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When we had Deer Park due to their involvement in 21-6A with West Brook and the Baytown schools, Coach Massey was always extremely helpful in getting me up to speed on the Deer. Best of luck to him in retirement. It leaves a big hole in Houston area football.

The Newton Eagles look to punch their ticket tonight to AT&T Stadium as they take on the Boling Bulldogs in this Class 3A, Division I State Semifinal! W.T. Johnston's Eagles, 13-0 on the season, reached this round with a 58-0 bi-district win over Arp, a 65-11 area round win over Rice, a 21-7 regional semifinal win over Rusk and a 45-6 regional final win over Waskom. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs, 9-3 on the season, reached this round with a 27-21 bidistrict win over Blanco followed by a 45-14 area round win over Dilley, a 28-6 regional semifinal win over 28-6 and a 35-21 regional final victory over Lexington. The winner of this game will face winner of the Canadian/Gunter semifinal, which will be also contested tonight, next week at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Join Bobby Fillyaw, Jon Meek and Donnie Meek for all of the action from Texan Drive Stadium in Porter beginning with the Wellspring Federal Credit Union Pregame Show at 7 pm followed by the kickoff at 7:30 pm by tuning your radio to KTXJ 102.7 FM or by clicking play on the following player: Share Events on The Cube Follow Newton Eagle Playoff Football on The Gospel Giant, KTXJ 102.7 FM and you Source for Sports in Southeast Texas, SETXsports!

The West Orange-Stark Mustangs look to book a trip to AT&T Stadium for the fourth year in a row tonight as they take on the Wimberley Texans in this Class 4A, Division II State Semifinal! Cornel Thompson's Mustangs, 12-0 on the season, got here with a 54-0 bi-district win over Brookshire Royal followed by a 17-3 win over Mexia, a 28-26 win regional semifinal win over Madisonville and a 14-0 regional final win last week over Salado. Meanwhile, the Texans playoff road included a 56-19 bi-district win over Cazziro Springs, 52-24 area round win over Sinton, a 42-17 regional semifinal win over Sweeny and a 44-36 regional final win over Cuero last week. The winner of this game will face Texarkana Pleasant Grove, who defeated Graham last night. Join Gary Stelly and John Kimbrough for all of the action from Legacy Stadium in Katy beginning at 7:30 pm by tuning your radio to AM 1600 KOGT or by clicking on the following link: [Hidden Content] Follow West Orange-Stark Mustang Playoff Football on Your Hometown Radio Station, AM 1600 KOGT and Your Source for Sports in Southeast Texas, SETXsports.com!

Thursday games involving area teams: 3:40 pm - Grapeland vs. Graford 5:00 pm - Campbell vs. East Chambers

It goes down to a word that I hear used a lot in pros and college but really applies at the high school level.....culture. It is an intangible that takes many forms in different communities but is usually indicated by a few things: 1. Talent. Hence, Coach Thompson's statement kind of puts that in a nutshell. Will a program have elite talent year end and year out? No, but you can't be completely devoid of talent to do what folks like Lombard, Thompson and the likes of a Barbara Comeaux have done. 2. Commitment. Canyon High School's 2017-2018 season began, not on November 7th, not during the summer, but back in February. WO-S' 2017 football season began on Jan. 2. PN-G's 2018 volleyball season is currently underway. That commitment is on the part of the players' willingness to work to make their talent, whatever level it may be now, to an even higher level. I have little knowledge about Coach Lombard or Coach Comeaux's workout regimen. But the workout regimen at WO-S is spartan like, which causes a number of players to leave the team. 3. Coaching ability. Your coach has to know what he or she is doing. The element that is usually missing as a whole is 4. Community support. Now, I know that there are folks that will say, "Oh, I attend all of the games and yell my head off." It is bit more than that. In fact, it is a lot more than that. It is giving the coach the benefit of the doubt that he or she knows what he is doing and that that person has taken the team as far as they take go. It is when a kid comes home and complains about the coach getting onto him or her, that an immediate call to the principal or the board member you happen to go to church with will not ensue. It is the realization that little Jenny's and Johnny's playing time or lack thereof is actually a reflection of their actual ability or commitment. It is not demanding the coach find a real estate agent if the first season under a coach does not go well. But way too often, the above things that shouldn't happen do happen, Which results in a coach who had may well been the best fit for the program being run off before being able to install the very culture that is necessary which keeps others from wanting to enter the district to attempt to install a culture...if you don't think word gets out about communities and how they treat coaches within the fraternity (or sorority) of coaches, then you are dangerously naive.

