Baseball: Regional QuarterFinals

[GWOOD]

Post information as you get it--corrections, changes, and then, of course, scores. We will keep this thread updated throughout the week and next weekend.


Region 1

Abilene Wylie vs. Clyde

Game 1: Abilene Wylie 7 Clyde 2
Game 2: Abilene Wylie 23 Clyde 3
(Wylie advances 2-0)


West vs. Lake Worth

Game 1: West 5 Lake Worth 4
Game 2: West 8 Lake Worth 7
(West advances 2-0)


Lubbock Cooper vs. Snyder

Game 1: Snyder 2 Lubbock Cooper 1
Game 2: Snyder 5 Lubbock Cooper 0
(Snyder advances 2-0)


Decatur vs. Iowa Park

Game 1: Decatur 13 Iowa Park 1 (5)
Game 2: Iowa Park 14 Decatur 10
Game 3: Decatur 6 Iowa Park 3
(Decatur advances 2-1)


Region 2

Crandall vs. Kennedale

Game 1: Kennedale 10 Crandall 0 (6)
Game 2: Kennedale 11 Crandall 10
(Kennedale advances 2-0)


Carthage vs. Texarkana Liberty-Eylau

Game 1: Liberty-Eylau 7 Carthage 3
Game 2: Carthage 5 Liberty-Eylau 4 (8)
Game 3: Liberty-Eylau 10 Carthage 6
(Liberty-Eylau advances 2-1)


Commerce vs. Van Alstyne

Game 1: Van Alstyne 4 Commerce 0
GAme 2: Van Alstyne 6 Commerce 1
(Van Alstyne advances 2-0)


Lindale vs. Gladewater

Game 1: Gladewater 3 Lindale 1
Game 2: Lindale 9 Gladewater 1
Game 3: Lindale 10 Gladewater 2
(Lindale advances 2-1)


Region 3

Columbus vs. Hutto

Game 1: Columbus 4 Hutto 3
Game 2: Hutto 5 Columbus 1
Game 3: Columbus 7 Hutto 4
(Columbus advances 2-1)


Bridge City vs. Barbers Hill

Game 1: Bridge City 12 Barbers Hill 8
Game 2: Barbers Hill 10 Bridge City 0 (5)
Game 3: Bridge City 8 Barbers Hill 2
(Bridge City advances 2-1)


Cameron Yoe vs. Gatesville

Cameron Yoe 10 Gatesville 2
(Cameron Yoe advances 1-0)


Huffman Hargrave vs. Lufkin Hudson

Game 1: Lukfin Hudson 4 Huffman-Hargrave 0
Game 2: Hudson 9 Huffman 8
(Lufkin Hudson advances 2-0)


Region 4

Sweeny vs. Halletsville

Game 1: Halletsville 2 Sweeny 0
Game 2: Halletsville 6 Sweeny 5
(Halletsville advances 2-0)


Pharr Valley View vs. Sinton

Game 1: Sinton 9 Pharr Valley View 4
Game 2: Sinton 7 Valley View 6
(Sinton advances 2-0)


Liberty Hill vs. West Columbia

Game 1: Liberty Hill 6 West Columbia 1
Game 2: West Columbia 4 Liberty Hill 3
Game 3: West Columbia 6 Liberty Hill 4
(West Columbia advances 2-1)


Falfurrias vs. Hidalgo

Game 1: Hidalgo 3 Falfurrias 2
Game 2: Falfurrias 9 Hidalgo 1
Game 3: Falfurrias 3 Hidalgo 0
(Falfurrias advances 2-1)

[Adidas410s]

I have heard that Wylie vs Clyde will likely be at either ACU, HSU, or McM.

[LH Panther Mom]

Thanks, GWOOD! :thumbsup:

[c-town_balla]

cameron vs Gatesville thursday at waco midway 7:00

[hawkfan65]

so who do you think is going to go to the semi's in Region 1

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by hawkfan65
so who do you think is going to go to the semi's in Region 1

Wylie over Clyde

West over Lake Worth

Snyder over Lubbock Cooper

Iowa Park over Decatur

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by GWOOD


Region 3

Columbus vs. Hutto

Game 1: Thursday @ Blinn JC in Brenham
Game 2: Friday @ Bastrop HS
Game 3: Saturday @ Blinn JC in Brenham (if necessary)

Bridge City vs. Barbers Hill

Game 1: Thursday, 7:00 P.M., @ Bridge City
Game 2: Friday, 7:00 P.M. @ Barbers Hill
Game 3: Saturday, 2:00 P.M., TBA (if necessary)

Cameron Yoe vs. Gatesville

Huffman Hargrave vs. Lufkin Hudson

Game 1: Friday, 7:00 p.m. @ New Caney High School
Game 2: Saturday, 5:00 p.m. @ New Caney High School
Game 3: 30 minutes after Game 2 (if necessary)


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Hutto over Columbus in 3
Bridge City over Barbers Hill in 2
Gatesville over Cameron in 3
Hudson over Hargrave in 2

[VWG]

Any updates on game times?

