KICKOFF - 2015 South Texas High School Football Preview

THEINFORMATION

AGE

YOUR 2015 SOUTH TEXAS FOOTBALL PREVIEWCORPUS CHRISTICALLER-TIMES

caller.com

INCREASEDPACE OF PLAYFORCINGTEAMS TODIGEST DATAQUICKER.

INSIDEEXPECTATIONS AREHIGH AGAIN FORFLOUR BLUFF QBCODY BREWER.PAGE 15

PREVIEW STORIESAND CAPSULESFOR TEAMS FROMAROUND THECOASTAL BEND.

5 Corpus Christi Locations1-800-MAT-FIRM • MattressFirm.com

AMERICA’SMATTRESSSTORE

#1CAL648234

2011, 20122013, 2014

Nationally Known Locally Owned

ProudlySupporting

SouthTexas

Football

THE INFORMATION AGE K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S2

“STAY CONNECTED. TALK WITH YOURTEEN ABOUT UNDERAGE DRINKING.”

-MJ CORCORANPARENT COACH

Parents are the number one influence on teens’ decisions about drinking alcohol.*Learn how to be a positive influence in your child’s life.

familytalkaboutdrinking.com©2015 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, ST. LOUIS, MO *SOURCE: 2015 GFK ROPERYOUTH POLL, CONDUCTED USING GFK’SWEEKLY OMNIWEB STUDY.

CAL630661

THE INFORMATION AGEC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 3

CAL6433034721 AYERS ST. • (800) 224-6724 • samesfordcc.com


indexFEATURE STORIES

CREDITSSPORTS EDITOR

LenHaywardSTAFFWRITERS

Jose RodriguezGeorge VondracekDavid SikesSPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS

Stuart DuncanDamenClowRey CastilloMatt YoungSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS

Rachel Denny ClowGabeHernandez

FREELANCEPHOTOGRAPHERS

Erick SifuentesJoeMartinezMicahDiBenedetto

DESIGNERSGeoffrey BowmanMattWeberJohn Bruce, cover photoillustration

Cover Story:THEINFORMATION AGE

As no-huddle, hurry upoffenses gain popularity,defensive coaches are relyingon conditioning and prepa-ration as chances to relayinformation and adjustments isdiminished.By George Vondracek Page4

Cody BrewerFlour Bluff senior QBCodyBrewer has embraced the roleof “face of the team” enteringthe 2015 high school footballseason.By Jose Rodriguez Page 15the Changing faCe of film

The lifebloodof football is gamefilm, but these days players,

coaches andeven fans canaccess gamefilm in secondsafter a practice or game.ByDavidSikes Page34

the all-South texaSPreSeaSon team

Page32-33CLASS 4A DIvISION I

PREvIEWPage37

CLASS 4A DIvISION IIPREvIEW

Page40CLASS 3A PREvIEW

Page46CLASS 2A PREvIEW

Page54

By GeorGe [email protected]

Remember the hud-dle? The gathering oftwo groups of 11 footballplayers on each side ofthe line of scrimmage inwhich offensive and de-fensive strategies wereplotted?

Players holding handsin a show of unity. Thequarterback getting thecall from the sideline —there was a time when,gasp, hewouldmake thecall himself — with thedefensive captain doingthe same. Ready, break!A clap of the hands sig-naled the end of thehuddle, and the play-ers trotted to the line ofscrimmage.

What a concept. Astaple of football.

One doesn’t see itas often these days,however.

With the advent ofthe spread offense andthe no-huddle, hurry-upstyle that accompanies it,defenses do not have theluxury of time to makeelaborate adjustmentstowhat the opposition isabout topresent, letalonemake substitutions.

Preparation, condi-tioning andhavingmoreathletic players on thefield have become as im-portant as tackling andbatting away passes ondefense.

“There’s no proofof this, but I would saytempo, the speed of play

that offenses are play-ing, has been the biggestdifference in football inthe last five years,” saidcoach Jason Herring,whose Refugio teamshave been force-feedingan extremely fast-pacedoffense through oppo-nents’ face masks fornearly a decade. “I thinkit’s completely changingthe game. Because theold days of a team justhuddling up 8 yards infront of it, you havinga second to catch yourbreath, your coach sig-nals in a defensive playcall ... Imean, those daysare over if the team isplaying fast.

“You don’t have achance to signal allthat in, or you won’t belined up,” Herring said.“I think that’s why of-

fenses have kind of gonethatway, andyousee it atevery level.”

Not all teams play of-fense at an acceleratedpace, andnot all play thehurry-up with the samespeed. But a largemajor-ity of high schools aremoving in the directionof a quick-strike offense.Herring points out thateven a team like Rog-ers, which fell to Refu-gio two years ago in theplayoffs 73-72, is still arun-oriented squad. ButRogers huddles onlya few feet behind theline of scrimmage, thenmakes a quick jaunt tothe line and snaps theball immediately.

As with most evolu-tions, defenses haveadapted to what offens-es are doing. Defenses

will continue to do so,to the point one day ofeffectively solving thehurry-up attacks.

“It kind of remindsme of the run and shootway back in the day,”Calallen defensive coor-dinator Steve Campbellsaid. “Once you figureit out — and you haveto do a lot of homeworkand a lot of research —but once you figured outwhat the run-and-shootteams were looking for,we kind of put them outof business.”

To date, however, ithasn’t been an easy taskfor a teamtodefendano-huddle,hurry-upoffense,withseveral factorscom-plicating the issue.

“That’s probably the

Change of PaCeHERE TO STAy, THE HURRy-UP OFFENSE REMAINS TOUGH TO DEFEND

See HURRY-UP, 6

Caller-Times File

refugio head coachJasonHerring, seen here during a game last season, said that a hurry-upscheme can cause a defense to fatigue and give the offense an advantage.

LOOKING FOR yOUR TEAMCLASS 6A

Carroll 8King 10Ray 12

CLASS 5AFlour Bluff 17Alice 19Calallen 22Gregory-Portland 24Miller 26Moody 28Tuloso-Midway 30

CLASS 4ABeeville 38Kingsville 38Rockport-Fulton 38Robstown 38Sinton 42Ingleside 42Orange Grove 42West Oso 42

ClaSS 3aBishop 49Falfurrias 49SanDiego 49GeorgeWest 50Mathis 50Aransas Pass 50Banquete 52Santa Gertrudis Academy 52Odem 52Taft 53Skidmore-Tynan 53Freer 53Hebbronville 53

CLASS 2ALondon 59Refugio 59BenBolt 59Riviera 59Three Rivers 59Woodsboro 59AguaDulce 59Benavides 59

TAPPSJohn Paul II 59


CAL643292


most difficult part, get-ting all 11 guys on thesame page in a hurry-up offense,” Campbellsaid. “But we have beenformation-oriented forquite a long time. So ithasn’t been too difficultof a transition for us.”

“If it’s done right, itmay limit the ability ofa defensive coordina-tor to make adjustmentsand make calls,” CarrollcoachTonyTreviñosaid.“Youmaycatchadefenseout there with very littleinstruction from theircoaches because of thepace of the game.”

Thetransitionhasbeeneasier forsome,asCamp-bell noted. But the audi-blesdefensestraditionallyhave called with relativeease have been quashedbecause of the time ele-ment. Some teams usewrist bands and/or handsignals, the same tech-niques any offenses use,while others use posterboardswith symbols, nu-merals or letters signify-ing certain schemes.

“We do a little bit ofeverything. Sometimeswe signal and it meansabsolutely nothing, andthensometimeswesignaland itmeanssomething,”King defensive coordi-nator Lamont Mayberrysaid. “Sometimes we letour kids call it on thefield, and that goes withpreparation.You’vegottobeprepared.You’vegottotrust your kids.”

But expediting thatinformation to the play-ers on the field is the key,which presents another

piece to the defense’s co-nundrum—preparation.

The time teams haveto form a defensive planfor the next play couldrange anywhere fromfive to 15 seconds pend-ing the speed throughwhich an offense oper-ates. While the call onthe field remains impor-tant, the time defensesspend poring throughscouting reports, watch-ingvideoanddevelopingthe game plan through-out the week becomesmore critical.

“Everybody’s got to beon the same page. All 11have toknowwhere tobeat,”Kingseniordefensiveend Jasper Stafford said.“Everybody’s on oneswivel, pretty much. It’sabout getting them threeand out, because if theyget a first down, they’repushing the pace. You’ve

justgottofocusongettingthat three and out, threeand out. If you get threeand out in 15 seconds,that’s a good thing.”

Thepremiumisonthatpreparation,becausesub-stitutions, thoughnotoutofthequestion,areaslim-ited as the defense’s abil-ity to make quick adjust-ments ifanoffenseshowsa different look shortlybefore the snap.

“It only takes three orfour seconds to run offthefield,”Mayberry said.“You’reonlyasking themto run 25 yards on and 25yards off. You just haveto train your players tobe ready for those situa-tions. So if youpractice ityour kids will adapt andbe ready for it.”

Again, preparation.Part of that includesconditioning, and theygo hand in hand as far

as importance.“I don’t know which

one’s a premium,” Her-ring said, “but you betterbe pretty cotton-pickin’good at both.”

Defensive playerscouldbeonthefieldforanextended period of time.The opposite argumentis that the offensive play-ers, too, are playing at anaccelerated pace and canbewindedaswell.Butthecounterargument is theage-old notion that theoffensive players knowwhere they are going.Defensive players canonly give chase.

“Whenever you startmoving around and thatplayer starts becom-ing fatigued, that speedstarts to punch you inthe mouth,” Staffordsaid. “Youcan’t really dotoo much when you’retired.That fatiguemakes

cowards out of all of us.Onceyouget tothatpointin your body, it’s over.That’s awrap.They’ll becalling, ‘Coach, get meout of the game.’ ”

“When you’re tiredyou’re thinking abouthowbad you’re hurt andyou’re breathing, you’renot thinking about allthe things that coachtold you to think about,”Herring said. “(When)you’ve got time to pro-cess it, and they jogup tothe line, ‘OK, there’s thepro set, there’s the tightend, I remember coachsaid this.’ But whenthey’re going 90 to noth-ing andyou’rephysicallyworeout, I think thefirstthing to go is thementalpart, which means youshould have an advan-tage from an offensivestandpoint.”

Many assume the

no-huddle, hurry-upstyle is a relatively newconcept. Its history, how-ever, can be traced to1899,whenJohnHeismanimplementedtheconceptat Auburn. Numerouscoaches, ranging fromChip Kelly of the Phila-delphia Eagles to Wash-ingtonState’sMikeLeach,have made the hurry-upas common in football asthe huddle used to be.

One thing is certain:the no-huddle, hurry-upoffensive style isn’t go-ing away anytime soon— much to the chagrinof somewho long for thedays when teams wouldhuddle.

“I love those huddlesnow, and I love it whenthey get some of thosegoodathletesoffthefield,too,” Campbell said. “It’svery difficult.”

Of course, there aremany offensive-mindedcoaches who wouldn’thave it anyotherway.

“I’m used to callingplays so fast, and I’m sit-tingtherethinking, ‘Golly,how in the old days did Iused to wait 45 secondsbetween calling plays?’”Herring said. “Becausenow, I mean, you run aplay, boom, the kids arelooking at you. You run aplay.We’rerunningthreeto fourplays inwhatusedtotakeoneor two,almosttwice asmany.

“I don’t look back aswanting to go back to theold days,” he said. “I lookback at how in the worlddid I do that? How didit take me 30 seconds tocall a play? It’s changed, Ipromise you.”

Twitter: @Caller_GeorgeV

HURRY-UPfrom 4

Caller-Times file

longtimeCalallen defensive coordinator steve Campbell said preparation is a big factor in defenses being able to process theinformation they need against a hurry-up offense.

CLASS 6AC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 7

READY TO ROLL

CARROLL, KingmEET OCT. 23 AT BuC STADium inmATChup ThAT COuLD DETERminE 28-6A TiTLE

CLASS 6A K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S8

By Jose [email protected]

Tony Treviño hasno trouble locating histeam’s heartbeat.

It comes out of thetrenches, where se-niors Tres Perez, NickCheesman and HunterBowers anchor an of-fensive line that is richin experience.

Andaccomplishments.Perez (6-foot-2, 275

pounds) and Cheesman(6-2, 280) return asAll-South Texas first-teamers — the former,a tackle, was tabbedAssociated PressSports Editors all-statehonorable mention —and Bowers (6-4, 315)comes back from a sea-son in which he was asecond-team All-SouthTexas honoree.

The three repre-sented Carroll on theAll-District 28-6A firstteam aswell, paving the

way for an offense thataveraged 431.9 yardsper game and show-cased running backNoah Lisk, who set aCorpus Christi ISDsingle-season record of28 rushing touchdowns.

“Those three guyshave been on the var-sity since they weresophomores,” Treviñosaid of Perez, Cheesmanand Bowers. “Hunterand Tres have startedevery game since theywere sophomores. Nickwas kind of a part-timestarter as a sophomorebut wound up being thestarter toward the endof the year. Those threeguys have had as muchexperience — varsity —as anybody on the team,exceptprobably(quarter-back) Jesse (Jones), who

played as a freshman.“I don’t know if

they’re the strength ofour team, but they’redefinitely the heart ofour team.”

That the three couldbe so vital to Carroll’ssuccess should be nosurprise, given theircohesion.

“They’re kind of likemy brothers,” Bowerssaid. “I’m real proud ofthem, and we alwayspick each other up andsupport each other ineverything we do. Wealways have eachother’sbacks. We never dog onone another. Wheneverone of us does some-thing good, we’re realhappy for him.”

Those three areslated to be joined bysenior Jon Acuña andjunior Brian Sanchez—the least-experiencedmember— at the guardpositions, with Chees-man reprising his roleat center. Bowers is thebookend to Perez.

The result is a solid

cast featuring a varietyof characters.

“They’re very self-less,” Treviño said.“They care about Car-roll High School, andthey care about the

program. There’s noprima donna therethat thinks he’s betterthan the others. Theyunderstand that eachone of them has a nicheto fill within the unit

of the offensive line,and they take a lot ofpride in seeing runningbacks and quarterbacksand receivers do well.”

Twitter: @Caller_JR

tigerslinemensettoneCArroLL AttACkiS depending onveterAn trio

PLAYERTOWATCHnAMe:JordanStonepoSition:DBHt./Wt.: 5-8, 160CLASS:JunioroFnote:Stone “qui-etly” led thesecondary ininterceptionsand big playslast season,Treviño says.“He’s the guyin the back ofthe second-ary that kindof gets us going and keeps usorganized,” Treviño added. Stonewas a first-teamAll-District28-6A selection as a sophomoreand againwill play a big role for adefense that returns all but threestarters from 2014.

Jose Rodriguez

CARROLL TIGERSdiStriCt: 28-6AHeAdCoACH: Tony Treviño (40-44)ASSiStAntCoACHeS: Joe Peña, ReneCortinas, LeslieWinegeart, Mike Leal, TaylorWright, JoeyMendoza, Shelby Kennard,RodneyWilliams, Steve Hernandez, CodySchendel, PryceMacon, RigoMorales2014reCord:9-2, 4-1LAStdiStriCttitLe: 2014(sharedw/ S.A. East Central)LAStpLAYoFFAppeArAnCe: 2014enroLLMent: 2,372HoMeCoMinggAMe: Sept. 18 vs.McAllenrivALrYgAMeS:Sept. 4 vs. Gregory-Portland, Oct. 23 vs.KingretUrningStArterS: 5 offense, 8 defensetYpiCALoFFenSe:Multiple spreadtYpiCALdeFenSe: 4-2-5StAdiUMS:Buccaneer, CabanissMultipurpose

keYretUrneeS

QBJesse Jones; RBNoah Lisk; OT Tres Perez;CNick Cheesman; OTHunter Bowers; LB

Darvin Davis; DB Jordan Stone

keYneWCoMerS

WRJason Arriola, DBDanny Vazquez

Treviño

Stone

Cheesman Perez

5794Weber [email protected]/a027508

Dwayne Hargis361-855-3883

1442

60

Switching to Allstate could save you an average of $446* per year.Call me today for a free Good Hands® Coverage Checkup and see if you have thecoverage that’s right for you.

*Annual savings based on information reported nationally by new Allstate auto customers for policies written in 2014. Actual savings will vary. Insurance and discountssubject to qualifications and availability. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. Northbrook, IL. © 2015 Allstate Insurance Co.

CAL608324


CAL6

4651

2

Carroll High School

Aug. 27 Miller 7 p.m.

Sept. 4 Gregory-Portland 7 p.m.

Sept. 11 at Port Lavaca Calhoun 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 McAllen 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 24 at Laredo United 7 p.m.

Oct. 8 *SA East Central 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 *Ray 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *King 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at South San 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 5 *SA Southwest 7 p.m.

Tigers Schedule

*Denotes District Game

CORPUS CHRISTI SUBARU288-8924 • 9-8 Mon-Fri • 9-7 Satwww.ccsubaru.com

CAL643296

2015SUBARUCROSSTREK2.0i LIMITED

3615 S.P.I.D.



A year ago, therewas no question thestrength of King’sfootball team was itsdefense. Even withtalented running backTristian Price in tow,the Mustangs weregoing to ride their de-fenders to success in2014.

Fast forward 12months, and the expe-rienced cleats are onthe other side of theline of scrimmage.

“Defensively, we’vejust got to pick up theslack,” said King tackleJasper Stafford, one ofthree returning se-nior defensive startersalong with linebackerRodney Taylor anddefensive back GavinSenterfitt.

“With three return-ing starters, (the new-comers) are just goingto have to follow ourlead. I like it. We havea chance to lead,” Staf-ford said. “We’ve beenon varsity since oursophomore year, andwe haven’t been able tolead. But I feel like I’vebeen a leader since mysophomore year, evenleading some of thoseseniors. Now I’ve gotyounger cats under me,and I think we’re goingto be ready.”

If they are, that could

lead to good things forthe Mustangs, whohave the offensive ex-perience to bid for arepeat Class 6A play-off appearance andsixth in Eddie Hessel-tine’s seventh seasonas coach.

“Not that we don’thave great playerson defense; we havesome great players ondefense,” Hesseltinesaid. “But if you talkabout overall numbers,returning starters, re-turning experienceguys, our offense hasmore. Our defense isgoing to be fine. Butour offense definitelyhas a lot of startersthat have a lot of expe-rience.”

That experiencestarts under center,where senior Spen-cer Manuel returns.Manuel is coming offa school-record 1,089yards and 16 touch-downs passing.

Of equal import aretwo talented wide re-ceivers who return —senior Holly Thomp-son and junior IndigoJackson. Then thereare three players upfront, seniors DavidBarrios and CortezDucksworth and ju-nior Albert Villarreal,whomoves from centerto guard as sophomoreDominique Reyes-Lopez has improvedenough to earn thatstarting spot.

Trying to fill the

spot of Price, a formerCaller-Times Newcom-er of the Year, will besenior Hassian New-some, a transfer lastyear fromVirginia, andsophomore KameronLozano, who was a keycog on King’s District28-6A freshman cham-pions.

That is giving Hes-seltine more thanenough to fuel his op-timism.

“Every year, we wantto believe that we’regoing to be better thanthe previous year,”Hesseltine said. “Butthis year is a little bitdifferent. The reasonI feel it is, is becauseof the numbers lastyear. Offensively, thequarterback broke theschool record in pass-ing. We threw the ballbetter than we’ve everthrown here. We’restill a running team,but we’ve thrown theball better than we’veever thrown.

“If you look at ourskill kids, our skill kidsare definitely at the topnotch, I believe, not justin South Texas but inour district,” Hesseltinesaid. “We have some ofthe best skill kids in thedistrict. Lastly, that of-fensive line is much im-proved. They’ve beenin the weight room,they’re strong, and Ithink that’s going to bekey, too.”


newleadersforking ‘d’MuStAngSoffenSe hASpLenty bACk

KINGMUSTANGSDIStRICt: 28-6AheADCoACh: Eddie Hesseltine (52-42)ASSIStAntCoACheS: Justen Evans,LamontMayberry, Jaime Arredondo, ReneCastillo, Rene Chavez, JerryWade, ChandlerDavis, Garry Beveridge, Damian Shipley,Gabe Perez, ScottWalker, Lewis Johnson2014ReCoRD: 7-4, 3-2LAStDIStRICttItLe: 2003LAStpLAyoffAppeARAnCe: 2014enRoLLMent: 2,697hoMeCoMInggAMe:Oct. 16, South San AntonioRIVALRygAMe:Oct. 23 vs. CarrollRetuRnIngStARteRS: 8 offense, 3 defensetypICALoffenSe:Multiple spreadtypICALDefenSe:Multiple 4-2-5StADIuMS:Buccaneer, CabanissMultipurpose

keyRetuRneeS

WR Indigo Jackson; QBSpencerManuel; DTJasper Stafford; LBRodney Taylor;WRHolcy

Thompson

keyneWCoMeRS

RBHassianNewsome, RBKameron Lozano

Hesseltine

PLAYERTOWATCHnAMe:SpencerManuelpoSItIon:QBht./Wt.:5-10, 170CLASS:Seniorofnote:Manuel is setto guide theMustangs’offense forthe secondconsecutiveyear. Thesecond-team28-6A quar-terbackmay be asked to domorewithout an established runningback beside him. He threw for aschool-record 1,089 yards and 16touchdowns a year ago.

George Vondracek

Manuel

RaCHel Denny Clow/CalleR-TiMes

King defensive linemanJasper stafford said the defensewill have to pick up the slack after losingsome key players to graduation.

