Kickoff 2019

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New Athletic Director
talks game plan for
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COVER SHOT PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SHELBY MILLER/[email protected] Athletic Director Bobby Jack Wright shares his vision for the future of VISD athletics.
To read a Q&A with the district’s new high school sports leader, turn to Page 7.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
District 15-5A, Division I...................... PAGE 3-5 District 15-5A, Division II........................ PAGE 6 Class 4A coverboy .................................. PAGE 8 Class 3A coverboy .................................. PAGE 9 Class 2A coverboys .......................... PAGE 10-11 TAPPS Division II, District 5.................. PAGE 11 District 15-3A, Division I, Division II;
District 16-2A, Division I........................PAGE 12 District 14-3A, Division II.......................PAGE 13 District 13-4A, Division II.......................PAGE 14 District 15-2A, Division I........................PAGE 15 Top games..........................................PAGE 16-17 District 16-2A, Division I........................PAGE 18 District 13-4A, Division I........................PAGE 19 District 15-2A, Division II,
District 14-2A, Division II.................PAGE 20-21 District 14-3A, Division I........................PAGE 21 District 15-4A, Division I,
District 11-4A, Division II...................... PAGE 22 District 13-3A, Division I....................... PAGE 23 TAPPS Division IV, District III;
TAPPS 6-man Division II, District 5 .... PAGE 24 Schedules ..........................................PAGE 25-27 Rosters .............................................. PAGE 28-30 Preseason Poll.........................................PAGE 31
CLASS 2A COVERBOYS: DONYAI TAYLOR CLASS 3A COVERBOY: TY LOVE – PAGE 9 CLASS 4A COVERBOY: RJ MITCHELL – PAGE 8 AND YSIDRO MASCORRO – PAGE 10-11


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DISTRICT 15-5A, DIVISION I
VICTORIA EAST TITANS
■ Coach: Roland Gonzalez
■ Years at Current School: 8
■ Record at Current School: 37-39
■ Years as Head Coach: 17
■ Overall Record: 80-88
■ Last Year’s Record: 5-6, 5-3 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, bi-district
■ Returning Starters: WR Ethan White, OL Hunter
Crump, OL Dedrick Porter, WR Koby Levigne, LB Ethan Farias, S Tyree Haynes, S Cyrus Sanchez, DT Christian Mancillas
VICTORIA WEST WARRIORS
■ Coach: Courtney Boyce
■ Years at Current School: 4
■ Record at Current School: 14-17
■ Years as Head Coach: 4
■ Last Year’s Record: 5-5, 4-4 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2017, area
■ Returning Starters: QB Donovan Harris, RB Tyvon
Hardrick, RB Jonathan Buckner, WR Kevin Rankin, LB Bill Sciba, LB James Avery, DL Tyler Miller,
DL Colten Matus, DL Beau Sciba, S Bryce Sitka
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RIGHT: Victoria East’s Tyree Haynes attempts to tackle Victoria West’s Bryce Sitka during last season’s District 15-5A, Division I game at Memorial Stadium.
East, West prep for competitive district
BY REY CASTILLO
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Victoria East and Victoria West are pre- paring for their second season in District 15-5A, Division I.
The Titans and Warriors joined the new- ly aligned district last season, with East finishing fourth to clinch a playoff berth.
The Titans put together a 5-3 record against West, Corpus Christi Carroll, Flour Bluff, Veterans Memorial, King, Miller, Moody and Ray.
“CCISD is a quality district,” said East coach Roland Gonzalez. “They have real- ly good programs over there. We went out there and faced adversity, and our kids won the games we needed to win. We’re excited to return to this district. Our focus will be to stay healthy and create depth.”
West hopes things will be different this season after missing a postseason ap- pearance.
The Warriors finished 5-5 last season but hope to improve with the return of
quarterback Donovan Harris; running backs Tyvon Hardrick and Jonathan Buck- ner; wide receiver Kevin Rankin; lineback- ers Bill Sciba and James Avery; defensive linemen Tyler Miller, Colten Matus and Beau Sciba; and safety Bryce Sitka.
“This is going to be an extremely tough district,” said West head coach Courtney Boyce. “Almost every team is bringing back players and has explosive players on both sides of the football.”
West hopes to clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2017.
The Warriors are in place to make a run after being picked to finish fourth in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine pre- season District 15-5A poll.
“It’s going to be a grind,” Boyce said. “We have to take things day by day and fo- cus on ourselves.”
Veterans Memorial captured the district championship last season with a 8-0 record.
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Victoria East looks to young players after loss of 29 seniors
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Victoria East’s Ethan White will start the season with new and familiar team- mates.
But it’s nothing the senior quarter- back didn’t expect.
“Everyone knows what they have to do,” White said. “We just have to ex- ecute it. Last year was good for me to gain experience. Everyone is willing to learn and put effort in to make a team.”
White is one of eight returning starters.
East also returns offensive linemen Hunter Crump and Dedrick Porter; wide receiver Koby Levigne; safeties Tyree Haynes and Cyrus Sanchez; and defensive tackle Christian Mancillas.
“I feel like we have potential to do something special,” Levigne said. “With the talent we have, we can get the job done.”
The Titans put together a 5-6 season last year and a posted a 5-3 mark in Dis- trict 15-5A, Division I play.
East hopes to do better after advanc- ing to the Class 5A bi-district round – the team’s third playoff appearance in the last four seasons.
“Young people are stepping up this year,” said East running back William Garley. “The younger players are ask- ing the older players questions.”
Garley is happy to be back on the field after missing last season with an elbow injury.
“It’s a new start and a new beginning,” Garley said. “It feels good to be back.
East head coach Roland Gonzalez expects his team to compete despite losing 29 seniors a sea- son ago. Gonzalez, who begins his eighth season as head coach at East, knows depth has been an issue but hasn’t shied away from keeping the team’s goals the same.
“We have to stay healthy,” Gonzalez said. “We have to create depth and try to give the kids the best chance to be successful every time they hit the field.”
The Titans begin their second sea- son in District 15-5A, Division I.
Last season, East defeated Victoria West, Corpus Christi King, Carroll, Miller and Moody but fell to Veter- ans Memorial, Ray and Flour Bluff.
But the Titans have two pre- season games to focus on before opening district play Sept. 13 at Corpus Christi Miller.
East will open the season Aug. 30 at Co- lumbia. The Titans’ home opener is Sept. 6 against Gregory-Port- land.
“We have to come out and work hard,” said East lineback- er Ethan Farias.
“We don’t want to have the season we had last year. We want to come out and go deeper
in the play- offs.”
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ABOVE: Victoria East head coach Roland Gonzalez talks to his players during the first day of practice at the East field. LEFT: A Victoria East player attempts to break up a pass during practice.
to do something
special. With the talent we have, we can get the job done. KOBY LEVIGNE, Victoria East wide receiver
I feel like we have potential
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The Eagles, who return six play- ers on offense and five players on defense, advanced to the regional round before falling to Mission Veterans Memorial.
“In this district, every team is competitive from top to bottom,” said Veterans Memorial coach Cody Simper. “Both Victoria teams bring an interesting dynamic to this district. They’re very athletic teams, and they are well-coached. Coach Gonzalez and Boyce do a great job, and both teams will be in the mix for playoff spots and in the hunt for a district championship.”
Ray and Flour Bluff also made
the postseason, but Veterans Me- morial has been picked to win this season’s district title.
According to the Dave Camp- bell’s Texas Football maga- zine preseason state Class 5A, Division I poll, the Eagles, Bucca- neers, Warriors and Hornets are expected to make the playoffs.
“Our expectations are to earn the right to be one of the four in the end,” said Miller coach Justen Evans. “We play in a really good district, and there will be eight other teams that will have a say about that. But we feel like we can be in the hunt.”
Evans said he isn’t taking any teams lightly. He knows any team can present a challenge on any given night.
“East and West are both very talented teams,” Evans said. “West is returning a lot of players from last year. “They’re one of the best teams coming back and should be competing for a playoff spot. East lost some people, but I believe Coach Gonzalez does a good job and will have them ready to play.”
The Buccaneers lost the final three games of the season to miss a playoff berth but return 17 starters, including quarterback Andrew Body and receiver Ralph Rodriguez.
“We have to focus on finishing down the stretch,” Evans said. “We can’t drop the last three like we did last year.”
East’s five district wins came against West, King, Carroll,
Miller and Moody.
The Warriors defeated Ray,
King, Moody and Flour Bluff.
“I think our team can be very good this year,” said West line- backer James Avery. “There is still a lot of stuff that we need to work on, but we just have to take things game by game and focus on
improving each week.”
The Titans hope for another
postseason run with the return of quarterback/wide receiver Ethan White; offensive linemen Hunter Crump and Dedrick Porter; wide receiver Koby Lavigne; lineback- er Ethan Farias; safeties Tyree Haynes and Cyrus Sanchez; and defensive tackle Christian Man- cillas.
The Titans will begin district
play Sept. 13 at Corpus Christi Miller.
“I feel like we have experience of what kind of formations this dis- trict has,” Levigne said. “We can get a game plan together that will help us beat them.”
“It’s a good district,” added East linebacker Ethan Farias. “We’ll have to work hard as a team in or- der to get the job done.”
The Warriors open district play Sept. 13 against Moody at Memo- rial Stadium.
“Every senior this year has to be a leader,” Avery said. “We have to have every one of us bring up the younger classes coming in. We have to lead the team and show these younger kids the way to practice hard.”


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BY TYLER TYRE
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Victoria West coach Courtney Boyce is fo- cused on bringing his team closer together after an up-and-down 2018.
“We want this team to be a family,” he said. “At the end of the day, that is the most important thing for us. We want this to be a brotherhood.”
The Warriors finished last season with a 5-5 record and went 4-4 overall in District 15-5A. The team had a similar season in 2017, when they finished 5-5 with a 3-3 dis- trict record.
While it was good enough to get West to the playoffs two years ago, it was not in 2018, the team’s first year in District 27-5A, Division I.
Bryce Sitka, who was voted by his team- mates as defensive and team MVP last sea- son, experienced the playoffs two years ago in his first varsity season.
“My goal for this team is to get back to the playoffs,” Sitka said. “I made it there as a sophomore, and it was a great feeling. Hopefully, we can do that again this year.”
The Warriors return nine starters, three on offense and six on defense. Among them is running back Tyvon Hardrick, who has a chance to break the city rushing record this year.
Hardrick ended his junior season with 1,837 yards rushing and 29 touchdowns to bring his career rushing yardage to 2,787. He would need to run for 1,996 yards this
year to break Victoria West graduate Gar- maquise Girdy’s mark of 4,783 yards.
Donovan Harris returns at quarterback for the Warriors as well. Boyce views the wealth of experience as an asset for the team.
“Having returners like that is a great thing,” he said. “They bring knowledge and can help teach the younger guys, which is very important. They know what it is like to compete and work day in and day out.”
Sitka and senior linebacker Beau Sciba will anchor the defense. The two combined to record 168 tackles in their junior season.
“I think we have a really good chance to be a good defense this year,” Sitka said. “We have a mix of guys returning and younger guys, but we have been working hard over the summer. I think our new guys can step up to the job.”
On the offensive side of the ball, Harris expects the team to be explosive, and he has high hopes for the season.
“I feel like we can win our district,” he said. “I think we have a lot of people step- ping up and doing a good job so far. I just feel if we all get on the same page, then we can do something serious.”
While players may have lofty expecta- tions, Boyce remains firmly planted in the present.
“You can’t get caught up with looking at things down the line,” he said. “We have to focus on the day-to-day and getting better each week.”
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Chris Hernandez takes off his helmet after a drill during Victoria West’s first practice.
Head coach Courtney Boyce tosses the ball to begin a Victoria West drill at Memorial Stadium.


PAGE 6 n District 15-5A, Division II Advosports.com Whitaker expects success from Calhoun
Last season’s
heartbreak in
playoffs spurs
team to improve
BY TYLER TYRE
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PORT LAVACA – Calhoun re- turned to the playoffs last sea- son after a two-year absence, advancing to the state quarterfi- nals before losing to Calallen 48- 17 despite a halftime lead.
For coach Richard Whitaker, the loss still doesn’t sit well.
“We felt like we left something on the field in that last game,” he said. “We were ahead at halftime and laid an egg in that second half. That is something that we have talked about all year. First, we have to get back to the playoffs. But both our coaches and the kids feel like if we can get back and make a run, then we can make it to that next level.”
The Sandcrabs return 11 start- ers from a year ago, including quarterback Conner Kestler, first team all-state fullback Steve Johnson, slot back Jarius Stew- art, offensive tackle Caleb Har- rington, linebacker Cade Kveton, and linebacker Esteban Rodri- guez.
The team will have many new faces on the offensive line, but Kestler isn’t worried.
“We have most of our backfield coming back,” he said, “but we do have a new offensive line. I feel like they can step it up, though, and I think the line will help us do the same things we did last season.”
Kestler returns after running for 1,865 yards and 31 touch- downs while chipping in eight touchdowns through the air as well.
On defense, the team will be led by three senior linebackers. Among these is Cade Kveton, who was named second-team all-state last season. He finished the year with 148 tackles and two sacks.
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From left, Payton Salinas and Erin Lozano collide while going after a pass during Calhoun’s football practice.
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CALHOUN SANDCRABS
■ Coach: Richard Whitaker
■ Years at Current School: 15
■ Record at Current School: 113-51 ■ Years as Head Coach: 21
■ Overall Record: 145-83
■ Last Year’s Record: 10-4, 5-2 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
quarterfinal
■ Returning starters: QB Conner
Kestler, FB Steve Johnson, SB Jarius Stewart, SE Sean Flores, TE Adam Fox, OT Caleb Harrington, LB Cade Kveton, OLB Elijah Harvey, OLB Esteban Rodriguez, DT Heath Henke, DT Damian Chavez
The defense will have new faces as well, as the Sandcrabs will be tasked with replacing their entire secondary.
“This defense can be very good,” Kveton said. “We might be a little young, but I don’t think that will be a problem for us. I think it will be a strong unit this year.”
Whitaker believes Calhoun is good enough to challenge for a district championship and has higher aspirations for his team in the playoffs.
“Our No. 1 goal is to get into
the playoffs, our No. 2 goal is to play deep into the playoffs, and our No. 3 goal is to win a district championship,” Whitaker said. “That’s how we approach every year. Hopefully, we can accom- plish all three and it would be a very successful season.”
Whitaker knows that District 15-5A won’t be a cakewalk, and he wants his team to be ready for what is ahead.
“Our district is extremely tough,” Whitaker said. “I think there are only two teams that have to replace their quarterbacks
this year. There are just so many quality players back. That’s why our first goal is to get into the playoffs. You have to take care of business within the district before you start thinking about playoffs.”
Kestler is prepared to lead the team and wants to end his high school football career on a good note.
“I want to do the same thing we did last year if not more,” Kestler said. “I want to play further in the playoffs and hopefully win a district title.”


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MAKING IT WRIGHT
VISD athletic director Bobby Jack Wright’s coaching career
■ High school: Edna, Banquete
■ College: Texas A&I (A&M-Kingsville), North Texas, Texas, Oklahoma
Coverstoryn PAGE7 New AD has big dreams
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Former Oklahoma assistant Bobby Jack Wright stands on the sideline during a game against Air Force.
BY MIKE FORMAN
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Bobby Jack Wright didn’t waste any time jumping into his role as the athletic director for the Victo- ria school district.
Wright, 68, had a long coaching career on the high school and college levels before coming out of retirement to take charge of VISD’s athletic programs.
Wright’s first official day on the job was July 1, and he has been working closely with VISD Superintendent Quintin Wright, deputy superintendent of oper- ations Greg Bonewald and as- sistant athletic director Spencer Gantt on developing plans to im- prove the athletic program.
“I want to make it as good for them as we can possibly make it,” he said. “Then you can say they’ve got all the resources at their disposal to be successful. If we don’t give them the opportu- nity to be successful, then that’s on us.”
With the volleyball season underway and football season ready to start, Wright shared some thoughts on the state of VISD athletics.
Q: No playoff games were played at Memorial Stadium last season. You’ve said the turf at Memorial Stadium barely passed a safety test and will have to be replaced after this season. What needs to be done to upgrade the stadium and improve the district’s other facilities?
A: What we’d all like to see is this place becoming a sports complex again, much like any multi-school district in the state. You’ve got a football stadium that is really a good stadium. It’s got great bones. It just needs a little redo. You need new turf, and it needs some repair on the concession stands, locker rooms and restrooms. There needs to be some money put into that
to get them up to speed. That’s the first thing. That being said, we’ve had people come in, look at it and survey our property from the standpoint of possibly putting in a permanent soft- ball field and redoing this old
baseball field and getting it back up to speed. Then, resurfacing the track and putting lights so we can hold a track meet. Our vi- sion is to turn this into the VISD sports complex where all of our major sports are right here.
Q: A bond issue floated by the school district that would have included facility upgrades was voted down. How will the dis- trict fund the improvements?
A: The big issue is money.
I’m the new guy on the block. All I’ve heard about is how the bond failed, the bond failed. Well, OK, the bond failed. That’s past history. Everybody needs to move on. I wasn’t here, and
I wasn’t part of it. It’s over. It’s done. What we’ve got to do is: I’m looking to go out and get some private donations from businesses and individuals. Peo- ple who care about the program, care about the community, care about trying to get the facilities that are as good for the kids of Victoria as we can possibly get.
Q: One of the athletic direc- tor’s duties is to set expec- tations for the program and evaluate coaches. What is your plan?
A: All athletic programs are evaluated by wins and losses. That goes without saying. I’m the new guy. I didn’t come in with any predetermined ideas or predetermined notions of where this program is as a whole. I came in simply for one reason – I love athletics, I love young people, I love coaches. And I thought, I have a lot of
gas in the tank still, a lot of energy, and maybe I can help. Now that I’m here, part of my job is to evaluate. You evaluate by wins and losses – that’s one way. Now, there are also a lot
of other contributing factors in wins and losses. If there are any deficiencies, certainly I want to help strengthen them. I want to help make them better. In this day and age, now you’ve got four teams going to the playoffs. I don’t think it’s unrealistic to ask they go to the playoffs. If they
don’t go the playoffs, is the sky falling? No. I just think that’s a legitimate goal that the pro- grams start out with.
Q: Building a program begins at the middle-school level. What action would you like to see to improve those programs?
A: I do want our coaches on the high-school level making sure there are coaches at the middle school running their offenses and defenses. That’s the only way you’re going to be success- ful. They’ve got to be getting it down at the middle school as much as possible. When they’re freed up, go down there and be a part of the middle school kids – that is certainly something we’re going to push for.
Q:You’vecoachedona number of successful teams, including a national champion team at the University of Okla- homa. What is the first step that needs to be taken to help the VISD athletic program improve?
A: What I want more than anything is for our kids to feel like they have ownership in a very nice complex. To me, the only thing people have in high school to get excited about is facilities. That’s what gets the kids excited. Kids in high school are playing for free, for the love of the game and playing because they want to play. You don’t get them excited about a bunch of rah-rah speeches. Kids get excit- ed about facilities. The better the facilities and the nicer the facilities, the more excitement
it brings to them. You put new turf in this stadium and I know the two football teams are going to be much more excited to play. They’re going to want to play in that stadium; they’re going to want to play in that gym; they’re going to want to play on the softball field or on that soccer field. We’re not where we need to be. We’re not the worst I’ve ever seen, and we’re not the best I’ve ever seen. But we could be so much better.


