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Estacado overcomes mistakes, lightning to dump Midland Greenwood(1)
BY GEORGE WATSON AVALANCHE-JOURNAL It wasn’t a pretty home opener, but after everything that happened that could have derailed the Estacado football team Thursday night, the outcome wasn’t so bad. The Matadors were their own worst enemies with two turnovers, 150 yards in penalties and 79 yards lost on bad snaps on top [...]
Frenship’s power running game presents another challenge for Monterey’s defense
Because of Odessa’s predominance to run the football, Monterey coach Todd Pearson knew containing Texas Tech commitment Bradley Marquez was paramount last week. As hard as they tried, though, the Plainsmen failed to keep Marquez in check. Now comes another chance a little closer to home against a Frenship team that has raced out to [...]
Watson: Injuries show health No. 1 concern for coaches
The next time some out-of-state medical organization or group of sports medicine advocates pipes up and says Texas is still behind in how to treat injured players — particularly those with head injuries — I want them to come out here. The next time those same people say that Texas is still too backward in [...]
Matadors roll into home opener
In three years under Danny Servance, Estacado football had come out of the gates a little slow, winning once in its first two games each season. So imagine how things must feel now that the Matadors (2-0) are off to their best start in 20 years after blowout wins against Plainview and Pampa. “Our experience [...]
Player of the Week: Roosevelt quarterback Caden Whitley
There weren’t many areas Roosevelt head coach Greg Poynor could point to where he wanted to see improvement in entering quarterback Caden Whitley’s senior season. But two did stand out: increasing his leadership role and decreasing his interceptions.
Area football notebook: Idalou keeping chin up
Things haven’t exactly gone Idalou’s way during the first two weeks of the high school football season. Besides a pair of heartbreaking overtime losses, the Wildcats are without standout starting quarterback Alec Estes, who sprained his right knee in extra time against Cooper in Week 0. Coach Johnny Taylor said he hopes to have Estes [...]
Lady Plainsmen start strong, then struggle in loss against Midland
Adrian Stein has seen flashes of strong play from the Monterey volleyball team, but the Lady Plainsmen often have a hard time sustaining it. Tuesday night’s match against Midland provided another frustrating example for Monterey’s second-year head coach. The Lady Plainsmen looked sharp in the opening set and flirted with winning it, but once they [...]
Odessa defeats Plainsmen 48-25
WOODROW — When one of the top running backs in the state says that he had something to prove to everyone, it could make for a long night for the team across the line of scrimmage. Friday night, it was a very long night for Lubbock Monterey. Odessa senior running back Bradley Marquez, running at [...]
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