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Post by sotex on Jun 28, 2013 16:01:56 GMT -6
No doubt about their Defense. But the offense is terrible. They'll put up points against bad teams. You SHOULD know by now that comparing one teams performance one year and saying it will be the exact can be dangerous in regards to a GOOD program like Calallen. If your program sucks year after year, then it's OK. But if you wish, go ahead and predict what you want. I'm just saying the last time we had a real early exit from the playoffs and had an offense that kind of was sub-par, we went to the State Semi finals the following year. That would be the 2010 team. We will have a new look on offense along with some lower class men who chomping at the bit for the season to get here. Along with some new faces to the district as well. And in the last three decades, not too many mediocre seasons by our standards have been followed up with another. I agree with you, and I have been saying this all along. Calallen has a lot of returning starters, and some good players coming up. Let some of these people go ahead and underestimate them. I really believe there are some people that are going to be in for a real surprise.
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Post by sandcrabs04 on Jun 28, 2013 16:49:12 GMT -6
Butt hurt calallen fan. Didn't see that coming .
I just stated my opinion and its based on not seeing sny help coming from the jv ir fresh team. Again. Yall will beat up most teams in our district.
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Post by antlers on Jun 28, 2013 17:41:58 GMT -6
The DCFB is a fun read to fill the gap until football season starts. I buy it but dont put to much stock in it or its predictions. The great thing is that it will all get played out over the year and every team will have a chance to prove it on the field. In the past I would read the magazine and look at all the teams we were playing and think oh man this team is good and this team stinks only to be shocked by the outcomes. So, I learned my lesson.
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Post by sotex on Jun 28, 2013 19:07:43 GMT -6
Butt hurt calallen fan. Didn't see that coming . I just stated my opinion and its based on not seeing sny help coming from the jv ir fresh team. Again. Yall will beat up most teams in our district. Whoa there, I am from Alice, played ball in 79-80 and bleed coyote orange. I am basing my opinion on what they have coming back, their coaching staff and tradition.
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Post by Saltydog on Jun 28, 2013 19:33:32 GMT -6
I dont put much into the mags predictions it is what happens on the field. Calhoun is doing their part this summer. "Hyperlink was not working" Article from the Port Lavaca Wave.
Bright orange shirts dotted the weight room and the area around the Calhoun High School athletic complex.
Instead of relaxing during their summer vacation, many Calhoun County Independent School District student-athletes from all grade levels spend their time getting ready for the upcoming school year working out through the Champions Course program. Champions Course is a summer workout program available to middle and high school students two hours per day, four days per week for six weeks.
“It’s going good, but it’s hard,” said McKenna Villegas, a junior at Calhoun High School. “We had two weeks off, and some of us haven’t been working out as much. It definitely was a challenge to get back into working out how we used to, like with the sprints and the constant lifting (weights) and all that stuff.”
Richard Whitaker, CHS athletic director and head football coach, said that although the course is not sport specific, students work on skills that will help them to maintain the physicality they developed during the previous school year.
“What that means is, we can’t throw footballs out there and say, ‘OK, this part of the offseason we’re going to work on kicking a football.’ You can’t do that, or ‘Throw the baseball, or let’s shoot the basketball,’” he said. “It can’t be sport particular. Everything is conditioning. It’s weight room stuff. You can certainly use the track, jump ropes or boxes, stands, things like that.”
He added that students maintain a constant pace throughout the course.
“It’s constant moving, where we’re knees to chest, high knee crossovers, backwards kick and reads, getting your knees up, putting your knees down, doing lunges,” Whitaker said. “We go through all these different mobility stretches where we’re constantly stretching our hips and our thighs and our quads and so forth and everything. It’s tough. It’s not easy.
“With all the lifting and all the other things that we’re doing, we want to continue to stretch our kids because the flexibility helps them be better athletes, so that’s a big part of our program. We do that kind of stuff everyday, the stretching everyday.”
Whitaker said that more students have signed up to participate in the program this year than ever before. He estimates that 60-70 percent of all student-athletes have signed up to participate in Champions Course.