THE INFORMATION AGEC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 11CA

L646522

King High School

Aug. 28 at Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 3 Moody 7 p.m.

Sept. 11 Weslaco 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 at Rio Grande City 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 26 at Laredo United South 7 p.m.

Oct. 8 *SA Southwest 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 *South San 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *Carroll 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *SA East Central 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *Ray 7:30 p.m.

Mustangs Schedule


We've Moved!D'Angela's Jewelers

5444 McArdle Rd. (Next to Long John Silver) • Find us on Facebook • Hours: Tues - Sat 11am - 6pm • 361-549-1963 CAL6

4210

6

Grand Opening SpecialsWatch Batteries

McArdle Rd.

S.P.I.D.

Airlin

eRd.D'Angela's

S.Stap

lesSt.

Best Price in Town*Lith. batt.not included

All Diamond Jewelry50-70%off

Macy's

La Palmera Mall

Men & LadiesWatch Blow OutOver 500 to choose from

$1999ea.

GGrraandd OOGGrraandd OO

Go Mustangs!

retail price $49 - $79

$499Only

Only


By Matt youngSpecial to the Caller-Times

Ray fans won’t beable to notice a bigchange in the Tex-ans’ offense. They’llstill see four receiversspread across the fieldand one back, but don’ttell the players it’s thesame offense.

While Cody Simperhas gone to VeteransMemorial, the basicsof his spread offensestayed behind. But newcoach Craig Charltonand offensive coordi-nator Danny Faust havebeen teaching the play-ers plenty of tweaks tothe offense. The routesfor the receivers aredifferent, and there ismore responsibilityplaced on the playersto read keys from thedefense and adjust ac-cordingly.

“The kids are do-ing great with it,” said

Charlton, who was thedefensive coordina-tor at Del Valle beforetaking the Ray job inApril. “It’s pretty neathow fast we were ableto get through somestuff and have the kidspick up on everythingso quickly.”

The Texans returnsix players from an of-fense that averaged 27.5points per game, butthey’re missing two ofthe key players fromthat offense. Quarter-back Armando Garzaand running backTristan Barrera ac-counted for 91 percentof the team’s yardagelast season, and they’veboth graduated.

MatthewMoffitt andIsaiah Shamoun arecompeting to see whowill replace Garza atquarterback. Whoeverwins the job will have alot of responsibility onhis shoulders.

“The (offensive co-ordinator is) goingto call the plays, but

we’re teaching thequarterbacks conceptsof the offense; we wantthem to understandwhy we’re doing whatwe’re doing,” Charl-ton said. “On certainpass plays, they’ll havecertain reads, whetherit be the outside line-backer or the safety,where they’ll readwhere they’re lined upand how they react asto what we’re going todo.”

While looking fornew playmakers ,Charlton expects theoffensive line to beimproved and be a bighelp to whoever has theball in his hands. NamDimas, Jacob Garciaand Arnold Mendozaall are key returnersalong the offensiveline.

The defense will beled by Garcia up front,three-year starter Ro-land Villanueva at in-side linebacker andNico Ficenec at freesafety.

“Nico’s going to be abig key for us,” Charl-ton said. “He’s got tomake all these checksfor us on defense, sowe’re putting a lot inhis hands, and he’s upto the challenge.”

As a small Class 6Aschool, Ray’s biggest is-sue is depth. The Tex-ans return 24 letter-

men from a team thatmissed the playoffs bya game last season, butthey’ll still have guysplaying both ways.Charlton is trying tostay away from startingplayers on both sides ofthe line, but everythingelse is a possibility.

“I’ve been at small-er schools where we

would be in closegames in the first half,but then just weardown late because wehad too many guysplaying both ways,”Charlton said. “Wewant to keep guys asfresh as possible, butwe can’t avoid havingsome of them playingboth ways.”

Changes afoot under charltonrAy CoAChAddS twiStSto offenSe

raY teXansdiStriCt: 28-6AheAdCoACh:Craig CharltonASSiStAntCoACheS:Danny Faust, LeeLeifeste, Duane Rush, Ryan Cervantes,Richard Holland, Orly Ruiz,MichaelWendel,Ben Bishop2014reCord:6-4, 1-4LAStdiStriCttitLe:2006LAStPLAyoffAPPeArAnCe:2013enroLLMent:2,154hoMeCoMinGGAMe:Sept. 18 vs. LaredoUnited South, BucStadiumriVALryGAMe:Sept. 4 vs.Miller, Buc StadiumretUrninGStArterS:6 offense, 7 defensetyPiCALoffenSe:SpreadtyPiCALdefenSe: 4-2-5StAdiUMS:Buc, CabanissMultipurpose

KeyretUrneeS

LBRoland Villanueva; OL/DLNamDimas; OL/DL JacobGarcia; S Nico Ficenec; QB/WRMat-

thewMoffitt; K Phillip Keys

Charlton

PlaYer toWatchnAMe:MatthewMoffittPoSition:QB/WRht/wt:6-4, 200CLASS:Seniorofnote:Even ifMof-fitt doesn’tclaim thestartingquarterbackjob, he’llstill be akey to theoffense. The senior was thebackup quarterback the pasttwo seasons and is the team’sleading returning receiver with20 catches for 253 yards ayear ago.

Matt Young

Moffitt

Proud supporter of W.B. Ray football!

Great Downtown Dining5pm - 10pm Mon - Thurs, 5pm - 12am Fri - Sat500 N. Water St., Corpus Christi(361) 887-2121www.bleubistrocc.com

CAL648246


L646

529

Ray High School

Aug. 28 at Laredo Martin 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 Miller 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 Sharyland Pioneer 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 Laredo United South 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 at Laredo LBJ 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *at South San 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *Carroll 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *at SA East Central 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at SA Southwest 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *King 7:30 p.m.

Texans Schedule


CAL6

42180

19 yearsDry Cleaning

Supports All Coastal Bend TeamsIn Their Pursuit For The State Championship!

www.peerlesscleaners.com | (361) 855-0142

CLEANERS & LAUNDRYP E E R L E S S

ONE MORE SHOTCLASS 5A K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S14

FLOUR BLUFF’S BREWER RETURNS WITH REBUILT RECEIVING CORPS, BUT EXPECT THE SENIOR TO RACK UP YARDS



Flour Bluff is not ex-empt from theusual per-sonnel turnover that af-fects football programsevery year, be it becauseof graduation or othermatters.

TheHornetswill ush-er in new blood in 2015,make no mistake, butthey bring back experi-enced varsity players aswell — as many teamsdo — though thosenumbers, like personnellosses, vary from schoolto school.

What wasn’t so uni-versal an aspect of theBluff’s offseasonwas thecontinuedmaturation ofits quarterback, 6-foot-6Cody Brewer, or the in-fluencehis return inpar-ticular has had on theseHornets.

“He’s a two-year start-er going into his thirdyear; he’s 22-3. I mean,he’s got some experi-ence,” said Jason Rich-ards, theBluff’soffensivecoordinator and quar-terbacks coach. “He’splayed in five playoffgames in two years, youknow?Big games. Thereare some big games in(District 30-5A). He’skindof ‘been there, donethat,’ and the thing withCody is, he can throwan 85-yard touchdownpass or throw an inter-ception, and you get the

same person.“One thing that we’re

working on, and he’sdone a great job of thissummer, is that he is theface of our football teamand he is a leader. He’sreally embraced that.”

Evidently.Brewer, a senior com-

mitted to WashingtonState, has become some-thing of a teacher — ahat he wore regularlythroughout the offsea-son — since the Bluff

implemented an up-tem-po,AirRaidattackin2014.

Coming off a pro-lific junior campaign inwhich he threw for 3,261yardsand35 touchdownson his way to All-SouthTexas first-team and 30-5A Offensive MVP hon-ors, there perhaps is nobetter on-field instructorat the Hornets’ disposalthan Brewer.

And he understandsthe increased weightof his responsibilities,

given theneed to replacesix offensive starters offlast year’s 12-1 club.

“It’s a little moreteaching than anythingelse,” Brewer said, “be-causewegot newpeoplewhomoved in, orwe gotnew people into certainpositions, or peoplewhohave been there and just(moved up) from JV tovarsity — because it’sa whole new level forthem.”

“More pressure on

him? I don’t think so,”Bluff coach Chris Stein-bruck said of Brewer. “Ithink he’s somuchmorecomfortable in our of-fense after having a yearin it. Naturally, he’s go-ing to make everybodyelse around him betterthan last year. We cantake a kid who’s less tal-ented at receiver, for in-stance, andCody, havingayearof experience in it,is going tomake that guybetter.”

And then there’sBrewer finding ways tobetter himself.

Seriously?“I’m working on a lot

more studying of thegame,” Brewer said,“like studying your op-ponents, especiallyfilm, everything likethat, because that’ll be abig advantage.”

“BecauseweRPO ev-erything—we run-pass

brewerleadingthewayQB, HORNETSREAdy TO BuiLdON Big SEASON

GABE HERNANDEZ/CALLER-TIMES

Flour Bluff’s Cody Brewer threw formore than 3,000 yards last year as a junior andwill have a new crop of receivers as theHornets look tomake another playoff run.

See BREWER, 18

THE INFORMATION AGE K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S16CA

L646515

Flour Bluff High School

Aug. 28 King 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 5 at Kilgore 6 p.m.

Sept. 10 *at Moody 7 p.m.

Sept. 18 *Victoria West 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 *at Miller 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 *Gregory-Portland 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *at Victoria East 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *Calallen 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at Tuloso-Midway 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *Alice 7:30 p.m.

Hornets Schedule


9605 S.P.I.D. WWW.FUNTRACKERS.COM 361-937-9400

PROUDLY SUPPORTINGSOUTH TEXAS HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL

CAL637793



Expect Flour Bluff’stouchdown celebrationsto be bountiful this fall.

Entering their secondseason of operation outof an up-tempo spreadoffense—with an expe-rienced quarterback inCodyBrewer at the con-trols, no less— theHor-nets appear poised tomake trips to end zoneswith regularity.

Oftenenough,perhaps,tomakehouseholdnamesout of this year’s crop ofreceivers,oneof themostnoticeable differencesbetween last year’s teamand the 2015 edition.

Lost to graduationwere Aaron Dilworth,theAll-SouthTexasMVPand co-MVP of District30-5A, andKevinDewitt,who caught a team-best15 touchdowns.

Dilworth and Dewittformed the area’s mostformidable 1-2 pass-catching tandem, total-ing 151 receptions, 2,492yards and 29 scores.

Tasked with fillingtheir shoes: senior AlexCain and sophomoreRansom Johnson.

“I think Alex Caindefinitely is our leadingreceiver,” Bluff coachChris Steinbruck said.Cain was the Hornets’fourth-leading receiverin 2014. “He’s the guy

that has the most expe-rience coming in thisseason.Wemoved Ran-som Johnson, who’s go-ing to be a sophomore,(is) really, really athletic— a kid that had a greatspring. He’s going tobe, like, our Aaron Dil-worth.Cain’s going tobeour Kevin Dewitt.”

Who will be thisyear’sThomasEvaristo?Also lost to graduation,Evaristo was Brewer’sNo. 3 target in 2014,working as a tight endorin the slot as the Bluff’s“C” receiver.

“Jaeger Bull, the newmove-in, is going to be,like, our Thomas Eva-risto,” Steinbruck said.“He’ll play some tightend and slot receiver.We’ve got Rashun Wat-kins, who moved overfromdefense, isextreme-ly athletic, and then wehave two other kids:Jackson Preschler, whoplayed receiver — a re-ally good receiver for uson the JV last year—andClay Thompson. Clayis a kid that was a realgood JVplayer andhad agreat spring at receiver,so really, we have sixreceivers. With the waywe tempo and as manyplays as we run, they’reall going toget tonsofop-portunities, andhavingagood rotation where wecan keep guys fresh, ob-viously, is going to helpus offensively.”

Steinbruck said Wat-kins andThompsonwillrotate at the “A” position

on the outside oppositeJohnson’s “B,” whileCain occupies the piv-otal “F” position.

The elusive Cain, likeDewitt,will beput tousein many ways, from go-ing down field to catch-ing swing passes.

“He’s a great routerunner,” offensive co-ordinator Jason Rich-ards said of the 5-foot-10Cain. “He doesn’t havethat top-end speed thatKevinhad, but he’s prob-ably the best route run-nerwe’ve had in the pasttwo years.”

“He’s really good,”Cainsaidofhispredeces-sor, Dewitt, with a laugh.“Well, I’ve talked to himaboutthepositionandev-erything, and you’ve justgot tobeable todoevery-thing. It’s abigpart of theoffense, that position.”

The 6-foot Johnson isa speedster — with po-tential to break all kindsof receiving records atthe Bluff, Richards said— while Bull fills thetight end/slot receivervoid andWatkins, a 6-2,210-pound senior, pro-vides a big target acrossthe field.

The Hornets believein the potency of thisbunch.

Soon, area defenseswill find out for them-selves.

“I thinkpeople are go-ing to have a hard timetrying to stop us,” Wat-kins said.

Twitter: @Caller_JR

bluff’s latestweaponsnew reCeiverSCouLd Shine inSpreAd AttACk

pLAYertowAtChnAMe:Jaeger BullpoSition:TE/WR/QBht./wt.:6-4, 210CLASS:JunioroFnote:Amultiple-sportstandout at Coronado (Califor-nia) High School, the versatileBull is expected to contributeright away in his debut seasonwith the Bluff. His transfer to theCoastal Bend also provides theHornets with somemuch-neededdepth behind Cody Brewer atthe quarterback position. Ide-ally, though, Bull will carve out aniche as a reliable pass-catchingtarget during his first year as aHornet. Bull was a focal pointof the Coronado offense lastseason and played defensive endaswell.

Jose Rodriguez

FLOUR BLUFF HORNETSdiStriCt: 30-5AheAdCoACh:Chris Steinbruck (12-1)ASSiStAntCoACheS:Clynt Elwood,Jason Richards, Ron Rodgers, Jesse But-tler, Alaric Sibert, BryanWilson, Brian Baker,JoshWillis, Aaron Simon, AlexWeepie, JuanRodriguez, Alec Paramski, Fred Salinas, RonWeikum2014reCord: 12-1, 8-0LAStdiStriCttitLe:2014LAStpLAYoFFAppeArAnCe: 2014enroLLMent: 1,913hoMeCoMinGGAMe:Oct. 2 vs. Gregory-PortlandrivALrYGAMe:Oct. 23 vs. CalallenreturninGStArterS:5 offense, 5 defensetYpiCALoFFenSe:SpreadtYpiCALdeFenSe:4-2-5StAdiuM:Hornet Stadium

keYreturneeS QBCody Brewer; LB Isaiah Sieber; RBReidelClayton; C Daniel Nored; DEMichael Elizalde; DE LeJarinStringer; DBKai Youngberg;WRAlex Cain

keYnewCoMerS WR/DBRansomJohnson, LBBrock Elam

Steinbruck

Bluff Tuff!

Sting ‘Em Hornets!The Flour Bluff Athletic Booster Club

CAL649464


option a lot of our stuff—he’sgot to read first-, second- andthird-level defenders to beable to execute the correctreads,” Steinbruck said, “sohe’s really become a goodstudent of the game and isworking hard to get better.”

Physically, Brewer checksin more imposing than ever,having added “about 15pounds of muscle” duringthe offseason, according toSteinbruck.

Brewer’s biggest asset?Even better now.

“He’s had a strong arm be-fore, and now — I mean, hecan really put the ball whereit’s supposed to be on time,as he did last year, but it’s ata new level now,” Richardssaid.

The Bluff coaches — and

Brewer, for that matter —also hope to give oppos-ing defenses fits using hislegs, weapons they limitedlast season. The additionof junior quarterback/tightend/receiver Jaeger Bull, aCoronado (California) HighSchool transfer, makes run-ning Brewer a little easier forthe Hornets’ coaches.

“We feel like now we canrun Cody a little bit more,because we’ve got a goodplan just in case, God forbid,something happened to him,”Steinbruck said.

Should the Bluff success-fully tap into Brewer’s mo-bility week in and week out,opposing defenses will beburdened with trying to ac-count for one more threat.

And it should be noted:Without an emphasis onhis running ability, Brewerstill rushed for nine scores

in 2014.“A lot of people don’t un-

derstand this, but Cody canrun,” Richards said. “We’regoing to do that; we’re goingto run him this year. That’sjust going to give us a wholeother dynamic. He’s alwaysbeen pretty elusive whenthings break down; he’s al-ways been able to kind of getus out of bad situations.”

“He’d get so upset and frus-trated, like, ‘Let me run thefootball, coach,’ ” Steinbrucksaid of Brewer, with a laugh.“Being 6-6, 235 ... I mean, trytackling that guy.

“It’s going to be hard.”So could shouldering the

pressure of building on a2014 season in which theBluff reached previously un-precedented heights, includ-ing its first top-10 ranking inThe Associated Press’ Class5A poll.

But Brewerwill do no suchthing.

Ultimately, the Bluff’s for-tunes in 2015 come down tothe swarm, not one Hornet.

“Nah, I just try to go outthere and play the best I can,”

said Brewer when asked if heis putting extra pressure onhimself. “I can only do somuch. But so can everybodyelse, so it all adds up.”

Twitter: @Caller_JR

BREWERfrom 15


FlourBluff’sCodyBrewerwasafirst-teamselectionontheCaller-TimesAll-SouthTexas football team in 2014 andwas the All-South Texas boys basketball teamMVP.He returns for aHornets football squad that went 12-1 last season.

CAL642119

By Damen ClowSpecial to the Caller-Times

There are places inTexas where a districtwin or two will securea high school foot-ball team a berth inthe playoffs.

Then there is District30-5A — quite possiblythe toughest district inthe state.

Sure, 25-5A producedtwo regional cham-pions in 2014 (AustinVandegrift in DivisionI and Cedar Park in Di-vision II), and its fourplayoffs teams com-bined for 10 postseasonwins after identical5-2 district runs.

Can the Coastal Bendhold its feet to that fire?Go ask Alice.

The Coyotes enteredthe biennial realign-ment in 2014 on theheels of a 10-2 seasonin District 31-4A, dur-ing which they led thedistrict in points scored(more than40per game)and their only setbackswere a one-point lossto Flour Bluff to begindistrict play and a 42-0season-ending disman-tling by Calallen in thearea playoff.

Their reward?Amoveto 30-5A in 2014, join-ing those same Hornetsand Wildcats, alongwith Gregory-Portland,Moody, Miller, Tuloso-Midway and two Vic-

toria schools. Alice’sinaugural season in 30-5A ended with back-to-back district losses—bya single point toG-P anda pair of touchdowns toundefeated, state-rankedFlour Bluff.

That gave the Coy-otes four district lossesand lots of time on theirhands in November tothink about them.

“We had our chanceslast year, and we justkind of blew it,” Alicecoach Chris Soza said.“We had some breaksgo against us. Weplayed hard, and weknew there would besome schools left home,and we were just one ofthose teams.”

Three of the district’sfour representativesmade it to theRegion IVsemifinals in their re-spective divisions,whileAlice began to preparefor an identical districtschedule in 2015.

“You’d better comeready toplayeveryweek,because if you don’t, itcould be the differencebetween you makingthe playoffs and stayinghome,” Soza said.

Alice has somestrength returning onthe defensive side, espe-cially in the secondaryagainst their pass-hap-py district foes. Seniordefensive end DanielDelgado (6-foot-2, 240pounds) is a returningall-district first-teamselection with all-statepotential. Alice has two

defensive backs whowere named second-team all-district lastyear in Jonavan Lopezand Michael Garcia.

The offense was ex-pected tobe ledby juniorquarterbackAndresBar-rios, coached at theposi-tion by his father, assis-tant coach Art Barrios.But the younger Barriossuffered a broken leg inthe Coyotes’ first scrim-mage against Ingleside,and will be out for anextendedperiod of time.

That compoundsSoza’s early concern ofthe team’s overall lackof depth. Instead ofplatooning two playersat every position as inyearspast, someCoyoteswill be playing on bothsides of the ball.

“With as physicalof a district as we’vehad, you’ve got to have

some depth,” Soza said.“The team that staysthe healthiest and has

the best backups willprobably come upvictorious.”.

everygame’samust-winCLASS 5AC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 19

CoyoteS AgAinfACe bAttLe intough 30-5A

PLAYER TOWATCHnAMe:Cameron TreviñoPoSition: TBht./Wt.:6-0, 185CLASS:Juniorofnote:Was theonly under-classman ofAlice’s fourall-districtmentions last season. Playsdefensive back and returnskicks aswell.

Damen Clow

Treviño

ALICE COYOTESDiStRiCt:30-5AheADCoACh:Chris Soza (154-81)ASSiStAntCoACheS:Joseph Alvarado, Joe Carrillo, MarcoGonzalez, Jason Kress, Rene Silva, B.R.Moreno, OmarMoreno,Adan Canales, Abel Lopez, Juan Rivadeneyra, Art Barrios.2014ReCoRD:6-4, 4-4LAStDiStRiCttitLe:2008LAStPLAyoffAPPeARAnCe:2013enRoLLMent: 1,447hoMeCoMinggAMe: Sept. 25 vs. Tuloso-MidwayRiVALRygAMe:Sept. 3 at KingsvilleRetuRningStARteRS:4 offense, 5 defensetyPiCALoffenSe:Multiple Slot TtyPiCALDefenSe:Weak EagleStADiuM:Memorial Stadium

KeyRetuRneeS

FSMichael Garcia (sr., 6-0, 180), CB JonavanLopez (sr., 6-0, 175), DEDaniel Delgado (sr.,

6-2, 240)


Alice’s Jonavan Lopez returns after earning second teamall-district honors last season at defensive back.