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Bay City running back Rodney “Rj” Mitchell comes from a family of athletes.
Bay City’s Mitchell builds on family legacy
BY MIKE FORMAN
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BAY CITY – Rodney Mitchell is the youngest member of his fam- ily, but it would be a mistake to call him the baby.
Mitchell stands 6 feet, 1 inch tall; weighs 240 pounds; and fig- ures to wreak his share of havoc for Bay City this season.
“They already know what I did last year,” Mitchell said. “I come to show out.”
Mitchell had 951 yards rush- ing and receiving combined and scored 13 touchdowns as a run- ning back last season despite missing the El Campo game with an injury. He added 54 solo tack- les when he lined up at defensive end or linebacker.
“I like to run the ball and catch the ball,” he said. “I like doing people bad, like running people over and snagging on people and having fun on the field. If you’ve got the ball, I want you to feel the pain. To get this big and to get
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Bay City’s Rj Mitchell junior statistics ■ Rushing: 100-671 yards, 6 TDs
■ Receiving: 18-284 yards, 7 TDs ■ Solo tackles: 54
where I am right now, I love play- ing defense.”
Mitchell’s emergence came as no surprise to second-year Bay City coach Pat Matthews, who got a glimpse of what to expect at the school board meeting where he was hired.
“Rj stood out, and Rj usually likes to be the life of the party,” Matthews said. “He introduced himself and said, ‘I’m Rj, and I’m a running back,’ so from that moment on, Rj was Rj and has al- ways been Rj.
“Since I got out here I’ve been very impressed with his work ethic, the way he moves around, the energy that he has. But what I’m more impressed with this year is the leadership that I see out of him. He’s getting guys
there, he’s doing the right things and that’s huge.”
Mitchell comes from a family of athletes. His father, Rodney, played running back at Bay City before going on to play at North- east Oklahoma. His uncle, Ro- land, played at Bay City and Tex- as Tech and spent eight seasons in the NFL.
His mother, Mary Williams, qualified for the state track meet at Bay City, and his sisters also qualified for the state track meet. Shaniya is playing basketball at Texas Southern, and Bren’Yae is running track at the University of the Southwest.
“You have high expectations when your dad goes to college and plays football, all your sisters are fast and they go to college for a sport, and then they are looking at you,” Rj Mitchell said. “You’re the youngest, and they have high expectations for you.”
Rodney Mitchell originally want- ed his son to play wide receiver
so he wouldn’t have to take the pounding that running backs ex- perience.
But once he watched his son play youth football, Rodney Mitchell was certain running back would be Rj’s position.
“I knew he was going to be special,” Rodney Mitchell said. “I watched when he was playing youth football, junior high and now. I was a pretty good running back, and his vision is way better than mine when I was at his age.”
Matthews is aware of the Mitch- ell family’s athletic prowess and the way it drives Rj.
“I think it’s motivation,” Mat- thews said. “I think he set the bar to be either there or better. That’s a lot of shoes that you have to fill. I think he’s on the way to doing that. Like I said, his work ethic is ridiculous. The thing about Rj is making sure he continues to take care of his grades, making sure he continues to stay focused and making sure he continues
to do what he does.”
Mitchell has already received
an offer from Lamar Universi- ty, which is looking at him as a running back. But Mitchell just wants the opportunity to play college football.
“Any college that offers me,” he said, “wherever they need me to play, I’m playing.”
The Blackcats will need Mitch- ell to have a strong senior year to help them return to the playoffs.
“It’s just making plays,” Mat- thews said. “Being a big part of what we got going on. The lead- ership is a big thing. Even if you look at last year, Rj was all over the field. He was a running back, kick returner, he’s at linebacker, I mean he’s done it all, he’s punt- ing. You can’t ask for anything more except for just to take it to another level. But that leadership component and getting these guys galvanized and together and keeping that synergy going, I think he’s done a good job of that.”


Advosports.com Class 3A coverboy n PAGE 9 Yoakum’s Love ready for senior moment
Watching Bulldogs’ success through years makes wide receiver hungry
to claim his own
BY MIKE FORMAN
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YOAKUM – The waiting was the hardest part for Ty Love.
Love didn’t see the field as much as he would have liked during his first two years at Yoakum.
But he understood the reason as the Bulldogs advanced to the Class 3A, Division I state final when he was a freshman and the state semifinals when he was a sophomore.
“I wasn’t really mad at the guys because they were seniors and needed to play,” Love said. “It just made me work harder. It was a little hard. I was trying to be patient because I knew once my senior year came, it was going to go by pretty fast.”
Love began to make his mark last year as a junior and will get a chance to showcase his abilities this season.
“He’s going to be our guy this year,” said Yoakum coach Bo Robinson. “He’s going to have to be able to do a lot of things, and he’s obviously a very talented guy. He’s never been asked to do what we’re going to ask him to do this year. He definitely can do it.”
The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Love will play wide receiver and in the secondary as he did last season, and he could also take snaps in Yoakum’s Wildcat package.
“When I was younger, I looked up to those guys, and they helped me become the player I am right now. So, I know what to do with it,” he said. “I’ve just got to tell everybody we’ve got to work to- gether and get along with each other. Once we do that, we’ll be playing together pretty good.”
Love is an outstanding athlete who went undefeated in the tri- ple jump last season en route to winning a gold medal at the state track and field meet. He also qualified for the state meet
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Yoakum senior Ty Love had 38 receptions for 685 yards and eight touchdowns last season. He will also play in the secondary for the Bulldogs.
in the 200-meter dash.
He has football offers from
the Air Force Academy, Abilene Christian and Yale.
The offer from Yale came as a shock to Love, who has a 3.8 grade-point average.
“My parents told me to stay on my grades,” he said. “They ha- ven’t really been hard on me. I know the NFL is my dream, but it’s not a promise. I’ve got to have my education first before I think about going to the NFL.”
Robinson expects Love to get more offers as he becomes more involved on both sides of the ball.
“He hasn’t got his dream offer yet,” Robinson said, “but I think he will before it’s over with.”
Love is keeping his options open and is thankful to have the opportunity to continue playing football.
“Honestly, I don’t want to be too far from home,” he said. “But I also want to go somewhere where I can get a really good ed- ucation.”
Love is one of a few seniors returning for the Bulldogs, who come into the season ranked No. 5 in the state.
“That’s what I want to do: I want to go back to state,” Love said. “The past two years, we made it to round five and got shut down. I don’t want that to happen again.
“Everybody here knows how
to work,” he added. “They know we’re not as talented as the last couple of years, so they’re going to work harder to be better.”
Yoakum needs Love to be pro- ductive to have a successful sea- son.
“He gained a lot of confidence last year,” Robinson said. “His freshman and sophomore year, if we had the team we have this year, he would have played a bunch on that team. We had some really good guys in front of him that he had to sit and wait on. We didn’t know how tough Ty would be, and last year he really came on for us.”
Love hasn’t set many personal goals for his senior season, but
LOVE AS A JUNIOR
Yoakum’s Ty Love’s junior season accomplishments
■ Football: 38 receptions, 685 yards,
8 TDs
■ Track & Field: Triple jump, 1st at
state meet; 200-meter dash, 5th at state meet
would like to be more productive than last season.
“It doesn’t matter as long as they get me the ball,” he said. “I’ve thought about it (his final season at Yoakum), but I know I have an opportunity to go play college football. So, I’m just go- ing to make this last year the best and go play in college.”


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Shiner, Refugio standouts identical in position, goal
BY MIKE FORMAN
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Refugio’s Ysidro Mascorro and Shiner’s Don- yai Taylor share similar traits.
Both will start their senior year as returning all-state players, both play running back and linebacker, both have a brother playing college football and both will be team captains.
Mascorro and Taylor also share a similar goal, which is where their paths will diverge, since only one can play for a state championship.
Refugio and Shiner are no longer in the same district but remain in the same region, creating one of the state’s premier rivalries.
The teams have played only six times, but the stakes have been high in each game.
“Seventh grade is when I realized how big everything was,” Mascorro said. “It was the last game in district, and you had to beat them or you were second in district. Then, we had a chance to play them in the playoffs, so we work on them every chance we can get.”
“It’s fun to have somebody that you know you have on your schedule that is going to push you,” Taylor said. “They’re going to make you fight for it.”
Refugio came out on top in five of the meet- ings, which includes a 56-41 victory in last year’s Class 2A, Division I regional round.
The Bobcats enter this season ranked No. 1 in the state poll, while the Comanches rank No. 3.
“We’re all here,” Mascorro said. “We have re- turners. There’s a reason we’re picked No. 1, and we want to show them.”
“It’s really basically the same team,” Taylor said. “They were all on the team last year; it’s just that they didn’t start. It’s basically the same team, the same chemistry, and the chemistry is
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Shiner’s Donyai Taylor and Refugio’s Ysidro Mascorro, the two senior standouts, play both sides of the ball for their respective teams. Both programs are ranked in the preseason poll.
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SHINER RB/LB DONYAI TAYLOR
■ Rushing: 141-1,459 yards, 19 TDs ■ Receiving: 8-228 yards, 4 TDs
■ Tackles: 51
■ Forced Fumbles: 2
■ Fumble Recoveries: 3 ■ Interceptions: 2
■ Passes Broken Up: 6
REFUGIO RB/LB YSIDRO MASCORRO
■ Rushing: 65-490 yards, 7 TDs
■ Receiving: 1-8 yards
■ Tackles: 164, 44 for loss, 2 sacks ■ Forced Fumbles: 3
■ Fumble Recoveries: 1 TD
■ Interceptions: 1 TD
■ Passes Broken Up: 3


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getting better and better every day. It should be a fun year.”
Mascorro was on varsity as a freshman in 2016 when Refugio won its last state championship. He played with his brother, Trace, who began his college career at UTEP before transferring to Sam Houston State.
“I always wanted to play around with him and his whole class,” Ysidro Mascorro said. “That’s all I worked for: to be able to play with him my freshman year.”
Taylor broke his ankle as a freshman and played briefly in the playoffs with brother, Dadrian, who is playing at UTSA.
“After every game, even in Little League, we would come back home and see who had the best stats,” Donyai Taylor said. “There was al- ways a competition to see who could do better.”
The 5-foot-10, 205-pound Mascorro led the Bobcats with 164 tackles last season while rush- ing for 490 yards and seven touchdowns.
But Mascorro’s work ethic is what impresses Refugio coach Jason Herring.
“He’s a coach’s dream,” Herring said. “He does everything right. He’s the last one to leave every day and the first one to get there. He works all summer long. He lives in the weight room. He’s an incredibly dedicated athlete. But probably what impresses me the most about Sido is he’s very, very unselfish. He just does his job and does what he’s supposed to do and nev- er complains. He’s the ultimate team player.”
The 6-1, 197-pound Taylor rushed for 1,459 yards and 19 touchdowns, caught eight passes for 228 yards and four touchdowns, and notched 51 tackles and two interceptions while moving between safety and linebacker.
“He’s one of those kids who’s improved physical- ly over the years and definitely, he’s very football smart,” said Shiner coach Daniel Boedeker. “He’s very aware of things that are going on. That ex- perience has gotten him where he is today. We’re looking forward to having a good year from him, and I think he’s thinking the same thing, so we’re all excited.”
Taylor and Mascorro realize as seniors, they have a responsibility to their teammates.
“We’re definitely looking for him to be a leader for us,” Boedeker said. “He has the capability of leading. His teammates follow him and we go as he goes.”
“Very rarely has an underclassmen been elected as the captain of the team, and Sido got elected as a captain last year by his teammates,” Herring said. “We’re expecting him to be a captain this year, and we’re expecting him to run the show.”
The show debuts Friday for Shiner and Refugio, and both players are hoping their finale comes in December at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
“It means a lot to me,” Taylor said. “I just want to end my senior year on a good note. We’re try- ing to win a championship like most of the time during my career.”
“We’re just going to do our thing, the thing we’ve been doing for years,” Mascorro said. “Anything short of getting gold at state is not acceptable.”
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Under first-year head coach Bryan Jones, St. Joseph returned to the play- offs last season for the first time since 2014. This season, Jones and the Flyers look to build upon their 2018 success and advance into the TAPPS Division II, District 5 playoffs.
The Flyers have a strong returning senior class to lean on, and Jones has been pleased with the effort the players have put in over the summer.
“They’ve been working hard for us all summer long,” he said.
The Flyers spent the summer in the weight room, conditioning and partici- pating in 7on7 tournaments.
“I don’t even feel like we got a break this summer,” Jones said.
Led by senior quarterback Jacob Bor- dovsky, the Flyers’ offense is poised to put points on the board. Bordovsky will be surrounded by senior running backs KeAon Griffin, Quincy Johnson and J’Den Miller.
Drake Hale, who transferred from Vic- toria East, is also expected to see action
in the backfield this season.
Bordovsky will have many receiving
options. Griffin, Miller, Alex Angerstein, Jacoby Robinson and Edward Clay will see action at wide receiver.
The offensive line will be anchored by senior D’Ary Patton at tackle.
Jones sees juniors Matthew Janak, Steven DeLeon and George Pena step- ping up for his team.
“Janak will be a safety and wide re- ceiver,” Jones said. “Pena and DeLeon will be on the offensive and defensive lines. They are going to have to step up for us this year.”
Houston Second Baptist remains the team to beat if a district title is to be won. Houston Lutheran South is poised to secure the second playoff spot. St. Jo- seph, which is picked to finish third by Dave Cambell’s Texas Football Maga- zine, will look to challenge those teams for the district title.
“From top to bottom, this is the most competitive district in 5A,” Jones said. “Anytime you have those Houston teams involved, it’s going to be tough.”
Cypress Community Christian, Houston
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ST. JOSEPH FLYERS
■ Coach: Bryan Jones
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 2
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 6-5, 2-3 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, bi-district ■ Returning Starters: WR/LB Alex Angerstein,
OL/DL D’Ary Patton, RB/DB Quincy Johnson, QB/DB Jacob Bordovsky, WR/DB J’Den Miller, WR/DB Matthew Janak, WR/DB Edward Clay, RB/DB KeAon Griffin, K Robbie Alcasabas, WR/DB Jacoby Robinson, OL/DL Steve Deleon, OL/DL George Pena, OL/DL Jace Stevens
Westbury Christian and Fort Bend Christian will round out the district.
The Flyers open the season on a bye week, followed by 10 straight games. Their first game will be against Shiner St. Paul. The following week, they will face Industrial. Hallettsville Sacred Heart and a trip to Uvalde to play Rocksprings will round out the non-district schedule.


