West Texas - When will we see them come back to dominance? 2015 Districts 2/3 6A

[Eagledad]

Central LB Donavyn Jackson's 101 yard INT return made Hudl's top 5 plays-

http://www.hudl.com/team/18387/highlights/105646824#

AWESOME RETURN AFTER THE INT!!! KID MADE SOME GREAT MOVES! CONGRATS

[Eagledad]

http://www.gosanangelo.com/sports/hi...elrio_06254641

Defensive scores help lift 'Cats to shutout win

By Quinton Martinez

DEL RIO — Somewhere along the way to a low-scoring defensive slugfest to open the season, Central rewrote the script.

The Bobcats turned a ho-hum 14-0 halftime lead into a 42-0 walloping Friday at Walter Levermann Ram Stadium to christen the 2015 campaign with a win.

Central was sparked by an interception by Brock Martin to halt Del Rio’s first offensive possession of the second half, and from that point the Bobcat defense took control.

Brennen Wooten hit Cal Vincent in stride for a 31-yard touchdown with 6:58 to play, and the Central defense forced three consecutive three-and-outs by the Del Rio offense.

Wooten hit Tommy Aych from the 3 to extend Central’s lead to 28-0, and the Bobcat offense never scored again.

But it didn’t need to.

Martin grabbed a Del Rio punt with 1:31 left in the third, initially veered right and then darted left, selecting his blocks before turning on the afterburners.

He dove for the pylon, scoring on the return from 42 yards out.

“We just do what we are coached to do and things like that happen,” Martin said. “When we all put in the effort we’re good.
“I wanted to go right, and thank goodness Will Vincent said left. I followed him and he led me home.”

Del Rio fought back, despite facing a 35-0 deficit, marching all the way to the Central 1 in 12 plays.

On the 13th play, the Bobcats stamped the exclamation point on the shutout win.

Facing fourth and goal from the 6 after a false start penalty, Del Rio quarterback Steven Salinas dropped back and thought he had his tight end breaking open in the end zone. Instead, Donavyn Jackson stepped in front of the pass and picked it at the goal line.

After weaving his way through the Rams’ offensive line, he picked up one key block at the 35 and saw daylight, marching 100 yards for the longest interception return in school history.

“We came together as a defense tonight,” Jackson said. “I saw the tight end come up and I figured no one was going to cover him. I just took it and got an interception and happened to take it back. It felt good.”

It punctuated a stellar night for the Central defense, notching a shutout over Del Rio for the second straight year.

The Rams were all but shut down on the ground — amassing just 41 yards on 31 carries — and had more incomplete passes than those that found the mark (23 of 48 for 252 with two interceptions).

“That was a huge play by Donavyn and took off for 100 yards,” Central head coach Brent Davis said. “It is hard to get shutouts against today’s offenses. To start off with one again this year … I think we played a lot better tonight than we did last year.”
The Central offense was not a well-oiled machine on offense, but the way the defense was playing, the unit didn’t have to be perfect.

“It is just going to take us a little bit at game-speed timing,” Davis said. “We are all brand new out here. We have to get better each game. The timing will come. You started to see it improve there a little bit in the second quarter and in the second half.”

Both Central and Del Rio did a good job of wearing out the midfield logo, consistently marching between the 30s, but neither offense clicked long enough to put together an early drive, leaving the game scoreless after one.

Then Daven Manning ignited the offense.

Manning picked up 33 yards on consecutive runs on Central’s first drive of the second quarter.

When the Rams keyed on Manning in the backfield, Wooten hurt them in the air, connecting with Donovan Moore for a 23-yard TD.

Central’s other first-half score came on fourth down when Wooten led 6-foot-6 Adam West perfectly on a 36 yard TD strike.

In his first outing as a Central Bobcat, Wooten connected on 24 of 40 passes for four touchdowns and no interceptions, totaling 316 yards.

Manning eclipsed the century mark by halftime in his first game at Central and finished with 115 yards rushing on nine carries.

Four receivers had at least 46 yards receiving (Cal Vincent, Dedrick Howard, Aaron Wooten and West), with Cal Vincent (8-93) and Howard (6-89) nearing the century mark.

Davis was pleased with both Manning and Khalil Antoine in the backfield and said the key is to continue to improve off of the season-opening win.

“Both of our running backs are going to make us a lot better,” Davis said. “We have to continue to get better from here. If the defense will play like this and we get better on offense, we are going to be pretty tough.”

