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Bill Martin.............................4 District Previews....................5 Rockdale Tigers................. 6-8 Tigers in the Pros.................10 All-State Tigers.....................11 Cameron Yoemen............ 12-15 Rockdale Team Photo..... 16-17 Milano Eagles..................18-22 Thorndale Bulldogs........24-27 Tiger Stat Sheet...................28 RHS History..........................29 Tigers Year-By--Year........30-31
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he Rockdale coaching staff is proving literary history wrong, you actually can go home again. As I prepare for my ninth Rockdale football season, here’s a interesting fact that is unprecedented in Rockdale sports history: there are 10 members of Jeff Miller’s staff that are Rockdale High School graduates. Miller’s recent hires of Kelsey Morgan Thurman and Jamie Daniels Austin pushed the number of Tiger products into double digits. “It’s not something that we were looking for, it just kind of happened,” Miller said. “I think it’s kind of neat. “I am always trying to hire the best people, the best teachers and the best coaches for these kids. These just happen to be from Rockdale.” Throughout history, there has been a smattering of former RHS grads on the Big Blue coaching staff, but not of this magnitude.
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In the history of Rockdale football, there has been just one head football coach that was also a RHS graduate— Graham Kyle. He lasted two years from 1947 to 1948. The oldest current graduate on the staff is head basketball and cross country coach Liz Galloway McQuitter and
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you won’t get much of an argument saying she’s the greatest female athlete in RHS history. McQuitter—a member of the Rockdale Sports Hall of Honor—has played and coached at the highest levels and led the Lady Tigers back into the playoffs last season. And there has been an influx of youngbloods to the staff. The recent “Meet the Tigers” cake auction, where all staff members are introduced, needed a nursery because there was so many newborns crawling around. Thurman, Austin, Hunter Hamrick and new softball coach Lauren Robertson were all sporting new members of their families. New baseball coach Ronnie Jonse and his wife Kayla will soon join the club. While not from Rockdale, the neighborhood is well represented. There are three staffers from Caldwell. Trainer Dustin Cedidla, head basketball coach Sergio Garcia and junior high coach Miranda Loewe are former Hornets. Of course Loewe could get a waiver, her mother Lisa is a Rockdale native and teacher and, of course, her father Dusty is the former Tiger basketball coach. Miranda Loewe played for her father when he was the girls coach at Caldwell
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and has followed his footsteps into the coaching profession. Loewe, has come out of his one-year retirement and is now an assistant at Milano. Again, there is a connection between Loewe and Milano. His father was a coach there in the 1950s and his mom is actually a graduate of Milano High. Further adding to this family affair, Miller recently coaxed coaching great Slugger Hamrick out of retirement. Of course, Miller had some help in the persuading department—Hamrick’s son Hunter is the Tigers’ offensive coordinator.
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DL—Elijhah Brooks, Rockdale DL—Jordan Wells, Navasota DL—Cody Nichols, Navasota DL—Preston Ehler, Rockdale LB—James David, Rockdale LB—Damien Whaley, Madisonville LB—LaDontice Coats, Rockdale LB—Austin Caffey, Rockdale DB—Deonnte Taylor, Navasota DB—Jerbell Lipscomb, Navasota DB—Chris Frank, Taylor K—Michael Martinez, Navasota
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QB—Riley Schaefer, Thorndale Rockdale 5-6 2-2 RB—Jakyle Harris, Weimar RB—Darius Brooks, Thorndale Taylor 5-7 2-2 WR—Seth Helmcamp Flatonia WR—Colton Austin, Thorndale Madisonville 5-5 1-3 WR—Gus Venegas, Flatonia OL—Lorenzo Llana, Thorndale
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Offensive MVP—.Dontae Christ, Madisonville Defensive MVP—James David, Rockdale
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• Head Coach—Jeff Miller. • Overall record—72-60 in 13 years. • Record at school—37-39 (8th season) • Assistant coaches—Hunter Hamrick (offensive coordinator), Michael Dunn (defensive coordinator), Andre Johnson (defensive line), Bart Gibbs (linebackers), Sergio Garcia (receivers), Charlie Hall (receivers), Robert Jones (defensive backs), Ronnie Jonse, Kris Campbel, Slugger Hamrick. • Trainer—Dustin Cedidla. • 2012 overall record— 5-6. • 2012 district record—2-2 (2nd). • Last district title—1999. • Last playoff appearance—2012. • All-time playoff record—19-21, 23 trips. • State championships—1976. • Offense—Zone Read. • Defense—4-3. • Returning lettermen—26. • Returning starters—14 (7 off/7 def).
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# Player Ht. Wt. Pos. Cl. 1 Devante Burgess 5-7 150 WR/DB Sr. 2 Billy Harris 6-2 170 WR/DB Jr. 3 James Castilleja 5-9 175 RB/LB Sr. 4 Dylan McCartney 5-9 165 QB/DB Jr. 5 Ed Dansby 5-9 140 WR/DB Jr. 6 Pearce Loth 6-4 175 WR/DL Jr. 7 Clayton Gibbs 6-0 170 QB Sr. 8 Adolfo Chavira 5-8 170 K Jr. 9 Brent Drummond 6-1 200 WR/LB Jr. 10 James David 6-3 225 RB/LB Sr. 11 Ladontice Coates 5-10 180 WR/DB Sr. 12 Hayden Offield 5-11 150 RB/DB Jr. 14 Jon Hines 6-0 165 WR/LB Jr. 15 Darius Ford 6-1 160 WR/DB Sr. 18 Pete Heintze 6-0 210 TE/DE Sr. 20 Sinderick Miller 5-10 190 RB/LB Sr. 22 Marco Hernandez 5-9 220 RB/DL Sr. 23 Dailynn Ramey 5-8 175 RB/DB Jr. 30 Jared Gerren 5-10 180 RB/DE Jr. 32 Elijah Brooks 5-10 210 RB/LB Sr. 33 Austin Caffey 6-0 190 WR/LB Sr. 44 Tyler Prazak 6-2 200 TE/DE Jr. 50 Dillian Ford 6-3 275 OL/DL Jr. 51 Zavon Gibson 5-9 230 OL/DT Sr. 53 Eric Davenport 5-10 235 OL/DE Jr. 57 Jakob Moreland 6-4 230 OL/DE Jr. 59 Quondrous Ayala 5-10 250 OL/DT Jr. 60 Javier Mayberry 5-10 200 OL/DE Jr. 65 Ramsey Zinn 6-0 260 OL/DT Sr. 68 Dedrick Page 5-8 240 OL/DT Sr. 70 Michael Boyd 6-0 250 OL/DL Jr. 72 Josh Pelzel 6-7 330 OL/DL Sr. 73 Kristian White 5-9 295 OL/DL Sr. 77 Jerry Vidal 5-10 275 OL/DT Sr. 79 Justin Offield 6-3 290 OL/DT Jr. 80 Preston Ehler 6-3 190 TE/DL Jr. 84 Javante Gates 5-10 160 WR/DB Sr. 88 Derek Whitsel 6-0 165 WR/LB Jr.
Tigers tanked up for long run Skilled runners, receivers take the pressure off new QB eff Miller believes this edtion of the Tigers can be as good as any team he has had in his eight years as coach here. In his annual “state of the union” interview with The Reporter, he addresses all things football in candid detail. Rockdale Reporter—You have been here eight years now. Only one other coach has been here longer. You were 38 years old when you were hired. What has changed the most over the years? Jeff Miller—“Well I think probably learning your style of coaching. Our philosophy of what we are trying to get out of these kids. I think we have established a pretty solid program from junior high on up. The game has changed a lot. Obviously the new rules. The way the Miller game is played. And we’ve kind of gone with the flow when it comes to that.” This year in particular, it seems like you have a lot of young guys, some new blood as coaches. What does that do to boost the enthusiasm of the program? Truthfully, going back to 2007, we have as good a staff as we’ve ever had. Their main thing is that they relate to the kids so well and they enjoy being around them. They respect them, even when they are being disciplined, they still have a tremendous amount of respect for them. These guys are real energetic and show their passion on a daily basis. It doesn’t take much to show kids how passionate you are about what you are doing. It’s up to the coaches to win the kids over. I do my best to hire the best quality coaches, sometimes that’s difficult. This year, we were extremely lucky and people wanted to be a part of the success we are having. Once these guys took the job, they either moved here or drove from where they were living to get here. When you
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James David do something like that, you are showing the kids how committed you are to their success. Any apprehension the kids might have was eliminated almost immediately. A glance at your schedule, shows you’re facing two state champions: Cameron (Sept. 14) and Navasota
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have with Elijah and Dailynn, you have to utilize that. When he was able to play full speed, Dailynn did very well. In my opinion, Elijah had as good a year as anybody in our district. He was consistent and steady, a great receiver out of the backfield, not to mention he was doubling up at noseguard for us. Just an unselfish player. We anticipate both of them getting quite a few carries and there are times when they will both be back there. They both have things that they are good at and they are both important to us on defense as well. We know we have two very good ones and they are each other’s biggest fans. You’re losing a pretty good receiver in Clayton, but you’ve got two good ones coming back in Austin Caffey and Pearce Loth? We have six receivers that we have a ton of confidence in and are very valuable to us in what we do offensively. I’m already seeing the maturity in Pearce. He’s dedicated a lot of time in the weight room. He’s starting to get real passionate about football and really starting to understand his potential. He is so much more confident now than he was last year. Sometimes it takes time to start believing that you belong.
