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Carthage 42 LE 0 LE had 33 total yards when starters were pulled 2 minutes into the 3rd quarter.

Carthage 45 Brownsboro 0 Dawgs held Brownsboro to 13 rushing yards and 27 passing yards in the first half.

Carthage 38 5 A DII Marshall 13

Well I believe Silsbee will get their chance to beat the Dawgs. This will be the best chance to beat them The next two years for the Dawgs are going to be scary good.

Don’t let the Kilgore game fool you, Kilgore May have the best defense in 4A DI. If you watched the game, you saw a slugfest. Give youg Surratt 10 games, he may have 45 to 50 TD passes and nobody is running the on the Dawg front 7. Pittsburgh had minus rushing yards in the first half and 39 yards passing. The defensive starters never played the second half. Just like everybody else, the Dawgs will get better.

Carthage says hello.

You think they can beat Carthage, going to have to beat them in the semi finals to get to Jerry’s house.

Great ball game, Kilgore way better this year. They have a dual threat Q/B that can score from anywhere on the field. they have good size on both sides of the ball and a great defense. My Carthage Dawgs D line won the ball game in the fourth Quarter. They sacked the QB and tackled running backs in the backfield to win the game. Hard fought game by both teams. I expect Kilgore to make a deep run for the DI Title. The C Dawgs have an outstanding O line and run game. Young Surratt (Sophomore) QB threw the ball very well. He had 3 interceptions but two of them bounced off the receivers hands straight up in the air for the INT. One of the INT was returned for 6. It was a great 1st game between two power house programs. The 2023 Carthage Dawgs are going to be a well oiled machine before the playoff start.

Carthage D line was the best in all of 4A last year and they were all sophomores We Dawg fans are very excited to see how much they have improved from last year. Bigger, stronger, and quicker off the ball. The Dawgs have two freshmen and 3 sophomores with DI offers. The freshmen and sophomore class was loaded will talent last year. The freshman QB coach Surratt’s son threw 46 touchdown passes in district play and two more in the playoffs on varsity. Freshmen running back KJ Edwards has many DI offers. Ran the ball really well in the playoffs and state championship game. If I had to pick, it would have to be the entire D line.

One of the top 4 star’s defensive backs in the country just moved to Carthage. His mom went to work for Carthage ISD last year. Has offers from Alabama and every big name in the country. He de-committed from Texas.

You left off Surratt, at Carthage, he won the first title in his second year.

Surratt had the talent of hiring coaches. His staff starting from the junior high to high school started teaching kids how to play disciplined football, how to lift weights, film study, pride of the C an how to play a very physical type of football. He said his self, Carthage had good athletes but were not physical. By the time you get to the junior varsity, you are playing hard nose physical football. Every little kid in Carthage wants to be a Carthage Dawg. No matter if they have to wait until they are seniors for a starting position. If you look back at every state championship team, see how many played FBS football (major DI college ball) you won’t find but a small number. You will find a whole bunch they landed at smaller colleges. The point is the coaching staff developed those kids and made them the best they could be. Carthage has had some of the best high school quarterbacks in Texas but only two played DI football Boggie went to USAT and one is at Tulane now. It is all about the program at Carthage. Surratt, Preston, and all the other coaches beat with one heart beat and by the time the players get to the varsity, they have the same heart beat.

Carthage never won a state championship until Coach Surratt got there. He hired all new coaches except one. Coach Surratt will go down as one of the best coaches in Texas high school football history. We Dawg fans are blessed to have him. All his coaching staff would make great head coaches after learning from him.

Coach Surratt voted coach of the year nation wide for cities or towns with 10 thousand and under population. Connor Cuff voted player of the year in same category. The Dawgs ranked number 1 in the nation in the same category. Cuff finished the year with over 4 thousand yards passing, 52 touchdown passes with only 4 INT’S and 1 rushing touchdown. He never played in the fourth quarter until the third round game of the playoffs. 8 regular season games, he didn’t play in the second half. When did come in it was for one series in the third quarter. Pretty good for a DI baseball player. China Spring also made the top ten.

I see a rematch between Aledo and Longview in the semifinals. If Longview can’t come up with a balanced offense, Aledo will win the rematch.

You need to run a pole on this site and then run a pole on all the other sites. You will see AT&T preferred by a large margin. attendance at NRG was way down compared to AT&T, that alone should give you an answer.

Weather, weather, weather is why no one likes different locations. AT&T gives every team a chance. No wind, rain, or cold. Home field advantage would make sense IF the teams played all their home games there. The one time it was played at NRG, attendance was way down. 90 percent of the teams that make it to the championship prefer AT&T.

No real Texan wants to drive into that woke California traffic night mare.

I have been 9 times to AT&T and never had a problem getting in or out.

Absolutely no. AT&T is heads and above the best stadium to hold the state championship. Houston traffic sucks. San Antonio traffic and stadium sucks. Austin, who the heck wants to drive into that woke California invested piece of crap. Every kid in Texas wants to play in Cowboys Stadium with the big screen.

The best defense and offense in all of 4A took the field yesterday at AT&T. Both sides of the ball completely dominated that game. The defense for the 12 th time this year did not allow a single point at the half and 5 th shut out. The Dawgs started 6 sophomores and 1 freshman. The Dawgs return all four running backs, all but one O linemen, and two receivers. Coach Surratt’s son as a Freshmen threw 46 touchdowns in 9 games, moved up to varsity and threw two touchdowns in the first two playoff games with the starters. Dawgs will be set at QB for the next three years along with the phenomenal freshman running back KJ Edwards (just received his first offer from Texas Tech) on Friday. All three sophomore defensive linemen return along with sophomore 6ft 2in 220 lb linebacker. The Dawgs running backs Matlock, Dowden, and bechum could all start for any High School, they are big, strong, fast, and can catch passes. O line will be bigger, stronger, and quicker off the ball. Could be another great year coming for the Dawgs.

Our left guard 320 pound Johnny Lewis Will probably be out. He is a big time O line. He will run you over on running plays or pancake you on pass plays. He only played one series last week. He was limping pretty bad last week. You never know he may can go. Hatten (Oregon State) wide receiver did not play last week but was suited out and wanted to go in but was held out. Word is he will be ready to go for this week. Dowden only played the last two series and scored the tying and winning touchdowns, he will be good to go this week. you can bet your rear end you will not see the Dawgs turn the ball over 4 times this week. After last weeks performance, you will see a fired up and determined Dawg team take the field this week.

I don’t know but if Nick Sabin comes to your house. You are one of the best receivers in the country. He has what 35 offers.

Nick Sabin was at his house. Did any of those other players receive a visit from the Alabama head coach.

Gilmers defense was way better than I thought they were. Gilmer played their butts off. The Dawgs D held the 11th team out of 13 to zero points at half time and 7 points for the game. The Dawg starters have held 13 opponents to 27 points in 13 games, that is 2.0 points a game. The Dawg offense was a little off tonight, but that could be attributed to the Gilmer defense. The Dawg D has 4 sophomores on defense and two sophomores on the offensive line. That alone is amazing because they are very big and talented.