High School Football Week 16

[Sirhornsalot]

TEXAS RECRUITS STILL IN THE PLAYOFFS

DEMARCO BOYD (2016) â€“ Gilmer defeated Atlanta last week in a hard fought 24-15 win. Boyd had 70 yards on 9 rushes for a 7.8 ypc and 2 TDs. Boyd also caught 2 passes for 15 yards. Defensively, he had 6 tackles, 4 solo, 2 sacks, 3 YDL, 2 hurries.

SAM EHLINGER (2017) – Ehlinger led Westlake to 49-28 win over Humble Atascocita. Sam was 16 of 25 for 260 yards passing, 5 TDs, 1 INT, .640%, QB rating of 121.7. Ehlinger also had 174 yards rushing on 27 carries (6.4 ave) with 2 TDs. He had a long of 64 yards.

SEASON CONCLUDED

2016 Class

SHANE BUECHELE, QB, Arlington Lamar, 6'2, 185 lbs.
DAVION CURTIS, WR, Temple, 6'0, 180 lbs.
REGGIE HEMPHILL-MAPPS, WR, Manvel, 6'1, 175 lbs

DENZEL OKAFOR, OL, Lewisville, 6’5, 290 lbs

COLLIN JOHNSON, WR, San Jose Valley Christian , 6’5, 205 lbs
TOPE IMADE, OL, Arlington Bowie, 6’5, 324 lbs.

OBI EBOH, DB, Southlake Carroll, 6’1, 180 lbs

PEYTON AUCOIN, TE, New Orleans Brother Martin 6’5, 255 lbs
ANDREW FITZGERALD, DE, Flower Mound Marcus, 6’4, 245 lbs
MALCOLM ROACH, DE, Baton Rouge Madison Prep, 6'4, 255 lbs

GERALD WILBON, DT, Destrehan, La, 6'3, 305 lbs

2017 Class

LAGARYONN CARSON, DE, Texarkana Liberty-Eylau, 6'5, 285 lbs
DAMIAN MILLER, WR, Tyler John Tyler, 
6'2, 180 lbs
MAJOR TENNISON, TE, Bullard, 6'6, 245 lbs

My Picks Are In Red. Last week I went 25-8. So far I am 74-23 in the playoffs.

CLASS 6A

DIVISION I
State Quarterfinals
Allen 48, Denton Ryan 27
Austin Westlake 49, Humble Atascocita 28
Galena Park North Shore 45, Dickinson 14
Converse Judson 38, Smithson Valley 24

State Semifinals
Allen (14-0) vs. Austin Westlake (13-1), 1 p.m. Saturday, Waco's McLane Stadium
Galena Park North Shore (11-3) vs. Converse Judson (13-1), 5 p.m. Saturday, Houston's NRG Stadium

DIVISION II
State Quarterfinals
Mansfield 44, Denton Guyer 7
Lake Travis 45, Rockwall 24
Katy 35, Manvel 17
Cibolo Steele 35, Schertz Clemens 14

State Semifinals
Mansfield (12-2) vs. Lake Travis (14-0), 2 p.m. Saturday, Waco ISD Stadium
Katy (14-0) vs. Cibolo Steele (14-0), 2 p.m. Saturday, San Antonio's Alamo Stadium

CLASS 5A
DIVISION I
State Quarterfinals
Aledo 28, Canyon Randall 14
Mansfield Lake Ridge 56, Longview 53
Richmond George Ranch 59, Temple 46
Cedar Park Vista Ridge 24, Austin Vandegrift 17

State Semifinals
Aledo (13-1) vs. Mansfield Lake Ridge (14-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday, NRH's Birdville Fine Arts Complex
Richmond George Ranch (14-0) vs. Cedar Park Vista Ridge (12-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Houston's NRG Stadium

DIVISION II
State Quarterfinals
Lake Dallas 41, Everman 38
Frisco Lone Star 49, Lancaster 34
Fort Bend Ridge Point 36, Angleton 35
Cedar Park 35, CC Calallen 21

State Semifinals
Lake Dallas (12-2) vs. Frisco Lone Star (13-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Allen
Fort Bend Ridge Point (11-3) vs. Cedar Park (14-0), 2 p.m. Saturday, Houston's NRG Stadium

CLASS 4A
DIVISION I
State Quarterfinals
Abilene Wylie 14, Brownwood 7
Argyle 32, Texarkana Liberty-Eylau 29
Carthage 56, Silsbee 40
Waco La Vega 20, China Spring 7

State Semifinals
Abilene Wylie (12-2) vs. Argyle (13-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Waco's McLane Stadium
Carthage (11-3) vs. Waco La Vega (14-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Garland's Johnson Stadium

DIVISION II
State Quarterfinals
Celina 42, Krum 13
Gilmer 24, Atlanta 15
West Orange-Stark 42, Bellville 3
Cuero 28, Sinton 0

