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Good luck to the Lufkin Lady Pack against Hallsville in the playoffs.

Spring practice is just that to me. It all looks the same for me from year to year. Too early to see anything substantial for an evaluation. I think they will be a really good team, then again I thought that last year too, so don't listen to me. Playing against each other is not the best way IMO to evaluate a team. Not sure what kind of offseason some have had (a few people have told me it has been a very productive offseason) or if players are going to camps this summer or not. Someone else who comes in here probably can comment more to that aspect. Everyone looks in top shape to me. That DL is impressive. QB Johnson, has the wheels and the arm to be a decent QB. Wheels are good, if you are not running into the back of your blocking, or stutter stepping or cutting back and forth too much. Plant your foot and go. Some have that vision, some don't. Consistency with throws are always key, holding the ball too long or not long enough are all areas that make a good QB. All of that was my assessment of him last year and the need for a lot of good experience. Frankly, they should have allowed Johnson to get all that experience last year by fire and trial. We would have been no worse off than the 6th place we finished. He will get that opportunity and experience this year. There are a couple others too, don't know who they are, they look very capable at QBs. You just can't tell much right now, big D-Line and decent size O-Line. I think there are only two returning starter on the OL. Hope we find a bigger Center, no knock on the kid who played last year, tough as nails they tell me, BUT @ 170 lb up against a 280 lb NT? You get the picture. Will they be better than the last couple of years? They are using the same scheme they do every year under Cook. Nothing is too different about the offense. The O have some awesome skill players, how will they be used? That's the big question with Green and his offensive system. It's about as bland as a saltine cracker. My Panther fan neighbor down the street calls him 50/50 Green. LOL My son years ago used to call him Bubble Screen Green. Not so much now. All catchy names, I've never been able to come up with any kind of a nick name, except I know he always runs it up the middle on the first play of every game. Same play! LOL The D is returning a bunch of guys from last season, many who have secured one to multiple scholarship offers to the next level. This group will be the strength of this team and have size on the DL and LB positions, their only loss there will be Isaiah Menefee and Cooper Conrad Will be hard to run on this group. Secondary is solid where they return almost everyone but Amarion Campbell and Brian Rogers. There were so many kids rotated in and out last year, so many coming back with experience. There is plenty of depth on the defensive side. The Waters brothers, one on defense and one on offense will be two Panthers to watch the next couple years. RB position looks different this year after Young's departure to Notre Dame, but I bet these two guys will play at least one playoff game before they leave as Panthers. Young never had the opportunity in his three year stint at Lufkin. Chinn and Phillips will be there, maybe you will see Hooper and Waters there occasionally too. There are 2 or 3 other RB, do not know their names who are up from the JV or Freshmen team last year. Maybe they are JV players this year, anyway the RB positions are not lacking. Kicking game is good, Hansard is back with a couple others. Kicking game will be fine as long as he is healthy. Had a buddy of mine get so excited one time after a Spring game, back in like 2014 or 2015 ?? The offense was on fire, everything went right and he came away declaring "Man, we are going to State this year!". We had a decent year I think (7-4), but we lost 31-10 to Longview in the 1st round in Tyler. He has never been back to a Spring game since. LOL Practice is Practice, even me, many years ago use to make a big deal about watching Practice. You kind of forget that it's pretty repetitious as a player too. It's all about getting the kinks worked out after 4 months of offseason work. I figure most positions are filled, some may still be vying to win a spot in Fall, other kids are trying to make an impression. Spring practice is just a chance for guys to prove they deserve to be a starter or get more playing time when the season begins. You hope no one get hurt in the process. No one will remember Spring ball game, I won't, but the sports people will surely remember how the 2024 ends! More later. If not, I'll be out at ABE on the May 13th, God willing, to see what possibilities are before us for 2024.