THE INFORMATION AGE K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S20CA

L646297

Alice High School

Aug. 29 at Laredo Alexander 7:00 p.m.

Sept. 3 at King 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 *Victoria East 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 *at Calallen 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 *Tuloso-Midway 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *at Moody 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *at Victoria West 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *at Miller 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *Gregory Portland 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *at Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.

Coyotes Schedule


CAL649455

2265 E.Main St., Alice, TX(361) 664-9541

Bowdenford.comBuy It From Bowden


5425 S. Staples St., 78411 • 361-993-2100www.tuxedojunction.com

We offer formal wear for homecoming, favorites,prom...and ask about our group discounts.

What’s Your Color?What’s Your Look?What’s Your Style?

Get it at

“Your 2015 Prom Headquarters”

CAL656057

Ourworld revo

lves

around p

eople.

Ourworld

s

around p

ople.

Our rld re

es

d peo

p

Ou ld revo

lves

pe

ool

No matter where trade takes us or how global our

reach becomes, our most precious commodity will

always be the people of South Texas. We’re proud

to support South Texas athletics and the students

who are our future movers.

PeopleMoveOurPort.com

CAL650105


By most high schoolfootball standards, quali-fying for the playoffsmakes for a successfulseason. It is a foot in thepostseasondoorand,oncein, anything ispossible.

Those who wear Ca-lallen colors have expe-rienced that feeling for30 consecutive seasons.Yet No. 30 wasn’t as en-joyable, nor as satisfying,as onemight think.

Point toa lackof focus,a lack of team leadershipor poor attitudes. What-ever the cause, theWild-catswere left scramblingto keep the state’s sec-ond-longest postseasonappearance streak alive.

Then,afterasolid57-14bi-district win at Somer-set, there was the shock-ing28-0losstoSharylandin the area round at Jave-lina Stadium, a vivid il-lustrationoftheWildcats’erratic season.

Those who remainare charged with tryingto restore the Calallenswagger, and they arepreparing to do just that.

“We’ve kind of got asour taste in our mouthfrom last season,” saidjunior quarterback For-rest Crisp, who, becauseof injuries, was one offour to play the posi-tion a year ago. “A lotof guys have a chip ontheir shoulder for this

year. We’ve been hear-ing it from everybodyaround the district thatCalallen’s weak, ‘It’s nothow theyused to be.’Wethinkwe can get back tothe better seasonsCalal-len’s had this year.”

Coach Phil Danaherbelieves so as well. Atleast the number of ex-periencedplayers return-ing would suggest to thestate’ssecond-winningestcoach that 2015 will bemorerewardingthan2014.

“We’re going to bebetter. I say we’re go-ing to be better mainly

because we have moreexperience, but we havebetter work habits andbetter attitudes,” saidDanaher,whobegins his32nd season at Calallenwith anoverall recordof407-103-4.

“We have to start offdoing well in the scrim-mages and just keep onbuilding from there,”senior defensive endMoneeb Ullah said. “Wehad a good spring. Theoffseason we did reallywell, we did boot camp.We’reaclose-knitgroup.”

Three of the four who

manned the quarterbackslot return, but the start-ing battle appears to bebetweenCrisp andGaigeLamb, who started sevengames, throwing for 632yardsandsixtouchdowns.

Senior Nathan Rabe,the other quarterbackfrom a year ago, movesto wide receiver and re-turns at cornerback andalsocouldbecalleduponforotheroffensiveduties.

Top receiver PhilHobbs, tackles MattCade and Nick Tovar,Rabe and Lamb are theother offensive startersreturning. But a host ofplayers, including run-ningbacksReeceBarrett,ElijahHawkins—his402yards led all rushers —and Phillip Lively andreceiver John Gaddis,

logged playing time.Whichbringsus to the

rub. The team leader intackles a year ago, Bar-rett is an all-state candi-date at linebacker.Crisp,Gaddis, Lively andRabeare penciled in for sec-ondaryduty. SophomoreendBrandonBroughton,linebacker Ryder Duff,Ullah and defensiveback Kalani Ybarra arethe other returnees, butonly Ullah likely won’tsee double duty.

“The thing is, we’vegot to rob Peter to payPaul,” Danaher said.“Some of the best offen-sive players are defen-sive guys. But we reallybelieve defense is goingto win championships.”

Defenseand improvedattitudesandworkethics

will play a hand in that.“Everybody always

says the 2005 team hadgreat chemistry,” Da-naher said, referringto the Wildcats’ loneteam to play for a statetitle. “Well, what thehell’s great chemistry? Ithought about that for ayearafter that.Whatwaschemistry? Well, chem-istry was nothing morethan attitude. With at-titude comes goodworkhabits, positive thinking,being a team player, be-ing a leader, staying outof trouble, being a goodstudent andbeing some-one that your teamcouldcount on. That’s whatchemistry is. It all goesback to attitude.”



newseason,newattitudewiLdCAtS vowto CorreCt LAStyeAr’S iSSueS

PLAYERTOWATCHNAMe:Nathan RabePoSitioN:WR/DBHt./wt.: 6-1, 200CLASS:SenioroFNote:One of fourplayers toplay quar-terback lastseason,Rabe couldfind himselfin a numberof roles thisseason. Aswell as awideout,Rabe could be in the offensivebackfield as a runner aswell asmanning a secondary positionon defense.

George Vondracek

CALALLENWILDCATSdiStriCt: 30-5AHeAdCoACH:Phil Danaher (407-103-4)ASSiStANtCoACHeS:Steve Campbell(DC), Spunk Fowler (OC), StephenHrncir,Kirk Pshigoda, Jordan Chambless, EvanCardwell, Austin Smithey, Rodney Acosta,Dale Lamb2014reCord: 7-5, 5-3LAStdiStriCttitLe: 2013LAStPLAyoFFAPPeArANCe: 2014eNroLLMeNt: 1,212HoMeCoMiNGGAMe:Oct. 30, Victoria EastrivALryGAMe:Oct. 23 at Flour BluffreturNiNGStArterS: 5 offense, 4 defensetyPiCALoFFeNSe:SpreadtyPiCALdeFeNSe: 50StAdiuM:Wildcat/Phil Danaher Field

KeyreturNeeS

LBReese Barrett; OGMatt Cade; QB ForrestCrisp;WRPhil Hobbs; DEMoneebUllah; DB

Kalani Ybarra

KeyNewCoMerS

OTRyan Everett; RB Phillip Lively

Caller-Times File

Forrest Crispwas one of fourWildcats to see time at quarterbacklast season and is competing for the starting job again this year.

Danaher

rabe


CAL6

4327

8

9-8 Mon-Fri • 9-7 Sat 3615 S.P.I.D. 288-8924 www.ccsubaru.com

2015 SUBARU BRZPREMIUM

CORPUS CHRISTI SUBARU

CAL646307

Calallen High School

Aug. 28 Mercedes 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 Tivy 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 *at Tuloso Midway 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 *Alice 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 *at Moody 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 *Victoria West 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *at Miller 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *Gregory Portland 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *at Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *Victoria East 7:30 p.m.

Wildcats Schedule



Last year at this time,Gregory-Portland foot-ball players had to an-swer the same questionaround town: How inthe world are you goingto replace Devin Bisby?TheWildcats’ stud run-ning back rushed for1,764yards and20 touch-downs in 2013 and left agaping hole in the back-fieldwhenhe graduated.

Entering the 2015season, the Wildcatshave to answer a simi-lar question: How in theworld are you going toreplace Steven Starcher?The relative unknownended up filling Bisby’sshoes and then some,rushing for 1,896 yardsand 21 touchdowns lastseason. Now, Starcherhas graduated, and it’stime for someone elseto step up.

The leading candi-dates to fill that role aresenior Blaine Monroeand junior AnthonyHuerta. Monroe hasplenty of experience af-terplayingon thevarsitysince he was a sopho-more and rushed for843 yards and 10 touch-downs last year.Hepiledup that yardage despitegetting 94 carries (9.0yards per carry). Huertais a newcomer whomG-P coach Matt Anas-tasio thinks will use his

speed to put upbig num-bers as well.

“It’s the same thingwe heard when Devingraduated.Nowwehavepeople wondering whatwe’re going to do with-out Steven,” Anastasiosaid. “Blaine is a toughrunner, and he was re-ally good for us last year.Anthony brings a littlemore speed. We expectto be fine running theball.”

TheWildcats also arelooking for a new quar-terback since Eric Al-varado graduated. Aftera lengthy quarterbackbattle, it looks like TylerBluemel will emerge asthe starter, with a fewothers vying for playingtime, if necessary.

“Tyler has started atcornerback for us thepast two years, but he’sworked some at quar-terback, too,” Anastasiosaid. “He can run it andthrow it. We’d like to beable to throw it just alittle bit more than wedid last year, but Tyler’sa good runner, as are theother guyswe’ve lookedat to play that position.”

No matter who linesup behind center, he’llbenefit from a wealthof experience up front.Tackles William With-ers and Brandon Acostaare returning starters,as is guard AugustineMartinez.

“That’s going to help,”Anastasio said. “Any-time you bring backthat much experience

on the offensive line,thatmeans they’re goingto see stuff on the fieldbefore even we see it.”

The defense also willbe experiencedwith theentire defensive line(ends Rollie Tatum andJonathan Reinhart andnose guard George Vil-lela) returning from lastyear. Both starting safe-ties — Eric White andBlake Perez — also re-turn, as does cornerbackKoby Kobecka. NainoaBean — the Wildcats’best defensive playerlast year — also is backas a startingmiddle line-backer.

“(Bean) is abig, strongkid,” Anastasio said.“He’s very aggressive,and he’s got the speed torun down most backs.He’s leader of our de-fensebasedonhis physi-cality.”

All that experiencealso means most ofthe team rememberslast year’s poor start.The Wildcats openedlast season with threestraight losses and start-ed 1-4 before reeling offseven straight wins andmaking it to the thirdround of the playoffs.This year’s team openswith the same threeteams—ElCampo,Car-roll and VictoriaWest.

“The kids remember,and they know about it,so that’s the big thing,”Anastasio said. “Theydon’t want to start offlike last year, so they’llhandle it.”


who’supnextforG-p?Another yeAr,Another StudrB to repLACe

PLAYER TOWATCHnAMe:Nainoa BeanpoSItIon:MLBht./Wt.:6-0, 215CLASS:SenioroFnote:Beanwasan All-SouthTexas andall-state picka year agoafter finish-ingwith165 tackles,includingseven forloss and four sacks. TheWild-cats return a lot of experienceon defense, and Beanwill leadthem in a district filled withplenty of offensive firepower.

Matt Young

GREGORY-PORTLANDWILDCATSdIStrICt:30-5AheAdCoACh:Matt Anastasio (28-20)ASSIStAntCoACheS:Richard Ouellette,Andy Smith, Justin Bell, Ruben Lopez, Cam-eron Elmeir, Paul Bayne, RamLopez, KylePowers, Balde Pena, BrandonRosa2014reCord:8-5, 6-2LAStdIStrICttItLe: 2009LAStpLAyoFFAppeArAnCe: 2014enroLLMent: 1,373hoMeCoMInGGAMe: Sept. 18 vs.MillerrIVALryGAMe:Sept. 4 vs. Carroll, CabanissMultipurposereturnInGStArterS:8 offense, 7 defensetypICALoFFenSe: 2-Back GuntypICALdeFenSe:3-4StAdIuM:Ray AkinsWildcat Stadium

KeyreturneeS

RBBlaineMonroe, OT,WilliamWithers, OTBrandon Acosta, OGAugustineMartinez,WR

Zach Flores,WRDavid Sullivan, DERollie Tatum, DE JonathanReinhart, NGGeorge Villela,MLBNainoa Bean, S EricWhite, SKoby Kobecka, CBBlake Perez

KeyneWCoMerS

QBTyler Bluemel, RB AnthonyHuerta, OGSethWatts, C JaggerWeatherford, TE Lucas Veliz,

LB, Brendan Teague, CB Jalen Brooks

Anastasio

CAller-TiMes File

BlaineMonroewill return this season for theWildcats and could be one of two candidates tofill therole as their featured running back.

Bean


CAL646518

Gregory-Portland High School

Aug. 28 at El Campo 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 at Carroll 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 *at Victoria West 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 *Miller 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 *at Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *Victoria East 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *at Calallen 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *Tuloso Midway 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at Alice 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *Moody 7:30 p.m.

Wildcats Schedule


MICHAEL MONTGOMERY, M.D.PRIMARY CARE SPORTS MEDICINE

Your Care. Our Priority.®• Concussions• Sports Injuries• Fractures / Broken Bones• Sprains / Strains• Dislocations• Ligament and MuscleInjuries & Tears

SUPPORTING

SOUTH TEXAS

FOOTBALL!

OFFICIALORTHOPAEDIC

TEAM PHYSICIANS

PRIORITY CARE CENTERWalk-In Orthopaedic Care(361) 854-1454 X166No Appointment Mandatory!

601 Texan Trail, 3rd FloorCorpus Christi, Texas 78411SOUTHTEXASBONEANDJOINT.COM

Se Habla EspañolMost InsuranceAccepted & Filed

follow us onCA

L647189


By Julie [email protected]

Miller coach RemyRodriguez has beenhearing a rumbling onthe football field sincepractice started in earlyAugust.

“I heard the kids talkamongst themselvesout there about howthey don’t want to gothrough another sea-son (like last year),”Rodriguez said. “We’retrying to redeem our-selves from the seasonwe had. It’s been a cou-ple of years since we’vebeen to the playoffs.”

Rodr iguez hascoached the Buccaneersfor eight seasons. Theteam won a single dis-trict game last season.

This year’s seniorsare the last batchofBucswho played in the play-offs, in 2012.

Senior tight endMan-uel Sanchez remembers

discipline playing a ma-jor role in that playoffteam’s success.

“The quarterback re-ally set the tone on howto be consistent and re-sponsible on the field,”Sanchez said. “I wantto show them I’m a lotmore disciplined.We’vebeen lacking responsi-bility, respect.

“We can go really farjust by listening.”

With Sanchez, quar-terbackMarc Silva, run-ning back Justin Wadeand defensive tackleAaronEvans, Rodriguezsaid he thinks the teamhas the best chance in awhile to surpriseCorpusChristi.

“All those guys whohave been with us for awhile, they’ve been onthe playoff team,” Ro-

driguez said. “They’veexperienced both sidesof the ball. They knowwhat it takes to get tothe next level. The ex-perience is going to helpus on that part with theseniors.”

The oldest footballprogram in CorpusChristi, the Bucca-neers will face CarrollAug. 27, kicking off the75th anniversary of BucStadium. Though men-tally ready, Rodriguezdoes worry about histeam’s conditioning be-fore its first outing.

“A lot of guys mightneed to go both waysfor us; we just don’thave enough kids outthere right now,” hesaid. “That hurts us,but it ’s somethingwe’ve accepted.”

A quarterback sincehis freshman year,Silva said he is “allfootball, all the time.”Last year, Silva said theteam would “put theirhead down after takinga beating,” which made

it harder to come backin a game.

“They just gaveup,” Silva said. “It’ssomething we want tochange this year, bygiving positive com-ments to each other.When we mess up, nonegative feedback, andjust pushing each other

to be better.”Positivity, responsibil-

ity and respect is whatmatters to Sanchez.

“Anytime we play aCorpus school, we justtry to get their respect.We’re known to be abad school, but it’s notlike that at all once youstep in here,” Sanchez

said. “I think we’re aphenomenal school,academically and ath-letically. We just needthe respect we de-serve, and that’s whatwe’re working towardthis year.”

Twitter: @Caller_Jules

BUCSBATTLINGHISTORYmiLLer SeekS1St pLAyofftrip SinCe ’12

Sanchez Silva

MILLER BUCCANEERSDiStriCt:30-5AHeADCoACH:RemyRodriguezASSiStAntCoACHeS:Mike Aceves, RayCastaneda, Juan Castillo, Robert Cavazos,Jesse Cruz, Louis Garcia, Rudy Gonzalez,BruceHanna,Mark Salazar, Albert Salinas,Donald Turner2014reCorD: 1-9, 1-7LAStDiStriCttitLe:2001LAStpLAyoffAppeArAnCe:2012enroLLment: 1,360HomeCominGGAme:Oct. 16 vs. Tuloso-MidwayriVALryGAme:Sept. 4 vs. RayretUrninGStArterS:5 offense, 5 defensetypiCALoffenSe:MultipletypiCALDefenSe:4-2-5StADiUmS:Buc Stadium; CabanissMultipurpose Stadium

keyretUrneeS

QBMarc Silva; RB JustinWade; DE AaronEvans

keyneWComerS

Keylon Gough, jr.

Rodriguez

PLAYER TOWATCHnAme:JustinWadepoSition:RunningbackHt./Wt.:5-10,200 lbs.CLASS:Seniorofnote:Wadewasa secondteam all-district selection in30-5A in 2014 after rushing for273 yards and one touchdown.Wadewill be a key componentin the Bucs offense this sea-son.

Julie Garcia

Wade

Proud to supportthe Miller Bucs!

4345 McArdle Rd (361) 855-7339

CAL651019


L646525

Miller High School

Aug. 27 at Carroll 7:00 p.m.

Sept. 4 Ray 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 *at Gregory Portland 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 *Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 *at Victoria East 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *Calallen 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *at Tuloso Midway 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 22 *Alice 7:00 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at Moody 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *Victoria West 7:30 p.m.

Buccaneers Schedule


At CITGO, fueling good in the community isa top priority. That’s why we’re proud tosupport South Texas High School Footballand teamwork – both on and off the field.

To learn more about how CITGO fuels good in the community, visit www.FuelingGood.com or find us on Facebook.

The People of CITGOFUELGOODTHINGS

IN THECommunitiesWe Serve

CITGOCorpusChristi.com | © 2015 CITGO Petroleum Corporation

CAL646311

By Julie [email protected]

Coaching at one ofthe six Corpus ChristiISD high schools in hishometown is a dreamcome true for MichaelCantu.

Inhis fourth season asMoody’s head coach —hepreviously coached atCarroll and area middleschools — Cantu saidthe Trojans are build-ing a program from theground up.

Last season, Moodywent 1-9 in the newlyconstructed District30-5A. The team has 22returning players, someofwhomare starters andmany who may need toplay both offense anddefense.

Ready to move on,Cantu said the Trojanscoaching staff has fo-cused onwhat they havenow and not what theymay bemissing.

“We’re trying to pre-parethem.Wehavearealgood crop of freshmenthat came in, and we’retrying to distinguishhow many we’ll carryonvarsityandhowmanyon (junior varsity),” hesaid. “We don’t have thebiggest numbers in theworld, butwe’ll manage.

“This iswhatwehave.Let’s go play.”

Part of the coach-ing staff’s philosophyis building young men

with strong futures andnot just training footballplayers.

“Wemightnotbewin-ning a lot of games, butwe’re winning in theclassroom,” Cantu said.“Ourkidsaregraduating,movingontocollege, andsomeare learning tradesfrom the medical/sci-ence programs here. It’sall about teaching themthe character-buildingtraits for life after highschool.”

Respect for others,especially the elderlyand women, is the mostimportant attribute aMoody football playerlearns in four years un-der Cantu.

“Wewant them to ap-preciate the value of life,butat thesametime, it’s a‘yes sir, no sir’ world. It’sopening thedoor for thatyoung lady when she’sgetting into her car orwhenshe’swalking intoarestaurant,” he said. “Wehavehigh expectations.”

Though he rolled analready temperamentalankle during the firstweek of practice, se-nior linebacker DanielLozano has no plans tostay off the football fieldonce the season gets un-derway. Lozano said theoffseason was an impor-tant time for theTrojans.

“Itwasabout intensity,getting strongerand fast-er,” Lozano said whileresting his ankle on thetrainer’s cart. “We feellike this year, we have agreat chance to bebetter

than last year.”Lozano,offensive line-

man Aaron Alvarez anddefensive end DanielCervantesare the leadersthis season, Cantu said.With that title comes re-sponsibility.

“They’re tremendousworkers and set a greatteam example of whatyou want your kids tobe,” he said. “They’renotvery ‘rah-rah;’ they justwork extremely hard.They have thementalitythat they’re not going tobe outworked.”

Cervantes cites thecoaches’ motivation andencouragement as thebackbone of the team.

“We want to comebackand showthemthatwe can change the pro-gram,” Cervantes said.“You have to keep the

mindset that it’s not easy,because if itwaseasy, ev-eryonewould do it.”

As for theseason’sfirstgame against West OsoonAug. 28,Cantuprefers

tonot think ahead.Rightnow, it is about tacklingpractice with a good at-titude every day.

“We’llworry about to-morrow, tomorrow and

today, today,”Cantusaid.“Wewant our kids to en-joy the moment. Theydon’t get this day back.”

Twitter: @Caller_Jules


buildingforthefutureCAntu reAdieStrojAnS forfootbALL, Life

RaChel Denny Clow/CalleR-Times

aswell as hoping to improve on last season’s 1-9 record,moody’s Trojans are learning.

