Leader-News Blue Moon 12-29-12

A look back at the 14-1 season

Saturday, December 29, 2012

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do, he said. Im going to stop being a trainer when I become a freshman because I want to play football too.

DuBroc said all the ice chests needed to be washed after game day, something he didnt expect to be so hard.

Loading ice was really heavy, he said. Its harder than it looks. I think the rst week of two-a-days we ran out of ice.

All the trainers had sore arms the rst few weeks, he added. Saturdays also meant folding towels and uniforms. Towels are especially impor-tant to hand out during the games, DuBroc said.

Sometimes its not your sweat that gets on you - its mostly theirs.

Britain Zalman, a junior at ECHS, has been a trainer for the past three years.

He said he loved sports, but decided not to spend his off-season in the fall running around the track to stay in shape.

Sports is my life, Zalman said. One of the coaches came up to me and asked me to be a trainer. I knew it would be my opportunity to be on the eld.

I know it means so much to the guys when youre back there in the locker room and you are doing everything you

can to get them back into good spirits, he said.

ECHS athletic trainer Cassey Janak said the stu-dents assistance is invalu-able. Janak was chosen as the 2012 Bobby Gunn Athletic Trainer of the Year for the greater Houston area. ECHS head athletic trainer Dean Easter was also chosen for this award in 2008 when he was employed at Sealy ISD. Both oversee the trainers and help with sideline manage-ment.

They are all really good kids, she said. They are very appreciated around here.

The trainers, like all mem-bers of the team, received Uni-versity Interscholastic League medals for being a vital part of the state runner-up team.

I think the main thing we do out here is take care of them, Zalman said. Its the relationships you make that hold us all together.

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L-N Photo by Jon EiltsRooting Ricebird

Ricebird linebacker Jeremy Supak pumps up the crowd after he tackled Stephenville quarterback Tyler Jones at Cowboys Stadium.

FACEBOOK FAN FEEDBACK

The Leader-News asked its Facebook fans to post their re-actions about the Ricebirds re-markable run to the Class 3A Division I state championship game at Cowboys Stadium.

Stephanie Brazeale Cor-tez: My favorite moment was in Beaumont after the Car-thage game! It showed the heart of our team! I think that the way the town showed up to every game was awesome! It was neat to see all the red in each town we were at!

Laura Hensley Motal: My favorite moment was the win over Carthage. EC was not picked to win and many Internet forums showed rude, nasty comments about EC. Our players gave it their all and never gave up and took another win that night! The tears of joy that the team and fans expressed showed the love and support we all have for Ricebird football. Then state bound we were. The sup-port our community showed was overwhelming! Ricebird Nation was in full form at the state game! The Ricebird team may not have won that night, but the team will always be winners in the eyes of our community!

Bonnie L. Quintero Lim-baugh: I was a freshman ECHS band member at the 1967 state nals. I now live in Fort Worth and had been listening to the games online. I was so excited when I was able to attend the state nal after 45 years to cheer on my hometown. I have always been proud to be from El Cam-

po, but I was extremely proud when I was able to acknowl-edge to my co-workers that the El Campo football team made it to the nals.

Anita Moreno: I got so excited and in tears when the good news that our Ricebirds were going to be state bound! And on that Friday morning when the buses were leaving the high school, I got so happy and I was screaming so loud, GO RICEBIRDS STATE BOUND! I even got chills! I was so excited when I saw the Hutchins students and teach-ers supporting the Ricebirds with their posters and waving and smiling at their Ricebirds! And then I got to take a pic-ture of the cop escorting the buses! Im a proud fan of our Ricebirds. Everything about the Ricebirds is priceless and will always be my beautiful memories of 2012!

Ashley Allsmilez Cruz: My favorite was the pep rally for the Carthage game and seeing all the school kids with their signs supporting the football players. Then topping

it off with Santa and Ricky the Ricebird in the helicopter, my kids loved it all.

Traci Bell Faas: With-out a doubt the comeback to beat Carthage was amazing! It proved that our boys never gave up and that they were going to ght for their chance to get to state! The fans were red up and everyone was talking football! I would have loved to have seen every busi-ness painted up or displaying signs. That would have been an awesome sight to see! I wish the seniors nothing but the best in all they do and to the boys coming up, lets do it again! Go Ricebirds!

Lisa Mcafee Bailey: When Carthage fumbled the ball and my son recovered the ball. We then scored two touchdowns and beat them 29-25. It was great the way that El Campo supported the Ricebirds and followed them to Arlington.

Kim Morris Wood: I loved how the community came to-gether during the playoffs. I (and many people helped) sold football tickets at the ad-ministration ofce. It was fun to watch them come in each week and stand in the lobby discussing the game and what the next week would bring. The week we went to state was unreal. We sold almost 4,300 tickets in four days. The excitement and support from the community was better than anyone could have asked for. Thank you for the experi-ence and thank you El Campo for the support you gave!


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Above: The infamous jumbotron at Cowboys Stadium displays the two Class 3A Division I state cham-pionship teams before the game Dec. 14.

L-N Photo by Jon Eilts

Below: Members of the Derby Dolls look at the clock during the fourth quarter as the Ricebirds lost to Stephenville 70-35 in Arlington.

L-N Photo by Glen Frels

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