2011 31-3A All-District Teams

MVP — Jacob Lerma, sr, Lyford

Newcomer of the Year — u-Zach Arnold, sr, Orange Grove

Offensive MVP — Tyrell Clay, jr., Corpus Christi Miller

Co-Defensive MVPs — Ramiro Montalvo, sr., Orange Grove, and Angel Moreno, sr., Raymondville

Coach of the Year — Jerry Bomar, Orange Grove

 

 
First Team Offense

QB — u-D.J, Quiroga, sr., Raymondville

RB — Jacob Esparza, jr., Lyford; Ruben Lopez, jr., Orange Grove; Alex Montalvo, sr., Raymondville; Justin Perez, jr., Corpus Christi West Oso

TE — Will Enriquez, sr., Corpus Christi West Oso

C — Steven Salinas, sr., Lyford

G — Kiearron Ratcliff, sr., Corpus Christi Miller; Caleb Thurmon, sr., Orange Grove

T — Kris Garcia, sr., Lyford; Ralph Rubalcada, jr., Raymondville

WR — Ethan Cavazos, sr., Lyford; Art Vasquez, jr., Lyford; Jesses Franco, jr., Corpus Christi Miller; Rayce Gatlin, jr., Orange Grove; Frank Ledesma, sr., Raymondville

PK — Miguel Garcia, sr., Raymondville; Jesus Torres, soph., Corpus Christi Miller

 

 

 

First Team Defense

T — u-Will Enriquez, sr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Luis Monsevias, sr., Orange Grove; Daniel Ybarra, sr., Corpus Christi Miller

E — Christian Fuentes, jr., Corpus Christi Miller; Dillon Herschap, jr., Orange Grove; Joseph Vella, sr., Robstown; Justin Welsh, sr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Darren Zavala, jr., Raymondville

LB — u-Jason Trevino, sr., Corpus Christi Miller; Justin Lott, sr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Marty Rocha, jr., Lyford; Julian Salas, jr., Orange Grove; Humberto Velasquez, sr., Raymondville

S — Martin Quintana, sr., Orange Grove; D.J. Quiroga, sr., Raymondville; Ruben Saldivar, soph., Corpus Christi West Oso; David Varga, jr., Robstown; James Whiteside, soph., Corpus Christi Miller

CB — u-Dacain Levingston, sr., Corpus Christi Miller; Justin Garza, sr., Raymondville; Ruben Lopez, jr., Orange Grove; Joe Luna, sr., Robstown; Jeremy Stafford, sr., Corpus Christi West Oso

P —u-Jesus Torres, soph., Corpus Christi Miller

 

 
Second Team Offense

QB — Ruben Saldivar, soph., Corpus Christi West Oso

RB — Marquis Lewis, jr., Corpus Christi Miller; Jordan Luster, jr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Julian Salas, jr., Orange Grove; Jesse Valladares, soph., Raymondville

TE — Leo Cruz, sr., Corpus Christi Miller; Alder Figueroa, sr., Raymondville; Luis Monsevias, sr., Orange Grove

C — Mason Vollmering, jr., Orange Grove; Adrian Monsevias, jr., Raymondville; Alex Pena, jr., Robstown

G — Dillon Garcia, jr., Orange Grove; Zach Melton, jr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Micah Ramos, sr., Lyford

T — Ryan Alvarez, sr., Corpus Christi Miller; Danny Espinosa, sr., Lyford

WR — Julian Firo, sr., Corpus Christi Miller; Jose Garza, jr., Lyford; Eloy Perez, sr., Lyford; Reggie Moreno, jr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Rolando Muniz, jr., Raymondville; A.B. Rubio, soph., Robstown

PK — Ernesto Medina, sr., Raymondville

 

 

 

Second Team Defense

T — Joe Chapa, sr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Daniel Fey, soph., Raymondville; Lance McDonald, fr., Robstown; Gunner New, soph., Orange Grove; Adrian Solis, sr., Orange Grove; A.B. Ramirez, jr., Lyford

E — Lincoln Chavez, sr., Lyford; Leo Falcon, jr., Corpus Christi Miller; Christian Lopez, fr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Carlos Ostos, jr., Orange Grove; Alex Pena, jr., Robstown

LB — James Flores, jr., Robstown; Kevin Pena, jr., Robstown; Josh Herrera, fr., Orange Grove; Julio Mendoza, sr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Leonard Ramirez, jr., Raymondville

S — Greg Couvillon, jr., Orange Grove; Jack Roberson, jr., Corpus Christi West Oso; Fernando Vela, jr., Corpus Christi Miller

CB — Frank Ledesma, sr., Raymondville; Ricky Martinez, fr., Orange Grove; Jonathan Nino, jr., Lyford; Steven Perry, sr., Corpus Christi Miller; Riley Ramos, soph., Robstown

