Posted by
Jay Tope on February 5, 2010 at 7:34 am
Blanco High School had two athletes sign on this week’s signing day.
Both Henry Greathouse and Layton Dworaczyk signed with Texas A&M Kingsville. Blanco has had one of the most successful 2A football programs in the state over the past decade. The Athletic director is Danny Rogers.
Posted by
Jay Tope on January 25, 2010 at 6:09 am
Monday February 1st at 9:00am - every person within the high school sports community will be interested in the new UIL Realignment being released. And this year, SAsports.com and K-MAC Sports will be there.
We will post a link to our live broadcast of the UIL Realignment that morning. Our broadcast over the internet will start at 8:50am, and at 9am we will start reading off the alignments. In addition, we will interview UIL officials, and break down what the alignments mean.
Posted by
Jay Tope on January 10, 2010 at 10:43 am
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Nate Askew of Madison High School was the lone San Antonio player in this year’s U.S. Army All-American Bowl, featuring the top high school seniors from around the country.
Nate poses with SSG Soto of the Army. It was a day that he and his family would be proud of, as he had three catches in the West’s 30-14 victory over the East.
His coach at Madison, Jim Streety, was also honored by being the head coach of the West all-stars.
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Posted by
Jay Tope on January 9, 2010 at 1:28 pm
by Jay Tope
Senior Editor, SAsports.com
What is a celebratory time at Texas Lutheran University is also a sad time at O’Connor High School.
Danny Padron, the head football coach and boys athletic coordinator at O’Connor High School for the past eight years, has accepted the head football coaching job at TLU.
I could go on and on about the history of Danny Padron; his 30 years as an assistant, how he built O’Connor into a powerhouse. But I’d rather talk about Danny Padron, the class act.
A 1969 graduate of John Jay High School, Padron has been a mentor, a motivational speaker, a Christian, and someone who supported every sport and activity wherever he’s been. Anytime I would be announcing a game at Paul Taylor Field House, boys or girls, Danny would be there showing his support.
But the moment I became a true Danny Padron fan was at a football game I covered in the Alamodome several years back. O’Connor was playing Clark, and it was before the Panthers had become a football power. The game was unique in another way: Padron was coaching against his son Andy, who was the starting quarterback at Clark (where Padron had been an assistant).
Trailing by two touchdowns with two minutes left, O’Connor came back to win the game. Cheerleaders on the Panthers side were crying tears of joy, the O’Connor football program finally defeated their big brother school, and the Panther fans were going crazy. But as I was running on the field to grab a post-game interview with Coach Padron, there was only one place he was running.
To find and console his son, the senior quarterback of the Clark Cougars.
I actually found Andy before Coach Padron did. You see, in the midst of the on-field chaos, Andy was looking for his dad. And when the two met at midfield, Andy had the biggest smile on his face, for he was so proud of his father. There wasn’t a dry eye anywhere. I still get teary-eyed thinking about that moment.
They embraced. And Danny Padron knew at that moment, as did everyone that witnessed that incident, how good of a father he was.
So let’s forget about how TLU’s season ended this year; 0-10, players and a student assistant coach suspended for allegedly beating a UIW player and putting him into the hospital.
Because Danny Padron is coming. And everyone that know him knows that the University football program in Seguin has much brighter days ahead.
Posted by
Jay Tope on December 15, 2009 at 8:24 am
It’s never a bad thing when your new head football coach is a former Heisman Trophy winner.
St. Andrews High School in Austin will announce today that Ty Detmer will become their new head football coach. St. Andrews competes in the Southwest Preparatory Conference, the same league that Saint Mary’s Hall belongs to, though SMH doesn’t field a football team.
Detmer, 42, was an all-state quarterback under his father, Sonny Detmer, at Southwest High School. Afterwards, he played at BYU where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1990. And a successful NFL career followed.
This is his first coaching job; brother Koy Detmer was an assistant at Somerset this past year, and is interested in the New Braunfels Canyon coaching vacancy.
Posted by
Jay Tope on December 8, 2009 at 9:35 am
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Posted by
Mark Kusenberger on December 6, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Six turnovers cost Clark in 37-20 loss to Westlake
by Mark Kusenberger
SAsports.com Senior Writer
Once is an accident, twice is a trend.
