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Memorial Kids like Sinegal for Job!!!
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It'll be interesting.. -
WOS Girls have only lost to 2 5A teams...
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Mack Brown To Be At WO-S Tuesday
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I know where i'll be then..LOL just kidding... :ROFL -
Willy Ray Smith Award (Nominations)
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End of Feb. I believe..Finalists are on page 1 of this thread. -
Memorial Kids like Sinegal for Job!!!
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Would he be a good Head Coach now? -
How does your team stand for next season??
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Coach Morrison is a great guy and Coach. OF will get in there this year i think. WOS has just about everyone back. Lost Beasley and White but both Lines are back with a very good backfield. Franks and Thomas will be leading the cahrge this year.. -
Man i'm ready to hear the ping off the Bats!! :cheers
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my jags are going to win next district again
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Your right! -
1. Bridge City 2. Lufkin Hudson 3. Jasper 4. Lindale 5. Bullard 6. Columbus 7. Columbia 8. Lorena 9. Huffman Hargrave 10. Kennedale 11. Falfurrias 12. Carthage 13. Gladewater 14. Wimberely 15. Devine 16. Sweeny 17. Barbers Hill 18. Van Alstyne 19. Tex. Liberty Eylau 20. Lubbock Cooper 21. Atlanta 22. Snyder 23. Tex. Pleasant Grove 24. Yoakum 25. Cameron
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my jags are going to win next district again
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Good one. We did beat Central in Non District. And Nederland! :ch -
Will the Pirates bounce back and make the playoffs??
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Memorial Kids like Sinegal for Job!!!
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SFA85 will fill you in when he gets back on... -
my jags are going to win next district again
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They'll be good... -
my jags are going to win next district again
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Stowers is a great Coach..He was my Coach of the Year!! -
Memorial Kids like Sinegal for Job!!!
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Yep!! Need some more PTA folks on here to help update PTA news... -
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From Port Arthur News..... Coaching, politics mix for Sinegal By Dave Rogers - The News staff writer Posted: 01/21/06 - 10:52:06 pm CST Politics and Michael Shane Sinegal are no strangers. Port Arthur's interim athletic director is, after all, a two-term city councilman. And to see the rotund coach Friday night greeting parents and fellow teachers at Memorial High's basketball games at Port Arthur's Ninth Grade Campus, it was obvious that his campaign to land the job on a full-time basis was in full swing. There was even a kickoff party of sorts. During the last period of the day, friends, family and fellow teachers gathered in his special education classroom to congratulate the ninth-grade coach on his promotion, temporary or otherwise. "This is overwhelming," he said as people coming to the basketball games stopped to shake his hand and offer words of encouragement. Clearly, Sinegal, a 1976 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School who goes by his middle name, is the people's choice. "I have people wanting me to run for mayor," he says. "But I don't think a teacher can run for mayor. I have to ask permission to leave the campus." Not anymore. Sinegal said he was told Friday arrangements had been made for a substitute to take over his teaching and coaching duties at the Ninth Grade Campus for as long as it takes to hire a new head coach-athletic director for the school district. Assistant football coaches at Memorial Senior High, in limbo since Dean Colbert resigned Jan. 6, said Friday afternoon that Sinegal had not been on their campus since superintendent Willis Mackey named him interim AD Tuesday. Nor had they heard from the coach they call "Big Sin." They had