers. Most of the talk is about elementary schools......but it seems like to me that's eventually going to trickle down to LHS and their numbers will fall too. I don't know how close LHS is to Div II...... but man. You start talking about a football district with Texas High, Lufkin, Marshall, Whitehouse....... that's going to be a battle if it ever comes to pass.
  4. BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS Lufkin (16-0) DISTRICT CHAMPIONS Mount Pleasant (13-2) RUNNER UP Hallsville (10-5) 2ND RUNNER UP Texas High (9-6) Tyler (8-7) Jacksonville (6-9) Nacogdoches (3-12) Marshall (2-13) Whitehouse (1-14) 2/7 Games Tyler beat Texas High 59-50 Mount Pleasant beat Nacogdoches 61-39 Marshall beat Whitehouse 45-27 Lufkin beat Jacksonville 72-27 Hallsville- BYE Lufkin wrapped up a perfectr district slate with a blowout of Texas High. MP made easy work of Nac to keep their grip on the #2 seed. Tyler kept their dim playoff hopes alive with a minor upset of Texas High. The Lions trail the TIgers by 1 game headed into Tuesday's finale. If TxHS beats Hallsville on Tuesday, the Tigers are in. If Tyler loses to MP....the TIgers are in no matter what they do Vs. Hallsville. But a TxH loss to Hallsville and a Tyler win over MP would throw them into a tie for fourth place and a playoff game would be needed to decide who would advance to the post season. Marshall beat WH to avoid the district cellar, leaving the Wildcats in the basement. ------------------------------------------- GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS Tyler (16-0) DISTRICT CHAMPIONS Jacksonville (13-3) RUNNER UP Mount Pleasant (11-5) 2ND RUNNER UP Nacogdoches (10-6) 3RD RUNNER UP Lufkin (8-8) Whitehouse (6-10) Texas High (5-11) Hallsville (3-13) Marshall (0-16) PLAYOFFS: BI-DISTRICT ROUND Tyler Vs Walnut Grove - Monday at North Forney HS- 7PM Jacksonville Vs. Anna- Monday at Forney HS- 6PM Melissa Vs. Nacogdoches _ Tuesday at Athens HS- 6:30PM Mount Pleasant Vs. Lovejoy ----------------------------------------- BOYS SOCCER STANDINGS Jacksonville 6-0-2 Mount Pleasant 5-0-2 Lufkin 4-1-2 Whitehouse 4-2-1 Nacogdoches 3-2-2 Hallsville 2-5-0 Tyler 1-4-2 Texas High 0-5-2 Marshall 0-6-1 GAME 8 Mount Pleasant and Lufkin tied 0-0 Jacksonville beat Marshall 3-2 Whitehouse beat Texas High 6-1 Nacogdoches beat Hallsville 5-2 Tyler- BYE MP's tie with Lufkin dropped the TIgers down to second place with Jacksonville moving into the district lead with their win over Marshall. Lufkin remains in third with the tie and Whitehouse sits in fourth with Nac in fifth. ------------------------------ GIRLS SOCCER STANDINGS Jacksonville 8-0-0 Hallsville 5-1-1 Mount Pleasant 5-2-0 Whitehouse 5-2-0 Texas High 3-3-1 Tyler 3-4-0 Lufkin 1-6-0 Nacogdoches 1-6-0 Marshall 0-7-0 GAME 8 Mount Pleasant beat Lufkin 2-1 Whitehouse beat Texas High 3-0 Hallsville- beat Nacogdoches 7-0 Jacksonville beat Marshall 8-0 Tyler- BYE The top four teams are starting to pull away from the bottom of the district. Jax in firm control of first place. Hallsville, MP and WH are in a battle for second. Texas High is 2.5 games back in fifth.
