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  1. By Dave Rogers The Baytown Sun Published November 25, 2009 DAYTON — They’re football players, not firemen, but the four Dayton football players didn’t hesitate to spring into action to help in a life-or-death situation. And after missing a playoff game because of injuries he received while helping free a couple from their burning truck, Bronco defensive tackle N.L. Hines said he’d do it all again. “Yeah, if I had to,” he said Tuesday. “It’s a good deed. I wasn’t really expecting us to get anything out of it.” Hines and fellow seniors Aaron Jenkins, Victor Blanco and Theo Edwards didn’t even get the names of the couple they rescued around midnight the night of Nov. 7. What they got was a big helping of their coach’s respect. “Any time you get a human being reacting the right way, maybe athletics had something to do with that,” Dayton head coach Jerry Stewart said. “That’s what it’s supposed to be about. “A lot of kids would have turned tail and gone the other way. These kids reacted.” The accident report has not yet been completed, said a woman who answered the phone at the Department of Public Safety office Tuesday. But she indicated the crash victims had been transported immediately from the scene to a Baytown hospital, then transferred by Life Flight to Houston with burns over most of their bodies. There was no way Tuesday to track the condition of the man and woman that Hines guessed were in their 30s. Hines received first- and second-degree burns on his side and back, nothing life threatening, but enough to keep him from playing in Dayton’s bidistrict win over Vidor. Blanco, a defensive back who was already out for the season with a knee injury, was also injured. He received minor burns and was cut by a piece of the window glass that he, Jenkins and Hines kicked repeatedly until it broke, freeing the victims of the overturned truck. “We had to rush Victor to the hospital. He had some glass in his leg,” Hines said. “Fortunately, he came out fine.” The day had started with Dayton’s football team winning their final regular season football game 36-2 over Austin LBJ. After traveling back from Austin, the players unwound that evening at a get-together at a teammate’s house west of Dayton. “We were leaving to go home and Aaron and Victor saw a truck flipped over on (County Road) 4906,” Hines said. “I didn’t know what was happening. I saw people trapped inside who were asking for help, so we ran down. We tried to bust the glass, but it was shatterproof glass.” The players didn’t give up. “Theo was calling the cops, but he didn’t know where we were, so Aaron ran over to help him. Victor was kicking the glass when I got a real strong smell of gas,” Hines said. “I said ‘I smell gas. We’ve got to think fast and hurry up and get this glass out.’ “The glass started to crack where one of the victims was kicking it. The gas smell got stronger, so I started to turn around and some gas popped up and hit me in the back. Glass hit Victor in the leg. “We kicked the glass out and the people got out. They ran to someone else’s house and ran to the hospital.” Blanco was not at Dayton’s practice Tuesday to talk about the incident. Edwards, a Bronco linebacker, said he’d do only one thing different if ever faced with the same circumstances. “I’d be a lot quicker,” he said. Jenkins explained: “The car blowing up was the last thing on my mind,” the defensive end said. “I turned my back (to help Edwards with the 9-1-1 call) and the next thing I know, the car’s on fire and I’m rushing my friend (Blanco) to the hospital.” As it turned out, the only negative for the players was Hines missing the bidistrict game. But the 5-10, 205-pounder responded a week later by getting three quarterback sacks in Dayton’s 41-3 area-round win over Waller. Friday night, the Broncos play El Campo in a Region III semifinal game at 7 p.m. at Houston’s Tully Stadium. “That was one of my better games,” he said of his night’s work against Waller. “I was glad to be back and I did not want to lose. I want to play as much as I can since it’s my last year.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2. Dayton VS Elgin Predictions At Dayton Friday 7:30 PM
  3. Kingwood Park Dayton Total yards 39 464 First downs 3 19 Rushes/Yds 37/39 29/230 Average rush 1.05 7.93 Comp/Atts 0/2 13/20 Pass yards 0 234 Comp pct 0 65 Punts 7 0 Punting Yards 244 0 Punting Average 34.86 0
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