Central 42
Del Rio 0

Central 0 14 21 7 — 42
Del Rio 0 0 0 0 — 0

Second Quarter
Central — Donovan Moore 18 pass from Brennen Wooten (Marc Cabrera kick), 8:31 remaining
Central — Adam West 36 pass from Wooten (Cabrera kick), 2:57
Third Quarter
Central — Cal Vincent 31 pass from Wooten (Cabrera kick), 6:58
Central — Tommy Aych 3 pass from Wooten (Cabrera kick), 2:53
Central — Brock Martin 42 punt return (Cabrera kick), 1:31
Fourth Quarter
Central — Donavyn Jackson 100 interception return (Cabrera kick), 8:43

Central Del Rio
First downs 24 15
Rushing Yards 22-179 31-41
Passing Yards 320 252 Comp-Att-Int 26-42-0 23-48-2
Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0
Punts-avg. 4-33 8-33.6
Penalties-yards 9-60 4-24

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Central – Daven Manning 9-115, Khalil Antoine 7-31, Henry Teeter 3-26, Brennen Wooten 3-7; Del Rio – Albert Vasquez 19-28, Jamin Medina 3-9, Azell Dimery 1-7, Walt Ashley 1-1, Greg Torres 1-1, Steven Salinas 6-(-5).

PASSING: Central – B. Wooten 24-40-0 for 316, Teeter 2-2-0 for 4; Del Rio – Salinas 22-45-2 for 244; Torres 1-3-0 for 8.

LIKE THE NEW MIDLAND UNI'S!

[Eagle82]

Congrats to all the 3-6A teams this week.

Central rolled, impressive numbers against a better than average Del Rio team. Defense was very impressive as well. 101 yard INT return? Insane!
Mojo, 70, nice. It's McAllen, but Mojo wasn't able to put that many up against them last year so yeah, Mojo has improved.
Abilene, well our young boys did as we expected against what we're constantly being reminded of a young Colleyville H. team.

[Shady12]

Central LB Donavyn Jackson's 101 yard INT return made Hudl's top 5 plays-

http://www.hudl.com/team/18387/highlights/105646824#

[mojotrain]

Wow. I don't know where to start.

Where I am doesn't make my opinion any less valid. I'm not going yo engage in your juvenile banter other than to say it makes it obvious you have no substantive reply. Therefore you resort to mudslinging.

And yes I'm so sure Shady 12 agrees with you that the Bobcats are simply also rans to the Abilene Eagles. Scoreboard means nothing.

nm

[Shady12]

http://www.gosanangelo.com/sports/hi...elrio_06254641

Defensive scores help lift 'Cats to shutout win

By Quinton Martinez

DEL RIO — Somewhere along the way to a low-scoring defensive slugfest to open the season, Central rewrote the script.

The Bobcats turned a ho-hum 14-0 halftime lead into a 42-0 walloping Friday at Walter Levermann Ram Stadium to christen the 2015 campaign with a win.

Central was sparked by an interception by Brock Martin to halt Del Rio’s first offensive possession of the second half, and from that point the Bobcat defense took control.

Brennen Wooten hit Cal Vincent in stride for a 31-yard touchdown with 6:58 to play, and the Central defense forced three consecutive three-and-outs by the Del Rio offense.

Wooten hit Tommy Aych from the 3 to extend Central’s lead to 28-0, and the Bobcat offense never scored again.

But it didn’t need to.

Martin grabbed a Del Rio punt with 1:31 left in the third, initially veered right and then darted left, selecting his blocks before turning on the afterburners.

He dove for the pylon, scoring on the return from 42 yards out.

“We just do what we are coached to do and things like that happen,” Martin said. “When we all put in the effort we’re good.
“I wanted to go right, and thank goodness Will Vincent said left. I followed him and he led me home.”

Del Rio fought back, despite facing a 35-0 deficit, marching all the way to the Central 1 in 12 plays.

On the 13th play, the Bobcats stamped the exclamation point on the shutout win.

Facing fourth and goal from the 6 after a false start penalty, Del Rio quarterback Steven Salinas dropped back and thought he had his tight end breaking open in the end zone. Instead, Donavyn Jackson stepped in front of the pass and picked it at the goal line.

After weaving his way through the Rams’ offensive line, he picked up one key block at the 35 and saw daylight, marching 100 yards for the longest interception return in school history.