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non-district schedule. I’m not nearly as concerned with my overall record as I am getting us ready to face district competition. At one point during the season, you had 13 players on the sidelines injured. You had guys that had started on the junior varsity one week and then the varsity the next. We also had a receiver starting at center. Last year was really a fluke year as far as injuries. I was really proud of the kids that stepped up. One thing is we have a certain amount of starters coming back, but we have a ton of kids coming back because they were forced into action that they probably weren’t ready for. The past couple of years we have talked about the luxury of having a returning quarterback in Ethan Brinkley. This year we get back to normal with a new quarterback in Clayton Gibbs. It’s a smart coach who adjusts his system to the players he has rather than the other way around. Obviously Ethan was very good at what he did as a drop back, in-the-pocket passer. With Clayton, he’s a little different player, you’re going to be able to do some zone read? First off, I can’t say enough about
Ethan Brinkley and what he brought to Rockdale athletics over the last three years. He could spin it as well as anybody. He was so good at what he did, we were able to be successful throwing the ball. He was a gamer, he was a leader in games and at practice. The kid also earned post-season honors in two sports. Above that, he was a great person, a great young man all the way around. Those type of kids, it’s makes you real sad at graduation. Clayton has some of those same qualities as Ethan. He’s a leader and very intelligent, great overall athlete. His main concern is the team’s success over personal success. That part makes him very coachable. Of course, he doesn’t have much experience at quarterback, but he’s a senior and we expect him to come in and learn all the things he needs to and he has. We have nothing but confidence in him that he will have a great year for us. Dailynn Ramey basically missed most of the year with an injury while Elijah Brooks kind of quietly had 1,000 yards last year. With what Brooks did last year and Ramey coming back full speed, you’ve got to feel good about your running game. There will be a little bit more emphasis on the running game, that’s our plan. When you have the quality of backs we
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Darius Ford is dedicated and as good as any receiver we have and Derek Whitsel is such a smart kid, he knows about three different positions for us. He’s just a player. Devonte Burgess has the moves and the shakes and he’s got a little speed and we try to move him out in space and let him try to get loose. Austin is a linebacker playing receiver. He has that nasty linebacker mentality to go with great hands. He loves the contact and is tough as nails. The transfer from Belton, Brent Drummond, is really starting to pick up our offense now and is really going to help us. What about the tight end situation with more running in the game plan? You’re going to see a lot more tight end this year than you have in the past. Our starter, Pete Heintze is a pretty solid receiver, pretty good blocker. Behind him are two very capable guys in Preston Ehler and (Milano transfer) Tyler Prazak. How important is it to keep the offensive line healthy this year? We feel like one of our strong suits this year is the line. They were very consistent whenever they played together last year. We’re not extremely deep, but if we can keep those first five or six guys
healthy, we’re pretty solid up there. We have a lot of confidence in that group. We talked about losing a threeyear quarterback, you also lost a three-year kicker in Noe Zelaya, who was pretty consistent for you. Noe just did his job for us. He would just go out there and—boom—kick extra points and then put the ball right where you wanted it on the kickoff. I think we have another good one in Adolfo (Chavira, transfer from Mexico). He has a lot of potential. He kicked a lot of field goals for the junior varsity last year. He just needs the experience of playing on Friday. You’re using the same defensive set as you have in the past, the 4-3, but you have a new defensive coordinator in Mike Dunn. Anything different about how he’s executing it this year? The concept is completely different than what we have done in the past. It’s a scheme that’s going to fit our kids a whole lot better. Is (Baylor pledge) James David 100 percent yet after his knee injury last year? He’s not officially cleared for game situations yet. He goes back to the doctor next week and hopefully he’ll be cleared continued on next page
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there, he looks pretty good. He has lost a little bit of his speed just because he missed the summer workout. But all-in-all he looks good. What do you feel like your team’s strength is right now? Defensively it’s our secondary. On the other side, our line needs to stay healthy. The caliber of running backs we have are solid. And I’m excited about the core group of receivers. What’s a weakness? Quality depth. We have a lot of players in our depth that are ready to go right now and play a whole ball game. I don’t know if its a weakness, but it’s an unknown, as is our kicking game. They’re both (Chavira as kicker, Gibbs as punter) capable, but still unknown. What are your expectations of this year’s team? Potentially, we have a chance to be as good as we have been since 2008, which is the best team we’ve had. We still have to have some kids step up and play as good as they are capable of playing. If you include all the intangibles and staying healthy and getting some breaks here and there, I’d say my expectations would be to win a lot of football games and I know that’s kind of generic, but I think we are capable of being extremely successful. When you play the schedule we play, I don’t think you can totally measure success strictly by the outcome of the game. The kids are work-
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Billy Ray Locklin—1960, randomly selected, Los Angeles Chargers Frank McKee—1960, Free Agent, Dallas Texans Glen Chmelar—1971, Free Agent, Houston Oilers Sammy C. Williams—1974, 3rd round, San Diego Chargers Stanley Blinka—1979, 5th round, New York Jets Ray Locklin —1980, Free Agent, Dallas Cowboys Garr y White —1981, 8th round, San Francisco 49ers Kerry Locklin—1982, 6th round, Los Angeles Rams Kim Locklin —1985, 7th round, Cincinatti Bengals
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THIRD TEAM 2012—James David, LB 2005—Dan Drake, TE 1998—Clayton Starnes, K 1996—Melvin Gardner, DE 1994—P.J. Williams, KR 1989—Dexter Wesley, OT 1985—Greg Brinkley, DT 1962—Ronnie Seelke, E
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FIRST TEAM 2010—Le’Raven Clark, OT 2008—Nic Hammett, LB 2005—Austin January, DE 2003—Stryker Sulak, DE 1993—Greg Gerthe, OG 1980—Kyle Spano, OG 1977—Leigh Shepard, OT 1977—Kerry Locklin, LB 1976—Randy J. Morgan, LB 1976—Mario Garza, OT 1967—H. Earl Marion, NG 1967—Glen Chmelar, E 1964—L.B. Kubiak, LB 1963—Ernie Laurence, E 1963—Ronny Menn, RB 1958—Hal Stanislaw, RB
1975—Odis Mack, DB 1969—Richard Kubiak, LB 1967—Glen Chmelar, LB
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• Head coach—Rick Rhoades. • Overall record—83-31. • Record at school—41-10 (5th season). • Assistants—Randy Sapp, Tommy Brashear, Lupe Florez, Brent Bennett, James Henderson, Kevin Webb, Pete Magre, Lance Hause, Nick Burns, Trey Young, John Broussard, Ryan Olson, Jayce Rasberry. • Trainer—John Marek. • Student trainer—Jazmine Jones. • 2012 overall record—15-0. • 2012 district record—6-0 (1st). • Last district title—2012. • Last playoff appearance—2012. • State championships—1981, 2012. • Offense—Shotgun. • Defense—Split. • Returning lettermen—18. • Returning starters—12 (6 off/6 def). • State rank—No. 2. • Projected district finish—1st.
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Opponent Waco Connally Lexington at Rockdale OPEN at Salado* Academy* at Lago Vista* McGregor* at Troy* at Marlin* Florence* 13-2A games
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hat do you do when you finally win a state title, well Cameron head coach Rick Rhoades and his Yoemen are planning on winning another one. Cameron defeated Dangerfield 38-20 last season in the Class 2A Division I state title game held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. It was the second football state championship in school history, the other coming in 1981. It was the first state title for Coach Rhoades, having been there three other times in his career (two with the Yoe). The team is again strong, disciplined and should make a deep run in Rhoades the post-season. It was the second time that the Yoemen and Dangerfield met in the title game. In 2010, Dangerfield won on a long pass with less than 30 seconds left. In 2012, Cameron left no doubt they were the best team, going 15-0 all the way to the state title. Dangerfield, who finished the season at 12-4, was denied its fourth state championship in the last five years and seventh overall. Cameron is returning 24 off last year’s roster, 18 of them lettermen, and six starters on either side of the ball. Just nine players off this year’s roster didn’t play on the varsity at any time during the season last year. “The good thing about that long season is it gave
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us six extra weeks of practice,” Rhoades said of the 2012 title run. “Our goal always, every year, is to win a state title.” The Yoemen are picked No. 2 in preseason statewide polls behind Newton. The Yoemen are led on the defensive side of the ball by senior linebacker Somari Wright (6-1, 199), who was named the Class 2A Defensive Player of the Year by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine (TF). He was also the state title game defensive MVP where he wrapped up 16 tackles and snagged an interception. “I don’t let all that (awards) affect me,” Wright said of the preseason honors. “I just play the game I know.” “Somari is a great player. He has great physical tools,” Rhoades said. “He will make sure our defense is ready. He is very gifted.” TF described Wright as “one of the state’s finest defenders at any level.” Wright had 245 tackles and four sacks last season. He has several college prospects looking at him right now, according to Rhoades. “I want to be a teacher to those (underclassmen), be a leader and know that if they mess up I need to pick them up,” Wright said. “I need to be their mentor like Edgar (Luna) was to me.” He is also tabbed as the district’s preseason defensive MVP. Wright will get help from fellow senior Kylen Harrell who switched from offensive guard to nose guard this season, replacing all-state Luna. “I saw last year that it took a lot of leadership, hard work on and off the field and determination,” Harrell said. The seniors expect those reserve players to play as hard as the starters do. “We go all out every play and when that second string comes in we tell them they have to do the same,” Wright added. Quarterback Jason Kopriva will start his third season as Cameron’s signal caller and big things are expected from him. “Jason has been in our offense for three years and he understands what we are trying to do,” Rhoades, in his fifth year at Cameron, said. “We are giving him more responsibility out there this season.” His is the district’s top returning passer with 3,216 yards and 39 touchdowns. During the state title game, the lefty was 19 of 29 for 171 yards and two continued on page 14
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Front row (left to right)—Colton Labay, Jalen White, Demetrius Valdez, Michael Evan, Head Coach Rick Rhoades, John Washington, Justin Pratt, Reid Nickerson, Adam Charanza. Second row—Jason Kopriva, Dakota Lee, Jorge Martinez, Aaron Sims, Michael Gelner, Noah Andrus, Sam McKinney, Jay’lon Bryant. Third row—Coach James Henderson, Colton Shuffield, Traion Smith, Tyrik Johnson, Carson Hanel, Thackery Mayer, Tre Lewis, Ryan Cullen, Somari Wright. Fourth row—Coach Nick Burns, Brandon Vargas, Johnathon McAnulty, Oscar Locke, Eric Sanchez, Chris Lewis, Khalil Kelley, D’Andre Adams, Brendan Meyers, Coach Trey Young. Fifth row—Coach Tommy Brashear, A.J. Harwell, Joshua Stubbs, Jason Anastasiades, Ricky Lingan, Mattnew Schupp, Kylen Harrell, Tralund Webber, Myles Brooks, Coach Jayce Rasberry. Back row— Coach Lance Hause, Coach Lupe Florez, Athletic Trainer John Marek, Coach Brent Bennett, Coach Ryan Olson, Coach Kevin Webb, Coach Pete Magre, Coach John Broussard, Coach Randy Sapp.
