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SNAPSHOT DAY AHEAD
Mark Oct. 27 on your calendar. Okay, don’t, but know that this is the date when the UIL takes its “snapshot†enrollment count at every school.
Some expect the UIL to expand Class 6A this time around, which would bring in schools such as Highland Park and Mansfield Lake Ridge up from Class 5A into 6A.
The UIL recently raised the ceiling on the number of schools that can be in Class 6A. They’ve done before and hit that ceiling each time soon after.
Additionally, Class 5A will be split into two divisions. The changes will have an affect on all of Class 5A as schools that were once considered small will now be with larger enrollments, by comparison.
TEXAS COMMITS SQUARE OFF
There are several times this year when a pair of Texas commits will face each other on the football field. Below is a rundown of those games.
1. Sept. 1 – Spring Westfield (Keondre Coburn) vs Houston Lamar (Al’Vonte Woodard) CANCELLED
2. Sept. 8 – Lake Travis (Cameron Dicker) vs Cibolo Steele (Caden Sterns)
3. Sept. 15 – Spring Dekaney (Malcolm Epps) vs Alief Taylor (Brennan Eagles)
4. Oct. 6 – Spring Delaney (Malcolm Epps) vs Spring Westfield (Keondre Coburn)
5. Oct. 21 – Houston Heights (Jalen Green) vs Houston Lamar (Al’Vonte Woodard)
CIRCLE THE DATE
Top ranked Carthage and Texas RB commit Keontay Ingram will take on powerful East Texas rival Gilmer, at Gilmer, on Sept. 23.
The game not only presents two of the best Class 4A teams in the state, but two offenses with completely different philosophies.
REMEMBER ME?
Texas commit Rondale Moore and his Louisville Trinity Shamrocks will play host to another tough out of state team this week in Cincinnati (OH) Archbishop Moeller. If the name of the school is familiar, it is where former Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust won four high school national championships before taking the Notre Dame job.
Needless to say, Faust did not enjoy the same success at Notre Dame.
DALLAS/FT WORTH HORNS CAN SEE COBURN UP CLOSE
On Sept. 8 perennial power Euless Trinity will play host to Houston Lamar and Keondre Coburn. I expect this game to be televised but as of now, it has not been announced.
So fans in the Dallas-Ft Worth area can get an up close look at Coburn in a rare instance where he’s playing locally. The game will start at 7 p.m. at Pennington Field.
GAMES OF INTEREST
Abilene vs #7 San Angelo Central
Austin Vandergrift vs Odessa Permian
Euless Trinity vs Tulsa Union
Southlake Carroll vs Broken Arrow (OK)
#1 Allen vs #10 Cedar Hill
#1 Cedar Park vs Waco Midway
Lufkin vs Longview
Highland Park vs Rockwall
Dekaney vs #6 GP Northshore CANCELLED
Lamar vs Westfield CANCELLED
Austin Westlake vs Katy CANCELLED
Weslaco vs George Ranch CANCELLED
#6 Lancaster vs #4 Denton Ryan
Boerne Champion vs Prosper (@ Georgetown)
Mineola vs #8 Van
Carthage vs Gladewater
Navasota vs Franklin
Tatum vs Arp
#2 Newton vs Kirbyville
Per the Houston Chronicle, the following is a list of games that have been cancelled this week due to the flooding of Hurricane Harvey.
Cancellations include games involving teams from these districts:
Alvin ISD
Aldine ISD
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Fort Bend ISD
Humble ISD
Spring Branch ISD
Alief ISD
Deer Park ISD
Boling ISD
Needville ISD
Week 1 cancellations include:
Sterling vs. La Marque
Westbury vs. Baytown Lee
Sam Houston vs. Washington
Heights vs. Travis
Wheatley vs. Sharpstown
Worthing vs. Brazosport
Furr vs. Yates
Westside vs. Brenham
Scarborough vs. Austin
Lamar vs. Westfield
Chavez vs. Spring Woods
North Forest vs. Stafford
Madison vs. Fort Bend Marshall
Milby vs. Lutheran North
Wisdom vs. Tomball
Kashmere vs. Northside
Waltrip vs. Huntsville
Bellaire vs. Clear Brook
Humble vs. Tompkins
Morton Ranch vs. Nimitz
Seven Lakes vs. Houston Memorial
Austin Westlake vs. Katy
Foster vs. Katy Taylor
Cinco Ranch vs. Cy Ranch
Mayde Creek vs. Kempner
Bush vs Alief Taylor
Clements vs Sam Rayburn
Dulles vs Alief Elsik
Hightower vs Eisenhower
Travis vs Heights
Austin vs Alief Hastings
Elkins vs Dickinson
Marshall vs Madison
Ridge Point vs Kingwood
Willowridge vs Aldine
Cypress Springs vs Conroe
Cypress Woods vs Klein Collins
Cy-Fair vs The Woodlands
Alvin vs Stratford
Manvel vs. Crosby
North Shore vs. Dekaney
Galena Park vs. Pasadena
Aldine Davis vs Klein
Willis vs MacArthur
Huffman-Hargrave vs Needville
Livingston vs New Caney
Lumberton vs Porter (rescheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday at Texan Drive Stadium)
Deer Park vs Episcopal
Boling vs. Van Vleck
Needville vs. Huffman-Hargrave
Goose Creek Memorial vs. Tomball Memorial
Magnolia vs. Kingwood Park
Dawson vs. Oak Ridge
Dobie vs. Summer Creek
Atascocita vs. La Porte
Channelview vs. Dayton
Keaontay Ingram
TEXAS COMMITS
2018 CLASS