[Johnnypaycheck]

Columbia vs Liberty Hill

Friday May 19th 8:00 pm
Saturday May 20th 3:00 pm (DH if necc)

at Bryan HS, Bryan TX

[Snyder_TigerFan]

Just curious, is 4-3A the only district that has three teams still in it?

[areacode337]

Sweeny vs. Hallettsville

Game 1 Thursday May 18 in Weimar, 7:30

Game 2 Saturday May 20 in Weimar, 3:00

IF Game Saturday May 20 in Weimar, 30 minutes after Game 2

[bo612]

Iowa Park and Decatur @Graham fri. @7:30 game 1
game 2 sat. 1:30 Game 3 if need 30 mins. after

[injuredinmelee]

The Clyde coach said that the games are probably gonna be at McMurry.

[pirate4state]

Sinton vs. Pharr Valley View

Game 1: A&M Kingsville, Friday @ 7:30pm
Game 2: A&M Kingsville, Saturday @ 4:00pm (DH if nec.)

GOOD LUCK PIRATES!!

[Intensity]

GWOOD, you gonna make any predictions for this round?

[ILS1]

Region 3

Columbus vs. Hutto

Game 1: Thursday @ Blinn JC in Brenham 7 p.m
Game 2: Friday @ Bastrop HS 7:30 p.m.
Game 3: Saturday @ Blinn JC in Brenham 7 p.m. (if necessary)

[Tiger Baseball]

Lubbock Cooper vs. Snyder

Game 1: Friday 5/19 7:00 in Andrews
Game 2: Saturday 5/20 1:00 in Andrews
Game 3: If needed 30 minutes after game 2

[Cameron Crazy]

Lubbock Cooper vs Snyder is that a warm up game? I thought Cooper was either 5a or 4a?

[BHBrave08]

If necessary the third game between BH & BC will be at 2:00pm at Robert E. Lee High School (in Baytown).

[VWG]

Originally posted by Cameron Crazy
Lubbock Cooper vs Snyder is that a warm up game? I thought Cooper was either 5a or 4a?

You are thinking about Lubbock Coronado, they are 5A.
There are two schools that are very close to Lubbock that are below 4A. Lubbock Cooper (3A) and Lubbock Roosevelt (2A).

[bo612]

quote:
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Originally posted by Cameron Crazy
Lubbock Cooper vs Snyder is that a warm up game? I thought Cooper was either 5a or 4a?
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You are thinking about Lubbock Coronado, they are 5A.
There are two schools that are very close to Lubbock that are below 4A. Lubbock Cooper (3A) and Lubbock Roosevelt (2A).


you forgot Lubbock Estacado which is 5A

[bo612]

my bad they are only 4A Estacado

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by Intensity
GWOOD, you gonna make any predictions for this round?

Wylie
West
Snyder
Iowa Park:thinking:Tough one!

Crandall
Carthage
Van Alstyne
Lindale

Columbus
Bridge City
Cameron Yoe
Lufkin Hudson

Halletsville
Valley Viewhttp://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/waffen/violent-smiley-100.gif (I'm going to get hammered for this pick!)
West Columbia
Falfurrias

[VWG]

Originally posted by GWOOD
Wylie
West
Snyder
Iowa Park:thinking:Tough one!

Crandall
Carthage
Van Alstyne
Lindale

Columbus
Bridge City
Cameron Yoe
Lufkin Hudson

Halletsville
Valley Viewhttp://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/waffen/violent-smiley-100.gif (I'm going to get hammered for this pick!)
West Columbia
Falfurrias

I have said it before... but I really like Decatur to represent Region I. They have a good pitching staff, playoff experience, and a 4 year starter in Staley. I think that this is their year to make it to state. Iowa Park is a good test, but I don't think Iowa Park can hit as good as Decatur does, and Decatur is deeper on the bump than the Hawks.
Another good series out in Region I is Lubbock Cooper and Snyder. Everybody has forgot about Cooper and their run to state tournament last year. Cooper has had its ups and downs this season but are putting it back together at the right time.... playoff time. Should be a very good series in Andrews.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by GWOOD


Valley Viewhttp://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/waffen/violent-smiley-100.gif (I'm going to get hammered for this pick!)