Last week, Harlingen outgained Westlake by 113 yards, but the Chaparrals capitalized on six Cardinal turnovers, scoring a defensive touchdown and a special teams touchdown on their way to a 42-13 victory.
This week, Clark outgained Westlake by 97 yards, but the Chaparrals capitalized on six Cougar turnovers, scoring two defensive touchdowns on their way to a 37-20 victory Saturday afternoon at Heroes Stadium.
The turnovers led to 23 Westlake points, and helped create a bizarre second quarter where Westlake ran only two plays from scrimmage, got no first downs – and outscored Clark 13-12.
Westlake (12-2) built the lead to 17-0 in the first quarter when Brice Dolezal went in motion from the left slot to five yards behind shotgun quarterback Tanner Price, took a pitch, then raced along the right sideline for a 60 yard touchdown with 30 seconds left in the first quarter.
Then Clark (13-1) began a vintage drive – or so it seemed for a long time. Starting from their own 29, they drove 13 plays – all runs - to the Westlake 12 over 6:39 of time of possession. But with 3rd and 4 at the Chaparrel 12, Hayden Greenbauer pitched the ball behind Ryan Jones. Jones stretched backwards for the ball but fell, unable to control it. Westlake linebacker Ellis Glaw – executing the scoop drill to perfection – recovered the fumble and ran untouched 80 yards for a touchdown, extending Westlake’s lead to 24-0.
Clark got the ball back at their own 18 and ran on four more plays for 20 yards. But faced with a 3rd and 1, Clark went to the air, and Greenbauer was intercepted by Campbell McCrea; McCrea returned the ball along the right sideline 40 yards for another defensive touchdown. The extra point was wide left, but Westlake had built their led to 30-0, and still hadn’t run a play in the second quarter.
Of course, Clark still got the ball back, and drove from their 19 to the Westlake 40 before getting wide and crazy. With 3rd and 10, Clark set up a swinging gate to the left side, with three blockers stationed in front of Greenbauer and Daniel Durke taking over at quarterback. With the defense focused on where Greenbauer was, Durke threw over the middle to Joey Cammer for 25 yards. The next play, Clark used the same formation again, and this time Durke did throw to Greenbauer, who evaded defenders on his way to a 15 yards touchdown reception – his first reception in over two years. Clark went for two and failed, and thus trailed 30-6.
But the Cougars weren’t ready to give up the ball, so they tried an onside kick, and Jacob Garcia recovered at the Westlake 41. Once again they went to the swinging gate, and this time Durke threw an overhand lateral to Greenbauer, allowing Greenbauer to throw deep for Cammer for 30 yards. Three plays later, Greenbauer, back at quarterback, took it himself for an 11-yard score. Clark again went for two and failed, and now trailed 30-12 with 1:07 left in the half.
From here, it looked like Westlake might actually run some plays and drain the clock. But on their second place, Westlake fumbled, and Clark’s Tim Sanchez recovered at the Westlake 27. Clark had a chance to pull within two possessions; however, the Cougars was out of time outs, and on the last play of the half, Greenbauer was intercepted in the end zone by McCrea, Clark’s fifth turnover of the first half.
The Clark Cougars had no margin left for error, but on the sixth play of the opening drive of the second half, Greenbauer was intercepted by James Robison. Nine plays later, Westlake cemented the game with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Price to Collin Shaw; Cody Rademacher’s extra point made it 37-12 with 5:15 left in the third quarter.
Westlake only ran 9 more plays from scrimmage the rest of the game, but Clark, for all their ball control expertise, managed no plays bigger than 17 yards and were helpless to catch up. A consolation touchdown pass from Greenbauer to Jacob Garcia, plus a two-point conversion pass from Greenbauer to Ryan Jones, produced the final margin.
Posted by
Jay Tope on December 5, 2009 at 7:13 am
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The Tivy Antlers had their hands full on Friday night with the Port Lavaca-Calhoun Sandcrabs, trailing 31-17 at one point.