1. BJ FOSTER, S, Angleton vs Galveston Ball Tornadoes, Friday, Sept 1, 7 pm, Courville Stadium (Galveston) Cancelled
2. BRENNAN EAGLES, WR, Alief Taylor vs George Bush Broncos, Thursday, Aug. 31, Crump Stadium (Alief) Cancelled
3. CADEN STERNS, S, #5 Cibolo Steele vs Madison Mavericks, Friday, Sept 1, 7:30 p.m. Lehnoff Stadium (Schertz)
4. JALEN GREEN, CB, Houston Heights vs Travis Tigers, Thursday, Aug. 31, 7 pm, Delmar Stadium (Houston) Cancelled
5. AL’VONTE WOODARD, WR, Houston Lamar vs Spring Westfield Mustangs, Friday, Sept 1, 7 pm, George Stadium (Spring) Cancelled
6. DEMARVION OVERSHOWN, S, Arp vs Tatum Eagles, Friday, Sept 1, 7:30 pm, Tiger Stadium (Arp)
7. AYODELE ADEOYE, LB, IMG Academy vs Centennial (Cal), Saturday, Sept 2, 7 pm, (Centennial)
8. CAMERON RISING, QB, Newbury Park CA vs Agoura, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 pm (Agoura)
9. KEAONTAY INGRAM, RB, Carthage vs Gladewater Bears, Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 pm, Bulldog Stadium (Carthage)
10. RONDALE MOORE, WR, Louisville Trinity KY vs Cinncinatti Moehller, Saturday, Sept. 2, 12:00 p.m., (Trinity)
11. CASEY THOMPSON, QB, Newcastle OK, vs Noble, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 pm, (Noble HS)
12. BYRON HOBBS, LB, FW Eastern Hills vs Dallas Pinkston, Saturday, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m., Handley Field (Ft Worth)
13. REESE MOORE, OT, Seminole vs Lubbock High Westerners, Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 pm, Lowrey Field (Lubbock)
14. DOMINICK WOOD-ANDERSON, TE, AZ Western College vs Eastern Arizona, Saturday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m. (Eastern AZ)
15. CAMERON DICKER, K, Austin Lake Travis vs Converse Judson Rockets, Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 pm, Rutledge Stadium (Converse)
16. KEONDRE COBURN, DT, Houston Spring Westfield vs Alief Taylor, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 pm, Westfield Cancelled
17. MALCOM EPPS, TE, Spring Dekaney vs. Galena Park Northshore, Thursday, Aug. 31, 7 pm, GP Northshore Cancelled
18. RHAFITI GHIRMAI, OL, Frisco Wakeland vs Frisco Liberty, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 p.m. Frisco Memorial
2019 CLASS
1. ROSCHON JOHNSON, QB, Port Neches-Groves vs Silsbee, Friday, Sept. 1, Silsbee Tiger Stadium TBD
AP STATE POLLS
Here is The Associated Press high school poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, points based on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and the team’s ranking in last week’s poll:
Class 6A
School Total Points
1. Allen (8) 211
2. Katy (5) 201
3. DeSoto (3) 170
4. Converse Judson (5) 169
5. Cibolo Steele (1) 160
6. Lake Travis (2) 136
7. Austin Westlake (1) 119
8. Cedar Hill 83
9. The Woodlands 63
10. Galena Park North Shore 22
Others receiving votes: 11, Spring Westfield 8. 12, Klein Collins 7. 12, Coppell 7. 14, Southlake Carroll 4. 14, Pearland 4. 16, Tyler 3. 17, Beaumont West Brook 2. 17, Mansfield 2. 17, Katy Cinco Ranch 2. 20, Denton Guyer 1. 20, San Benito 1.
Class 5A
School Total Point
1. Manvel (8) 223
2. Aledo (14) 218
3. Dallas Highland Park (1) 162
4. Temple 152
5. Cedar Park (1) 140
6. Denton Ryan 99
(tie)CC Calallen 99
8. Fort Bend Marshall (1) 96
9. College Station 60
10. Lancaster 52
Others receiving votes: 11, Richmond Foster 23. 12, Mansfield Legacy 12. 13, Angleton 8. 14, Mesquite Poteet 7. 15, Port Neches-Groves 5. 15, Colleyville Heritage 5. 17, Port Arthur Memorial 4. 18, Dripping Springs 3. 19, A&M Consolidated 2. 19, Mansfield Lake Ridge 2. 21, Texarkana Texas 1. 21, N. Richland Hills 1. 21, Lubbock Coronado 1
Class 4A
School Total Point
1. Carthage (18) 235
2. Gilmer (4) 197
3. West Orange-Stark (2) 178
4. Argyle (1) 162
5. Waco La Vega 148
6. Cuero 104
7. Celina 88
8. Kennedale 77
9. Abilene Wylie 58
10. China Spring 41
Others receiving votes: 11, Midlothian Heritage 36. 12, Giddings 15. 13, Van 12. 14, Kilgore 7. 15, Sweetwater 6. 15, Wimberley 6. 17, Monahans 2. 18, Sinton 1. 18, El Campo 1. 18, Henderson 1.
Class 3A
School Total Point
1. Cameron Yoe (12) 223
2. Brock (3) 184
3. Gunter (4) 156
4. Hallettsville (2) 136
5. Lexington (2) 113
6. Yoakum (1) 108
7. Newton (1) 102
8. East Bernard 89
9. Wall 69
10. Malakoff 62
Others receiving votes: 11, Canadian 57. 12, Teague 15. 13, Rockdale 14. 14, Mineola 11. 14, Arp 11. 16, Jefferson 7. 17, Sonora 6. 18, New London West Rusk 4. 19, Franklin 2. 19, Big Sandy Harmony 2. 19, Woodville 2. 22, Crockett 1. 22, Pottsboro 1.
Class 2A
School Total Point
1. Refugio (11) 213
2. Tenaha (9) 211
3. Mart (3) 194
4. Bremond (2) 174
5. Crawford 152
6. Mason 105
7. Muenster 70
8. Albany 62
9. Abernathy 49
10. Wellington 38
Others receiving votes: 11, Iraan 31. 12, Burton 20. 13, Shiner 18. 14, De Leon 15. 15, Centerville 9. 16, Groveton 4. 16, San Augustine 4. 18, Munday 2. 18, Evadale 2. 20, Falls City 1. 20, Alto 1.
