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www.texasprepinsider.com Regional Player of the Week: AJ Dugat, WR, Dayton Senior wide receiver AJ Dugat of Dayton has been dominate to say the least. During the regular season he caught 70 passes for 1139 yards and also amassed 358 rushing yards with an additional 4 touchdowns. That's an amazing 14.5 yards a touch for this Houston commit. Dugat has had such a succesful year on the field his name is constantly brough up with other big programs within the state as being a coveted recruit to land.

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DE Robinson a sparkplug for Stangs Van Wade The Orange Leader WEST ORANGE — For years, everyone has know about West Orange-Stark’s jaw-rattling ‘Chain Gang†defenses. We’ve seen dominating linebacker play and strong safety play. Usually it’s been those guys that have led the squad in tackles over all the years. Well, in 2008 It’s been a different story. Senior defensive end Kevin Robinson leads the third-ranked Mustangs (8-0) with 79 tackles. Not exactly what you would think on any football team, right? “That just goes to show you how physically and mentally tough Kevin is,†said long-time Mustang defensive coordinator Cornel Thompson. “He’s so quiet going about his business. You look at the film though and he’s everywhere.†Robinson also leads the squad with 11 tackles for losses, including seven sacks. “Kevin isn’t that big of a kid, but heck, our whole defense is small,†said Thompson. “He beats people with his quickness and his reads. He’s a kid that has a great competitive spirit. He’s not a rah-rah type of kid, he leads with his heart and determination and the kids can just look at him and his work ethic and they can follow that type of leadership.†For Robinson, it’s been a dream senior season. “I played some on defense last year and got even more playing time late last year,†said Robinson. “Physically, I thought I was there last year, it was just about learning more about the game and my position. Coach (Cornel) Thompson put a lot of faith in me in the offseason. He helped make me stronger but he also taught me a lot about my responsibilities at the defensive end spot. Everything just flows naturally for me out there now. It’s an awesome feeling, knowing how much we’ve been able to stop people this year.†Robinson has definitely been part of something special. The Mustangs are allowing a mere 107.8 yards a game and have given up just 284 yards (35.5 ypg.) on the ground. WO-S has allowed just 41 points all season and has yet to allow a single point in the third quarter. “I think people kinda take us for granted when we take the field because we look so small,†said Robinson. “Once they run off a few plays they feel totally different, you can tell by the look in their eyes. We may be small but we all can get to the football with our speed and quickness.†“I like to say we have a few good men on defense,†said Thompson. “We have 16 kids that line up and play defense for us. This is one of the smaller defenses we’ve had here but they make up for that in so many ways. This group, it’s hard to get around the outside on them at all. What’s been even more impressive is that we’ve stuffed the run inside very well too. What I really like about this group is that they’re not only physically tough, they’re mentally tough.†Preparation has been key for Robinson and his mates. “Coach T (Thompson) has us in such good shape when the season starts, by then we’re ready to go physically, it’s just about preparation for that next opponent,†said Robinson. “He gives us that drive, that will to succeed. We take heart to that and nobody leaves it on the field like our defense more on game nights.†Stopping the run has really been special. “We’ve had a lot of quarterback sacks but shutting down the run is what I love best,†said Robinson. “There’s nothing quite like a run blitz, especially when the other team doesn’t see it coming.†Robinson feels the numbers don’t lie. “We’ve been able to dominate some games with all 11 of us flying to the ball,†said Robinson. “It’s not very often when you find less than four or five of us around the ball on a play. We’ve just got to keep it up. It’s playoff time and every game will be tougher and we know that. We’re going to run into some bigger and tough teams so we’re going to have to continue to execute.†Robinson and the Mustangs will line up against the Coldspring Trojans (6-2) in the Class 3A Region III Division II bidistrict round of the playoffs Saturday at 6 p.m. at Deer Park’s Clyde Abshire Stadium. The Mustangs beat the Trojans 51-14 in the same round last year, breaking away after owning a 12-7 halftime edge. “Coldspring has a great football team, you have to be pretty good to reach this level,†said Robinson. “They have a big back and a fast quarterback and tailback. They will be a challenge for us. Forget about last year’s score. They played hard against us last year but made some mistakes. Hopefully we can get them to turn the ball over again.†Robinson also has a “side gig†that he enjoys and that’s being the backup tailback. He has 160 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries. He carried 10 straight times for 61 yards on one scoring drive late in the second half in the 67-0 win against Orangefield last week. “I do whatever it takes to help our team win,†said Robinson. “I’ve been a running back all of my life so I enjoy it when I get in there. We had fun with that drive last week. They were wearing me out and it was funny, going back to the huddle and hearing that I’m getting the ball like that. Fun times, that’s what it’s all about.†Unless you’re a running back heading Robinson’s way. Fun might be out of the question.

