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Howe sports not named football will not change a whole lot as far as district mates are concerned. The biggest change in the entrance of Gunter and Pottsboro and the exit of Van Alstyne who moved up to Class 4A.
While Howe has a severe enrollment disadvantage in football’s new District 5-3A-1, that’s not the case for the new District 10-3A for other sports. Howe’s 356 enrollment is thirdhighest in the district behind Pottsboro (426) and Bonham (499).
Along with those two schools, Howe will join Leonard, Blue Ridge, Whitewright, Bells, and Gunter.
Ally Harvey ties up the ball with a player from Leonard as Sierra Copeland of Howe looks on. Michelle Carney/Howe Enterprise.
The Howe Lady Bulldogs moved to 24-6 on the season and 10-1 in district play on Friday night with a 66-28 win over Leonard.
It might have been senior night, but no one informed junior Sierra Copeland of that as she dominated the game with unbelievable numbers of 22 points and 18 rebounds. The 6’2” junior shot 9-for-16 from the field and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the line. Eight of her rebounds were on the offensive glass.
Howe again was unchallenged in the first period rolling out to a 235 lead after the first period. Leonard took the second period, but Howe finished the first half with a 29-15 lead. The Lady Bulldogs won the third period, 14 -8 and finished the game with the same score as the first with a 23-5 final period. Behind Copeland in points was Cassidy Anderson as she tied a season-high with 18 points. Jenna Honore tallied 12 to round out the Howe girls in double digits. Other scorers were Ally Harvey (6), Molly Wilson (3), Landery Sanders (3), and Trinity Williams (2). Harvey also pulled down 15 rebounds in the win.
Howe is tied with Bells for the district championship and the two teams have decided to flip a coin to determine the winner instead of playing a run-off game.
Howe’s final district game will be at Bonham on Tuesday and will be broadcast live at howeeenterprise.com and on YouTube.com.
The Howe Bulldogs received their 2-year death sentence from the UIL last week and soon afterward, the coaches of the new District 5-3A got together to hammer out a schedule for the next two seasons. While Howe will have three teams in the district over 90 miles away, In 2020, those are varsity home games. However, the middle school and junior varsity will all travel those hefty distances in 2020.
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under Mike Leach from 20002002 and then the head coach at the University of Houston from 2003-2007. In 2008, Briles became the head coach at Baylor where he led the Bears to some of their greatest years ever. But a report showing significant concerns about the tone and culture of the program led to the termination of Briles. A year ago, he was hired by Mount Vernon and led the Tigers to an 8 -3 record. Just a month into the season, Briles and Mount Vernon were publicly reprimanded by a state oversight committee for using ineligible players and for using an assistant coach who wasn't a full-time employee of the district. However, Mount Vernon was not forced to forfeit any games.
Winnsboro was also placed in Howe’s new district and they are coming off a 9-5 season where they lost to Gladewater in the third round. Former Mount Vernon head coach Josh Finney was named the new head football coach at Winnsboro High School
Mount Vernon is 28-10 over the past three seasons with three trips to the playoffs. The Bulldogs have never played Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon has 128 more students in high school than Winnsboro’s 9-5 record a year ago was a big turnaround from a team that went 6-14 in 2017 and 2018. The Bulldogs have never played Winnsboro. Winnsboro has 96 more students in high school than
Bonham is 12-19 over the past three seasons and will have their third head coach in four seasons in 2020. Howe is 3-1 overall against Bonham. Bonham has 134 more students in high school than Howe.
last season. Finney, a Winnsboro High graduate, spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons at Mount Vernon posting a 19-5 record and had an impressive 74-32 record in nine years as a head coach at Maud, Teague, Hull-Daisetta and Mount Vernon.
Bonham is again placed in Howe’s district and they will have a new head coach in 2020 as John Fish resigned after going 19 a year ago. Fish in 2018, however, led Bonham to their first winning record since 2005 when they went 8-3. The Warriors graduated quarterback Tyler Rodriguez and couldn’t find the same magic in 2019.
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Mount Vernon’s Art Briles brings his 173-49-3 career high school record to District 5-3A. In addition to that he posted a 99-65 record as a Division I college head coach with the University of Houston and Baylor University.
Randy Barnes of Rains is next in career wins with 136 as he holds a 136-101 record. Matt Poe of Pottsboro is right behind him with 130 wins to only 41 losses. Poe’s totals have all come at Pottsboro as it was his first head coaching job coming from Sherman as offensive coordinator. Winnsboro’s Josh Finney has an impressive 83-37 won/loss record and has emerged as one of the best head coaches in the region.