just continued following the plan Mackey gave them a week earlier: to continue an off-season program that stressed weightlifting and strength training. Sinegal said Friday he planned to begin reporting to the high school campus Monday. "I see this as an opportunity to try to create a positive motion to what's perceived by some as a negative," he said. "I'm well liked by the community. That's not bragging. I had kids call me from the high school when coach Colbert resigned wanting me to take the job. I had parents call. "When I got the call from Dr. Mackey, the kids convinced me. They wanted me to be coach." The 48-year-old Sinegal, who didn't start teaching until his mid-30s, says he's sold on kids. "I don't know where the district is headed, but I want to be a part of it, as an assistant principal, a head coach, an athletic director, whatever," he said. "I have a plan." Sinegal supporters, who touched off his campaign with letters of support in Friday's edition of The News, point to Ozen's John Clayton for proof that someone can go from ninth-grade coach to successful head coach. Clayton made the jump last fall and led the Panthers to the second round of the playoffs. But Clayton, a Port Arthur native like Sinegal, was a college football star in Louisiana who was drafted by the Chicago Bears. Sinegal didn't finish his senior year on the TJ football team. "We were pretty bad back then," he recalls of the years just before Ronnie Thompson and Todd Dodge led TJ to the state title game. "We barely won any games." By the time Sinegal quit football he already had his first job, at Market Basket. He worked there for three years before joining an apprenticeship program run by the Sabine Area Carpenters Association. In 1982, he graduated from the program and moved to Austin to work. A couple of years later, he was back in the Golden Triangle, attending classes at Lamar-Beaumont. In 1988, he graduated with a criminal justice degree. It was as a security guard for J.C. Penney in Dallas, he says, that he injured his back while catching a shoplifter. That injury, he said, led to him packing on the pounds. In 1990, he began working as a substitute teacher in Port Arthur. Lincoln High football coach Dick Williams hired him and he was line coach for a freshman team headed up by current Ozen basketball coach Andre Boutte. He worked from 1992 to 1998 to gain his teaching certificate in special ed. "The school district gave me five years and I didn't do it in five years," Sinegal admits. "So I left the district in 1997." Sort of. He worked that year for the Community In Schools program at Edison Middle School. Sinegal says the three head coaches he has worked under -- Williams and David Suggs at Lincoln, Dean Colbert at Memorial -- all wanted him to help coach their varsity teams. "But I chose to stay with the ninth graders," he says. "Coach Colbert called me an AD for the freshman campus. He said I was his assistant AD." Like President Bush, Shane Sinegal says he's a unite-er, not a divider. "The main reason I wanted to stay here was with consolidation we lost a lot of Port Acres kids, white kids," the coach says. "But I wanted to make sure kids of all ethnic groups could play. "You can't find a kid of any race who says he was mistreated under me, and I take pride in that." Kevin Courville, Sr., can't say enough good things about Sinegal or any Memorial coaches, for that matter. The son of the Port Acres man, Kevin Courville, Jr., was in the first group of players to attend Memorial Ninth Grade after consolidation changed the paint job on what had been Lincoln's campus. Last fall, he was the only white player on Memorial's football team, a senior backup on the defensive line. "Coach Sinegal, that's a wonderful person," the elder Courville said. "Out there (at the Ninth Grade Campus), he had a good coach, and he had good coaches when he hit Memorial High. My son did good. I'm proud of him." When it comes to a coaching resume, Big Sin knows that his football background won't measure up with a lot of candidates. But he says there's more to being a football leader than X's and O's. "My coaching resume wouldn't be impressive versus other coaches that apply, but it's like Dick Vitale says, it's the intangibles. I think