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Sterling scores late to nip Titans

By Dave Rogers

The Baytown Sun

They say defense wins championships. An acrobatic catch or two never hurts.

Andre Corley outjumped Port Arthur Memorial defensive back Marquee Brisco at

the goal line and the 23-yard touchdown catch with 9:47 left to play was

enough to give Baytown Sterling a 17-10 win over Port Arthur Memorial Friday

night at Stallworth Stadium.

That and some monster defense.

The Rangers, improving to 2-0 in District 21-5A and 5-1 for the season, held

Port Arthur to 165 yards passing and 76 yards rushing and both Memorial

scores came after big plays not charged to the Sterling defense.

Brisco returned a first-quarter interception 73 yards to the Ranger 2-yard

line, but Sterling’s defense forced Memorial to settle for a 26-yard field

goal by Hulises Nunez and a 3-0 lead.

After falling behind 10-3 at halftime, Port Arthur’s Desmond Gardiner

returned a squib kickoff 39 yards to the Sterling 29 to open the third

period.

The Titans, 0-2 and 1-4, scored on a 28-yard pass from Jarael Alexander to

K’Sean Wesley to tie the score at 10-10.

That’s the way it stayed until Corley’s score.

It appeared that Corley might be throwing touchdown passes before he made

his first scoring grab of the year.

The Titans’ blitzing defense forced Ranger quarterback Keagan Kogut to play

chuck and duck all night.

“They told me to be ready (to go in at quarterback) the whole game,†said

Corley, Sterling’s backup signal-caller.â€

In the end, though, it was his receiving skill that came up big.

“Coach told me I need you to make a big play,? Corley said, speaking of Rich

Lucero, Sterling’s offensive coordinator. ?I promised him I’d make one.?

No one played tougher than Kogut, who got hit ? and hard ? every time he

dropped back to pass.

The first-quarter interception by Brisco was the only turnover the Rangers

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Scooter!!! who said they had a high powered offense.if you dont know PAM is playing more sophmores at key positions; its definitely uphill for them this year.only 2 starters returned on offense; how can we expect high scoring.

RT said it out his mouth before the season started, he sure didnt seem too concerned bout them being sophs.
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How long has it been since Sterling has had a winning season?

5-5 a couple years ago, they went 6-4 in '99....they havent been to the playoffs since 1985...the prob. at Sterling has always been the coaching, they have talent they just all have played other sports (as evidence by Sterling having very good teams in the other sports)...it was that way when i was there and was that way until recently, apparantly this new coach is getting some of the kids that were playing everything else to play football, they have some playmakers out there that normally would be playing something else (as evidence by their QB, he is also a baseball player, in the past players like him wouldve probably only played baseball)....the biggest thing also pointing to coaching is the fact that Baytown Lee 3 out of every 4 years are in the playoffs if not more, there is just as much talent at Sterling just the coaching has been so bad that the talent hasnt been showing up at the football field and when they did the coaching wasnt able to do anything with it....the biggest difference i can see now from when i was there ('99-'03, but not counting the '99 year they were a good team however the coach left after that year after turning Sterling around in 2 years) is the fact that Sterling has the guys to compete on the Lines, when i was there their lines were so small they wouldve been given fits by good 3a schools, they had no chance against a 5a squad, now they have guys that look like they belong on a 5a squad and play like it too...

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Who is the HC?

Herb Minyard, this will be his 5th year but it looks like he has finally turned the attitude around...we'll see what happens, hopefully he doesnt leave like the other Sterling coaches that have turned it around have done in the past and can keep things going....

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