Texas Stadium to be Imploded April 11th

March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

It is the end of an era, a sad day for football fans in Texas. April 11th, the city of Irving will be imploding Texas Stadium – the former home of America’s Team, the place with the hole in the roof so that God could watch his favorite team play, and the home to some of Texas high school football’s greatest memories.

The implosion will take place at 7 o’clock in the morning. The public is welcome — $25 per car. The money will be donated to charities.

It is a bittersweet day for us at Lone Star Gridiron as we have witnessed so many great high school games there over the past couple of decades, including the last ever high school game to be played there. The saying goes, as a door closes, another opens, so the time has come to move these traditions to the new Cowboys Stadium.

Chris Doelle
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San Marcos Academy Sells Naming Rights to Stadium

March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

SAN MARCOS— San Marcos Academy has announced an agreement to partner with A+ Federal Credit Union as the official corporate sponsor of the Academy’s football, baseball and softball programs.

The Bears will open their 2010 football season under Head Coach Les Davis in the Ingram/A+ FCU Stadium, starting with their first home game September 3, 2010, versus the Brooks Academy Bengals of San Antonio. The Academy baseball and softball facilities will also carry the A+ name and logo.

Special Assistant for Athletic Development Ronald Oswalt, announced the partnership with A+ to staff and faculty. “SMA, one of the premier educational institutions in Central Texas, and A+ Federal Credit Union have joined forces in a naming rights corporate sponsorship that will benefit Academy students, faculty and staff,” Oswalt said. “This will be tasteful, it will be colorful, and it will be in keeping with the character and rich traditions of San Marcos Academy,”

A+ FCU CEO Kerry A.S. Parker, praised the school as an economic and educational engine for the area. “We look forward to partnering with SMA both athletically and academically,” Parker said. Keeping in tradition with how it was created over 60 years ago, A+ will also provide free financial education in SMA classrooms.

Athletic Director Toby Wade added, “A football game is not just a game. It’s everybody coming together and celebrating the heritage of this school and what it’s contributed to the city of San Marcos.”

SMA officials are touting the A+ FCU partnership as an “anchor donation” that will inspire other corporations and individuals to get involved with the school’s new Bear Club. More than 25 corporate partners have joined the Bear Club so far. Information on sponsorship opportunities is available on the school website at www.smba.org.


Representatives of San Marcos Academy and A Plus Federal Credit Union gathered recently to celebrate their new athletic partnership. A Plus will be the official corporate sponsor of the Academy’s football, baseball and softball programs. Representing the credit union were Cheryl Belk; Lisa Mae Delgado, San Marcos Branch Manager; Kim Zerinque, Jeannette Freitag, Stella Contreras and Kerry Parker, CEO. Also on hand from San Marcos Academy were Les Davis, head football coach; Toby Wade, athletic director; and Ronald Oswalt, special assistant for athletic development. (SMA photo by Don Anders)

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Coaching Changes — New Braunfels Canyon

March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New Braunfels Canyon has hired Matt Elliott to be their new athletic director and head coach. Elliott replaces Les Davis who was reassigned after leading the Cougars for the past six years.

Davis had a 40-25 record at New Braunfels Canyon and has an all-time record of 52-41-1. He went 27-7 in his first three seasons at Canyon making it to the Class 4A Division II state quarterfinals in 2005. The last three years have not been as good though. His teams went just 13-18 and they only won four district games over the final two seasons.

Elliott arrives at Canyon after being the San Antonio Southwest head coach for the last four seasons. He went 38-9 during that time which is an average of 9.5 wins per season. He also took them to the playoffs all 4 seasons. Until Elliott took over, San Antonio Southwest did not have eight or more wins in a season since 1998. Since 1960, Southwest had just three seasons with eight or more wins and just seven playoff appearances. He also coached at Springtown (2003-2005) where he had a 19-13 record. This gives him a career record of 57-22.

New Braunfels Canyon will be part of a good District 27-4A that includes Buda Hays, Kyle Lehman, Lockhart, San Antonio Alamo Heights, Schertz Clemens and Smithson Valley. Their rival game is against New Braunfels in the “Wurst Bowl”. New Braunfels leads the all-time series 22-6.

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes — Waco Midway

March 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Waco Midway has hired Terry Gambill to take over the head coaching job after Kent Bachtel retired at the end of the 2009 season.

Bachtel was the head coach at Midway for the last 24 years and ends his career there with a 157-105-1 record. His overall coaching record is 170-142-1 which is good enough to rank #151 on the all-time coaching wins list.

The complete list can be found at http://www.lonestargridiron.com/historyrecords/all-time-coaching-wins/

Bachtel’s retirement marked the third straight season that a long tenured coach at one of the three biggest Waco high schools has left. Waco University replaced 26 year head coach LeRoy Coleman and last year Johnny Tusa retired at Waco High after 23 years.

Gambill has spent the last nine years as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at 5A Allen. His coaching experience includes Forney, Duncanville and Southlake Carroll.

The Panthers finished up 9-3 last season and went 12-2 in 2008. They will have to travel a lot over the next two seasons with a newly created 8-4A district which includes Killeen, Stephenville and San Angelo Lake View onlong with University and Waco High.

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes (almost) — Roma

March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Roma ISD school board first re-assigned Head Football Coach/Athletic Director Max Habecker and then a week later voted to re-instate him. The re-assignment came after he was offered a 2 year extension weeks before and the re-instatement came after the community and students rallied around him and forced the school board to reconsider.