MAXPREPS NATIONAL TOP 25
1. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif)
2. St John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif)
3. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla)
4. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
5. Centennial (Corona, Calif)
6. St Thomas Aquinas (Ft Lauderdale, Fla)
7. Chandler, AZ
8. DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD)
9. Allen, TX
10. De La Salle (Concord, Calif)
11. DeSoto, TX
12. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, NJ)
13. East (Salt Lake City)
14. Grayson (Loganville, Ga)
15. South Pointe (Rock Hill, SC)
16. St Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)
17. Hoover, Ala
18. Lake Travis (Austin)
19. St Xavier (OH)
20. St Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ)
21. Trinity (Louisville, KY)
22 Warren Central (Indianapolis)
23. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla)
24. Katy, TX
25. Carol City (Miami)
Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Rockport-Fulton suspend seasons
Rockport-Fulton and Aransas Pass high schools were scheduled to open the 2017 football season against each other Friday night.
Hurricane Harvey, though, has put football in the backseat as both communities were devastated by the category 4 hurricane that hit Friday night. But Pirates coach Jay Seibert and Panthers coach Ryan Knostman are determined to get their teams back on the field as soon as possible to help give their players, each school’s students and the community a sense of normalcy.
Seibert and Knostman said the goal is to play their first games Sept. 15, which also is likely the first week the two schools will be back in session. Both teams have suspended their seasons indefinitely to assess the damage. Also suspending its season was Ingleside, which also was hard-hit by the storm.
“People say athletics is not important and right now it’s not in the big picture but it’s very important for our kids to get back to normalcy, to what’s normal to them,†Seibert said from his cell phone on Sunday. “I went up the football field and there were a couple of players looking around. We plan on the next two weeks to do everything we can to get the team together before that two weeks is over.â€
Seibert said he rode out the storm in Portland but said Rockport-Fulton's football stadium held up well as the storm’s eyewall barreled into the community. He said there was damage to the bleachers and the locker room facilities were good. But he said the school’s gym is destroyed as is the school’s girls locker room facilities.
The Aransas County ISD superintendent said the goal is to start school on Sept. 11 and Seibert said he wants to try to begin working with his team before that so they can play on Sept. 15. The Pirates are scheduled to play Leander Glenn in Seguin.
Knostman said the Aransas Pass' football field — Bo Bonorden Memorial Stadium — suffered heavy damage as both press boxes were destroyed, and he said there was significant damage to the baseball and softball fields.
He said all extracurricular activities at the school have been suspended, but like Seibert, he wants to be able to play on Sept. 15. According to a message on the Aransas Pass Independent School District's Facebook page, school is canceled until further notice.
“I’m going to try my hardest that once school reopens that we get rolling again,†Knostman said. “I want to do everything in my power to have the shortest amount of delay possible that once we open school we will be resuming extracurricular activities.â€
Ingleside football coach Hunter Hamrick, who was in Waco, said their season has also been suspended and said the school lost light poles and both goal posts at their football stadium.
He added the school's new indoor athletic facility looks to be fine. A Facebook message from the district said classes are canceled until further notice.
REFUGIO
Refugio head coach Jason Herring said he has not really thought about football after the devastation the storm has caused in the town.
Herring said the district’s new high school has severe damage on the roof along with more damaged homes and businesses throughout the community. He said they will know more in the next few days once they can assess the damage.
“We haven’t really thought about school or Friday’s game,†Herring said. “The whole city is without power, sewer for at least 10 days. We don’t know how bad it is. We have tried to reach out from a team standpoint to a bunch of our kids to make sure they are OK or need anything. We have no cell service and all the means that we usually have and we just take for granted are gone.â€
CCISD
Corpus Christi ISD Athletic Director Brenda Marshall said she went to the Cabaniss Athletic Complex and Buc Stadium over the last two days and said both football stadiums did not sustain major damage. She said the fields look good and light poles are still up.
Both stadiums do have bent goal posts, and Marshall said there is some water damage at Buc Stadium in one of the press boxes. Marshall said what happens this week in terms of sports will be determined by power to the schools. Marshall added they could play games Saturday if needed this week.
King and Ray were scheduled to play each other on Thursday, and also Carroll and Miller were set to start their seasons on Friday. Moody is scheduled to play West Oso and Veterans Memorial is playing Laredo Martin.
CALALLEN
Calallen football coach and athletic director Phil Danaher said he was having a voluntary practice on Monday as they begin preparations to open the season on Friday at home against Mercedes.
The Wildcats do not have school on Monday and lost their final scrimmage against Ray because of the approach of Hurricane Harvey.
“Those who are in town and make it we will have a work out and I told my coaches if you cannot make it don’t worry about it,†Danaher said. “You don’t want to try to take any risks to get back into town if it’s flooded.â€
The Calallen football team is also teaming up with neighbor school Tuloso-Midway for a fundraiser from 9 a.m.-12:45 p.m. for the affected communities from Hurricane Harvey. The fundraiser will take place on the home side of Calallen’s football stadium.
GREGORY-PORTLAND
Head football coach and AD Rick Rhoades said Sunday he has not had any conversations with the administration about when school will resume and if they will open the season against El Campo on Friday.
He said he has been in contact with several of the players and said players went as far as away as Alabama. G-P will not be in school on Monday.
“I think most of them evacuated and that’s going to be the biggest chore is when we get back is trying to get everybody rounded up,†Rhoades said.
TULOSO-MIDWAY
Warriors head coach Wade Miller spent much of Sunday in Woodsboro helping residents clean up after the town was devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
“The damage there is unbelievable,†Miller said. “I don’t think there is a house in that town that does not have any damage. I’ve never seen anything like it.â€
Miller said Tuloso-Midway is out of school on Monday and was not sure about Tuesday. He said if can get back on the field Wednesday and Thursday they can still play Laredo Nixon on Friday. The Warriors will play in Laredo.