MOODY TROJANSdiStriCt: 30-5AHeAdCoACH:Michael CantuAssistant coaches:AndrewCantu, Joe Curiel,Richard Diaz, Gerald Garcia, Gary Hargens,CodyMartinez,MarcoMedina,MikeMedina,MarcusMontez, Richard Perales, RudyRodriguez, Leonard Tipton2014reCord: 1-9, 0-8LAStPLAYoffAPPeArAnCe:2004enroLLMent: 1,680HoMeCoMinGGAMe:Sept. 19 vs. Victoria EastreturninGStArterS:7 offense, 5 defensetYPiCALoffenSe:SpreadtYPiCALdefenSe:4-3StAdiuMS:Buc Stadium; CabanissMultipurpose Stadium

KeYreturneeS

DEDaniel Cervantes; LBDaniel Lozano; C AronAlvarez

CanTU

PLAYER TOWATCHnAMe:Malik RomeroPoSition:QBHt./Wt.:6-0, 160CLASS:Seniorofnote:A versatile player,Romerowas utilized as a kickerlast season in addition to play-ing backup quarterback. Heplayed nine out of 10 gameslast season.

Julie Garcia


2 LARGE

2 TOPPINGPIZZAS

& 2 LITER DRINK$22FORONLY

OFFER EXPIRES 10/1/2015

1510 Wildcat DrivePortland,TX

(361) 643-0737

522 Everhart Rd.,Corpus Christi

(361) 806-2540

4037 Saratoga Blvd.(361) 814-4658

10338 SPID(361)937-2424

13434 Leopard St.241-9330

ORDERATPAPAJOHNS.COM

CAL6

4947

6

GoodLuck this Season!

Moody High School

Aug. 28 West Oso 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 3 King 7 p.m.

Sept. 10 *Flour Bluff 7 p.m.

Sept. 18 *at Victoria East 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 *Calallen 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 *at Tuloso-Midway 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *Alice 7:30 p.m.


Oct. 30 *Miller 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *at Gregory-Portland 7:30 p.m.

Trojans Schedule

CAL646526




As the smallest schoolin a loaded nine-teamDistrict 30-5A, Tuloso-Midway already facesplentyofchallenges.TheWarriors figure to face afew more obstacles asthey return one starterfrom a season ago.

After narrowly miss-ing the playoffs in atiebreaker in 2013, T-Mstruggled to a 2-8 finishlast season. The War-riors showedsmallflash-esof brilliance, however.They came torturouslyclose to snapping a 30-game losing streak torival Calallen beforelosing 14-6, a game inwhich T-M was stuffedat the goal line early inthe contest.

Now, the Warriorswill start from scratch.

“We have a lot of newfaces out here,” said Bri-anBoone,whoentershisfourth season as T-M’scoach. “Wedohaveeightor nine kids returningthat lettered last year,but only one starter, sothere’s a learning pro-cess goingon right now.”

If the Warriors arescrambling for brightspots, they canpoint to ajunior-varsity team thatwent 9-1 last year and agroup of guys who havebeen running the sameslot-T offense since ju-

nior high, when Boonejoined the program asoffensive coordinatorseven years ago.

“Having these guysin the same system forthe past seven years orso is a big help,” Boonesaid. “All these kids havecome up through it, sothat helps as far as hav-ing the groundwork al-ready laid. So, nowwe’rejust trying to get betterat everything we do.”

Jacob Rodriguez, thelone returning starter,definitely knows whathe is doing. The juniorhas started at offensiveguard since he was afreshman. He also willplay defensive tackle,and Boone says he isrelying on him to be acoach on the field.

“I’m pleased with ouroffensive line,” Boonesaid. “Jacob’s a veteranguy on the staff. He’sstarted a lot of games forus, and I think the rest ofthe guys are picking upthings real well.”

There is a new face atquarterback, but Booneis excited about the ad-dition of Mike Saldivar.The senior was forcedto spend last season onthe JV after transferringfromWest Oso.

“Mike brings a lot ofcompetitiveness,”Boonesaid. “I’d describe himas a gamer. He’s goingto find a way to makethings happen. He’s gotgreat feet, andhe throwsthe ball well. When he’s

in the huddle, the kidsbuy in. They think wehave a chancewhen he’sback there.”

The Warriors won’thave much experiencein the backfield, butthey’ll haveplenty of op-tions. Gianni Villarreal,Marc Calderon, MannyGuerra,AdrianPeñaandBrandonChavez all willplay a role in the back-field by committee.

Defensively, T-M willbe in the 4-2-5 for thethird consecutive year.The Warriors surren-dered 35.5 points pergame a year ago, in-cluding giving up morethan 50 points to FlourBluff, Gregory-Portlandand Victoria West. An-other year in the systemshould help, as well as asolid defensive line ledby Rodriguez, standoutdefensive tackle FrankieLopez anddefensive endEsteban Ruiz. Boonealso likes what he seesfrom defensive backJavier Saldivar, Mike’syounger brother.

“With the teams inour district, you don’twant to get into a shoot-out with people,” Boonesaid. “Although we cer-tainly scored our shareof points last year, wegave up more than ourshare, too. We don’twant to get into a shoot-out or a track meet withthese guys. We want touse our offense to con-trol the clock and thenplay solid defense.”

warriorsstartingover1 t-m StArterreturnS from2-8 CAmpAign

TULOSO-MIDWAYWARRIORSDiStriCt:30-5AHeADCoACH:Brian Boone (30-51)ASSiStAntCoACHeS:AlanWhite, JasonBraun, AdamCooper, DavidMarsello, TresGarcia, Jerry Trevino, Gary Curtis, JamesBueno2014reCorD:2-8, 2-6LAStDiStriCttitLe: 1976LAStpLAYoffAppeArAnCe:2009enroLLment: 1,174HomeCominggAme:Oct. 2 vs.MoodyreturningStArterS: 1 offense, 0 defensetYpiCALoffenSe:Slot TtYpiCALDefenSe:4-2-5StADium:Warrior Stadium

KeYreturneeS

OG/DT Jacob Rodriguez, OT JosephQuintanil-la, RBMarc Calderon, TEMarc Pena, DB Javier

Saldivar, DTGilbert Rodriguez

KeYneWComerS

QBMike Saldivar, RBGianni Villarreal, RBMannyGuerra, DT Frankie Lopez, DE Esteban

Ruiz

Boone


There are plenty of personnel questions to answer for fourth-year Tuloso-Midway coachBrianBoone before the season begins Aug. 28 at Sinton.

PLAYER TOWATCHnAme:Jacob RodriguezpoSition:OG/DTHt./Wt.:5-10, 265CLASS:Juniorofnote:Rodriguezis the onlyreturningstarter fortheWar-riors and isexpected toplay bothways. He’llbe an anchor on the offensiveline after starting there sincehewas a freshman.Matt Young

Rodriguez


Tuloso-Midway High School

Aug. 28 at Sinton 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 at Orange Grove 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 *Calallen 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 *at Alice 7:30 p.m.


Oct. 16 *Miller 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *at Gregory-Portland 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *Flour Bluff 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *at Victoria East 7:30 p.m.

Warriors Schedule

CAL646530


TULOSO-MIDWAY

GO WARRIORS!

Lisa Hunt361-726-8131

Linda Cantu361-739-4148

CAL630692

ALL-SOUTH TEXAS PRESEASON TEAM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S32 ALL-SOUTH TEXAS PRESEASON TEAMC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 3233

OFFENSEQUARTERBACK

CODY BREWER, SR.,FLOUR BLUFF

Brewer arguably is the best playerin the Coastal Bend and could berelied onmore this season, histhird as a starter, than in previ-ous years because theHornetslost keyweapons to graduation.Brewer, a 6-foot-6WashingtonState commit, threw for 3,261yards and 35 touchdowns in2014. If healthy, Brewer, whothrew formore than 2,000 yardsas a sophomore, figures to eclipsethe 8,000-yard barrier for hiscareer.

RUNNING BACK

NOAH LiSk, SR., CARROLLTheHarvard commit rushed for1,860 yards in 2014, and his 28rushing touchdowns set a CCISDsingle-season record. An honor-able-mention all-state pick by theAssociated Press Sports Editors,Lisk averaged 7.8 yards a carryfor the Tigers last season.

AUSTEN REYNOLDS, SR.,ROCkPORT-FULTON

Reynoldswas the All-South TexasNewcomer of the Year in 2014, soR-F opponents will know all aboutReynolds this season. Running asa part of the slot-T offense for the

Pirates, Reynolds rushedfor 1,210 yards andaveraged 8.3 yardsa carry.

iSAiAHPEREz, SR.,REFUgiO

Perezaccountedfor 26 touch-

downs for theBobcats in 2014

to go alongwith1,085 rushing yards.Alongside quarterbackJaylonMascorro in theRefugio backfield, Perezhelps form one of the

most potent QB-RB combi-nations in the area.

WIDE RECEIVER

MARk ViLLARREAL, SR.,SiNTON

Villarreal is a two-way— andmultiple-sport— star for thePirates as awide receiver anddefensive back. He should quicklybecomeColton Cohea’s top targetafter catching 42 passes for 1,035yards and 15 scores last yearandwill workwith Cohea in thePirates’ defensive backfield.

CJ ROMERO, JR., ODEMRomero returns as quarterbackMichael Everett’s top target aftercatching 21 passes for 564 yardsand seven touchdowns during the2014 regular season.

OFFENSIVE LINE

NiCk CHEESMAN, SR.,CARROLL

One of the anchors on the Tigers’offensive line a year ago, the 6-2,280-pound center graded outat 98.7 last season in 11 games.Cheesman helped pave thewayfor an offense that averaged431.9 yards a game.CHASE HERRig, SR., SiNTON

A first-teamAPSE all-state pick in2014, Herrig returns after gradingout at 97 percent for the seasonand giving up one sack.

WiLLiAMWiTHERS, SR.,gREgORY-PORTLAND

Withers, deemed a co-MostOutstanding Offensive Linemanin 30-5A last year, graded out at95 percent last season for theWildcats and helped G-P pile upmore than 300 rushing yards pergame in 2014.TRES PEREz, SR., CARROLL

Perez was a first-teamAll-District28-6A selection in 2014 and anhonorable-mention pick on theAPSEClass 6A all-state team.Alongwith Cheesman, Perez ispart of a stout offensive line forthe Tigers after grading out at97.7 percent for the season.MATT CADE, SR., CALALLEN

Cade, a first-team pick on theAll-District 30-5A team last year,will help anchor a Calallen linethat is looking to put the strugglesof last season behind them.

AThLETE

JESSE JONES, SR., CARROLLJones accounted formorethan 2,300 yards (rushing andpassing) in 2014 and totaled 31touchdowns. In addition to thetrouble he poses as a dual-threatquarterback, Jones is one of thebest punters in South Texas.

STAFFORDTATUM TRAN

DAViSBEAN SiEBER

COHEAzEPEDA WHiTE

HiLLCEBALLOS

DEFENSEDEFENSIVE LINE

ROLLiE TATUM, SR.,gREgORY-PORTLAND

Tatum totaled 83 tackles from theWildcats defensive line in 2014; ofthose, 10were for losses. He alsohad six sacks and forced threefumbles.JASPER STAFFORD, SR., kiNgStafford, a second-teamer on the28-6A all-district team, is a keypart of theMustangs’ defensiveline and one of the few returningplayers on that side of the ball.

BRiAN TRAN, SR., R-FTran is a nice anchor in themiddleof the Rockport-Fulton’s defense,which returns five starters fromlast year’s team.

LINEBACKER

NAiNOA BEAN, SR.,gREgORY-PORTLAND

Bean, who earned honorable-mention honors in 30-5A and onthe APSE all-state team, totaled165 tackles in 2014. He also recov-ered four fumbles and registeredfour sacks.

LINEBACKER

DARViN DAViS, JR., CARROLLDavismade his presence felt as asophomore on the Tigers’ defenseby totaling 43 solo tackles amonghis 65 stops. Hewas a first-team28-6A all-district pick, and his11 tackles for losses prove he issomeone opponents have to behighly aware of.

iSAiAH SiEBER, SR.,FLOUR BLUFF

Sieber, an all-state candidate, wasa first-teamAll-District 30-5Apick in 2014 and is one of fivestarters returning on that side ofthe ball for the Hornets.

CJ zEPEDA, SR., SiNTONZepedawas a key part of thePirates’ defense in 2014 andwillbe again this season. Zepedawasa first-teamDistrict 15-4ADivisionII selection last season and is akey part of an experienced Sintondefense.

DEFENSIVE BACK

COLTON COHEA, SR., SiNTONCoheawill takeoveratquarterbackfor thePirates this season,andhealsowill beamajorpartofSinton’sdefense.Ayearago,Cohea,whowas theDistrict 15Division IIDefen-siveSkillMVPayearago,had85solo tackles,10passbreakupsand three inter-ceptions.Whilehe likelywon’tsee thesameamountof timeondefense,hispresencestillwill befelt.

ERiCWHiTE, SR.gREgORY-PORTLAND

White returns for his senior seasonafter earningAll-District 30-5Afirst teamhonors in 2014, and ispart of an experienceddefensivebackfield for theWildcats.DYLAN CEBALLOS, JR., ODEMCeballos is a two-way playerfor the Owls andwas a first-team all-district selectionas both a safety andwidereceiver in 2014.

JALEN HiLL, JR.,ARANSAS PASS

The lankyHill returns tohelp anchor the Pan-thers’ defensive back-field andwill see plentyof time on offense atrunning back and pos-sibly quarterback, too.

AThLETE

JAYLONMASCORRO, JR.,REFUgiO

The two-way star for the Bobcatsenters the season as perhaps themost highly recruited player in theCoastal Bend after throwing formore than 3,000 yards a seasonago. Hewill see time as a line-backer/defensive back aswell.

LiSkBREWER REYNOLDS

ViLLARREALPEREz CHEESMAN

WiTHERSHERRig PEREz

JONESCADE

RigHT:Odem’sCJRomero

LEFT:Refugio’sJaylonMascorro

• ALL students, includingDel Mar &Texas A&Mcan ride the “B” free!

• Anytime, Anywhere•With a valid school ID

Get up-to-the-minute predictions on arrival times.Accurate & reliable, plan all your trips with confidence. 361-883-2287 | www.ccrta.org

ARRIVAL PREDICTIONS

TRANSLOC RIDER

CAL643863

DOWNLOAD FREEAPP!


By DaviD [email protected]

During 21 years on thejob, Gregory-Portlandfootball coach and ath-letic director Matt An-astasio has gone fromsplicing gamefilmswithScotch tape to almost in-stantly reviewing, ana-lyzing and distributingdigital videos of gamesand practices.

Nearly all high schoolfootball coaches nowa-days subscribe to a digi-tal service called Hudl,which allows them toupload video of gamesand practices and sendthem to their players’mobile devices with theclick of a mouse or thetapofa smartphone.Andeach Saturday morningduring the season, thou-sands of high schoolcoaches exchange gamevideos with counter-parts they will face thefollowing week.

Years ago, coacheswould deliver actualcelluloid film to a pro-cessor after games.Processing could takehours. The followingday, someone—usuallya coach — would drivethe bulky roll of film toan opposing coach, saysOrange Grove coachJerry Bomar. They of-tenwouldmeet at a des-ignated halfway point toreduce their drive times.

At Gregory-Portland,

Hudl for the football pro-gram alone costs about$1,600 a year, Anastasiosaid. Chris Steinbruck,Flour Bluff’s coach andAD pays about $5,000annually for all of theBluff’s sports programstouse the service. Boost-er clubs at some schoolsnationwide cover thecost of Hudl, which hasrisen quickly in fiveyears from a high-techluxury gimmick to anessential coaching tool.

Hudl allows coachesto elevate the once-tedious and time-con-suming task of analyz-ing game film to a muchhigher level of speedand sophistication —

one might say into theclouds, or rather, into“the Cloud.” They canisolate or highlightplayers in motion, addgraphics, text or audio

and even calculate in-stantly the number oftimes a team passes andruns the ball, alongwithother game stats.

Before this technology

was introduced, coacheswould view and reviewentire game films fromopposing teams witha pencil and paper inhand, counting passes

and rushes, switchingthe projector off and onor pressing the pausebutton on a VCR, whilescribblingnotes to be re-fined later into teachingtools, often read or recit-ed in a dark roombesidea flickering projector.

“The VCR made lifeeasier,” Anastasio said.“Wehad tomake copies,but not having togetfilmdeveloped after a gamewas a huge hit with thecoaches. Then cameHDand digital. The onlyproblem now is we havesomanyvideos to lookatin one week.”

Steinbruck said to-day’s technology pro-vides a level of insightand analytics he nev-er thought possible.Coaches can learn aboutan opposing team’s ten-dencies down to thepercentageornumberoftimes another school’squarterback success-fully or unsuccessfullycompletes passes andto what part of the fieldthose passes go. This,in turn, tells his defen-sive backs and safetieswhere to be.

Steinbruck and othercoaches use Hudl toprepare their defensesso they can confidentlypredict plays based onthe likelihood that cer-tainoffensive formationsproduce those plays.There is somedata entryinvolved, but the tech-nology does the math.

embracing technology


Miller assistant coach Jesse Cruz and the Buccaneers have benefited from the latest video technology.

Former Carrollfootball coachButchGilliamsorts throughfootball gamefilmfootage in 1977.The technology forcapturing gamefootage has comea longway in40 years.CALLER-TIMES FILE

Hudl OFFERsFAsT ExcHANGEOF GAME FIlM

See FILM, 35


“Wecan track 100per-cent tendencies,” Stein-bruck said. “If we seethat every time they lineup in a certain way, theyalways runacertainplay,that’s whatwe look for.”

Video archiving,which carries an ad-ditional fee for greaterstorage space, allowsSteinbruck to show hisplayers unusual forma-tions and plays of op-ponents from previousseasons. Steinbruckapplauds rival Calal-len coach Phil Dana-her for his innovativebag of tricks, which hehas learned Danaherwill dust off and use incertain situations. Anopposing coach maynot have seen a certainDanaher formation inyears. But savvycoachesfamiliar with Danaher’squirky plays and whosubscribe to Hudl canshow the play to theirteams before a game sothe players can recog-nize it and adjust.

“On Sunday after Ibreak down the film,we send out a presenta-tion on the top five playsand formations of theother team and showhow to defend them,”Steinbruck said. “Thenon Monday at practice,we review the high-per-centage plays and for-mations, but by then thekids have already seenand studied them.”

Video cameras havebeen fixtures at footballgames and practices foryears. But today, by thetime players get home

from practice, a Hudlapplication allows themtowatchon their phoneswhat they did right orwrong that day. Or theycanviewpractice videosonacomputer for amoredetailed picture.

A program allowsSteinbruck to knowwhich players watcheda video and how muchtime they spent study-ing their homework.Every player on histeam has access to thisinformation, because heprints and posts it in thelocker room. A player’svideo study habits canbecomea sourceof prideor amotivational tool for

playerswho log the few-est hours.

An unexpected butpositive benefit of thistechnology involvesgreater parental engage-ment, Steinbruck said.Giving parents accessto practice videos hasall but eliminated theoft-repeated question:How did practice gotoday? Steinbruck saidparents are using prac-tice videos as ameans toconnect with their kidsand share time.

“For themostpart, theparents love it,” Stein-bruck said. “It providestransparency and let’sthem understand why

certain game-day deci-sions are made. It reallydoes engage parents inthe process.”

There is another sideto such easy access toteamvideos,Bomar said.Greater access comeswitha lossofdistributioncontrol.Thereare fewse-crets anymore, he said.

“By secret, I meaneveryone has accessto your games now,”Bomar said. “It’s veryinterestinghowsomanygames wind up in otherplaces. I know coacheswho have access to thecodes of other schoolsso they can get on andwatch other people’s

games. And parentsfilm their kids’ gamesthat wind up on all so-cial media. Nothing isoff-limits anymore.”

So what is next infootball technology?

Some coaching staffsare installing GoProvideo cameras on thehelmets of quarter-backs and other playersduring practice to pro-vide irrefutable insightintowhere they’re look-ing and perhaps whatthey’re missing by notlooking. Many othercoaches are consider-ing this. But Steinbrucksuggested there is nosense in keeping the

cameras grounded.He imagines drones

hovering over a practicefield or stadium wouldprovide the best angle.Steinbruck has seen thevideo results of this.Thecompany that installedthe turf at Hornet Sta-dium used a video cam-eraattached toadrone toproduce a promotionalvideo. Unfortunatelyhe will have to wait forthis bird’s-eye view.TheUniversity Interscholas-tic League prohibits theuse of drone videos as acoaching tool. At leastfor now.

Twitter: @DavidOutdoors.

FILMfrom 34


Miller’s Luis Castillo and his teammates can more easily watch game footage thanks to advanced technology.


NEXT MAN UP

SINTON’S COHEA WILL HAVE SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL AT QB AS PIRATES EYE ANOTHER DEEP PLAYOFF RUN

CLASS 4A/DIVISION IC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 37


Richard Kattner’slast boss needed justone season to turn a los-ing team into a regionalchampion.

Robstown fans arehoping that the longtimeassistant coach has a lit-tle of that magic left ashe takes over theCottonPickers’ athletic depart-ment and head footballcoaching duties.

Kattnerwasamemberof the Edna High coach-ing staff last season

under first-year coachHuey Chancellor, for-merly of Rockport-Ful-ton. The coaching staffof Chancellor, Kattnerand former Universityof Houston and DetroitLions lineman JoshLovelady took the Cow-boys from a 1-4 start to a9-6finish andaClass 3A,

DivisionIRegionIVtitle.Now Kattner is in the

Coastal Bend, taskedwith turning around aprogram that has wonexactly one districtgame in the past fouryears, including back-to-back 0-10 seasons in2011 and 2012.

Kattner is not as

familiar with theRobstown history be-yond his current play-ers, whom he said wereplagued by health issuesand academic shortcom-ings last year.

The first key to turn-ing the programaround,said the former defen-sive coordinator, is

“making sure thatwe keep the numbersthroughout the season,keeping them healthyand eligible.”