“We came together as a defense tonight,” Jackson said. “I saw the tight end come up and I figured no one was going to cover him. I just took it and got an interception and happened to take it back. It felt good.”

It punctuated a stellar night for the Central defense, notching a shutout over Del Rio for the second straight year.

The Rams were all but shut down on the ground — amassing just 41 yards on 31 carries — and had more incomplete passes than those that found the mark (23 of 48 for 252 with two interceptions).

“That was a huge play by Donavyn and took off for 100 yards,” Central head coach Brent Davis said. “It is hard to get shutouts against today’s offenses. To start off with one again this year … I think we played a lot better tonight than we did last year.”
The Central offense was not a well-oiled machine on offense, but the way the defense was playing, the unit didn’t have to be perfect.

“It is just going to take us a little bit at game-speed timing,” Davis said. “We are all brand new out here. We have to get better each game. The timing will come. You started to see it improve there a little bit in the second quarter and in the second half.”

Both Central and Del Rio did a good job of wearing out the midfield logo, consistently marching between the 30s, but neither offense clicked long enough to put together an early drive, leaving the game scoreless after one.

Then Daven Manning ignited the offense.

Manning picked up 33 yards on consecutive runs on Central’s first drive of the second quarter.

When the Rams keyed on Manning in the backfield, Wooten hurt them in the air, connecting with Donovan Moore for a 23-yard TD.

Central’s other first-half score came on fourth down when Wooten led 6-foot-6 Adam West perfectly on a 36 yard TD strike.

In his first outing as a Central Bobcat, Wooten connected on 24 of 40 passes for four touchdowns and no interceptions, totaling 316 yards.

Manning eclipsed the century mark by halftime in his first game at Central and finished with 115 yards rushing on nine carries.

Four receivers had at least 46 yards receiving (Cal Vincent, Dedrick Howard, Aaron Wooten and West), with Cal Vincent (8-93) and Howard (6-89) nearing the century mark.

Davis was pleased with both Manning and Khalil Antoine in the backfield and said the key is to continue to improve off of the season-opening win.

“Both of our running backs are going to make us a lot better,” Davis said. “We have to continue to get better from here. If the defense will play like this and we get better on offense, we are going to be pretty tough.”

Central 42
Del Rio 0

Central 0 14 21 7 — 42
Del Rio 0 0 0 0 — 0

Second Quarter
Central — Donovan Moore 18 pass from Brennen Wooten (Marc Cabrera kick), 8:31 remaining
Central — Adam West 36 pass from Wooten (Cabrera kick), 2:57
Third Quarter
Central — Cal Vincent 31 pass from Wooten (Cabrera kick), 6:58
Central — Tommy Aych 3 pass from Wooten (Cabrera kick), 2:53
Central — Brock Martin 42 punt return (Cabrera kick), 1:31
Fourth Quarter
Central — Donavyn Jackson 100 interception return (Cabrera kick), 8:43

Central Del Rio
First downs 24 15
Rushing Yards 22-179 31-41
Passing Yards 320 252 Comp-Att-Int 26-42-0 23-48-2
Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0
Punts-avg. 4-33 8-33.6
Penalties-yards 9-60 4-24

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Central – Daven Manning 9-115, Khalil Antoine 7-31, Henry Teeter 3-26, Brennen Wooten 3-7; Del Rio – Albert Vasquez 19-28, Jamin Medina 3-9, Azell Dimery 1-7, Walt Ashley 1-1, Greg Torres 1-1, Steven Salinas 6-(-5).

PASSING: Central – B. Wooten 24-40-0 for 316, Teeter 2-2-0 for 4; Del Rio – Salinas 22-45-2 for 244; Torres 1-3-0 for 8.

[mike03car]

Cox, AHS Eagles pass first test against Heritage

Sam Waller 12:14 AM, Aug 29, 2015
local high school football | abilene high | sports | gofridaynight

http://www.reporternews.com/sports/gofridaynight/cox-ahs-eagles-pass-first-test-against-heritage_60731981