P — Romeo Rosalas, soph., Raymondville; Art Vasquez, jr., Lyford

Callisburg Hires Kevin Hayes

2011 Coaching Change: Callisburg Wildcats

Old Head Coach: Jerry Bomar — Leaves for 3A Orange Grove after he announced that he was retiring shortly after the season was over. He led the Wildcats to a 41-38-0 record during his seven seasons there. He leaves as the all-time wins leader at Callisburg. Before he arrived, the Wildcats had just finished the 2003 season at 0-10 and they had never won a playoff game.   During his time with the Wildcats, they won 6 playoff games including a trip to the Class 2A state semifinals in 2009. His other coaching jobs have been at Atlanta 1982-1985 (21-19), Groesbeck 1989-1991 (28-8), Killeen 1992-1995 (30-14) and Grand Prarie 1996-2003 (39-41). He has an overall coaching record of 165-120-0. The 165 wins puts him at #171 on the all-time coaching wins list. Every job except for Killen, he took over a struggling program and built it up. His 1991 Groesbeck team won the Class 3A state championship. He also worked as an assistant coach at Mesquite and Texarkana. Coach Bomars son is Rhett Bomar, who is a backup quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings and played his college ball at Sam Houston State.

New Head Coach: Kevin Hayes — Was 3A Athens offensive coordinator for the last 2 seasons. Before that Hayes was the head coach at 2A/3A Teague where he led the Lions for 15 seasons to an overall 87-71-0 record. His teams there made the playoffs 8 times.

Team News: The Wildcats finished 2010 with a 2-8 record which ended a 4 year winning streak. The 2 wins was a 10 game drop after finishing 12-3 in 2009.

All-Time Coaching Wins Leaders At Callisburg

NAME YEARS W L T %
Jerry Bomar 2004-2010 41 38 0 .519
Gary Utsler 1979-1985 26 38 6 .414
James Fowler 1960-1962 17 13 0 .567

Click to see the All-Time Coaching Wins List

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Bomar Comes Out Of A Short Retirement

2011 Coaching Change — Orange Grove Bulldogs

Old Head Coach: John Hall — Let go after leading the Bulldogs for 2 seasons going 5-15.

New Head Coach: Jerry Bomar — Comes over from 2A Callisburg after he announce his retirement from there shortly after the season was over. He led the Wildcats at Callisburg to a 41-38-0 record during his seven seasons there. Before he arrived there, the Wildcats had just finished the 2003 season at 0-10 and they had never won a playoff game. During his time there, they won 6 playoff games including a trip to the Class 2A state semifinals in 2009. His other coaching jobs have been at Atlanta 1982-1985 (21-19), Groesbeck 1989-1991 (28-8), Killeen 1992-1995 (30-14) and Grand Prarie 1996-2003 (39-41). He has an overall coaching record of 165-120-0. The 165 wins puts him at #171 on the all-time coaching wins list. Every job except for Killen, he took over a struggling program and built it up. His 1991 Groesbeck team won the Class 3A state championship. Coach Bomars son is Rhett Bomar, who is a backup quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings and played his college ball at Sam Houston State.

Team News: The Bulldogs have not been to the playoffs since 2006. They finished 1-9 last season and have gone 16-24 over the last 4 seasons

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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Coaching Changes — Corpus Christi West Oso

Corpus Christi West Oso has hired Joe Salinas as its new head coach and athletic director. Salinas will replace Mark Guess who has been the head coach for the last nine seasons with the Bears.

Guess was 48-48 in his nine seasons with the Bears but went 3-7 last year and missed the playoffs the past two seasons. He was previously an assistant coach at West Oso before becoming the head coach. Coach Guess will be taking over the athletic coordinator and head coaching responsibilities at Brownsville Veterans Memorial next season which is just opening. He leaves ranked #2 in all-time coaching wins at West Oso, only 1 win behind Ed Bacak.

Salinas spent the past three seasons at Class A Van Horn. He took over a team that was coming off a 1-8 season. He went just 2-8 in his first year but went 6-5 and 7-4 in 2008 and 2009 making the playoffs both years. His overall record was 15-17 during his three seasons. Before coaching at Van Horn, Salinas spent two seasons as the head coach at La Villa where he turned things around there also. La Villa went 0-10 the year before Salinas was hired. In his first year they went 7-5 and then went 11-1 the following season before he left for Van Horn. Before he became a head coach, Salinas spent time as an assistant coach at Edcouch-Elsa and Orange Grove.

The Bears will compete the next two seasons in District 31-3A with Corpus Christi Miller, Robstown, Orange Grove, Lyford and Raymondville.

ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACHES AT WEST OSO

Ed Bacak 1951-1963 (49-73-6) .406
Mark Guess 2001-2009 (48-48-0) .500
Willie Trevino 1981-1990 (47-57-1) .452
Joe Sendejar 1993-1999 (41-36-1) .532

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
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