Football
The Way of the Warrior
The Warren Warriors may have lost seven offensive starters and eight defensives starters from last year’s team that finished 10-2 and drove into the second round of the playoffs...
A Knight’s Tale: Steele is ready to go the distance
After charging into the third round of the playoffs last year following an 11-2 record, the Steele Knights are ready to go even farther. Though a state championship may seem lofty for...
Unicorns and the Big Dogs: New Braunfels Returns to 5A
Some say that meeting challenges on the playing field is what defines great athletes. This year, developments off the field are leading to new on-field challenges for New Braunfels High School.
Heart of Gold
It's late on a sunny Thursday afternoon and I’m on the phone with coach Jim Rackley. It doesn’t take long before his renowned sense of passion and enthusiasm saturates the conversation. After all, it’s time to talk football.
Survival of the Fittest
Posted October 8, 2008, 8:06 AM GMT - By: Admin
Quarterbacks fear him. Running backs avoid him. Wideouts adjust routes because of him. But when Ernest Jones steps off the field, he doesn’t come across any different that most of San Antonio’s premier student athletes. He’s confident, yet humble; he says “please” and “thank you” and is equally devoted to his textbooks as he is to the playbook. But that’s where most similarities end. The highly-recruited star linebacker at Boerne, hasn’t just battled the depth charts for his starting spot, he’s battled the most life-threatening elements of man and nature themselves.
It wasn’t that long ago that Jones was hunkered down in the Superdome while Hurricane Katrina unleashed its Category 5 furry on Louisiana. Listening to the storm battering New Orleans from the unsure safety of the enclosed sports stadium, Jones and his fellow refugees could only speculate what – if anything – would be left of their beloved city.
Gridiron Heroes: Keeping Hope Alive
Imagine yourself lining up behind the quarterback in a fourth-down, goal line, now-or-never football scenario. The brutes on the offensive line surge as the center snaps the ball. You accelerate as the quarterback coordinates...
Clark erases second-half deficits with two TD runs
Save a pair of plays Thursday night, Churchill's run defense probably exceeded every expectation it had in stopping Clark's potent ground attack.
The problem for the Chargers? Those two plays were about all eighth-ranked Clark needed to pull away.
By the Numbers: Border Bandits
In 1963, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School reached the Class 3A football state finals for the second straight season.
In the 45 years since, no Valley high school has reached a state championship game.