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Sterling’s last playoff game a bad memory In 85 By Dave Rogers Published November 12, 2008 Unless your sister was Typhoid Mary, it’s hard to imagine any sister-kissing that would have been more sour than what Baytown Sterling’s football team suffered in 1985. That, as any long-suffering Ranger fan will tell you, was the last time Sterling qualified for the football playoffs. Until this season. Hooray for this season. It’s hard to imagine that any fate could befall coach Herb Minyard’s squad in its Friday night matchup with Pearland that could be worse than Sterling’s 14-14 area-round tie with West Orange-Stark in 1985. When the game at the Astrodome ended, hardly any one of the 16,000 fans in the stands or players on the field knew whether or not to celebrate. The Sterling fans celebrated – mistakenly, it turned out, because the numbers on the Astrodome scoreboard indicated the Rangers had advanced via the second tiebreaker in use then – first downs – after tying 4-4 on the first tiebreaker, 20-yard line penetrations. Turned out the scoreboard was wrong. WO-S was awarded the next round of the playoffs by a 4-3 margin. “We had no clue what was going on,†recalled Shawn Schimming, a cornerback on that Ranger team. “We thought we won.†Schimming apparently figured in the mistake by the scoreboard operator. Midway through the second half, he returned his second interception of the game to the Mustang 11-yard line. However, Schimming recalls that a penalty for illegal blocking on the return moved the ball back outside the 20, and since the Rangers didn’t take a snap from inside the 20 on that possession, they didn’t get official credit for a penetration. But they apparently got credit on the scoreboard. And that scoreboard showed a 3-3 tie in penetrations before Sterling put on its second scoring drive in what was a tremendous comeback for the Rangers. WO-S, ranked No. 5 in Class 5A, had scored the first two times it possessed the ball in the game, taking a quick 14-0 lead. “I thought it was going to be 56-0,†said Dayton coach Jerry Stewart, who was then defensive coordinator for Sterling. But Schimming ended the Mustangs’ third drive with an interception and from that time on, Sterling dominated the game. The Rangers moved 89 yards in 18 plays for their first score, a 15-yard pass from Galen Gardner to Brian Hemmenway midway through the second quarter. The 14-6 halftime lead by WO-S was still intact when Gardner guided the team 61 yards in 12 plays to score with 2:43 remaining in the game on a fourth-and-18 pass to Eugene Wilson for 29 yards. Gardner then tied the game by rolling to his right and passing back across the field to Jeff Adams, who cradled the tying two-point conversion. The scoreboard showed a 4-3 penetration lead for Sterling to go along with an 18-12 edge in first downs and a sizable lead in total yardage, the second and third tiebreakers in use until the UIL adopted overtime in the late 1990s. Just about everyone at the game believed that WO-S had to score to keep Sterling for advancing to the playoff’s third round. Apparently, everyone but the head coaches. Dan Hooks, one of Texas high school football’s top 20 winningest coaches 23 years later , was quoted after the game that he knew all along the scoreboard was wrong. “We knew if we could get it (the ball) over the 20, the game’s over,†he told newsmen that long-ago November day. “They kept saying 4-3 (in penetrations), but I knew it was three apiece. “I double-checked at least 16 times with the official.†Game accounts also say that Sterling coach Bill Bundy acknowledged he knew the scoreboard was wrong, but consciously didn’t tell his players – at least not until late. “I didn’t want to put pressure on them,†newspapers quoted Bundy. But Bundy, who couldn’t be reached for comment for this story, is also quoted as saying, “I told them the 20-yard line was the goal line.†When or if he said that is in dispute 23 years later. “We didn’t hear him say that,†Schimming said. “I think that if we’d have known, that we wouldn’t have allowed them to get inside the 20.†WO-S, which lost the next week to a No. 1-ranked Houston Yates team that defeated Odessa Permian for the state title, had an all-star backfield that included University of Texas signee Eric Williams at tailback, Georgia signee Brian Cleveland at fullback and Roderick Robertson, a Philadelphia Phillies draftee, at quarterback. With time running out, the Mustangs moved to the Ranger 22-yard line in three plays, the last one a 36-yard pass from Robertson to Cleveland. That’s when Stewart says he first was made aware of the scoreboard error. “When they got down to the 21-yard line (sic), there was a timeout and the officials got Bill Bundy and Hooks together and told them what the penetration count was,†Stewart said, adding that was the first time he heard the “20-yard line is the goal line quote.†“They took a snap,†Stewart said of what turned into a four-yard run by Cleveland and the winning penetration, “and it was game, set and match.†But still the players and fans didn’t seem to realize. When WO-S failed to make another first and turned the ball over to Sterling with 15 seconds left, the Ranger faithful celebrated. Hooks went back to the officials, who confirmed his team owned the tiebreaker edge. When he jumped up to celebrate, so did the WO-S fans. And Sterling’s long playoff drought began.