“The last two or three years, since they allowed the junior high kids to start in it, we’ve been around 350 to 360, which I thought was phenomenal numbers,” Whitaker said. “We had 382 pre-sign up this year, so I knew that it was just going to be blown out of the water because we always have about 80 to 100 kids after pre-sign up show up after it starts.”
As of Thursday morning, Whitaker said there were 470 students signed up for the program. He added that he sees at least 300 of those students each day.
“I’m just so proud,” Whitaker said. “And we understand we’re not going to see (all of the) kids everyday, but if you’re seeing 80 percent of those, that’s great numbers, and when you call the surrounding schools, nobody touches that, nobody.”
Whitaker attributes the increasing numbers to how well the athletic programs are doing, as well as having more students involved in athletics. Football numbers alone, he said, have more than doubled since he has been here.
“I’m hoping the kids are saying, ‘Hey, these programs are doing great. I’m going to get on board, and I want to be a part of that,’” Whitaker said. “I hope for the majority of them, that’s what it is, and they realize the importance of it because we preach that to them all of the time about working out in the summer time…
“And our numbers are going up, as far as our athletes go. I think we’re getting more and more kids every year.”
In addition to seeing numbers in the program increase overall, Whitaker said the number of girls in the program have also increased.
“We have a lot of girls this year. I’m so proud of that. The last two years, our girls’ numbers had dropped off. We got there for a few years where our girls’ numbers were pretty good, and then the last two years, our girls’ numbers had really dropped off,” Whitaker said. “This year, a large girls group, high school and middle school, more middle school girls than we’ve ever had. That’s exciting.
“It’s almost 50-60 middle school girls. That’s exciting to see the girls understand the importance of working out and staying in shape. It’s just cool.”
Senior Kristian Villegas, who has participated in the program in the past, said this year is tough but going well.
“It’s going good. I’m really sore, and it’s hot,” she said.
Whitaker said that it is important for student-athletes to maintain the skills they built during the school year, which is why Champions Course is vital.
“It’s become where, if you’re going to be a good athlete and you’re going to compete at a high level and our teams are going to compete at a high level, then we need our kiddos to continue to work during the summertime and stay in shape and get better, try to build on what they’ve done during the year,” Whitaker said.
No matter how tough the course is, Whitaker said he thinks that the students enjoy the program and its challenges. He said the student-athletes like having the bright colored T-shirts, and he added that it is a great way to build camaraderie among the students.
“They like sweating. They like working hard. They feel good afterward. Then they go home. It just gets them going, gets them motivated,” he said. “That’s one thing I like about the Champions Course…For the boys especially, we don’t (get to workout together) so we get to build that camaraderie across the board. I really like that.”
Junior Elijah Velasquez, senior Adriel Cordova and junior Taylor Lee agreed that the program helps to build their strength and agility. Lee said the program also had added benefits.
“It helps us look good for the ladies,” Lee laughed. “And it keeps us out of trouble
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Post by Clemensbuff on Jun 29, 2013 18:45:03 GMT -6
LOL Yeah, something like that vf! They have Steele #2 in 5a pre-season........I'd actually rather not have my team in the top 10 to start the year and give the kids adn staff a chip on their shoulder and a hunger in their guts to go out there and bust their a** and Git r done! Yeah. 'Nother weird thing I've noticed about DCTF is this sort of thing: in 5A, Steele is #2, Katy is #3, Westlake is #8. Yet, they've got Katy beating Steele in the semis and then losing to Westlake in the finals. Doesn't make a ton of sense. If you think Westlake's better than those two why are they ranked lower? I'm fine with the #1 ranking, mostly because Guyer's first game of the season will provide a reality check if they let the press clippings get to their heads. Exactly Tom! Just a weird way to go about things is right. Maybe they feel Steele will come out strong and fade in the playoffs or something like that. I know this, we have Westlake at home the 4th game and I cannot wait for that one. Should be one hell of a smash mouth football game!
