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Spurger never did one thing in baseball before Hennigan got there and hasn't done a single thing after he left. Also seeing that it was his first job out of college I doubt he was cherry picking? I'm sure he took what he could get. He may have got lucky, but his results speak for themself. I also know by speaking to him years ago that he moved to colmesneil because he felt like they were going up in classification and they did. Colmesneil has won many state championships, but all were at the 1A level. Hennigans team lost in the state championship game to Weimar as a 2a team! There's a huge difference in 1A and 2a! And what he did in woodville is simply amazing. Took a 3a team that didn't make the playoffs the year before he got there and took basically the same team mixon had to the regional finals is simply awesome. Hennigan was head coach for 5 years in woodville and won a state championship, but what is even more amazing is he took his teams to 4 regional finals in 5 years! People should recognize as Thornton Melon brought up, Hennigan was the best the county has ever seen period. Only other in the same conversation is Ben Stuart from colmesneil!

Wow! How can you people say such Rediculous crap about coach Hennigan or coach Wilroy? Saying he got out basically when the well was dry? Let's set a few things straight. There were no rileys, becks, and winters in Spurger when Hennigan took them to the state championship game 2 years in a row! There also were no becks, rileys, and winters in colmesneil when Hennigan took them to state either! In fact when he took colmesneil to state he did when they were a class 2a team! He had other good players with different names such as brown, mccabe, gill, douglas, mann, winkle, and many others. What is the common denominator there? HENNIGAN! Here's you another point you seem to be missing, when Hennigan came over from colmesneil he and wilroy inherited an eagle team that came in 4th in district and missed the playoffs. With the exact same team that another great coach (mixon) missed the playoffs with, not only did Hennigan take the teams to the playoffs, but took the team to the regional finals getting beat by the eventual state Champs who went 37-0 by 1 run in two games! Now if you knew what the real reason he left the when did you would probably feel pretty stupid. I happen to know the man and know exactly why he left. He left because he was a single parent raising 3 young kids! And the final straw was when his son started playing baseball he saw 1 game! Now go ahead a take away from a great career if you so choose, but remember this, to this day Hennigan is the only coach in Texas history to take 3 different teams to the state championship! Not only that, but from the same county! Sounds to me like yall just don't like the man? A home town boy does good and all you can do is try to take away the work he did