State Semifinals
Celina (14-0) vs. Gilmer (14-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mesquite's Memorial Stadium
West Orange-Stark (13-1) vs. Cuero (9-5), 2 p.m. Saturday, Houston's Tully Stadium

CLASS 3A 
DIVISION I
State Quarterfinals
Brock 38, Shallowater 10
Mineola 45, Sunnyvale 28
Cameron Yoe 28, Teague 21
Mathis 54, Hitchcock 27

State Semifinals
Brock (14-0) vs. Mineola (13-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Grand Prairie's Gopher Warrior Bowl
Cameron Yoe (13-1) vs. Mathis (12-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Austin's Royal Memorial Stadium

DIVISION II
State Quarterfinals
Idalou 27, Henrietta 7
Waskom 57, New London West Rusk 28
Franklin 76, Crockett 50
East Bernard 35, Boling 21

State Semifinals
Idalou (13-0) vs. Waskom (14-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mineral Wells
Franklin (14-0) vs. East Bernard (12-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Cypress' Berry Center

CLASS 2A 
DIVISION I
State Quarterfinals
Canadian 31, Stratford 0
Crawford 35, Tolar 0
Lovelady 14, Shelbyville 7
Refugio 17, Shiner 14

State Semifinals
Canadian (14-0) vs. Crawford (14-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Wichita Falls
Lovelady (14-0) vs. Refugio (12-2), 7 p.m. Friday, Georgetown ISD Complex

DIVISION II
State Quarterfinals
Seagraves 45, Memphis 14
Albany 42, Iraan 28
Muenster 33, Tenaha 16
Bremond 54, Bruni 13

State Semifinals
Seagraves (13-1) vs. Albany (13-1), 7 p.m. Friday, Lubbock's Lowrey Field
Muenster (13-1) vs. Bremond (14-0), 7 p.m. Friday, Waxahachie

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Heads up!

Due to expected inclement weather in the Central Texas area Saturday, Class 6A Division I semifinal Allen vs. Austin Westlake had been scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at McLane Stadium in Waco, but will now be played at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Waco ISD Stadium.

Both teams agreed to change the game.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Folks, I will be deer hunting again Friday-Saturday. I will return Saturday to try to catch everyone up.

In the meantime, here's a good story about an ex-Longhorn.

http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/high-schools/2015/12/09/washout-unt-ex-carroll-coach-dodge-winner-resurgent-austin-westlake

The man who built a dynasty at Southlake Carroll now hopes to put a blemish on Allen's

By Corbett Smith

When Todd Dodge came back to the high school ranks after 41/2 seasons in college football, it seemed only a matter of time before he'd find his way back into the limelight.
After all, when he left Southlake Carroll in December 2006 to become head coach at North Texas, Dodge had fine-tuned a program that was the envy of Texas, with four state titles in a five-year span.

In just his second season at Austin Westlake, Dodge is right back in the state-title discussion.

On Friday at Waco ISD Stadium, Westlake (13-1) will face modern-day goliath Allen (14-0) in the Class 6A Division I semifinals. A win would end Allen's 57-game winning streak and put Westlake back into the finals for the first time since 2009.

"I don't know if you can ever say you can do the type of things that we did at Carroll -- as far as the run that we were on," Dodge said. "But yes, the blueprint that we used at Carroll is absolutely what I believe in and the way that I like to run a program; it's in place, full-fledged, here right now. The culture feels like 2006 to me."

Good times and bad
After modest successes -but no playoff appearances- at Cameron Yoe, Carrollton Newman Smith and Keller Fossil Ridge, Dodge found perfection at Carroll.

A record-setting quarterback at Port Arthur Jefferson and the University of Texas, Dodge had immediate success when hired in 2000, winning 19 games in his first two seasons before going on an astounding tear.

After falling to Ennis in the 4A Division II state semifinals in 2001, Southlake Carroll won 79 of 80 games over the next five seasons, its lone loss coming to Katy in the 2003 5A Division II final. In the final four years of that run (2003-06), Carroll bounced Allen from the playoffs four times -- twice in the semifinals, twice in the area round -- by an average of 30.5 points.

After winning his final state championship with his son, Riley, as Carroll's junior starting quarterback, Dodge made the rare jump from a high school program to a major-college job. It didn't work out. He never won more than two games in a season while at North Texas and was fired midway through the 2010 season with an overall record of 6-37.

Dodge said he never regretted leaving Carroll for UNT, although he admitted he would have been better off becoming a position coach or coordinator first before getting a head coaching job.

"Don't get me wrong: At the hard times at North Texas, I'd look back and go, 'Ugh,'" Dodge said. "Wishful thinking, sometimes. But in the big picture, no regrets. I think it made me a much better coach."