GRAPEVINE — All in all, things went about as well as the Abilene High Eagles could have hoped Friday in their season opener against Colleyville Heritage.
With a new head coach, a new quarterback, an almost entirely new cast of receivers and a running back with a surgically repaired knee, the Eagles had plenty of questions to answer.
Among the answers from the Eagles' 35-25 victory at Mustang-Panther Stadium:
n Coach Del Van Cox and staff came up with a game plan that helped AHS jump out to a big early lead, then provided the motivation to regain control after Heritage rallied to tie;
n Quarterback Peyton Killam completed 77.8 percent of his passes (14 of 18) for 142 yards and a touchdown;
n Wide receivers Qua'Shawn Washington (7-82, 1 TD) and Raekwon Millsap (4-30) gave Killam reliable targets, and;
n Running back Abram Smith, rebuilt knee and all, picked up pretty much where he left off with 177 yards and three touchdowns.
"When you go into somebody's back yard, you've got to overcome a lot of things," Cox said. "Our kids did great today. They jumped and got on top, then kind of relaxed and let them back in it.
"(Heritage) fought hard. They played great in the middle quarters and it was a fight to the end, but our defense played great. Our coaches had a great defensive plan. And in the end, our offense kicked in and did a great job."
Washington, who provided the final exclamation point with an interception that allowed AHS to run out the clock in the fourth quarter, said the Eagles wanted to prove there has been no dropoff in a program that has reached the playoffs 14 times in 15 years.
"We knew we had to come out strong," he said. "We ended up finishing the game. We got up early and they came back on us. We had to close the door."
Abilene High jumped out to a 21-0 lead just 14 minutes into the contest as Smith sandwiched touchdown runs of 6 and 48 yards around Washington's 27-yard scoring reception from Killam. The Eagles opened the game with a pair of 10-play drives, then needed just two plays to get Smith's second TD.
"I was a little hesitant, but I came out with the boys and the boys put their confidence in me, their belief in me," said Smith, who carried 23 times in his first outing since being injured against Odessa Permian last season. "I just had to show that they didn't put it in the wrong person.
"(The strong start) gets everybody going. It gets the defense going. If we get that going, the offense can't be stopped. It's just about execution."
Herritage, playing its first game under new coach Joe Willis, struggled Early on. The Panthers had just 11 total yards and one first down on their first three possessions before the offense started clicking behind quarterback Cam Roane and wide receiver Ke'Von Ahmad.
Roane, who finished 11 of 22 passing for 255 yards and two TDs, connected with Ahmad for a 52-yard score with 3:57 left in the half and Heritage pulled even in the third quarter. Ahmad, who had three receptions for 126 yards and rushed for 18 yards, had a 4-yard TD run and pulled in a 26-yard TD reception to knot the score at 21.
The Abilene High defense, while victimized by big plays in the passing game, came up with the plays it needed to make when it counted. Coy McMillon recovered a fumble late in the first half after Heritage drove to the Eagle 3-yard line.
Washington gave one reason for the Eagles' ability to stop the bleeding.
"A good speech by Coach Cox," he said. "It's his first year, but he has some good leadership skills. He gave us a pump-up speech and we all knew what we had to do."
After Ahmad's third score, AHS regained the lead on a 16-yard run by Immanuel Brown, who had 63 yards on 15 carries, with 9:35 left in the game. The Eagle defense came through with a Noah Gonzalez fumble recovery, a fourth-down stop and Washington's pick on the Panthers' final three possessions.
Gonzalez's takeaway resulted in Smith Scoring from a yard out with 4:54 to go, then AHS stopped Heritage on downs at the Eagle 28 as the secondary stepped up with four pass breakups.
"Our coaches prepared us for that moment exactly," safety Ray Velasquez said. "We knew exactly what we were doing and came out there and executed it perfectly."
Cox said while it was a successful start, there's still plenty of work to be done over the next nine games.
"We've got a lot of things to work on, no doubt about that," he said. "We've got to get better. This team, if they fix the little things, they can do some things later on. But we've got to get better. If we continue to get better, we'll be all right."
NONDISTRICT
ABILLENE HIGH 335, COLLEYVILLE HERITAGE 21
Abilene High 7 14 0 14 — 35
Heritage 0 7 14 0 — 0
FIRST QUARTER
AHS — Abram Smith 6 run (Oscar Hernandez kick), 7:21
SECOND QUARTER
AHS — Qua'Shawn Washington 27 pass from Peyton Killam (Hernandez kick), 11:53
AHS — Smith 48 run (Hernandez kick), 10:00
HER — Ke'Von Ahmad 52 pass from Cam Roane (Max Allan kick), 3:57
THIRD QUARTER
HER — Ahmad 4 run (Allan kick), 10:36
HER — Ahmad 26 pass from Roane (Allan
kick), 3:38
FOURTH QUARTER
AHS — Immanuel Brown 16 run (Hernandez kick), 9:35 AHS — Smith 1 run (Hernandez kick), 4:54
AHS Her
First downs 23 13
Rushes-Yards 47-251 28-53
Passing 142 255
Comp-Att-Int 14-18-0 11-22-1
Punts 4-32.3 3-39.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 12-109 5-40
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Abilene High, Abram Smith 23-177, Immanuel Brown 15-63, Peyton Killam 5-25, Team 4-(minus 14). Colleyville Heritage, Mario Ortiz 4-23, Ke'Von Ahmad 3-18, Jamarie Williams 8-11, Isaiah Diggs 3-7, Cam Roane 10-(minus 6).
PASSING — Abilene High, Peyton Killam 14-18-0—142. Colleyville Heritage, Cam Roane 11-22-1—255.
RECEIVING — Abilene High, Qua'Shawn Washington 7-82, Raekwon Millsap 4-30, David Russell 2-29, Coy McMillon 1-1. Colleyville Heritage, Ke'Von Ahmad 3-126, Tommy Hall 2-24, Gervon Thorthion 2-20, Reid Harrison-Ducros 1-55, Martio Ortiz 1-21, Connor Cole 1-9.
RECORDS — Abilene High 1-0; Colleyville Heritage 0-1.