“We are going to try to play Friday night if there is any way possible,†Miller said. “I’m not opposed to playing Saturday but we haven’t talked about that yet.â€
BEEVILLE
Coach Jerry Bomar said if they are able to return to school on Tuesday they should be able to open the season on Friday against Kingsville.
“We definitely want to play and we are planning on playing some way,†Bomar said.
Bomar confirmed late Sunday night that the game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Javelina Stadium in Kingsville.
SINTON
Pirates coach and athletic director Tom Allen said the school has power and water and the goal is start school on Wednesday. He said if they start then it is not likely they will be able to open the season on Friday against Rio Hondo.
“It’s more of a safety deal more than anything,†Allen said. “Whenever kids come back we certainly don’t want to rush them.â€
ROBSTOWN
The Cotton Pickers were scheduled to open the season against Ingleside on Friday and coach Richard Kattner said he is working to try to find another game if he can.
He said that school is canceled for Monday but said the school has minimal damage and he said the town did not receive many of the damaging effects of the storm.
FLOUR BLUFF
Hornets AD and football coach Steinbruck evacuated and headed back to town Sunday afternoon. The school canceled Monday and Tuesday so far. The district sent out a news release Sunday announcing the cancellation of the Flour Bluff season opener against Cedar Park Vista Ridge and that all athletic events were postponed until further notice.
LONDON
London ISD is on intercession and was not scheduled to have classes this week. Athletic Director Robbie Moreno said the London at Bishop volleyball match scheduled for Tuesday has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Pirates, which were scheduled to open their season Thursday against Bishop, are looking at playing Saturday or canceling the game pending the ability of students in both communities to return after fleeing Harvey.
WOODSBORO
Woodsboro, which bore the brunt of the storm’s effects, will remain closed this week, but AD Xavier Rangel said he has heard a timeline of anywhere between two and four weeks before the school will have electricity restored.
“The main thing right now is to start cleaning up the community,†Rangel said. “Hopefully it will stop raining for a little while. As far as athletics, our main concern is trying to make sure that everyone is safe. We’ll see what we get when we get back to school and go from there.â€
The first-year Eagles coach said the play clocks and scoreboards did not withstand the wind and that both sets of field goal posts were bent. The Dome, basketball and weight facility were in good shape Rangel was told.
Although games will not be played soon, Rangel said he wants to resume athletics as soon as the school can reopen and facilities are safe to use.
“It is one of those deals where if we can help the community get their mind off things for a few hours on a Friday night, hopefully we can do that,†Rangel said.
Woodsboro is in a five-team District 16-2A Division II and is not scheduled to play its first district game until Oct. 13.
BANQUETE
Banquete’s season opener against Santa Gertrudis Academy has been moved to Javelina Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Banquete athletic director Kevin Hermes said Bulldog Stadium lost one of its light poles due to high winds and was unsure of a timeline of when it might be replaced.
The Week 1 schedule change is the only one that has been made at Banquete so far.
SGA athletic director Bradly Chavez said the expectation is that the school will reopen on Tuesday as scheduled.
ODEM
Odem athletic director Armando Huerta said the school’s baseball field sustained severe damage as the home bleachers were flipped by the heavy winds and tore down the fencing on the first base side of the field.
The Owls were scheduled to play Taft in Week 1 and Huerta said the teams agreed to meet Friday, Oct. 6, when both schools had an open date.
Lack of water and electricity is keeping both campuses closed as of Sunday.
SKIDMORE-TYNAN
Skidmore-Tynan athletic director John Livas said school is canceled on Monday and the district is taking a wait-and-see approach for Tuesday as students and teachers return to the area after evacuating. He said the school’s scoreboards on several fields had been damaged, but was unaware of any further damage.
Unsure of when S-T will return to the classroom, Livas confirmed Sunday that the Bobcats’ season opener against Freer has been canceled.
GEORGE WEST
George West athletic director Brett Kornegay said he did not foresee any reason why the Longhorns’ scheduled season opener against San Diego would not be played as of Sunday.
SAN DIEGO
As long as no more significant rain happens, San Diego is back in school Tuesday the Vaqueros will play George West on Friday as scheduled. Both schools have grass fields.
Vaqueros coach Bo Ochoa said even in the case of rain, he will seek out a turf field to make sure the game is played.
http://www.caller.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/08/27/aransas-pass-ingleside-rockport-fulton-suspend-seasons/606635001/
From the Corpus Christi Caller Times . . .
DISTRICT 30-5A
Ray vs. King, TBA Friday or Saturday
FRIDAY'S GAMES
NON-ZONE/NON-DISTRICT
West Oso at Moody, 4 p.m.
Alice at Laredo Alexander
Flour Bluff vs. Cedar Park Vista Ridge, UIW, San Antonio, ccd.
Laredo Martin at Veterans Memorial, Multipurpose
Mercedes at Calallen
Miller vs. Carroll, 8 p.m., at Buc Stadium
El Campo at Gregory-Portland, ccd.
Tuloso-Midway at Laredo Nixon, ccd.
AREA
THURSDAY'S GAMES
Agua Dulce at Pettus, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Runge
London at Bishop, ccd.
Banquete at Santa Gertrudis Academy, 7:30 p.m., Javelina Stadium, Kingsville
FRIDAY'S GAMES
NON-DISTRICT
Aransas Pass at Rockport-Fulton, ccd.
Beeville at Kingsville
Benavides at Ben Bolt
Bishop at Freer
Bruni at Falls City
Ingleside at Robstown, ccd.
La Villa at Riviera
Mathis at Falfurrias
Nixon-Smiley at Riviera, ccd.
Orange Grove at Gonzales
Refugio at Hebbronville, ccd.
Sinton at Rio Hondo, ccd.
Skidmore-Tynan at Freer, ccd.
Taft at Odem, ccd.