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Karnes City is facing its second season in District 15-3A, Division I.
The Badgers weren’t able to win a district game last season, but 12-year coach Jim Wood believes his young core of players gained the necessary experience to com- pete this season.
“They had a great offseason,” Wood said. “They’re getting after it, and we have a good senior class coming. Last year was tough. They’re not happy, and we aren’t either.”
The Badgers, who finished 1-9 overall last season, will return nine players on offense and eight on defense.
Wood is looking for players such as Luke Doreck, Max Koliba and Braden Bowen to lead the team.
“They’re physically stronger this year,” Wood said. “Players have a year of experi- ence of playing varsity football. We started eight sophomores on defense, and they weren’t ready psychically.”
Karnes City’s district includes Marion,
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KARNES CITY BADGERS
■ Coach: Jim Wood
■ Years at Current School: 9
■ Record at Current School: 36-48-1
■ Years as Head Coach: 12
■ Overall Record: 50-63-1
■ Last Year’s Record: 1-9, 0-5 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2016, bi-district
■ Returning Starters: OL Luke Doreck, OL Jace
Gonzales, DT Ryan Cordaway, DT Max Koliba, DE Braden Bowen, OLB Jakob Prieto, WR Dametrisse Ellis, LB Waylon Guerrero, WR/DB Adonis Shular, OL/ DL Ryland Wieding, WR/DB Aaron Smith, FB Christian Jimenez, LB Kolby Culpepper, FS/WR Jacob Peralta, RB Jaden Jaramillo, WR/DB Warrick Thompson
San Antonio Cole, Cotulla, Jourdanton and Universal City Randolph.
“It’s a very competitive district,” Wood said. “Journdanton and Marion will be the top two teams. They have a whole lot com- ing back, and it’s very competitive.”
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Woodsboro offensive coordinator James Duprie talks with his team during a practice last season. Gary Carpenter will take the reins as the Eagles’ new head coach this season.
Eagles welcome new coach
Nixon-Smiley aims to improve
BY REY CASTILLO
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Gary Carpenter begins his first season at Woodsboro.
Carpenter was the defensive coordina- tor at Floresville last season and spent the three previous seasons as the defensive coordinator at Henderson.
Carpenter inherits a team that lost more than half its starters to graduation.
The Eagles finished 12-1 overall last sea- son and posted a 5-0 record in District 16- 2A, Division II.
“We have hardworking kids,” Carpenter said. “We had our scrimmage last week, and they played hard. They’re a team that gives you a good effort. It’s going to be tough to replay what last year’s team did, but we do have kids who are part of that. They were a part of that success and expect to have that same success again.”
Woodsboro will look to returning starters Marcos Pena, Raul Flores, Caleb Moore,
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WOODSBORO EAGLES
■ Coach: Gary Carpenter
■ Years at Current School: 1
■ Years as Head Coach: 1
■ Last Year’s Record: 12-1, 5-0 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, regional
■ Returning Starters: OL Marcos Pena, RB/OLB
Raul Flores, RB/OLB Caleb Moore, WR Anthony Meacham, CB Jordyn Mackey
Anthony Meacham and Jordyn Mackey. The Eagles will face district foes Poth, Stockdale, Skidmore-Tynan, Natalia and
Dilley.
District play begins Oct. 11 at Poth.
“It’s going to be tough,” Carpenter said.
“We talked to all of the guys last week, and we know we’re not the same team as last year with new staff and changes scheme- wise. For us, it’s going to be different.”
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Nixon-Smiley coach Pablo Ybarra knows last season was a rebuilding year for the Mustangs.
The Mustangs showed signs of success by staying in games, but couldn’t capitalize. “The main thing is staying healthy, stay- ing focused and playing together,” Ybarra said. “We have to finish games. We would start off really good, but we couldn’t finish a game completely. We will have to finish
games to win.”
Nixon-Smiley finished 0-10 overall and 0-5
in District 15-3A, Division II.
But Ybarra likes what he’s seen so far
during scrimmages and practices.
“I like the attitude,” Ybarra said. “The attitude is good, and we’re stronger phys- ically and faster. The main thing is staying
healthy. We can’t afford to lose anybody.” The Mustangs have nine returning start- ers and will look to players such as quar- terback Benito Perez; running back Xavier Arias; receivers Mario Ponce and Javen Mendiola; offensive linemen Mateo Abrego, Josiah Montoya and Zac Perez; and line-
backers Chris Brown and Dario Jantes.
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NIXON-SMILEY MUSTANGS
■ Coach: Pablo Ybarra
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 0-10
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 0-10, 0-5 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2016, area ■ Returning Starters: QB Benito Perez,
RB/LB Xavier Arias, WR/CB Mario Ponce, WR/FS Javen Mendiola, OG/DE Mateo Abrego, OG/DT Josiah Montoya, C/DT Zac Perez,
LB Chris Brown, LB Dario Jantes.
“That’s what we’re excited about,” Yba- rra said. “We have a good number of kids who understand the concept of playing var- sity football.”
The Mustangs begin the season Aug. 30 against Pettus.
The team will open district play Oct. 11 at Poth.
“Poth should be a strong team,” Ybar- ra said. “Natalia is going to be tough and Stockdale. The third and fourth spots are wide open.”
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Advosports.com District 14-3A, Division II n PAGE 13 Tidehaven looks to continue winning ways
BY TYLER TYRE
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After making it to the region- al round in 2017 for the first time since 1990, Tidehaven took another step forward in 2018.
David Lucio’s squad advanced to the state quarterfinals, where it ran into District 14-3A, Divi- sion II foe and district champion East Bernard. The Tigers lost to the Brahmas 17-0 and finished the season with a record of 7-7.
Lucio wants his team to contin- ue its late-season success, but his main goal is to see improvement every week.
“We have one of the most difficult pre-district schedules in 3A, and it’s going to be a battle for us every week,” Lucio said. “But if this team stays healthy and continues to get better week to week, then I really think we can make a pretty good run again.”
Van Vleck also aims to continue last year’s success, which included making it to the regional round of playoffs. Coach Robert Blackmon’s team returns only four starters: wide receiver and defensive back Jalen Williams, wide receiver and defensive back Cameron Franklin, offensive lineman and linebacker Derek Buckalew and wide receiver Brandon Burnett.
Despite the team’s inexperience, Blackmon thinks the Leopards can make it back to the regional round.
“I think that this team can re- peat the success we had last year,” Blackmon said. “The second or third round of the playoffs is achievable for this group. I always tell these guys, once you get into the playoffs, on any given night, anyone can beat anyone. So, we just want to concentrate on taking care of district and seeing what happens after that.”
Schulenburg returned to the play- offs last year for the first time since 2013 before falling to Blanco, 28-0.
The Shorthorns return eight starters on defense and six on of- fense. Coach Brandon Brown said last year was a good stepping stone for the group.
“We have a lot of returners this year, and that really helps with the transition coming into the year,” Brown said. “We don’t need to change anything on offense or defense. This group knows what to expect, so we are hoping to hit the ground running this year and be ahead of where we were at the start of last year.”
Brown will look to his team’s ex- perience to make playoffs for the second straight year.
“We feel like we can fight for one of the top three spots in the district this year,” Brown said. “Finishing fourth last year, I think that we can move up. But it’s going to be a tough district, and we’ll have our work cut out for us.”
After a one-win season in 2018, Bloomington’s playoff drought in- creased to 20 years.
Second-year head coach Chris Horn knows the struggle his pro- gram has faced. He focuses on making his team better every day.
“The team definitely is getting tougher and stronger,” Horn said. “I think our offensive line is get- ting better, and they are doing a good job. Our quarterback has shown us some good things, and I think he can be pretty good as well. There is an adjustment peri- od with a new coach, and I think we are moving past that this year.”
Ganado also has a coach en- tering his second year in Brent Bennett. Bennett led the team to a 4-6 record in his first year with the program, but the team was unable to end a five-year playoff drought.
Bennett thinks his team will be more successful in his second year but knows it will be difficult to claim a playoff spot in the district.
“There are so many solid teams out there,” he said. “If you don’t show up ready to play on any giv- en week, this district will punish you. I really think this district is as good as there is across the state of Texas, but the good thing about that is those tough opponents have to play us as well. We are go- ing to prepare every day to make sure our kids are ready to go.”
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Tidehaven assistant coach Eddie Russell holds up a play for his team during a practice last season.
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GANADO INDIANS
■ Coach: Brent Bennett
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 4-6
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 4-6, 2-4 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2013,
regional
■ Returning Starters: DE Adrian Maza,
DE Gabe Aguilar, MLB Colton Teague, LB/WR Cameron Batts, CB/WR
Gavin Sanchez, FS/WR Louis Olvera, CB/WR Erik Alvarez, DE Larson Workman, OG Alex Campuzano, OG Dean Ramsey, C Chris Gobellan, RB/S Ethan Guerra, WR Riley Hurt
SCHULENBURG SHORTHORNS
■ Coach: Brandon Brown
■ Years at Current School: 6
■ Record at Current School: 22-28 ■ Years as Head Coach: 13
■ Overall Record: 53-70
■ Last Year’s Record: 7-4, 3-3 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
bi-district
■ Returning Starters: RB Brayden
Duarte, DB Trinity Houston, RB/
LB Temon Glover, DB/WR Jordan Jurena, DB Justin Stang, WR Bobby Smith, QB/LB Brett Janecek, DL Travarius Speed, LB Cutter Morin, DL Nathan Ricicar, DL Colby Guzman, DL/ TE Jaxon Fietsam
TIDEHAVEN TIGERS
■ Coach: David Lucio
■ Years at Current School: 4
■ Record at Current School: 26-11 ■ Years as Head Coach: 6
■ Overall Record: 42-18
■ Last Year’s Record: 7-7, 4-2 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
quarterfinal
■ Returning Starters: DE Grant
VonGontard, DT Jerry Johnson, DT Joseph Saavadra, MLB Joey Kacer, OLB Call Davant, S Jose Martinez, CB Mason Perales, CB Kaden Henry, QB Blake Garcia, FB Ben Ruiz, OG Kyus Saha, OG Chance Riojas, WR Mason Perales, WR Kylan Sardinea, WR Austin Smith
BLOOMINGTON BOBCATS
■ Coach: Chris Horn
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 1-9
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 1-9, 0-6 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 1999,
bi-district
■ Returning Starters: LB/FB Bradley
Flores, LB/RB Brityn Brown, WR/DE Jayden Kueker, QB Isaiah Solis, LB/RB John Garcia, OL/DL Josiah Hinojosa
VAN VLECK LEOPARDS
■ Coach: Robert Blackmon
■ Years at Current School: 6
■ Record at Current School: 33-25 ■ Years as Head Coach: 10
■ Overall Record: 43-53
■ Last Year’s Record: 11-2, 5-1
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
regional
■ Returning Starters: WR/DB Jalen
Williams, WR/DB Cameron Franklin, OL/LB Derek Buckalew, WR Brandon Burnett


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BY MIKE FORMAN
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Cuero’s closest margin of victory in a District 13-4A, Division II game last sea- son was 36 points.
The Gobblers scored at least 43 points in every district game and reached the 70-point mark twice.
But Cuero’s performance was more in- dicative of its strength than an overall weakness in the district. The Gobblers wound up playing district foe Geronimo Navarro again in the quarterfinals before winning their fourth state championship.
“I think we had some teams that were young last year, kind of like we are this year,” said Cuero coach Travis Reeve. “I fully expect the district is going to be a lot more competitive.”
Cuero and Navarro will have some re- building to do, while Wimberley returns a number of players from last year’s team, which lost in the bi-district round.
Llano advanced to the area round last season, while Bandera and Austin Eastside Memorial missed the playoffs.
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CUERO GOBBLERS
■ Coach: Travis Reeve
■ Years at Current School: 8
■ Record at Current School: 72-22
■ Years as Head Coach: 8
■ Last Year’s Record: 15-1, 5-0 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, state champion ■ Returning Starters: TE/DE Kobe Giles, OL/DT
Storm Dromgoole, LB Jackson Hardwick, FB/LB Joe Cardenas, OL Charles DeRouen, WS Austin Schwarz
The Gobblers will be on the road against Llano and Navarro this season, and Reeve said he wouldn’t be surprised to see a re- match of two district teams in the quarter- finals.
“I think our district is going to be very competitive,” he said. “I think the top teams in our district will probably be the top teams in our region. So, we’ve got a lot of work to do in order to be able to com- pete on the district and regional level.”
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Advosports.com District 15-2A, Division I n PAGE 15 Shiner’s new coach hopes to carry legacy
BY TYLER TYRE
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Daniel Boedeker has been with the Shiner Comanches for two decades, but this season he will step into a new role as the team’s head coach.
Through his history with the pro- gram, he knows how tough it will be for the Comanches to repeat as dis- trict champs.
“Brazos has a new coach. They have some good, quality kids back as well,” Boedeker said. “Our district is still tough. It’s going to be a battle each week, so we’re going to have to be ready.”
Shiner returns eight starters from last season: running back Donyai Taylor, tight end Cole Patek, tight end Cross Rankin, offensive lineman Gage Brooks, running back Douglas Brooks, safety Devin Lehnert, line- backer C.J. Miller and cornerback Ty- ler Palmer.
The Comanches come into the sea- son ranked No. 3 in the state in Class 2A, but Boedeker does not want his team to overlook anyone.
“You have to make sure you play week to week,” Boedeker said. “You can’t overlook anybody. You have to be prepared, and that’s one of those things you have to talk about for the kids to focus on that week’s opponent.”
Yorktown made the playoffs last season and will return many players such as defensive end and tight end Corey Pargmann, running back and linebacker Zachary Latta and wide re- ceiver and linebacker Justin Denson.
With so much experience on the roster, fourth-year head coach John David Caffey thinks his team has a chance to make an even deeper run.
“Getting this team into the playoffs last year was an accomplishment,” Caffey said. “We’re still a young team. So, to be able to get those guys playoff experience last year is key to their de- velopment in getting this team where we want it to be.”
Weimar saw success last year, mak- ing it to the area round in head coach Ryan McIver’s first season with the team.
McIver hopes his second year will be as bright but knows it is a tough de- mand in a competitive district.
“This is a tough district,” he said. “Shiner is always at the top, and they have some of the best skill kids that they have had there in a long time. Brazos is a tough team as well, and they always are difficult to beat. But
Shiner goes over multiple drills during practice. The Comanches are ranked No. 3 in the Class 2A preseason poll.
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Chapa, Off/Def Oscar Hinojosa, Def Nigel Felix, Off/Def Jerron Villarreal, Def George Delos Santos, Def J’ren Salais, Def Israel Reyes
WEIMAR WILDCATS
■ Coach: Ryan McIver
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 8-3 ■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 8-3, 3-1
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
area
■ Returning Starters: QB/LB
Joey Ramirez, RB/DB RavonDre Wicks, RB/LB Reed Purdy, WR/ DB Dylerick Ellison, OLB Jose Ramirez, TE/LB Vincente Cabrera, OL/DL Colby Rainosek, OL Eddy Flores, OL Trey Daniels, DE Taiton Hudec
I am happy with how these guys are progressing. We are going to go out and try to win as many as we can.”
Shawn Alvarez took over at Kenedy in the spring, inheriting a program that has been winless in its last 27 games.
Alvarez knows improving the Lions will take time, but he understands building a winning program is a pro- cess.
“Every day we install some type of competition to teach these kids how to compete and show them what it feels like to win and be successful at something,” he said. “The goal is to to give these kids little wins everyday and build that mentality. This isn’t something that is going to be built in a day or a month, but our goal is to have these these kids leave the field a bet- ter football player and a better athlete each day.”
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SHINER COMANCHES
■ Coach: Daniel Boedeker
■ Years at Current School: 1
■ Years as Head Coach: 1
■ Last Year’s Record: 11-2, 4-0
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
regional
■ Returning Starters: RB/FS/
LB Donyai Taylor, TE/DE Cole Patek, TE Cross Rankin, OG Gage Brooks, RB Douglas Brooks, SS Devin Lehnert, LB C.J. Miller, CB Tyler Palmer
YORKTOWN WILDCATS
■ Coach: John David Caffey ■ Years at Current School: 4 ■ Record at Current School:
22-14
■ Years as Head Coach: 5
■ Overall Record: 26-21
■ Last Year’s Record: 6-5, 1-3
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
bi-district
■ Returning Starters: DE/TE Corey
Pargmann, RB/LB Zack Latta, C Devin Leister, QB Josh Garcia, WR Chris Johnson, MLB Josh Sanger, CB Kalen Barefield, SS Justin Denson, CB Sam Speed
KENEDY LIONS
■ Coach: Shawn Alvarez
■ Years at Current School: 1
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Overall Record: 4-7
■ Last Year’s Record: 0-10, 0-4
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2015,
bi-district
■ Returning Starters: QB Jaydin


AUGUST
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Calhoun at Victoria West
Sandcrabs travel to Memorial Stadi- um to open season against Warriors.
Cuero at Bay City
Defending state champion Gobblers open season against Blackcats.
Shiner at Hallettsville
Comanches visit Brahmas in head-coaching debut of Shiner’s Daniel Boedeker.
Karnes City at Kenedy
Karnes County rivals play for the 101st time since 1922 in the debut of Kenedy coach Shawn Alvarez.
LEFT: A young Cuero fan covers her ears to block out the noise from the stands during last season’s Class 4A, Division II state championship game against Pleasant Grove at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
ABOVE: Calhoun’s marching band performs at halftime during a gBastrop Memorial Stadium.
SEPT. 6
Gregory-Portland at Victoria East
Titans play their home opener against Wildcats.
Yoakum at Cuero
DeWitt County rivals play for 110th time.
Refugio at Goliad
Bobcats and Tigers play for fourth straight season.
Industrial at Shiner
Cobras’ slot-T goes up against Comanches’ veer.
Shiner St. Paul at St. Joseph
Defending state champion Cardinals play Flyers in Victoria for first time since 2004.
SEPT. 13
Cuero at El Campo
Ricebirds are Gobblers’ second Class 4A, Division I foe.
Yoakum at Gonzales
Bulldogs and Apaches meet for the 86th time since 1914.
SEPT. 20
Victoria West at Victoria East
Warriors and Titans play for the 10th time.
El Campo at Wharton
Wharton County rivals play for the 94th time since 1925.
Cuero at Gonzales
Gobblers and Apaches play for 81st time.
East Bernard at Edna
Slot-T offenses go head to head at Cowboy Memorial Stadium.
Shiner at Tidehaven
Comanches face Tigers in El Maton.
SEPT. 27
Corpus Christi Miller at Victoria West
Warriors look to avenge last season’s loss to Buccaneers.
Wharton at Cuero
Tigers and Gobblers face off for the eighth straight season.
Goliad at Shiner
Comanches handed Tigers their first loss last season.
Mart at Refugio
Panthers do the traveling as state powers meet for third straight season.
St. Joseph at Hallettsville Sacred Heart
Flyers and Indians play in Hallettsville for the first time since 2004.
SEPTEMBER


GAMES
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OCTOBER
ame against Glenn at OCT. 4
Tidehaven at East Bernard
Both teams ranked in preseason top 10.
OCT. 11
Yoakum at Industrial
Bulldogs head to Vanderbilt to open district play against Cobras.
Van Vleck at Tidehaven
Matagorda County rivals square off in district contest.
Yorktown at Shiner
Wildcats and Comanches open district play.
Houston Second Baptist at St. Joseph
Flyers host Eagles in district opener.
OCT. 18
Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial at Victoria East Titans host defending district champion Eagles.
Shiner at Weimar
Comanches and Wildcats play for the 47th time.
OCT. 25
Victoria West at
Corpus Christi Flour Bluff Warriors rallied in fourth quarter to defeat Hornets last season.
Yoakum at Edna
Bulldogs defeated Cowboys twice last year.
RIGHT: Young Falls City fans cheer on the players at Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex.
NOV. 1
Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial at Victoria West
Warriors host defending district champion Eagles.
El Campo at Bay City
Ricebirds and Blackcats meet for 116th time and 100th consecutive year.
Cuero at Navarro
Gobblers travel to Geronimo to play the Panthers.
Edna at Goliad
Cowboys and Tigers have split their last two games.
Shiner St. Paul at Hallettsville Sacred Heart Indians won in district, but Cardinals won the playoff rematch.
NOV. 8
Corpus Christi Calallen at Calhoun
Sandcrabs host Wildcats in rematch of quarterfinals.
Wimberley at Cuero
Gobblers host Texans to close out district play.
LEFT: Yoakum’s cheerleaders stir up the crowd during a game against Cuero at Bulldog Stadium.
Industrial at Edna
Jackson County rivals meet in district finale.
Goliad at Yoakum
Tigers downed Bulldogs to create three-way tie for last year’s district title.
NOVEMBER
PLAYOFFS
NOV. 14-16
Bi-District Round
NOV. 21-23
Area Round
NOV. 28-30
Regional Round
DEC. 5-7
Quarterfinal Round
DEC. 12-14
Semifinal Round
DEC. 18-21
State Finals


