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Crosby went to the semi finals and Carthage beat them in non district game the same year. They beat them with 9 brand new starters on offense and two offensive linemen missing due to COVID. Just saying.

China Spring would be lucky to score on this Dawg defense. when you see this D line, linebackers, secondary you will know why. Three D linemen 6ft 2 295, 6 ft 275, 6ft 4 265 and all are sophomores. They will all be playing DI ball Three outstanding linebackers that fly to the football and have caused many turnovers. Seconday where each man has at least three interceptions

I doubt China Spring would score on this Dawg D. If they played, Dawgs by 21.

Here some some stat info you SETX fans. The starting Dawg Defense has held 8 of the 12 opponents to minus yards rushing in the first half. They have held 10 of the 12 opponents to zero points in the first half The starting D have given up 20 points in 12 games, that is 1.6 points a game. The Dawg offense has averaged 42 points by half time. Cuff has 43 touchdown passes 3,000 yards with only 3 interceptions. He has never played in the fourth quarter and usually pulled one series in the 3rd quarter. Most of the games he and the starters never played in the second half. The starting D only played one series in the 3rd quarter in all 12 games. This could be the best Dawg team of all time, only time will tell.

That guy needs to tell the whole story. what a jerk. it was 54 to 0 in the first half. Carthage pulled all starters in the start of the 3rd quarter. VA kept all starters in the game on both sides of the ball and scored 30 points on 2nd team, 3rd team and freshmen players. VA Never pulled their starters. So Surratt let the freshmen score. If he wants to rant on someone, he needs to point to VA head coach. Surratt has never run the score on any team. He would rather get his young players playing time. He could have scored a hundred in the 3rd quarter alone.

Crosby has talent no doubt but Longview has been a top 10 team since Moses. I doubt anyone in the state would pick against the Lobos except Crosby fans. Great game Lobos and good effort Crosby. East Texas is strong in many divisions this year. Longview Chapel Hill and Kilgore Carthage Timpson i can see a possible 4 state championships

I would hold off on giving them the trophy. There is another defense that held 8 of 10 opponents to minus rushing yards at half time, allowed 2.7 points a game in 10 games. An offense that averages 42 points by half time. The starting defense gave up 27 points in 10 games. The offense and defensive starters have not taken a snap in the fourth quarter. QB has thrown for 2,503, 35 touchdowns, with 3 interceptions and he only played the first series in the third quarter. I can’t wait to see Silsbee and the Gobbler’s, we in the East know how good they are.

Carthage Dawg starters on defense held 8 of the 10 teams to minus yards rushing in the first half. They have allowed 2.7 points per game in ten games. The Dawg offense has averaged 42 points by half time. The offensive and defensive starters have not played a down in the fourth quarter. The Dawg D line are all sophomores 6ft 2” 285, 6ft 275, and 6ft 4 270, and Sophomore linebacker 6ft 2 220 The starting defense has only allowed 27 points in 10 games QB has thrown for 2,503 yards, 35 touchdowns, with 3 interceptions in 10 games and has never played a down in the fourth This years Dawg are really special and fun to watch.

We Dawg fans believe we have the best high school football coach in Texas. 8 state championships. More state championships than playoff losses. SLC was a great program when got there and so was Westlake. No doubt he is one of the best but the best, I disagree. Aledo, Celina, Katy, all can claim great coaches with many state championships.

The Dawg defensive starters have not allowed a single point through 4 ball games. The four teams combined have less than 100 yards of offense in the first half. Carthage has 4 sophomores starting on defense, 3 on the D line and 1 at linebacker. D line goes 285, 275, and 260, Linebacker 6’0” 220. Last night 5A Marshall had 23 yards in the first half.

Number 1 4A DII Carthage 45 Number 8 4A DI Kilgore 10

Carthage was missing 8 starters. They still would not have beat LV that year. But you can dang sure believe, it would have been a lot better ball game. This years Dawgs are going to be a scoring machine with 10 starters coming back. The defense will take a few games but they will be big, strong and fast. I think they have a senior loaded team. I believe their are 39 seniors on this years team.

Scott Surratt enough said. Go Dawgs 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 in 14 years

Surratt and staff would win a state championship at any school mentioned above. He is the best coach in the state of Texas. A master at finding the opposing teams weaknesses. Carthage has not grown in size in 50 years. Has always had athletes but never won a state championship until coach Surratt got there. 8 state championships and 11 semifinals since 2007. Can you imagine what that staff could do at a school with 3 and 4 deep at every position. we at Carthage are very Blessed to have coach Surratt. Thankful we will have him at least 4 more years. His son is an elite QB and will be a freshman this year. I predict he will be the Dawg starter for 3 years and that class is loaded with size and speed.