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scores. “We were very blessed to be able to have that opportunity,” Kopriva said. in playing in the state title game. “Not many people get to do that.” And he believes this year’s team has the same chance. “With the right group of guys it is always a possibility.” He feels the team is well-balanced and that he has confidence in those teammates that may not have as much Friday night playing experience as others. Since things worked really well last season, Kopriva said they really aren’t changing things up too much, even with the new personnel. “I am looking forward to the last ride with these guys and the memories,” Kopriva said. “This season will be the icing on the cake for us.” Kopriva, picked as the preseason league offensive MVP and is a preseason all-state punter by TF. Other key players Rhoades listed are OL/LB Jonathan McAnulty (started 15 games), WR/DB Colton Shuffield (led the team in receptions in 2012 with 933 yards and 15 touchdown receptions), WR/DB Justin Pratt, DB Adam Charanza (was hurt last year in week eight
game), WR/DB Colton Labay, WR/DB Aaron Sims and OL A.J. Harwell (moving in as the team’s new center). The Yoemen do have some big shoes to fill with those who graduated off the 2012 state champion team. “We have some question marks, our biggest being our offensive line,” Rhoades said. “We are still looking for five guys that can play well together and get the job done.” He said another question mark is the defensive front where Harrell will replace Luna and have big shoes to fill. Luna was the district MVP and all-state defensive linemen. He was also the Padilla Poll’s defensive player of the year for 2012. Luna started all four years of high school for the Yoemen and is currently on the roster at Blinn College, along with former Cameron standouts Dede Westbrook and Deantana Holt. ”Edgar was a big loss to us not only on the field, but he was a big leader for us too,” Rhoades said. “That entire senior class were great leaders for us...Dylan and Zach Riola, Keaton Denio, all those guys.” “I think Kylen will be very good there (at nose guard),” Rhoades said. “But we need to get that Friday night game experience.” Graduated all-state running back Kea-
ton Denio will also be a huge hole to replace on the roster. Senior Jalen White was sought to be Denio’s replacement at running back, but he was injured during a car accident last spring and has yet to practice. “We hope to get him back as early as next week,” Rhoades said. “Right now sophomore Traion Smith is in that position.” Denio was the offensive MVP in the state title game. TF has tagged Cameron’s District 13-2A DI as toughest district in the state. “No district in Division I combines both quality at the top and competitive depth as well as District 13. With state champion Cameron Yoe, perennial power Lago Vista, rising star McGregor and even dark horse Marlin, this group goes four or five deep. One thing’s for sure: these teams will be battle-tested,” the magazine listed. The Yoemen are picked to
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win the district title in front of Lago Vista, McGregor and Marlin. Troy is tagged to finish just out of the post-season in front of Salado, Academy and Florence. “Our district is very competitive,” Rhoades said. “Anybody can beat anybody on any given week.” According to Rhoades, McGregor is returning several players from last yar, including four-year starting quarterback Troy Allison; Lago Vista runs the slot T, which you don’t see often in 2A ball and Coach Alan Haire always does a great job; Marlin is good and a talented team that had to stay at home last season; Salado is athletic and has 480 students at its high school. With four teams in the post-season this year Rhoades said it is a good thing for the district. He feels like any team in the district could go two
rounds in the playoffs. “You have to be ready to play every week.” Cameron has gone undefeated in district play the last three seasons. The Yoemen will open up the season against Waco Connelly on Aug. 30, a team they beat by just one point last year. “Connelly has good athletes and are like what we will see in the playoffs,” Rhoades said. They will then host Lexington, travel to Rockdale for the annual Battle of the Bell and then have an open date before starting district play. “To be good you got to play good people,” Rhoades said. “We are going to have to play really good football to get through our non-district schedule undefeated,” Rhoades said. Cameron played against China Spring and Madisonville during pre-season scrimmages.
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• Head coach—Craig Jentsch. • Overall record—30-13 (4 years). • Record at school—30-13, 5th season. • Assistant coaches—Chad LaGrone, John Hughes, Jacob Dent, Dusty Loewe. • 2012 overall record—6-4. • 2012 district record—2-3 (4th). • Last district title—2005. • Last playoff appearance—2011. • Offense—Spread. • Defense—Split. • Returning lettermen—17. • Returning starters—15 (7 off/8 def). • Predicted district finish—4th.
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Aug. 29 at Del Valle JV Sept. 6 Normangee Sept. 13 at Iola Sept. 19 TBA Sept. 27 Chilton Oct. 4 OPEN Oct. 11 at Burton* Oct. 18 at Somerville* Oct. 25 Granger* Nov. 1 at Bartlett* Nov. 8 Snook* *District 13A game
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# Player Pos. Cl. 1 Nick Bonorden WR/DB Sr. 2 Jason Panigua WR/DB Jr. 5 Travis Gage TE/LB Jr. 6 Jordan Millar QB/LB Sr. 7 David Jentsch TE/DL Sr. 8 Alex Martin WR/DB Jr. 9 Cody Alexander TE/LB Sr. 10 Derek Walton QB/LB Jr. 11 Treyton Steinbecker WR/DB Jr. 12 Sabian Pugh WR/DB Jr. 17 Chance Pack RB/DL Sr. 20 Justin Grimes WR/DB Sr. 22 Junior Gallarado RB/LB Sr. 30 Makenan Hairston WR/LB Jr. 34 Mitchell Neal RB/LB Jr. 44 Mik Mader WR/LB Sr. 50 Cutter Barnett OL/DL Jr. 52 Kody Love OL/DL Sr. 55 Jonathon Ryes OL/DL Jr. 60 Chris Rowan OL/DL Sr. 62 Michael Elston OL/DL Sr. 64 Tyler Blake OL/DL Jr. 70 Randy Pedroza OL/DL Jr. 77 Trent Ellison OL/DL Jr. 80 Alex Ferrara WR/DB Sr.
2012 leaders RUSHING—Millar 105-721 9TD, Sanders 99-446 8TD, Pack 44-225 TD, Gallarado 25-188 4TD, Walton 33-84 TD, Neal 10-63 TD. PASSING—Sanders 34-94-4, 686 yards, 10TD; Millar 8-24-0, 159 yards, 3TD; Walton 1-2-0, 36 yards; Jentsch 1-3-0, 27 yards, TD. RECEIVING—Messer 27-735 12TD, Millar 4-54 TD, Mader 6-65 TD, Endsley 2-27, Grimes 3-18. TACKLES—Messer 133, Millar 71, Ellison 57, Hairston 49, Prazak 45, Jentsch 44.
Milano: Help wanted sign out Loss of Messer, Sanders leaves Eagles in rebuilding mode
ilano Eagle head coach Craig Jentsch will have to fill holes in key positions this season. That is just one of the many tasks facing the fifth year head coach and his 2013 team. This group does have 11 seniors on its roster, but are now without graduated all-state linebacker and receiver Dominique Messer and two year signal caller Toby Sanders. “We are senior heavy,” Coach Jentsch said. “But we don’t have another Dominique or Toby on the sidelines.” Messer has signed to play receiver at West Texas A&M University. The Eagles return 15 starters off last year’s squad, seven on offense and eight on defense. Coach Jentsch said he feels strengths on the team are the numbers. Forty-three boys came out for football in Milano this season and the coach said he has a good amount of linemen on the Jentsch roster. “We have eight or 10 and have a lot of confidence in what they will be able to do,” he said. “Another big strength is experience as a whole with the numbers coming back, even though they will be at different positions than they played last season, they did play on Friday night,” Coach Jentsch added. “We had nearly perfect attendance at two-a-days practice and they have picked up well with the new stuff we have stuck in. We feel more comfortable as a staff with our back ups.” Milano was 6-4 last year and a disappointing 2-3 in league play, missing out on the post-season. The Eagles had made three straight trips to the post-season, but losing three district games last season (by a total of nine points) kept them from reaching the
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Front row (left to right)—Nick Bonorden (1), Jason Paniagua (2), Travis Gage (5), Jordan Millar (6), David Jentsch (7), Alex Martin (8). Second row—Cody Alexander (9), Derek Walton (10), Treyton Steinbecker (11), Sabian Pugh (12), Chance Pack (17), Justin Grimes (20). Third row—Student trainer Emilie Compton, Junior Gallarado (22), Makenan Hairston (30), Mitchell Neal (34), Mik Mader (44), Cutter Barnett (50), Kody Love (52), student trainer Kali Salazar. Fourth row—Student trainer Faith Taylor, Tyler Blake (54), Jonathon Reyes (55), Trevor Gann (56), Chris Rowan (60), Randy Pedroza (70), Trent Ellison (77), Alex Ferrara. Fourth row—Coach John Hughes, Coach Jacob Dent, Head Coach Craig Jentsch, Coach Chad LaGrone, Coach Dusty Loewe.
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Year Record Coach 2012 6-4 Craig Jentsch 2011 10-2 Craig Jentsch 2010 8-4 Craig Jentsch 2009 6-3 Craig Jentsch 2008 4-6 Tim Berg 2007 8-4 Brad Jones 2006 6-4 Clay Tarpley 2005 7-4* Clay Tarpley 2004 4-6 Clay Tarpley 2003 4-6 Chad LaGrone 2002 2-8 Chad LaGrone 2001 2-8 Chad LaGrone 2000 9-2* Chad LaGrone 1999 10-1* Chad LaGrone 1998 6-4 Chad LaGrone 1997 5-5 Chad LaGrone 1996 4-6 Chad LaGrone 1995 2-8 Robbie Westbrook 1994 6-3-1 Paul Lewis 1993 6-4 Paul Lewis 1992 2-8 Paul Lewis 1991 2-8 Paul Lewis 1990 0-10 Jay Wise 1989 1-9 Jay Wise 1988 1-9 Jay Wise 1987 1-9 Jay Wise 1986 4-6 Steve Freeman 1985 1-9 Steve Freeman 1984 2-8 Oran Casey 1983 2-8 Oran Casey 1982 4-6 Jeff Healey 1981 3-7 John Cook 1980 7-2 Mike Chancey 1979 6-3-1 Mike Chancey 1978 1-9 Dick Summers 1977 0-10 Jerry Greer 1976 6-5* Jerry Greer *District Champions (Milano won district titles in 1965-66 and 1975 in 6-man football.)