Sterling’s last playoff game a bad memory In 85 By Dave Rogers Published November 12, 2008 Unless your sister was Typhoid Mary, it’s hard to imagine any sister-kissing that would have been more sour than what Baytown Sterling’s football team suffered in 1985. That, as any long-suffering Ranger fan will tell you, was the last time Sterling qualified for the football playoffs. Until this season. Hooray for this season. It’s hard to imagine that any fate could befall coach Herb Minyard’s squad in its Friday night matchup with Pearland that could be worse than Sterling’s 14-14 area-round tie with West Orange-Stark in 1985. When the game at the Astrodome ended, hardly any one of the 16,000 fans in the stands or players on the field knew whether or not to celebrate. The Sterling fans celebrated – mistakenly, it turned out, because the numbers on the Astrodome scoreboard indicated the Rangers had advanced via the second tiebreaker in use then – first downs – after tying 4-4 on the first tiebreaker, 20-yard line penetrations. Turned out the scoreboard was wrong. WO-S was awarded the next round of the playoffs by a 4-3 margin. “We had no clue what was going on,†recalled Shawn Schimming, a cornerback on that Ranger team. “We thought we won.†Schimming apparently figured in the mistake by the scoreboard operator. Midway through the second half, he returned his second interception of the game to the Mustang 11-yard line. However, Schimming recalls that a penalty for illegal blocking on the return moved the ball back outside the 20, and since the Rangers didn’t take a snap from inside the 20 on that possession, they didn’t get official credit for a penetration. But they apparently got credit on the scoreboard. And that scoreboard showed a 3-3 tie in penetrations before Sterling put on its second scoring drive in what was a tremendous comeback for the Rangers. WO-S, ranked No. 5 in Class 5A, had scored the first two times it possessed the ball in the game, taking a quick 14-0 lead. “I thought it was going to be 56-0,†said Dayton coach Jerry Stewart, who was then defensive coordinator for Sterling. But Schimming ended the Mustangs’ third drive with an interception and from that time on, Sterling dominated the game. The Rangers moved 89 yards in 18 plays for their first score, a 15-yard pass from Galen Gardner to Brian Hemmenway midway through the second quarter. The 14-6 halftime lead by WO-S was still intact when Gardner guided the team 61 yards in 12 plays to score with 2:43 remaining in the game on a fourth-and-18 pass to Eugene Wilson for 29 yards. Gardner then tied the game by rolling to his right and passing back across the field to Jeff Adams, who cradled the tying two-point conversion. The scoreboard showed a 4-3 penetration lead for Sterling to go along with an 18-12 edge in first downs and a sizable lead in total yardage, the second and third tiebreakers in use until the UIL adopted overtime in the late 1990s. Just about everyone at the game believed that WO-S had to score to keep Sterling for advancing to the playoff’s third round. Apparently, everyone but the head coaches. Dan Hooks, one of Texas high school football’s top 20 winningest coaches 23 years later , was quoted after the game that he knew all along the scoreboard was wrong. “We knew if we could get it (the ball) over the 20, the game’s over,†he told newsmen that long-ago November day. “They kept saying 4-3 (in penetrations), but I knew it was three apiece. “I double-checked at least 16 times with the official.†Game accounts also say that Sterling coach Bill Bundy acknowledged he knew the scoreboard was wrong, but consciously didn’t tell his players – at least not until late. “I didn’t want to put pressure on them,†newspapers quoted Bundy. But Bundy, who couldn’t be reached for comment for this story, is also quoted as saying, “I told them the 20-yard line was the goal line.†When or if he said that is in dispute 23 years later. “We didn’t hear him say that,†Schimming said. “I think that if we’d have known, that we wouldn’t have allowed them to get inside the 20.