Habecker has gone 5-25 in his three years as head coach including a 4-6 record in the 2009 season. He inherited a program that has never reached the playoffs. In fact they have never had a winning season in the schools 20 year history.

The Gladiators are members of District 32-4A which includes Edcouch-Elsa, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln, Mercedes, Mission Veterans Memorial, Pharr Valley View, Rio Grande City and Weslaco East.

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes — New Caney

March 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New Caney has named Tim Hensley as their new head coach and athletic coordinator. Hensley will replace Russell Roberts who stepped down at the end of the 2009 football season.

Roberts ends his 3 year stint at New Caney with a 5-24 record. His overall career record is 186-172-4 which puts him at #100 on the all-time coaching wins list.

http://www.lonestargridiron.com/historyrecords/coachwins/

Hensley comes over from Copperas Cove where he was the co-defensive coordinator since 2005. This will be his first head coaching job. Before his years at Copperas Cove, he was Special Teams Coordinator for Cypress-Fairbanks and Co-Defensive and Special Teams Coordinator for Bay City.

There is good news and bad news for Eagle fans. The good news is that they will be dropping to 4A after spending the last 2 seasons at 5A. The bad news is that their talent pool is not as large with New Caney Porter beginning varsity play this season. They will also be part of a tough District 18-4A. Other teams in this district are Conroe Caney Creek, Humble, Humble Kingwood Park, Humble Summer Creek, Huntsville, New Caney Porter and Willis. New Caney went 2-8 last season including an 0-5 mark in District 14-5A. They last reached the playoffs in 2003 and have not had a winning season since going 6-4 in 2004. Their record over the last 5 seasons is 13-33.

Hensley joins Rodney Southern (Belton), Thed Harris (Marshall) and Howard McMahan (Pflugerville Connally) as former Copperas Cove assistants who have taken on head coaching positions.

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes — Waco Connally

March 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Waco Connally has hired former Ganado Head Coach Mike Rabe to take over the Cadets. He will replace interim coach Steve Hoffmann after they went 4-6 last season.

Hoffman was the offensive coordinator before last season and was elevated to the head football coach when Kevin Johnson stepped down from his coaching duties before the season. He was the offensive coordinator for the three previous years at Connally.

Rabe has been at Ganado for four seasons and has an overall record of 22-25. He led the Indians to consecutive semifinal appearances. Rabe began his coaching career as an assistant at Huntsville. He then went on to Arlington and later was the offensive coordinator at Cleburne.

Waco Connally is a member of the very tough District 19-3A. Other schools are China Spring, Gatesville, Lorena, Waco Robinson and Waco La Vega.

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes — Ganado

March 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Ganado has found a replacement for their athletic director and head football coach Mike Rabe who left to take the same position at 3A Waco Connally. Jimmy Thompson will come over from Mount Pleasant where he retired and then came out of his short retirement to take over the job.

Rabe has been at Ganado for four seasons and has an overall record of 22-25. He led the Indians to consecutive semifinal appearances.

Coach Thompson had a 17-25 record at Mount Pleasant over the last 4 seasons and has a career record of 156-85-1. He began his career as an assistant at Nacogdoches, Livingston, Madisonville and Mexia. His head coaching jobs have been at Mexia, Hubbard, Trinity, Garrison and Cleveland before coming to Mount Pleasant. He was the head coach at Garrison when they played Ganado in the 2001 Class 2A, Division II semifinals.

The Indians are part of District 15 Division I which also includes Flatonia, Louise, Shiner and Yorktown. Ganado has gone 18-9 since dropping to 1A two seasons ago. The 2 years before that they went 4-16 competing in class 2A.

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes — Mount Pleasant

March 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Mount Pleasant has hired Mart Graham as their new head coach after Jimmy Thompson retired and then came out of his short retirement to take over at 1A Ganado.

Coach Thompson had a 17-25 record at Mount Pleasant over the last 4 seasons and has a career record of 156-85-1. He began his career as an assistant at Nacogdoches, Livingston, Madisonville and Mexia. His head coaching jobs have been at Mexia, Hubbard, Trinity, Garrison and Cleveland before coming to Mount Pleasant.

Graham has been an assistant coach for Mount Pleasant during the last 4 seasons with Thompson. He was also on Thompsons staff at Garrison and Cleveland. Coach Graham has also been an assistant coach at Alto, Magnolia, Splendora and Brazoswood. His only other head coaching position was at Lovelady.

Mount Pleasant will be part of a very tough District 13-4A along with Denison, Greenville, Royse City, Sherman, Sulphur Springs and Texarkana Texas. Graham will have his work cut out for him competing in this district. The Tigers are coming off of back to back 3-7 seasons and the most wins during a season over the last 12 years is only 6 (4 times).

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes — Sweeny

March 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Sweeny has hired Brett Sawyer as their new athletics director and head football coach. He will replace Tommy Zajicek who retired after the 2009 season.

Zajicek retires after coaching a second stint in Sweeny. He coached the Bulldogs from 1989-1998 and then again from 2005-2009. He finishes with a 15 year record of 119-48-7 which puts him at the #1 spot in Sweeny History for coaching wins.

Sawyer is coming to Sweeny from Richardson Berkner where he has coached for the last nine years. He has been their assistant defensive coordinator for the last four years and has coached defensive linemen and linebackers.

Sweeny is part of District 29-3A and they should be one of the top teams in the district. Other schools are Needville, Palacios, West Columbia, Columbus and Wharton

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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