Lufkin drops their game at Kingwood Park tonight 2-1, still remaining with a 3 game lead over 2nd place teams. Lufkin is now 20-7 on the year and 12-2 in district. Lufkin returns home Friday for SENIOR NIGHT against Kingwood Park again. Game time 7 PM.

The 16-5A District Champs Lufkin Panthers (20-6, 12-1) head down to Kingwood Park (21-8, 8-5) tonight for a road game. The Panthers will return home on Friday to close out district play again with Kingwood Park. it will be SENIOR NIGHT at the ballpark. Listen to the game live: https://lufkingametime.mixlr.com/events/3322671

Lufkin Lady Pack (19-11,7-3) were the 2nd place finishers in 16-5A. The girls are getting ready to face Hallsville (17-11-1, 10-4), they placed 3rd in District 15-5A. The two will meet for game #1 in the Bi-District Round of the playoffs on Thursday, 4/24 at 7 PM at Bullard HS. The 2nd game is scheduled for Friday, 4/26 @ 7 PM at Tatum HS. If a 3rd game is need, that game will be played on Saturday, 4/27 @ 1 PM, again back at Bullard HS. Get your tickets here for the games at Bullard. https://my.hometownticketing.com/.../7abf3649-dc4d-4942... Tatum games are CASH ONLY at the gate. $5 -$3

Thanks for the information. It's going to interesting.

16-5A 2024 Standings District Overall W L W L T Lufkin Panthers 12 1 20 6 0 Porter Spartans 8 5 22 6 1 Kingwood Park 8 5 21 8 0 Huntsville Hornets 6 7 14 13 0 Nacogdoches 3 10 6 19 1 Dayton Broncos 2 11 10 18 0

16-5A District Champs !!!! Lufkin wins 8-0 over Dayton. Pack are now 12-1 in district and 20-6 on the year. They have a four game lead over 2nd place Porter. Next game is tomorrow at Mike Carter Field against Tyler Legacy at 12:00 noon. Next district game is Tuesday down at Kingwood Park.

Lady Pack win 11-0 over Nacogdoches tonight in Lufkin. Lady Pack move to 7-3 in district and 19-11 on the season. They remain in 2nd place by one game.

Lufkin baseball is up 5-0 in the Top of the 3rd inning in Dayton

Lufkin girls softball is up 9-0 over Nacogdoches in the Top of the 6th inning.

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Last day of school is 5/22, so the game would need to be on the Mon 13th or Tues 14th. Just a guess.

I've read where QB/ATH Reggie McNeal JR (6-0, 175) has hit the HS Transfer Portal and is moving on from Houston Heights has enrolled and will play his Senior year at South Oak Cliff in 2024. As a Junior in 2023 McNeal was All District, he passed for 1450 yards and rushed for 415 and 8 TDs. The article, written by Greg Powers in DCTF, tells about his father Reggie as the 4th leading passing QB in A&M history with 6992 yards, and was on the cover of DCTF in 2005. Says absolutely nothing about him playing at Lufkin, or winning a State Title at Lufkin in 2001. South Oak Cliff also recently had four-star 2025 DE Kamauryn Morgan (6'4, 230) transfer and enroll from Red Oak . In case you missed it back on February 7th, South Oak Cliff had 32 football players signed national letters of intent to play in college. You read that right Thirty Two players. https://www.hudl.com/profile/16314165/Reggie-McNeal-Jr

School Name *W-L *Pct. *RF *RA W-L-T Pct. RF RA Strk Huntsville 8-1 0.889 48 10 26-4-0 0.867 194 61 4 W Lufkin 6-3 0.667 55 30 18-11-0 0.621 208 113 1 L Kingwood Park 5-4 0.556 41 23 20-8-0 0.714 167 84 1 W Dayton 4-5 0.444 52 41 21-10-0 0.677 233 91 2 L Porter 4-5 0.444 49 45 14-12-0 0.538 151 133 2 W Nacogdoches 0-9 0.000 14 110 11-11-2 0.500 140 153 9 L