Mark Oct. 27 on your calendar. Okay, don’t, but know that this is the date when the UIL takes its “snapshot†enrollment count at every school.
Some expect the UIL to expand Class 6A this time around, which would bring in schools such as Highland Park and Mansfield Lake Ridge up from Class 5A into 6A.
The UIL recently raised the ceiling on the number of schools that can be in Class 6A. They’ve done before and hit that ceiling each time soon after.
Additionally, Class 5A will be split into two divisions. The changes will have an affect on all of Class 5A as schools that were once considered small will now be with larger enrollments, by comparison.
TEXAS COMMITS SQUARE OFF
There are several times this year when a pair of Texas commits will face each other on the football field. Below is a rundown of those games.
1. Sept. 1 – Spring Westfield (Keondre Coburn) vs Houston Lamar (Al’Vonte Woodard) CANCELLED
2. Sept. 8 – Lake Travis (Cameron Dicker) vs Cibolo Steele (Caden Sterns)
3. Sept. 15 – Spring Dekaney (Malcolm Epps) vs Alief Taylor (Brennan Eagles)
4. Oct. 6 – Spring Delaney (Malcolm Epps) vs Spring Westfield (Keondre Coburn)
5. Oct. 21 – Houston Heights (Jalen Green) vs Houston Lamar (Al’Vonte Woodard)
CIRCLE THE DATE
Top ranked Carthage and Texas RB commit Keontay Ingram will take on powerful East Texas rival Gilmer, at Gilmer, on Sept. 23.
The game not only presents two of the best Class 4A teams in the state, but two offenses with completely different philosophies.
REMEMBER ME?
Texas commit Rondale Moore and his Louisville Trinity Shamrocks will play host to another tough out of state team this week in Cincinnati (OH) Archbishop Moeller. If the name of the school is familiar, it is where former Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust won four high school national championships before taking the Notre Dame job.
Needless to say, Faust did not enjoy the same success at Notre Dame.
DALLAS/FT WORTH HORNS CAN SEE COBURN UP CLOSE
On Sept. 8 perennial power Euless Trinity will play host to Houston Lamar and Keondre Coburn. I expect this game to be televised but as of now, it has not been announced.
So fans in the Dallas-Ft Worth area can get an up close look at Coburn in a rare instance where he’s playing locally. The game will start at 7 p.m. at Pennington Field.
GAMES OF INTEREST
Abilene vs #7 San Angelo Central
Austin Vandergrift vs Odessa Permian
Euless Trinity vs Tulsa Union
Southlake Carroll vs Broken Arrow (OK)
#1 Allen vs #10 Cedar Hill
#1 Cedar Park vs Waco Midway
Lufkin vs Longview
Highland Park vs Rockwall
Dekaney vs #6 GP Northshore CANCELLED
Lamar vs Westfield CANCELLED
Austin Westlake vs Katy CANCELLED
Weslaco vs George Ranch CANCELLED
#6 Lancaster vs #4 Denton Ryan
Boerne Champion vs Prosper (@ Georgetown)
Mineola vs #8 Van
Carthage vs Gladewater
Navasota vs Franklin
Tatum vs Arp
#2 Newton vs Kirbyville
Per the Houston Chronicle, the following is a list of games that have been cancelled this week due to the flooding of Hurricane Harvey.
Cancellations include games involving teams from these districts:
Alvin ISD
Aldine ISD
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Fort Bend ISD
Humble ISD
Spring Branch ISD
Alief ISD
Deer Park ISD
Boling ISD
Needville ISD
Week 1 cancellations include:
Sterling vs. La Marque
Westbury vs. Baytown Lee
Sam Houston vs. Washington
Heights vs. Travis
Wheatley vs. Sharpstown
Worthing vs. Brazosport
Furr vs. Yates
Westside vs. Brenham
Scarborough vs. Austin
Lamar vs. Westfield
Chavez vs. Spring Woods
North Forest vs. Stafford
Madison vs. Fort Bend Marshall
Milby vs. Lutheran North
Wisdom vs. Tomball
Kashmere vs. Northside
Waltrip vs. Huntsville
Bellaire vs. Clear Brook
Humble vs. Tompkins
Morton Ranch vs. Nimitz
Seven Lakes vs. Houston Memorial
Austin Westlake vs. Katy
Foster vs. Katy Taylor
Cinco Ranch vs. Cy Ranch
Mayde Creek vs. Kempner
Bush vs Alief Taylor
Clements vs Sam Rayburn
Dulles vs Alief Elsik
Hightower vs Eisenhower
Travis vs Heights
Austin vs Alief Hastings
Elkins vs Dickinson
Marshall vs Madison
Ridge Point vs Kingwood
Willowridge vs Aldine
Cypress Springs vs Conroe
Cypress Woods vs Klein Collins
Cy-Fair vs The Woodlands
Alvin vs Stratford
Manvel vs. Crosby
North Shore vs. Dekaney
Galena Park vs. Pasadena
Aldine Davis vs Klein
Willis vs MacArthur
Huffman-Hargrave vs Needville
Livingston vs New Caney
Lumberton vs Porter (rescheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday at Texan Drive Stadium)
Deer Park vs Episcopal
Boling vs. Van Vleck
Needville vs. Huffman-Hargrave
Goose Creek Memorial vs. Tomball Memorial
Magnolia vs. Kingwood Park
Dawson vs. Oak Ridge
Dobie vs. Summer Creek
Atascocita vs. La Porte
Channelview vs. Dayton
Keaontay Ingram
TEXAS COMMITS
2018 CLASS
1. BJ FOSTER, S, Angleton vs Galveston Ball Tornadoes, Friday, Sept 1, 7 pm, Courville Stadium (Galveston) Cancelled