"You can't win the Kentucky Derby with a mule".......Cornel Thompson, Dec. 18, 2015.

Well, I am not one to count my chickens before they hatch. I'll punch up the road map to Arlington Saturday if it is appropriate.

In my opinion? The team having to disrupt their normal gameday schedule the least has a decided advantage in any contest. Is that advantage ALWAYS enough to get a team to victory? Of course not. In some games, one team has enough of an advantage talent wise that they would win if the game were on the opponent's home field. However, such games are few an and far between when you are talking about a state championship title game. Teams at this point or so evenly matched that even the slightest of advantages may make a difference. Coaches recognized this as any time the site was determined by a coin flip before the current one venue format, very few championship 6A or 5A games were played outside of DFW or Greater Houston. So to get on here and say that a team having to travel much more than another is not at a disadvantage is disgustingly ridiculous. And to state that one area of this vast state is ENTITLED to host the championships any more than another is equally so.

Superlatives Offensive MVP - Gabe Nelson, Union Hill Defensive MVP - Colt Mallory, Union Hill Newcomer of the Year - Luke Batts, High Island District Coach of the Year - John Bronkhorst, High Island 1st Team Offense QB - River Scudday, Union Hill Spread Back - Derek DeMoss, High Island FB - Colt Mallory, Union Hill Tight Center - Luke Batts, Union Hill Spread Center - Jayvan Aycock, Apple Springs WR - Keelon Caffey, Union Hill Kade Meyers, High Island TE - Riley Griffith, Union Hill Tristan Davis, Apple Springs UB - Milo Laminchalk, High Island ST - Carl Fletcher, Union Hill K - Omar Aguillon, Union Hill 1st Team Defense NG - Colton Valesco, Leverett's Chapel Linemen - Hunter Guerin, High Island Darren Brown, Leverett's Chapel LB - Kealin Dunn, Union Hill Kole Rodriguez, High Island CB - Keelon Caffey, Union Hill Omar Aguillon, Union Hill S - Gabe Nelson, Union Hill Kade Meyers, High Island UP - Cristian Aguillon, Union Hill P - Tristian Davis, Apple Springs 2nd Team Offense Spread Back - Dawson Blair, Leverett's Chapel FB - Cristian Aguillon, Union Hill RB - Alexis Chavez, Leverett's Chapel Brantley Murray, Union Hill Tight Center - J.T. Martin, Chester Spread Center - Cody Hall, High Island TE - Jullian Williams, Union Hill Seth Read, Chester Kealin Dunn, Union Hill WR - Kole Rodriguez - High Island Jonah Shepherd, Leverett's Chapel Utility Back - Cody Yandle, Union Hill Special Teams - Jacob Yordy, Union Hill K - Korbin Craig, Leverett's Chapel Brayden Tullos, Apple Springs 2nd Team Defense NG - Jullian Williams, Union Hill Ethan Hollis, Apple Springs Linemen - Cody Yandle, Union Hill Melvin Issacks, High Island Chase Brewer Leverett's Chapel Ethan Karber, Apple Springs LB - Luke Batts, Union Hill Trey Chambers, High Island Seth Read, Chester CB - Alexis Chavez, Leverett's Chapel Carl Fletcher, Union Hill Cameron Duke, Apple Springs S - Brantley Murray, Union Hill Walter Jones, Leverett's Chapel Jonah Sheppard, Leverett's Chapel Utility - Milo Malinchalk, High Island P - Dawson Blair Leverett's Chapel

According to DFW folks after the 2015 State Championships....all of them.

Question. Of those numerous state championships won by DFW area teams, how many of those game were contested at the Cowboys' former home, Texas Stadium in Irving?

Diboll dropped to 3A as well. So I agree that Livingston will probably join the current 21-4A teams. As to 23-4A, Splendora, who will be dropping back down to 4A, will probably slide into Cleveland's old spot in that district.

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21-5A game

21-5A game

21-5A game

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