  5. Is Arkansas realignment the opposite of Texas like Louisiana's is? I remember when we use to play Monroe Ouachita and Shreveport Byrd annually it was always a one year deal because neither of us knew how many non-district games we would have going into each of our alignments. We would align on even years and they would align on odd years. If that's not the case....I don't understand how the schools can break contracts without any monetary repercussions being imposed on them. THS probably spent a small fortune going to Fayetteville. Especially if the band and such all went too.
  6. I have mixed feelings about it TBH. But there's no doubt this is more politically driven than it is driven by religion. I'm not a hard-liner about some of the issues that are causing some friction: namely alcohol. I don't think the stance the non Baptist schools are taken are necessarily bad. I don't think saying NO to alcohol is bad either. But alcohol sales at athletic events....and alcohol related tail-gating is one of the big rifts. Some of those schools are open to it...and want it for $ generation. The Baptist Four apparently have taken a hard stance against any alcohol sales or alcohol related tailgating. As a Christian....I have no issues with alcohol sales as long as people behave accordingly. Apparently neither do some of the other schools. IMHO......schools that want alcohol sales should have them. Those that don't....shouldn't. BUT......Apparently it's an all or nothing kinda deal for the ASC. EIther they all can....or they all can't. And the Baptist Four were a block NO vote. I think that was a big part of it. --------------- Another issue has been the total and complete dominance of football by HSU and UMHB. I don't remember the ext act number..... but one of the two have won something like 28 of the last 30 conference championships. And if they don't win the conference....and there is a #2 seed picked to advance...it has been one of them something like 25 of 30 times. I think a majority of the conference wants to get out from under those shadows so their members can see the post season occasionally. The SCAC will be a weak football conference compared to what the ASC was. With UMHB, HSU, Trinity, ETBU, and Texas Lutheran gone..... you just eliminated every playoff team from the last 30 years. There's always the talk of dirty recruiting by some. And of course the "non scholarship athlete" D3 clause that apparently UMHB and HSU have learned to work to their advantage. ------------ There's some academic rifts. Apparently UMHB has an acceptance rate of well over 90%. HSU is over 80%. Most of the ASC was more like 60%......showing that academics DID matter in some of the athletic recruiting/testing. Trinity and TLU were more like 45-55%. Some felt HSU and UMHB were getting football players that could barely write their names while other conference schools had higher standards for their players. ------------ The instability of the conference has always been in question. So many coming and going...... Mississippi College, Lousiana Christian, Belhaven, Southwestern, Trinity, Texas Luthern, McMurry, Austin College..... the conference was in flux annually. Makes planning pretty difficult. I honestly don't think the SCAC will be any different...but we shall see. ------------ I think some of defection was because of the hard right conservative turn some schools had taken. Completely politically driven. I honestly don't think most of the schools that jumped ship to the SCAC are "liberal". They are more middle/moderate than anything. But when compared to the ultra conservative shift of the far right the last few years..... they get labeled liberal.
