He could do anything. I had never really practiced onside kicks, but I knew I had to kick the top part of the ball and just get it to turn over. Instead of getting on the ground, he was trying to score. They tried an onside kick, and the same kid, Mickey Jones, picked it up and went and scored.
If he had fallen down, the game was over, but that was on his mind. Why not try again? I think he was reliving the Robert E. Lee game. That gave us a little spark. I started to think maybe we can do this. It just went right through my hands. They needed that. They needed some kind of points because they were getting blown out. The second one, uh, hey guys, we need to tighten up. What are the odds of somebody getting three onside kicks in a row? I actually did the third one soccer style and it was doing all kinds of stuff.
I made up my mind that I was going to go get it myself, but Rod was just so eager to atone for the other one. Unfortunately, I was just a little too anxious. Uh oh, we might be in trouble. I was focused on the tight end even though that was not my responsibility. I was on the other side of the hash marks.
By the time I tried to get over there, it was too late. You did it! That was the worst three minutes of our lives. Scott Phillips intended to pooch kick the ensuing kickoff until both his offensive and defensive coordinators walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.
What happened next still haunts the former Plano East coach a quarter century later. On the opposite side of the field, John Tyler coach Allen Wilson feared Plano East might onside kick for a fourth straight time even with the lead. At that point, morale was understandably low on the John Tyler sideline. We had to put our best players on the field, guys who could make plays. There was no time to sit there and cry over what happened. I wanted to get as far down the field as I could to give our offense a chance to pull us out of this jam I put us in.
He was back to the 15 by the time Terence kicked the ball. He catches it over his shoulder at the 3 and turns up the sideline. After that, I could have scored if it was flag football. So I start running too and then he passes me. David is about , pounds. Including the superintendent. Now what! We can score.
Eventually, they start losing signal, so they get up on an overpass and listen to us score our last touchdown. They celebrated all the way home. We blocked the kicker, and that was it. What you tell your kickoff team is to stay in your lanes. We got the videotape, and you could see the three outside guys from Plano East streaking down the field.
Allen bullied Pearland in the 5A Division I state championship, , before moving to 6A the next year and winning that Division I title. Katy went and allowed only 62 points all season. Katy, which shut out 10 opponents that year, put an exclamation point on the season by thumping Lake Travis, , for the 6A Division II state title.
You have to include the Aledo Bearcats. The first and still only high school 11 man football team to score over points in a season. Not even the Daingerfield team can say that. Where are the sixman teams? Did you even evaluate them for this list? There are far too many fans of small school ball to exclude them. Funny…the picture of Katy at the top of the article is from their game against Westlake last year where they lost after a great performance by Sam Ehlingher.
As much as it pains me, the Lake Travis team was as good as it gets, especially on offense. I think they had 7 D1 starters on offense and 4 more on defense. My heart votes on Westlake crew lead by Brees. Agree with you about the Lake Travis team. They pretty much won the final game against The Woodlands a very good team before the first quarter was over.
Wait, not one single six-man team on this list? The Plano Wildcats should be in the discussion. National Champs in 86 or Seen an online discussion for a list of the top Texas High School football teams of all-time.
I had to chime in. Think about a team these days winning a Title and only giving up 6 points all year. The team that standouts over the others, is the version of the Spartans. There defense only returned four starters and had to replace All-American linebacker Kevin Simon, who moved on to Tennessee. Their defense still managed four shutouts. Unlike some seasons in the streak, the Spartans faced two nationally ranked teams in the season.
Although, they were never in danger of loosing a game. Head coach Bob Ladicer was probably the best high school football coach ever. The team exemplified everything the program was about. Their veer offensive illustrated their simple approach to the game. Instead of flashy gimmicks De La Salle was simply more discipline and hard working than any team they ran into. While effort and fundamentals were their backbone, the team had no shortage of talent.
Led by junior running back and future NFL star Maurice Jones-Drew, the bulldozer racked up 1, yards and 22 touchdowns on just 75 touches during the season He performed even better in big games, racking up yards rushing Quarterback Matt Guiterez had his pick of big time schools, as he was ranked 88th in the country.
He had a big senior season in with 3, passing yards and 33 touchdowns. The team had another big time weapon in two way starter Demetrius Williams. A blur with the Spartans, he was a three-year starter at wideout for Oregon, where he had 11 yard receiving games. He played in the NFL for 5 seasons. The standout lineman was two way starter and nationally ranked Derek Landri. The tackle was the highest rated prospect the Spartans had.