your (offensive and defensive) coordinators make or break you," he said. "Look at Mr. Barbay in Newton (football coach Curtis Barbay), who I respect. Kids will play for Mr. Barbay because of his charisma. But his coordinators make him a state championship coach. "The President of the United States doesn't run the United States. His cabinet runs it." The man who many say could be mayor of Port Arthur, because he's so well-liked, isn't liked by everyone. School board president Julia Samuels wasn't happy that Mackey, with whom she is feuding, picked Sinegal to be interim AD. "I shared my view with the superintendent that I felt an interim AD was a distinguished position. I said to him that Mr. Sinegal has no respect for the board of trustees. "We had a board workshop trying to get access to the property for the high school and Mr. Sinegal was advocating for one spot and he spoke very disrespectfully to the school board." "I'm been in politics now five or six years," Sinegal says, "and I think there's a lot of politics being played these days." But he suggested a case of mistaken identity might be more likely in this instance. "I've never disrespected Mrs. Samuels," the coach says. "My brother Robert is very active in politics, too, and I think she gets us mixed up. I know she said I was at the noon board meeting they called a couple of weeks ago (Jan. 10), but I wasn't there. I couldn't get out school. "She had me confused with my brother. We're both fat." Sinegal said he first got interested in politics in the late 1990s, working behind the scenes to support Tom Gilliam and Rose Chaisson in city council races. In 2000, he first ran for city council and lost. In 2002 and 2004, he won election as an at-large councilman. "Even though I'm on council, I don't get into politics," he says. "I don't play the game. I do what I think is right. "I think Dr. Mackey's giving us a vision. I think if everybody gets on board and stops the petty politics, we're going to be a better district that what we've got now." His support of Mackey could lead one to believe that Sinegal might be the superintendent's pick for the job on a permanent basis. But the coach says he and the superintendent are far from old buddies. "Dr. Mackey has told me he needs someone to coordinate athletics until he hires someone else," Sinegal said. "That's all I've talked with Dr. Mackey. Mrs. Gatson (assistant superintendent Jeanie Gatson) called me and we worked out the details." Gatson said Friday Sinegal will be getting a temporary boost in pay. Currently he earns $39,816 a year as a teacher, plus $8,693.80 for being head ninth-grade coach. "He'll get a stipend on top of that for the days he's working as athletic director," Gatson said. "But it will not be anywhere near what coach Colbert was making." Sinegal resigned as ninth-grade coach in the fall of 2004 and had to be talked into returning by Colbert. "I was contemplating applying for one of the assistant principal jobs at the high school to try to help with discipline," he says. Some who know him are concerned about his health. A knee injury slowed him down in 2004 and his weight is always a concern, especially considering the stress likely to come with heading up an entire athletic program. But Sinegal, who says he considered and dismissed the thought of a gastric bypass in favor of dieting, intends to hit the ground running Monday. "I have the keys and I'll be going to the high school Monday morning," he says. "Scouts are coming in. I'm scheduling all the (college football) recruiters, getting ready for signing day (Feb. 1), and I'm going to be there for realignment (Feb. 2). "Dr. Mackey has faith I can do it. I know I can. "Whether I'm there in the fall, I don't know. Whether I'm in there in May, I don't know. I'm going to tell the coaches I'm going to work as if I'm going to be there, so whoever gets it, they won't have to do anything but walk in." [Hidden Content]
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Should be a great Night of HS Basketball...Get ready!!
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I think OF gets in!!
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Can LCM hang on??
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How does your team stand for next season??