[TexasBob]

Mojo - 70
McAllen - 7
7:15 4th

[SLC13]

............ KELLER 35, MIDLAND HIGH 28 ...........

Wow......I thought Midland would easily take this one playing at home and all. Maybe Keller doesn't totally suck this year.

[Warbird_Dad]

Good luck to all the 2-6A & 3-6A teams tonight and safe travels!

Ditto...go get em tonight West Texas !!!

[Eagle82]

Good luck to all the 2-6A & 3-6A teams tonight and safe travels!

[Eagle82]

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MHS comeback falls short against Keller

Against a much more experienced Keller team, Midland High looked outmatched in the early going of Thursday night’s season opener, but the Bulldogs made things interesting in the end during a 35-28 loss to the visiting Indians at Grande Communications Stadium.

Circumstances looked bleak for the Bulldogs (0-1) with only 39 seconds left to play in the third quarter when Keller took a 35-13 lead after Caleb Griffin connected with Brady Marek for a 13-yard touchdown pass.

However, MHS quarterback Brady Bolger engineered two scoring drives to pull MHS within seven points with 3:04 left to play.

Bolger scored on a 4-yard run and threw to Courtney McMaryion for a 9-yard touchdown pass in fourth quarter, giving the Bulldogs some late hope and life.

However, Bolger’s scoring play was costly as Midland High left tackle Paxton Heiting injured his ankle and was carried off the field on a cart. Heiting, who started 11 games for the Bulldogs as a sophomore in 2014, is the Bulldogs’ most experienced offensive lineman.

“The only thing I am disappointed in is Paxton’s injury,” MHS head coach Craig Yenzer said. “I am disappointed for him, so that’s a sad thing for us. But that’s a part of the game and we are going to move forward. Our goal is to get that guy healthy when we get into the playoffs.”

Following McMaryion’s score, Ricky Hubert rushed for a 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to seven.

On the Indians’ next possession, a fired up Bulldog defense forced a three-and-out, highlighted by Jack Youngblood’s tackle for a loss on a second-and-6 situation.
MHS got the ball back at the 2-yard line, though, and had a little over a minute to drive the length of the field.

Bolger led a valiant comeback to midfield, but time expired when the Bulldogs spiked the ball on their own 47-yard line and no timeouts.

“Overall, I loved our fight in the end,” Yenzer said. “I loved our will to win. I was disappointed in a lot of the mistakes we made early. We let them put pressure on us, we didn’t put pressure on them.”

Keller’s offensive attack was spearheaded by running back Tyler Tutt, who rushed 19 times for 185 yards and two touchdowns. On the second play of the second half, Tutt broke loose on a 74-yard run to push the Indians (1-0) to a 28-10 advantage.

Hubert enjoyed an admirable performance in a losing effort, rushing for 69 yards and accounting for 101 yards as a receiver out of the backfield.

Notes: MHS junior defensive end Dillon Springer, the 2014 District 3-6A newcomer of the year, did not play. … Running back Raekwon Anderson, free safety Aderrial Henry, quarterback Brady Bolger, defensive end Traver Vliem and inside linebacker Jack Youngblood were team captains for Midland High.

