“To all the kids out there that’s not the biggest, not the strongest: just keeping pushing.” Keep believing in God and you can get where you want to be. Don’t let anyone tell you can’t do it or bring you down! https://t.co/C22ru2QZzc
@Matt_Stepp817@dctf Turns out it’s kind of boring seeing the same team play every year bringing stacked recruited teams and then losing. I’m shocked!
#UIL
Incredible way to finish off the year! I’m still in shock. Our homegrown kids from PNG play so hard and play for each other. It’s fun to coach kids like that! And another great crowd. It truly is a special community. @PNGIndians@PNGHSFootball#Scalpem#puttheballdown
Wade Phillips, PNG graduate of 1965 and NFL Super Bowl Champion, congratulating Port Neches-Groves High School for winning the Texas Division 5-II 2023 State Championship! #PNGproud
STATUS UNLOCKED: PNG ends State Title-drought against South Oak Cliff; Photo Gallery🏈🏆
PNG made history against South Oak Cliff. Coach Jeff Joseph and co. broke a nearly 5-decade long drought, winning the state title for the first time since 1975!
READ:https://t.co/ugpCZciAOv
Daylan Jackson with the floater to put png up by 1 .. Indians win 60-59 over Jacksonville in the Lufkin Tournament to improve to 8-2 on the season. Indians take on Humble @ 6:20 tonight @NDNPress @PNGIndians @PngPrimetime
Why are longtime conservative educators like me (lifelong R voter who voted for Abbott), posting and sharing this video?
Here is why:
Last Fall @GovAbbott recognized the statewide shortage of teachers, calling a special commission to address the issue. He was focused on public ed. But then, at some point he became fixated on vouchers and launched his Private school only tour where he began denouncing public ed calling us “Educrats” and indoctrinators.
His actions were then echoed by many in #txlege who began affirming their west texas donors. They started clout chasing voucher lobbyists (with photo ops, using their catchphrases) and blasting public school supporters as Anti Family and Anti-Freedom.
Then came the actual voucher bills in March.
The bills did not (and do not) actually guarantee any choice for parents. That could be remedied, but instead they created a choice only for the schools.
Further they exempted private schools from all the accountability and other compliance mandates which were being used to criticize schools.
“PubEd test scores are bad”—but voucher bills removed state testing requirements
“PubEd schools have too many admin”-but voucher bills exempted all the compliance, reporting, and mandates that require more admin etc.
Then there were the actual bill hearings where many #txlege used their time to fawn over lobbyists while blasting actual fellow conservative public school leaders
The icing was the recent public admission that the Governor is dangling any raise for teachers as a “carrot” for getting vouchers passed.
So here we are. Me, a long time R voter with Public, Private, and Charter service now finding alignment with the remaining pro public ed republicans and also leading Democrats, but largely abandoned by the state leadership.
CONGRATS to our 17-5A All-District boys basketball selections:
Ian Eberhardt
🏀Offensive Player of the Year
Torryan Hinton
🏀 1st Team All-District
Bobby Nguyen
🏀 2nd team All-District
Chase Fontenot & Chris Clark
🏀 Honorable Mention
#PNGproud#AlwaysBeFaithful
Here’s some snaps from today’s Bum Phillips Golden Triangle Coach of the Year ceremony from our @NDN_PRESS photographers: Emily Mire (‘23) & Abigail Cantillo-Fernandez (‘24). (1/3)
#PNGproud#AlwaysBeFaithful#txhsfb
Could not be more proud of the competitiveness and resilience our guys showed this year! Not the way we hoped to finish, but an incredible journey. #alwaysbefaithful
Not the way we wanted it to end, but couldn’t be more proud of this team. Thank you to everyone, but especially to our seniors. They bought in and believed from day 1. So excited for the future at PNG! #alwaysbefaithful
Congratulations to Bobby Nguyen for making the all tournament team at Nederland Bulldog Classic this past weekend. Keep up the hard work @BobbyN1123@PngPrimetime@pnghsndns