PAGE18n District16-2A,DivisionI Refugio likely to
dominate again
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BY MIKE FORMAN
[email protected]
Refugio outscored its District 16-2A, Division I opponents by a combined score of 337-7 last season.
The Bobcats scored at least 55 points in each game and twice scored 75 points or more.
The results weren’t exactly unex- pected after the UIL moved Refugio south from its previous district.
“I think you learn something all the time,” said Refugio coach Jason Herring. “It had been a while. We had been north all these years with Shiner and Weimar and those guys. If you’ve got Shiner in your district and you’re both in the top three, it’s a dif- ferent animal week in and week out.”
The Bobcats, who were ranked No. 1 in the state preseason poll, will play three teams ranked in the top 10 of their respective classifications before entering district play against Riviera, Freer, Santa Maria, Ben Bolt and Three Rivers.
Refugio returns a number of start- ers including quarterback Austin Ochoa; running back Naaji Gads- den; fullback Jaden Hubbard; tight end Jarren Gonzales; wide receiver Michael Firova; offensive linemen Thomas Keyes, Corbin Brown, Dev- on Flores, Elias Morris and Dareon Wills; linebacker Ysidro Mascorro and free safety Jordan Kelley.
“It’s a little bit harder because the level of competition isn’t what it is go- ing to be. So, you’ve got to take things in stride,” Herring said. “We’ve got a process and we’ve got a formula that we follow.”
Herring’s biggest concern is mak- ing sure the Bobcats continue to improve so they’re ready for the play- offs.
“Our day-to-day operations are the same,” he said. “The biggest thing is keeping the kids in tune to where they’re mentally improving every day. If you’re not improving, some- where in the state, someone is get- ting better every single day. They might be in a better district where they’re getting better, and if you don’t watch, by Week 13, they’ve got you before you even know it.”
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RIGHT: Refugio’s Joseph Montemayor
watches his team scrimmage against Bishop at Jack Sportsman Bobcat Stadium. BELOW: Refugio’s defense lines up against Bishop’s offense during their preseason scrimmage.
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REFUGIOBOBCATS
■ Coach: Jason Herring
■ Years at Current School: 13
■ Record at Current School: 158-17
■ Years as Head Coach: 22
■ Overall Record: 227-55
■ Last Year’s Record: 11-3, 5-0 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, quarterfinal ■ReturningStarters:QB/DEAustinOchoa,RBNaaji
Gadsden, FB Jaden Hubbard, TE Jarren Gonzales, WR/ DB Michael Firova, OL/LB Thomas Keyes, OL Corbin Brown, OL Devon Flores, OL Elias Morris, OL/DL Dareon Wills, LB Ysidro Mascorro, FS Jordan Kelley
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Rivalry persists
through century
BY MIKE FORMAN
[email protected]
El Campo and Bay City will play for the 100th consecutive year when the teams meet in the state’s oldest continuous rivalry Nov. 1.
A fourth-place playoff berth was on the line when the Ricebirds and Blackcats met for the 115th time overall last season.
The teams hope the stakes are higher this season in the final District 13-4A, Division I game for Bay City and next-to-last district con- test for El Campo.
The key to the Ricebirds and Blackcats being in contention will rest in their ability to play at a high level for all four quarters.
“It comes down to the consistency and finish- ing,” said El Campo coach Wayne Condra. “I think that was one of the things in a lot of the games we were in last year: We had opportuni- ties; we just didn’t convert.”
“It’s a chemistry thing when it comes to win- ning,” added second-year Bay City coach Pat Matthews. “That process of winning and also transitioning into a new offensive scheme and defensive scheme and getting them to contin- ue to buy in throughout the game for 48 min- utes. We had to learn those lessons. We had to finish and finish strong.”
Sealy went undefeated in district and returns a number of starters from a team that lost to state finalist Liberty Hill in the regional round.
Needville and Brazosport also reached the postseason, while Columbia tied Bay City for fourth place, and Fulshear figures to improve in its second season of varsity play.
“All the teams have talent coming back,” Condra said. “It’s going to be very competi- tive. Sealy had two good classes and has a lot of guys back. They have some good skill kids. They’re still very talented.”
“You know each team has improved and you know each team has some people move on and some losses in some area,” Matthews said. “I think it’s anybody’s ballgame. It’s kind of like an unknown. Sealy is the favorite. I think anybody has an opportunity to be 2-3-4 very easily.”
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El Campo defenders swarm Bay City’s Dylan Davidson last season at Ricebird Stadium.
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DISTRICT 13-4A, DIVISION I
BAY CITY BLACKCATS
■ Coach: Pat Matthews
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 4-6
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 4-6, 3-3 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, bi-district ■ Returning Starters: WR Carlos Lara, WR
Luke Betancourt, RB RJ Mitchell, OL Ivan Dewitt, OL Logan Maclennan, OL Jessie Oros, DL Heart Gaskin, LB Abel Mendoza, LB Seth Dickerson, LB Ky’Adrian Green, DB Avery Smith, DB Marcus Edwards, DB Davieyon Curtis, K Declan O’Neal
EL CAMPO RICEBIRDS
■ Coach: Wayne Condra
■ Years at Current School: 5
■ Record at Current School: 31-15
■ Years as Head Coach: 9
■ Overall Record: 58-33
■ Last Year’s Record: 3-7, 1-5 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2017, area ■ Returning Starters: OL Cole Riha, OL
Devon Earls, OL Matthew Van Gorp, WR Wayne Svatek, RB Charles Shorter, WR Philip Hundl, TE Conner Williams, LB Clay Jung, DB Griffen Croix, DB Nathan Willis, DE Cade DuBroc
El Campo head coach Wayne Condra disputes a call during a District 13-4A, Division I game against Bay City at Ricebird Stadium.


PAGE 2 0 n District 15-2A, Division II / District 14-2A, Division II Falls City maintains
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lofty expectations
BY MIKE FORMAN
[email protected]
Falls City’s closet margin of victory in a District 15-2A, Divi- sion II game last season was 39 points.
The Beavers ran through La Pryor, Runge, Charlotte, D’Hanis and Pettus with ease en route to the state semifinals.
Falls City may not be as explo- sive as it was last season, but it still has the opportunity to re- peat last year’s success.
“We will be a little bit differ- ent,” said Falls City coach Britt Hart. “We won’t be as dynamic as we were the last couple of years. Those guys who we have up front are big, big guys, and we average about 6 foot, 260 on that offensive line. We’re going to use them.”
Falls City will open district against La Pryor, which re- turns most of its starters, be- fore squaring off against Karnes County rival Runge.
The Yellowjackets made the playoffs in coach Abe Vargas’ first season.
“This summer was big for our kids,” Vargas said. “We had a lot of kids show up. They under- stand expectations, and we’re making a lot of progress.”
The Beavers aim for another long playoff run, but they under- stand district comes first.
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DISTRICT 15-2A, DIVISION II
FALLS CITY BEAVERS
■ Coach: Britt Hart
■ Years at Current School: 5
■ Record at Current School: 45-10 ■ Years as Head Coach: 7
■ Overall Record: 55-18
■ Last Year’s Record: 14-1, 5-0
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
semifinal
■ Returning Starters: QB/DB Brady
Lyssy, WR/DB Carson Dziuk, TE/LB Cody Arrisola, OL/DT Tay Yanta, OL/ DT McKade Hartmann, OL Kevin Jendrusch, OL/DE Jacob Hofauer, LB Grant Jendrusch
RUNGE YELLOWJACKETS
■ Coach: Abraham Vargas
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 3-8
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 3-8, 2-3 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
bi-district
■ Returning Starters: WR/DE Daniel
Mendoza, RB/LB Troy Reynolds, WR/ OLB Joe Fraga, WR/FS Matt Rios, OL/ DL Sebastian Reyna, OL/DL Ramiro Torres, DB Gavin Gutierrez
“If we end up healthy going into district play, we’re going to concentrate on doing things right,” Hart said. “That’s a point in my emphasis on offensive and
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Falls City’s Brady Lyssy runs the ball last season at Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex.
defensive strategies. We want to tackle well, we want not to have any missed assignments, and we want to make sure that our
secondary has their coverages. Offensively, we want to make sure that we’re executing every play to perfection. I keep the
drive in them through district play and, hopefully, have that momentum going into the play- offs.”
Flatonia charges toward goals while Louise rebuilds
BY TYLER TYRE
[email protected]
Flatonia had a roller coaster 2018 season.
The team started out hot, winning its first two games before losing four in a row. The Bulldogs then reeled off wins in two of their next three games to make the playoffs.
“We know that our district is a gauntlet,” said Chris Frey- tag, who enters his 10th sea- son as head coach. “Burton and Snook are really good, and
Sommerville and Louise are formidable opponents also. But this group understands what we did last year, and even though we went two rounds, it was a disappointment. This year, our goal is to get past the second round and see how far we can go.”
Freytag will look to returning running backs Dakory Willis and Chris Johnston, quarter- back Juan Netro, offensive lineman Cameron Becker and linebacker Erek Herrera to
lead his team.
Flatonia lost to Woodsboro in
the Class 2A area round.
While the team has lost some players, it still has big goals for
the season.
“When we get to district, our
goal this year is to win a dis- trict championship,” Freytag said. “I believe that this team has what it takes. We need to set ourselves up through non- district and prepare our team
SEE LOUISE, PAGE 21
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DISTRICT 14-2A, DIVISION II
LOUISE HORNETS
■ Coach: Joe Bill
■ Years at Current School: 1
■ Years as Head Coach: 1
■ Last Year’s Record: 3-8, 1-3 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, bi-district ■ Returning Starters: C Danny Williams,
LB Wylie Strelic, LB Daylon Machicek, CB Blake Yeager, G Mike Gusman, T Duran Vasquez, WR Rogeric Schooler, T Daniel Gaona Jr., T Derek Luna
FLATONIA BULLDOGS
■ Coach: Chris Freytag
■ Years at Current School: 10
■ Record at Current School: 50-52
■ Years as Head Coach: 10
■ Last Year’s Record: 6-6, 2-2
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, area ■ Returning Starters: DT/OL Cameron
Becker, LB Erek Herrera, QB/LB Juan Netro, RB Dakory Willis, RB/DE Chris Johnston, CB Chris Olmos, WR/S Ricardo Oliveras, C Matthew Ponewash, LB Izick Hernandez, CB Alex Hernandez, OG Dalton Otton, LB Aidan Kloesel, LB Justin Marler


Advosports.com District14-3A,DivisionIn PAGE21 Championship-tying teams battle again
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DISTRICT 14-3A, DIVISION I
GOLIAD TIGERS
■ Coach: Bobby Nicholson
■ Years at Current School: 4
■ Record at Current School: 30-9
■ Years as Head Coach: 4
■ Last Year’s Record: 10-3, 4-1 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, regional
■ Returning Starters: C Alex Salas, OL Clayton Klekar,
OL Paul Rojas, OL/DE Shane Henson, TE/DE Mason Martinez, OL Isaac Mendez, OL Jaedon Segura, FB/DL Grant Garnett, DL Xavier Perry, QB/DB Cameron Morris, RB/OLB Shaun Justice, RB/OLB
EDNA COWBOYS
■ Coach: Robert Draper
■ Years at Current School: 1
■ Years as Head Coach: 1
■ Last Year’s Record: 12-2, 4-1 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, quarterfinal ■ Returning Starters: OL/LB Ethan Johnson, TE/
DE Malachi Brigham, QB/OLB Logan Long, RB Javonte Seymore, OL Irvin Thornton, OL Kris Black, DT Christian Gomez, DB Logan Carroll, DB Demarcus Gardner, OL Julius Dilworth
INDUSTRIAL COBRAS
■ Coach: Jamie Dixon
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 5-6
■ Years as Head Coach: 2
■ Last Year’s Record: 5-6, 2-3 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, bi-district ■ Returning Starters: DE Noah Perry, FB/LB
Blayne Moreland, OL/DE Blaine Allen, OL/DL Blayke Moreland, OL/DL Tristan Bermea, TE Devin Barr, QB/S Karston Wimberly, WR/CB Connor Barnhart, FS Nathan Hammack
HALLETTSVILLE BRAHMAS
■ Coach: Tommy Psencik
■ Years at Current School: 9
■ Record at Current School: 79-32
■ Years as Head Coach: 10
■ Overall Record: 85-37
■ Last Year’s Record: 3-7, 1-4 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2017, area
■ Returning Starters: DE Lance Bludau, WR/DB
Ty Gerke, OL/DL Landon Sluka, WR/OLB Travis Matula, WR/OLB Lane Linhart, RB/DB Jonathon Brooks, OL Blake Sitka, DL Cody Robert, LB Price Pruett, DB Isaac Machacek, DB Micah Greenwell
YOAKUM BULLDOGS
■ Coach: Bo Robinson
■ Years at Current School: 5
■ Record at Current School: 30-13
■ Years as Head Coach: 21
■ Overall Record: 178-77
■ Last Year’s Record: 13-2, 4-1 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, semifinal
■ Returning Starters: DB/WR Ty Love, DB/WR Caleb
Byrnes, OL Conner Schomberg, WR Larry Hysaw, DL Donavon Smith
Edna, Goliad, Yoakum target playoff rematch
So is our defensive line, and that’s going to really help us.”
Hallettsville missed the playoffs last year and is still dealing with a lack of depth, although its numbers have im- proved.
“We’re just going to have to prove our- selves, basically,” Psencik said. “It’s go- ing to come down to whether our kids are willing to sacrifice individually and as a team. A big key for us is going to be how physical we get as a team. It’s going to also be determined by how many of our players can give relief to our starters be- cause we’ll have seven or eight going both ways.”
The teams advancing to the playoffs will likely face district rematches in the third and fourth rounds.
“We probably will. We probably will,” Robinson said. “That’s probably why we’ve played so deep the last few years. We’ve been in a tough district the last three years. You play good people ear- ly on in the season, and that makes you better. That gets you ready for long playoff runs.”
BY MIKE FORMAN
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District 14-3A, Division I lived up to its billing last season.
Edna, Goliad and Yoakum tied for the championship and played each other in the playoffs before the Bulldogs advanced to the state semifinals for the third con- secutive season.
“I don’t care what anybody else says, this district is the toughest in the state,” said Robert Draper, who moved from offensive coordinator to head coach at Edna. “Luling is doing a good job try- ing to get their program back up, Coach (Tommy) Psencik at Hallettsville does a good job, Industrial will be better and of course, you have the three at the top with Goliad, Yoakum and us. Every week is go- ing to be a battle.”
Goliad coach Bobby Nicholson wouldn’t be surprised if the playoff seeds aren’t de- cided until the final week like they were last season.
LOUISE: High number
of graduates hurts
Hornets’ backfield
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20
for the district schedule. If we do that, I think we can win the district cham- pionship.”
Louise advanced to the bi-district round of the playoffs, but with the loss of a number of starters, a young core and a new head coach, it might be a rebuilding year for the Hornets.
“It’s going to be tough,” said head coach Joe Bill. “We lost our entire backfield and receiving core. That has forced us to shift gears on the kind of offense we are going to run. There is lots of inexperience in those positions, and we are going to be young and re- building. But at the same time, we’re going to try to get after everyone and make another run at the playoffs.”
Louise comes off a year in which it went 1-3 in district.
“This district is going to be very competitive,” Bill said. “I think Fla- tonia, Burton and Snook will be the top three, but it will be a good battle between us and Sommerville for that fourth spot.”
“This district is going to be tough,” Nicholson said. “It’s going to be up in the air, and everybody last year was se- nior-heavy. Edna lost Kenny Haynes, Yoa- kum lost skilled kids, but they have a lot of good athletes coming back from the JV. It’s a power football district.”
Yoakum, Edna and Goliad must replace starters, who played important roles.
“Overall, the district is probably not go- ing to be as talented as it has been the last few years,” said Yoakum coach Bo Rob- inson. “It’s going to be very competitive. I don’t know what those guys have got. I know we all lost a lot of good players.”
Industrial claimed the fourth-place playoff berth last season and has the larg- est group of starters returning.
“We played a lot of youngsters last year, and we do return quite a bit. We do return some at some key spots that are going to help us,” said second-year Industrial coach Jamie Dixon. “Our offensive line is a year older, and they’re doing a great job.
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PAGE 2 2 n D istrict 15-4A, Division I / District 11-4A, Division II Advosports.com Beeville, Gonzales share motivation
New coaches bring
ambition, admiration
for teams’ history
BY REY CASTILLO
[email protected]
Beeville and Gonzales will have new head coaches when the season be- gins Aug. 30.
Mike Waldie was named the athlet- ic director and head football coach at Gonzales in February, and Chris Soza was named athletic director and head football coach for the Trojans in April.
last 15 seasons.
“It’s not a rebuilding year for the
program, but we do have a huge battle ahead of us,” Waldie said. “A brand-new offense, brand-new de- fense, new coaches, new names and three guys back who have started a Friday night football game. We built something in a short amount of time that I’m proud of from a culture and relationship standpoint.”
Waldie was the offensive coordina- tor at Pearland last season.
He replaces Kodi Crane, who stepped down after five seasons to become the athletic director and head football coach at Caddo Mills.
into a 1-9 program and were able to lead them to back-to-back district championships.”
The Apaches advanced to the Class 4A area round after posting a 6-6 re- cord.
The Trojans finished 7-4 but were eliminated in the bi-district round.
Gonzales will look to returning start- ers Desmond Bolden, Nico Anzaldua, Arbreyon Dora, Lion Williamson, Di- ego Diaz Deleon and Heath Henke.
The Trojans will welcome back quarterback Seth Gomez, who battled injuries last season.
“He’s probably one of the best quar- terbacks I’ve had the pleasure of coaching,” Soza said. “He’s a big kid and a strong kid who can help us open this offense. He will be huge.”
Beeville returns 17 starters on of- fense and defense.
“This is our seniors’ last go-round, and they want to take the district championship,” Soza said. “Our goal is to make the playoffs, and anything can happen after that.”
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DISTRICT 15-4A, DIVISION I
GONZALES APACHES
■ Coach: Mike Waldie
■ Years at Current School: 1
■ Years as Head Coach: 7
■ Overall Record: 34-29
■ Last Year’s Record: 6-6, 3-1 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, area
■ Returning Starters: OT Desmond Bolden, C Nico Anzaldua,
WR Arbreyon Dora, DE Lion Williamson, DE Diego Diaz Deleon, FS Heath Henke
BEEVILLE TROJANS
■ Coach: Chris Soza
■ Years at Current School: 6
■ Record at Current School: 37-24
■ Years as Head Coach: 24
■ Overall Record: 168-99
■ Last Year’s Record: 7-4, 5-2 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, bi-district
■ Returning Starters: WR Gabriel Carranco, TB Jalen Spicer,
OT Jared Silva, OT Mathayus Perez, C Matthew Gomez,
G Mario Cano, QB Seth Gomez, FB Devin Palacios, HB Matthew Puente, TE Ambrose Patton, DE Kameron Gipson, DE Dylan Hernandez, DT Jake Arroyos, LB Andrew Wessels, LB Caleb Bozant, LB Jaren Munoz, DB Andrew Trevino
Soza, now in his second stint in Waldie was the head coach at
Beeville, led the Trojans to the play- offs four times in five seasons.
“It’s really special,” Soza said. “I was in Beeville for five years, and they were good to me and my family. My son and daughter graduated from here, so when I got the phone call, it was really special.”
Waldie will lead a Gonzales team that has made the playoffs 14 of the
Daingerfield for the 2016 and 2017 seasons and the head coach at Wood- ville for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
He was also a head coach at Luling for two seasons and an assistant at Jacksonville, Mount Pleasant, Nacog- doches and Livingston.
“I hope that it’s helped,” Waldie said of his past success. “Not that Gonza- les is in a rebuilding year, but we went
Wharton seeks repeat
BY TYLER TYRE
[email protected]
Wharton came into last season attempt- ing to end its drought of 15 years without a district championship.
They did just that, going 5-0 in district and outscoring their District 11-4A, Divi- sion II foes by a combined 139 points.
But this year, Wharton head coach Chad Butler expects stiffer competition in the district.
“I feel like this district is going to be very competitive,” Butler said. “Sweeny is going to be a good team, and I think La Marque will be a much better team than last year.”
Wharton quarterback Donovan Krushall returns for his senior season after throw- ing for 2,391 yards and 28 touchdowns.
Other key returners for the Tigers include wide receiver Joerell Davis, offensive line- man JaQuarian Hopkins and linebackers Jashawn Nickersona and Keilonn Allen.
“It’s great to have an experienced team like this one,” Butler said. “These older guys understand that not everything is going to go perfect but if you keep work- ing hard, you can work your way out of it.
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DISTRICT 11-4A, DIVISION II
WHARTON TIGERS
■ Coach: Chad Butler
■ Years at Current School: 3
■ Record at Current School: 9-11
■ Years as Head Coach: 3
■ Last Year’s Record: 8-4, 5-0 district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, area
■ Returning Starters: QB Donovan Krushall,
WR Joerell Davis, OL JaQuarian Hopkins, OL Sergio Olmedo, LB Keilonn Allen, OLB Jashawn Nickerson, OLB Xavier Washington, DB James Jones, DB Royal Matthews
These seniors have overcome adversity, and it’s good for the younger guys to learn from them and see how they have found success.”
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MORE INFORMATION
DISTRICT 13-3A, DIVISION I
RICE CONSOLIDATED RAIDERS
■ Coach: Jared Sloan
■ Years at Current School: 2 ■ Record at Current School:
11-2
■ Years as Head Coach: 5
■ Overall Record: 23-20
■ Last Year’s Record: 11-2, 5-0
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, regional
■ Returning Starters: ATH Warren Scott, ATH Ian Hargrove, OL/DL Taj Fields, OL/DL Christian Tovar, OL/DL Drayton Canaris, WR/DB Dontavion Fuller, TE/OLB R.J. Zarate, OL/ LB Alex Toriz.
PALACIOS SHARKS
■ Coach: Chad Graves
■ Years at Current School: 2
■ Record at Current School: 5-6 ■ Years as Head Coach: 8
■ Overall Record: 27-44
■ Last Year’s Record: 5-6, 2-3
district
■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018, bi-district
■ Returning Starters: RB Gary Haynes, OL David Zavala,
OL Noah Moreno, OL Kade Sanchez, WR/DB Camron Polk, FB Jacob Guerrero, SR Xzavier Haynes, FS Jordin Nemes, ILB Daniel Gonzales, ILB Moises Amaro, DL Gabriel Gonzales.
ADVOCATE FILE PHOTO
LEFT: Palacios defensive coor- dinator Trent Weixelman, left, observes Camron Polk, middle, and Jordin Nemes, right, during defensive drills last fall.
Palacios, Rice Consolidated raise expectations
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BY TYLER TYRE
[email protected]
Palacios and Rice Consolidat- ed started last season with new head coaches.
A year later, both teams carry high expectations after making the playoffs.
Palacios reached the bi-dis- trict round in 2018, breaking an 11-year playoff drought, before losing to Edna, 61-21.
“It was huge for us to get to the playoffs last year and break that streak,” said coach Chad
Graves. “It was a great step in our first year, but we aren’t go- ing to sneak under the radar this year. We have a target on our back this year. The message this spring, and our goal, is to find a way to play in that 11th ballgame.”
Key returners for Palacios include wide receiver and cor- nerback Camron Polk, wide re- ceiver Xzavier Haynes, running back Gary Haynes and lineback- er Daniel Gonzales.
But there are new faces for the
Sharks as well. The team will put a freshman under center this year in Anthony White.
“Having Camron, Xzavier and Gary really will help White this year as a freshman,” said Graves. “Those players have taken a load off of his plate. I re- iterate every time I see him, ‘I’m not asking you to lead this team, I’m asking you to get the ball to where it needs to be.’ So, to have those guys around him to settle him down is going to be huge.”
Rice Consolidated made it
two rounds into the playoffs be- fore falling to Edna in the area round.
“Obviously, when we lost to Edna, it was a discouraging feel- ing,” said coach Jared Sloan. “But when we had time to look back a couple months later, we appreciated it much more. Hav- ing that experience will be great for this group.”
Rice brings back three offensive and defensive linemen in Dray- ton Canaris, Taj Field and Chris- tian Tovar, as well as five other
starters on offense and defense. Sloan thinks they will face a
tough task.
“Our district is very compet-
itive this year,” he said. “There are some great teams in Colum- bus and Hitchcock, as well as Boling and Palacios. All of those teams are coached by great coaches who do a great job with their kids. There isn’t a week off in this district, and there isn’t a weak link. It’s going to be a battle to get to the playoffs and make a run.”