KELLER 35, MIDLAND HIGH 28

Keller 7 14 14 0 --35
Midland High 3 7 3 15 --28

First Quarter

MHS -- FG Blake Boring 25, 3:18
KHS -- Caleb Griffin 15 run (Luke Hogan kick), 0:02

Second Quarter

KHS -- Tyler Tutt 9 run (Luke Hogan kick), 8:14
KHS -- Dillon Smith 6 pass from Caleb Griffin (Luke Hogan kick), 7:19
MHS -- Caleb Gonzales 1 run (Blake Boring kick), 2:52

Third Quarter

KHS -- Tyler Tutt 74 run (Luke Hogan kick), 11:00
MHS -- FG Blake Boring 26, 7:31
KHS -- Brady Marek 13 pass from Caleb Griffin (Luke Hogan kick), 0:39

Fourth Quarter

MHS -- Brady Bolger 4 run (Blake Boring kick), 5:12
MHS -- Courtney McMaryion 9 pass from Brady Bolger (Ricky Hubert run), 3:04

Keller Midland High
First downs 15 16
Rushes-yards 33-287 35-124
Passing yards 126 251
Comp.-Att.-Int. 14-21-0 18-34-1
Punts-Avg. 6-49.5 5-36.4
Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-0
Penalties-yards 8-64 5-36

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Keller, Tyler Tutt 19-185, Liam Ardigo 4-52, Caleb Griffin 10-50. Midland High, Ricky Hubert 13-69, Brady Bolger 16-47, Nick Hernandez 1-6, Caleb Gonzales 2-4, Raekwon Anderson 1-4, Jackson Asnuszkiewicz 2-(-6).

PASSING -- Keller, Caleb Griffin 14-21-0-126. MHS, Brady Bolger 15-24-1-176, Jackson Anuszkiewicz 3-9-0-75, TEAM 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING -- Keller, Dillon Smith 6-68, Camron Jones 3-(-9), Cameron Johnson 2-45, Brady Marek 2-23, Tyler Tutt 2-(-1). Midland High, Courtney McMaryion 6-46, Ricky Hubert 5-101, Jalen Childress 3-43, Sam Bertelson 1-43, Will Statton 1-13, Tim Bernal 1-1, Joey Rodriguez 1-(-1).

MISSED FIELD GOALS -- Keller, Hogan 53 (WL).

INTERCEPTIONS -- Keller, Landon Rowlett 1-26.

Source: http://www.mrt.com/sports/article_a5...c4dda37a5.html
Christopher Hadorn|chadorn@mrt.com

[Admin]

Merging these two topics together to keep the conversation going.

[Shady12]

Blitz Chat Week 1 - San Angelo Central

https://soundcloud.com/gosanangelo/blitz-chat-central-game-1

[Warbird_Dad]

Hopefully with the start of actual football games the drama will subside and actual normal football talk will return

Lord help us if it doesn't.....

[The King]

Looks like a drama thread, so I'm not going to bother reading anything past the title, and will find something interesting.
If I'm mistaken, message me and mention what I should check out that is worth knowing in this thread.

Hopefully with the start of actual football games the drama will subside and actual normal football talk will return

[Shady12]

West Texas Scoreboard Week 1 Sit Down: Central's Brent Davis

[Eagle82]

Several of the older members of the Mojo Spit and Whittle club read this earlier and I was reminded that the 2015 season was mine alone to handle the lite work. Soooooo. for me to do that, I need you to tell me for which century did the Eagles receive this participation award? The 1800's or the 1900's. For now that's the talking point, which century? I'm going to blow your dress up on either one.

oh mojo. You've been dormate here for awhile so I had to do something to bring you out!

you know I love ya and respect you

oh. It was that Dallas morning news thing back in the 1900's

[mojotrain]

No drama, just some mojo fans who feel jilted and have a grave dislike of Abilene since their wonderful team wasn't named.... wait for it......

TEAM OF THE CENTURY!

lol...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n7519[/ATTACH]

Several of the older members of the Mojo Spit and Whittle club read this earlier and I was reminded that the 2015 season was mine alone to handle the lite work. Soooooo. for me to do that, I need you to tell me for which century did the Eagles receive this participation award? The 1800's or the 1900's. For now that's the talking point, which century? I'm going to blow your dress up on either one.