†WO-S, which lost the next week to a No. 1-ranked Houston Yates team that defeated Odessa Permian for the state title, had an all-star backfield that included University of Texas signee Eric Williams at tailback, Georgia signee Brian Cleveland at fullback and Roderick Robertson, a Philadelphia Phillies draftee, at quarterback. With time running out, the Mustangs moved to the Ranger 22-yard line in three plays, the last one a 36-yard pass from Robertson to Cleveland. That’s when Stewart says he first was made aware of the scoreboard error. “When they got down to the 21-yard line (sic), there was a timeout and the officials got Bill Bundy and Hooks together and told them what the penetration count was,†Stewart said, adding that was the first time he heard the “20-yard line is the goal line quote.†“They took a snap,†Stewart said of what turned into a four-yard run by Cleveland and the winning penetration, “and it was game, set and match.†But still the players and fans didn’t seem to realize. When WO-S failed to make another first and turned the ball over to Sterling with 15 seconds left, the Ranger faithful celebrated. Hooks went back to the officials, who confirmed his team owned the tiebreaker edge. When he jumped up to celebrate, so did the WO-S fans. And Sterling’s long playoff drought began.

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Poor first half play dooms Seahawks to first setback By Cody Pastorella The Port Arthur News After a 2-0 start including a win at Southern University, the Lamar State College-Port Arthur Seahawks were feeling pretty good going into their home-opener against SU on Tuesday night at the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center. Instead of continuing to impress, however, the Seahawks had their bubble decimated. LSC-PA fell completely apart in the first half Tuesday nighton the way to an 89-76 oss to the Jags. And the score actually suggests the Seahawks were not all that bad. But they were. Even after starting the game with an 11-5 advantage, the Seahawks were taken to the woodshed for the remainder of the half. They forced shots and turned the ball over 14 times, watching SU take a 52-29 lead into the locker rooms. Trying to make sense of it all, LSC-PA first-year head coach Jerre Cole said he felt as if there were a number of contributing factors that played into his Seahawks meltdown. Perhaps SU was just looking for revenge after suffering its first home loss in two seasons at the hands of Port Arthur. Perhaps the Seahawks were just off or nervous about being at home for the first time. Or maybe Tuesday night’s loss was a better indication of the level of opponents LSC-PA should get used to seeing in their new home in the NJCAA Division I Region XIV conference. “I think a lot contributed to this,†Cole said. “I’m just sorry people had to see it. We obviously weren’t ready for them. They made adjustments from our first game and we weren’t ready for those adjustments.†All things considered, Port Arthur had a relatively hot start in the second half by using an 11-3 run to cut the score to 55-40 with 11:13 to play. With 7:55 left, the Seahawks had whittled the game down to 64-55 but that’s as close as they would come. Cole said he felt most of his team’s comeback was caused by the intensity of SU. He said they were playing to, “just protect a lead while we were attacking with everything we had.†“We just did not have much on offense, we didn’t finish anything tonight,†Cole said. “I knew we had a lot that we needed to improve on before this game. I knew we weren’t anywhere close to where we needed to be in order to be a successful team. “I think we were kind of fat cats tonight. You hate to say that since it was just a 2-0 start but I think that was the biggest factor in the way we played.†Cole added that starting Wednesday he will be expecting and demanding a lot more from his players in practice. He also said this was a great time for a wakeup call. Among the problematic issues for Port Arthur, was the Jags’ Whitworth Treasure who sank in 32 points, leading all scorers. LeMario Harris was also a threat for SU. He scored 21 and hit five treys in the contest. LSC-PA freshman forward Adrian Fontenot was one of the few highlights for the Seahawks. He dropped in 24 points and also hauled in 12 boards on the night. Point guard Jemel Douriso, though struggling from the field, contributed with 17 points. And Stephen Moten added 11. All of Moten’s points came in the second half.Moten also had six boards. With the loss, Port Arthur falls to 2-1. The Seahawks will be back in action Friday when they travel to play Lone Star College in Cy-Fair. LSC-PA beat Lone Star College on Thursday to claim its second win of the season.

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