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How many players are you guys losing? Wouldn't you want to stay 3A? -
Top HS Recruits across the U.S. Beasley # 66
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Top Recruits Class: Position: All QB RB WR TE OL DT DE LB S CB K P Top Pos Nat'l Rank Nat'l Rating Name School, Hometown Video HT/ WT/ 40 Schools of Interest RB 1 Chris Wells (Garfield HS) Akron, OH 6-1/220/4.50 Committed to Ohio State OL 2 Andre Smith (Huffman High School-Magnet) Birmingham, AL 6-4/315/5.20 Alabama, LSU, USC, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Mississippi, Miami (Fl) WR 3 Percy Harvin (Landstown HS) Virginia Beach, VA 5-11/182/4.35 Committed to Florida RB 4 Stafon Johnson (Susan Miller Dorsey HS) Los Angeles, CA 6-0/200/4.45 Georgia, USC, Washington, California, Florida, UCLA S 5 Myron Rolle (The Hun School) Princeton, NJ 6-2/210/4.50 Committed to Florida State WR 6 Vidal Hazelton (Hargrave Military Academy) Chatham, VA 6-2/200/4.50 Committed to USC OL 7 Sam Young (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Fort Lauderdale, FL 6-7/297/5.25 Committed to Notre Dame QB 8 Mitch Mustain (Springdale HS) Springdale, AR 6-3/200/4.70 Committed to Arkansas QB 9 Matthew Stafford (Highland Park HS) Dallas, TX 6-2.5/212/4.75 Committed to Georgia LB 10 Sergio Kindle (Woodrow Wilson HS) Dallas, TX 6-3/225/4.56 Committed to Texas LB 11 Micah Johnson (Fort Campbell HS) Fort Campbell, KY 6-2/252/4.80 Committed to Kentucky OL 12 Steve Schilling (Bellevue HS) Bellevue, WA 6-5/290/5.00 California, Michigan, USC, Washington RB 13 C.J. Spiller (Union County HS) Lake Butler, FL 5-10/185/4.40 Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Miami (Fl), USC, Alabama LB 14 Brandon Graham (Crockett Vocational Tech) Detroit, MI 6-2/251/4.60 Committed to Michigan DT 15 Gerald McCoy (Southeast HS) Oklahoma City, OK 6-4/285/5.00 LSU, Miami (Fl), Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, USC, Virginia Tech LB 16 Allen Bradford (Colton HS) Colton, CA 6-0/222/4.55 Committed to USC RB 17 LeSean McCoy (Bishop McDevitt HS) Harrisburg, PA 5-11/200/4.45 USC, Alabama, Miami (Fl), North Carolina State, Penn State, Virginia Tech OL 18 Ian Symonette (St. Pius X HS) Houston, TX 6-9/330/5.40 Florida, LSU, Miami (Fl), Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas S 19 Taylor Mays (O'Dea HS) Seattle, WA 6-3/220/4.50 Committed to USC S 20 Jamar Hornsby (Sandalwood HS) Jacksonville, FL 6-4/195/4.50 Committed to Florida RB 21 Michael Goodson (Klein Collins HS) Klein, TX 5-11.5/190/4.53 Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, USC, LSU, Miami (Fl), Oklahoma OL 22 Connor Smith (Colerain HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-5/295/5.10 Committed to Ohio State OL 23 Clifton Geathers (Carver's Bay) Georgetown, SC 6-7/280/4.90 Clemson, Florida, Florida State, South Carolina, Tennessee, USC, Virginia Tech DE 24 Eddie Jones (Kilgore HS) Kilgore, TX 6-2.5/230/4.74 Committed to Texas S 25 C.J. Gable (Sylmar Senior HS) Sylmar, CA 6-1/190/4.50 Committed to USC LB 26 Josh Tatum (McClymonds Senior HS) Oakland, CA 6-2/220/4.50 Committed to USC WR 27 Jarred Fayson (Hillsborough Senior HS) Tampa, FL 6-0/195/4.40 Committed to Florida TE 28 Nate Byham (Franklin Area HS) Franklin, PA 6-4/230/4.65 Committed to Pittsburgh QB 29 Tim Tebow (Nease HS) St Augustine, FL 6-3/225/4.60 Committed to Florida CB 30 Jai Eugene (Destrehan HS) Destrehan, LA 5-10.5/185/4.45 Committed to Michigan DE 31 Ricky Sapp (Bamberg Ehrhardt HS) Bamberg, SC 6-5/225/4.70 Committed to Clemson LB 32 Akeem Hebron (Our Lady Good Counsel HS) Wheaton, MD 6-2/198/4.50 Committed to Georgia RB 33 Keiland Williams (Hargrave Military Academy) Chatham, VA 6-0/225 LSU, Mississippi, USC, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia Tech OL 34 Carl Johnson (Southern HS) Durham, NC 6-6/335/5.00 Committed to Florida WR 35 Dorin Dickerson (West Allegheny SHS) Imperial, PA 6-2/205/4.50 Committed to Pittsburgh DT 36 Bart Eddins (Trinity Presbyterian Sch Inc) Montgomery, AL 6-4/260/4.95 Committed to Auburn OL 37 Justin Boren (Pickerington HS North) Pickerington, OH 6-3/315/5.10 Committed to Michigan RB 38 DeMarco Murray (Bishop Gorman HS) Las Vegas, NV 