TigerAlum93

BOTH sides making WAY too much of an issue over a uniform number.

JD and handlers wearing clown suits right now. Bad look.

I remember that 2008 LLWS team from Lake Charles. They were pretty good at 12, pretty good at 18, one of them went on to be a starter in the NFL, several went on to play at a very high level in D1 baseball.

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Let's revisit your 4-3 comment after week 7.


Of course. They could be much better than last season, but who outside of Barbe people will know that?

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They will easily be a top 10 team in public 5A.


That could be so, but that is not the same as top 10 overall.

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Agree. Barbe would struggle in the private classification, as would most of the publics. Very watered down championships now with the split and mixing 4A teams into the 5A bracket.

Iowa has been the best overall program in SWLA for some time, Coach Johns has done an outstanding job there, but they will be over-matched by Barbe this year. I don't see Barbe sustaining this success after this year, I just think this is the year they will be hard to slow down on offense with their returning seniors. Few schools can boast a senior QB with 3 years varsity experience, that is huge for playoff runs. Strong running game AND passing game, pick your poison. Defense started VERY slow last year but improved as the year went on, will be good enough this year for Barbe to outscore everybody.

Its a joke Barbe is not listed in the top 25. Should be in the top 10. Dominated West Monroe at West Monroe last season, got most everybody back. We will see after they go 10-0 in the reg season and make a deep playoff run.

Neville had two D1 safety’s that set the edge and held him to negative yards rushing. His other games besides that, he was the best athlete on the field. Not sure he is an SEC RB but no doubt he can play D1 football.

Great year for both teams for sure.

I think Dutchtown did SH a huge favor beating Barbe. Barbe won all 3 matchups this year with SH, and while I think the SH roster is just as talented as Barbe's, I think SH beating Barbe is more mental for them. I think they would have had a hard time beating Barbe in a best of 3 for that reason, but that is why they play the games. SH took care of business when Barbe could not.

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i dont like it and I think you took my reply as i approve of it, i dont, but I also understand that a coach prolly doesnt want to lose his best player and would be more willing to work around it

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I did take it that way somewhat, thank you for your response/clarification.

My comments come as more of a concern for the culture/society we have created than winning any travel ball games or 7 on 7's, to me its SO much bigger than that and goes against what many successful leaders agree are the pillars to success in life. I also hate watching youth/HS sports reduced to this, as one poster said, it was once the only "pure" thing left, now even that is tainted with all of this madness.

I have even seen some of these HS baseball "phenoms" be starters on their HS football team, yet skip district HS football games to attend fall baseball showcases, some of these kids are in your area. I could not imagine that in my day, both my HC's would tell me to clean out my locker.

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no i think you misunderstood how good dutchtown and zacahry and even mandeville/hahnville where on that side of the bracket. They all have big time recruits too. you also under estimated how much of a difference there is between seniors and freshman. Barbe played 3 or 4 freshman every game in the series. that makes a big difference and its why i said to be cautious with those post you were making. not having heath hurt too

i admit I did think barbe would end up winning it all but i thought it was going to be very very tough. I thought all season dutchtown was good and thought they would be a top 4 seed before the last 2 weeks of the season


I think many posters on here too dont understand that at the big 5a schools the talent level is all really really good. And with the spread of info many programs have very good off season programs now, they watch video, they scout for tendencies etc.

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Thank you for educating me LSU777. Having never played or coached organized sports myself, and not having kids as athletic as all of these social media sensations, and yes, maybe you have forgotten more baseball than I will ever know, it looks like I was off base. Don't know this Barbe coach like you do, or who the next elementary school phenom is, I was out of line for commenting on things I know nothing about.

I'm here to eat my crow, I did not think Barbe could be beaten in a 3 game series. Maybe I was guilty of buying into their showcase and social media PG/PBR hype their top guys like to push, did not see this one coming. Well, they will have more time to work on that now. Congrats to Dutchtown on a big series win, bouncing back from a beat down in game 2 on the road, hard to do, especially at Barbe. The cringe videos, signs, etc at Barbe don't seem to carry the intimidation factor they were designed for. That 5A title is for anybody's taking now, should be interesting.