PAGE 24 n TAPPS Division IV, District III / TAPPS 6-man Division II, District 5 Advosports.com Cardinals hope to repeat as champs
BY KEVIN ALSTROM
SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE
Coming off a state champion- ship, Shiner St. Paul looks to de- fend its crown in a challenging TAPPS Division IV, District III district that includes Hallettsville Sacred Heart.
“We have some returners. We have a lot of youth this year,”
said St. Paul head coach Jake Wachsmuth. “We return some guys who played well in the back- field for us last year.”
“Historically, it’s us and Sacred Heart that play it out for the dis- trict title,” Wachsmuth added. “However, St. Gerard has a new coach who will make an impact for them.”
Temple Central Texas Chris- tian will also present a challenge. St. Paul will rely on running backs Noah Boedeker and Car- son Reese. Guy Giese will be un-
der center for the Cardinals. Sacred Heart, which defeated St. Paul in the regular season but fell short to the Cardinals in the playoffs, will be led by first-year
head coach Manny Freeland. “We will run an air raid, spread
offense,” Freeland said. Freeland sees his offensive line
as the key for his team.
“We have one of the best lines
in the state at our level,” he said. “St. Paul has the district title, so they are the team to beat.”
They clash Nov. 1 in Hallettsville.
ADVOCATE FILE PHOTO
St. Paul teammates celebrate their win over Fort Worth Lake Country by giving head coach Jake Wachsmuth a Gatorade shower. The Cardinals beat Fort Worth Lake Country in last season’s TAPPS state final in Waco.
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TAPPS DIVISION IV, DISTRICT III
SHINER ST. PAUL CARDINALS
■ Coach: Jake Wachsmuth
■ Years at Current School: 11
■ Record at Current School: 93-31 ■ Years as Head Coach: 11
■ Last Year’s Record: 6-8, 2-1 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
state champion
■ Returning Starters: QB Kai Giese,
RB/DB Zak Johnson, RB/LB Noah Boedeker, RB/LB Carson Reese, WR/ DB Cade Davis, OL Weston Geiger, OL/DL Ted Machacek, OL James Fikac, OL/DL Luke Darilek, OL Matthew Malinovsky, OL Kade Leist, TE Atley Pilat, DL Grant Barta, LB Gerard Nunez
HALLETTSVILLE
SACRED HEART INDIANS
■ Coach: Manny Freeland
■ Years at Current School: 1
■ Years as Head Coach: 1
■ Last Year’s Record: 9-3, 3-0 district ■ Last Playoff Appearance: 2018,
semifinal
■ Returning Starters: WR/S Dalton
Grahmann, DE Lane Leopold, OT/ DE Josh Steffek, OG/MLB Derrick Janak, OT/DE Blake Shimek, C Blake Rother, WR Trenton Kraatz, CB Austin Kutac
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The goal for the Cougars this year is a playoff berth. In order to accom- plish that, they must navigate in what
Gonzalez considers the best district in TAPPS Division II. Leading the way for the Cougars this season will be Isaiah Gonza- lez Jr., Jared Hunnicutt and Josh Long.
“Six-man is nothing but speed,” Gonza- les said. “It’s my fastest guys against your fastest.”
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VICTORIA EAST
■ 8/30 @ Columbia 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Gregory-Portland 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/13 @ CC Miller 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Victoria West 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ CC Carroll 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 vs. CC King 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Veterans Memorial 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/25 @ CC Ray 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/2 vs. CC Moody 3 p.m.
VICTORIA WEST
■ 8/30 vs. Calhoun 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/5 @ San Bentio 7 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. CC Moody 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 @ Victoria East 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 vs. CC Miller 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/11 @ CC Carroll 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/17 vs CC King 7 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Veterans Memorial 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/7 @ CC Ray 7 p.m.
ST. JOSEPH
■ 9/6 vs. Shiner St. Paul 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/13 vs. Industrial 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Tomball Christian 7 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Hallettsville Sacred Heart
7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 @ Uvalde 6 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Second Baptist 7 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Luthern South 7 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Fort Bend Christian 7 p.m. ■ 11/1 vs. Westbury Christian 7 p.m. ■ 11/8 @ Cypress Christian 7 p.m.
VICTORIA FAITH ACADEMY
■ 8/30 vs. Round Rock Concordia 7 p.m. ■ 9/6 @ San Marcos Hill Country
7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ Bryan St. Joseph 7 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Bulverde Living Rock 7 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Bellville Faith Academy 7 p.m. ■ 10/11 @ Waco Live Oak 7 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Temple Holy Trinity 7 p.m. ■ 10/25 @ New Braunfels Christian
Academy 7 p.m.
■ 11/2 vs. OLH Kerrville 10 a.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Bracken Christian 7 p.m.
BAY CITY
■ 8/30 vs. Cuero 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Bellville 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Gregory Portland 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 @ Houston Westbury 7 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Columbia 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 vs. Needville 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/10 @ Fulshear 7:00 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Brazosport 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Sealy 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. El Campo 7:30 p.m.
BEEVILLE
■ 8/30 vs. CC King 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Orange Grove 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/13 @ Tuloso-Midway 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 @ Sinton 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Antonian 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 @ Central Catholic 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/11 @ La Vernia 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/17 vs. Gonzales 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/24 @ Boerne 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/31 vs. Pleasanton 7:30 p.m.
BLOOMINGTON
■ 8/30 vs. Robstown 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 @ Palacios 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ Louise 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Pettus 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Schulenburg 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/4 vs. Ganado 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Danbury 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. East Bernard 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Van Vleck 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Tidehaven 7:30 p.m. CALHOUN
■ 8/30 @ Victoria West 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 vs. Stafford 7 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Nuevo Leon 7 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Gregory-Portland 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/4 vs. Alice 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Tuloso-Midway 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Floresville 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Somerset 7 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Southside 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/8 vs. Calallen 7:30 p.m.
CUERO
■ 8/30 @ Bay City 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 vs. Yoakum 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ El Campo 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 @ Gonzales 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 vs. Wharton 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/11 vs. Bandera 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Llano 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/24 vs. Eastside Memorial 7 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Navarro 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Wimberley 7:30 p.m.
EDNA
■ 8/30 @ Caldwell 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Anahuac 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ Freeport Brazosport 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 vs. East Bernard 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Boling 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Hallettsville 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Luling 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Yoakum 7:30 p.m.
ADVOCATE FILE PHOTO
Falls City runs onto the field last season at the Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex.
■ 11/1 @ Goliad 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Industrial 7:30 p.m.
EL CAMPO
■ 8/30 @ Texas City 7 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Rockport 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Cuero 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Wharton 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Needville 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 vs. Fulshear 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/11 @ Brazosport 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 vs. Sealy 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 @ Bay City 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Columbia 7:30 p.m.
FALLS CITY
■ 8/30 vs. Three Rivers 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 @ Poth 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ Stockdale 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Boerne 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Nixon-Smiley 7 p.m. ■ 10/11 vs. La Pryor 7 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Runge 7 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Charlotte 7 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. D’hanis 7 p.m. ■ 11/8 @ Pettus 7 p.m.
FLATONIA
■ 8/30 @ Runge 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Sacred Heart 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/13 @ Thrall 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Schulenburg 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 vs. Yorktown 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 vs. Weimar 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Burton 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Somerville 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/25 vs. Snook 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 @ Louise 7:30 p.m.
GANADO
■ 8/30 @ Louise 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Brazos 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Odem 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Palacios 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 @ Bloomington 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/11 vs. Danbury 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ East Bernard 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/25 vs. Van Vleck 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Tidehaven 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Schulenburg 7:30 p.m. SEE PAGE 26


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NIXON-SMILEY
■ 8/30 vs. Pettus 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ George West 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ Sacred Heart 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Cole 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Falls City 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 @ Poth 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Stockdale 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Skidmore-Tynan 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Natalia 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Dilley 7:30 p.m.
PALACIOS
■ 8/30 @ Skidmore-Tynan 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 vs. Bloomington 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Tidehaven 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Ganado 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Industrial 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Rice Consolidated 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 vs. Columbus 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Boling 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Hempstead 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 @ Hitchcock 7:30 p.m.
REFUGIO
■ 8/30 @ Tidehaven 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Goliad 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Aransas Pass 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 @ Hebbronville 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 vs. Mart 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Riviera 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Freer 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Santa Maria 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Ben Bolt 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Three Rivers 7:30 p.m.
RICE CONSOLIDATED
■ 8/30 vs. East Bernard 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 @ Tidehaven 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Hallettsville 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 @ Luling 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Brazos 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Palacios 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 vs. Boling 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Hitchcock 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 vs. Columbus 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/8 @ Hempstead 7:30 p.m.
RUNGE
■ 8/30 vs. Flatonia 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Yorktown 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Agua Dulce 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Kenedy 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Skidmore-Tynan 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/11 vs. Pettus 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Falls City 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. La Pryor 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Charlotte 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 @ D’Hanis 7:30 p.m.
SEE PAGE 27
GOLIAD
■ 8/30 @ Columbus 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Refugio 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ George West 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Rockport-Fulton 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Shiner 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Luling 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Industrial 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/25 @ Hallettsville 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 vs. Edna 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 @ Yoakum 7:30 p.m.
GONZALES
■ 8/30 vs. Navarro 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Austin Crockett 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/13 @ Yoakum 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Cuero 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Hondo 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Pleasanton 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Beeville 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. La Vernia 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/7 @ Boerne 7 p.m.
HALLETTSVILLE
■ 8/30 vs. Shiner 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Boling 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ Rice Consolidated 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 vs. Taft 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Columbus 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Edna 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Yoakum 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Goliad 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 @ Industrial 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Luling 7:30 p.m.
■ 8/30 @ Woodlands Legacy Prep 7 p.m. ■ 9/6 vs. Flatonia 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Nixon-Smiley 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Louise 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. St. Joseph 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/4 @ San Marcos Academy
7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ St. Dominic Savio 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 vs. St. Gerard 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Shiner St. Paul 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 @ Temple Christian 7:30 p.m.
INDUSTRIAL
■ 8/30 vs. Mathis 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Shiner 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ St. Joseph 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 vs. Ingleside 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Palacios 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Yoakum 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Goliad 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Luling 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Hallettsville 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/8 @ Edna 7:30 p.m.
El Campo and Bay City faced off at Ricebird Stadium last season.
ADVOCATE FILE PHOTO
LOUISE
■ 8/30 vs. Ganado 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Kenedy 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Bloomington 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 vs. Sacred Heart 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Stockdale 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 @ Brazos 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Burton 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Somerville 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Snook 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Flatonia 7:30 p.m.
HALLETTSVILLE SACRED HEART
KARNES CITY
■ 8/30 @ Kenedy 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Stockdale 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Poth 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Three Rivers 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Cole 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 vs. Jourdanton 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Marion 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Cotulla 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 @ Lytle 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Randolph 7:30 p.m.
KENEDY
■ 8/30 vs. Karnes City 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 vs. Louise 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 @ Pettus 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Runge 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Three Rivers 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/4 @ Woodsboro 7 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Weimar 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Shiner 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Brazos 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/8 @ Yorktown 7:30 p.m.


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SCHULENBURG
■ 8/30 @ Stockdale 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Weimar 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Luling 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Flatonia 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Bloomington 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/4 @ Danbury 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. East Bernard 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Van Vleck 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Tidehaven 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/8 @ Ganado 7:30 p.m.
SHINER
■ 8/30 @ Hallettsville 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 vs. Industrial 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/13 @ Burton 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Tidehaven 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 vs. Goliad 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 vs. Lexington 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/11 vs. Yorktown 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Weimar 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/25 vs. Kenedy 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/8 @ Brazos 7:30 p.m.
SHINER ST. PAUL
■ 8/30 vs. Yorktown 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ St. Joseph 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Austin Saints 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Cypress Christian 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 @ Weimar 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 @ Boerne 7 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Brentwood 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Temple Christian 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ Sacred Heart 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. St. Gerard 7:30 p.m.
TIDEHAVEN
■ 8/30 vs. Refugio 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Rice Consolidated 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/13 @ Palacios 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. Shiner 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Danbury 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 @ East Bernard 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 vs. Van Vleck 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Schulenburg 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Ganado 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 @ Bloomington 7:30 p.m.
VAN VLECK
■ 8/30 vs. Boling 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. Houston Wheatley 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Houston Kashmere 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Houston Second Baptist 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/27 vs. East Bernard 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Tidehaven 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Schulenburg 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Ganado 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Bloomington 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 @ Danbury 7:30 p.m. WEIMAR
■ 8/30 @ Manor 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Schulenburg 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. St. Michaels 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 vs. Burton 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Shiner St. Paul 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/4 @ Flatonia 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Kenedy 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Shiner 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/25 @ Brazos 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 vs. Yorktown 7:30 p.m.
WHARTON
■ 8/30 @ Sealy 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 vs. West Columbia 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/14 @ Yates 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 vs. El Campo 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Cuero 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Booker T. Washington 7 p.m. ■ 10/18 @ Sweeny 7 p.m.
■ 10/25 vs. Kashmere 7 p.m.
■ 11/1 @ La Marque 7 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Scarborough 7 p.m.
WOODSBORO
■ 8/30 vs. Brackettville 6 p.m. ■ 9/6 vs. Riviera 7 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Freer 7 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Somerville 7 p.m. ■ 10/4 vs. Kenedy 7 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Bruni 7 p.m.
■ 10/18 @ Agua Dulce 7 p.m. ■ 10/25 vs. Premont 7 p.m. ■ 11/1 @ La Villa 7 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Benavides 7 p.m.
YOAKUM
■ 8/30 vs. Boerne 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/6 @ Cuero 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Gonzales 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/20 @ Needville 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 vs. Sinton 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/11 @ Industrial 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Hallettsville 7:30 p.m. ■ 10/25 @ Edna 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 @ Luling 7:30 p.m. ■ 11/8 vs. Goliad 7:30 p.m.
YORKTOWN
■ 8/30 @ Shiner St. Paul 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/6 @ Runge 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/13 vs. Hays Johnson 7:30 p.m. ■ 9/20 vs. Stockdale 7:30 p.m.
■ 9/27 @ Flatonia 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/4 vs. Brentwood Christian 7 p.m. ■ 10/11 @ Shiner 7:30 p.m.
■ 10/18 vs. Brazos 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/1 @ Weimar 7:30 p.m.
■ 11/8 vs. Kenedy 7:30 p.m.