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TEAM OVERALL DIST. Burton 11-2 5-0 Bartlett 6-5 4-1 Granger 5-6 3-2 Milano 6-4 2-3 Snook 1-9 1-4 Somerville 1-9 0-5
playoffs a fourth consecutive time. Coach Jentsch said that the Eagles’ weakness is replacing those key players who graduated. Messer tallied 133 stops for Milano last season and he was also the Eagles’ top receiver with 735 yards and 12 TDs. He was the district defensive MVP last year. Sanders ran for 446 yards and eight touchdowns at QB, while throwing for 686 yards and 10 scores. He was a first team all-district quarterback and defensive back in 2012. Along with Messer and Sanders, Jentsch also lost lineman Michael Elston and reserve Rhett Endsley to graduation. Elston was a honorable mention pick on the offensive line and Endsley got a second team nod at receiver. MOVING THE BALL—Senior Jordan Millar will take over full time quarterback duties for the Eagles. “We expect a lot out of Jordan this year,” Coach Jentsch said. “He has taken a lot of snaps during game situations.” He was the back up quarterback last season for Sanders. Millar isn’t taking his new role lightly. “I think the responsibility is hard continued on next page
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since my teammates, my coaches and our fans will count on me this year as the quarterback,” the senior said. “I have confidence in my teammates and I believe they have my back. We are brothers, a team.” Millar was the top ball carrier for Milano in 2012, with 721 yards and nine touchdowns. He was tagged as a first team running back last year and as a sophomore was district co-newcomer of the year. Senior Chance Pack (5-9, 210) will be the primary running back this season, a spot Millar held last year. The Eagles’ offense will be based out of the spread, utilizing a tight end option. Senior David Jentsch (who was on the offensive line last season) will see time there. Junior Randy Pedroza will return at center for the Eagles. Others seeing time on the offensive line will be senior Kody Love, juniors Tyler Blake, Jonathon Reyes, Cutter Barnett and Trent Ellison. Love and Pedroza were all-district honorable mention linemen last season. Milano’s receiving corps will include seniors Justin Grimes, Mik Mader and Nick Bonorden along with junior Treyton Steinbecker.
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Grimes was an honorable mention receiver and Mader a second team pick on the all-district squad. “We won’t have that deep threat like we had with Dominique, but we should still have the ability to move the chains,” Coach Jentsch said. Special teams was a big factor for the Eagles last year, as they did miss out on the post-season by a matter of nine points. One of the district game losses was by one point and another by two points. In both those games Milano kickers missed more than one extra point attempt. Mader will handle extra point duties this year, with Jentsch doing punts and kickoffs. Bonorden and Steinbecker will handling kickoff and punt return duties. DEFENSE—On defense, Milano’s front will be anchored by seniors Chris Rowan, Love and Ellison. Rowan was a first team all-district selection in 2012 and Ellison earned an honorable mention. Ellison has been on varsity since he was a freshman, but suffered a broken leg in the middle of district play last season. Big things are also expected from
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David Jentsch at defensive end. Senior Alex Ferrara, Millar and junior Makenan Hairston will be the Eagle outside linebackers, with senior Junior Gallarado and junior Derek Walton at middle linebacker. The Eagles secondary will include Grimes, Bonorden and Steinbecker. Millar was an all-district first team defensive back last year and Grimes an honorable mention in that position. Gallarado was an honorable mention running back in 2012. With Messer gone, Millar returns as the team’s leading tackler, making 71 stops last season.
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SCRIMMAGES—Coaches were not pleased with how the team performed during the Aug. 16 scrimmage at Bremond, but said that the Aug. 22 practice session against Anderson-Shiro showed some improvement. “We saw a lot of things that were better,” Coach Jentsch said. “But we still have a long ways to go.” He said the Eagles defense did a better job against the run in the Shiro scrimmage versus the Bremond scrimmage. But noted that there were still some breakdowns in pass coverage. “We think we can fix that with practice,” Coach Jentsch said.
On offense he said they moved the ball well. “Our offensive line still has a long way to go,” he said. “Our receivers blocked better and overall we did improve.” He added the team’s reaction time has to get quicker, but that will happen with repetition. “We have a lot of work to do before we can be competitive in our district,” Coach Jentsch said. DISTRICT—The Eagles are picked to finish fourth in District 13A Division II by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. Burton, ranked No. 8 in statewide preseason polls and regional finalist last season, is tagged to win the league title, followed by Bartlett and Granger. The district will again be tough. Bartlett returns 14 seniors and “will be better than people give them credit for,” Coach Jentsch said. Granger looks to be strong and a tough opponent for the Eagles as Coach Jentsch tagged them as “the most physical team in the district.” Of course, Burton will be hard to beat as they are picked in the state’s top 10 preseason Class A Division II polls, as they return a lot of speed to a talented group of guys. Somerville had 30 kids out for foot-
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ball and “will be better,” according to Coach Jentsch. Milano is picked ahead of Snook and Somerville. “The district one through six will be better as a whole this year,” Coach Jentsch said. “Any of these teams get a key injury it is a big deal in Class A ball.” NEW COACHES—Milano has added two new faces to its coaching staff, but they are familiar faces around Milam County. Jacob Dent will help on the offensive side of the ball. Dent is a MHS graduate and was the athletic director in Gause last year. He has also served in coaching stints in Austin and Normangee. Former Rockdale basketball coach Dusty Loewe is getting back into the gridiron game as he comes on board in Milano. He will be the team’s eye in the sky during games. Dent and Loewe join John Hughes and Chad LaGrone who will focus on the team’s defense. The Eagles will open up their 2013 campaign on the road Thursday, Aug. 29 at Del Valle JV. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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• Head coach—Brent Brevard • Overall record—43-23 (6 years). • Record at school—17-6 (3rd season). • Assistant coaches—Kelly Kuhl, Lance Betak, John Kovar, Scott Frei, Bobby Sugg. • Trainers—Kourtney Roddam, Skyler Sumner, Bailey Shepard, Bailee Hilton. • 2012 overall record—10-3. • 2012 district record—3-1 (2nd). • Playoffs—Lost to Mason in regional semifinals. • Last district title—2009. • Last playoff appearance—2009. • State championships—1989, 1994, 1995. • Offense—Spread. • Defense—3-3 stack. • Returning lettermen—14. • Returning starters—12 (5 off/7 def). • Predicted district finish—1st.
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# Player Ht. Wt. Pos. Cl. 1 Dillon Bankston 5-8 145 WR/DB Jr. 4 Riley Schaefer 5-11 165 QB/DB Sr. 5 Troy Gomez 5-11 165 WR/DB Sr. 7 Jake Miller 5-7 150 WR/DB Jr. 9 Karl Woelfel 5-9 160 WR/LB Sr. 13 Eric Guzman 5-7 165 RB/DB Sr. 17 Seth Barker 5-8 160 RB/DB Sr. 26 Rowdy McCoy 5-9 185 RB/LB Jr.. 28 Colton Austin 5-10 175 WR/DB Jr. 40 Darius Brooks 5-10 180 RB/DE Jr. 51 Lorenzo Llana 6-2 185 OL/LB Sr. 52 Cody Niemtschk 6-0 175 OL/DE Jr. 54 Ethan Biar 5-8 175 OL/LB Jr. 55 Bailey O’Campo 5-8 165 OL/LB Sr. 56 Kole McCoy 5-7 160 OL/LB Jr. 58 Devin Fisher 6-0 220 OL/DE Sr. 62 Ruben Briones 5-7 180 OL/LB Fr. 68 Matthew Deary 5-9 240 OL/NG So. 69 Harrison Kothmann 5-11 260 OL/DE So. 71 Dalton Robertson 6-1 210 OL/DE Jr. 78 Devin Patin 5-8 165 OL/DE Jr. 79 Sterling Kothmann 6-2 220 OL/DE Sr.
2012 leaders Passing—Schaefer 134-254-8, 2,070 yards, 26 TD; Miller, J. 5-13-1, 95 yards. Rushing—Brooks 174-1,090, 15 TD; Miller, P. 50-333, 5 TD; Austin 48-292 5 TD; McCoy 51-276 TD; Barker 49-248 4 TD; Schaefer 53-199 4 TD; Mays 28-154 TD. Receiving—Mays 39-583 8 TD; Austin 31-618 7 TD; Stockton 23-473 5 TD.
