pretty decent year for Central Texas HS football. A couple of state titles would top it offfRobert Wilson said:
Lots of good football in Cemtral Texas again this year.
Live oak won TAPPS 6 man (repeat)
Mart still alive in 2A
Rockdale in 3A (ok that's on the edge)
La Vega in 4A
Midway in 6A
Could stack up a few trophies this year.
Am I missing anyone?
Gleeson looked like a really solid player. He may be able to step right into the BU WR rotation in 2020.Bearprof said:
Mickens played extremely well. Very athletic and seems to have some serious upside. MHS has gone up against some really good WRs this season - that 2019 commit, Gleeson, and now Mickens. MHS's DBs have been well coached this year. If the 2014 team (with Hicks, Haughton, and Stricklin) had this defense, they would have beaten Spring HS in that 46-45 3rd round shootout (to this day is the best HS game I've attended), and who knows how far they would have gone. This DL, with Player clogging up the middle, makes you earn those yards and doesn't allow big plays via the run. SLC was double teaming Player all night, and they were smart to do so.
Assassin said:pretty decent year for Central Texas HS football. A couple of state titles would top it offfRobert Wilson said:
Lots of good football in Cemtral Texas again this year.
Live oak won TAPPS 6 man (repeat)
Mart still alive in 2A
Rockdale in 3A (ok that's on the edge)
La Vega in 4A
Midway in 6A
Could stack up a few trophies this year.
Am I missing anyone?
Whoever wins that game will get a ring. Carthage is loaded this year, La Vega has to play mistake free ball.Robert Wilson said:Assassin said:pretty decent year for Central Texas HS football. A couple of state titles would top it offfRobert Wilson said:
Lots of good football in Cemtral Texas again this year.
Live oak won TAPPS 6 man (repeat)
Mart still alive in 2A
Rockdale in 3A (ok that's on the edge)
La Vega in 4A
Midway in 6A
Could stack up a few trophies this year.
Am I missing anyone?
I'll be surprised if Mart doesn't win it.
La Vega and Midway each have a legit shot. La Vega has Carthage this week. That's probably the big one.
We were mainly white back in the 60's/early 70s but we had some blacks, Hispanics, Jewish - even Indian (Asian type).hodedofome said:
Midway made it to the 4A state semifinals in football in '97, where they got smoked by Texas City. I believe Texas City won state that year and had quite a few players go to UT. Brandon Johnson was the QB for Midway, he probably would have been pursued by bigger schools had he been taller. He got a scholarship to a smaller school in Arkansas, but not sure if he ever played.
After I graduated in '98 Midway grew by leaps and bounds. They've been taking in athlete transfers left and right. I could probably count on one or two hands the number of minority's in my class, and now it's much more diversified. I think that's a good thing, it was quite a white bubble back in the '90s.
We really missed out on Mordecai IMO.Yogi said:
Wouldn't surprise me if Mordecai is the next Heisman winner at OU.
I just hope that he isn't such a ****** in winning it.
I bet the school left out will be Cove. They will get sent South to an Austin/ Round Rock district.Assassin said:
FYI - Waco HS will be moving into 6A D2 in 2018. The cutoff was 2190 average enrollment. They submitted 2195.
Unknown what district they will be in - most likely with the Killeen schools, plus Copperas Cove, Temple (which will also make the jump from 5A), Belton and Midway. But that would make it a 9 school district when UIL doesnt like. Could send Waco north - or Belton south.
And that was numbers reported..... they are smaller than that by about 100 students (or more) in reality.Assassin said:Not sure WHS will be competitive for a while. Only 5 kids over the min limit. Somebody said that size mattersRioRata said:Sorry, can't root for Midway next season. Waco High is moving up to 6A. Would like to pull for them a little but I think there are rules and such lol.Assassin said:
gonna hate to see Mordecai as a Sooner
Or the could run with 9 schools in a district for a season or two. Its happened before. Hard to tell right nowcowboycwr said:I bet the school left out will be Cove. They will get sent South to an Austin/ Round Rock district.Assassin said:
FYI - Waco HS will be moving into 6A D2 in 2018. The cutoff was 2190 average enrollment. They submitted 2195.
Unknown what district they will be in - most likely with the Killeen schools, plus Copperas Cove, Temple (which will also make the jump from 5A), Belton and Midway. But that would make it a 9 school district when UIL doesnt like. Could send Waco north - or Belton south.
I think they have had 2 or 3 head coaches since he left. I am sure that they run what they know at this point.RioRata said:Assassin said:
Tanner to Demarcus for 30 yds! 21-0 Midway. 8:09 left in the half
Smoaky just said that SLC is in a two TE set? They no longer run Todd Dodge's offense?
Methodist Children's Home SchoolRobert Wilson said:
Lots of good football in Cemtral Texas again this year.
Live oak won TAPPS 6 man (repeat)
Mart still alive in 2A
Rockdale in 3A (ok that's on the edge)
La Vega in 4A
Midway in 6A
Could stack up a few trophies this year.
Am I missing anyone?
