West Orange-Stark (21) Carthage (49) 4A DII State Championship---FINAL

[ladybug33]

Thank You for a Great Season West Orange Stark Congratulations no one thought you would make it so far. Never doubted you could do it. 

[JBizzle]

Good season WOS. Hard to come up short, but they should be very proud of this season.

[ladybug33]

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[ladybug33]

I was at the game, but I didn't realize that # 0 left the game on crutches. I know that he and WOS linebacker #5 had a game vs game within the game. 

[89Falcon]

20 hours ago, Little Jerry said:

Edwards has been injured on/off all season and read where he was banged up coming into this game. Not needed much today. This could have been a lot worse. Like Newton, can't go to Arlington with a 1 dimensional offense 3A and up. Get away with it in 2A, but not 3A+. WOS played as good as they could. This was not going to be a close game. 

Im a betting rooster and I would bet Surratt leaves. Which college assistant job he takes? IDK. But 11 rings. Incredible. 

"1 dimensional offenses" work pretty good at the college level. 

[89Falcon]

Great season WOS and great job of representing 9-4A D2. WOS likely to be even better next year. 

[wo-s#1]

1 hour ago, 89Falcon said:

Great season WOS and great job of representing 9-4A D2. WOS likely to be even better next year. 

Losing pretty much the entire line will be tough to replace,a couple guys back is about all.

[89Falcon]

1 hour ago, wo-s#1 said:

Losing pretty much the entire line will be tough to replace,a couple guys back is about all.

But you got the big guns back. Should be hard to handle. 

[Dirty_but_Dazzling]

On 12/19/2025 at 5:37 PM, Bansheefan said:

I have heard all week about this wos defense  did they get kicked off the team this week?

That defense for years was known as the "chain gang defense" suddenly one season it offended some one and became known as the "blue link" defense.

SMH!

[SmashMouth]

On 12/19/2025 at 6:22 PM, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

That was one of the weirdest onside kicks I've seen in Arlington (to include college and pro)

Roll Tide Baby!

[WOSdrummer99]

Special thanks to SETXsports and Aaron Ward @RonWithTwoAs for providing audio broadcast for WOS this season. Many fans were thankful they were able to listen while at work Friday afternoon. 

Mustangs finished another historic season in Arlington. Although the results weren't what we wanted, it was as expected. Coach Surratt has been unstoppable. No other team in Region 3/4 was going to do any better.

Coach Hickman should be commended for reinstalling the powerful defensive front that has turned the program back in the right direction. Defense wins championships.

Well, only when the offense has the ability to score. Silver side of the ball still needs a boost. Cant be one dimensional at state and expect to out athlete the competition. The first drive showed us all we needed to see. After methodically moving down to Carthage 16. 4th and 6 call was a play action rollout with only TE as possible target. Great drive ended in nothing. Gotta put one in the air on that play. Nothing to lose. If they get an interception its same as turnover on downs.

With 15 assistants for 42 players it shouldn't be hard to have one on one coaching. Especially since we only have 1 QB and 1 kicker. Obviously we still have some weak links on the staff. "We see everything and forget nothing." And just like the 1st 2 years of the experimental defense. Some of them still havnt shown they can adjust or improve on what has worked.

Jefferson is a talented young man that will not be here forever. He has the ability to make almost any play work when his number is called. His record breaking season and career rushing yards is unbelievable. Not taking anything away from his accomplishments. But it's  somewhat misleading about the history of our RBs and somewhat telling of our style of offense. (Pro-Style???)

#4 carried us through the 4th quarter and won games in the waning minutes of the contest. Years ago we would be able to shut down the starters earlier in the game. Meaning they only played 70-80%. Also having more balanced offense meant the QB and WR had more production. Taking some of the load off our stable of powerful backs.

Regardless of the past mistakes and the division that Harris pushed us all into. We have arrived once again. Now to see how the pieces fall into place for next season. Losing some starters and bringing back some keys to success. This is WOS, not the old Win-One-Soon. Now the expectations are to win championships soon. So I know I speak for the rest Mustang Nation when I say... Let's go again next year and win it all.

Everyone have a safe and happy holidays.

 

Also this is today...

Coach Dan Ray Hooks

Visitation will be from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, December 21, 2025, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 22, 2025, at West Orange Cove CISD Event Center.

Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

[Gasilla]

15 hours ago, wo-s#1 said:

Losing pretty much the entire line will be tough to replace,a couple guys back is about all.

2 out of 5. Not that bad.