Dawgs possess skills that thrill But, questions in the line may determine their success rent Brevard has been blessed with a roster full of talented skill position players, but heading into the 2013 season, he’s more concerned with what’s going on in the trenches. Graduation, low numbers and injuries have hampered the progress of the Bulldogs’ interior line. Brevard, beginning his third season in Thorndale, understands that no matter how much flash you have on the outside, if you don’t take care of business on the inside, it can turn into a flash in the pan. “Offensive and defensive lines are a concern, he said. “We don’t have a lot of lineman-type kids. We’re just young on the offensive line. Four months ago we had a little better idea of who it would be. We’ve progressed, but we still have some work to do. “The skill kids we have won’t matter a lot if we don’t come togethBrevard er on the offensive line.” Brevard is carrying just 23 players on the 2013 roster, which features just nine seniors. First off, Thorndale lost defensive MVP Fabien Gomez, Heath Vasquez and Chris Laurence (both first-team all-district) and Daniel Avila to graduation. Next, their biggest lineman Devin Fisher (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) had knee surgery in February and Brevard hopes to have him back “by the fifth or sixth game.” Senior Bailey O’Campo (5-8, 165) has had some knee issues and will need a brace to lace up on Friday nights. Another potential lineman, junior Devin Patin, is still recovering from being hit in the head with a line drive in baseball four months ago and has been advised to sit out football this season. “He’s on the roster and he’s been doing what he can to help out,” Brevard said “But, he doesn’t need to get hit in the
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“But, he doesn’t need to get hit in the head at this point.” All is not lost however, as veterans Lorenzo Llana and Sterling Kothmann will anchor the cobbled line. Llana (6-2, 185) was first team all-district on both sides of the ball as a lineman and linebacker. The athletic senior (90 tackles) is the District 13A pre-season defensive player of the year. “He is so talented and versatile,” Brevard said. “We are lucky to have him and his leadership.” Kothmann (6-2, 220) was also an all-district selection on both sides last season and will be counted on heavily amongst the youngsters. Other lineman candidates include Cody Niemtschk, Ethan Biar, Kole McCoy, Dalton Robertson and a pair of super-sized sophomores, Matthew Deary (5-9, 240) and Harrison Kothmann (5-11, 260). So hungry for numbers, freshman Ruben Briones (5-7, 180) has earned a spot on the varsity roster as well. Now, on the sunny side of the street, there’s offensive stars galore, beginning with senior quarterback Riley Schaefer. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Schaefer broke every passing mark in the Bulldog record book last season and should be able to
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expound on those in 2013. Schaefer threw for 2,070 yards and 26 touchdowns against just eight interceptions. (That’s okay, he made up for it by picking off nine passes on defense.) For any coach at any level, having a returning starter under center is a blessing— and an anomoly. “In my eight years of calling plays, this is only the second time I have had a returning quarterback,” Brevard said. “Normally, it’s just always been a senior. “The experience he brings is immeasureable. He knows things, he sees things. He picks up things quicker than someone who hasn’t had any reps. He understands everything.” Schaefer—who was the offensive MVP in district and the pre-season favorite to repeat—had a trio of reliable receivers last season in speedster Keon Mays, Sam Stockton and Colton Austin. Only Austin (5-10, 175) returns, who had a hasty coming out party last year after joining the varsity after the fifth game and ended up leading the team is receiving yards with 618 yards alongside 31 catches and seven touchdowns. Austin was also third on the team in rushing with 292 yards and five more scores. He is also expected to be the placekicker for the Bulldogs after taking over the duties last continued on next page
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certainly don’t want to be one-dimensional. “The opportunity is there to score a lot again, but we still have to get sound up front.” After returning to their rightful place at the playoff party, winning 10 games for the first time since 2006 and pushing defending champion Mason to the brink, expectations are once again high in title town. But what else is new? “I tell them, we can only control what we can control,” Brevard said. “Our expectations should be high because we are Thorndale and in Thorndale, expectations are high.”
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season. Schaefer, who connected with a dozen different receivers in 2013, will also enjoy the return of senior speedster Eric Guzman, who missed most of last year due to a knee injury. Guzman (5-7, 165) is also a return specialist, averaging 27 yards a touch. Junior Jordan Hafley (5-7, 140) showed flashes for the big play last season as a sophomore and will play an important role at both receiver and defensive back. Rockdale transfer Dillon Bankston (5-8, 145) and Troy Gomez (5-11, 165) and backup quarterback Jake Miller will see the field as well. The senior Gomez was a first-team all-district defensive back. Another sophomore who made an impact last season, Rowdy McCoy (5-9, 185) will figure in importantly on offense and defense. “We can rotate about seven kids in at
receiver so that will help in our depth because a lot of people are going to be playing both ways,” said Brevard. Making Schaefer’s job even easier was the surpsrising play of another sophomore, running back Darius Brooks. Brooks (5-10, 180) became the first Bulldog to rush for 1,000 yards since Marcus Gest in 2007 with a ground total of 1,090 and he also crossed the goal line 15 times. “He should do what we expect and what we hope for,” Brevard said. “He will be playing more defense than he did last year. He’s our best defensive lineman right now.” Thorndale took to Brevard’s wideopen offense like a dog to a bone, averaging 37 points a game and eclipsing 50 points four times. No scoreboard will be safe again. “We feel like we can be balanced again, we should be able to throw it and that will open up the running game,” Brevard said. “We
TIGER RECORD BOOK TEAM RECORDS
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All-Time Record 468-426-26 Most consecutive winning seasons—8 1973-1980 Most consecutive non-losing seasons—13 1956-1968 Most consecutive losing seasons—6 1986-1991 District championships—13 (1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999) Playoff appearances—22 (1958, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012) Most consecutive playoff appearances—4 (2007-2010) Second place finishes—14 Most wins in a season—14 1976 Least wins in a season—0 1969 Largest margin of victory— 103-0 Rosebud 1927 68-0 Lockhart 1975 68-0 Thorndale 1921 61-0 Copperas Cove 1975 60-6 Round Rock 1975 59-7 Hearne 1997 58-0 Austin Eastside Memorial 2010 58-0 Elgin 1928 57-0 Brenham 1963 54-2 Madisonville 2008 53-0 Rogers 1924 52-0 Copperas Cove 1975 51-0 Somerville 1925 50-0 Taylor 1967 Largest loss margin— 83-0 Austin High 1922 77-0 Caldwell 1926 70-0 Granger 1930 66-0 Killeen 1944 66-0 Temple 1922 64-0 Granger 1921 59-0 Cameron 1948 56-0 Cameron 1927 55-0 Cameron 1944 52-0 Jacksboro 1962 Decade-by-decade breakdown (wins-losses) 1940s—32-51-3 1950s—38-44 1960s—69-36 1970s—77-36 1980s—42-58 1990s—63-42 2000s—54-54 2010s—14-18
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS RUSHING
Career—3,389 Don Wesley (1975-77) 2,399 Jamal Williams (2002-03) 2,378 Daniel Brooks (2009-10) 2,244 Kortlin White (2005-07) 2,236 Ira White (1992-93) 2,145 Tony Brooks (1982-85) 2,086 Larry Jackson (1988-89) 1,944 H. Earl Marion (1966-67) Season—1,696 Daniel Brooks (2010) 1,510 Jamal Williams (2003) 1,394 Don Wesley (1977) 1,299 Emanuel Mack (2004) 1,247 H. Earl Marion (1967) 1,203 Kerry Locklin (1978) 1,202 Larry Jackson (1988) 1,163 Don Wesley (1976) 1,128 Ira White (1992)