But after giving up 31 points in the first half, the Tivy defense shut out the Sandcrabs and the offense scored 21 unanswered points, giving the Antlers a 38-31 victory.
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Posted by
Mark Kusenberger on at 6:39 am
Refugio avenges 2008 loss with 22-14 victory
by Mark Kusenberger
SAsports.com Senior Writer
It’s remarkable that Blanco made a game of their Class 2A Division II state quarterfinal matchup with Refugio Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Victoria.
After four turnovers and a blocked punt, it’s a wonder that Layton Dworaczyk’s second touchdown brought Blanco within 15-14 with 5 seconds left in the third quarter. It’s even more remarkable that after forcing a three-and-out, the Panthers had a chance to take the lead, taking over the ball at their own 47 with 10:30 left in the game.
But Refugio forced a punt, then drove 12 plays – all runs – and 75 yards in 6:29, with Jourdan Ortiz scoring the clinching touchdown with 1:21 remaining in a 22-14 Bobcat victory.
The Blanco punt was one of the freak plays on the season. Refugio, protecting against the fake, left no one deep to receive the punt. Since Refugio punted poorly in the second half, Blanco’s David Hostetler had a chance to pin the Bobcats deep in their own territory, force a punt, and start on the Refugio side of the field. But Hostetler’s line drive punt hit the back judge official in the face; had he been able to dodge the punt, it would have continued toward the end zone, possibly downed by Blanco inside the 10. Instead, Refugio recovered the ball at their own 25.
The back judge finished the game with no apparent trouble.
After the Ortiz touchdown, Blanco had a final chance to rally, but a muffed kickoff forced Blanco to start at their own 16; four plays later, Ortiz intercepted a Tanner Rogers pass with 19 seconds left to seal the victory.
With high humidity and temperatures in the low thirties, ball handling became a premium. The game featured several fumbles and only 89 yards passing, 31 of which came on the first two plays from scrimmage.
Refugio took a bold approach to fourth downs in the first half. Farrell Flowers recovered a Dworaczyk fumble at midfield with 8:54 remaining in the first. Facing a fourth-and-two at the Blanco 42, Refugio went for the fourth down again; Charlie Henderson broke free on a counter play for a 42 yard touchdown. Blanco blocked the extra point, but was called for a personal foul, giving Refugio a second chance at the conversion. With the ball now one-and-a-half yards from the goal, Refugio went for two and converted with a Draigon Silvas run, and Refugio led 8-0.
Blanco’s first six possessions of the ballgame ended in two lost fumbles, a blocked punt, a successful punt, and two more lost fumbles. Refugio only scored off the first and third lost fumbles. After Danny Hernandez’s fumble recovery at the Refugio 29, the Bobcats overcame to illegal procedure penalties to extend their lead. Once again, they went for a fourth down, this time fourth-and-one from their own 38. Silvas broke off a 62 yard touchdown; Jhoston Padron added the conversion, and Refugio led 15-0 at the half.
Blanco stormed out of the locker room in the second half to make a game of it. A six-play drive featuring four runs by Dworaczyk for 69 yards ended with a 7-yard run by Dworaczyk. Blanco, which didn’t attempt a place kick after the first round of the playoffs, went for two and threw incomplete, leaving them trailing 15-6.
The Panthers forced a punt, then drove another 72 yards, again keyed by Dworaczyk runs, including his second touchdown. Kyle Garrow ran a sweep in the end zone for the conversion, bringing Blanco within 15-14 before Refugio got their crucial stops in the end.
Layton Dworaczyk finished with 25 carries for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns for Blanco. Silvas led Refugio with 13 carries for 112 yards, a touchdown, and a two-point conversion run.
Refugio used four different quarterbacks during the ballgame, switching between Kyle Hendley and Aaron Perez from a traditional spread, using Jourdan Ortiz to run whatever Refugio calls the Wildcat, and using Draigon Silvas to accept snaps from the shotgun formation with two tight ends and three running backs one step ahead of Silvas. Both of Refugio’s first half touchdowns were scored with Silvas accepting the snap.
Refugio will face the winner of the Daingerfield-Newton game in the state semifinals.
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