Now what on earth would make you think that??? :confused: Jeez....you are entitled to your opinion, however misguided ;) :D :D

GOOD LUCK SINTON PIRATES!!!

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by GWOOD
http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/waffen/violent-smiley-100.gif (I'm going to get hammered for this pick!)
West Columbia
Or this one. :p :D

[nexfan]

I'll do region 3 and 4, dont know enough about the other two regions.

Reg. 3

Hutto - Never mess with a Hippo
Bridge City - Ranked high all year
Gatesville - Beat the downlow friendly Bellville Brahmas
Huffman - Columbia beat 'em by 1 earlier...good baseball team!

Reg. 4

Sweeny - If Williams has 2 decent starts!
Sinton - Just want to see a Sweeny vs. Sinton matchup!
Columbia - Just to make a believer out of LH Panther Mom and Minks' 14 K's last outing!
Falfurrias - Never been as ready for a rematch before. Fal vs. Columbia in the regional semis...cant wait!

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by nexfan
I'll do region 3 and 4, dont know enough about the other two regions.

Reg. 4

Columbia - Just to make a believer out of LH Panther Mom and Minks' 14 K's last outing!
I have no doubts in his abilities. ;)

[iphawk]

Hey VWG you should know that Decatur only had 3 hits in their first game of their series against Sanger...yea thats real good offense... And we have 2 kids that have been 4 year starters (Beals and Fulfer) and you don't know about playoff experience cuz we BEAT them last year and went two rounds deeper in the playoffs. So pretty much you don't know what the hell your talkin about!

[ILS1]

Region 3

Hutto over Columbus in 3

Bridge City over Barbers Hill in 2

Cameron Yoe over Gatesville

Lufkin Hudson over Huffman Hargrave in 3

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by iphawk
Hey VWG you should know that Decatur only had 3 hits in their first game of their series against Sanger...yea thats real good offense... And we have 2 kids that have been 4 year starters (Beals and Fulfer) and you don't know about playoff experience cuz we BEAT them last year and went two rounds deeper in the playoffs. So pretty much you don't know what the hell your talkin about!

Easy there iphawk! I don't think he was slamming Iowa Park. He is just stating his opinion and probably being a homer like most of us are on here. We all know the strengths of our team and are hoping those strengths carry us to the next round.

Wished I could be there this weekend. Got too much going on. Decatur/Iowa Park may be the best matchup of the weekend. Both teams have great records with some quality wins. Seen Iowa Park play 4 games this year in our tournament but have never seen Decatur play.

[VWG]

First off, I don't live in Wise County, didn't attend school there and have no allegiance to Decatur.
I go by their overall season record, and their ability to pitch and hit the ball.
Iowa Park has a good team, but after Gibson, Fulfer, Rusk, and maybe Smoak..... the sticks go hot and cold.
In my opinion...... the Eagles have better depth on the bump and also better sticks 1-9 than the Hawks do.
Crow will be served after this series. If it's on my plate so be it.........
I love the cocky high school attitude. Way to represent a great school with a great baseball reputation.

[Tiger Baseball]

I believe VWG is from Wichita County and is doing a little motivating before the series:thinking:

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by VWG
First off, I don't live in Wise County, didn't attend school there and have no allegiance to Decatur.


Well, then, my bad for referring to you as a homer. You talk about Decatur a lot so I just assumed you were from there.

[bo612]

hey gwood i am sry that you can not make it to the games between the eagles and the hawks because it is going to be a good match and I think that the winner will go to State

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by bo612
hey gwood i am sry that you can not make it to the games between the eagles and the hawks because it is going to be a good match and I think that the winner will go to State

Yea, I was making plans to go on Monday. My brother and his family lives in Breckenridge and I needed to go spend some time with them. I was thinking I could do that and make the whole series in Graham but....I have to be in Lubbock on Friday and there is a wedding on Saturday I should attend.:rolleyes: Not only would the series between Iowa Park/Decatur be great, I would enjoy meeting all of you guys as well.

[iphawk]

once again vwg...u don't know anything about IP's hitting because u forget to mention Beals...i think i have already told u this once but Beals is batting like right at .400 and smoak may be batting .250. You can't say that Decatur's hitting is better when you don't even know about IP's hitting. All i know is that IP didn't get 3 hit in their last playoff series!