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18 Drake Tarver REC/DE JR
20 Michael Salazar RB/DB SO 21 Layton Ressman QB/DB SO 22 Logan Carroll RB/DB SR
24 Jack Shook REC/DB SR
25 Caleb Muschalek REC/DB JR 30 Jacob Clay RB/DB JR
34 Malachi Brigham TE/DE SR 51 Troy’von Zarate OL/DT JR
52 Kris Black OL/LB SR
54 Irvin Thornton OL/DT SR
55 Dylan Koch OL/DE SR
56 Julius Dilworth OL/DT SR
60 Ethan Johnson OL/LB SR
61 Chandee Saw OL/DT SR
62 Brady Davis OL/DE JR
70 Michael Banda OL/LB SO
74 Jackson Hunt OL/DT SR
75 Nathan Sappington OL/DT JR 76 Devin Kallus OL/DT JR
77 Christan Gomez OL/DT SR 78 Colton Draper OL/DT SR
84 Jaqwan Reed TE/DT SO
EL CAMPO
2 Colton Pietsch REC/DB SR 3 Johntre Davis RB/DE SO 4 Reuben Owens RB/DB FR 5 Nathan Willis REC/DB JR 6 Hal Erwin REC/DB FR
7 Jackson David REC/DB JR 8 Charles Shorter RB/DB JR 9 Isaiah Anderson QB/DB SO 10 Griffen Croix REC/DB SR 12 Clay Jung QB/LB SR
14 Jace Voldan QB/DB SR
15 Cade DuBroc TE/DE SR
16 Cullen Bradan QB/DB JR 20 Jacob Lopez RB/DB SO
21 Jonathan Gonzalez REC/DB SR
22 Deshard Owens RB/DE SR
24 Javien Williams RB/DT SR
25 Kyle Balcar RB/DB SR
28 Rance Thornton RB/DB SR
30 Marcus Valenzuela REC/DB SR 32 Kaden Alcalais REC/DB JR
33 Tyler Baklik RB/DB JR
34 Hector Cerda REC/DB JR
40 Mason Fuechec REC/DB SR 46 Joshua Mandoza REC/DB SR 50 Oziel Alanis OL/LB JR
52 Matthew Van Gorp OL/LB SR 54 Edmund Weinheimer OL/DL SR 61 Dario Alcala OL/DL SR
63 Cole Riha OL/DL SR
66 Juan Leal OL/DL SO
68 Adrien Arrambide OL/DL SR 70 Kerry North OL/DL SO
71 Dontavian Bluntson OL/DL SR 72 Kade Johansen OL/DL SR
74 Devon Earls OL/DL SR
78 Lupe Gonzalez OL/DL SR
80 Isaiah Miller REC/DB SR
82 Harris Mickelson TE/DE JR 83 Noah Maher REC/DB SR
84 Trayton Vaclavick TE/DE JR 85 Michael Ortiz REC/DB SR
88 Conner Williams TE/LB SR
1 Ethan White QB SR
2 Latavian Johnson QB JR
3 William Garley RB SR
4 Trent Zappe LB SO
5 Evan Brown REC JR
6 Koby Levigne REC SR
7 Ethan Farias LB JR
8 Cy Sanchez SEC SR
9 Jhoedy Punch SEC JR
10 Marquise Kuykendall SEC JR 11 Damion Robles REC SR
12 Zachary Ortega SEC SR
13 Terrance Terrell REC SO
15 Tyree Haynes SEC SR
20 Andrew Guerrero LB SR
22 James Jones SEC SO
23 Alan Jimenez RB JR
24 Jacob Martinez SEC SR
26 Trent Nieto REC SR
28 Laeton Partida SEC SR
30 Kaleb Vega LB SR
31 Keilan Rader DL SR
32 Tay Partida RB SR
33 Lawrence Cavasos SEC
38 Sam Nix DL SR
40 Joe Valenzuela LB JR
42 Joseph Mendoza LB SR
43 Nehemiah Hernandez DL SR 50 Ryan Alvarez OL SR
52 River Estrada DL SR
53 Devin Cantu DL JR
61 Joshua Cuellar DL JR
63 Dedrick Porter OL SR
64 Hunter Crump OL JR
65 David Lopez OL SO
70 Christian Macias DL SR
71 Angel Segura OL SR
73 Blain Koopman OL SR
74 Juan Perez DL SR
75 Zakary Mendieta DL SO
76 Alex Garza OL SR
77 Brandon Hernandez OL JR 78 Miguel Rodriguez OL SR
79 Michael Bennett OL SR
80 Hayden Sitz REC JR
82 Devon Villarreal SEC SR
85 Chris Barnes SEC SR
90 Tyrese Jones DL JR
VICTORIA WEST
4 Jonathan Buckner WR/LB SR 5 Bryce Sitka WR/DB SR
6 Donovan Harris QB/DB SR
7 Chase Patek RB/LB JR
8 Brendon Solis QB/LB JR
9 Tyvon Hardrick RB/DB SR
11 James Avery RB/LB SR
12 Jayden Dolezal WR/DB SR 15 Blake Buzzell QB/DB JR
20 Jody Ybarra RB/LB JR
21 Colten Matus WR/DL JR
22 Wade Leath WR/DB JR
23 Jose Aguilar WB/DB SR
24 La’Trell Barefield WR/DB JR 25 John Martinez WR/DB JR 27 Allen Dry WR/LB JR
28 Kase Eliot K SR
29 Stephen Sepulveda K SR
30 Chris Hernandez RB/LB SR 31 Aaron Puentes TE/LB SR 32 Floyd Jaster WR/LB SR
33 Franklin Aranqua RB/LB SO 34 Clayton Rosales DL SR
35 Tyler Miller DL SR
38 Bill Sciba RB/LB SR
39 Jacob Lawrence DL SR
40 Tim Mendez WR/DB JR
41 Nathaniel Reyna LB SR
42 Randy Samano RB/LB JR 43 Beau Sciba DL/OL JR
44 Jalen Diaz DL/OL JR
51 Trenton Carter OL SR
52 Chase Elsik DL SR
60 Tyler Neese OL SR
63 Damian Diaz OL SO
64 Joshua Zatopek OL SO
70 Daylen Moses OL JR
72 Grayson Schlamb OL JR 75 Tyler Baladez OL JR
78 Bear Pruett OL SR
80 Blaise Basaldua WR/DB SR 81 Dion Green WR/DB SO
82 Brock Sanchez WR/LB SR 90 Ray Buckner DL/OL SR
ST. JOSEPH
1 Quincy Johnson RB/LB SR 2 J’Den Miller WR/DB SR
3 Jacoby Robinson WR/DB SR 4 Jacob Bordovsk QB/DB SR 5 Daybrien Thomas RB/LB SR 6 Matthew Janak WR/DB JR 7 KeAon Griffin RB/DB SR
8 Alex Angerstein WR/LB JR
9 Logan Meador RB/LB SO
10 Collin Omecinski WR/DB SR 11 Edward Clay WR/DB SR
12 Hayden Sills RB/LB JR
13 Jackson Stefka QB/DB SO
14 Quinlan Mozisek WR/DB SO 15 Holden Garcia WR/DL JR
17 Issac Mahan RB/DB SO
18 Robbie Alcasabas K SR
19 Caleb Ybarra WR/DB SO
22 Monroe Hobbs RB/LB SO
25 Trey Lawrence WR/LB SO
28 Drake Hale RB/LB SR
35 Javier Duan RB/LB SR
44 Griff Harrell RB/LB JR
50 Jace Taylor OL/LB JR
55 Kyle Lemke OL/LB JR
56 Trent De La Garza OL/DL JR 57 Jace Stevens OL/DL SR
58 Nate Beck OL/DL JR
60 George Pena OL/DL JR
65 Paul Michael Mabray OL/DL SO 72 Steven DeLeon OL/DL JR
73 Gabriel Medina OL/DL SO
75 Sabastian Perez-Melchor OL/ DL JR
76 Hayden Land OL/DL SO
77 D’Ary Patton OL/DL SR
BAY CITY
1 Carlos Lara QB/WR/DB SR 3 Jaiden Luera WR/DB JR
4 Seth Dickerson QR/OLB SR 5 Ray Bibbins WR/DB JR
6 Davieyon Curtis DB/RB JR
7 Adarrius Courtland QB/WR/ DB JR
8 Marcus Edwards DB/WR SR 9 Chris Ramirez WR/DB JR
10 Ashton George LB/RB SR 11 Ky’Adrain Green OLB/TE JR 12 Avery Smith DB/QB JR
14 Luke Betancourt WR/DB SR 16 Abel Mendoza LB/TE SR
17 Adonis James DB/RB SO 18 Kadin Nunez DB/QB JR
19 Isaac Hernandez WR/DB JR 20 Antwaun Woods DB/RB SR 21 Marlon Ford WR/DB SO
22 Rodney Mitchell RB/LB SR 24 Isaac Tilotta RB/LB SR
30 Trent Monroe DL/LB/TE JR
33 Brandon Sosa WR/DB SO
34 Heart Gaskin DL/TE SR
40 Nick Gonzalez LB/FB JR
42 Elijah Ramos WR/OLB SO
44 Carlos Buenavista WR/DB SO 45 Jeremiah Quintania OLB/DB SO 48 Ke’Shaun Holden LB/RB SO 50 Michael Galvez OL/DL SR
52 Ivan Dewitt OL/DL SR
55 Justice Cano DL/OL SO
56 Cesar Baltazar DL/FB JR
57 Daniel Vargas DL/OL JR
60 Jacob Dominquez OL/DL JR 61 Jessie Oros OL/DL JR
62 Logan Maclennan OL/DL JR 66 Jose Garay OL/DL SR
71 Isaac Allen OL/DL SO
73 Jessie Villarreal OL/DL JR
74 Juan Lopez DL/OL SO
76 Tristan Olide OL/DL SR
77 Blake Frausto OL/DL JR
83 Connor Stephens DB/WR/QB SO 88 Declan O’Neal K JR
90 Quinton Sims DL/TE SO
BEEVILLE
1 Gabriel Carranco SM/DB SR 2 Jalen Spcier TB/DB JR
3 Nate Trevino SM/DB SR
4 Austin Alvarez FB/LB SR
5 William Harper QB/DB JR 6 Andre Trevino TB/DB JR 7 Devn Palacios FB/DE SR 8 Seth Gomez QB/DB SR
9 Ralph Lopez SM/DB SR
10 Caleb Bozant SE/DE SR
11 Kameron Gipson SE/DE SR 12 Mikal Newson SM/DB JR 13 Matthew Puente HB/DB SR 14 Victor Gonzales QB/DB SO 15 Ayden Aguilar HB/DB JR 18 Julian Gonzales SM/DB SR 20 Ryan Nail TB/DB JR
21 Andrew Wessels FB/LB SR 22 Ryan Camacho FB/LB SR 23 Alfredo Garcia HB/DB SR 24 Erik Imes FB/LB SR
25 Corey Francis TB/DB JR 28 Binjimin Timbs TB/DB SR 32 Bryce Foster SE/LB SO
33 Leroy Gonzales HB/LB JR 34 Jaren Munoz SE/LB SR
50 Jacob Arroyos OG/DT SR 55 Dylan Hernadnez OG/DE SR 63 Xavier Aleman OG/DT SO 64 Mario Cano SE/DT SR
66 Caleb Elliott OG/DR JR
70 Jared Silva OT/DT SR
73 Martello Villarreal OG/DT JR 74 Matthew Gomez C/DE SR 78 Mathayus Perez OT/DT SR 82 Artuto Escandon K/DE SR 88 Ambrose Patton SE/DE JR
BLOOMINGTON
1 Juan Gonzales WR/DB SO 3 John Garcia RB/LB JR
5 Kenneth Lux WR/DB SR
7 Brytin Brown RB/LB SR
8 Luis Samayoa WR/DB SO
9 Jeremy Hinojosa WR/DB SR 10 Isaiah Solis QB/DB JR
11 Johnathan Gutierrez RB/DB SO 14 Darien Gates WR/DB SO
20 Isaiah Alverez WR/LB JR
22 Leo Hinojosa WR/DB JR
30 Bradley Flores RB/LB SR
50 Clifton Brooks OL/LB SR
52 Josiah Hinojosa OL/DL SO
55 Izack Florez OL/DL SR
59 Nathan Olguin OL/DL JR
63 Frank Castro OL/DL JR
65 Devin Johnson OL/DL SO
67 Isaiah Lopez OL/DL SR
70 Albert Rojas OL/DL JR
75 Martin Solis OL/DL SR
77 Danail Garcia OL/DL JR
88 Adrian Duenez WR/DB JR
CALHOUN
6 Damen Salinas RB/DB JR
8 Min Htway RB/DB SO
9 Dekyn Garcia SE/DB SR
10 Eron Lozano QB/DB SR
11 Jacob Laughlin QB/DB SO 14 Conner Kestler QB/DB SR 15 Jarius Stewart RB/DB JR
18 Adrian Chambers RB/DB SO 19 Sebastian Madera SE/DB JR 20 Adam Fox TE/DB JR
21 Sean Flores RB/DB JR
22 Payton Salinas SE/DB SR
24 Damiem Cardiel FB/LB SR 26 Casey Nunley RB/DB JR
28 Radley Williams SE/OLB JR 30 Samuel Torres TE/OLB JR
32 Elijah Harvey FB/LB SR
34 Dylan Orta SE/LB SR
35 Devyn Podsim FB/OLB SR
38 Jakob Cortez RB/DB JR
40 Cade Kveton TE/LB SR
42 Esteban Cruz TE/LB SO
44 Steve Johnson FB/DB JR
48 Esteban Rodriguez FB/OLB SR 50 Nick Rodriguez OL/DL SR
51 Joseph Beebe C/DL SR
52 Trent Woody C/LB JR
54 Roman Lopez OL/DL JR
55 Tino Mendoza C/LB SR
56 Joseph Quezada K/P SR
57 Esiquiel Saenz OL/DL SR
60 Logan Bonuz OL/DL SR
61 Gio Medina OL/DL SR
62 Chris Garcia OL/DL SR
64 Josh Perez C/DL SR
70 Sean McClellan OL/OLB SR 71 Chance Henderson OL/DL SR 72 Caleb Harrington OL/DL SR 75 Danny Garcia OL/DL JR
76 Kammron Caruso OL/DL SR 77 Heath Henke OL/DL SR
78 Damian Chavez OL/DL JR 79 Trent Harlan OL/DL SR
82 Pierston Salinas SE/DB SR 83 Jaden Zambrano SE/OLB SR 84 Jose Ledezma K/P JR
86 Aaron Zapata TE/OLB JR
88 Weston Stavinoha TE/OLB SR 89 Oswaldo Herrera TE/LB SR 99 Coewin Boerm TE/LB SR
CUERO
2 Cavan Smith RB/DB SO
3 Wyatt O’Conor WR SR
4 JD Notaro QB/DB JR
5 Austin Schwarz RB/DB JR
6 Kalen Malandrakis FB/DB JR 7 Chase Blackwell QB SR
8 Breck Eleby WR/DB SO
9 Jayden Villa WR/DB SR
10 Jalen Reeves RB/DB SR
11 Tyler Gamez RB/DB SR
12 Justice Belvin WR/DB SO
14 Austin Fry WR/DB JR
15 David Root K SR
16 Exavier Durham WR/DB SO 18 Cooper Bishop WR/DB SR 19 Beau Fournet WR/DB JR
20 Kyler Castillo RB/LB SR
21 Deveryck Mathis WR/DB JR 24 Wyatt Whitfield WR/DB SR 25 Kobe Giles TE/DE SR
26 Jackson Hardwick RB/LB JR 29 Cody Baker FB/LB JR
32 Joe Cardenas FB/LB SR
34 Reed Lemke FB/LB JR
40 Lucas Debord WR/DB JR
44 Fernando Candia DR SR
50 Raiden Rivera OL/DE JR
53 Conner Crain OL/DL SR
55 Storm Dromgoole OL/DL SR 56 Jayden Nichols OL/DL JR 58 Thomas Meador OL/DL JR 62 Corbin Halepaska OL/DL JR 65 Charles Derouen OL/DL JR 70 Anthony Aguirre OL/DE SR 77 Jonas Deleon OL/DL JR
88 Mitchell Crain TE/DE SR
EDNA
2 Cayden Tipton QB/DB JR
3 Cameron Thornton RB/DB SO 5 Kacen Sanchez RB/DB SR
6 Hunter Howell REC/DB JR
7 De’Quare Brown RB/LB JR
8 Javonte Seymore RB/DB SR
9 Adrian Rodas REC/DB SR
10 D’Marcus Gardner RB/DB SR 11 Tayzhon Norman RB/DB SR 12 Dawson Kallus RB/LB JR
14 Santiago Villanueva K/DB JR 16 Logan Long QB/DB SR
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FALLS CITY
1 Carson Dziuk WR/DB SR
2 Josh Ermis WR/DB SR
3 Jaxson Pipes QB/DB SO
5 Cayden Moy RB/LB JR
7 Brady Lyssy QB/DB SR
9 Wesley Molina WR/DB SO
10 Cole Thomas RB/DB SO
18 Adam Lyssy WR/DB SR
15 Tanner Soliz WR/DB JR
20 Darren Lopez RB/DB JR
21 JD Sartwelle WR/LB SO
34 Cody Arrisola WR/DE SO
42 Grant Jendrusch RB/LB SO 50 Brandon Moczygemba OL/DL SO 51 Dakota Barrier OL/DL SR
55 Kevin Jendrusch OL/LB SR 62 Nathan Krudwig OL/DL JR 66 McKade Hartmann OL/DL SR 67 Tucker Haws OL/DL SR
68 Alex Hofauer OL/DL JR 76 Jacob Jofauer OL/DL JR 78 Tay Yanta OL/DL SR
99 Blake Davis OL/DL SR
FLATONIA
1 Erek Herrera TE/LB SR
4 Izick Hernandez RB/LB JR
6 Chris Olmos WR/CB SR
7 Devonte Williams TE/DE SR
8 Juan Netro QB/LB SR
23 Ricardo Olivares WR/S JR
28 Justin Marler RB/S SO
30 Chris Johnston RB/DE JR
32 Aidan Kloesel TE/LB SO
33 Alex Hernandez WR/C SO
34 Dakory Willis RB/DE SR
50 Matthew Ponewash OL/DT SR 51 Josh Ramirez OL/DT SO
54 Dylan Schaefer OL/DT SO
55 Dalton Otto OL/DE SO
56 Marcus Tenorio OL/DE SR
60 Cameron Becker OL/DT SR 62 Aiden Gonzales OL/LB SO
64 Harris Green-Moran OL/LB JR
GANADO
1 Gavin Sanchez DB/WR SR
2 Manny Calderon DB/WR SO
3 Erik Alvarez DB/WR JR
4 Cameron Bates DB/WR SR
5 Kyle Bures-Guerrero LB/QB FR 6 Riley Hurt DB/WR SO
7 Noah Thedford DB/WR JR
8 Ryan Williams LB/FB SR
9 Luke Prove DB/WR SR
10 Louis Olvera DB/WR SR
11 Lane Benavides QB SO
13 Nick Fitzgerald LB/RB JR
16 Alexis Martinez LB/WR SO
17 Nathan Cruz K SO
18 Darryl Cihal CB/RB JR
19 Candido Hernandez DE/WR JR 21 Colton Teague DT/FB SR
22 Craig Taylor DT/FB JR
28 Ethan Guerra LB/RB SR
50 Jose Ramos DL/OL SO
52 Logan Riojas DT/OL SO
55 Dylan Alvarez DT/OL SO
56 Chris Gobellan LB/OL JR 57 Julian Martinez LB/OL JR 58 Larson Workman DE/OL JR 60 Logan Ledwik DE/FB SR 64 Gabe Aguilar DT/OL SR
73 Alex Campuzano DL/OL SR 75 Dean Ramssey DL/OL SR 85 Giovanny Avalos K SO
89 Adrian Mata DE/WR SR
GOLIAD
2 Reese Ruhnke QB/SEC SO
3 Emiliano Garza WR/SEC SR
5 Cameron Morris QB/SEC SR
7 Aden Barrientez RB/LB SO
9 Alan Mendez WR/SEC SR
10 Kristofer Shockley WR/SEC SR 11 Coy Hoskins RB/SEC SR
12 Grant Garnett RB/LB SR
13 Kaleb Luna SR/SEC JR
14 Cautler Zamzow WR/SEC JR 15 Hagen Knobloch WR/DL SO 19 Caleb Edwards WR/SEC SR 20 Shaun Jastice RB/SEC SR
21 John Savoy WR/SEC JR
22 Seth Amaro WR/SEC SO
24 Truman Miller RB/LB JR
25 Nathaniel Williams RB/LB SR 33 Wesley Bohl FB/LB SR
34 Gene Ratliff WR/LB SO
36 Mason Martinez TE/DL SR
44 Shane Henson TE/DL SR
52 Kade Bednorz OL/DL JR
54 Jaedon Segura OL/DL SR
55 Clayton Klekar OL/DL JR
56 Dylan Weise OL/DL SR
60 Alex Sala OL/DL SR
62 Gunner Garnett OL/DL SR
65 Garrett Young OL/DL JR
66 Jackson Miller OL/DL SR
72 Paul Rojas OL/DL JR
74 Isaac Mendez OL/DL JR
75 Zakery Guerra OL/DL JR
77 Jaydin Jones OL/DL JR
79 Zavier Perry OL/DL SR
82 Logan Capistran WR/SEC SR 88 Eli Ybarbo TE/DL SR
GONZALES
1 Victor Izaguirre WR/DB JR 2 Jorge Cervantes OLB SR 4 Lion Williamson DE SR
5 Adrian Rodriguez CB SR 6 Jesse Segura QB SR
7 Frank Benes OLB SR
8 Coby Rodriguez WR SR
9 Adrian Dilworth CB SR
10 Arbreyon Dora WR SR 11 Keisey Ramirez WR SR 12 Luis Hernandez OLB JR 14 Braden Barfield S SO
15 Welson Holub QB JR
16 Cesar Matamoros LB SO 17 Avram Almaguer DB JR 18 Albert Camarillo WR SR 19 Jeremiah Hastings S SO 20 Dillen Ramos RB JR
21 Luis Ortega LB SR
22 Michael Cardenas LB SR 23 Heath Henke QB SR
50 Nolan Steffek OL/DL SR 52 Josh Steffek OL/DL SR 53 Ethan Jacobs OL/LB JR 54 Blake Roter OL/DL SR
55 Darren Slatter OL/DL SR 59 Derrick Janak OL/LB SR 63 Cole Grahmann OL/DL SO 65 Cole Bunjoch OL/DL FR 70 Blake Shimek OL/DL SR 75 Adam Steffek OL/LB JR 78 Tyler Hawkins OL/LB FR
INDUSTRIAL
2 Matthew Davis QB/DB SO
3 Noah Perry WR/DE SR
4 Nathan Hammack QB/DB SR 5 Karston Wimberly QB/DB SR
6 Mason Roe WR/DB SO
7 Caleb Gowetski TE/DE SR
8 Kaleb Figirova TB/SS SO
9 Marvin Campbell TE/DE SO 11 Kael Estes TE/SS JR
12 Brock Duarte HB/SS SO
15 Aaron Sanchez TB/DB JR
17 Jaylen Jones TE/DB SR
19 Conner Barnhart WR/DB SR 20 Carson Kolb FB/LB SO
22 Kid Holladay WR/DB SO
25 Dylan Giesalhart FB/DB SO 28 Cole Brogger TB/DB SR
32 Seth Darilek TE/LB JR
33 Blayne Moreland FB/LB SR 34 Jackson Fluitt HB/FS SO
44 Clay Martin HB/LB SO
50 Blaine Allen OL/DE SR
52 Chris Bethany OL/DT SR
53 Blayke Moreland OL/DT SR 55 Reed Kallus OL/LB SO
56 Brendan Tompkins QT/DE SO 58 Waylon Budd OL/DT SR
60 Tristan Bermea OL/DT JR
64 Cole Melnar OL/DT JR
65 Blake Rogers OL/DE JR
67 Colten Byars OL/DE JR
74 Joey Figirova OL/DT SR
77 Jacob Smith OL/DT JR
82 Devin Barr TE/DE JR
KARNES CITY
1 Aaron Smith WR/DB JR
2 Jakob Prieto RB/LB SR
3 Jeremiah Rivera QB/LB FR
4 Ryan Cordaway RB/DL SR
5 Jacob Peralta WR/LB JR
6 Jaden Jaramillo RB/DB JR
7 Brayden Bowen QB/LB SR
8 Gabrial Gutierrez RB/LB SO
9 Javier Aleman WR/DB JR
10 Ryan Mathis QB/DB JR
11 Warrick Thompson WR/DB SO 12 Caleb Conover QB/LB JR
20 Christian Jimenez RB/DL JR 22 Adonis Shular WR/DB SR
23 John Rutkowski RB/LB JR
32 Lathaniel Mendoza WR/LB SO 33 Darnell Spruill RB/LB SR
41 Kamden Dziuk RB/DB SR
42 Kolby Culpepper RB/LB JR
55 AJ Mendoza OL/DL SO
60 Gavin East OL/DE SR
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24 Zachary Box LB JR
25 Giovanny Aguilar RB SR 26 Aaron Guerrero OLB JR 27 Tyler Pierpont RB JR
28 Christian Gomez WR SR 30 Jared Cook RB SO
31 Tanner Blundell LB SR
32 Diego Diaz De Leon DE SR 33 Xavier Cerna DB JR
34 Juan Castillo DB SR
35 Daniel Cruz K SR
42 Ivan Reyna DL JR
44 Ali Spears DB JR
50 Nico Anzaldua OL SR
51 Brian Garza OL SR
54 Brett Bordovsky LB SR
56 Christian Almaguer OL JR 58 Desmond Bolden DE SR 60 Tristan Cernosek OL SR 61 Isac Espinoza OL SR
66 Silvano Reyes DL JR
68 Ryan Reyna DL SR
70 Brady Oakes OL SR
71 David Sexton OL SR
72 Brett Jahns OL JR
74 Ryan Gomez OL JR
75 Coby Pruett OL JR
HALLETTSVILLE
2 Price Pruett RB/LB SO 3 Brett Etzler WR/DB SR 4 Deven Wood WR/DB JR 5 Ty Gerke WR/DB JR
6 Travis Matula WR/DB SR
7 Lane Linhart QB/LB SR
9 Koda Howell WR/DB SO
10 Micah Greenwell RB/LB JR 11 Dylan Crye WR/DB SR
12 Isaak Machacek WR/DB SR 14 Luke Bludau WR/DB JR
15 Chase Janak WR/LB SO
21 Trace Patek QB/DB SO
22 Bowen Higgins RB/LB SO 25 Jonathon Brooks RB/DB JR 50 Joseph Vreeland OL/DL SR 51 Cody Robert OL/DL JR
52 Dru Sluka OL/DL JR
53 Blake Sitka OL/DL SR
55 Lance Bludau OL/DL SO 56 Carson Evans OL/DL SO 62 Landon Sluka OL/DL JR
64 James Baker OL/DL JR
66 Sam Hermes OL/DL SO
70 Caleb Cuellar OL/DL SO
72 Josh Koppenol OL/DL SR
SACRED HEART
2 Austin Kutac QB/DB SO
3 Cole Bohuslav REC/DB JR
4 Korbin Koehne RB/DT SO
5 Michael Koeth REC/DB SO
7 Trenton Kraatz REC/DB JR
8 Dalton Grahmann REC/DB SR 9 Will Harper REC/DB SO
10 Lane Leopold RB/LB SR
12 Myles Machicek REC/DB SO 18 Dallas Layton REC/DB SO 22 Matt Roznovsky REC/LB SO 25 Garrett Matura REC/DB SO 44 Brennan Kana REC/DL JR
61 Max Koliba OL/DL SR
62 Steven Nava OL/DL JR
65 Luke Doreck OL/DL SR
66 Ryland Wieding OL/DL JR 70 Joseph Valdez OL/DL SO 76 Sebastian Segura OL/DL SR 77 Jace Gonzales OL/DL JR
KENEDY
1 Enrique Deleon RB/DB SR
2 Isreal Reyes RB/DB JR
3 Reagan Villarreal WR/DB SO
6 Ty Villanueva WR/DB SO
9 Kameron Miller WR/DB SO
11 Oscar Hinojosa RB/DB JSR 12 Jaydin Chapa QB/DB SO
15 Dustin Towner WR/DB SR
20 Justin Palacious WR/DB SR 21 J’Ren Salais RB/DB JR
28 Logan Salais RB/DB SO
33 Nigel Feliz RB/LB JR
44 Jason Garcia TE/DE SR
50 AJ Leal OL/DL SR
51 Joseph Valdez OL/LB SR
52 Jaren Villarreal OL/DL SR
54 Bryce Diaz OL/LB SO
56 Nado Vargas OL/DL SO
57 Mo Gonzalez OL/DL JR
60 Alvin Amador OL/DL JR
65 Candelario Ramirez OL/DL SR 67 Jose Campos OL/DL SR
72 Nathan Cantu OL/DL SR
74 Alex Gonzalez OL/DL SR
76 Adrian Flores OL/DL JR
78 Justin Connell OL/DL SR
80 Ryland Reyna TE/DE FR
88 George Dela Santos TE/DE SR
LOUISE
2 Dustin Roberts TE/OLB JR 3 Josh Garcia SE/CB SR
4 Daylon Machicek RB/LB JR 5 Rogeric Schooler RB/CB JR 6 Leo Torres RB/OLD JR
7 Robert Montes QB/S SR
8 Wylee Strelec RB/S JR
9 Alex Ventura SE/OLB JR
10 Mason Orsak SE/OCB SR 11 Roy Arrambide RB/OLB FR 12 Cameron Cortez RB/LB SR 13 Blayke Yeager RB/LB SO 15 Davion Miller SE/LB SO 16 Rex Rodriguez SE/CB FR 21 Angel Reyes SE/CB FR
24 Danny Willaims RB/DE SR 30 Ethan Wendel TE/OLB FR 55 Mikey Gusman OL/LB SR 56 Derek Luna OL/DE SR
57 Chris Vasquez OL/NG SO
60 Kaden Orsak OL/NG JR
63 Fransisco Avalos OL/DE SR 65 Damian Gundelach OL/DE FR 66 D. D. Gaona OL/DE SO
68 D’Andrian Espitia OL/NG SO 72 Marco Torres OL/LB FR
74 Jacob Litton OL/DE FR
77 Dylan Bronikowsky OL/LB JR 78 Roderick Larkin OL/NG FR
1 Robert Garcia RB/DB JR
3 Benito Perez QB JR
5 Jesse Riojas WR/DE JR
9 Chris Brown RB/OLB SR
10 Isaac Grant WR/OLB JR
11 Xavier Arias RB/MB JR
14 Bradyn Martinez QB/DB FR 15 Mario Ponce WR/DB SO
20 Dario Jantes RB/OLB SO
22 Leonard Zamora RB/DB SO 32 Martin Moreno RB/OLB SO 50 Josiah Montoya OL/MB JR 53 Mateo Abrego OL/DE SR
54 Jeremy Van Gundy OL/MB JR 63 Anthony Mendiola OL/DL SR 64 Austin McMain OL/DL SR
65 Zac Perez OL/DL JR
75 Paul Gaytan OL/DL JR
77 Edgar Ochoa OL/DL SR
80 Eric Rivas OL/DE SO
85 Ethan Lamb WR/CB SR
PALACIOS
1 Anthony White QB/DB FR
2 Miguel Sanchez WR/LB JR
3 Keegan Garcia WR/LB SE
4 Gary Haynes RB/LB JR
5 Seth Sanchez TE/LB SE
7 Brian Le TE/LB JR
8 Jordin Nemes RB/DB SE
9 Sean Vickers WR/DB SE
10 Eric Alvarez QB/DB JR
11 Camron Polk WR/DB SE
12 Daniel Gonzales WR/LB SO 14 Alex Morales WR/DB JR
16 Tanner Lev TE/DL FR
17 Jacob Hernandez WR/DB JR 18 Bryce Menchaca WR/DB JR 19 Damion Zarate TE/DL SO 21 Jacob Guerrero TE/DL SE 22 Micah Sanchez WR/DB JR 23 Xzavier Hynes WR/DB SE 32 Elisha Garcia WR/DB JR
50 Simon Cano OL/DL JR
51 David Zavala OL/DL SE
55 Juan Mancera OL/DL SO
60 Jordan Duran OL/DL SO
62 Noah Moreno OL/DL SR
65 Gabriel Gonzales OL/DL SR 70 Kade Sanchez OL/DL SR
74 Jacob Malone OL/DL JR
75 Juan Ferrertiz OL/DL SR
78 Ellian Perez OL/DL JR
REFUGIO
1 Jordan Kelley WR/DB SO 2 Naaji Gadsden RB/DB SR 3 Michael Firova WR/DB SR 4 Allen Perez WR/DB JR
5 Nathan Meza RB/DT JR
6 Ysidro Mascorro RB/LB SR
7 Landon Parson TE/DE JR
8 Jordy Martinez K/DB SR
9 Zavien Wills WR/LB JR
10 Jarren Gonzales TE/DT SR 11 Colten Hesseltine WR/DB SR 12 Josh Rodriguez QB/LB JR 13 Robert Resendez WR/DB SO