Kattner said the teamhad several injuries lastyear as it headed intodistrict play, including

kattnerpickschallengeRObStOwN hAS1 DIStRICt wININ pASt 4 yeARS

See 4A/DI, 40

Joe Martinez/Special to the caller-tiMeS

richard Kattner talks to his teamafter a practice in august. Kattner takes over a robstown program that haswon just six games during the past four seasons, including 0-10 seasons in 2011 and 2012.

DISTRICTS 15-4A DIVISION I, 16-4A DIVISION I K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S38

OUTLOOKThe Brahmas return eight offensivestarters from an undefeated dis-trict champion. Rivera (5-10, 175)was a first-team all-district widereceiver, while Roger Arkadie was aco-offensive MVP at running back,but has the ability to play severalpositions. Another undefeatedOctober is within range once theteam gets in a groove. It’s startingand ending the season where theBrahmas have struggled.

KINGSVILLE BRAHMASDISTRICT: 16-4A, Division IHEADCOACH:Teddy Carrier2014RECORD:7-5, 4-0LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:946HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. RaymondvilleRIVALRYGAME:Sept. 3 vs. AliceRETURNINGSTARTERS: 8 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadSTADIUM:Javelina Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

WRRyanMartinez; RBRoger Arkadie;WRAdrian Rivera; RB Alex Ruelas;

OL Albert King

KEYNEWCOMERS

DLJason Patterson; LBNick Avelar;OL Joe Rodriguez; DBDevin Arkadie;

TE Adrian Bernal

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:RyanMartinezPOSITION:WRHT./WT.: 5-8, 160CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Martinez is the returningdistrict co-MVP andwas namedbyDave Campbell’s Texas Footballmagazine as the preseason offen-siveMVP in 16-4A, Division I.

Damen Clow

Carrier

OUTLOOKThis year’s teammay not start theseasonwith asmuch depth as lastyear’s, but Reynolds rushed for 17touchdowns last season, and Perryand Coleman each averagedmorethan eight yards per carry. ThePirates will have a strong pair in TranandHargrove.

ROCKPORT-FULTON PIRATESDISTRICT: 15-4A, Division IHEADCOACH:Jay Seibert (27-19)ASSISTANTCOACHES:DavidMcKinney,Edward Bocanegra, Beau Boyd, ZechDonaldson, J.D.Medrano, Casey Ste-phenson, Robbie Robbins, Nick Reeder,Kris Cavazos, Jerry Howell2014RECORD:9-4, 3-2LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2000LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:925HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 18 vs. InglesideRETURNINGSTARTERS:4 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE: Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE:3-4STADIUM:Pirate Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

TEMatthewGerman, DTBrian Tran,RBAustin Reynolds, RBCynea Perry,

RB Justin Coleman, OL/DL J.D. Zapata, LBDrakeHargrove,LBMaxManson

KEYNEWCOMERS

CAnthony Garcia, DTReshaDurst, FS Jer-emyHernandez, TEMatthewGuzman, DT

Michael Esparza.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Austen ReynoldsPOSITION:RBHT./WT.: 5-8, 160CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Reynoldswas last year’sAll-South Texas Newcomer of theYear, and finishedwith 1,560 rush-ing yards, ranking him just outsidethe top 10 in the state amongreturners in Class 4A.

Damen Clow

Seibert

OUTLOOKFormer Edna defensive coordinatorKattner replaces Enrique Gonzalezafter three seasons, the last ofwhich saw the Pickers go winless indistrict. QuarterbackMolina startedevery game for the Cotton Pickers,who last went to the playoffs whenBrett Favre was still in the NFL.Robstown will go as far as its strongoffensive and defensive lines cantake it. Kattner said he is concernedabout the team’s lack of depth.“We’re starting to get the numbers,but we’re still a few kids away,”Kattner said.

ROBSTOWN COTTON PICKERSDISTRICT: 15-4A, Division IHEADCOACH:Richard Kattner (1st yearas head coach)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Rudy Gonzalez,Darren Johnson, Elias Vasquez, RobertMontalvo, RolandDe Alejandro, RobertRios, Adrian Flores, JohnHernandez,David Garza,Mario Vasquez2014RECORD:3-7, 0-5LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2010ENROLLMENT: 732.5HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 9 vs. BeevilleRETURNINGSTARTERS: 7 offense, 7 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Multiple shotgunTYPICALDEFENSE:4-2-5STADIUM:Cotton Picker Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

QBJoseMolina; C AndrewPena; DE JavierHernandez;DTKaseyHosey; OTAlexSuchil

KEYNEWCOMERS

QB/S Austin Kwiatkowski

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:KaseyHoseyPOSITION:OL/DLHT./WT.:5-11, 255CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Kattner lovesHosey’swork ethic. “He takes everything in,”Kattner said. “Everything you teachhim, he canexecute.He’s not a repguy; he’s a kid you can teachhimsomething one time, andhe’s got it.”

Damen Clow

Kattner

OUTLOOKGonzalez will get the early nod at QB,but Penawill stay in the backfieldalongside Rodriguez. The defensefeatures a pair of returning corner-backs, andMitchell said he likes theathleticism he sees inWR/FS Jones,a two-sport athlete fromAngleton.

BEEVILLE TROJANSDISTRICT: 15-4A, Division IHEADCOACH:JimmieMitchell,3rd year (3-17, overall 94-53 in 13 years)ASSISTANTCOACHES:JRMitchell,DonHoward, Jay Viertel, Matt Trujillo,James Villarreal, Darby House, AlanBurkett, ZachWeathersby.2014RECORD: 3-7, 1-4LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2007LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2011ENROLLMENT:966HOMECOMINGGAME: Sept. 18 vs. SintonRETURNINGSTARTERS: 10 offense, 9 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:SplitSTADIUM:Veteran’sMemorial Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

QB/FSNick Gonzalez, RBRobert Rodriguez,RBRyan Pena, DE ChonHernandez, LB

AudrickMoorer, CB Sean Crook, CBGabe Cardenas.

KEYNEWCOMERS

WR/FSWaydale Jones,WRTommyDominguez, LB/DBDemontario Anderson

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Waydale JonesPOSITION:WR/FSHT./WT.: 6-4, 180CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Jones comes to BeevillefromClass 5AAngleton, where hewas namedWide ReceiverMVPat the National UnderclassmenUltimate 100 Southwest combineduring the summer before hisjunior year.

Damen Clow

Mitchell


L646524

Kingsville High School

Aug. 28 Beeville 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 3 Alice 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 Rockport-Fulton 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 at Robstown 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 Raymondville 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 at Ingleside 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *at Zapata 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *La Feria 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at La Grulla 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *Hidalgo 7:30 p.m.

Brahmas Schedule


CAL637

789

Alice2740 E. Main

(361) 668-2064

Bishop5740 County Road 4

(361) 584-6246

Kingsville1901 South Highway 77

(361) 592-7767

Corpus Christi7001 Saratoga

(361) 991-9730

www.chemcel.org

Your local Financial Cooperative in JimWells, Kleberg, & Nueces CountiesProudly supporting all our Area Football Teams!

CLASS 4A/DIVISION I K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S40

one to two-way linemanKasey Hosey, who re-turns for his senior yearhaving added an inchand about 15 pounds tothe 5-foot-10, 240-poundframe he had before theinjury.

“The kids play as afamily,” Kattner said.“They believe in eachother right now. I don’tthink that’s an issue.It’s going to be keep-ing them healthy, get-ting them on the busand getting them to thegame.”

Robstown’s sched-ule begins and ends athome against defend-ing district champions— Aug. 28 against Or-ange Grove (16-4A, Div.II) and Nov. 6 againstLa Vernia.

District 15-4ADiVisiON i

Title contenders: LaVer-nia, Gonzales

Outlook for 2015: Withpreseason MVP can-didate Matthew Mont-gomery at linebackerand a first-year coachwith state champion-ship experience inBrandon Layne (El-lis, 2015), La Vernia isranked 18th by TexasFootball in Class 4A,Division I in the pre-season and has bothsize and strength.

With four postseasonspots available amongsix teams, it’s unlikelyRockport-Fulton willmiss out on the postsea-son. If the Pirates are tocontend for a districttitle, however, they will

need to put upmore of afight against La Verniaand Gonzales in back-to-back home gamesin October. R-F lost tothose squads by 22 and28 points, respectively,while defeating theirthree other district op-ponents by an averageof 35 points each.

Beeville is shakingup the offense fromlast season, movingRyan Peña from quar-terback to runningback, and junior NickGonzalez will handleboth quarterback andfree safety responsi-bilities. The Trojansbegan district play lastyear with a convincing31-6win over Robstownbut scored 14 points orfewer in their next fourgames, all losses.

Robstown has anew coach and a juniorquarterback with a fullvarsity season’s expe-rience as a sophomore.Any win will improveon last year’s 0-5 dis-trict run, in which thePickers scored an aver-age of 17 points whilegiving up an averageof 45.

District 16-4ADiVisiON i

Title contenders:Kings-ville, Zapata

Outlook for 2015: Thisfive-team district went1-4 in the postseasonlast year, with Kings-ville edging Pleas-anton for the group’slone playoff win.The Brahmas have astacked offense, whichthey will need if theywant to repeat lastyear’s undefeated run

through district.Zapata linebacker

Maclovio Gomez (5-7,160) is Texas Football’sPreseason DefensiveMVP pick and leads a

squad that should bestronger and more ver-satile than last year’splayoff team. La Feria,led by returning quar-terback Isaac Galpin,

and Grulla, which has12 starters returning,also could be in theplayoff mix.

Hidalgo, meanwhile,welcomes a new coach

after an 0-10 mark in2014 but has a returningquarterback in PeterQuiroz who could havethem in the postseasonhunt.

4A/DIfrom 37

Joe Martinez/Special to the caller-tiMeS

richard Kattner takes over as head coach at robstown after serving as an assistant at edna last season.

CLASS 4A/DIVISION IIC a l l e r . c o m K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 41


Thedepartureof theirfour-year starting, all-everything quarterbackmayhave left Sinton fansfretting about their of-fense this fall. The factthat they have anotherone on the sidelinesmight calm them.

In his playing days,current Pirates assistantcoachAdrianAlanizwasa four-year lettermanwho quarterbacked un-defeated Sinton squadsto the state final and re-gional semifinals in hisfinal two years beforetrading his maroon hel-met for theburnt-orangebaseball cap of the Uni-versity of Texas.

After a handful ofyears in the minorleagues,Alaniz returnedto his alma mater tocoach. Also hitting thefield that yearwas an in-coming freshmannamedTyler Handson.

“He was kind of likethat little puppy dog,baby-faced kid,” Alanizremembered. “He hadsome talent behind him,

kind of like clay thatneeded to bemolded.”

Now, Handson hascompleted the transfor-mation from puppy dogto Javelina, asheheads toTexas A&M-Kingsvillethis fall.Duringhis four-year career at Sinton,Handson broke Alaniz’sschool record for varsitygames played (52), hisarmand legs accountingfor 170 touchdowns andnearly 13,500yards.Thattranslated to a 41-12 re-cord and at least a shareof the district title in allfour seasons, includingback-to-back Region IVtitles and state semifinalappearances.

Taking Handson’splace behind centerwillbe senior Colton Cohea,who coach Tom Allencalls a “bull in a chinacloset.”

“We ran the quarter-back a lot with Tyler. Hewas more of the ‘miss-you’guy,” saidAllen,whowill starthisninthyearatSinton. “Colton’smoreofthe ‘hunt-you-down’ guy.He wants to punish youfor trying to tackle him.”

Though Cohea(6-foot, 210) is familiar

newqberaforpiratesCOheA StepS INAS SINtON VIeSfOr 15-4A tItLe


Sinton’s Colton Cohea, a defensive stalwart for the Pirates, alsowill be running the offense this season.See 4A/DII, 45

DISTRICTS 15-4A DIVISION II, 16-4A DIVISION II K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S42

OUTLOOKIngleside had three straight gamesdecided by two points or less in2014. A 49-48 shootout victoryagainst visiting Rockport-Fultonwasfollowed by a 28-26 home loss toRogers and a 22-21 overtime loss atKingsville. Granted, thosewere non-district opponents, but 7-0 headedinto district play is still 7-0 headedinto district play. The district hasn’tchanged, and theMustangs aregoing to have to fight for every winagainst teams that are accustomednot just tomaking the playoffs, butgoing several rounds.

INGLESIDE MUSTANGSDISTRICT: 15-4A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Graig Hesseltine (112-52)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Marcus Pina(DC), Robbie Gonzales (OC), ButchPorter, Lester Johnson, Richard Vossen,Steven Thackwell, BlairMcDavid2014RECORD:5-6, 1-3LASTDISTRICTTITLE: 2013LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:611RIVALRYGAME:Nov. 6 vs. SintonRETURNINGSTARTERS:6 offense, 4 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:4-2-5STADIUM:Mustang Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

OLCharles Zuniga;OLMarcus Torres

KEYNEWCOMERS

WR/LBMarcus Boyd;WR/CBMartin Pruitt

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Dylan FerrellPOSITION:WRHT./WT.:6-0, 185CLASS:JuniorOFNOTE:Ferrell caught 27passes for 469 yards and threetouchdowns as a sophomore toearn first-team all-district honorsin 2014.

Damen Clow

OUTLOOKCoach Allen says his teammustremain healthy and focused,and the players’ game experi-ence will give them an edgein their goal to make a run atthe state championship. Her-rig and Villarreal are returningfirst-team all-state selections.Villarreal had 1,035 receivingyards and nine interceptionslast year, ranking sixth and tiedfor second, respectively, amongreturning Class 4A players.

SINTON PIRATESDISTRICT: 15-4A, Division IIHEADCOACH:TomAllen (75-25)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Rick Owens, J.R.Castellano, Swift Fletcher, Paul Ynostrosa,Kasey Black, Adrian Alaniz, Andres Alaniz,Omar Rodriguez, Pat Flores, Shane Segovia2014RECORD: 11-4, 3-1LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE: 2014ENROLLMENT: 649HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. La VerniaRETURNINGSTARTERS:7 offense, 7 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:4-2-5STADIUM:Pirate Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

OLChaseHerrig, DBMark Villarreal, DE RobKnox, DE EthanOwens, LBBrandonGuzman,

OTClayton Surginer, LB CJZepeda

KEYNEWCOMERS

RBAnthony Villarreal,WRTristan Canales,WRAndrewMcGowan

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Colton CoheaPOSITION:QB/FSHT./WT.:6-0, 210CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Sinton coaches sayCohea enjoys going throughdefenders rather than aroundthem as he fills the shoes ofgraduated quarterback TylerHandson. Coheawas the 15-4ADefensiveMVP in 2014 andcould see plenty of time ondefense aswell.

Damen Clow

OUTLOOKKilgore came toWestOso andgavehis players themantra, “Play bas-ketball on grass.”Hewanted themtouse their athleticism, play fast andkeep things simple. This season’sschedule is similar to last year’s, astheBears goupanddown the clas-sifications, facingClass5AMoodyand3ABishop,OdemandTaft.With16-4ADivision II playing as toughasever, the bestWestOso canhope foris a gameor twocloser to .500andafewbaby steps toward the successesof its state championboys’ basketball(2011) and girls’ track (2014) teams.

WEST OSO BEARSDISTRICT: 16-4A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Scott Kilgore (2-8)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Gary Hartman(DC), JeffGaona, JeffAndrade, ChandlerDavis, Joe Garcia, Andrew Leon2014RECORD:2-8, 1-4LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2004LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2007ENROLLMENT:346HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. RobstownRETURNINGSTARTERS:7 offense, 8 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE: FlexboneTYPICALDEFENSE:3-4STADIUM:Bear Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

NGBrandonRiley; CBCodyHartman;LBKeonHodge; RBDe’Quinton Perry.

KEYNEWCOMERS

RBJarrell Clark; OL Angel Rodriguez;DBChris Valdez.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:BrandonRileyPOSITION:DTHT./WT.:6-1, 255CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Riley’s 74 tackles,including nine for a loss, and threesacks earned him a second-teamall-district selection last season,joining teammates KeonHodgeandDe’Quinton Perry.

Damen Clow

OUTLOOKAnything short of the postseasoncould be considered amajor upsetfor the Bulldogs, who are due fora longer run in the playoffs, wherethey’ve failed tomake it out of thesecond round in three of the pastfour years. Coach Bomar is confidenthis teamhas the talent to dominatethe district, as the roster is litteredwith postseason accolades from lastseason. In addition to Harris’ MVPaward, all-district first-team honorswent to Osborn and Cawyer, whileHerschap and Lauer weresecond-team selections.

ORANGE GROVE BULLDOGSDISTRICT: 16-4A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Jerry Bomar (225-136-3)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Ruben Acuna,Jesse Garcia, TylerMarrou, RyanUeckert, Matt Burton, Kyle Armstrong,Kirk Nix, Enrique Gonzalez, SamPerez,AnthonyMolina2014RECORD: 10-2, 5-0LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:540HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. Rockport-FultonRETURNINGSTARTERS:4 offense, 6 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:One-backmultipleTYPICALDEFENSE:4-3

STADIUM:Bulldog StadiumKEYRETURNERS

LB Trace Cawyer; LBGusHerschap;WRDrake Osborn; QBHondoHarris;

OT ErasmoOrtiz;WRChris Lauer

KEYNEWCOMERS

OTGalen Gallagher; OTWillWright;C Jose Soliz; S ScottMeyer

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:HondoHarrisPOSITION:QBHT./WT.: 5-11, 170CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Harris is a three-yearstarter and reigning District 16-4AOffensive Player of the Year.

Damen Clow

Hesseltine Bomar

Allen Kilgore


CAL643264

CAL646520

Aug. 28 at Rio Grande City 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 Beeville 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 at Aransas Pass 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 at Rockport-Fulton 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 26 Rogers 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 Kingsville 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *at Jourdanton 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *Yoakum 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at Cuero 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *Sinton 7:30 p.m.

Ingleside High School

Mustangs Schedule



West Oso High SchoolBack to School Health and Wellness Community Health Fair(Promoting diabetes awareness and prevention to Nueces County residents)Thursday, Sept. 3, 20154pm-6pmWest Oso High School Cafeteria754 Flato Road, Corpus Christi

CommissionerJoe A. Gonzalez (JAG)

Nueces County

Special Thanks to South Coastal AHEC and West Oso High School

FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS HEALTH EDUCATION

FREE! Open tothe public!

CAL651045

CAL646531

West Oso High School

Aug. 27 at Moody 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 at Bishop 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 at Taft 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 Odem 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 Robstown 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *at Rio Hondo 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *Raymondville 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *at Port Isabel 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *Progresso 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *at Orange Grove 7:30 p.m.

Bears Schedule


CLASS 4A/DIVISION IIC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 45

to Pirates fans — he re-ceived honorable-men-tion all-state honors as adefensive back last sea-son and has pole-vault-ed his way to two statetrack meets — he hasone varsity start underhis belt.

“I think of it as JoeMontana and SteveYoung,” Allen said.“You had this guywho was the slinger,who had all these ac-colades, who had thistalented guy standingbehind him. You neverknew who he was; youjust knew he had somespecial characteristicsthat could turn out tobe something reallyspecial.”

Allen noted the nat-ural athleticism thatall three quarterbacksshare.

“Those type of kidsdon’t understand howother kids don’t get itas quickly as they do.They’re blessed physi-cally and mentally,”Allen said. “You haveto understand that therest of the world is not

made like you. Thoseare things that (Al-aniz) is able to give toColton.”

Cohea played nearlyevery snap at free safe-ty last year, as well asrunning back and tightend, after winning sev-eral defensive awardshis sophomore and ju-nior years.

“Colton brings thebig, bruising body, theweight and the power,”Alaniz said. “He is oneof those kids you wantas a leader. It’s the per-sona you want to leadthe team.”

Alaniz praised hispupil’s quick releaseand currently is work-ing with him on read-ing defenses, an areain which Cohea shouldhave an edge, havingbeen on that side of theball for three years.

“A lot of the big de-fensive coordinatorsused to be offensiveguys, and vice versa,”Alaniz said. “Becausehe is the main signal-caller for our second-ary, he’s going to havean edge knowing whatcoverages are beingplayed, locating the

safeties, and stunts thatmay be thrown at himat certain times.”

And while somequarterbacks shy fromcontact in practice, thelatest in Sinton’s legacyis not one of them.

“We’ll watch film.Colton will run right ata kid just to make surehe’ll make contact,” Al-aniz said. “He gets madif people don’t hit him.”District 15-4ADivision ii

Title contenders: Sinton,Cuero

Outlook for 2015: Threeof the district’s fiveteams are preseasontop-20 selections thatmade it to the regionalsemifinals last season,and twowere able to ex-act revenge on the onlyteam to beat them in theregular season.

After losing in doubleovertime to Yoakum indistrict, Sinton took theregional title with a 35-32 victory over the Bull-dogs, who reached thefinal by dispatching Cu-ero43-34—Yoakumhadfallen to theGobblers byalmost the exact score amonth earlier. Yoakumreturns four starters

from last year’s regionalfinalists.

Sinton has talent andvarsity experience near-ly everywhere on thefield — 14 of 22 startersreturn— even with Co-hea undertaking a newposition under center.ChaseHerrig (5-10, 300)is a two-time all-stateselection on the offen-sive line. Junior runningback Ethan Owens (6-3,200) was first-team all-district as a sophomore.Allen’s .750winningper-centage is in no dangerof taking a hit.