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by iphawk
once again vwg...u don't know anything about IP's hitting because u forget to mention Beals...i think i have already told u this once but Beals is batting like right at .400 and smoak may be batting .250. You can't say that Decatur's hitting is better when you don't even know about IP's hitting. All i know is that IP didn't get 3 hit in their last playoff series!

CHILL OUT KID! dang man... you have your opinion and its not the only one on earth...

[neck_06]

lets just all settle down, i can see that tensions are high, but i garuntee that if we all just be nice and talk things out, it will be ok. ;)

[iphawk]

CHILL OUT KID! dang man... you have your opinion and its not the only one on earth...

Those aren't my opinions...they are facts...and i am chilled out... i am just letting vwg know that he doesn't know about the hawks.

[Cameron Crazy]

OKKKKK GO IP GO IP!:clap:

[bo612]

I have to agree with iphawk on this that vwg does not know anything about the hawks

[BaseballAlum]

VWG...Its rather clear that you are unaware of the Hawks...If i'm not mistaking the Hawks are returning their whole infield from last year...have 5 of the 6 top hiitters back...and beat the Eagles in the same round last year...and how can they have more play-off experiance if they lose 6 starters and the Hawks lose 3...oh and by the way, you said their pitching staff is deaper than the Hawks...that shouldn't matter because 2 of the pitchers IP has beat Decatur last year? figure that one out?

[GWOOD]

Van Alstyne 4 Commerce 0

Only game last night in 3a. Nine games tonight!

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by BaseballAlum
VWG...Its rather clear that you are unaware of the Hawks...If i'm not mistaking the Hawks are returning their whole infield from last year...have 5 of the 6 top hiitters back...and beat the Eagles in the same round last year...and how can they have more play-off experiance if they lose 6 starters and the Hawks lose 3...oh and by the way, you said their pitching staff is deaper than the Hawks...that shouldn't matter because 2 of the pitchers IP has beat Decatur last year? figure that one out?

uh oh...he's questioning VWG!!!

[VWG]

Interesting... I am getting hammered for not picking Iowa Park.
Never said they were a terrible team... very far from it. I think Iowa Park is a good team. I don't think, which is my opinion, that they are as good as last years Region I finalist team.
My bad, I forgot about Beals.... but again, in my opinion I think Decatur is better at the dish 1-9. I never said the Eagles have more playoff experience. I said Decatur HAS playoff experience, and I think that this is their year to get over the hump of the second round.

[Tiger Baseball]

Game 1
Wylie 7
Clyde 2

[FormerBellvilleBrahma]

Game 1 Final

Columbus 4
Hutto 3

[txkmom]

Liberty Eylau 7
Carthage 3
at Carthage

Game 2 tonight at Liberty Eylau

[Adidas410s]

I'm still amazed at all these IP guys with 5 posts "coming out of the wood shed" to enlighten us with all their thoughts about how wonderful Iowa Park is. Seriously...GM...we need you to step in and clean up this HS kid mess! :rolleyes:

[BaseballAlum]

High School mess? I'm sorry addidas but these are high school facts...you guys want to sit here and argue about statistics and player abilities when the High School kids are the ones that are actually participating. If anyone knows about high school baseball, it should be the kids. So don't gripe about them posting on here because facts are facts and all of us old timers are just gossip.

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by BaseballAlum
High School mess? I'm sorry addidas but these are high school facts...you guys want to sit here and argue about statistics and player abilities when the High School kids are the ones that are actually participating. If anyone knows about high school baseball, it should be the kids. So don't gripe about them posting on here because facts are facts and all of us old timers are just gossip.

What I can't hear you...
http://www.trojanfb.com/imagedb/albums/userpics/Will_Ferrell1.jpg

[BaseballAlum]

Yeah its funny you call them kids...when putting a post on here like that is one of the most childish things i've seen on here

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by BaseballAlum
Yeah its funny you call them kids...when putting a post on here like that is one of the most childish things i've seen on here

http://www.forumspile.com/Newbie-KeepTalking.jpg

[GWOOD]

A couple of region 2 scores:

Lindale 10 Gladewater 2. Lindale wins the series 2-1.

Liberty-Eylau 10 Carthage 6. Liberty-Eylau wins the series 2-1 and dethrones the defending champions.