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15 Austin Ochoa QB/P SR
16 Victor Garcia RB/LB JR
17 Ignacio Montejano K JR
18 Sean Lopez WR/DB JR
19 Ethan Perez WR/DB JR
20 Fabian Andrade FB/LB JR 21 Dezmon Brown RB/LB SO 22 Robert Montalvo WR/DB SR 23 Devon Tilley WR/DB SR
24 Javon Williams FB/LB SO
25 Antwaan Gross WR/DB SO
26 Luke Solomon WR/DB JR
28 Michael Thomas WR/DB JR 33 Aaron Arredondo FB/LB JR
34 Jaden Hubbard FB/DE SR
50 Yahir Placencia OL/DT JR
51 Nathan Marsh OL/DT JR
52 Joseph Montemayor OL/DT SR 53 Devin Flores OL/DT SR
54 Elias Morris OL/DT JR
55 Tayvin Castellano OL/DE SR 56 Daniel Quesada OL/DT SR 57 Dareon Wills OL/DT SR
58 Dillon Bailey OL/DT SR
61 Thomas Keyes OL/LB SR
63 Deandre McDonald OL/DT JR 65 Benji DeNava OL/DT JR
73 Corbin Brown OL/DE SR
74 Ryan Repka OL/DE JR
82 Hayden LaFrance TE/DE SO
RICE CONSOLIDATED
1 Ian Hargrove QB/OLB SR
2 Dontavion Fuller WR/DB JR
3 Straton Pieprzyca TE/OLB SO 5 Damontae Levi WR/DB JR
6 Deondre Cotton RB/DB SO
8 Aundre Palmer RB/DB JR
9 RJ Zarate TE/OLB SR
11 Warren Scott RB/DB SR
12 Noah Mendoza RB/DB SR 14 Jacobo Robles WR/DB JR 16 Luis Samaniego TE/ILB JR 20 Brandon James RB/DL JR 22 Erick Gutierrez K SR
40 James Cotton RB/OLB SO 54 Everado Esquivel OL/ILB JR 55 Robert Stavinoha OL/DL JR 59 Alex Toriz OL/ILB SR
64 Dylen Ramirez OL/DL SR
65 Landon Rodriguez OL/DL JR 70 Christian Tovar OL/DL JR 72 Antonio Marquez OL/DL JR 77 Drayton Canaris OL/ILB SR 78 Taj Fields OL/DL JR
85 Jake Engelbrecht WR/DB JR
RUNGE
1 Jason Aguilar WR/DB JR
2 David Gonzales WR/DB FR
3 Trent Jones WR/DB FR
4 Justin Martin WR/DB SR
5 Ryan Mendoza QB/DE JR
6 Gavin Gutierrez WR/DB SO
7 Troy Reynolds RB/OLB JR
8 Joe Frage WR/OLB SO
10 Aaron Ramirez RB/DE FR 14 Mario Rodriguez WR/DB FR 16 Mason Rios WR/DB SO
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17 Kevin Koliba RB/LB SO
18 Herman Hernandez K SO
19 Trace Moore WR/LB SO
21 Sean Romero RB/LB JR
22 Bowen Jacobs WR/DB JR
23 Ross Debault RB/LB SO
25 Adrian Rosales TE/DL JR
27 Austin Sherrer WR/DB SO
28 Adrian Carrasco WR/DB SR 33 Mauricio Pecina RB/LB SO
34 Rileigh Chumchal RB/LB SR 40 Nate Gomez RB/DL JR
44 Dorien Hights RB/LB JR
47 Austin Rocha RB/DL JR
50 Tadeo Rojas OL/DL JR
52 Kolson Jacobs OL/DL JR
54 Jonathan Camarillo OL/DL JR 60 Austin Vinklarek OL/DL SR
66 Alann Alvarado OL/DL SR
68 Dillon Ward OL/DL JR
70 Miguel Buenrostro OL/DL JR 73 Connor Schomburg OL/DL JR 74 Roberto Bustamante OL/DL SO 75 Donovan Smith OL/DL JR
76 Mario Mariscal OL/DL SR
79 Bryan Oliva OL/DL SR
88 Lukas Adamek WR/DL JR
89 Erick Valdez K SR
99 Clancy Polich TE/LB SR
YORKTOWN
1 Tevin Fontenot WR/DB SR 2 Zack Latta RB/LB SR
3 Draw Alexander QB/LB SO 4 Sam Speed WR/DB JR
5 Mark Guerrero QB/DB JR
6 Kalen Barefield WR/DB SO
7 Chandler Kainer WR/LB SO
8 Jacob Guerrero WR/LB SO
9 Justin Denson WR/LB SR
10 Chris Johnson WR/DB JR
11 Akeem Jones WR/DB SO
12 Bryan Peralta WR/DB JR
14 Russell Morehead WR/DB JR 18 Cade Martin QB/DB FR
20 Cesar Sarmiento WR/LB SO 21 Jason Gonzales WR/DB SO 22 Corey Pargmann TE/LB SR 23 Dason Wunderlich WR/DB FR 25 Joshua Sanger RB/LB SO
29 Gabe Latta RB/LB FR
34 Ethan San Miguel TE/LB FR 41 Blake Boyd RB/LB FR
48 Jarius Herring WR/DB FR
50 Triston Silgero OL/DL SO
51 Charles Good OL/DL JR
52 Andres Archuleta OL/DL FR 53 Brian Freeman OL/DL FR
54 Martin Guerrero OL/DL SR 55 Kyron Lemke OL/DL SO
56 Vayden Buch OL/DL FR
59 Austin Beckham OL/LB FR 60 Blaine Johnson OL/DL JR
62 Philip Yeretsky OL/LB FR
65 Ethan Pompa OL/DL SO
66 Devin Leister OL/DL SR
73 Cody Gonzales OL/DL FR
77 Brennon Freeman OL/DL FR 78 Ben Balderas OL/DL SO
80 Dylan Respondek TE/LB SO
21 David Fraga WR/DB JR
28 Matthew Rios WR/DB SR
29 Dylan Fraga RB/DT SR
50 Xavier Rodriguez OL/OLB FR 52 Daylyn Arigullin OL/DL JR 53 Ramiro Torres OL/LB JR
61 Broden Garcia OL/LB SO
62 Enriuqe Esquivel OL/DE FR 63 Jesus Soliz OL/DL FR
64 Isaiah Rios OL/LB FR
75 Larry Williams OL/DL JR
76 Ernesto Esquivel OL/DL FR 77 Antonio Lopez OL/DL FR
79 Sabastian Reyna OL/DL SO
SCHULENBURG
2 Trinity Houston RB/DB SR
3 Brayden Duarte RB/DB SR
4 Jeremiah Houston RB/LB SO 5 Jordan Jurena WR/DB SR
6 Temon Glover RB/LB SR
7 Orlando Adame WR/DB SO
8 George Martinez WR/DB SR
9 Dekenzie King WR/DB SO
10 Justin Stang WR/DB SR
11 Jesse Camarillo QB/DB SO 12 Connor Herzik WR/DB JR
14 Bobby Smith WR/DB SR
15 Brett Janecek QB/LB JR
20 Will Hooper WR/LB JR
21 Travarius Speed TE/DE JR 23 Rigo Martinez TE/DE SR
33 Cutter Morin TE/LB SR
35 Jayson Schaefer WR/DB JR 50 Isaias Lara OL/K JR
51 Enrique Toro OL/DL JR
54 Trevor Beyer OL/LB JR
55 Colby Guzman OL/DL SR
61 Kyle Svetlik OL/LB SR
64 Luis Lopez OL/DL JR
65 Bradley McFadden OL/LB JR 66 Brandon Lara OL/DL SR
67 Colby Jochen OL/DL SR
68 Nathan Ricicar OL/DL SO
79 Javier Martinez OL/DL JR 88 Jaxon Fietsam TE/DL SR
SHINER
1 Doug Brooks FB/NG SO
2 Dalton Brooks WR/CB FR
3 CJ Miller WR/LB SR
4 Devin Lehnert QB/SS SR
5 Connor Winkenwerder K/WR/CB JR 6 Cash Shows QB/SS JR
7 Tyler Palmer QB/CB JR
8 Jacquis Miller WR/CB SR
9 Colter Darilek TE/LB JR
10 Cross Rankin TE/LB SR
11 Jacquez Miller WR/CB SR
12 Cole Patek TE/DE SR
22 Zane Rhodes RB/LB JR
24 Christian Wagner TE/LB JR
25 Trevor Haynes RB/CB JR
27 Noah Nevlud RB/SS JR
33 Donyai Taylor RB/LB SR
44 Michael Williams TE/LB/P JR 48 Brayden Watson TE/LB JR
49 Devondrick Mathis RB/DE JR 50 Cutler Scott OG/DT JR
51 Brock Sestak C/DE JR
55 Michael Coppola OT/LB SR 57 AJ Patek OT/LB SO
61 Cook Munsch OG/DE JR 62 Allan Jaehne OT/DE SR
63 Garrett Cowan OT/DT JR 64 Ty Winkenwerder OG/DT JR 66 Max Machacek OG/DE JR 67 Johnathan Floyd OG/DE JR 72 Gage Brooks OG/NG SR
84 Jayden Carson WR/CB JR
SHINER ST. PAUL
1 Jacob Spann WR/DB SO
2 Kai Giese QB/DB JR
3 Kade Leist TE/DL SO
4 Cade Davis RB/WR/DB JR
5 Gerard Nunez RB/LB JR
10 Kaleb Luinn WR/DB FR
11 Noah Boedeker RB/DB SO 12 Jacob Wachsmuth QB/DB FR 13 Sam Benes K SJ
15 Atley Pilat TE/LB SR
16 Zak Johnson QB/RB/DB SO 22 Carson Reese RB/LB SR
24 Blake Pohl RB/LB FR
25 Trent Brown WR/DB FR
32 Brayden Slaughter RB/DB FR 33 Natthew Wagner RB/DB FR 50 Jacob Seibert OL/DL FR
51 Caden Malinovsky OL/LB SO 54 Luke Darilek OL/DL FSR
55 Ted Machacek OL/DL JR
56 Carson McNabb OL/DL FR
61 James Fikac OL/DL JR
65 Matthew Malinovsky OL/LB SR 67 Peyton Brown OL/LB SO
68 Ethan Easterling OL/DL SO
73 Jackson Ulcak OL/DL FR
75 Weston Geiger OL/DL SR
79 Elliott Peters OL/DL FR
88 Joseph Twyford TE/DL FR
TIDEHAVEN
1 Jordan Mejias WR/DB JR 2 Kaeden Henry WR/DB SR 3 Ben Ruiz LB/FB SR
4 Call Davant OLB/WR SR 5 Kylan Sardinea RB/DB JR 6 Brody Rohan LB/FB SR
7 Blake Garcia QB/DB SR
11 Logan Crow QB/OLB SO
14 Joe Martinez LB/TE SR
21 Ryan Hutto WR/DB SR
34 Jose Martinez MLB/RB SO
40 Joey Kacer MLB/WR SR
50 Nick Rodriguez OL/DL JR
51 Keagan Carrillo OL/DL JR
54 Jerry Johnson OL/DL SO
61 Chance Riojas OL/DL SR
62 Grant Von Gontard OL/DL JR 65 Joseph Saavedra OL/DL JR 66 M. Coleman-Longoria OL/DL JR 69 Jose Palamores OL/DL JR
74 Zach Pierce OL/DL JR
77 Kyus Saha OL/DL JR
88 Joey Jaime TE/OLB SR
VAN VLECK
1 Brandon Espinosa RB/RS SR 2 Sam Bree WR/DB JR
3 Cameron Franklin WR/DB JR
5 Bryson Blackmon WR/DB SO 6 Jalen Williams WR/DB SR
7 Jace McKenzie WR/DB SO
8 Kadarius Woodard WR/DB SO 9 Brendan Hahn WR/DB SR
10 Peyton Brown QB/DB SO
11 Joshua DeLaRosa QB/DB SR 12 Anthony Hudson WR/DB JR 14 Ethan Arrington RB/LB SO
15 Connor Stevens RB/LB JR
16 Brandon Burnett WR/DB SR 17 Jordan Arriaga WR/DB SO
18 Christian Ellis WR/DB SR
19 Dakota Furrh RB/LB JR
20 Dalton Wicker WR/LB SR
31 Ammolique Johnson WR/DB JR 34 Garrett Ros RB/LB SR
52 Joshua Figueroa OL/DL JR 55 Garrett Chambless OL/DL SO 57 Slade Huerta OL/DL JR
60 Trevor Wells OL/DL JR
62 Patrick Perkins OL/DL JR
63 Garrett Mayfield OL/DL SO 64 Marcus Montemayor OL/DL SR 72 Joseph Navarro OL/DL SR
74 Adam McDonald OL/DL JR 75 Wesley Moss OL/DL SO
76 Ronnie Cathey OL/DL SO
77 Wyatt Gobert OL/DL JR
WEIMAR
2 Cordale Burchfield WR/DB SR 3 Deiontre Wicks RB/LB SR
4 Sergio Jimenez K SO
5 Nunu Wilson WR/DB SO
6 Ravon’Dre Wicks RB/DB SR 7 Jose Ramirez RB/OLB SO
8 Dylerick Ellison WR/DB SR 9 Deante Foster WR/DB JR 10 Felix Sanchez RB/LB JR 12 Reed Purdy RB/LB JR
16 Joey Ramirez QB/LB SO
17 Vicente Cabrera TE/LB SR
18 Juan Ferretiz-Sanchez TE/DL SO 19 Cameron Lytle QB/DL SR
20 Hunter Price RB/LB SO
24 Austin Stech RB/LB SO
28 Dylan Rollins WR/DB SO
33 Hunter Mangum TE/DL FR
34 Keagan Garcia WR/LB SR
44 Wyatt Pavlik TE/DL SR
50 Wylie Bettis OL/DL SO
55 Taiton Hudec OL/DL FR
56 Ryan Kloesel OL/DL SO
59 Trey Daniels OL/DL SO
63 Colby Rainosek OL/DL SR
65 Javier Ferretiz OL/DL JR
66 Nick Koopman OL/DL SR
68 Jagger Fishbeck OL/DL SO 74 Eddie Flores OL/DL SR
77 Javier Carrion OL/DL JR
80 Clayton Nunnelly TE/LB JR
82 Dylan Dennis TE/OLB JR
WHARTON
2 Royal Matthews DB/WR SR 3 Joerell Davis DB/WR SR
4 James Jones DB/WR JR
5 Roy Gentry DB/WR SR
6 Jashawn Nickerson DE/RB SR
7 Eric Johnson DB/WR/QB JR
8 Xavier Washington DE/RB JR 9 Kyler Jackson DB/RB SR
10 Sterling Harris QB/DB JR
11 Jerome Sanford WR/DB SO 12 Donovan Krushall QB/P SR 14 Chandler Ford DB/WR JR
15 Derrick Aykes DB/WR SR
21 Keijon Waddell RB/LB JR
22 Kendon Waddy DB SR
24 Jamarcus Anderson DB SR 25 R’Detric Glover DB/WR JR 26 Miles Deleon DL SR
30 Preston Sebastian LB SR
32 Keilon Allen LB SR
34 Kurtys Mayberry DL/RB SR 35 Jalyn White LB JR
44 Jacob Vasquez LB JR
54 Jericho Cardenas LB SO
59 Omarion Marks DL/OL SO 61 Sergio Olmedo DL/OL SR
63 Jose Farias DL/OL JR
66 Mario Quintero DL/OL JR
70 Jalik Knight DL/OL SO
72 JaQuarian Hopkins DL/OL JR 75 Fred Alcalar DL/OL SR
77 Omar Ramirez DL/OL SR
84 Roland Gentry LB/WR SR
99 Chris Martinez K SR
WOODSBORO
1 Ramon Garcia RB/DL FR
2 Braxton Ladner WR/DB SO
3 Jordyn Mackey WR/DB SR
6 Raul Flores RB/LB SR
7 Coye Baker WR/DB SR
8 Logan Meacham WR/DL SO
9 Taron Meacham WR/DB SR
10 Brody Levien WR/LB JR
11 Roger Gonzalez QB/LB SO
12 Jacob Esparza WR/DB SR
13 Joseph Singletary WR/DB SO 15 Anthony Meacham WR/DB SO 17 Adam Dominquez RB/LB FR18 18 Caleb Moore RB/LB JR
19 Robert Joe Weitzel WR/LB FR 20 Will Meacham WR/DB SO
45 Coy Burns TE/DL JR
52 Marcos Pena OL/DL SR
54 Jaycob Cisneros OL/DL SR
55 Michael Love OL/DL FR
56 Anthony Estraca OL/DL SO
67 Izak Gonzalez OL/DL SO
70 Alex Ondrej OL/DL SO
72 Elias Gonzalez OL/DL SR
YOAKUM
1 Ty Love WR/DB SR
2 Caleb Byrnes WR/DB SR
3 Travis Stansberry WR/DB SR 4 Jayden Jones RB/DB FR
5 Matthew Rodriguez WR/LB SR 6 Michael Cantu QB/DB SR
7 Kyle Carroll WR/DB SO
8 Jace Kocke WR/DB JR
10 Kyle Koliba RB/LB SR
11 Paul Johnson WR/DB SR
12 Blake Gordon QB/DB JR
13 AJ Arroyo TE/DL SO
15 Larry Hysaw WR/DB SR