1,115 Robert Luetge (1976) 1,108 Ira White (1993) 1,094 Kim Locklin (1980) 1.045 Elijah Brooks (2012) 1,007 Kortlin White (2007) Game—324 Daniel Brooks vs. LaGrange 2010 (33 carries, 4 TDs) 300 Daniel Brooks vs. Salado 2010 (20 carries, 4 TDS) 269 Daniel Brooks vs. Smithville 2010 (13 carries, 3 TDs) 266 Emanuel Mack vs. Manor 2004 (38 carries, 1 TD) 254 Jamal Williams vs. Caldwell 2003 (29) 246 Elijah Brooks vs.Hillsboro 2013 (26, 3TDS) 245 H. Earl Marion vs. Cameron 1967 (17 carries, 4 TDS) 238 Cois Walker vs. Llano 2008 (20 carries, 4 TDS) 238 Tony Brooks vs. Caldwell 1983 (4 TDS) 235 Will Ray vs. Gatesville 1971 (19 carries, 4 TDS) 229 Jamal Williams vs. Cameron 2003 (30) 229 Ira White vs. Hearne 1992 (21, 3TD) 220 Kortlin White vs. Cameron 2007 (30) 215 Ira White vs. Caldwell 1992 (21) 211 Elijah Brooks vs. Salado 2012 (11, 3TDS) 201 A.D. Burton vs. Gatesville 1966 (20)
PASSING
YARDS Career—4,616 Ethan Brinkley (2010-12) 3,000 Mark Drake (2007-08) 2,539 Dickie Summers (1962-63) 2,074 D.J. Marek (2004-05) Season—2,037 Ethan Brinkley (2011) 1,801 D.J. Marek (2005) 1,680 Dickie Summers (1962) 1,679 Ethan Brinkley (2012) 1,676 Mark Drake (2008) 1,324 Mark Drake (2007) 1,302 David McCann (2006) 1,282 John Robertson (1994) 1,257 Joe Sanders (2009) 1,137 Matt Sanders (2004) Game—444 Ethan Brinkley vs. Salado 2011 300 Ethan Brinkley vs. Cameron 2011 292 Ethan Brinkley vs. Madisonville ‘12 285 Ethan Brinkley vs. Burnet 2012 273 Joe Sanders vs. Coldspring 2009 261 Ethan Brinkley vs. Liberty Hill 2011 251 D.J. Marek vs. Manor (2005) Completions—32 Ethan Brinkley vs. Cameron (51 attempts) 2011 29 Ethan Brinkley vs. Salado (40) 2011 23 Ethan Brinkley vs. Burnet (31) 2012 22 Joe Sanders vs. Coldspring (36) 2009 22 Mark Drake vs. Carthage (33) 2008 21 Ethan Brinkley vs. Madisonville (31) 2012 21 Ethan Brinkley vs. Liberty Hill (41) 2011 21 D.J. Marek vs. Giddings (44) (2005) Attempts—51 Ethan Brinkley vs. Cameron (32 completions) 2011 44 Ethan Brinkley vs. LaGrange 2011 (22 completions) 44 D.J. Marek vs. Giddings (21 completions) (2005)
41 Ethan Brinkley vs. Liberty Hill 2011 (21 completions) 40 Ethan Brinkley (29 completions) vs. Salado 2011 TOUCHDOWNS Career—36 Ethan Brinkley (2010-12) 27 Mark Drake (2007-08) Season—16 Mark Drake (2008) 15 Ethan Brinkley (2011) Game—4 Ethan Brinkley (2011) 4 Matt Sanders vs. Giddings (2004) INTERCEPTIONS Season—18 David Burton 1988 16 Dickie Summers 1962 Game—4 David Burton vs. LaGrange 1988 4 Mike Lankford vs. Belton 1970 4 Jimmy Keen vs. Caldwell 1965 4 Dickie Summers vs. Jacksboro 1962
RECEIVING
Career—73 Joe Sanders (2007-09) 70 Austin Caffey (2011-12) 69 P.J. Williams (1992-94) 52 Cody Skubal (2011) Season—52 Cody Skubal (2011) 46 Joe Sanders (2008) 37 Austin Caffey (2012) 37 Zach Garza (2011) 36 Dominique Mack (2006) 36 Gene Grayson (1978) 34 Russ Lightsey (2005) 34 P.J. Williams (1994) 33 Austin Caffey (2011) 30 Casey Lane (2005) Game—12 Gene Grayson vs. Caldwell (188 yards, 2 TDS) 1978 11 Joe Sanders vs. Midland Christian (171 yards, 2 TDS) 2008 10 Austin Caffey vs. Burnet (138 yards, 3 TDS) 2012 9 Cody Skubal vs. Cameron 2011 (114 yards) 8 Cody Skubal vs. Salado 2011 (196 yards, 2 TDS) 7 Cody Skubal vs. Smithville 2011 (94 yards 7 Dominique Mack vs. Liberty Hill 2006 (126 yards, 2 TD) 7 Dennis Brooks III vs. Robinson 2006 (80) 7 Dennis Brooks II vs. RosebudLott 1981 (99) RECEIVING YARDS Career—1,367 Joe Sanders (2007-09) 1,338 P.J. Williams (1992-94) 910 Cody Skubal (2011) 763 Austin Caffey (2011-12) Season—910 Cody Skubal (2011) 780 P.J. Williams (1994) 757 Joe Sanders (2008) 586 Dominique Mack (2006) 512 Gene Grayson (1978) 508 Joe Sanders (2007) 495 Dennis Brooks III (2006) 480 Casey Lane (2005) 479 P.J. Williams (1993) 406 Ronny Menn (1963) Game—196 Cody Skubal vs. Salado 2011 (8 receptions, 2TDS) 188 Gene Grayson vs. Caldwell 1978 (12) 176 Dennis Brooks III vs. China Spring 2006 (5) 171 Joe Sanders vs. Midland Christian 2008 (11) 155 Cody Skubal vs. Liberty Hill 2011 (7, 3 TDs) 152 P.J. Williams vs. Smithville 1994 (5)
TOUCHDOWNS
Career—35 Blade Bassler (1999-2000) 31 Daniel Brooks (2009-10) 29 Joe Sanders (2006-09) 27 Larry Jackson (1987-89) 26 H. Earl Marion (1966-67) 24 Jamal Williams (2002-03) 24 Don Wesley (1975-77) 24 Ray Locklin (1973-75) 22 Tony Brooks (1982-84) 20 Kim Locklin (1979-80) 20 Garry White (1975-76) Season—22 Daniel Brooks 2010 22 H. Earl Marion 1967 20 Blade Bassler 2000 17 Larry White 1992 17 Larry Jackson 1989 16 Will Ray 1971 15 Blade Bassler 1999 15 Robert Luetge 1976 15 Ray Locklin 1975 15 Robert Brady 1967 12 Sammy Williams 1970 Game—5 Larry White vs. Manor 1992
EXTRA POINTS
Career—93 Mario Garza (1974-76) 80 Waylon Boyd (2008-09) (88 attempts) 74 Noe Zelaya (2010-12) (91 attempts) 63 Mike Speer (1965-67) 50 Kyle Schielack (2002-03) Season—49 Mario Garza 1975 45 Waylon Boyd 2008 (47 att) 39 Mike Speer 1967 35 Waylon Boyd 2009 (41 att) 32 Clayton Starnes 1998
FIELD GOALS
Career—15 Blade Bassler (1999-2000) Season—10 Blade Bassler 1999 7 Clayton Starnes 1998 Game—4 Blade Bassler vs. Manor 1999 3 Joe Johnson vs. Gonzales 2006 Longest—45 Kyle Schielack vs. Lorena 2003 44 Kyle Schielack vs. Elgin 2003 41 Randy Leech vs. Childress 1976
IINTERCEPTIONS
Season—8 Darin Wesley, 1985 7 Everett Watson, 1977 7 Odis Mack, 1975 7 Glen Chemlar, 1967 7 A.D. Burton, 1966
MISCELLANEOUS
Longest run from scrimmage— 96 Jamal Williams vs. Elgin 2003 96 Will Ray vs. Copperas Cove 1971 95 Daravious Peters vs. Taylor 2009 89 Daniel Brooks vs. Llano 2009 87 Robert Luetge vs. Llano 1976 82 Virgil Clark vs. Cameron 1985 Longest pass play— 87 Joe Sanders from Mark Drake vs. Midland Christian 2008 74 D.J. Marek from Matt Sanders vs. Elgin 2003 Longest interception return— 91 Sonny Givens vs. Manor 1993 78 Stryker Sulak vs. Giddings 2003 57 Lanny Worley vs. Caldwell 1989 55 Robert Jensen vs. Brenham 1963 54 Ernie Wayne Laurence vs. Brenham 1963 31 Larry Jackson vs. LaGrange 1989 Longest fumble return—
TIGER HISTORY TIGERS YEAR-BY-YEAR (Year, season record, district finish)
COACHES Coach Years Record Ralph Gay 1932 7-4 Hubert Dennis 1935 5-4 J.M. Moorman 1938-40 14-14-1 B.A Loudermilk 1941 3-5-1 J.C. Wilson 1942 1-8-1 Arthur Winkleman 1943-44 4-12 Billy Bounds, Zeke Alford 1945 1-4 J.L. Wilkin 1946 3-6-1 Graham Kyle 1947-48 9-10 Pete Owens 1949-50 10-8-2 Fount Wade 1951 2-4 Dutch O’Neill 1952-54 11-17-2 Wannie Miller 1955-59 25-23-3 Ray Birchfield 1960-66 53-22-1 Jim Gray 1967-72 31-29 Fred Johnson 1973-80 70-23 Jim Carson 1981 3-7 Carl Peters 1982-83 6-14 Billy Seale 1984-86 14-16 Ken Gray 1987-88 7-13 Allen Sanders 1989 4-6 Ricky Ray 1990-93 18-23-1 Casey Creghan 1994-03 66-41-2 Robby Clark 2004-05 9-12 Jeff Miller 2006-12 37-39 *Tootie Roach left during two-a-days in 1981 and Jon Kramer quit during scrimmage season in 1989.
Three of the longest tenured coaches in Rockdale history (left to rght)—Fred Johnson, Ray Birchfield and current coach Jeff Miller. Johnson led the Tigers to their only state championship in 1976. Birchfield led the Tigers to the state championship game in 1962. Miller has led the Tigers to a school-record four straight playoff berths and is the second-longest tenured coach in RHS history.
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53 Michael Bleeker vs. Hearne 2000 Longest punt return— 98 Odis Mack vs. Round Rock 1974 93 Larry White vs. Bellville 1992 84 Larry White vs. Elgin 1992 71 Will Ray vs. Lockhart 1970 Longest kickoff return— 97 Tony Brooks vs. Caldwell 1984 92 Dailynn Ramey vs. Navasota 2012 91 Jamal Williams vs. Troy 2002 91 Will Ray vs. Copperas Cove 1971 90 Bryan Washington vs. Caldwell 2001 90 P.J. Williams vs. Robinson 1994 90 Don Wesley vs. Caldwell 1977. 3 86 Kim Locklin vs. Madisonville 1979 1 9Most tackles in a game— 929 Richard Kubiak vs. Belton 1968 627 Markus Hayes vs. Lorena 2012 527 Markus Hayes vs. Liberty Hill 2012. 24 Richard Kubiak vs. Copperas Cove 1968 dMost sacks in a game— 7 Austin January vs. Manor 2005 3Most fumble recoveries in a season— 6 Randy J. Morgan 1976 3 Highest punting average in a season— 3 942.9 Scott Sparks 1978 341.1 Larry Young 1973. 3Longest punt— 79 Robert Luetge 1976 76 Scott Sparks 1978.