2. BRENNAN EAGLES, WR, Alief Taylor vs George Bush Broncos, Thursday, Aug. 31, Crump Stadium (Alief) Cancelled
3. CADEN STERNS, S, #5 Cibolo Steele vs Madison Mavericks, Friday, Sept 1, 7:30 p.m. Lehnoff Stadium (Schertz)
4. JALEN GREEN, CB, Houston Heights vs Travis Tigers, Thursday, Aug. 31, 7 pm, Delmar Stadium (Houston) Cancelled
5. AL’VONTE WOODARD, WR, Houston Lamar vs Spring Westfield Mustangs, Friday, Sept 1, 7 pm, George Stadium (Spring) Cancelled
6. DEMARVION OVERSHOWN, S, Arp vs Tatum Eagles, Friday, Sept 1, 7:30 pm, Tiger Stadium (Arp)
7. AYODELE ADEOYE, LB, IMG Academy vs Centennial (Cal), Saturday, Sept 2, 7 pm, (Centennial)
8. CAMERON RISING, QB, Newbury Park CA vs Agoura, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 pm (Agoura)
9. KEAONTAY INGRAM, RB, Carthage vs Gladewater Bears, Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 pm, Bulldog Stadium (Carthage)
10. RONDALE MOORE, WR, Louisville Trinity KY vs Cinncinatti Moehller, Saturday, Sept. 2, 12:00 p.m., (Trinity)
11. CASEY THOMPSON, QB, Newcastle OK, vs Noble, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 pm, (Noble HS)
12. BYRON HOBBS, LB, FW Eastern Hills vs Dallas Pinkston, Saturday, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m., Handley Field (Ft Worth)
13. REESE MOORE, OT, Seminole vs Lubbock High Westerners, Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 pm, Lowrey Field (Lubbock)
14. DOMINICK WOOD-ANDERSON, TE, AZ Western College vs Eastern Arizona, Saturday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m. (Eastern AZ)
15. CAMERON DICKER, K, Austin Lake Travis vs Converse Judson Rockets, Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 pm, Rutledge Stadium (Converse)
16. KEONDRE COBURN, DT, Houston Spring Westfield vs Alief Taylor, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 pm, Westfield Cancelled
17. MALCOM EPPS, TE, Spring Dekaney vs. Galena Park Northshore, Thursday, Aug. 31, 7 pm, GP Northshore Cancelled
18. RHAFITI GHIRMAI, OL, Frisco Wakeland vs Frisco Liberty, Friday, Sept. 1, 7 p.m. Frisco Memorial
2019 CLASS
1. ROSCHON JOHNSON, QB, Port Neches-Groves vs Silsbee, Friday, Sept. 1, Silsbee Tiger Stadium TBD
AP STATE POLLS
Here is The Associated Press high school poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, points based on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and the team’s ranking in last week’s poll:
Class 6A
School Total Points
1. Allen (8) 211
2. Katy (5) 201
3. DeSoto (3) 170
4. Converse Judson (5) 169
5. Cibolo Steele (1) 160
6. Lake Travis (2) 136
7. Austin Westlake (1) 119
8. Cedar Hill 83
9. The Woodlands 63
10. Galena Park North Shore 22
Others receiving votes: 11, Spring Westfield 8. 12, Klein Collins 7. 12, Coppell 7. 14, Southlake Carroll 4. 14, Pearland 4. 16, Tyler 3. 17, Beaumont West Brook 2. 17, Mansfield 2. 17, Katy Cinco Ranch 2. 20, Denton Guyer 1. 20, San Benito 1.
Class 5A
School Total Point
1. Manvel (8) 223
2. Aledo (14) 218
3. Dallas Highland Park (1) 162
4. Temple 152
5. Cedar Park (1) 140
6. Denton Ryan 99
(tie)CC Calallen 99
8. Fort Bend Marshall (1) 96
9. College Station 60
10. Lancaster 52
Others receiving votes: 11, Richmond Foster 23. 12, Mansfield Legacy 12. 13, Angleton 8. 14, Mesquite Poteet 7. 15, Port Neches-Groves 5. 15, Colleyville Heritage 5. 17, Port Arthur Memorial 4. 18, Dripping Springs 3. 19, A&M Consolidated 2. 19, Mansfield Lake Ridge 2. 21, Texarkana Texas 1. 21, N. Richland Hills 1. 21, Lubbock Coronado 1
Class 4A
School Total Point
1. Carthage (18) 235
2. Gilmer (4) 197
3. West Orange-Stark (2) 178
4. Argyle (1) 162
5. Waco La Vega 148
6. Cuero 104
7. Celina 88
8. Kennedale 77
9. Abilene Wylie 58
10. China Spring 41
Others receiving votes: 11, Midlothian Heritage 36. 12, Giddings 15. 13, Van 12. 14, Kilgore 7. 15, Sweetwater 6. 15, Wimberley 6. 17, Monahans 2. 18, Sinton 1. 18, El Campo 1. 18, Henderson 1.
Class 3A
School Total Point
1. Cameron Yoe (12) 223
2. Brock (3) 184
3. Gunter (4) 156
4. Hallettsville (2) 136
5. Lexington (2) 113
6. Yoakum (1) 108
7. Newton (1) 102
8. East Bernard 89
9. Wall 69
10. Malakoff 62
Others receiving votes: 11, Canadian 57. 12, Teague 15. 13, Rockdale 14. 14, Mineola 11. 14, Arp 11. 16, Jefferson 7. 17, Sonora 6. 18, New London West Rusk 4. 19, Franklin 2. 19, Big Sandy Harmony 2. 19, Woodville 2. 22, Crockett 1. 22, Pottsboro 1.
Class 2A
School Total Point
1. Refugio (11) 213
2. Tenaha (9) 211
3. Mart (3) 194
4. Bremond (2) 174
5. Crawford 152
6. Mason 105
7. Muenster 70
8. Albany 62
9. Abernathy 49
10. Wellington 38
Others receiving votes: 11, Iraan 31. 12, Burton 20. 13, Shiner 18. 14, De Leon 15. 15, Centerville 9. 16, Groveton 4. 16, San Augustine 4. 18, Munday 2. 18, Evadale 2. 20, Falls City 1. 20, Alto 1.