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Graduate Jordan Whittington shows his ring at a ceremony to celebrate Cuero’s UIL Class 4A state championship.
A LOOK BACK AT 2018
Gobblers claim 1st state championship in 31 years
Cuero’s Justin Ficklen, middle, celebrates with teammates after winning the Class 4A, Division II state cham- pionship game against Pleasant Grove at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
ADVOCATE FILE PHOTOS
CLASS 6A
1. North Shore Mustangs 2. Duncanville Panthers 3. Lake Travis Cavaliers 4. Allen Eagles
5. KatyTigers
6. Longview Lobos
7. Westlake Chaparrals 8. Denton Guyer Wildcats 9. Atascocita Eagles
10. Southlake Carroll Dragons
CLASS 5A, DIVISION I
1. Highland Park Scots
2. Denton Ryan Raiders
3. Foster Falcons
4. Frisco Lone Star Rangers 5. Shadow Creek Sharks
6. John Tyler Lions
7. Lufkin Panthers
8. WagnerThunderbirds
9. Cedar Park Timberwolves
10. Birdville Hawks
CLASS 5A DIVISION II
1. Aledo Bearcats
2. Fort Bend Marshall Buffalos 3. CalallenWildcats
4. Marshall Mavericks
5. Huntsville Hornets
6. Manvel Mavericks
7. A&M Consolidated Tigers 8. Frisco Reedy Lions
9. Lubbock Cooper Pirates
10. South Oak Cliff Golden Bears
CLASS 4A, DIVISION I
1. La Vega Pirates
2. Carthage Bulldogs
3. Argyle Eagles
4. Liberty Hill Panthers
5. Midlothian Heritage Jaguars 6. SealyTigers
7. ParisWildcats
8. Henderson Lions
9. Lampasas Badgers
10. Decatur Eagles
CLASS 4A, DIVISION II
1. Pleasant Grove Hawks 2. Jasper Bulldogs
3. SilsbeeTigers
4. Cuero Gobblers
5. West Orange-Stark Mustangs 6. Waco Connally Cadets
7. Gilmer Buckeyes
8. Lorena Leopards
9. Graham Steers
10. Lubbock Estacado Matadors
CLASS 3A, DIVISION I
1. Grandview Zebras
2. MalakoffTigers
3. Atlanta Rabbits
4. CameronYoeYoemen 5. Yoakum Bulldogs
6. Brock Eagles
7. Gladewater Bears 8. GoliadTigers
9. Franklin Lions
10. East Chambers Buccaneers
CLASS 3A, DIVISION II
1. Newton Eagles
2. CanadianWildcats
3. East Bernard Brahmas 4. GunterTigers
5. DaingerfieldTigers
6. Holliday Eagles
7. Clifton Cubs
8. AbernathyAntelopes 9. Cisco Loboes
10. Tidehaven Tigers
CLASS 2A, DIVISION I
1. Refugio Bobcats
2. Mason Punchers
3. Shiner Comanches
4. San Saba Armadillos 5. SanAugustineWolves 6. Panhandle Panthers 7. New Deal Lions
8. Garrison Bulldogs
9. Tenaha Tigers
10. West Texas Comanches
CLASS 2A, DIVISION II
1. Mart Panthers
2. Falls City Beavers
3. Hamlin Pied Pipers
4. Stratford Elks
5. Grapeland Sandies
6. Albany Lions
7. Wellington Skyrockets 8. Burton Panthers
9. Gruver Greyhounds
10. Muenster Hornets
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
1. Cedar Hill Trinity Christian Tigers 2. Dallas Bishop Dunne Falcons
3. Dallas Bishop Lynch Friars
4. Plano Prestonwood Lions
5. Dallas Parish Episcopal Panthers


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For all of your orthopedic and sports medicine needs, call 361-582-1117.
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