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1910, 1-0 1911, 1-0 1912, 0-2-11913, 2-1 1914, no games played 1915, 3-1 1916, 2-1 1917, 0-1 1918-19, no games played 1920, 1-1-1 1921, 5-3-1 1922, 2-7 1923, 3-4 1924, 6-2 1925, 4-2-1 1926, 1-8 1927, 4-4-1 1928, 6-2 1929, 0-3 1930, 3-7, ninth 1931, 7-4, third 1932, 5-4-1 1933, 4-2-1 in 26B 1934, 5-3-1 in 21B 1935, 5-4 in 32B 1936, 2-6-1, fifth in 26B 1937, 3-5-1, fifth in 28B 1938, 5-5, zone champs in 27B 1939, 3-6-1, sixth in 33A 1940, 6-3, third in 33A 1941, 3-5-1, seventh in 35A 1942, 1-8-1, seventh in 31A 1943, 3-3, no district 1944, 1-9, in 31A 1945, 1-4, no district 1946, 3-6-1, no district 1947, 5-4, second
1991, 4-5-1, fourth in 19-3A 1992, 7-4, first (21-3A, tie, entered playoffs in second-place slot on head-to-head record) 1993, 6-5, second in 21-3A 1994, 4-5-1, third in 26-3A 1995, 8-2-1, first (26-3A, tie, entered playoffs in second place slot on penetrations) 1996, 5-4, third in 18-3A 1997, 10-1, second in 19-3A (lost in bi-district to Gatesville) 1998, 10-3, first, 19-3A champions, (bidistrict champions, area champions). 1999, 8-4, first, 19-3A champions, (bidistrict champions). THE 1943 ROCKDALE TIGERS—Mack Davis, Charles Testler, Robert Sapp, Preston Denehaw, Marvin Dixon, 2000, 6-4, fourth in 18-3A Dudley McDaniel, Wallace Cardwell, Gene McDonald, David Whipple, J.C. Forlan, Ray Offield, Jackie Sides, 2001, 3-7, sixth in 18-3A Head Coach Arthur Winkleman, Robert Fleming, Charles Jones. Photo courtesy Jeanne Marie Gary Dreyer. 2002, 7-5, second in 18-3A (bi-district champs). 1948, 4-6, sixth 1962, 13-2, first (19-2A, bi-district, 1976, 14-1, first (23-2A, bidistrict, 2003, 6-5, second in 19-3A (lost 1949, 5-3-2, second regional, quarterfinal semifinal champs, regional, quarterfinal, semifinal, STATE to China Spring in bi-district). 2004, 6-5, third in 19-3A (lost to 1950, 5-5, fourth lost in state finals) CHAMPS) (The UIL began its present config- 1963, 10-1, first in 19-2A (lost to 1977, 11-2, first (23-2A, bidistrict, Bellville in bi-district) 2005, 3-7, fourth in 19AAA uration in 1951) Taylor in bi-district) regional champs) 2006, 2-8, fifth in 18AAA 1951, 2-4, fifth 1964, 7-3, second in 17-2A 1978, 7-3, third in 23-2A 2007, 4-7, second in 18-3A (lost 1952, 3-5-2, fifth in 22A 1965, 6-4, second in 17-2A 1979, 6-5, first in 23-AA to China Spring in bi-district) 1953, 5-5, fifth in 22A 1966, 7-2-1, second in 13-3A 1980, 8-2, second in 23-3A 2008, 9-3, second in 24-3A (area 1954, 3-7, sixth in 22-2A 1967, 9-1, second in 13-3A 1981, 3-7, fifth in 23-3A champs) 1955, 1-8-1, sixth in 21-2A 1968, 7-3, third in 13-3A 1982, 3-7, sixth in 22-3A 2009, 8-3, second in 24-3A (lost 1956, 8-2, second in 20-2A 1969, 0-10, eighth in 13-3A 1983, 3-7, fourth in 22-3A to Coldspring in area) 1957, 6-4, third in 20-2A 1970, 4-6, seventh in 13-3A 1984, 4-6, fifth in 23-3A 2010, 5-6, second in 23-3A (lost 1958, 6-5, first in 19-2A 1971, 7-3, second in 13-3A 1985, 8-2, second in 23-3A to Columbus in area) 1959, 4-4-2, fourth in 19-2A 1972, 4-6, fourth in 12-3A 1986, 2-8, fourth in 21-3A 2011, 4-6. fifth in 23-3A 1960, 5-5, first (19-2A, tie, lost 1973, 6-5, first (12-3A South Zone) 1987, 3-7, fifth in 21-3A 2012, 5-6, second in 23-3A (lost 3-way coin toss with Cameron and A&M 1974, 7-3, second (12-3A South) 1988, 4-6, fifth in 19-3A to Lorena in area) Consolidated) 1975, 11-2, first (12-3A South Zone, 1989, 4-6, fifth in 19-3A 1961, 5-5, second in 19-2A district, bi-district, regional champs) 1990, 1-9, seventh in 19-3A
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1954 27 Thorndale 19 Schulenburg 44 Smithville 19 Caldwell 0 San Saba 6 Georgetown 12 Cameron 13 Rosebud 20 Taylor 12 Belton
3-7 (0-5) 19 0 7 39 13 25 13 14 27 26
1955 1-8-1 (0-5) 0 Brenham 39 7 Schulenburg 27 6 Smithville 6 7 Caldwell 12 37 Taylor St. Mary’s 6 7 Georgetown 32 9 Cameron 28 20 Rosebud 26 7 Taylor 25 0 Belton 41 1956 8-2 (4-2) 21 Giddings 0 27 Thorndale 0 46 A&M Consolidated 0 20 Caldwell 0 20 Taylor 13 6 Georgetown 21 6 Belton 19 21 Hearne 7 46 Round Rock 0 39 Rosebud 20 1957 6-3 (4-1) 0 Giddings 7 13 Cameron 38 13 A&M Consolidated 2 48 Caldwell 18 7 Georgetown 6 7 Belton 13 27 Hearne 7 26 Round Rock 0 27 Rosebud 0 1958 6-5 (4-0 1st) 20 Giddings 14 0 Cameron 6 0 Marlin 22 0 Mason 14 0 Belton 13 40 Hearne 6 14 Georgetown 0 34 Round Rock 0 14 Taylor 6 42 Caldwell 14 12 Schulenburg 21 (Bi-District) 1959 4-4-2 28 Giddings 21 Cameron 0 Marlin 30 Del Valle 6 Belton 8 Hearne 6 Georgetown 20 Round Rock 0 Taylor 0 Caldwell 1960 7 Giddings 22 Elgin 8 Georgetown 18 Marlin
(1-2-1) 16 0 0 6 34 14 6 6 36 20
5-5 (3-1) 20 0 20 14
14 0 31 12 6 29
Taylor 58 Bellville 12 Hearne 6 A&M Consolidated 6 Cameron 14 Caldwell 12
1961 5-5 8 Giddings 22 8 Elgin 32 12 Georgetown 7 0 Marlin 38 3 Taylor 0 7 Bellville 26 6 Hearne 34 20 A&M Consoildated 0 16 Cameron 0 19 Caldwell 15 1962 13-2 (5-1 1st) 19 Giddings 0 52 Taylor 6 36 Elgin 8 14 Marlin 6 8 Brenham 7 0 Hearne* 6 33 Navasota* 8 14 Caldwell* 6 14 A&M Consolidated* 7 46 Cameron* 6 29 Lockhart 16 (Bi-District) 22 Mason 20 (Regional) 27 Humble 16 (Quarterfinals) 14 Sinton 0 (Semifinals) 0 Jacksboro 52 (State Championship) 1963 10-1 (5-0, 1st) 35 Giddings 0 13 Taylor 0 19 Elgin 2 37 Marlin 0 57 Brenham 0 40 Hearne 0 35 Navasota 0 27 Caldwell 3 38 A&M Consolidated 0 35 Cameron 0 7 Taylor 9 (Bi-District) 1964 20 Marble Falls 0 Taylor 6 Connally 0 Reicher 13 Belton 11 Bellville 29 Caldwell 32 Navasota 6 Hearne 0 Cameron
7-3 (3-1) 0 21 0 21 0 0 0 8 0 16
1965 6-4 (3-1) 28 Marble Falls 6 13 Taylor 18 34 Waco Connally 0 21 Waco Reicher 12 14 Belton 15 0 Bellville 34 27 Caldwell* 0 42 Hearne* 0 14 Navasota* 0 0 Cameron* 16
1966 7-2-1 19 Brenham 20 Cameron 7 San Marcos* 20 Lampasas* 0 Seguin* 27 Gatesville* 21 New Braunfels* 50 Taylor* 20 Belton* 12 Lockhart*
14 19 0 21 6 39
(5-2-1) 6 13 27 0 0 7 6 0 15 13
1973 27 Copperas Cove 0 Cameron 21 Rosebud-Lott 0 Belton 17 Marlin 22 Lockhart* 27 Georgetown* 35 Del Valle* 7 Taylor* 6 Gatesville* 0 Belton (Zone)
1967 9-1 (7-1) 47 Brenham 7 59 Cameron 0 48 San Marcos* 6 62 Lampasas* 0 10 Seguin* 13 13 Gatesville* 6 54 New Braunfels* 14 40 Taylor* 14 27 Belton* 8 39 Lockhart* 6 1968 7-3 (5-2) 6 Brenham 24 34 Cameron 7 12 LaGrange 7 25 Lampasas* 6 0 Belton* 22 7 Del Valle* 0 28 Gatesville* 0 21 Copperas Cove* 14 14 Taylor* 28 14 Lockhart* 13 1969 0-10 (0-7) 13 Brenham 46 9 Cameron 16 20 LaGrange 24 7 Lampasas* 21 0 Belton* 41 13 Del Valle* 25 6 Gatesville* 47 6 Copperas Cove* 32 31 Taylor* 44 6 Lockhart* 21 1970 4-6 (2-5) 20 Georgetown 12 11 Cameron 7 0 LaGrange 7 6 Lampasas* 21 6 Belton* 26 13 Del Valle* 20 22 Gatesville* 29 26 Copperas Cove* 7 21 Taylor* 22 12 Lockhart* 7
4-6 (2-3) 19 14 24
8 21 14 0 8 6 6-5 (4-2)
6 14 29 22 6 6 15 0 3 35 14
1974 52 Copperas Cove 0 Cameron 46 Georgetown 2 Belton 41 Tomball 48 Lockhart* 33 Del Valle* 14 Round Rock* 22 Lampasas* 6 Taylor*
7-3 (4-1) 0 10 0 21 27 7 6 6 21 18