6-1/185/4.50 Committed to Oklahoma OL 39 Antonio Logan-El (Forestville HS) Forestville, MD 6-6/310/5.20 Maryland, Florida, Oklahoma, Penn State, Tennessee, Virginia TE 40 Konrad Reuland (Mission Viejo HS) Mission Viejo, CA 6-6/240/4.70 Committed to Notre Dame RB 41 James Aldridge (Merrillville HS) Merrillville, IN 6-1/215/4.60 Committed to Notre Dame CB 42 Devin Ross (Rancho Cucamonga HS) Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5-11/180/4.45 Arizona, Oregon, California, Arizona State, Nebraska, UCLA S 43 Antwine Perez (Woodrow Wilson HS) Camden, NJ 6-2/200/4.50 Committed to USC DT 44 Derrick Hill (McClymonds Senior HS) Oakland, CA 6-3.5/280/5.20 Committed to California WR 45 Chris Bell (Granby HS) Norfolk, VA 6-3/205/4.50 Committed to Penn State S 46 Jonas Mouton (Venice Senior HS) Los Angeles, CA 6-2/208/4.60 LSU, Michigan, USC, Nebraska DE 47 Deantwan Whitehead (West End HS) Birmingham, AL 6-6/245/4.70 Alabama, Auburn, Louisville, Tennessee S 48 D'Vontrey Richardson (Lee County HS) Leesburg, GA 6-1/205/4.65 Committed to Florida State OL 49 J'Marcus Webb (North Mesquite HS) Mesquite, TX 6-7/260/5.22 Committed to Texas DE 50 Brandon Wood (Haralson County HS) Tallapoosa, GA 6-1/255/4.65 Committed to Georgia TE 51 Na Derris Ward (McClymonds Senior HS) Oakland, CA 6-5/245/4.80 Committed to Georgia RB 52 Emmanuel Moody (Coppell HS) Coppell, TX 5-11/190/4.55 Committed to USC LB 53 Thaddeus Gibson (Euclid HS) Euclid, OH 6-2/212/4.50 Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Tennessee, Miami (Fl) QB 54 Pat Devlin (Downingtown West HS) Downingtown, PA 6-4/200/4.70 Miami (Fl), Penn State, Virginia, Iowa, Maryland, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh OL 55 Jacques McClendon (Baylor School) Chattanooga, TN 6-3/275/5.10 Committed to Tennessee RB 56 Knowshon Moreno (Middletown - South HS) Middletown, NJ 5-11/205/4.55 Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Oklahoma, Virginia, Virginia Tech LB 57 Marcus Ball (Stephenson HS) Stone Mountain, GA 6-0/205/4.55 Florida State, Miami (Fl), Virginia Tech, Florida, Tennessee RB 58 Charles Scott (Jonesboro-Hodge HS) Jonesboro, LA 6-0/220/4.55 Committed to LSU OL 59 Butch Lewis (Regis Jesuit HS) Aurora, CO 6-5/280/5.20 Committed to USC DT 60 Al Woods (Elton HS) Elton, LA 6-4/327/5.20 Committed to LSU QB 61 Isiah Williams (Chicago Vocational HS) Chicago, IL 6-2/220/4.70 Committed to Illinois OL 62 Justin Anderson (Irwin County HS) Ocilla, GA 6-4/315 Committed to Georgia LB 63 Jarrell Miller (Highland Springs HS) Highland Springs, VA 6-3/235 Committed to North Carolina WR 64 Adron Tennell (Irving HS) Irving, TX 6-3.5/176/4.56 Committed to Oklahoma DT 65 Jared Odrick (Lebanon SHS) Lebanon, PA 6-6/285/5.00 Committed to Penn State CB 66 Ken Beasley (West Orange-Stark HS) Orange, TX 5-9.5/163/4.54 Committed to Texas RB 67 Cordera Eason (Meridian HS) Meridian, MS 6-0/235/4.60 Committed to Mississippi DE 68 Maurice Evans (Christ The King Regional HS) Middle Village, NY 6-3/252/4.70 Committed to Penn State LB 69 Mark Johnson (Susan Miller Dorsey HS) Los Angeles, CA 6-3/227/4.55 Committed to Ohio State OL 70 Kiante Tripp (Westlake HS) Atlanta, GA 6-5/250/4.97 Committed to Georgia CB 71 Ryan Hill (James Rickards HS) Tallahassee, FL 5-11/186/4.50 Committed to Miami (Fl) LB 72 Dustin Earnest (Texas HS) Texarkana, TX 6-3/217/4.60 Committed to Texas S 73 Allen Walker (Olive Branch HS) Olive Branch, MS 6-2/210/4.55 Committed to Mississippi QB 74 Alex Cate (Cottonwood HS) Salt Lake City, UT 6-2/198/4.76 Committed to Oklahoma State WR 75 Tim Hawthorne (Homewood HS) Homewood, AL 6-2.5/205/4.60 Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Louisville, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee OL 76 Matt Carufel (Cretin Derham Hall) Saint Paul, MN 6-5/288/5.30 Committed to Notre Dame TE 77 Jermaine Gresham (Ardmore HS) Ardmore, OK 6-6/226/4.70 LSU, Miami (Fl), Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, USC CB 78 Perrish Cox (University HS) Waco, TX 6-0/170/4.45 Committed to LSU WR 79 David Ausberry (Lemoore HS) Lemoore, CA 6-4/215/4.65 Committed to USC CB 80 Darian Hagan (Crenshaw Senior HS) Los Angeles, CA 5-11/175/4.50 California, Colorado, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Washington DE 