With Waco high having a much larger Hispanic population today than in 1980 I doubt LULAC would get involved or be able to make a case. Hispanic to black population is very close to even at Waco now.RioRata said:Assassin said:Not sure WHS will be competitive for a while. Only 5 kids over the min limit. Somebody said that size mattersRioRata said:Sorry, can't root for Midway next season. Waco High is moving up to 6A. Would like to pull for them a little but I think there are rules and such lol.Assassin said:
gonna hate to see Mordecai as a Sooner
When Smoaky, Butch and Paul first discussed the new realignment they said that Waco High should have their best team ( barring injury) since the Johnny Tusa days...or something to that effect. Depth and injuries continue to be an issue for them now at the 5A level. Some callers mentioned the possible consolidation of WHS and University but I don't see that happening.
University was scheduled to consolidate with WHS, Jefferson-Moore and Richfield back in the 80s until LULAC began to rattle their legal sword and WISD wanted no part of that...doubt things have changed. Even if the Lions were to add that 1,800 students to their enrollment I doubt there would be enough football talent to make a difference. Could be some rough sledding in the Lions future.
True. But usually the UIL likes districts to have even numbers of teams. They usually only go with odd numbers at the lower classifications or West Texas/ El Paso area districts.Assassin said:Or the could run with 9 schools in a district for a season or two. Its happened before. Hard to tell right nowcowboycwr said:I bet the school left out will be Cove. They will get sent South to an Austin/ Round Rock district.Assassin said:
FYI - Waco HS will be moving into 6A D2 in 2018. The cutoff was 2190 average enrollment. They submitted 2195.
Unknown what district they will be in - most likely with the Killeen schools, plus Copperas Cove, Temple (which will also make the jump from 5A), Belton and Midway. But that would make it a 9 school district when UIL doesnt like. Could send Waco north - or Belton south.
Good call I forgot about ParkviewRR/BV said:
Methodist Children's Home as well as Parkview Christian joined Live Oak as Waco teams with football state titles this year.
good stuff. glad for those guyscowboycwr said:Methodist Children's Home SchoolRobert Wilson said:
Lots of good football in Cemtral Texas again this year.
Live oak won TAPPS 6 man (repeat)
Mart still alive in 2A
Rockdale in 3A (ok that's on the edge)
La Vega in 4A
Midway in 6A
Could stack up a few trophies this year.
Am I missing anyone?
http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/high_schools/central_texas_football/methodist-children-s-home-outlasts-wylie-prep-seizes-first-state/article_af51699c-5e75-5145-be24-73d6fb4b2ed3.html
They won state in the Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship division.... whatever that is....
A dream season for the Parkview Christian Pacers ended in the perfect way.cowboycwr said:Good call I forgot about ParkviewRR/BV said:
Methodist Children's Home as well as Parkview Christian joined Live Oak as Waco teams with football state titles this year.
cowboycwr said:With Waco high having a much larger Hispanic population today than in 1980 I doubt LULAC would get involved or be able to make a case. Hispanic to black population is very close to even at Waco now.RioRata said:Assassin said:Not sure WHS will be competitive for a while. Only 5 kids over the min limit. Somebody said that size mattersRioRata said:Sorry, can't root for Midway next season. Waco High is moving up to 6A. Would like to pull for them a little but I think there are rules and such lol.Assassin said:
gonna hate to see Mordecai as a Sooner
When Smoaky, Butch and Paul first discussed the new realignment they said that Waco High should have their best team ( barring injury) since the Johnny Tusa days...or something to that effect. Depth and injuries continue to be an issue for them now at the 5A level. Some callers mentioned the possible consolidation of WHS and University but I don't see that happening.
University was scheduled to consolidate with WHS, Jefferson-Moore and Richfield back in the 80s until LULAC began to rattle their legal sword and WISD wanted no part of that...doubt things have changed. Even if the Lions were to add that 1,800 students to their enrollment I doubt there would be enough football talent to make a difference. Could be some rough sledding in the Lions future.
But I think you are right. Combining the 2 schools might not help much in football. University hasn't won a game in like 3 years (or is it 4?)
Robert Wilson said:
They did win a state championship in soccer recently.
They also had a great basketball team last year. It really does not make sense that they can't do better on the football field.
They have moved Baylor's own Rodney Smith over football to see what he can get done. That guy was a monster on the football field and the basketball court, both at University and at Baylor.
I think it is because a lot of their athletic kids are playing soccer or basketball and not football.Robert Wilson said:
They did win a state championship in soccer recently.
They also had a great basketball team last year. It really does not make sense that they can't do better on the football field.
They have moved Baylor's own Rodney Smith over football to see what he can get done. That guy was a monster on the football field and the basketball court, both at University and at Baylor.
Do ADs sometimes get sent packing with a new superintendent? I know often principals, district personnel, etc get sent packing to make room for the new Super's people (either their own picks or their friends from previous districts) but does that sometimes include the Athletic Director?RioRata said:Robert Wilson said:
They did win a state championship in soccer recently.
They also had a great basketball team last year. It really does not make sense that they can't do better on the football field.