The following season, he served as the quarterbacks coach for Todd Graham at the University of Pittsburgh. But once Graham left at the end of the 2011 season for Arizona State, Dodge was at a crossroads. He and his wife, Elizabeth, set a timetable. By February 2012, if a suitable college opportunity had not presented itself, Dodge would head back to high schools -- and back to Texas.

"To me, it was God's way of saying, 'You know what, you need to be in high school football,'" Dodge said. "So I came back to the state of Texas. And this is really my passion to begin with. Now, I'm not going to say that I'm never going to go back to college if the right opportunity presented itself. But I sure enjoy what I'm doing now."

Familiar set-up
Dodge came back to serve as the head coach at Marble Falls, about an hour northwest of Austin, in February 2012. After two 4-6 seasons in one of the state's most difficult districts, another great opportunity presented itself when Westlake coach Darren Allman left to become Southlake Carroll's athletic director.

Dodge jumped at the chance. Westlake seemed the perfect analog to Southlake: an affluent community, a one-high school district (Westlake is in Eanes ISD, not Austin ISD), and great fan support and football tradition (a state title in 1996 with Drew Brees at quarterback).

In addition, Dodge had deep family ties to the school. His wife is a Westlake graduate, and her father, Ebbie Neptune, was the district's athletic director for 22 years, including a stint as Westlake's head football coach from 1982-86.

"He was very clear that he was going to bring it back to what it was, back in the day when this program was the best one," said senior defensive end Elias Garcia. "And he's done it, in less than two years. He's already brought it back. The whole team has bought in to what Coach Dodge says. ... It's amazing."

Stellar defense, QB
Southlake Carroll coach Hal Wasson, an assistant for Dodge during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, called Westlake a "complete football team," with a secondary as good as any his team has faced this season and an aggressive front seven. Carroll lost to Westlake in the season opener 20-14.

The "energizer" of the Westlake team, Wasson said, is its junior quarterback, Sam Ehlinger. A Texas pledge, Ehlinger broke Nick Foles' career passing-yardage mark in last week's 49-28 win over Humble Atascocita.

Dodge compared Ehlinger to two Carroll greats: his son, in terms of his athleticism, and Chase Daniel, with his arm and leadership skills.

This week, Dodge said that it's fine if his players recognize that Allen has the state's second-longest winning streak and that it is the state's biggest high school -- just as long as they don't dwell on it.

"The things that we can control against Allen are the things that we are going to focus on," Dodge said. "To stand a chance, we've got to play well. ... What you would hope is that you're playing your best football at this time of year, and we definitely are."

 

[Etex Horn]

SHA, thanks for the great report regarding Todd Dodge. I am so looking forward to Sam Ehlinger coming to the 40 Acres!

Dodge is definitely a UT guy who has done well! Thanks again for posting this.  

 

[Hookemfan91]

Austin Westlake defeats Allen 23-17

 

[UT1983]

Cameron Yoe defeated Mathis 40 -14.  Dream of 4th straight state title still in play.

 

[java]

Franklin defeats EB in a thriller. EB went up 7-0 early, but Franklin was on a mission. In the second half, Franklin tied it at 7-7, and in the last 14 seconds on 4th down, kicked the game winning field goal.

Next Up. Go Lions. I don't have a crystal ball on the outcome. but Franklin fans will be there in force.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Class 6A

UPSET!

Galena Park North Shore 23

#7 Converse Judgson 17

FINAL

UPSET!

#9 Westlake 23

#1 Allen 17

FINAL

#2 Katy 38

#4 Steele 0

FINAL

#5 Lake Travis 49

Mansfield 21

FINAL

Class 5A

#7 Lake Ridge 42

#4 Aledo 21

FINAL

#3 George Ranch 42

Vista Ridge 23

FINAL

Frisco Lone Star 55

Lake Dallas 49

FINAL

#1 Cedar Park 38

Ridge Point 17

FINAL

Class 4A

#5 Argyle 24

Wylie 17

FINAL

LaVega 39

Carthage 3

FINAL

UPSET!

#3 Celina 49

#2 Gilmer 44

FINAL

#8 West Orange Stark 41

Cuero 28

FINAL

Class 3A

UPSET!

#2 Brock 38

#1 Mineola 22

FINAL

#4 Cameron Yoe 40

Mathis 14

FINAL

#5 Waskom 28

Idalou 24

FINAL

#3 Franklin 10

East Bernard 7

FINAL

Class 2A

#10 Refugio 46

Lovelady 28

FINAL

#1 Canadian 61

#7 Crawford 14

#9 Albany 12

#6 Seagraves 7

FINAL

#2 Bremond 40

Muenster 7

FINAL

 

[Throthefade]

Watched Sam play last week... He is an interesting prospect. Sneaky athletic and can throw the ball wherever he wants it. Hard to go against a Todd Dodge kid.