[Eagle82]

Looks like a drama thread, so I'm not going to bother reading anything past the title, and will find something interesting.
If I'm mistaken, message me and mention what I should check out that is worth knowing in this thread.

No drama, just some mojo fans who feel jilted and have a grave dislike of Abilene since their wonderful team wasn't named.... wait for it......

TEAM OF THE CENTURY!

lol...

Fireworks.jpg

[mike03car]

Looks like a drama thread, so I'm not going to bother reading anything past the title, and will find something interesting.
If I'm mistaken, message me and mention what I should check out that is worth knowing in this thread.

[Warbird_Dad]

With 3 of the 4 Playoff Teams going three rounds deep that is a step in the right direction.

Absolutely....now need to get past that round 3 hurdle

[The King]

With 3 of the 4 Playoff Teams going three rounds deep that is a step in the right direction.

[Shady12]

KIDY San Angelo / KXVA Abilene high school football preview show. They cover all classes but start with the LSWC and finish starting at 29:55 with picks and game match ups they look forward to-

[coriv]

OA preview of the Bronchos

[mojotrain]

I would agree with that....better stated.

Now that that's done. Focus on recruiting or kidnapping enough kids to stay where you belong. You ain't DFW, no matter the color of the lipstick. Gold is and always will be West Texas. Black is and always will be West Texas.

[Warbird_Dad]

This is close to what I've said all along except I don't call it talent. What ever it is, be it in football or track, it's not conducive to winning football teams until a good coach takes that material in hand. Then it can become talent, then it can become a team. And all schools of our size have that material in hand or on campus. Granted that material may not be out for football. It could be out for football or it could be in the band. That too is something excellent coach's do. They get the kids out.

"Talent is and has been here...just only pulled together once in the last 50 years" I again agree but my say would read like this, the material has always been here and after 50 years a good coach pulled it all together.

I would agree with that....better stated.

[mojotrain]

Yea, the talent was here...just look at the 79 Cooper team that was ranked #1 ALL SEASON and then lost in the 1st round to Lewisville. That team (by Abilene standards) was loaded with talent (Terry Orr, Greg Berry, Lanny Dycus) but couldn't make it to week 2 of the playoffs. Even my Sr. year (80) we only lost 1 game all year to eventual state champion (yea, you guessed it Permian Panthers) but didn't go to the playoffs because of the 1 team rule back then. Cooper also came close back in the Dominic Rhodes days but couldn't get past Drew Brees. Talent is and has been here...just only pulled it all together once in the last 50 years.

This is close to what I've said all along except I don't call it talent. What ever it is, be it in football or track, it's not conducive to winning football teams until a good coach takes that material in hand. Then it can become talent, then it can become a team. And all schools of our size have that material in hand or on campus. Granted that material may not be out for football. It could be out for football or it could be in the band. That too is something excellent coach's do. They get the kids out.

"Talent is and has been here...just only pulled together once in the last 50 years" I again agree but my say would read like this, the material has always been here and after 50 years a good coach pulled it all together.

[Eagle82]

Based of Mojo's posts I do have to ask.

WTH happened to AH after the 50's?
We all know about Cooper opening up. Ok.
Boundaries - Today Cooper fans are still ticked at the most recent changes in the boundaries. For years AH says they gave the advantage to Cooper. Now Cooper says it gives the advantage to AH. Boo hoo.

You can't tell me from the sixties on through the time Warren came around there was a lack of kids and that boundaries changed everything.
So without the most recent boundary changes, AH would not have had the success it's had?

What about coaching, like Mojo states? During that time, did AISD just not give a crap about AH and apply its resources toward Cooper in regards to getting good coaches, etc? If so, could the same be said about Odessa and Permian, Permian getting the special treatment from the school district?

[Warbird_Dad]

Abilene's 2009 run came, in my opinion, because of the following:

1. Great Coaching Staff
2. Tons of Heart
3. Great talent in the 22 on the field
4. Facing DFW teams all year long
5. We stayed healthly the entire season with only 1 major injury to a position that just happened to have some depth.
6. That "it" factor on the team as a whole

There is not one Abilene fan that can say in 2009 when Cedar Hill came on the field it did not look like a college team playing a highschool team! On paper to this day that team overcame from round 3 on.

That is a day I'll never forget and a feeling I'll never forget when I first laid eyes on that CH team. Wow...!! But, that made the victory that much sweeter