Cuero lost first-teamall-state running backD’Anthony Hopkins,who now is at Blinn Ju-nior College along withclassmate Jacob Perez,a second-team all-stateoffensive lineman.How-ever, younger brotherZech Hopkins is now asenior and a projecteddistrictMVP candidate.TheGobblers return sixstarters on each side ofthe ball from the squadthat went 10-3 last year.

Like Sinton, coachGraig Hesseltine’s In-gleside Mustangs alsowill be starting a newquarterback, who will

be looking to target first-teamall-districtwide re-ceiver Dylan Ferrell (6-0, 185) andMarcusBoyd,behind stalwart linemenCharlesZuniga (6-1, 270)andMarcus Torres (6-2,265).District 16-4ADivision ii

Title contenders:OrangeGrove, Rio Hondo

Outlook for2015:OrangeGrove’s Hondo Harrisreturns froma lower-leginjury for a third yearunder center after win-ning 16-4AMVPhonorswith2,505yardspassing.He has 23 fellow seniorson the roster with himwho are looking to leaveOrangeGrovewith fourconsecutive district

championships, a featlast season’s graduatingclass accomplished.

Ranked 16th in thepreseason by TexasFootball, the Bulldogswere the only one of thedistrict teams to win apostseason game. RioHondo, which is led bydefensive end AlbertMagallanes, will fig-ure in the district titlechase, and Port Isabelcould be in the mixwith lots of experiencereturning.

Scott Kilgore’s firstseason at the helm ofWest Oso resulted in a2-8 season, but theBearsare hoping to put an endto their seven-year play-off drought.

4A/DIIfrom 41

HondoHarrishas a chanceto leadOrangeGrove to afifth straightdistrict titlethis season.GEORGE TULEY/SPECIAL TO

THE CALLER-TIMES

TACKLE THEHEAT THISSUMMER

CAL649482

WE’RE GIVING YOU CASH FOR YOUR CLUNKER

100%FinancingAvailable WAC

Air Conditioning I Heating & Refrigeration I Residential I CommercialWe Service All Makes & ModelsTACLB021403C

361-882-2111

Cash For Clunker

$500CashBack

For your Old Equipment(Some Restrictions Apply). Expires 11/30/2014

$25OFF

FREE DIGITALTHERMOSTAT!With any service callof $249 or more.Not valid with any otheroffer. Expires 10/31/2015

and

www.rapidaircc.com


LOOKING FOR MORE

OdEM’S EvEREtt ENtERS SEaSON wIth pLENty OF cONFIdENcE, hOpES tO LEad OwLS bacK tO pLayOFFS

CLASS 3AC a l l e r . c o m K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 47

By Stuart DuncanSpecial to the Caller-Times

Odem junior quar-terback Michael Ever-ett has made everyoneforget about his firstvarsity start two sea-sons ago.

That four-inter-ception debut againstAransas Pass in 2013 isall but a distant memo-ry for Everett, who wasa Texas Sports WritersAssociation third teamall-state selection forthe Owls last season.

“It’s fast at f irstcoming up from eighthgrade to varsity,” saidthe 16-year-old Ever-ett, who switched po-sitions from receiver toquarterback in middleschool. “I had to adjust.I’ve definitely pro-gressed since then.”

How much so? Ev-erett threw nine in-terceptions all of lastseason while leadingDistrict 15-3A, DivisionII champion Odem (12-2) to its first state quar-terf inal appearancesince 2002. Everettthrew for 3,589 yardsand 45 touchdownswhile completing 69.2percent of his passes(he completed 209 ofhis 302 attempts).

With two seasonsremaining before hegraduates, Everett isnot finished putting upbig numbers.

“Michael has notreached his peak,”Odem coach A.J. Mar-tinez said. “He’s a play-maker. He has that ‘it’

factor. He’s special.”Everett showed

as much last seasonby throwing a game-winn ing 10 -ya rd

touchdown pass to re-ceiver Dylan Ceballoswith 43 seconds remain-ing to lead theOwls pastVan Vleck 40-36 in a

Division II regionalsemifinal game. Thatwas one of fiveTDpass-es Everett threw in thatplayoff game and also

ran for another score.Everett had eight

rushing touchdownslast season to go with728 yards rushing on136 carries.

“I enjoy running theball when I need to,”Everett said.

T h e 6 - f o o t ,180-pound Everett isn’tsure where he will playcollege football yet. Heshould draw plenty ofinterest from collegesby the time he is a se-nior, particularly if hecontinues to post gaudypassing stats over thenext two seasons.

“There’s a little pres-sure there coming offmy best season,” Ever-ett said. “I definitelysurprised myself lastyear. I feel more confi-dent. I want to play atthe next level.”DiStrict 15-3a,DiviSion i

Title contenders: Hal-lettsv i l le , Gol iad ,Mathis

Outlook for 2015: Hal-lettsville and Goliadmade it difficult forthe other three teamsto contend for the dis-trict title last season,but that likely won’tbe the case this seasonas Mathis and GeorgeWest appear to havegained ground. ThePirates will rely ontheir defense to helpthem make a run at it,as they only have toreplace four starters

EvErETT, OwlsOnThErisEOdem primedtO defend itSdiStriCt titLe

Caller-Times File

Odem junior quarterbackmichael everett returns to lead theOdemoffense this season.

See 3A, 48

on that side of the ballfrom last year’s play-off team. First-yearGeorge West coachBrent Kornegay willlook to help the Long-horns improve uponlast year’s two-winplayoff season after hecoached Yoakum to itsfirst state quarterfinalappearance in 12 years.Expect all four of thoseteams to return to theplayoffs again.District 15-3A,Division ii

Title contenders:Odem,Taft

Outlook for 2015: With itsstandoutquarterbackandreceiversreturning,Odemis expected to retain its

district championship.TheOwls, who also havenine starters on defensereturning, will have tofendoffTaft again to takethe title. Santa GertrudisAcademy’sstellardefenseshould help lift the Lionsbackintotheplayoffs.Ban-quete,withacombined 15returningstartersonbothsides of the ball, also willlook to return to the post-season. Skidmore-Tynanwillattempttoatoneaftercomingwithinonevictoryofmakingtheplayoffslastseason.District 16-3A,Division i

Title contenders: Aran-sas Pass, San Diego

Outlook for 2015: Lastyear’s district champi-onship came down to aclutch field goal by San Diego against Aransas Pass with 2 seconds re-

maininginthegame.ThePanthers haven’t forgot-ten that, which shouldmake for quite a rematchbetween those teamson Oct. 23 in San Diego,as both are expected tocontend for the districttitle again this season.Aransas Pass will lookto do so behind first-yearcoach Ryan Knostman,who previously was anassistant coach for thePanthers.Bishopalsohasa new coach this season,as former Hebbronvillecoach JoeRioswill try tohelp the Badgers bounceback fromawinless2014.Falfurrias will be just asdetermined to make itsfirstplayoffappearanceinmore than a decade, butthe Jerseys will have tostayhealthier if theywant

to do that while erasinglastyear’s injury-plaguedthree-win season.District 16-3A,Division ii

Title contenders: Heb-bronville, Freer

Outlook for 2015: Heb-bronville will try to de-fend its district title thisseason behind first-yearcoachR.J.Montalvo andits two returning first-teamall-district runningbacks. Freer will turnto its first-year coachRhett Bomar, a formerOrange Grove assistantcoach and ex-Oklahomaquarterback, to help theBuckaroos return to theplayoffs. Expect Dilleyand Cotulla to be theother two playoff teamsand compete for the 16-3A title.


Erick SifuEntES/SpEcial to thE callEr-timES

first-yeararansaspasscoachryanknostman(left)will try togethispanthers in line for a shot at theDistrict 16-3aDivision i title.

3Afrom 47

CAL637770

1997-2013Fitness

Equipment

4730 S.P.I.D. (Exit Everhart)814.4378 • 1.800.880.4378www.hestfitness.comM-F 10-7 • SAT. 10-6

ALSO SHOP US FOR:TREADMILLS, ROWERS, RECUMBENT BIKES,

STRETCH MACHINES, ELLIPTICALS, WEIGHT MACHINES,LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ACCESSORIES

LOOK BETTER, FEEL BETTER,DO MORE.

Shop us for Home & School Fitness, Crossfit & Accessories

Power Squat Leg Extension Power Rack Accessories

DISTRICT 16-3A DIVISION IC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 49

OUTLOOKAfter coachingHebbronville to adistrict title last season, Rios will tryto help the Badgers end their neardecade long playoff drought thisseason. That could depend on howquickly sophomore-laden Bishopadapts to its up-tempo offense thisseason. Rios said the Badgers arehoping to get Hoyle back early in theseason after he suffered a shoulderinjury during baseball season. Thesophomore Colecio is expected to bethe Badgers’ starting quarterbackthis season.

BISHOP BADGERSDISTRICT: 16-3A, Division IHEADCOACH:Joe Rios (47-56)ASSISTANT COACHES: Albert Zamora, Fabian Gomez,Daniel Pierce, Mike Filla, Roy Ousley, Sal Luera, ChrisTiner, J.K. Moody, Victor Moctezuma, Lazaro Perez andDustin Horner.2014RECORD:0-10, 0-5LASTDISTRICTTITLE: 1997LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE: 2006ENROLLMENT:384HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 18 vs. TaftRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 10 at FalfurriasRETURNINGSTARTERS:5 offense, 6 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:Multiple 4-3STADIUM:EdGorny Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

LBHestonHoyle; P/K ChristianMares; RBChristian Bass; LBRichard Caldera

KEYNEWCOMERS

QBMatthewColecio;WR/DBJohnFernandez

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Nicholas ZapataPOSITION:OLHT./WT.:5-11, 275CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Zapata, a guard, was asecond-team all-district selectionthis past season. Hewas also afirst-team all-district performer asa sophomore.

Stuart Duncan

OUTLOOKMcGehee feelsgoodaboutFalfurrias’playoff chances thisseason,despitehis teamhaving to replaceacombined12startersonbothsidesof theball.Perezandanother returningsecond-teamall-district selection,Garcia,will helpsolidify theJerseys’ offense,although itwill still have to replaceits twoall-districtoffensive linemenfrom last season.Pena isFalfurrias’lone returningsecond-teamall-district selectionondefense.JuniorquarterbackNoahAlemanand juniortightendJakeReyesareamong theJerseys’ topnewcomers.

FALFURRIAS JERSEYSDISTRICT: 16-3A, Division IHEADCOACH:MaxMcGehee (92-97-1)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Stuart Burleson, Gus Esquivel, Gil-bert Cortez, Gabriel Perez, Hector Guerra2014RECORD:3-7, 1-4LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2000LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2003ENROLLMENT:401HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 30 vs. BishopRIVALRYGAME:Sept. 11 vs. HebbronvilleRETURNINGSTARTERS:5 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Wing-TTYPICALDEFENSE:5-2STADIUM:Jersey Bull Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

WRNick Garcia; DLOmar Pena; DE KodyCorrea; RB/DB JonDickey

KEYNEWCOMERS

RB/DERandal Perez; RB/LB Israel Garcia

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Christian PerezPOSITION:RBHT./WT.:5-11, 170CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Perezearnedsecond-teamall-district accoladesonoffense thispast season.Perez isquite theathlete, ashewasalso theDistrict32-2ANewcomerof theYearinboysbasketball asasophomore.

Stuart Duncan

OUTLOOKThe Vaqueros are determined torepeat as district champions thisseason despite graduating theirstandout running back, who alsowas theMVP in this district last year.Second-team all-district senior run-ning back Leonel Salinas and juniorrunning back Javy Rodriguez returnto bolster SanDiego’s ground game.The Vaqueros have the luxury of run-ning behind a returning Class 3A all-state honorablemention offensivelineman, senior Derick Espinoza. SanDiego’s defense returns first teamall-district selections in junior DERene Corona, senior linebacker JoseMoreno andMorin leading theway.

SAN DIEGO VAQUEROSDISTRICT: 16-3A, Division IHEADCOACH:BoOchoa (54-23)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Hector Gaza, David Valdez,Joel Luna, Rey Ramirez, Rolando Garcia, JuanMendietta,Celso Oliveira2014RECORD:9-3, 5-0LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:350HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 23 vs. Aransas PassRIVALRYGAME:Sept. 11 at FreerRETURNINGSTARTERS: 6 offense, 8 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE:4-4STADIUM:Vaqueros Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

RB/LB Javy Rodriguez; OL Robert Gallegos;RB Leonel Salinas; DL/TE JuanGonzalez.

KEYNEWCOMERS

DBAbel Casas

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:StevenMorinPOSITION:LBHT./WT.: 6-0, 185CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Poised to repeat as anall-district selection,Morin is apotential Class 3A all-state selec-tion at linebacker this season,according to Ochoa.

Stuart Duncan

Caller-TimeS file

Christian Perez (23) returns to help anchor the Jersey’s wing-T backfield in 2015.

DISTRICTS 16-3A DIVISION I, 15-3A DIVISION I K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S50

OUTLOOKPanthers junior DL Jordan Lancast-er, who is 6-1, 305, andHill returnto anchor an experienced Panthers’defense, which returns nine start-ers from last season. Aransas Passwill have to compensate for the lossof quarterbackNoe Cortez (theOffensive Player of the Year in 16-3A,Division I) and two starting offensivelinemen. Former Panthers’ backupMaverickWagner, a senior, is pro-jected to be Aransas Pass’ startingquarterback this season.

ARANSAS PASS PANTHERSDISTRICT: 16-3A, Division IHEADCOACH:Ryan Knostman (First year)ASSISTANTCOACHES:GuyGrover, Jacob Flores, JustinGuerrero, Jesse Scott, Chris Spalek,MattWoodard2014RECORD:6-5, 4-1LASTDISTRICTTITLE: 1998LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE: 2014ENROLLMENT:454HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. PalaciosRIVALRYGAME:Sept. 11 vs. InglesideRETURNINGSTARTERS:6 offense, 9 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Multiple Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE: 10-1STADIUM:BoBonordenMemorial Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

DTJordan Lancaster; DB LaloMoralez; DEEduardo Serna; DB Jon Serna

KEYNEWCOMERS

DLMyles Kemp

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:JalenHillPOSITION:RB/DBHT./WT.: 5-10, 170CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Hill was afirst-teamall-district selection onoffense for thePanthers last season.He alsomadefirst-teamall-district ondefense in2014,while helpingAransasPassreturn to theplayoffs.

Stuart Duncan

OUTLOOKKornegay, a former coach at OrangeGrove, returns to his almamater thisseason. Kornegay guided 2014 Dis-trict 15-4A, Division II co-championYoakum to a 10-win season and itsfirst playoffwin since 2009 lastyear. Kornegay takes over an experi-enced GeorgeWest team that has toreplace a combined five starters onboth sides of the ball. Naylor returnsafter helping the Longhorns’ groundgame compensate for the loss of twosenior running backswho sufferedpreseason ACL injuries last year.

GEORGEWEST LONGHORNSDISTRICT: 15-3A, Division IHEADCOACH:Brent Kornegay (72-60)ASSISTANTCOACHES:BrandonHicks, Heath Hohmann,TomWarlick, Benito Garcia, Lloyd Ricketson, JaysonHier-holzer, Joel Bell, Zach Burleson and Lamar Lewis.2014RECORD:2-9, 1-3LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2012LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:346HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 9 vs. San AntonioBrooks AcademyRETURNINGSTARTERS:8 offense, 9 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:MultipleTYPICALDEFENSE:50STADIUM:Longhorn Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

OLDavid Ybanez; QB/DBHunter Brown;RB/LBDevin Naylor; DBDavid Lee Zuniga.

KEYNEWCOMERS

OLJacobWyatt; RB/LBConner Lyne

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Tyler KornegayPOSITION:WRHT./WT.:5-10, 170CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Tyler Kornegaywas asecond-team all-district receiverfor Yoakum last season. Kornegaycan also play quarterback, as heis listed as GeorgeWest start-ing quarterbackHunter Brown’sbackup this season.

Stuart Duncan

OUTLOOKExpectMathis to buildmomentumcoming into district play like thePirates did last seasonwhen theywon five of their first six games. Thelone losswas to state-ranked Refu-gio. The return of 2014 first-teamall-district selection Oscar Floreswill help take some of the pressureoff ofMathis’ offense, whichwill bewithout standout quarterback AndyMartinez. The Pirates’ defense is setthanks to the return of 2014 first-team all-district selections SalinasandHenderson— two of the unit’sseven returning starters this season.

MATHIS PIRATESDISTRICT: 15-3A, Division IHEADCOACH:RodBlount (8-4)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Lonnie Taylor, Gary Cunningham,Michael Gutierrez, Victor Alvarado Sr., Sean Cunningham,Sergio Espinal, JosephHernandez, Terry Followell, VictorAlvarado Jr., Rafael Delgado.2014RECORD:8-4, 2-2LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2009LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:381HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 2 vs. FreerRETURNINGSTARTERS:6 offense, 7 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE:SplitSTADIUM:Pirate Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

OL/LBMark Zamora; LB Isaac Salinas; DLJavier Henderson; RB/DEKarl Gibson II

KEYNEWCOMERS

OL Lorenzo Perez

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Oscar FloresPOSITION:RBHT./WT.:5-6/185CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:The 2014 first-team,all-district selection, Flores, rushedfor 1,797 yards this past season.Flores flourished last season, as herushed for 1,233more yards thanhe did as a sophomore.

Stuart Duncan

CALLER-TIMES fILE

MathisRBOscarfloresand thePirates faceBanquete inanon-districtmatchup inWeek 1 action.


Aransas Pass High School

Aug. 28 at Rockport-Fulton 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 at Edna 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 Ingleside 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 Orange Grove 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 Palacios 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *at Falfurrias 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *Bishop 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *at San Diego 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *at Lyford 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *Santa Rosa 7:30 p.m.

Panthers Schedule

CAL652950


877 S. Highway 35 Bypass,Aransas Pass

361-386-2626www.AllenSamuelsAP.com

CAL649879

Have A GreatSeason

Aransas PassPanthers

DISTRICT 15-3A DIVISION II K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S52

OUTLOOKThe Bulldogswill look to improvefrom last year with 22 returninglettermen. Depth and ability atthe skill positionswill improvethe offense and defense fromlast season. Quick developmentof offensive and defensive line-menwill be important in 2015.Coach Kevin Hermeswill look tokey newcomers such asHernan-dez, Adams, Torres, and Lerma tohelp spark the offense and helpthe Bulldogs returnto the playoffs.

BANQUETE BULLDOGSDISTRICT: 15-3A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Kevin Hermes (75-57)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Lance Riddell (DC), Ruben Robin-son (OC), RustyMiller, LawerenceNeslony, Carlos Lerma,Erik Duron, Rey Ramirez2014RECORD:2-9, 1-4LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2006LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:270HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. BishopRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 16 vs. TaftRETURNINGSTARTERS:7 offense, 8 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:50STADIUM:Bulldog Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

RBRichard Sanchez; C TommyMunoz; QBCooperWildman

KEYNEWCOMERS

WRJarrenHernandez; DTBernard Adams;G Lupe Torres; GNathan Lerma

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Richard SanchezPOSITION:RBHT./WT.:5-7, 145CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:A baseball standout,Sanchez rushed for 430 yardslast season and averaged 6.6yards per carry.

Rey Castillo

OUTLOOKTheOwls will look to comple-ment their successful passinggame, alongwith an experienceddefense. The Owls will have 15starters returningwith hopes ofanother playoff berth, includingtop passer Everett and receiverRamos. Junior AndrewAmarowill be a key addition to the Owlsin the defensive backfield aseight players return that earnedeither first team or superlativehonors on the 2014 15-3AD-IIall-district team.

ODEM OWLSDISTRICT: 15-3A, Division IIHEADCOACH:A.J.Martinez (29-7)ASSISTANTCOACHES: Joe Flores, Cristian Torres,Erik Yebra, Joey Torres, Rocky Silguero, Trae Stevens,Tony Ramirez2014RECORD: 12-2, 5-0LASTDISTRICTTITLE: 2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE: 2014ENROLLMENT: 287HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 30 vs. BloomingtonRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 23 vs. TaftRETURNINGSTARTERS: 8 offense, 7 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE: SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE: 3-4STADIUM:Owl Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

QBMichael Everett,WR/DBC.J. Romero,LB AustinMoore

KEYNEWCOMERS

WRAustin Amaro, James Chapa

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:AndrewAmaroPOSITION:WR/DBHT./WT.: 5-10, 150CLASS: JuniorOFNOTE:Amarowill be a niceaddition to the defensive back-field for the Owls this season,andwill help out an experi-enced receiving corps.

Rey Castillo

OUTLOOKThe Lions nearly tripled theirwin total from the three previ-ous seasons and alsomadethe playoffs for the first time inschool history in 2014.With 11starters returning, Academywillhave some experience tomakeanother playoff push. JuniorJesse Garcia returns as a keypart of the defensive backfield,andMontoyawill return to helpspearhead the defense.

SANTA GERTRUDIS ACADEMY LIONSDISTRICT: 15-3A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Arturo Lozano (57-20-1)ASSISTANTCOACHES: Ismael Villa, Raul Villarreal,Mike Donovan, Eric John, Larod Roberson,Matt Gonzalez,Wayne Springs2014RECORD:8-3, 3-2LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE: 2014ENROLLMENT:309HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 18 vs. RungeRETURNINGSTARTERS:6 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE:4-3STADIUM:Javelina Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

LBNickMonotoya, OL/DL JoeMedina,C/DEMiguel Castro

KEYNEWCOMERS

MLBKadeWomack

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Jesse GarciaPOSITION:RB/SHT./WT.:6-1, 165CLASS:JuniorOFNOTE:Garcia rushed for870 yardswith 10 touchdownslast season. Expect him toshouldermuch of the load inthe backfield.