[VWG]

Originally posted by iphawk
Hey VWG you should know that Decatur only had 3 hits in their first game of their series against Sanger...yea thats real good offense... And we have 2 kids that have been 4 year starters (Beals and Fulfer) and you don't know about playoff experience cuz we BEAT them last year and went two rounds deeper in the playoffs. So pretty much you don't know what the hell your talkin about!


Take it like a man, y'all got beat by that "real good offense".

Decatur had 13 runs first game, 10 runs second game, and 6 in the final game.
Iowa Park had 1 run first game, 14 runs second game, and 3 in the last game.
Total Runs Scored- Decatur 29 Iowa Park 18

[LH Panther Mom]

LH vs WC

Game 2: 4-3, WC
Game 3: 6-4, WC

Congrats, WC on the wins. Great season, Panthers! :clap:

[GWOOD]

West 8 Lake Worth 7. West moves on to play Wylie.

[GWOOD]

All regional quarterfinal series completed.

Down to 16!

[bo612]

Originally posted by VWG
Take it like a man, y'all got beat by that "real good offense".

Decatur had 13 runs first game, 10 runs second game, and 6 in the final game.
Iowa Park had 1 run first game, 14 runs second game, and 3 in the last game.
Total Runs Scored- Decatur 29 Iowa Park 18

hey it was are report that we got on them that said that they can not hit so

[lostaussie]

Originally posted by bo612
hey it was are report that we got on them that said that they can not hit so can somebody sipher that for me please:thinking:

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by lostaussie
can somebody sipher that for me please:thinking:
:D Certainly!


Originally posted by bo612
hey it was are report that we got on them that said that they can not hit so
IP heard Decatur couldn't hit, so that's the reason they called VWG clueless. :doh:

[lostaussie]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom

IP heard Decatur couldn't hit, so that's the reason they called VWG clueless. :doh: i knew there was an answer in there somewhere:D

[big daddy russ]

Great thread. Can't believe I didn't poke my head in here earlier. Newbies talking trash to the "old guard," VWG getting riled up (that's a first, isn't it?) and just general shenanigans. I love it.

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
Great thread. Can't believe I didn't poke my head in here earlier. Newbies talking trash to the "old guard," VWG getting riled up (that's a first, isn't it?) and just general shenanigans. I love it.

If you have enjoyed this, have you caught some of the heat going on in the Hutto/Columbus thread? A little back and forth banter going on there as well.

[GreenMonster]

Originally posted by Adidas410s
I'm still amazed at all these IP guys with 5 posts "coming out of the wood shed" to enlighten us with all their thoughts about how wonderful Iowa Park is. Seriously...GM...we need you to step in and clean up this HS kid mess! :rolleyes:

Sorry guys, I didn't bother to read this thread until just now. I knew IP & Decatur would be a war that is why I kept quiet about it all week. GWOOD said Decatur was probably the best Region I team and I have no reason to ever doubt GWOOD.

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by GreenMonster
Sorry guys, I didn't bother to read this thread until just now. I knew IP & Decatur would be a war that is why I kept quiet about it all week. GWOOD said Decatur was probably the best Region I team and I have no reason to ever doubt GWOOD.

LOL. You're funny. However, do you know I have been pulling for Iowa Park all along? Saw them play 4 of their 5 games in our tournament and got to talk to Coach Fuhrman (sp?) and the assistant coach. Both were class acts. Fulfer was a fun kid to watch play--what a hustler. And being a Tech fan, I got to see Duggans (sp?) get into a couple of games--the big giant. Anyway, I became an Iowa Park fan that weekend.

[GreenMonster]

Originally posted by GWOOD
LOL. You're funny. However, do you know I have been pulling for Iowa Park all along? Saw them play 4 of their 5 games in our tournament and got to talk to Coach Fuhrman (sp?) and the assistant coach. Both were class acts. Fulfer was a fun kid to watch play--what a hustler. And being a Tech fan, I got to see Duggans (sp?) get into a couple of games--the big giant. Anyway, I became an Iowa Park fan that weekend.


Glad to hear it GWOOD. Fuhrman is a class act. One of the real good guys of HS athletics, period. Which assistant did you talk with, the tall one or the short, young one? The short young one is the oldest Swenson boy and the heir apparent to the head baseball job in IP as this is/was Fuhrman's probable final season. He's 3 or 4 years younger than me and was a great ballplayer in his own right. I had the pleasure of coaching him in summer league the summer after he graduated HS and we actually graduated college the same day. I'm proud to call him one of my friends. I've really thought hard about going back to school to get my teaching certificate and throwing my hat in the ring for one of the baseball assistant positions that will be coming open. Still undecided on that one.

