4A Johnston High cancels game; season in jeopardy

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Johnston High cancels game; season in jeopardy

From the Austin American Statesman

Johnston season may be saved

By Rick Cantu | Thursday, October 4, 2007, 03:02 PM

The football season at Johnston High School might be salvaged.

The Johnston-Manor football game, scheduled tonight at House Park, has been cancelled, the Austin ISD announced today.

A decision on the rest of the season, however, will be made by the district on Monday. Earlier today, the district announced the remainder of the season would be canceled, too, but that changed in the afternoon.

Johnston, winless in 36 straight games, does not have enough players to compete, first-year varsity coach Demo Odems said today. The decision is a “safety issue†because the Rams are being overwhelmed by much bigger team.

“My heart and soul will not let me do that to a child,†Odems said.

No matter what happens Monday, Johnston will continue to have a JV team.

Johnston (0-5) has a total of 30 football players on varsity — 13 are freshmen — and has sustained several injuries throughout the year. The team has only eight seniors.

Within the last two weeks, two Rams have had major knee injuries and another had a bruised lung.

Odems said the Rams will have varsity football back for the 2008-09 season.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I never heard of this team

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Their in 17 4A.

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Saw this on a Austin Site!!

Johnston has had 3 straight academically unacceptable ratings and the TEA is considering shutting down the campus. Considering the school is under 50% untilized, they shoudl shut it down and combine with another (LBJ & Reagan--another under 50% utilized).

What is a real bummer, is that they cancelled only a few hours before gametime! They could not field a F/JV team this week, so they knew well before today that they were considering not playing. Another fine example of how AISD operates. Pray your school does not schedule games with them or ends up in a District with them!

[BearWolf]

why do they not have enough players with a 4A student population? What are these boys doing?

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