The depth of the program was unquestioned. Defensive back and future Oregon Duck, Willie Glasper was a sophomore on the team. Future top 25 recruit nationally, wide recover Cameron Colvin only played occasionally for the team. Their biggest match-up of the season was the 5th game, which was against the number 1 ranked Long Beach Poly. Since the start of the season The Beach went The New York Times as well as other media outlets requested credentials for the game. The Spartans were peeved about going into any game relegated to second.
Before the game, no one knew the name of junior running back Maurice Drew. He finished the game with total yards and 4 touchdowns.
They won over defending Central Section champ Buchanan of Clovis, then two weeks later in Stockton took apart southern California powerhouse Mater Dei They outplayed foes in the playoffs outscoring them in the 4A Playoffs. The Spartans finished the season undefeated and were able to push the streak forward. Over 20 players ended up playing division 1 football. The Entire defense returned from the season before. Their speed, size and skill was simply unmatched. The Wolves outscored their opponents , including in the playoffs.
No foe got closer than 14 points. The only team from Alabama that can boast a national title on its resume. Those kids were there and ready to go each and every week. Football after rushing for 1, yards on carries, before injuring his knee in the championship. Vigor quarterback Kelvin Simmons, was a dual threat at quarterback. He threw for 1, yards and accounted for 22 touchdowns.
The trio known as McBlakeLee combined for 44 catches and 1, yards along with 8 touchdowns. Kevin Lee ended up catching passes at Auburn. Duane Lewis, , , fullback played at Jackson State. Their two most talent players ended up never playing in college or the NFL, mostly due to their criminal record. Every position had a potential Division I football player in it," Darrell Williams said.
People ask me all the time: What made you guys so much better than everybody else? We had no weaknesses. The most competition that we experienced was at practice. If you wanted to see some hellacious competition, come to our practice and see our first-string offense go against our first-string defense".
Defensive end Adrian Jackson , was an excellent pass rusher before he went on to Auburn. Lineman Roosevelt Patterson played at Alabama, where he helped the Tide win the national title in Linebacker Mitch Davis, a junior in , signed with Georgia the next year. The hard hitting Cleon Jones was a junior on the squad that went on to sign with South Carolina. During the contest Vigor put on a display and assured their legacy as one of the best high school football teams to ever take the field.
Vigor became the first team to win back to back championships in Alabama's largest classification since Their opponents, Berry high school did not cross midfield until the second half.
Berry was able to get on the scoreboard shortly before halftime on a 6 yard touchdown pass, breaking a scoreless streak of 25 straight quarters for the defense. Vigor completed its season by beating Berry in the 6A championship game at Legion Field. Roosevelt Patterson, a All-State lineman for Vigor, "I don't think there's a team that compares to our team.
We had all the pieces to the puzzle. Teams like that probably come along once in a lifetime. We were hard-working and talented. Most teams that might be talented, they don't be hard workers. We worked all year 'round. I think it's going to take a while for another team to be like that '88 team. At the end of the year, there were efforts to get them together, but the high school associations squashed the idea.
This might have been the first ESPN nationally televised high school game had it been played. Thomas Aquinas Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Saint Thomas Aquinas has always been known as a football dynasty in Florida. In they lost 4 future NFL players from the previous year and still had enough talent to win a national title. Aquinas had a superior passing game which featured 3 big time weapons. Their point and turnover differential was among the best of all time.
The team was back for revenge, off their state championship defeat. The prep school circuit has given birth to new teams that are loaded, with out of town talent. Although they are allowed to pull talent from around the nation, they usually faced far stiffer competition than other powerhouse schools.
Aquinas thrived under intense national competition and a reasonable amount of travel. A number of their players contributed at big time college football programs. Jacob Rudock was a feared Quarterback in high school, he eventually went to Iowa after he had his pick of big time schools. Greene helped Florida State win a championship in Austin Barron who signed with Florida Sate, was a bruiser on the inside line for Aquinas.
Did I mention they had future Olympic sprinter Arman Hall at wide receiver. The defense was just as nasty as the offense. Defensive back Marcus Robertson was a standout corner for Aquinas before he went on to be drafted by the Rams.
Defensive end Bryan Cox Jr clogged running lanes before going off to play for the Gators. He finished his career at Martin High School Arlington with He was named Area Defensive Player of the Year as a senior when he had Mike Singletary, one of the greatest linebackers at any level ever, attended Worthing, an all-black high school in Houston. He stood at just 5-foot-7 as a junior and only grew two more inches, but he was an instant All-City and All-State player.
It was his world-renowned speed that made him one of the greatest cornerbacks ever. Boswell was the top-rated long distance kicker and fifth overall in the country as a senior in He has the fifth most made field goals in Texas history.
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