1975 (5-0 1st) 61 Copperas Cove 19 Cameron 41 Georgetown 7 Belton 39 Tomball 68 Lockhart* 47 Del Valle* 60 Round Rock* 29 Lampasas* 13 Taylor* 38 Georgetown (Zone) 13 Humble (Bi-district) 21 Jacksonville (Quarterfinals)
11-2 0 22 0 0 0 0 9 6 7 9 13 6 26
1976 14-1 (6-1 1st) 21 Brenham 9 35 Taylor 6 31 Marlin 0 14 Cameron* 6 44 Hearne* 6 28 Manor* 0 62 Pflugerville* 0 28 Caldwell* 0 14 Elgin* 16 24 Rosebud-Lott* 20 10 Llano 9 (Bi-District) 21 West 17 (Regional) 48 Anahuac 9 (Quarterfinals) 9 Hallestsville 0 (Semifinals) 23 Childress 7 (STATE CHAMPIONSHIP)
1971 7-3 (5-2) 24 Georgetown 0 8 Cameron 16 27 LaGrange 14 32 Lampasas* 0 14 Belton* 7 22 Del Valle* 20 38 Gatesville* 6 20 Copperas Cove* 22 21 Taylor* 22 20 Lockhart* 14 1972 21 Copperas Cove 6 Cameron 3 Rosebud-Lott 0 Belton
Marlin Lockhart* Georgetown* Del Valle* Taylor* Gatesville*
7
1977 (7-0) 14 Brenham 9 Taylor
11-2 10 7
20 17 14 26 41 20 21 17 21
Marlin Cameron* Hearne* Manor* Pflugerville* Caldwell* Elgin* Rosebud-Lott* Brady (Bi-district) 31 McGregor Regionals) 7 Bellville (Quarterfinals) 1978 10 Columbus 3 Taylor 7 Marlin 22 Giddings 13 Pflugerville 21 Hearne* 28 Madisonville* 20 Cameron* 12 Rosebud-Lott* 38 Caldwell*
21 12 13 17 6 6 6 7 7 15 21 7-3 (3-2) 6 0 14 21 12 15 31 24 7 6
1979 6-5 (4-1 1st) 14 Columbus 21 30 Taylor 6 29 Marlin 32 6 Giddings 14 34 Pflugerville 13 28 Hearne* 12 22 Madisonville* 21 0 Cameron* 14 41 Rosebud-Lott* 0 28 Caldwell* 3 3 Marble Falls 7 (Bi-district) 1980 32 Columbus 14 Taylor 14 Marlin 27 Giddings 25 Pflugerville 14 Hearne* 14 Madisonville* 28 Cameron* 24 Rosebud-Lott* 6 Caldwell*
8-2 (4-1) 20 6 20 0 13 6 7 17 12 20
1981 6 Columbus 0 Taylor 8 Marlin 35 Giddings 17 Pflugerville 6 Hearne* 0 Madisonville* 7 Cameron* 7 Rosebud-Lott* 6 Caldwell*
3-7 (1-4) 7 17 33 3 10 40 39 48 47 0
1982 7 Waco LaVega 12 Taylor 6 Elgin 46 Giddings 18 Pflugerville 13 Rosebud-Lott* 20 Cameron* 12 Hearne* 0 Cadlwell* 0 Marlin*
3-7 (0-5) 6 3 7 7 41 21 42 48 26 20
1983
3-7 (2-3)
TIGERS YEAR BY YEAR 20 6 6 28 7 34 7 10 35 6
1984 35 Smithville 6 7 Taylor 6 Bellville 9 Waco LaVega 0 Lampasas 6 Hearne* 6 Giddings* 14 Caldwell* 7 Cameron* 28 Rosebud-Lott*
4-6 (1-4
1985 50 Smithville 21 Taylor 7 Bellville 12 Waco LaVega 23 Lampasas 0 Hearne* 29 Giddings* 32 Caldwell* 20 Cameron* 29 Rosebud-Lott*
8-2 (3-2) 0 7 6 0 13 21 7 30 21 7
1986 0 Waco Connally 0 Taylor 0 Pflugerville 0 Cuero 22 Manor 24 Navasota* 0 Madisonville* 13 Caldwell* 9 Cameron* 7 Hearne*
2-8 (1-4)
0 26 0 13 21 26 16 29 3
28 25 29 1 0 30 1 3 31 28
1987 6 Waco Conally 0 Taylor 12 Pflugerville 20 Cuero 14 Manor 0 Navasota* 25 Madisonville* 7 Caldwell* 8 Cameron* 15 Hearne*
3-7 (1-4)
3 14 7 40 27 28 7 9 24 35
1988 4-6 14 Waco Conally 0 Taylor 13 A&M Consol. 32 Smithville* 21 Hearne* 20 Elgin* 14 Cameron* 14 La Grange* 0 Caldwell* 6 Giddings *
(3-4) 6 35 14 14 29 19 7 35 20 49
1989 4-6 (2-5) 1 Madisonville 0 30 Taylor 21 14 A&M Consol. 17
1 12 20 13 1 35 0
Smithville* Hearne* Elgin* Cameron* La Grange* Caldwell* Giddings*
0 13 21 17 0 38 1
1990 1-9 (0-6) 0 Athens 34 14 Taylor 40 22 Waco La Vega 8 8 Willis 28 0 Giddings* 34 6 Elgin* 42 0 Caldwell* 28 6 Smithville* 28 14 Hearne* 21 6 Cameron* 43 1991 4-5-1 (3-3) 13 Athens 19 7 Taylor 6 7 Waco La Vega 33 13 Willis 13 20 Giddings* 21 2 Elgin* 24 34 Caldwell* 12 25 Smithville* 13 19 Hearne* 15 14 Cameron* 21 1992 7-4 (4-1 0 Robinson 10 Taylor 10 Cameron Yoe 0 Fairfield 34 Groesbeck 16 Giddings 34 Elgin 35 Manor 43 Hearne 41 Caldwell 22 Bellville 29 (Bi-District) 1993 9 Robinson 6 Taylor 12 Cameron 8 Fairfield 21 Groesbeck 14 Giddings* 41 Elgin* 34 Manor* 40 Hearne* 35 Caldwell* 0 Sealy (Bi-District)
FIRST) 1 3 7 1 7 19 26 29 7 10
6-5 (4-1) 7 21 16 22 6 36 34 8 0 7 36
1994 4-5-1 (4-3) 19 Robinson 19 15 Taylor 33 20 Mexia 22 35 Elgin* 14 23 Caldwell* 30 34 Hearne* 12 22 Cameron* 29 45 Smithville* 12 14 Manor* 7 14 Giddings* 21 1995 8-2-1 (6-0-1 FIRST) 17 Robinson 12 7 Taylor 6 14 Mexia 20
28 29 46 28 52 37 16 12
Elgin* Caldwell* Hearne* Cameron* Smithville* Manor * Giddings* Burnet (Bi-District)
7 0 7 18 6 0 16 19
1996 7 Teague 13 Taylor 28 Smithville* 21 Caldwell* 37 Manor* 14 Giddings* 48 Hearne* 14 Elgin* 0 Cameron*
5-4 (4-3) 21 12 6 0 33 33 7 36 17
1997 14 Teague 7 Taylor 31 Burnet 40 Smithville* 14 Caldwell* 28 Manor* 18 Giddings* 59 Hearne* 16 Elgin* 6 Cameron* 7 Gatesville (Bi-District)
9-2 (6-1) 7 6 12 0 6 6 6 6 14 10 14
1998 10-3 (5-0 FIRST) 7 Marlin 20 42 Austin Anderson 7 0 Cameron Yoe 3 21 Burnet 7 31 Smithville 7 35 Elgin* 7 11 Manor* 8 35 Caldwell* 0 30 Hearne* 14 29 Taylor* 14 14 Smithville 0 (Bi-District) 13 Marlin 6 (Area) 17 Newton 34 (Regional) 1999 8-4 (5-0 FIRST) 12 Marlin 14 55 Austin Anderson 14 20 Cameron 21 14 Burnet 24 9 Smithville 0 26 Elgin* 2 25 Manor* 6 35 Caldwell* 0 30 Hearne* 14 29 Taylor* 14 30 Giddings 21 (Bi-District) 21 Marlin 33 (Area) 2000 6-4 (4-3) 37 Smithville 6 12 Lorena 13 44 Burnet 20 28 Caldwell* 31 17 Giddings* 3 9 Cameron* 17
43 14 28 28
Hearne* Elgin* Manor* Taylor*
2001 20 Smithville 12 Lorena 14 Burnet 18 Caldwell* 15 Giddings* 11 Cameron* 28 Hearne* 7 Elgin* 22 Manor* 7 Taylor*
6 17 0 12 3-7 (2-5) 7 15 42 13 18 34 7 17 29 27
2002 7-5 (3-2) 7 Bellville 31 24 Giddings 14 28 Elgin 22 13 Taylor 42 62 Smithville 0 0 Marlin* 24 27 Caldwell* 10 35 Lorena 12 7 Cameron* 9 44 Troy* 12 24 China Spring 13 (Bi-District) 7 Fairfield 12 (Area) 2003 21 Bellville 15 Giddings 23 Elgin 0 Taylor 18 Smithville 0 Marlin* 21 Caldwell* 16 Lorena* 25 Cameron* 20 Troy* 0 China Spring (Bi-District)
6-5 (4-1) 35 21 15 41 6 49 6 9 22 0 23
2004 14 Lorena 26 Robinson 0 Taylor 22 Hutto* 15 La Grange* 27 Manor* 26 Giddings* 41 Smithville* 6 Cameron* 0 Caldwell* 21 Bellville (Bi-District)
6-5, (5-2) 7 46 30 21 0 26 0 0 34 12 24
2005 26 Lorena 20 Robinson 9 Taylor 13 Hutto* 21 La Grange* 21 Manor* 6 Giddings* 27 Smithville* 20 Cameron Yoe 14 Caldwell
3-7 (3-4) 31 41 21 44 9 6 39 0 34 28
2006 30 Gonzales 0 Caldwell 20 Madisonville
2-8 (0-4) 7 27 21
37 31 21 20 24 7 12
Mexia China Spring Robinson Liberty Hill* Hutto* Taylor* Cameron Yoe*
2007 16 Gonzales 18 Caldwell 7 Madisonville 37 Mexia 18 China Spring 0 Robinson 25 Liberty Hill* 34 Hutto* 35 Taylor* 43 Cameron* 27 China Spring (Bi-District)
33 48 27 56 49 10 50 4-7 (3-1) 22 31 39 8 43 21 37 14 21 21 30
2008 39 Llano 21 Lampasas 36 Marlin 28 Midland Chistian 28 Cameron* 54 Madisonville* 49 Bryan Rudder* 14 Navasota* 28 Caldwell* 42 Taylor* 17 Cleveland (Area) 28 Carthage (Quarterfinals)
9-3 (4-2) 33 7 23 27 41 2 7 21 14 21 8
2009 42 Llano 7 Lampasas 7 Marlin 54 Leander Rouse 41 Cameron* 9 Madisonville* 28 Bryan Rudder* 13 Navasota* 14 Caldwell* 30 Taylor* 35 Coldspring (Area)
8-3 (4-2) 20 6 2 0 21 7 0 41 35 7 51
2010 58 Austin Eastside 38 Salado 13 Cameron 7 Liberty Hill 7 Madisonville 7 Navasota* 48 Smithville* 51 LaGrange* 13 Giddings* 38 Caldwell* 19 Columbus (Area) 2011 14 Abilene Wylie 51 Salado 11 Cameron 20 Liberty Hill 13 Madisonville 14 Navasota* 14 Smithville* 14 LaGrange* 3 Giddings* 49 Caldwell*
5-6 (3-2) 0 20 35 16 10 36 7 37 50 15 20
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