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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Bryan VikingsDate Opponent Time Last YearA 28at Cy-Falls7:30W 28-20S 4Leander7:30W 31-24S 10at RR McNeil7:30Did not play-12-5A-S 25Killeen Shoemaker*7:30W 42-41 (OT)O 2A&M Consolidated+7:30L 44-33O 9Copperas Cove7:3 ...
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A&M Consolidated TigersHead coach -- Jim Slaughter (188-101-1 overall; 62-39 at A&M Consolidated)2008 record -- 6-5 (5-2 in 12-5A)2008 playoffs -- Division I bi-district: lost to Tyler Lee, 13-3State playoff app ...
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C. M. Pier has to admit it's getting better.He also admits that his Rudder Rangers, in their second year of high school football, remain in transition a year after playing with a group of sophomores and freshmen at the v ...
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The Cameron Yoe quarterback-receiver tandem of Steven Townsend and Brandon Freeman highlights the offensive attack on The Eagle's 2009 preseason All-Brazos Valley Football Team.The versatile Townsend rushed for 871 yards ...
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Will Johnson found playing safety for a high school football "expansion" team nothing to kick about. He enjoyed it.This season, the Rudder junior should find more safety when he's kicking.The multitalented Johnson is als ...
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The Bryan Vikings will be smaller and faster. That could translate to being leaner and hungrier, which is an edge the Vikings may need to regain a spot in the Class 5A playoffs.Gone is much of the bravado and talk about ...
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Anthony Vento started a recycling program at Allen Academy as a sophomore. Now that he's a senior, Vento will finally get a chance to convert the football energy he has stored up for two years.Allen coach Eddie Luna did ...
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His full name is Braden Kye Hildreth.When they were kids, Hildreth's brother Jason could not pronounce his first name, so the middle name stuck.Now Kye Hildreth is on the verge of making a name for himself as quarterback ...
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Senior Jonathan Mendoza worked to get ready for the heat during summer football workouts.The Cameron nose guard's day job was in the workshop at Royal Seating."If it was 80 degrees, it felt like 120 in there," said Mendo ...
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Evan O'Connell is all about the Eagles.O'Connell needs just to finish paperwork to become an Eagle Scout. He has planned another big project for this fall, working with a different group of Eagles as a senior member of t ...
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Rickey Smith admits it's a touchy story, but he tells it matter-of-factly for a big, strong football player talking about how he broke down and cried.The tears showed how badly Smith wanted to play for A&M Consolidat ...
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When traditionally successful high school football teams find many juniors and sophomores in the lineup, it can signal that the program is struggling or that the youngsters are special.It meant both for A&M Consolida ...
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The Bryan Vikings have traditionally had an offensive team built on a strong rushing attack, and coach Bob Bellard says the team will emphasize the option more this year.Vikings quarterback Kesnick Taylor can read the hi ...
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More is less?Justin Williams just doesn't buy that. His philosophy is to aim for more, expect more and when necessary, demand more."My parents want me to get the most tackles of everybody," said Williams.More is better.T ...
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Madisonville football coaches like to say that Brock Taylor has comic-book speed, and what's a super hero without an obstacle to overcome?Taylor's foe was a knee injury, which felled him in the second game last year. The ...
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The most prolific receiver in Rockdale Tiger history is about to become a part-time pass-catcher.Joe Sanders is back at quarterback.Sanders set a school record for passes caught and receiving yardage as a junior last sea ...
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Terrell Reese has a knack for catching things, whether it's footballs, basketballs or the attention of high school coaches and college recruiters.If it's out there to be had, Reese is likely to grab it."It's always been ...
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There was a time when Whitley Reed had never thought of playing football.Now, more than ever, he needs to play the game again.On Aug. 13, Reed and his older brother, Bryan Meche, were trying to erect a homemade flagpole. ...
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There's no offseason for hog hunting."It probably makes you a lot tougher, having to get out there and build fences and throw cows," said Leon's Seth Noey of his life when he's not playing high school football. "And we h ...
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His coach has a difficult time deciding what he likes best about Hearne senior Lafrenzo Thomas.There's his speed, which is very good for a 250-pound lineman. It could be his devotion to academics, which meant taking a to ...
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Kysan Woolverton was a quarterback when a quirk of fate led him down a straightforward path only few quarterbacks tread.He ran over someone and discovered he enjoyed it."Someone failed, and we didn't have a backup," said ...
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It would be tough enough asking Daniel Ordonez to fill the shoes of the leading rusher in Brazos Christian history, but the Eagles will need Ordonez to do that and more in his senior season.Much more.Ordonez is slated to ...
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Cody Holliday and Tony Negrete were best friends before they became step-brothers, and they agree on lots of things. Somerville's quarterback and linebacker both say their family ties came together fairly easily. Both be ...
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Nothing about Matt Longron's freshman football season prepared him for what he went through the last two years with the Iola Bulldogs.Longron will enter his senior season as the only player on the Iola roster who played ...
