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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.

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

16-5A 2024 Standings

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

44 minutes ago, Lennie said:

Monday May 13 6:00pn

Thank You

3 hours ago, 99_Pack said:

Has a date been set for the spring game yet?

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

16-5A 2024 Standings

42 minutes ago, PurpleNation said:

15 walks? I didn't listen to the game because I knew this one would get bad but my goodness 

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.

6 hours ago, wolfpack4life said:

We all know Superintendent and Coaches tend to have close relationships. Not always, but for the most part.

Hockenberry was only the assistant Sup in Longview for about 3 years, so he doesn't really have a real connection to Longview IMO. For that reason, I don't think getting a Longview coach or Longview connected coach is a reality for Lufkin. If it was though, Berry (DC) is proven as a HC. One of the best coaches in ETX. Another option could be Jerrod Baugh, former OC under King. Current HC at 5A Ruston, LA....just won a state title last year and was in the title game the year before that. 

But like I said, I don't think Hockenberry has Longview connections like that. Seemed to be sort of a pit stop for him. However, he was Superintendent at Center for 12 years before going to Longview. 

Ralph Thomas is obviously a choice with the turnaround he's had at Yates. And he'd more than likely be bringing an excellent OC with him in Longview alum Jon Writt, who worked at Lufkin (2014) before and helped Longview hit some high milestones including the title in 2018. Want to know the artist behind the likes of Kamden Perry and Jalen Hale? Coach Writt was WRs coach for Longview from 2015-2022 and was responsible for signaling in our plays. Hated it when Writt left but was happy to see him go up the ranks.

I'd keep an eye on Center HC Ricky Meeks. He won at Alto, he's winning at Center....won a championship as an assistant under his legendary father Dickie Meeks. I bet he'd get a call. ETX guy so you'll get stability.

Hockenberry also has a connection with Barry Bowman, who won multiple state titles at Daingerfield. Think he's coaching down in Florida now.

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

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.

Lady Pack Softball is headed back to the Playoffs with the 8-0 win in Dayton. Lufkin is 6-2 in district and 18-10 on the year.

4 hours ago, PurpleNation said:

I read were details of the week 3 game would be released soon. Does anyone have any idea?

It will be a total surprise to me.