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Coach Essary Becomes All-Time Win Leader at Athens

The Athens Hornets are on one of the best winning streaks in school history. Over the past 2 seasons, they have an 18-5 record. Those 18 wins are the best 2 season total since they won 19 back in 1958-1959. If they win 8 games again next season, they will tie for the schools all-time best 3 year win total of 26 wins.

Paul Essary - Athens Hornets

Paul Essary - Athens Hornets

Coach Paul Essary looks to have things going smoothly now at Athens. He started off with up and down swings with 4 wins in 2009, 11 in 2010 and then back to 5 in 2011. This years team made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs before falling to one of Class 4A's best teams in Kennedale. Their other losses came to 2 Class 5A teams in pre-district and then to a 10-1 Van team in district play. Coach Essary now has a record of 42-27 during his 6 years with the Hornets. That makes him the all-time leader there in coaching wins passing up J.T. (Bobo) Nelson 1932-1941 (40 wins), Mike Schuelke 1991-1998 (38) and Herman Bailey 1953-1958 (36). He has an all-time coaching record of 69-71-0 having been the head coach at Center 1999-2002 (15-26) and Elkhart 1996-1998 (12-18).

Next years team looks to have some very good talent coming back led by Travon Fulller who is a Texas A&M verbal commitment. They should have no problems with running game behind a big offensive line.

Returning All-District Players

District Most Valuable Player

JR ATH Travon Fuller

Co-Offensive Player of the Year

JR RB/LB Logan Fuller

1st Team

JR TE Grant Hirsch

JR OL Josh West (6'2" 305)

JR OL Mason Mikkelsen

2nd Team

JR OL Chad Walker (6'0" 251)

SOPH ILB Noah Bush (6'2" 215)

JR DB Brandon Boyd

JR DB Jeremy Bateman

Best of luck to Coach Essary and the Athens Hornets in 2015!

by Lone Star Gridiron

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