16-5A 2024 Standings District Overall W L W L T Lufkin Panthers 11 1 19 6 0 Kingwood Park Panthers 8 4 21 7 0 Porter Spartans 7 5 21 6 1 Huntsville Hornets 6 6 14 12 0 Dayton Broncos 2 10 10 17 0 Nacogdoches Dragons 2 10 5 19 1

It was a long game, Dayton combined pitching threw at least 170 pitches in 7 innings. Whereas, Hillis at one point in the 5th inning had only thrown 48 pitches. Lufkin hitters really make the opposing pitchers work up a high pitch count. Three timely hits by the Pack and about 4 -5 sac hits produced 9 runs.

Lufkin softball girls fall 5-1 on the road to Kingwood Park. The Lady Pack are now 6-3 in district and 18-11 on the season.

Lufkin baseball combine for 3 hits and 15 walks tonight for a 9-1 win down in Dayton. The Pack remaining in 1st place in District in 16-5A with a 11-1 record and a 3 game lead over 2nd place Kingwood Park. Lufkin is now 19-6 on the year. Next game is this Friday night, again with Dayton with a chance to secure the district title with a win.

Lufkin has taken 7-0 lead in the 4th inning, their getting back on track in district.

Panthers are down at Dayton tonight trying to get back on the winning track.

5A UIL Baseball - Top 25 (April 15) 1. Grapevine (25-2) 2. Smithson Valley (21-4) 3. Lucas Lovejoy (17-5-2) 4. Whitehouse (21-5) 5. Liberty Hill (18-5-2) 6. Cedar Park (20-5-2) 7. Leander Rouse (21-6-1) 8. Argyle (18-5-2) 9. Boerne Champion (21-6) 10. Lake Belton (22-4) 11. Lake Creek (19-7) 12. Aledo (18-8-1) 13. La Joy Palmview (22-2-1) 14. Arlington Heights (22-3) 15. Frisco (18-6) 16. Santa Fe (17-9-1) 17. A&M Consolidated (16-5-1) 18. Hallsville (17-7) 19. Lufkin (18-6) 20. Georgetown (16-9-1) 21. Fulshear (20-7) 22. Corsicana (20-5) 23. Corpus Christi Ray (18-8-1) 24. Sharyland Pioneer (20-4) T25. Barbers Hill (19-9) T25. Frisco Lone Star (17-9)

All sounds enticing. It's just been this way for 12 years now, same approach, some folks are just better at being a real good coordinator, than HC/AD. Nothing at all wrong with that, you see it occur at every level of sports. Some assistants do well in the change, while others don't and go back to their coaching strength. That's not a knock on Quick's ability as a coach at all. Your mentor dies suddenly, then the job is shoved right under your nose by Superintendent Knight. What do you do in a moment of sorrow and shock? Quick, who had never been out front before, never a HC, much less an AD is thrust in as the head guy. There is no secret we have not had good playoff success these past 12 years, these last three are unacceptable. Change is coming, whether it's this year or next. How drastic or not? Guess we'll all find that one out at the same time. Ralph is an excellent choice for this community. The others mention I'm sure would too because our Lufkin kids are not much different than those playing in Longview or Center. When the time comes, it will happen. I've stopped being too concerned about it. That's all up to folks in higher decision making positions than myself.

16-5A 2024 Standings District Overall W L W L T Lufkin Panthers 10 1 18 6 0 Kingwood Park Panthers 8 3 20 6 0 Porter Spartans 6 5 20 6 1 Huntsville Hornets 5 6 13 12 0 Dayton Broncos 1 8 9 15 0 Nacogdoches Dragons 1 8 4 17 1

Lufkin baseball drop their first district game in 16-5A tonight down in Porter, a 13-9 Final. The Pack remain in first place with a 10-1 record and 18-6 on the year. They have a two game lead over Kingwood with 4 district games to play, two with Kingwood.