Post by CC_Varmints on May 17, 2013 11:27:55 GMT -6
From DCTF:
Texas is a football-crazy state - heck, you're reading TexasFootball.com right now, so we would know. And knowing that, I think I can say with some authority that there may be no more rabid group of high school football fans in the state than those in the Rio Grande Valley.
Folks along the Rio Grande love their high school football, and are fiercely passionate for their teams and their region. This is despite the fact that the RGV hasn't brought home a state title in more than 50 years - Donna's1961 squad was the last win a championship. But that doesn't stop them from heading out every Friday night to their local stadium and cheering, loudly and without fail.
And like every team in the state, hope springs anew in the Rio Grande Valley in 2013. It's another chance not just to watch their teams, but perhaps for one of the teams to break through and challenge on a statewide level.
There are a lot of teams in the Rio Grande Valley - take a look at a map sometime and see just how many huge cities and little towns make up the beautiful border - but we here at DCTF have our eyes on a few of them heading into 2013. Which Valley teams look poised to make some noise in 2013? Here's an admittedly incomplete list of teams we're excited to see take the field.
4A: Edcouch-Elsa
La Machina Amarilla ("The Yellow Machine") is going to get fired up again, and might actually be the Valley's best threat to make some statewide noise. Even with a new coach in Joe Marichalar, he inherits a ton of returning talent, led by the defensive duo of All-Staters DE Robert Trevino and LB Bucky Barrera. If playmakers develop around All-State center Brian Valle -- guys like QB Noe Gonzalez, WR Diego Garza and TE Isaac Martinez - La Machina could be imparable.
Texas is a football-crazy state - heck, you're reading TexasFootball.com right now, so we would know. And knowing that, I think I can say with some authority that there may be no more rabid group of high school football fans in the state than those in the Rio Grande Valley.
Folks along the Rio Grande love their high school football, and are fiercely passionate for their teams and their region. This is despite the fact that the RGV hasn't brought home a state title in more than 50 years - Donna's1961 squad was the last win a championship. But that doesn't stop them from heading out every Friday night to their local stadium and cheering, loudly and without fail.
And like every team in the state, hope springs anew in the Rio Grande Valley in 2013. It's another chance not just to watch their teams, but perhaps for one of the teams to break through and challenge on a statewide level.
There are a lot of teams in the Rio Grande Valley - take a look at a map sometime and see just how many huge cities and little towns make up the beautiful border - but we here at DCTF have our eyes on a few of them heading into 2013. Which Valley teams look poised to make some noise in 2013? Here's an admittedly incomplete list of teams we're excited to see take the field.
4A: Edcouch-Elsa
La Machina Amarilla ("The Yellow Machine") is going to get fired up again, and might actually be the Valley's best threat to make some statewide noise. Even with a new coach in Joe Marichalar, he inherits a ton of returning talent, led by the defensive duo of All-Staters DE Robert Trevino and LB Bucky Barrera. If playmakers develop around All-State center Brian Valle -- guys like QB Noe Gonzalez, WR Diego Garza and TE Isaac Martinez - La Machina could be imparable.