Surratt is unlike any coach in Texas. He is a master mind at finding your teams weaknesses. carthage has always had the athletes just needed the best coach in Texas to make them into a consistent machine. 8 state championships and 11 semi finals appearances in 14 years. Carthage has not grown one bit since I graduated in 1974. We will have him at least 4 more years because his son will be a freshman and the next great QB and a freshmen team loaded with size and talent. Surratt and his staff could win anywhere they were at. We have been very blessed that he chose Carthage in 2007.

I have only watched Crosby play one time and that was my Carthage Dawgs. I was impressed with their speed and size on both sides of the ball. At the 5A level the games are always won at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. It appears Crosby will be very good again in 22. I think one of the best teams my Dawgs had was the 2019 team. Our O line averaged 309 pounds. They dominated the line of scrimmage against LV in the state championship game. The 2020 team dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage. Crosby is now used to winning deep into the playoffs and know they are good enough to win the state championship.

The best linebacker I saw at AT&T played for Stevenville. That was a tackling machine.

Carthage will be a strong contender and should be the favorite. They return 10 on offense that played in every game. Freshman number 85 played tight end and was honorable mention in district is a super star in the making he is 6’3 190 and did a great job. 54 at 5’ 11” and 275 lbs is another freshman on the D line with a lot of playing time. Carthage has only played three freshmen prior to this year since coach Surratt has been at Carthage. Cuff should be much improved at QB and bigger, stronger, and seasoned at 6’ 4” 200 pounds. Both running backs, two wide receivers, and four O lineman return. The Dawgs will have to replace 9 on defense, but two of the best classes moving up are loaded with play makers. We may see several freshmen on the varsity this year because they are the next great class and I do mean great class coming. They blew everyone that played off the map. Surratt was the QB and he is special. He is coach Surratt’s son. They have size and speed just like the 2017 seniors had at their age.

Believe me I have eaten so much crow, the farmers will no worries if they have winter crops planted.

You are 100 percent right about the Dawg D. No body knows why they played that game like they did. All I know is China Spring did what no other team did in two years. China Spring out played us on both sides of the ball. This game will determine who plays in the state championship.

I have eaten so much crow that the farmers have no worry for third crops. I had no idea that China Spring was that good, I even watched several of their games where they beat teams by 40 or more and I saw nothing that said they could move the ball on my Dawg D. CS out played us on both sides of the ball. CS o line were big and strong, linebacker 11 and D linemen 55, along with 5,4,2,8 and 15 played a great ball game. WOS or China Spring will be playing Gilmer or Celina for the state championship. WOS versus China Spring is a toss up. Both have a team to win it all. God Bless and good luck next week.

No it won’t, no team left can or will score 28 points on this Dawg defense. unless the offense gives up 20 in pick sixes or fumbles and their defense scores.

Here is little stat for you people who think CS can score 20 points on this once in a life time defense. Gilmer number 2 ranked team had minus 17 yards rushing at half time and 22 total for the game. They are averaging 60 points a game. Two teams with minus rushing yards rushing. That’s 10 of the 11 opponents with less than 50 yards rushing. Crosby is the only team that got close a hundred rushing and that is with 5 Dawg turnovers in the first half with 6 offensive starters out. The 8 new starters on offense including the QB had a lot of growing pains and have committed a bunch of turnovers. They are now seasoned and last week started looking like the Dawg offense we have come to expect from the Dawgs. CS is a very good team on both sides of the ball but if our offense don’t turn the ball it will be a Dawg win. 28 to 7 or 14. This defense is being talked about all over the state by broadcasters and coaches that have seen good defenses.

Jasper defense was eating WOS offense up last night. You can’t expect the defense to keep up a high level attack when the offense can not give them a rest. Jasper had the second best defense in 4A DII behind Carthage but Jasper offense was terrible this year. It was a great game and congratulations to both teams. Can’t wait to see how Belleville offense stacks up against WOS defense. Should be a slobber knocker for sure.

HF played hard and had a great season. Their QB was a load to bring down. He even ran into Kip Lewis on one play and drove him backwards, That does not happen. Kip is one of the top linebackers in the state. The Dawg D held HF to 5 yards rushing and 120 yards passing. For those of you on here thinking HF coaches should of done anything different. This Dawg D is one of the best in 4A history. HF played their tails off and I congratulate them on a very good season.