MAXPREPS NATIONAL TOP 25
1. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif)
2. St John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif)
3. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla)
4. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
5. Centennial (Corona, Calif)
6. St Thomas Aquinas (Ft Lauderdale, Fla)
7. Chandler, AZ
8. DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD)
9. Allen, TX
10. De La Salle (Concord, Calif)
11. DeSoto, TX
12. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, NJ)
13. East (Salt Lake City)
14. Grayson (Loganville, Ga)
15. South Pointe (Rock Hill, SC)
16. St Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)
17. Hoover, Ala
18. Lake Travis (Austin)
19. St Xavier (OH)
20. St Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ)
21. Trinity (Louisville, KY)
22 Warren Central (Indianapolis)
23. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla)
24. Katy, TX
25. Carol City (Miami)
Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Rockport-Fulton suspend seasons
Rockport-Fulton and Aransas Pass high schools were scheduled to open the 2017 football season against each other Friday night.
Hurricane Harvey, though, has put football in the backseat as both communities were devastated by the category 4 hurricane that hit Friday night. But Pirates coach Jay Seibert and Panthers coach Ryan Knostman are determined to get their teams back on the field as soon as possible to help give their players, each school’s students and the community a sense of normalcy.
Seibert and Knostman said the goal is to play their first games Sept. 15, which also is likely the first week the two schools will be back in session. Both teams have suspended their seasons indefinitely to assess the damage. Also suspending its season was Ingleside, which also was hard-hit by the storm.
“People say athletics is not important and right now it’s not in the big picture but it’s very important for our kids to get back to normalcy, to what’s normal to them,†Seibert said from his cell phone on Sunday. “I went up the football field and there were a couple of players looking around. We plan on the next two weeks to do everything we can to get the team together before that two weeks is over.â€
Seibert said he rode out the storm in Portland but said Rockport-Fulton's football stadium held up well as the storm’s eyewall barreled into the community. He said there was damage to the bleachers and the locker room facilities were good. But he said the school’s gym is destroyed as is the school’s girls locker room facilities.
The Aransas County ISD superintendent said the goal is to start school on Sept. 11 and Seibert said he wants to try to begin working with his team before that so they can play on Sept. 15. The Pirates are scheduled to play Leander Glenn in Seguin.
Knostman said the Aransas Pass' football field — Bo Bonorden Memorial Stadium — suffered heavy damage as both press boxes were destroyed, and he said there was significant damage to the baseball and softball fields.
He said all extracurricular activities at the school have been suspended, but like Seibert, he wants to be able to play on Sept. 15. According to a message on the Aransas Pass Independent School District's Facebook page, school is canceled until further notice.
“I’m going to try my hardest that once school reopens that we get rolling again,†Knostman said. “I want to do everything in my power to have the shortest amount of delay possible that once we open school we will be resuming extracurricular activities.â€
Ingleside football coach Hunter Hamrick, who was in Waco, said their season has also been suspended and said the school lost light poles and both goal posts at their football stadium.
He added the school's new indoor athletic facility looks to be fine. A Facebook message from the district said classes are canceled until further notice.
REFUGIO
Refugio head coach Jason Herring said he has not really thought about football after the devastation the storm has caused in the town.
Herring said the district’s new high school has severe damage on the roof along with more damaged homes and businesses throughout the community. He said they will know more in the next few days once they can assess the damage.
“We haven’t really thought about school or Friday’s game,†Herring said. “The whole city is without power, sewer for at least 10 days. We don’t know how bad it is. We have tried to reach out from a team standpoint to a bunch of our kids to make sure they are OK or need anything. We have no cell service and all the means that we usually have and we just take for granted are gone.â€
CCISD
Corpus Christi ISD Athletic Director Brenda Marshall said she went to the Cabaniss Athletic Complex and Buc Stadium over the last two days and said both football stadiums did not sustain major damage. She said the fields look good and light poles are still up.
Both stadiums do have bent goal posts, and Marshall said there is some water damage at Buc Stadium in one of the press boxes. Marshall said what happens this week in terms of sports will be determined by power to the schools. Marshall added they could play games Saturday if needed this week.
King and Ray were scheduled to play each other on Thursday, and also Carroll and Miller were set to start their seasons on Friday. Moody is scheduled to play West Oso and Veterans Memorial is playing Laredo Martin.
CALALLEN
Calallen football coach and athletic director Phil Danaher said he was having a voluntary practice on Monday as they begin preparations to open the season on Friday at home against Mercedes.
The Wildcats do not have school on Monday and lost their final scrimmage against Ray because of the approach of Hurricane Harvey.
“Those who are in town and make it we will have a work out and I told my coaches if you cannot make it don’t worry about it,†Danaher said. “You don’t want to try to take any risks to get back into town if it’s flooded.â€
The Calallen football team is also teaming up with neighbor school Tuloso-Midway for a fundraiser from 9 a.m.-12:45 p.m. for the affected communities from Hurricane Harvey. The fundraiser will take place on the home side of Calallen’s football stadium.
GREGORY-PORTLAND
Head football coach and AD Rick Rhoades said Sunday he has not had any conversations with the administration about when school will resume and if they will open the season against El Campo on Friday.
He said he has been in contact with several of the players and said players went as far as away as Alabama. G-P will not be in school on Monday.
“I think most of them evacuated and that’s going to be the biggest chore is when we get back is trying to get everybody rounded up,†Rhoades said.
TULOSO-MIDWAY
Warriors head coach Wade Miller spent much of Sunday in Woodsboro helping residents clean up after the town was devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
“The damage there is unbelievable,†Miller said. “I don’t think there is a house in that town that does not have any damage. I’ve never seen anything like it.â€
Miller said Tuloso-Midway is out of school on Monday and was not sure about Tuesday. He said if can get back on the field Wednesday and Thursday they can still play Laredo Nixon on Friday. The Warriors will play in Laredo.