[Tiger Baseball]

GWOOD tell me why Decatur is the best region 1 team

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by Tiger Baseball
GWOOD tell me why Decatur is the best region 1 team

Actually, GreenMonster was referring to something I did a month ago. He or someone asked who would I put in for a Region 1 Top 10 poll. I made one and put Decatur as the #1 team. Here's why:

1)At the time, they were 16-3 or 17-3. They had the best record in Region 1 except for Breckenridge but they had played a much tougher schedule than Breckenridge.

2)They had won two of the three tournaments they entered.

3)At the time their three losses all came in the Gulf Coast Invitational Tournament, full of 4A and 5A schools. Decatur was the only 3A team in the tournament. They went 1-3 there. So their only losses were to 4A and 5A schools.

4)Their win list included some 4A schools like Denison, Wichita Falls, Joshua, several 3A schools who were locks to make the playoffs--Crandall, Groesbeck, Sanger, West--and Denton Liberty Christian, a very good private school baseball team.

5)They scored a lot of runs in their games. At the time, they had only 3 games where they had scored less than 5 runs. This was seen as well in the Iowa Park series where they scored 29 runs in the 3 games.

6)Their run production comes from a lot of people. Like Iowa Park and Snyder, they hit well 1-9.

7)They dominated their district. 10-0 with only two close games--8-7 over Lake Worth and 4-1 over Bridgeport.

I have never seen Decatur play one game this year so my opinion just comes from "paper stats." There are other things to consider that I could not comment on-like pitching, defense, senior leadership, coaching, etc.

[GWOOD]

Originally posted by GreenMonster
Glad to hear it GWOOD. Fuhrman is a class act. One of the real good guys of HS athletics, period. Which assistant did you talk with, the tall one or the short, young one? The short young one is the oldest Swenson boy and the heir apparent to the head baseball job in IP as this is/was Fuhrman's probable final season. He's 3 or 4 years younger than me and was a great ballplayer in his own right. I had the pleasure of coaching him in summer league the summer after he graduated HS and we actually graduated college the same day. I'm proud to call him one of my friends. I've really thought hard about going back to school to get my teaching certificate and throwing my hat in the ring for one of the baseball assistant positions that will be coming open. Still undecided on that one.

I'm pretty sure he was the shorter young one. I only remember one guy being with Fuhrman at the tournament.

Good luck on your decision about the teaching certificate.

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by GWOOD
Actually, GreenMonster was referring to something I did a month ago. He or someone asked who would I put in for a Region 1 Top 10 poll. I made one and put Decatur as the #1 team. Here's why:

1)At the time, they were 16-3 or 17-3. They had the best record in Region 1 except for Breckenridge but they had played a much tougher schedule than Breckenridge.

2)They had won two of the three tournaments they entered.

3)At the time their three losses all came in the Gulf Coast Invitational Tournament, full of 4A and 5A schools. Decatur was the only 3A team in the tournament. They went 1-3 there. So their only losses were to 4A and 5A schools.

4)Their win list included some 4A schools like Denison, Wichita Falls, Joshua, several 3A schools who were locks to make the playoffs--Crandall, Groesbeck, Sanger, West--and Denton Liberty Christian, a very good private school baseball team.

5)They scored a lot of runs in their games. At the time, they had only 3 games where they had scored less than 5 runs. This was seen as well in the Iowa Park series where they scored 29 runs in the 3 games.

6)Their run production comes from a lot of people. Like Iowa Park and Snyder, they hit well 1-9.

7)They dominated their district. 10-0 with only two close games--8-7 over Lake Worth and 4-1 over Bridgeport.

I have never seen Decatur play one game this year so my opinion just comes from "paper stats." There are other things to consider that I could not comment on-like pitching, defense, senior leadership, coaching, etc.

I didn't ask the question---but thanks again for the excellent reply and analysis, GWood. Decatur is in our district, and I was not aware of a lot of the things about their team that you pointed out. I always appreciate a poster who makes a knowlegeable reply supported by unbiased facts on any team, in any sport, and I look forward to any additional insights you may be willing to offer on the teams remaining in the baseball playoffs. Thanks again for your continuing fine efforts in baseball reporting. :clap:

[GreenMonster]

That is why I have no reason to doubt GWOOD, he is the most informed baseball poster Region I has here on the Downlow. He may be the most informed baseball poster period but I have to give Old Card his props too because that guy is an encyclopedia as well. If you want to know about 3A baseball talk to GWOOD or Old Card. Those guys are tops in my book.