  7. BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS Lufkin (15-0) DISTRICT CHAMPIONS Mount Pleasant (12-2) RUNNER UP Hallsville (10-5) 2ND RUNNER UP Texas High (9-5) THIRD RUNNER UP Tyler (7-7) Jacksonville (6-8) Nacogdoches (3-11) Whitehouse (1-13) Marshall (1-13) 2/4 Games Texas High beat Nacogdoches 65-28 Lufkin beat Marshall 73-30 MP beat Whitehouse 56-26 Hallsville beat Tyler 62-47 Jacksonville- Bye The playoff teams were all but cemented Tuesday night with Lufkin, MP, Hallsville, and THS all getting wins to punch their post season tickets. Lufkin has clinched the district championship with MP sitting at the #2 seed. Hallsville has claimed the #3 slot and Texarkana has a 2 game lead over Tyler with 2 games remaining. One more week remains for the season....but it looks like things are all but settled concerning the playoffs. ------------------------------------------- GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS Tyler (16-0) DISTRICT CHAMPIONS Jacksonville (13-3) RUNNER UP Mount Pleasant (11-5) 2ND RUNNER UP Nacogdoches (10-6) 3RD RUNNER UP Lufkin (8-8) Whitehouse (6-10) Texas High (5-11) Hallsville (3-13) Marshall (0-16) 2/4 Games Mount Pleasant beat Whitehouse 57-51 Lufkin beat Marshall 71-36 Nacogdoches- beat Texas High 47-45 Tyler beat Hallsville 55-13 Jacksonville- Bye The Regular season is over. Tyler, Jax, MP, and Nac are headed to the playoffs. Stay tuned for first round match ups. ----------------------------------------- BOYS SOCCER STANDINGS Mount Pleasant 5-0-1 Jacksonville 5-0-2 Lufkin 4-1-1 Whitehouse 3-2-1 Nacogdoches 2-2-2 Hallsville 2-4-0 Tyler 1-4-2 Texas High 0-4-2 Marshall 0-5-1 GAME 7 Jacksonville tied MP 1-1 Lufkin beat Texas High 4-1 Nac beat Tyler 2-0 Whitehouse beat Hallsville 2-1 Marshall- BYE The battle for the district lead between Nac and Jax ended in a 1-1 dead-lock. The tie keeps MP alone in first place with Jax in second with their second tie of the season. Lufkin solidified their #3 spot with a win over Tyler. WH is clinging to the #4 slot....just barely ahead of Nac for the fourth and final playoff berth. Hallsville, Tyler, THS, and Marshall are on the verge of being eliminated early in the race. ------------------------------ GIRLS SOCCER STANDINGS Jacksonville 7-0-0 Hallsville 4-1-1 Mount Pleasant 4-2-0 Whitehouse 4-2-0 Texas High 3-2-1 Tyler 3-4-0 Lufkin 1-5-0 Nacogdoches 1-5-0 Marshall 0-6-0 GAME 7 Texas High beat Lufkin 4-0 Jax beat MP 6-0 Hallsville beat Whitehouse 2-1 Tyler beat Nac 3-1 Marshall- BYE Hallsville's win over WH catapulted the Ladycats into second place behind district leading Jax. MP fell to third with their loss to Jax. WH's loss to Hallsvillle dropped them to fourth. Texas High and Tyler are clinging to their playoff hopes. Lufkin, Nac, and Marshall are in trouble ---------------------------------- Softball and baseball is underway. We should start seeing some scrimmage/first game scores coming in the next day or so.
  8. That's fair. Jacksonville has been in the dumps so long I honestly don't even remember the last time they had a winning season. I'm guessing 2012-ish. They are at such a disadvantage in their current district. They aren't going to compete with most of the district more often than not outside of maybe Nac. MP on occasion. But it's hard to imagine them being anywhere near ready to beat Texas High....or Marshall...or Whitehouse. And if they drop down....it gets no easier in that district with Chapel Hill.....Kilgore....Pine Tree. Really tough spot to be..... going to be an uphill battle.
  9. I have no doubt ETBU would PREFER to stay D3. But they may have no choice but to go somewhere. Outside of football....ETBU is generally competitive for the playoffs in all sports. They are in a conference that will be DOA after next year. The ASC will lose it automatic qualifying spot for all sports after 2026. The SCAC has made it abundantly clear they don't want any of the 4 Baptist Schools in their fold. That's why most of the ASC defected to the SCAC. No other D3 conference makes geographic sense. Either join a conference on the California west Coast or join a conference on the Atlantic Coast. None of of the Midwest conferences make geographic sense either. About the only way they stay D3 is to go independent.....which makes scheduling really hard...and travel expensive. That leaves NAIA or D2. I think ETBU would be an instant contender in the NAIA......but people tend to look down on the NAIA (unfairly IMHO). Of course going D2 has its challenges too. Finding a conference. Improving/expanding facilities. Financing scholarships for all sports. Play against schools 2...3....4...maybe even 5 times their size. Tough call. I'm HOPING the SCAC will begrudgingly invite ETBU to solidify their numbers and leave the other 3 Baptist schools hanging. But they've made it pretty clear they don't want the any of the Baptist Four to join their like-minded liberal conference.