81 Jermaine Williams (Maryvale HS) Phoenix, AZ 6-4/247/4.85 Committed to Arizona State CB 82 Darrin Walls (Woodland Hills SHS) Pittsburgh, PA 6-1/180/4.40 Committed to Notre Dame LB 83 Ross Homan (Coldwater HS) Coldwater, OH 6-1/227/4.70 Committed to Ohio State QB 84 Jake Locker (Ferndale HS) Ferndale, WA 6-2/210/4.60 Committed to Washington OL 85 Bruce Campbell (Hyde Leadership School) Hamden, CT 6-6/275/4.75 Committed to Maryland CB 86 A.J. Wallace (Maurice J McDonough HS) Pomfret, MD 6-1/195/4.40 Committed to Penn State WR 87 Terrence Austin (Polytechnic HS) Long Beach, CA 5-11/175/4.55 Committed to UCLA LB 88 Brandon Spikes (Crest Senior HS) Shelby, NC 6-4/230 Committed to Florida WR 89 Jamere Holland (William Howard Taft HS) Woodland Hills, CA 6-1/180/4.40 Arizona, Mississippi State, Oregon, USC, California, LSU, UCLA, Washington DE 90 Jason Adjepong (Carteret HS) Carteret, NJ 6-2/254/4.75 Committed to Virginia Tech CB 91 Ray Small (Glenville HS) Cleveland, OH 5-11/170/4.40 Ohio State, USC, Michigan State, Tennessee, Iowa DT 92 Cameron Elisara (Joel E Ferris HS) Spokane, WA 6-3/275/4.90 Committed to Washington RB 93 Mossis Madu (Norman HS) Norman, OK 6-0/190/4.50 Committed to Oklahoma LB 94 A.J. Jones (Middleton HS) Tampa, FL 6-2/190/4.55 Committed to Florida CB 95 Steve Brown (Columbus East HS) Columbus, IN 6-1/200/4.40 Committed to Michigan OL 96 Dan Wenger (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Fort Lauderdale, FL 6-4/285/5.30 Committed to Notre Dame RB 97 Stanley Havili (Cottonwood HS) Salt Lake City, UT 6-1/215/4.55 Committed to USC DT 98 Lamarr Houston Jr. (Doherty HS) Colorado Springs, CO 6-2/258/4.90 Committed to Texas LB 99 Anthony Lewis (Haltom HS) Haltom City, TX 6-1/215/4.70 Committed to Texas A&M CB 100 Shareece Wright (Colton HS) Colton, CA 5-11/185/4.50 Committed to USC -
Former TJ Coach to make decision Saturday!
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MIKE OWENS TALKS ABOUT DECISION TO STAY AT TYLER LEE... Here's part of my conversation with Mike Owens...who today decided to turn down the offer from Henderson I.S.D. "I was very honored to be called in the first place, went to visit their facilities, class operation, demand excellence...trying to do things right...never seen such a great group of people, shocked at what they're willing to do to get their athletic department back on track. it was a tough-tough decision, my loyalties are here in tyler...tough-tough decision." "Tyler is such a tough place to leave, this is my kids hometown...everyone has graduated, my daughter is a junior, my wife loves her job at TMFHS...if this was a strictly financial decision, this was a no-brainer...something that will never happen again in my life...I'm tied to Tyler, Danny Long and Dr. Simmons are major reasons for me staying at Lee...they are really incredible for our system." "I feel like a million-pounds have come off my back...I can't think of one reason I should've turned down the job, except one...a very important one....my emotions and my connections to Tyler..." "I also feel for Supt. Alexander and Henderson, they did such a great job, and they deserve a great coach, and I wish them the best of luck...". Mike and I spoke at length for a long time on AM600 KTBB...and we'll have more details later in the day. Smoaky -
Former TJ Coach to make decision Saturday!
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Coach assaulted Just read this story in the Huntsville Item online. Not a ton of details New Waverly coach assaulted The Huntsville Item Charges have been filed against a New Waverly parent who allegedly assaulted the high school baseball coach on Thursday. When reached by telephone Friday night, New Waverly High School baseball coach Tim Gray declined to give any details of what happened, other than to acknowledge that an assault did take place and charges have been filed. New Waverly ISD Superintendent Clay Webb said he could not release any information on the matter until the school district has completed its investigation of the incident. “I can’t release any information at this time,†Webb said. “I can’t tell you the truth of what happened, because I don’t even know the truth yet.†The alleged assailant’s identity was not known at press time.