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Clint Hutson's best chance at playing college football in the future will be as a receiver, where he will play occasionally as a senior at Lexington.The Eagles' best chance of being successful this season and returning t ...
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Aug. 29 Weimar 7:30 p.m.Sep. 5 at Austin Hyde Park 7:30 p.m.Sep. 12 Hallettsville Sacred Heart 7:30 p.m.Sep. 19 at Normangee 7:30 p.m.Sep. 26 Granger (Homecoming) 7:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Flatonia 7:30 p.m.Oct. 17 at Louise 7 ...
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District 12-5A
1. Temple
2. A&M Consolidated
3. Copperas Cove
4. Bryan
5. Belton
6. Killeen Ellison
7. Harker Heights
8. Killeen Shoemaker
District 18-4A
1. Brenham
2. Huntsville
3. Waller
4. Montgomery ...
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Clinton Smith hopes his past is the Burton Panthers' prologue.
The first-year head football coach believes his team has a real shot at the postseason "if we stay healthy." And while the Panthers haven't made the playo ...
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With plenty of fresh, new faces behind the facemasks, the Caldwell Hornets may have to grind their way to victories. Grinding is something they do very well, though, with an offense that will continue to highlight the ...
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Moving on up sounded good to the Jeffersons of 1970s television, and while it was encouraging when the St. Joseph football team made the playoffs last fall, the Eagles' latest move up appears quite daunting.
St. Josep ...
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Alec Castilleja had a feeling that he might end up playing quarterback after a new coaching staff took over the St. Joseph football program prior to last season.
Castilleja had been a running back in junior high and s ...
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The Brenham Christian Eagles have tried to put last year behind them, not attempting to wipe the 1-8 record from their memories but use it to feed their fire going into this season.
With a few key transfers and severa ...
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This should be a big year for running backs in the Brazos Valley, and that includes the little guy at Brazos Christian.
While most of the preseason attention has gone to the NCAA Division I prospects and well-known pl ...
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The Brazos Christian football team will do its part to conserve gas for the next couple of months, but the Eagles hope to do some traveling in November.
With Brazos Christian's first football field ready for use, play ...
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Allen Academy senior Warren Davis may not have firm plans about college or his future just yet, but he does have big plans for the Rams this season. They're simple, too.
Davis wants more victories.
Last season, Allen ...
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In 95-degree heat, the Rams lined up and ran 30 sprints of longer and longer distances during a grueling afternoon practice.
None of them seemed to mind.
The Allen Academy football team knows a thing or two about adv ...
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Into the room walks Navasota's Dexter Pratt, one of the nation's most heralded NCAA Division I offensive recruits who wants to brag.Not about himself.Pratt starts talking about his team's defensive performance in a scrim ...
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Franklin football players had to reach pretty far back to get a grip on their program's playoff history heading into last season.This year, the Lions need only remember 2007. And there are enough players returning from l ...
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When the Rudder Ranger coaches moved into their brand-new field house, there were no phones or computers, presenting challenges from the beginning.They knew they were coming.Still, the early hurdle for the coaching staff ...
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Matt Cohan will play a lead role in James Earl Rudder High School's football history. On the Rangers' first offensive play, he is set to be the first guy to touch the ball.The Rangers' sophomore center, who will snap the ...
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With one of the smallest enrollments in its new district and little postseason exposure in recent years, the Centerville football team isn't projected to be a playoff contender this season by Texas Football.To that, the ...
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The Brenham High School pipeline of football talent should keep flowing this year, but the product figures to be somewhat crude early in the season.Brenham lacks the refined talent that seemed to flow from the program in ...
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When the University Interscholastic League realigned this offseason, the Somerville football team had to be happy about dropping down a classification. Instead of matching up against schools with rosters twice their size ...
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The Bremond Tigers came within a victory of claiming the Class A Division II state championship last season.The Tigers are aiming high again in 2008."Obviously, we are still thinking about making the playoffs," Bremond c ...
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Ralph Lymas feels good about his Hearne football team, and that should be good news for the Eagles and their fans.The last two times coach Lymas entered a season feeling this way about his team, both squads reached the t ...
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They were so close to some of the best.Now the Rockdale Tigers are not just envisioning themselves in the reflection of their opponents. They are working hard to follow in their footsteps.The 2007 Tigers seemed headed fo ...
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For high school football coaches with a great running back on a team otherwise lacking in experience, the best thing to have might be patience.A solid offensive line probably would be high on the wish list, too.The encou ...
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The Calvert Trojans will begin the 2008 football season ranked No. 1 in the state.They are poised to finish it that way, too, with perhaps their strongest returning squad since the 2002 state championship team."We think ...
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Quest might be too strong a description, but not by much. Certainly Patrick O'Quinn has been on a six-year journey to become the starting quarterback at A&M Consolidated."Growing up, that's what I wanted to be, the s ...
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Just getting to the playoffs was a battle for the 2007 Navasota Rattlers.A strong postseason performance coupled with a crew of outstanding returning players raises the stakes this season.Picked second in Class 3A by Tex ...
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