purpleeagle

Newton Scrimmages Aug.18 at Kirbyville Aug.24 home against Center Aug.30 home against Diboll

Your stats doesn't reflect the strength of the schedule each team is playing. When you open and play teams like LaMarque and Brenham in lieu of Takington or Huntington and play a strong schedule the team with the least yardage given up may not be the best defense.

If it is a playoff game either shool that played should have a copy of the game in their library. They should have provisions to copy the tape at the school. If it is a state championship game, UIL should have a copy. The state championship game in 86 when Burkeville played Throckmorton has been impossible to obtain. Uil did not have a copy. Burkevilles copy disappeared from the library. Throckmorton said they were sure they could find a copy but were unable to come up with a copy.

I watched Alto play Hemphill last year and it was a mismatch. I am from Newton and I am sure glad we did not have to play them. They were that good. They could have hung with most 3A and a lot of 4A school. They were that good. I think they have all their defense back and boy can they hit. The Hemphill game could have easily been 54 to zip. Alto played their second team and it looked just as good as the first team. No one will beat them this year.

It was the Nederland PN-G game years ago when Kyle Aguilar made that "beautiful move" (shoved the Ned. Player to the ground to get open) and caught the winning touchdown at the end of the game.

Prayers from Newton. Praying for a full and speedy recovery.

They need to hire a man with a last name like, HOOKS, yes that would do it.

school board meets next tuesday, 24 July. Don't know if the job has even been posted or advertised yet. I suspect it will be about the start of the school year before someone is hired. They may designate another coach to fill in until they hire a new one.

Newton would have to be in the top few. They have two coaches besides Barbay that have been successful head coaches, one coached at Jasper for years with a winning program. They also have several young coaches.

August 6--- practice starts August 10--- first day of contact August 18 --- first day team can scrimmage. 33 days until 1st scrimmage. Three weeks untill practice starts.

Word is that last years QB, Mcbride and his brother is trying to transfer to Newton. Burkeville lost about 7 starters last year because of the previous hurricane and their enrolement is dropping. It will be hard to rebuild that team with so few players to work with. I think the brothers will be disappointed if they transfers because Newton is loaded and they may be riding the bench. Burkeville had to pay the state back about 250 thousand dollars because of enrolement drop last year. They had to cut back on teachers. If they get the right coach that little school may recover in a few years.

How about how to get to your favorite stadium. There is a web site called Texas High School Football Database.. www.texasbob.com/football Gives you the stats and directions to every football stadium in Texas, even the clall A stadiums. Really a big help with new unfamiliar stadiums. Gives you the type of grass, seating capacity,map, etc..

67 yards----Russ Cowsert from Dallas Christian vs FW Nolan in 1987. No, I did not actually see it. Heck, I can't see that far. Read this in the Texas Football magazine in the High School Records section. Can you imagine.

Glad to see Buna has a good program going. Your team has earned respect. Keep up the good work and good luck in 07.

Come on new Indian, God is spelt with a capital G, not a little g.

Year in and year out there is not a lot of difference in talent from the district schools. Its how you develope and mold that talent . Its not amazing that Hooks and Barbay keep winning teams every year. It comes down to coaching. Put Hooks at PN-G and that program will elevate. Remember a man named Etheridge.

Kirbyvilles program has been getting better every year. That district will be a tough one this year. Whoever comes out of that district will be ready for the playoffs. WO/S and Kirbyville will be two of those teams. Kirbyville could have the best team and still lose to WO/S

yes, E.Chambers, you have a great football program and a great team, not only in football but in Basketball also. Hope you have a great year and I think you will go a long way in the playoffs. Good luck from a Newton fan.