Rey Castillo

CalleR-Times file

santa Gertrudis academymade itsfirst playoff appearance in 2014.

DISTRICTS 15-3A DIVISION II, 16-3A DIVISION IIC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 53

KEYNEWCOMERS

WR/DBJoseNarvales

OUTLOOKFormer Oklahoma quarterback RhettBomar takes the helm of a programthatmade the playoffs after winningone game in 2014. Bomar, whowasan assistant for his father, Jerry, atOrange Grove, will take over a teamwith eight starters returning on eachside of the ball. Perez will have the

FREER BUCKAROOSDISTRICT: 16-3A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Rhett Bomar (first season)ASSISTANTCOACHES:AndreWillie, RobertWilliams,Mason Kyle, Oscar Luan, Jesus Arevalo, RubenDe Leon2014RECORD: 1-10, 1-3LASTDISTRICTTITLE:NoneLASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:200HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 18 vs. Skidmore-TynanRIVALRYGAME:Nov. 6 vs. FreerRETURNINGSTARTERS:8 offense, 8 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:MultipleTYPICALDEFENSE:3-4

STADIUM:Buckaroo Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

QBJacob Perez; RB Librado Carrillo;WRLatavio Gonzalez

controls of Bomar’s new offensebehind a solid offensive line.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Jacob PerezPOSITION:QBCLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Perez threw for over500 yards in 2014, but expecthim to throw for a bunchmore inBomar’s offense.Rey Castillo

OUTLOOKLearning a new offensive schemewill be key for head coach RJMon-talvo and the current District 16-3ADivision II champs.With 12 startersreturning, the Longhorns are inposition for another postseasonrun. NewQBMarquezwill direct theLonghorns’ Slot-T attack, and expectSauceda to anchor the defense.

HEBBRONVILLE LONGHORNSDISTRICT: 16-3A, Division IIHEADCOACH:RJMontalvoASSISTANTCOACHES:Arnold Trevino, Rodemiro Alvarez,TitoMoreno, Robert Perez, Roberto Silguero, EricMontalvo2014RECORD:9-3, 4-0LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:227HOMECOMINGGAME:Nov. 6 vs. FreerRIVALRYGAME:Nov. 6 vs. FreerRETURNINGSTARTERS:6 offense, 6 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE:4-3STADIUM:Gruy Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

RBArturo Huerta, LB Arnold Sauceda

KEYNEWCOMERS

QBJorgeMarquez

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME: JorgeMarquezPOSITION:QBHT./WT.:5-10, 170CLASS: JuniorOFNOTE:Marquez enters hisfirst season as quarterback andwill lead a new offense under newcoachMontalvo.

Rey Castillo

OUTLOOKIt has been a while since theBobcats made the playoffs, butthe return of seven starters ondefense could help them break thatdrought. Scott threw for 625 yardsand 11 touchdowns last season,while Holifield will be key in thebackfield of the Bobcats’ Slot-Tattack. Defensively, Hernandezreturns to lead an experiencedcrew as the team’s leading tackler.S-T also will benefit from the helpof many newcomers, includingGaribay, Clegg and Toelken.

SKIDMORE-TYNAN BOBCATSDISTRICT: 15-3A, Division IIHEADCOACH:John LivasASSISTANTCOACHES:RyanGupton,Marvin Zinsmeyer,John Salinas, Alex Lopez, Robert Elizalde, TravisWalker,Rene Valdez, Anthony Ayala2014RECORD:4-6, 1-6LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2006LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2010ENROLLMENT:250HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 30 vs. TaftRETURNINGSTARTERS: 5 offense, 7 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE:50STADIUM:Bobcat Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

QB/LBWyatt Scott, HB/LB Elijah Holifield,RB/LBRico Flores, RB/LBAlex Hernandez

KEYNEWCOMERS

RB/DLCody Garibay, RB/DLRyder Clegg,TE/FSDustin Toelken

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Wyatt ScottPOSITION:QB/LBHT./WT.:6-1, 205CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE: In addition to his 625yards and 11 touchdowns from hisoffensive post, Scott picked off apair of passes on defense.

Rey Castillo

OUTLOOKWith a majority of the offensiveline leaving from last season, theGreyhounds will look to focus onnew players to step up and findways to repeat recent success thatled them to the playoffs in 2014. TheGreyhounds will begin 2015 with10 returners, so look for newcomerWR/CB Elizeo Leon to help on bothsides of the ball.

TAFT GREYHOUNDSDISTRICT: 15-3A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Pete GuajardoASSISTANTCOACHES:JJSuarez (DC); Rick Elizondo (OC);Joe Riojas; Richard Jackson;Michael Sandroussi; JackSanders; Scott Olivo2014RECORD:9-3, 4-1LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2012LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT:304HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 9 vs. BloomingtonRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 23 vs. OdemRETURNINGSTARTERS:5 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:SplitSTADIUM:Greyhound Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

RB/OLB Josh Vasquez; QB/S Jared Acosta;OT/DTAndrewPerez

KEYNEWCOMERS

WR/CBElizeo Leon

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Josh VasquezPOSITION:Running backHEIGHT:5-10CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Vasquez has surpassedthe 1,000-yardmark the past twoseasons despite not playingmuchin the second half of many games.

Rey Castillo


tough man

LonDon’S VoSSreturnStoheLppIrateSmakerunatSeconDStraIghtpoStSeaSonberth


By Stuart DuncanSpecial to the Caller-Times

London senior JakeVoss would make theperfectToughMancom-petitor, as he played inthree games last seasonwithabrokenwrist.Vosshas little time for suchthings, however, consid-ering he is a standout onboth sides of the footballand on special teams.

The 5 - foo t- 8 ,160-pound Voss is a re-turning first-team all-district quarterbackand defensive back and

also wasnamed apreseasonal l-statep u n t e rby DaveC a m p -b e l l ’ sT e x a s

Football Magazine.“Jake does a lot for

us,” Pirates coach Rob-bie Moreno said. “He’sour toughest kid.”

Voss threw for 915yards last season, com-pleting 50 of 97 passeswith nine touchdownsdespite missing the firstfour games because ofa concussion. He alsorushed for 530 yardsand five touchdowns on72 carries.

Voss played the finalthree games of last sea-son with a broken leftwrist, his non-throwing

hand,while leadingLon-don to its first playoffap-pearance.

“I didn’t know it wasbroken (initially),” saidVoss, a receiver whenhe started playing foot-ball in the fifth grade.“I thought my left wristwas just jammed. I foundout it was broken afterlast season. I feel a lotbetter this year.”

Voss already is hav-ing to overcomean earlysprained left ankle, buthe isn’t expected tomissgame time because of it.

That is good news forLondon, which needsthe play-making Vosson the field as much aspossible. Voss made 56tackles, had two inter-ceptions and one fum-ble recovery on defense

last season.“As a safety, he comes

up and likes to hit,”Moreno said. “He’s afootball player for us.”

But punting may beVoss’ specialty consid-ering he averaged 36.5yards per punt.

Moreno said Voss’placement of the ball,particularly on his“coffin-corner” kicks,

separates him from oth-er punters.

“Jake is a talentedpunter,” Moreno said.“One step, and he getsrid of the ball. It’s likechipping a putt in golf—whenhepunts, heknowswhere to put it.”

Voss wants to playcollege football after hegraduates from Londonbut would like to help

the Pirates accomplishanother first before hedoes by helping themwin a playoff game thisseason.

“I want to make it fur-ther in the playoffs thisyear,”Vosssaid. “All I canthink about is that firstgameoftheseason. Ican’twait for thatfirst kickoff.”

pirateschaseplayoffwinVoSS’ LondonSquAd Among2A hopefuLS

Caller-Times File

london’s Jake Voss (left) returns after helping the Pirates to the school’sfirst playoff appearance in 2014.

See 2A, 56

Voss


District 15-2A,Division i

Titlecontenders:Refugio,Shiner

Outlook for 2015: Refu-gio reminded everyonewho is the team to beatbyknockingoffSchulen-burg andShiner en routeto winning this highlycompetitive district.Expectmoreof the samethis season, consideringthe Bobcats have theirplaymaker back at quar-terback — junior JaylonMascorro threw formore than 3,400 yardsand accounted for 46 to-tal touchdowns — andstandout senior run-ning back Isaiah Perez(33 combined rushing

and receiving touch-downs). Refugio coachJason Herring believesthe Bobcats have thedepth and experienceto defend their districtchampionship if theycan stay healthy. Perez’shealth is particularly im-

portant after he sufferedanACL knee injury dur-ing the playoffs.District 16-2A,Division i

Title contenders: ThreeRivers, Ben Bolt

Outlook for 2015: Al-though Three Rivers

graduated three first-team all-district of-fensive linemen and itsstarting quarterback,the Bulldogs, who re-turn standout runningback Paul Almendarez,are determined todefend their district

championship. BenBolt will look to make arun at the district titleas well with first-yearcoach Daniel Johnson,who most recently wasthe offensive coordina-tor at Mineral Wellsand previously was thecoach at Teague HighSchool for two seasons.London, which returnsVoss and running backGeorge Aguilar, willlook to build upon lastseason’s first playoffappearance. Riviera,which has to replacea combined six start-ers across both sidesof the ball, shouldn’tbe overlooked, either,although the Seahawkshaven’t won their dis-trict in more than threedecades.

District: 16-2A,Division ii

Title contenders:Wood-sboro, Bruni

Outlook for 2015: Led byreturning honorable-mention all-state line-backer Justin Spears,Woodsboro again willattempt to challengedefending distr ictchampion Bruni andreturn to the playoffs.Don’t be surprised ifAgua Dulce also makesa push for its first dis-trict title in a decade,considering the Long-horns have a combined16 returning starters.Benavides will look tofirst-year coach GilbertPerez to help the Ea-gles bounce back fromtheir one-win season in2014.

2Afrom 55

Refugio’sJaylonMascorro isone of thearea’s toprecruitedplayers butfirst willbe a keycog in theBobcats’quest for astate title.CalleR-TiMes File

The best jobin the worldneeds YOU!

The State’s Largest Provider of Teachers877.888.2640 • TexasTeachers.org

Begin your career in teaching quickly and affordablywith the state’s largest certification program. For only$295 to start, we provide everything you need to besuccessful in the classroom.

School districts in the region are hiring to fill shortagesin all subject areas. If you have a four-year degree, letus help start your fulfilling career as a teacher!

Find out how you couldbe teaching this year!

CAL639987


CAL652959

London High School

Aug. 28 at Monte Alto 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 4 Pharr Oratory 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 Marine Military Aca. 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 at Pettus 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 26 Skidmore-Tynan 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 *Santa Maria 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 *at La Villa 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *Three Rivers 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 *Riviera 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6 *at Ben Bolt 7:30 p.m.

Pirates Schedule


CAL650035

GOOD LUCKTHIS SEASON!

VISIT ONE OF OUR 6 STATE OF THE ARTPHYSICAL THERAPY CENTERS.

www.HumpalPhysicalThereapy.com • www.Facebook/HumpalPT • 361-854-2278


ANDBEN BOLTHIGH SCHOOL

1259 E.Main • Alice, Texas

361-664-9955Mon.-Fri. 8.30am-7pm • Sat. 8.30am-6pm

WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN AT: www.lovechrysler.comCAL650846

CHRYSLER • DODGE • JEEP • RAM

A SOUTH TEXASWINNING TRADITION

DISTRICTS 15-2A DIVISION I, 16-2A DIVISION IC A L L E R . C OM K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 59

REFUGIO BOBCATSDISTRICT: 15-2A, Division IHEADCOACH:JasonHerring (175-46)ASSISTANTCOACHES:DrewCox,Eli Boxell, Cameron Cox, AnthonyQuintanilla, Jarod Kay,Will Cockerili,Darrin Hunkapillar, Joe BobRatliff2014RECORD: 12-1, 5-0LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT: 187HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 16 vs. SchulenburgRETURNINGSTARTERS:8 offense, 8 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE: SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:SplitSTADIUM:Jack SportsmanBobcat Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

QB/DBJaylonMas-corro; RB Isaiah

Perez; G ChristianMascorro; GNick Vil-larreal, DB Les Rhodes, RBOmri Oliver

KEYNEWCOMERS

CTrey Upton; OTRonnie Hucich;WR

Daidrin Dukes

OUTLOOKTheDistrict 15-2A title should just bethe tip of the iceberg for the Bobcats,which just has to replace a combined sixstarters on both sides of the ball fromlast year’s Class 2A state quarterfinalistteam. The offense—which averaged50 points per game last season— isagain in good hands behindMascorro,who threw 40 touchdown passes andtwo interceptions last seasonwhile alsorushing formore than 900 yards. Perezled Refugio last seasonwith 1,366 yardsand had 31 rushing touchdowns beforesuffering that season-ending injury.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME: JaylonMascorroPOSITION:QB/DBHT./WT.:6-2, 210CLASS:JuniorOFNOTE:Mascorro passed for3,456 yards in 2014 with 40 touch-downs. With a reported four DivisionI offers (SMU, Houston, Rice andKansas) entering the month andother major programs showing inter-est, Mascorro could very well be theCoastal Bend’s top recruit.

Stuart Duncan

LOndOn PIRATESDISTRICT: 16-2A, Division IHEADCOACH:RobbieMoreno(12-14 overall)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Kevin Carr, Albert Amaya,Ron Lawvek, Steven Sanchez2014RECORD:7-4, 2-2LASTDISTRICTTITLE:noneLASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT: 170HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 9 vs. SantaMariaRETURNINGSTARTERS:8 offense, 7 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:Split

KEYRETURNERS

RBGeorge Aguilar;OL/DL Tristan Gon-

zalez; LB Ricky Ramos; DL AndrewEverett

KEYNEWCOMERS

RB/LB JacobHoff-man; RB/LBVince

Fuentes

OUTLOOKThe return of the standout runningback, Aguilar, should give the Pirates’offense plenty of balance again thisseason. London must compensatefor the loss of receiver Chris Gray’sability to stretch the opposing team’sdefense vertically in the passing gamethis year. The return of Gonzalez andEverett will help solidify the Pirates’defensive line, although London mustreplace two starting inside lineback-ers from last season.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Jake VossPOSITION:QBHT./WT.:5-8, 168CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Vosswas a first-teamall-district selection at three differ-ent positions last season and is apreseason all-state punter, accordingto the 2015 Dave Campbell’s TexasFootball Magazine. Voss had a handin 14 touchdowns on offense lastseason despitemissing the first fourgames of the season because of aconcussion.

Stuart Duncan

BEn BOLT BAdGERSDISTRICT: 16-2A, Division IHEADCOACH:Daniel Johnson(22-12)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Robert Jones,William Foster,Jose Garcia, Phillip Ramirez.2014RECORD:9-3, 3-1LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2011LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE: 2014ENROLLMENT:203HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 11 vs. BenavidesRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 16 at Three RiversRETURNINGSTARTERS:5 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Multiple ProTYPICALDEFENSE:Multiple 50STADIUM:J.E. Barrera Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

LBBrandon Adams;OL Justin Lopez;

DBGilbert Cantu;WRGavin Gonzalez

KEYNEWCOMERS

LBStevenRodriguez;DE/TENick Garcia

OUTLOOKAfter winning its first playoff game inmore than two decades last season,Ben Bolt has plenty to be optimisticabout coming into coach Johnson’s firstyear at the helm. Although the Badgerswill be hard pressed to replace all-stateselection Andres Soliz and standoutquarterback RyanGalvan (who alsograduated), the return of David Rojasand first team all-district selectionGonzalez will help give the offense alift. The return of first-team all-districtselection Adamswill help Ben Bolt’sdefense compensate for the loss ofall-state honorablemention defensivelineman Ariel Soliz, whowas also one ofthe district’s co-MVPs last year.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:David RojasPOSITION:RBHT./WT.:5-5/162CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Rojaswas a first-teamall-district selection this past sea-son. Rojasmay be the Badgers’ nextworkhorse back considering that lastyear’s 2,000-yard rusher, AndresSoliz, graduated.

Stuart Duncan

RIVIERA SEAHAWKSDISTRICT: 16-2A, Division IHEADCOACH:Nathan Borden (7-13)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Frank Lopez,Mike Suarez, Artie DeLaRosa, R.J.DeLaRosa, JeffQuillin2014RECORD:6-4, 2-2LASTDISTRICTTITLE: 1984LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2011ENROLLMENT: 182HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 2 vs. BenavidesRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 9 at Ben BoltRETURNINGSTARTERS:8 offense, 8 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE:3-4STADIUM:Seahawk Stadium/CoachArtie DeLaRosa Field

KEYRETURNERS

OLAustinSanchez;WR

Sebastian Lerma; DBBrett Garza;LBRobert Acevedo

KEYNEWCOMERS

BGavan Lomas;LB Angel Cuellar

OUTLOOKAfter being picked in the preseason byat least one publication to finish last intheir district last season, the Seahawksjustmissed the playoffs because of apoints tiebreaker after finishing in athree-way tie for the final playoff berth.Riviera is again determined to show thatit is a playoff team this season, as Bor-den said the Seahawkswill be improvedon both sides of the ball. Rivieramustcut down on its penalties tomake it tothe postseason for the first time underBorden.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Gabriel CastilloPOSITION:QBHT./WT.:5-9, 200CLASS:SophomoreOFNOTE:Castillo shared the dis-trict’s Newcomer of the Year withLondon’s George Aguilar last season.He puts plenty of zip on his passes,as his fastball during baseball seasonreaches 87miles per hour.

Stuart Duncan

THREE RIVERS BULLdOGSDISTRICT: 16-2A, Division IHEADCOACH:Randy Palmer (51-27)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Kelly Black,Joe Salinas, Terrence Fryer, KevinSheppard, Jesse Carbajal andAndy Amaro2014RECORD: 11-1, 4-0LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2014LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT: 162HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 30 vs. SantaMariaRETURNINGSTARTERS:5 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE: Slot-TTYPICALDEFENSE:Weak EagleSTADIUM:Bulldog Stadium

KEYRETURNERS

TE/DE Levi Fulcher;DE Ryan Retzloff;

OL Valentin Sanchez; OL Keyton Castro

KEYNEWCOMERS

QBEthanWhite

OUTLOOKPalmer understands that Three Rivers isamarked team this season and that theBulldogs can’t live off of their successlast season. Despite also losing a stand-out linebacker to graduation, Palmersaid he believes Three Rivers has theplayers this season to fill in the holesleft by graduation. EitherWesley David-son, a junior, or the freshmanWhite willbe the Bulldogs’ starting quarterbackthis season.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Paul AlmendarezPOSITION:RB/DBHT./WT.:5-10, 175CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Almendarezwas one of theco-MVPs of District 16-2A, DivisionI in 2014. Hewas also a 1,600-yardrusher for the Bulldogs last season.

Stuart Duncan

DISTRICT 16-2A/DIVISION II, TAPPS DIVISION II/DISTRICT 3 K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S60

OUTLOOKPerez will look to help the Eaglesrebound after they’ve won acombined three games over thepast three seasons. Benavideswill turn to its experienced skillposition players to attempt tosnap its current nine-game los-ing streak, which dates back tolast season. Expect the Eagles tolean heavily this season on theirreturning first-team all-districtreceiver, Garcia, and 2014 sec-ond-team all-district selections:Oliveira, Guzman and Abitua.Oliveira, a first-team all-districtpunter, will also help solidifyBenavides’ special teams againthis season.

BENAVIDES EAGLESDISTRICT: 16-2A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Gilbert Perez2014RECORD: 1-9, 0-4LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2004ENROLLMENT: 110HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. RungeSTADIUM:Eagle Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

WR/TE/DB JeremyGarcia; RB/P Kevin Oliveira;QBBrian Abitua;WR/RB/DBNoeGuzman.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:A.J.MunozPOSITION:OLHT./WT.:5-7, 200CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Munozwas a first-team all-district selection as anoffensive lineman last season.Munoz alsomade second-teamall-district as a defensive line-man last year.

Stuart Duncan

OUTLOOKThe Centurions can go nowherebut up after a winless seasonin 2014. Gaza takes over headcoaching duties after spendinglast year as an assistant. Hewill bring a fast-paced spreadoffense to the team but will haveto build some experience as onlythree starters return on bothsides of the ball. Jared Gazaand Seals help to anchor theoffensive line, and Jace Gazawill likely handle duties as thesignal caller. The Centurionshave a shot to compete for apostseason berth if they canstay healthy.

JOHN PAUL II CENTURIONSDISTRICT: TAPPSDivision II, District 3HEADCOACH:Robert Gaza (first year)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Rashad Anderson, Julian Brazil, AlexGarcia, BIlly Glover, JosephGonzalez, Chris Vidaurri, JJ Trujillo,Steve Perales2014RECORD:0-10, 0-6LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE: 2011RETURNINGSTARTERS: 3 offense, 3 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE: SpreadTYPICALDEFENSE: 4-3STADIUM:Centurions Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

RTJared Gaza; OT Leonard Seals; LB JacobJuarez

KEYNEWCOMERS

DEJackson Pullen; DBGageDavenport; QBJace Gaza PLAYER TOWATCH

NAME:Jacob JuarezPOSITION: LBHT./WT.: 5-11, 170CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Juarez isoneof threereturningstartersondefenseandhisexperiencewill be impor-tant if theCenturionswant tobreak through to theplayoffs.