“We are going to try to play Friday night if there is any way possible,†Miller said. “I’m not opposed to playing Saturday but we haven’t talked about that yet.â€
BEEVILLE
Coach Jerry Bomar said if they are able to return to school on Tuesday they should be able to open the season on Friday against Kingsville.
“We definitely want to play and we are planning on playing some way,†Bomar said.
Bomar confirmed late Sunday night that the game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Javelina Stadium in Kingsville.
SINTON
Pirates coach and athletic director Tom Allen said the school has power and water and the goal is start school on Wednesday. He said if they start then it is not likely they will be able to open the season on Friday against Rio Hondo.
“It’s more of a safety deal more than anything,†Allen said. “Whenever kids come back we certainly don’t want to rush them.â€
ROBSTOWN
The Cotton Pickers were scheduled to open the season against Ingleside on Friday and coach Richard Kattner said he is working to try to find another game if he can.
He said that school is canceled for Monday but said the school has minimal damage and he said the town did not receive many of the damaging effects of the storm.
FLOUR BLUFF
Hornets AD and football coach Steinbruck evacuated and headed back to town Sunday afternoon. The school canceled Monday and Tuesday so far. The district sent out a news release Sunday announcing the cancellation of the Flour Bluff season opener against Cedar Park Vista Ridge and that all athletic events were postponed until further notice.
LONDON
London ISD is on intercession and was not scheduled to have classes this week. Athletic Director Robbie Moreno said the London at Bishop volleyball match scheduled for Tuesday has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Pirates, which were scheduled to open their season Thursday against Bishop, are looking at playing Saturday or canceling the game pending the ability of students in both communities to return after fleeing Harvey.
WOODSBORO
Woodsboro, which bore the brunt of the storm’s effects, will remain closed this week, but AD Xavier Rangel said he has heard a timeline of anywhere between two and four weeks before the school will have electricity restored.
“The main thing right now is to start cleaning up the community,†Rangel said. “Hopefully it will stop raining for a little while. As far as athletics, our main concern is trying to make sure that everyone is safe. We’ll see what we get when we get back to school and go from there.â€
The first-year Eagles coach said the play clocks and scoreboards did not withstand the wind and that both sets of field goal posts were bent. The Dome, basketball and weight facility were in good shape Rangel was told.
Although games will not be played soon, Rangel said he wants to resume athletics as soon as the school can reopen and facilities are safe to use.
“It is one of those deals where if we can help the community get their mind off things for a few hours on a Friday night, hopefully we can do that,†Rangel said.
Woodsboro is in a five-team District 16-2A Division II and is not scheduled to play its first district game until Oct. 13.
BANQUETE
Banquete’s season opener against Santa Gertrudis Academy has been moved to Javelina Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Banquete athletic director Kevin Hermes said Bulldog Stadium lost one of its light poles due to high winds and was unsure of a timeline of when it might be replaced.
The Week 1 schedule change is the only one that has been made at Banquete so far.
SGA athletic director Bradly Chavez said the expectation is that the school will reopen on Tuesday as scheduled.
ODEM
Odem athletic director Armando Huerta said the school’s baseball field sustained severe damage as the home bleachers were flipped by the heavy winds and tore down the fencing on the first base side of the field.
The Owls were scheduled to play Taft in Week 1 and Huerta said the teams agreed to meet Friday, Oct. 6, when both schools had an open date.
Lack of water and electricity is keeping both campuses closed as of Sunday.
SKIDMORE-TYNAN
Skidmore-Tynan athletic director John Livas said school is canceled on Monday and the district is taking a wait-and-see approach for Tuesday as students and teachers return to the area after evacuating. He said the school’s scoreboards on several fields had been damaged, but was unaware of any further damage.
Unsure of when S-T will return to the classroom, Livas confirmed Sunday that the Bobcats’ season opener against Freer has been canceled.
GEORGE WEST
George West athletic director Brett Kornegay said he did not foresee any reason why the Longhorns’ scheduled season opener against San Diego would not be played as of Sunday.
SAN DIEGO
As long as no more significant rain happens, San Diego is back in school Tuesday the Vaqueros will play George West on Friday as scheduled. Both schools have grass fields.
Vaqueros coach Bo Ochoa said even in the case of rain, he will seek out a turf field to make sure the game is played.
http://www.caller.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/08/27/aransas-pass-ingleside-rockport-fulton-suspend-seasons/606635001/
From the Corpus Christi Caller Times . . .
DISTRICT 30-5A
Ray vs. King, TBA Friday or Saturday
FRIDAY'S GAMES
NON-ZONE/NON-DISTRICT
West Oso at Moody, 4 p.m.
Alice at Laredo Alexander
Flour Bluff vs. Cedar Park Vista Ridge, UIW, San Antonio, ccd.
Laredo Martin at Veterans Memorial, Multipurpose
Mercedes at Calallen
Miller vs. Carroll, 8 p.m., at Buc Stadium
El Campo at Gregory-Portland, ccd.
Tuloso-Midway at Laredo Nixon, ccd.
AREA
THURSDAY'S GAMES
Agua Dulce at Pettus, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Runge
London at Bishop, ccd.
Banquete at Santa Gertrudis Academy, 7:30 p.m., Javelina Stadium, Kingsville
FRIDAY'S GAMES
NON-DISTRICT
Aransas Pass at Rockport-Fulton, ccd.
Beeville at Kingsville
Benavides at Ben Bolt
Bishop at Freer
Bruni at Falls City
Ingleside at Robstown, ccd.
La Villa at Riviera
Mathis at Falfurrias
Nixon-Smiley at Riviera, ccd.
Orange Grove at Gonzales
Refugio at Hebbronville, ccd.
Sinton at Rio Hondo, ccd.
Skidmore-Tynan at Freer, ccd.
Taft at Odem, ccd.
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