  10. Which historically means 2-3 years and gone……win or lose. ETX 5A/6A schools generally can’t seem to keep coaches from metro areas to stay in ETX long term. Doesn't really seem to matter if they go 25-5 or 5-25. They want suburban life near (but not too close to) a large city. A six figure job with little to no pressure to win (because the school is too new to have a demanding alumni base). With state of the art/new facilities in all sports. vs…. Small rural town. No big city near. Demanding alum with expectations of winning. Lower salary. With lesser and older facilities. Tough sell for the long term.
  11. I'll be getting some photo updates of the upgrades at Maverick Stadium posted soon. Weather has not cooperated much lately. 1. All the bleachers have been taken out on the home and visitors sides 2. The area under Maverick Stadium on the home side has been closed off. It will be used for storage. 3. New Concessions and rest rooms on the East Side of the home side is underway.
  12. BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS Lufkin (14-0) Mount Pleasant (11-2) Hallsville (9-5) Texas High (8-5) Tyler (7-6) Jacksonville (6-8) Nacogdoches (3-10) Whitehouse (1-12) Marshall (1-12) 1/31 Games Lufkin beat Mount Pleasant 47-41 Jacksonville beat Marshall 69-53 Texas High beat Whitehouse 56-45 Hallsville beat Nacogdoches 60-40 Tyler- BYE Lufkin clinched the district title with their win over MP. The Tigers are the likely #2 seed with their lone losses to Lufkin. Hallsville sits in third with a one game and a half lead over Texas High....who has one game lead over Tyler for the fourth and final playoff spot. Jacksonville will need to win out and some help to have any chance to get into the post season. Nac, WH, and Marshall are eliminated. ------------------------------------------- GIRLS BASKETBALL STANDINGS Tyler (15-0) Jacksonville (13-3) Mount Pleasant (10-5) Nacogdoches (9-6) Lufkin (7-8) Whitehouse (6-8) Texas High (4-10) Hallsville (3-12) Marshall (0-15) 1/31 Games Mount Pleasant beat Lufkin 53-31 Jacksonville beat Marshall 88-28 Nacogdoches beat Hallsville 56-54 Whitehouse Vs. Texas High ????? Tyler- BYE The four playoff spots were locked down Friday with Nac's win over Hallsville. Jacksonville, MP, Nac, and Lufkin have all clinched their post seasons. Tuesday is the regular season finale. ----------------------------------------- BOYS SOCCER STANDINGS Mount Pleasant 5-0-0 Jacksonville 5-0-1 Lufkin 3-1-1 Whitehouse 2-2-1 Hallsville 2-3-0 Tyler 1-3-2 Nacogdoches 1-2-2 Texas High 0-3-2 Marshall 0-5-1 GAME 6 Lufkin beat Hallsville 1-0 Whitehouse beat Tyler 2-1 Jacksonville beat Texas High 4-0 MP beat Marshall 4-0 Nacogdoches- BYE ------------------------------ GIRLS SOCCER STANDINGS Jacksonville 6-0-0 Mount Pleasant 4-1-0 Whitehouse 4-1-0 Hallsville 3-1-1 Texas High 2-2-1 Tyler 2-4-0 Lufkin 1-4-0 Nacogdoches 1-4-0 Marshall 0-6-0 GAME 6 Jacksonville beat Texas 3-0 Hallsville beat Lufkin 5-0 Mount Pleasant beat Marshall 8-0 Whitehouse beat Tyler 4-0 Nacogdoches- BYE
  13. I have no doubt Tyler can be competitive again. Going to take the administration and the fanbase being patient. In most cases….neither are true.
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