Len Hayward

OUTLOOKWith a combined 16 starters onboth sides of the ball, AguaDulceis eyeing another playoff appear-ance andmore this season.Junior DL Chris Swartz, seniorLB/DECrespin Rosas and LB/DB Fuentes return to anchor theLonghorns’ defense.Whoeverdoesn’t win the battle to be theteam’s quarterback between thefreshmenGarza and Rodriguezwill play receiver.

AGUA DULCE BULLDOGSDISTRICT: 16-2A, Division IIHEADCOACH:Robert Beard (13-18)ASSISTANTCOACHES:Jessie Cadena, Jason Calvez, GagePerry,MatthewGonzalez, Danny Valdez, Gabe Rivera2014RECORD:6-5, 2-2LASTDISTRICTTITLE:2005LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT: 122HOMECOMINGGAME:Sept. 25 vs. SantaMariaRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 30 at BenavidesRETURNINGSTARTERS:8 offense, 8 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE: I formationTYPICALDEFENSE:4-3STADIUM:BudBailey Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

OL/DL James Berry; OL/DE Austin Kennemer;WR/LB/DBMarkFuentes;OL/DLGoliathGarcia.

KEYNEWCOMERS

QB/WR/DBRandall Garza; QB/WR/DBJohnRodriguez.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:BoSurberPOSITION:RBHT./WT.:5-10, 170CLASS:JuniorOFNOTE:Surber has the sizeand speed to become the toprunning back in the district thisseason, coach Robert Beardsaid. Surber was also a first-team all-district selection as apunter last season.

Stuart Duncan

OUTLOOKMiller likes the Eagles’ chancesofmaking a run at their firstdistrict title inmore than twodecades, although they’ll haveto replace a combined 12 start-ers on both sides of the ball thisseason.With returning first-teamall-district senior LB Ayala andSpears leading theway,Millersaid he believesWoodsboro’sdefensewill bemuch improvedthis season. Senior running backHernandez, whowas a first-team all-district selection lastseason, and sophomore punterBeall, whowas a 16-2A, DivisionII co-Newcomer of the Year lastseason, also return.

WOODSBORO EAGLESDISTRICT: 16-2A, Division IIHEADCOACH:WadeMiller (23-12)ASSISTANTCOACHES:EJMcNamara, Tony Gonzales, NoelLopez, Jaime Cano Jr., KeithWilliams, AaronHouston and JohnVillegas.2014RECORD:4-7, 3-1LASTDISTRICTTITLE: 1988LASTPLAYOFFAPPEARANCE:2014ENROLLMENT: 152HOMECOMINGGAME:Oct. 9 vs. AguaDulceRIVALRYGAME:Oct. 23 vs. BruniRETURNINGSTARTERS:5 offense, 5 defenseTYPICALOFFENSE:Double slot/triple optionTYPICALDEFENSE:3-4STADIUM:Eagle Stadium

KEYRETURNEES

RB/DBJoseHernandez; RB/LBHugo Ayala;RB/LB Ti Beall; QB/LB JadenWren.

KEYNEWCOMERS

WR/DBKaleb Rivera; RB/DBRoel Flores.

PLAYER TOWATCHNAME:Justin SpearsPOSITION:LBHT./WT.:5-11, 170CLASS:SeniorOFNOTE:Spears was a Class2A honorable-mention all-stateselection last season, andwasa first team all-district selec-tion as a linebacker.

Stuart Duncan


Corpus Christi, Texas | 4401 S.P.I.D. | 361-991-LOVE (5683)

MARION LUNA BREM’S

LOVEPreOwned AutoCenter

Shop Online | LovePreOwnedAutoCenter.com“Love Keeps You Going”

2011BMW328ISunroofLeatherBluetooth

2011CHEVYCOLORADO4X4CREWCABZ71

BedlinerAlloys

Prime Vehicles. Priced Right. Fast Financing.

2014DODGECHALLENGERSXT

LeatherBluetooth20” Alloys

2014TOYOTATACOMA

Double Cab V6TRD Off Rd Pkg

4x4 Alloys

2015FORDMUSTANG

Eco boostNavigationLeather

2013JEEPWRANGLERUNLIMITEDRUBICON

4x4NavigationLeather

2015RAM2500MEGACAB

LARAMIE4X4Navigation

Alpine Sound

2013FORDF250SUPERCREW

LARIATKing Ranch Ed.FX4 Sunroof

CAL643272

SCHEDULE K I C K O F F 2 0 1 5 C A L L E R -T I M E S62

WEEK 1THURSDAY,AUG.27NON-DISTRICT

Carroll vs.Miller, 7 p.m., BucStadiumFRIDAY,AUG.28NON-DISTRICT

King at FlourBluff, 7:30p.m.Ray at LaredoMartin, 7:30p.m.WestOso vs.Moody, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumMercedes atCalallen, 7:30p.m.Tuloso-Midway at Sinton, 7:30p.m.Gregory-Portlandat El Campo,7:30p.m.Beeville at Kingsville, 7:30p.m.AransasPass atRockport-Fulton,7:30p.m.OrangeGrove atRobstown,7:30p.m.GeorgeWest at SanDiego,7:30p.m.Mathis at Banquete, 7:30p.m.Bishopat ThreeRivers, 7:30p.m.Falfurrias at Freer, 7:30p.m.LaVilla at Lyford, 7:30p.m.RioHondoat SantaRosa, 7:30p.m.EdnaatOdem, 7:30p.m.SantaGertrudis Academyat Pettus,7:30p.m.JohnPaul II at Skidmore-Tynan,7:30p.m.Hebbronville at Refugio, 7:30p.m.LondonatMonteAlto, 7:30p.m.Lasara at Benavides, 7:30p.m.Nixon-Smiley atWoodsboro,7:30p.m.Benavides at VeteransMemorial,7:30p.m.,Multipurpose

SATURDAY,AUG.29NON-DISTRICT

Alice at LaredoAlexander, 7 p.m.

WEEK 2THURSDAY,SEPT.3NON-DISTRICT

King vs.Moody, 7 p.m., BucStadiumAlice at Kingsville, 7:30p.m.

FRIDAY,SEPT.4NON-DISTRICT

Gregory-Portland vs. Carroll,7:30p.m.,MultipurposeRay vs.Miller, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumTivy at Calallen, 7:30p.m.Tuloso-Midway atOrangeGrove, 7:30p.m.Beeville at Ingleside, 7:30p.m.Rockport-Fulton at Sinton,7:30p.m.WestOso atBishop, 7:30p.m.Freer at GeorgeWest, 7:30p.m.Refugio atMathis, 7:30p.m.AransasPass at Edna, 7:30p.m.Falfurrias at SantaGertrudis Academy,7:30p.m.Lyford at St. JosephAcademy,7:30p.m.SanDiego atHebbronville,7:30p.m.SantaRosa at La Feria, 7:30p.m.OdematGoliad, 7:30p.m.Skidmore-TynanatWoodsboro,7:30p.m.PharrOratory at London, 7:30p.m.,CabanissSoccer FieldThreeRivers atNixon-Smiley,7:30p.m.Benavides atMarineMilitary Academy,7:30p.m.AguaDulce at JohnPaul II,7:30p.m.Robstownat Poteet, 7:30p.m.VeteransMemorial vs. Brookshire-Royal, 7:30p.m.Beeville

SATURDAY,SEPT.5NON-DISTRICT

FlourBluffatKilgore, 6 p.m.

WEEK 3THURSDAY,SEPT. 10DISTRICT30-5A

FlourBluff vs.Moody, 7:30p.m., BucStadium

FRIDAY,SEPT. 11DISTRICT30-5A

Victoria East at Alice, 7:30p.m.Calallen at Tuloso-Midway,7:30p.m.Gregory-Portland at VictoriaWest,7:30p.m.

NON-DISTRICTRay vs. SharylandPioneer,7:30p.m.,MultipurposeCarroll at Port LavacaCalhoun,7:30p.m.King vs.Weslaco, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumOrangeGrove atBeeville, 7:30p.m.Rockport-Fulton atKingsville,7:30p.m.Sinton atRioHondo, 7:30p.m.WestOso at Taft, 7:30p.m.GeorgeWest atOdem, 7:30p.m.Mathis at Poteet, 7:30p.m.Ingleside at AransasPass,7:30p.m.BishopatBruni, 7:30p.m.Hebbronville at Falfurrias,7:30p.m.Raymondville at Lyford, 7:30p.m.Freer at SanDiego, 7:30p.m.Progreso at SantaRosa, 7:30p.m.RobstownatBanquete, 7:30p.m.SantaGertrudis Academyat SantaMaria, 7:30p.m.Kenedy at Skidmore-Tynan,7:30p.m.MarineMilitary Academyat London,7:30p.m.ThreeRivers atRunge, 7:30p.m.Benavides atBenBolt, 7:30p.m.Woodsboro at Flatonia, 7:30p.m.

SATURDAY,SEPT. 12NON-DISTRICT

VeteransMemorial at FlourBluffJV,10 a.m.

WEEK 4THURSDAY,SEPT. 17

NON-DISTRICTMonteAlto at VeteransMemorial,7 p.m.

FRIDAY,SEPT. 18DISTRICT30-5A

Miller at Gregory-Portland,7:30p.m.Moody at Victoria East, 7:30p.m.Alice at Calallen, 7:30p.m.VictoriaWest at FlourBluff,7:30p.m.

NON-DISTRICTRay vs. LaredoUnitedSouth,7:30p.m., BucStadiumCarroll vs.McAllen, 7:30p.m.,MultipurposeKing atRioGrandeCity, 7:30p.m.Sinton atBeeville, 7:30p.m.Ingleside atRockport-Fulton,7:30p.m.Kingsville at Robstown, 7:30p.m.Sinton atBeeville, 7:30p.m.OdematWestOso, 7:30p.m.OrangeGrove at AransasPass,7:30p.m.Falfurrias atGeorgeWest,7:30p.m.Lyford atMathis, 7:30p.m.Taft at Bishop, 7:30p.m.Falfurrias atGeorgeWest,7:30p.m.SanDiego atRefugio, 7:30p.m.SantaRosa at LaVilla, 7:30p.m.KarnesCity at Banquete, 7:30p.m.Runge at SantaGertrudis Academy,7:30p.m.Skidmore-Tynanat Freer, 7:30p.m.Londonat Pettus, 7:30p.m.

Woodsboro at ThreeRivers,7:30p.m.SantaMaria at Benavides,7:30p.m.JohnPaul II at Riviera, 7:30p.m.

WEEK 5THURSDAY,SEP.24NON-DISTRICT

Carroll at LaredoUnited, 7 p.m.FRIDAY,SEP.25DISTRICT30-5A

FlourBluff vs.Miller, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumCalallen vs.Moody, 7:30p.m.,MultipurposeTuloso-Midway at Alice, 7:30p.m.

TAPPSD-II, DISTRICT3St. JosephAcademyat JohnPaul II,7:30p.m.

NON-DISTRICTRayat Laredo LBJ, 7:30p.m.Beeville at CarrizoSprings,7:30p.m.Rockport-Fulton atOrangeGrove,7:30p.m.Raymondville at Kingsville,7:30p.m.LaVernia at Sinton, 7:30p.m.RobstownatWestOso, 7:30p.m.GeorgeWest atHebbronville,7:30p.m.Mathis at Stockdale, 7:30p.m.Palacios at AransasPass,7:30p.m.BishopatBanquete, 7:30p.m.Zapata at Falfurrias, 7:30p.m.Taft at SanDiego, 7:30p.m.Hidalgo at SantaRosa, 7:30p.m.OdematMarion, 7:30p.m.SantaGertrudis Academyat Freer,7:30p.m.Skidmore-Tynanat London,7:30p.m.Kenedy at ThreeRivers, 7:30p.m.Runge atBenavides, 7:30p.m.YorktownatWoodsboro, 7:30p.m.Refugio at CameronYoe, 7:30p.m.VeteransMemorial vs. Crystal City,7:30p.m.,Mathis

SATURDAY,SEP.26NON-DISTRICT

King at LaredoUnitedSouth, 7 p.m.

WEEK 6FRIDAY,OCT.2DISTRICT30-5A

Miller at Victoria East, 7:30p.m.Moody at Tuloso-Midway,7:30p.m.VictoriaWest at Calallen, 7:30p.m.Gregory-Portlandat FlourBluff,7:30p.m.

TAPPSD-II, DISTRICT3CornerstoneChristian at JohnPaul II,7:30p.m.

NON-DISTRICTKingsville at Ingleside, 7:30p.m.Sinton atRaymondville, 7:30p.m.Falls City at GeorgeWest, 7:30p.m.Hidalgo at Lyford, 7:30p.m.Banquete atRefugio, 7:30p.m.Freer atMathis, 7:30p.m.Benavides atRiviera, 7:30p.m.Woodsboro at VeteransMemorial,7:30p.m., BucStadium

WEEK 7THURSDAY,OCT.8DISTRICT28-6A

Carroll vs. S.A. East Central.,7 p.m., BucStadiumKing vs. S.A. Southwest, 7 p.m.,Multipurpose

FRIDAY,OCT.9DISTRICT28-6A

Rayat S.A. SouthSan, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT30-5A

Calallen vs.Miller, 7:30p.m., BucStadium

Alice vs.Moody, 7:30p.m.,MultipurposeTuloso-Midway at VictoriaWest,7:30p.m.Victoria East at Gregory-Portland,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-4A,DIVISION IBeeville at Robstown, 7:30p.m.LaVernia at Rockport-Fulton,7:30p.m.DISTRICT 15-4A,DIVISION II

Jourdanton at Sinton, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 16-4A,DIVISION II

WestOsoatRioHondo, 7:30p.m.Raymondville atOrangeGrove,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3A,DIVISION IBrooksAcademyatGeorgeWest,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3A,DIVISION IAransasPass at Falfurrias,7:30p.m.SanDiego atBishop, 7:30p.m.Lyford at SantaRosa, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 15-3A,DIVISION II

Banquete at Skidmore-Tynan,7:30p.m.SantaGertrudis AcademyatOdem,7:30p.m.DISTRICT 16-3A,DIVISION II

Cotulla at Freer, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 15-2A,DIVISION I

Refugio at Shiner, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION I

SantaMaria at London, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 16-2A,DIVISION II

ThreeRivers at LaVilla, 7:30p.m.Benavides atBruni, 7:30p.m.AguaDulce atWoodsboro,7:30p.m.

SATURDAY,OCT. 10TAPPSD-I,DISTRICT3

JohnPaul II at SAGeneva, 1 p.m.

WEEK 8THURSDAY,OCT. 15NON-DISTRICT

RayJVatVeteransMemorial,5:30p.m.

FRIDAY,OCT. 16DISTRICT28-6A

Carroll vs. Ray, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumKing vs. SouthSan, 7:30p.m.,Multipurpose

DISTRICT30-5AMiller at Tuloso-Midway, 7:30p.m.Alice at VictoriaWest, 7:30p.m.Gregory-Portland at Calallen,7:30p.m.FlourBluffatVictoria East,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-4ADIVISION IBeeville at LaVernia, 7:30p.m.Gonzales atRockport-Fulton,7:30p.m.Robstownat Pleasanton, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-4ADIVISION IKingsville at Zapata, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-4ADIVISION IISinton at Yoakum, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-4ADIVISION IIRaymondville atWestOso,7:30p.m.OrangeGrove at Progreso,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IMathis atGoliad, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3ADIVISION IBishopat AransasPass, 7:30p.m.Falfurrias at SantaRosa, 7:30p.m.SanDiego at Lyford, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IITaft at Banquete, 7:30p.m.Skidmore-TynanatOdem,7:30p.m.Bloomington at SantaGertrudisAcademy, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3ADIVISION IIFreer atDilley, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-2ADIVISION ISchulenburg atRefugio, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION ILondonat LaVilla, 7:30p.m.BenBolt at ThreeRivers, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION IIWoodsboro atBenavides, 7:30p.m.

TAPPSD-II, DISTRICT3JohnPaul II at Aus. Regents, 7 p.m.

WEEK 9THURSDAY,OCT.22DISTRICT30-5A

Alice atMiller, 7 p.m., BucStadiumNON-DISTRICT

VeteransMemorial at Carroll JV,6 p.m.


Carroll vs. King, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumRayat S.A. East Central, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT30-5AMoodyat VictoriaWest, 7:30p.m.Calallen at FlourBluff, 7:30p.m.Tuloso-Midway atGregory-Portland,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-4ADIVISION IPleasanton atBeeville, 7:30p.m.Rockport-Fulton atRobstown,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-4ADIVISION ILaFeria at Kingsville, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-4ADIVISION IICuero at Sinton, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-4ADIVISION IIWestOsoat Port Isabel, 7:30p.m.RioHondoatOrangeGrove,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IGeorgeWest atHallettsville,7:30p.m.BrooksAcademyatMathis,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3ADIVISION IAransasPass at SanDiego,7:30p.m.SantaRosa atBishop, 7:30p.m.Lyford at Falfurrias, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IIBanquete at Bloomington,7:30p.m.Odemat Taft, 7:30p.m.SantaGertrudis AcademyatSkidmore-Tynan, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3ADIVISION IIMonteAlto at Freer, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-2ADIVISION IRefugio atGanado, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION IThreeRivers at London, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION IIBenavides at Pettus, 7:30p.m.Bruni atWoodsboro, 7:30p.m.

SATURDAY,OCT.24TAPPSD-II, DISTRICT3

HolyCross at JohnPaul II, 7 p.m.

WEEK 10THURSDAY,OCT.29NON-DISTRICT

VeteransMemorial vs.Miller JV,7 p.m., BucStadium


Carroll at SouthSan, 7:30p.m.Ray at S.A. Southwest, 7:30p.m.King vs. S.A. East Central,7:30p.m.,Multipurpose

DISTRICT30-5AMiller vs.Moody, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumGregory-Portland at Alice,7:30p.m.Victoria East at Calallen, 7:30p.m.FlourBluffat Tuloso-Midway,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-4ADIVISION IBeeville at Rockport-Fulton,7:30p.m.

RobstownatGonzales, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 16-4ADIVISION I

Kingsville at LaGrulla, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 15-4ADIVISION II

Progreso atWestOso, 7:30p.m.DISTRICT 16-4ADIVISION II

OrangeGrove at Port Isabel,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IMathis atGeorgeWest, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3ADIVISION IAransasPass at Lyford, 7:30p.m.Bishopat Falfurrias, 7:30p.m.SanDiego at SantaRosa, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IIBanquete at SantaGertrudis Academy,7:30p.m.Bloomington atOdem, 7:30p.m.Taft at Skidmore-Tynan, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-2ADIVISION IFlatonia atRefugio, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION IRiviera at London, 7:30p.m.SantaMaria at ThreeRivers,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION IIAguaDulce atBenavides, 7:30p.m.

TAPPSDIVISION IIDISTRICT III

JohnPaul II at Aus.HydePark, 7 p.m.

WEEK 11WEDNESDAY,NOV.4

NON-DISTRICTVeteransMemorial at SASouthwest,6:30p.m.

THURSDAY,NOV.5DISTRICT28-6A

S.A. Southwest vs. Carroll,7:30p.m., BucStadium

FRIDAY,NOV.6DISTRICT28-6A

King vs. Ray, 7:30.,MultipurposeDISTRICT30-5A

Miller vs. VictoriaWest, 7:30p.m., BucStadiumMoody atGregory-Portland,7:30p.m.Alice at FlourBluff, 7:30p.m.Tuloso-Midway at Victoria East,7:30p.m.

15-4ADIVISION IGonzales at Beeville, 7:30p.m.Rockport-Fulton at Pleasanton,7:30p.m.LaVernia at Robstown, 7:30p.m.

16-4ADIVISION IHidalgo atKingsville, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-4ADIVISION IISinton at Ingleside, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-4ADIVISION IIWestOsoatOrangeGrove,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IGeorgeWest atGoliad, 7:30p.m.Hallettsville atMathis, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3ADIVISION ISantaRosa at AransasPass,7:30p.m.Lyford atBishop, 7:30p.m.Falfurrias at SanDiego, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-3ADIVISION IIOdematBanquete, 7:30p.m.SantaGertrudis Academyat Taft,7:30p.m.Skidmore-TynanatBloomington,7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-3ADIVISION IIFreer atHebbronville, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 15-2ADIVISION IRefugio atWeimar, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION ILondonatBenBolt, 7:30p.m.

DISTRICT 16-2ADIVISION IIWoodsboro at Pettus, 7:30p.m.

EDITOR’S NOTEForcomplete teamby teamschedulesgo toThursday’seditionof theCaller-Timesandcaller.com.

CAL644608

CAL648237

Nationally Known Locally Owned

5 Corpus Christi LocationsO;>!!;?1';-3FK C ?PDDF8EE-3FK4:HK

?PDDF8EE -3FK 3E D58 8$:L(E3&8 EGHIEHF 7HF D58/PLL8F;'3K8E *365 <:5HHL ,1?. =- '*. #..B4

=(F LH:PL 5365 E:5HHLE 5P&8 P :5PI:8 DH %3I0), 8&8F" %882J

)7 "H(F E:5HHL 3E E8L8:D89 PE HI8 H7 H(F 6PK8E H7D58 %882 "H(+LL N8 PNL8 DH F863ED8F "H(F 7PK3L" PI97PIE 7HF P :5PI:8 DH %3I P @AM!!! <5HGG3I6 <GF88

PD ?PDDF8EE -3FK4

?HF8 98DP3LE DH :HK8J #PD:5 8&8F" '(8E9P" 7HF D58/PLL8F;'3K8E ,1?. =- '*. #..B PI9 68D F8P9"J

KICKOFF - 2015 South Texas High School Football Preview

Documents

Transcript of KICKOFF - 2015 South Texas High School Football Preview