They have moved Baylor's own Rodney Smith over football to see what he can get done. That guy was a monster on the football field and the basketball court, both at University and at Baylor.
University has the same problem that Jefferson-Moore had in the late 70s/early 80s...lack of size on both lines. Johnny Tusa took over at Jeff-Moore and used the Lions blazing speed to turn things around.
Smith played for Tusa and Tusa is now the WISD AD. Hopefully between the two of them they can get it figured out.
cowboycwr said:Do ADs sometimes get sent packing with a new superintendent? I know often principals, district personnel, etc get sent packing to make room for the new Super's people (either their own picks or their friends from previous districts) include the Athletic Director?RioRata said:Robert Wilson said:
They did win a state championship in soccer recently.
They also had a great basketball team last year. It really does not make sense that they can't do better on the football field.
They have moved Baylor's own Rodney Smith over football to see what he can get done. That guy was a monster on the football field and the basketball court, both at University and at Baylor.
University has the same problem that Jefferson-Moore had in the late 70s/early 80s...lack of size on both lines. Johnny Tusa took over at Jeff-Moore and used the Lions blazing speed to turn things around.
Smith played for Tusa and Tusa is now the WISD AD. Hopefully between the two of them they can get it figured out.
Just curious because that would be a big time move for the super to replace a Waco fixture like that (I'll leave the good or bad opinion to each individual reader).
wow, surprise you still have that great of a memory assassin. lolAssassin said:We were mainly white back in the 60's/early 70s but we had some blacks, Hispanics, Jewish - even Indian (Asian type).hodedofome said:
Midway made it to the 4A state semifinals in football in '97, where they got smoked by Texas City. I believe Texas City won state that year and had quite a few players go to UT. Brandon Johnson was the QB for Midway, he probably would have been pursued by bigger schools had he been taller. He got a scholarship to a smaller school in Arkansas, but not sure if he ever played.
After I graduated in '98 Midway grew by leaps and bounds. They've been taking in athlete transfers left and right. I could probably count on one or two hands the number of minority's in my class, and now it's much more diversified. I think that's a good thing, it was quite a white bubble back in the '90s.
As for numbers, when I was in 1st grade (1960) there were 17 Seniors that year. I think its got a pinch bigger
RioRata said:cowboycwr said:Do ADs sometimes get sent packing with a new superintendent? I know often principals, district personnel, etc get sent packing to make room for the new Super's people (either their own picks or their friends from previous districts) include the Athletic Director?RioRata said:Robert Wilson said:
They did win a state championship in soccer recently.
They also had a great basketball team last year. It really does not make sense that they can't do better on the football field.
They have moved Baylor's own Rodney Smith over football to see what he can get done. That guy was a monster on the football field and the basketball court, both at University and at Baylor.
University has the same problem that Jefferson-Moore had in the late 70s/early 80s...lack of size on both lines. Johnny Tusa took over at Jeff-Moore and used the Lions blazing speed to turn things around.
Smith played for Tusa and Tusa is now the WISD AD. Hopefully between the two of them they can get it figured out.
Just curious because that would be a big time move for the super to replace a Waco fixture like that (I'll leave the good or bad opinion to each individual reader).
WISD AD is a lifetime position if you coached at Waco High...just the politics of the thing. Jack Price was the WISD AD for decades because he had some success at WHS. Price was a pathetic AD...very little success on his watch, excluding Moore High/Jefferson-Moore basketball.
Rodney Smith played for coach LeRoy Coleman at University. Coach Coleman is now on staff at La Vega.RioRata said:Robert Wilson said:
They did win a state championship in soccer recently.
They also had a great basketball team last year. It really does not make sense that they can't do better on the football field.
They have moved Baylor's own Rodney Smith over football to see what he can get done. That guy was a monster on the football field and the basketball court, both at University and at Baylor.
University has the same problem that Jefferson-Moore had in the late 70s/early 80s...lack of size on both lines. Johnny Tusa took over at Jeff-Moore and used the Lions blazing speed to turn things around.
Smith played for Tusa and Tusa is now the WISD AD. Hopefully between the two of them they can get it figured out.
TSUBoogie said:Rodney Smith played for coach LeRoy Coleman at University. Coach Coleman is now on staff at La Vega.RioRata said:Robert Wilson said:
They did win a state championship in soccer recently.
They also had a great basketball team last year. It really does not make sense that they can't do better on the football field.
They have moved Baylor's own Rodney Smith over football to see what he can get done. That guy was a monster on the football field and the basketball court, both at University and at Baylor.
University has the same problem that Jefferson-Moore had in the late 70s/early 80s...lack of size on both lines. Johnny Tusa took over at Jeff-Moore and used the Lions blazing speed to turn things around.
Smith played for Tusa and Tusa is now the WISD AD. Hopefully between the two of them they can get it figured out.
RR/BV said:
Rio rats
Please do your homework. Smith never had payed for Tusa (check the post above yours where I acknowledged that mistake ). Tusa had one winning record before he was given the keys to The High (there was more than one winning season...you might want to check the years that Wayne Walker (Texas Tech/SD Chargers) and Ted Long (OU) played there).
