2013 LSG Team Preview — Lufkin Panthers

By Michael Wright
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Updated: July 16, 2013

2013 LSG Texas High School Football Team Preview — Lufkin Panthers

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Team: Lufkin Panthers (14-5A)

Colors: Purple/Gold

Stadium: Abe Martin Stadium

Facebook: Go Panthers!!

1st varsity season: 1911

Enrollment: 2,127 -- Smallest in the district out of 7 schools

2013 Schedule:
Aug. 30, 2013 TYLER JOHN TYLER
Sep. 6, 2013 AT TYLER LEE
Sep. 13, 2013 AT NACOGDOCHES
Sep. 20, 2013 AT LONGVIEW
Sep. 27, 2013 COLLEGE STATION A&M CONSOLIDATED
Oct. 12, 2013 AT THE WOODLANDS
Oct. 18, 2013 BRYAN
Oct. 25, 2013 AT THE WOODLANDS COLLEGE PARK
Nov. 1, 2013 CONROE OAK RIDGE
Nov. 8, 2013 AT CONROE HIGH

Head Coach: Todd Quick 1 year 9-4; 9-4 all-time coaching record

Coaches Comments: Season Outlook: depth will be an issue District Outlook: The Woodlands will be the main competition

Returning Lettermen: 32

Returning Starters: Offense: 5 Defense: 7

Key Players:
* WR Jamal Jeffery Texas A&M commit 1st Team All-District Cat-like quickness, can stretch the field, or take a slant 80 yards TOP 30
* DL D.J. Williams TOP 40 2nd Team All-District
* WR JR Keke Coutee 52-835 yards 11 TDS receiving 1st Team All-District
* OL Dominick Hall 1st Team All-District
* LB D.J. Alexander 1st Team All-District 87 tackles
* OL Wacey Hartman 2nd Team All-District
* OL JR Erik McCoy 2nd Team All-District
* WR Terry Mark
* QB Trey Cumbie
* DB Michael Farley
* LB Deangelo Hightower
* LB JR Larell Weatherred
* DB JR Deandre Hooper

Notes:
* LSG Pre-Season Ranking
* 1979 The Lufkin ISD school board unanimously approved the re-naming of Panther Stadium to Abe Martin Stadium in honor of the former coach who brought a football championship to Lufkin High School in 1943
* 3 consecutive 9 win seasons

Mike Says: The Panthers bring back another strong team especially on the offensive line and at wide receiver. If QB Cumbie is able to get the ball to WR's Jeffery and Coutee this will be a high scoring team. Look for another 9+ win season. They will battle The Woodlands for the district title and then go another 2 or 3 rounds into the playoffs. It is always fun to see their East Texas Rival games with John Tyler and Tyler Lee and then their first round playoff matchups against the Spring and Klein schools.

Chris Says: Lufkin had an up and down season that a lot of teams would have been proud of... but the Pack felt like they fell short. The Panthers lost control early of a couple games and mistakes beat them when they lost. Coach Quick will address the mental errors as he starts his second season as head coach. I expect the mistakes to drop off dramatically and they should have at least 11 wins under their belt when the play in the Quarterfinal playoff game. Expect the Longview game to once again be an instant classic.

Last Years Record: Overall 9-4 District 5-1

2012 Games:
at Tyler John Tyler (13-2) (L 21-35)
vs Tyler Lee (1-9) (W 41-31)
vs Nacogdoches (0-10) (W 45-7)
vs Longview (9-4) (L 14-45)
at A&M Consolidated (9-3)* (4OT) (W 71-68)
vs The Woodlands (8-4)* (L 21-49)
at Bryan (3-7)* (W 47-7)
vs The Woodlands College Park (4-6)* (W 40-7)
at Conroe Oak Ridge (1-9)* (W 24-0)
vs Conroe (3-8)* (W 55-14)

Playoffs: Division II Regionlas
vs Spring DeKaney (6-4) (Huntsville's Bowers) (W 35-20) Bi-District
vs Pflugerville (8-4) (Bryan) (W 56-43) Area
vs Plano West (9-5) (Waco ISD) (L 52-55) Regionals

2012 JV Record: 8-2

Offense Spread

Defense 4-3

History:
* 17 CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS
* Since moving into the Houston-area district before the 2004 season, Lufkin is 49-4 in district games
* 35-34-4, 4-3 playoffs all time vs. Longview 15-5-1 since 1994 Longview has now lost 9 straight at Lufkin
* 65-21-6 all-time vs. Nacogdoches including 17 in a row
* 36-15-1 all-time vs. Tyler Lee
* 28-35-3 1-1 playoffs all-time vs. Tyler John Tyler
* 6-3 vs. The Woodlands since 1994
* All time record: 652-327-37 65.99% 1016 games

Championship History: (2) 1-1
1943 San Angelo 26, Lufkin 13
2001 5A Division II - Lufkin 38, Austin Westlake 24

Last 5 year record: 42-16

Last 10 year record: 99-23

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