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Post by Tom on Jun 29, 2013 21:11:56 GMT -6
Yeah. 'Nother weird thing I've noticed about DCTF is this sort of thing: in 5A, Steele is #2, Katy is #3, Westlake is #8. Yet, they've got Katy beating Steele in the semis and then losing to Westlake in the finals. Doesn't make a ton of sense. If you think Westlake's better than those two why are they ranked lower? I'm fine with the #1 ranking, mostly because Guyer's first game of the season will provide a reality check if they let the press clippings get to their heads. Exactly Tom! Just a weird way to go about things is right. Maybe they feel Steele will come out strong and fade in the playoffs or something like that. I know this, we have Westlake at home the 4th game and I cannot wait for that one. Should be one hell of a smash mouth football game! It's possible that they're predicting Westlake to improve over the course of the season -- i.e., they'll be better in December than in September. That was what happened with them last season. Westlake's non-district schedule is ridiculous. Cedar Park, Temple, A&M Consolidated, and Steele? I wouldn't be totally shocked if they started 0-4.
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Post by Clemensbuff on Jul 1, 2013 7:27:24 GMT -6
Exactly Tom! Just a weird way to go about things is right. Maybe they feel Steele will come out strong and fade in the playoffs or something like that. I know this, we have Westlake at home the 4th game and I cannot wait for that one. Should be one hell of a smash mouth football game! It's possible that they're predicting Westlake to improve over the course of the season -- i.e., they'll be better in December than in September. That was what happened with them last season. Westlake's non-district schedule is ridiculous. Cedar Park, Temple, A&M Consolidated, and Steele? I wouldn't be totally shocked if they started 0-4. No doubt they are not afraid to play anyone anywhere. That certainly helps a team find weakness and get better. I have no doubt that the Chaps improved last year but the fact is that they still lost (at home) to LT (who was struggling bad) the last game of district for the outright district title. No doubt they were a solid team last year in the playoffs.......NO DOUBT, but who really knows just how much they improved from week 4 to the semis. I'd have LOVED to have played them again last year in the finals to have seen myself! I know offensively they were not very good last year when we played them. They managed only about 140 total yards against us. We struggled in the first half against them as we were running our offense in very 'vanilla fashion'. We opened it up just a little bit in the 2nd half and ran away from them in a hurry. We were not nearly 100% during that game either as we had no less than 5 starters out so I can honestly say we also improved over the course of the year. But, when you lose a player like E Huhn the 3rd play of the year...it hurts you! Losing a kid like that was huge when we met up with Katy simply because of his run support and what he brought to the table with his size, speed, and nastiness at safety. He could have really helped us with Katy's big, strong, talented RB who carried the Tigers on his shoulders offensively.
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Post by CC_Varmints on Jul 1, 2013 16:20:59 GMT -6
For the Gulf Coast Breakdown, DCTF picked Flour Bluff as "Top Dark Horse." They don't want to go out on a limb and pick them as the "Top 4A Team" or rank them in the Top 25. So by calling Flour Bluff a Dark Horse, they are safe if Flour Bluff surprises everyone or if Flour Bluff has an off year.
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Post by sandcrabs04 on Jul 1, 2013 18:30:29 GMT -6
For the Gulf Coast Breakdown, DCTF picked Flour Bluff as "Top Dark Horse." They don't want to go out on a limb and pick them as the "Top 4A Team" or rank them in the Top 25. So by calling Flour Bluff a Dark Horse, they are safe if Flour Bluff surprises everyone or if Flour Bluff has an off year. I think FB and Calhoun are the top 2 inthe coastal bend followed by Calallen and East.
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Post by Tom on Jul 1, 2013 22:16:59 GMT -6
It's possible that they're predicting Westlake to improve over the course of the season -- i.e., they'll be better in December than in September. That was what happened with them last season. Westlake's non-district schedule is ridiculous. Cedar Park, Temple, A&M Consolidated, and Steele? I wouldn't be totally shocked if they started 0-4. No doubt they are not afraid to play anyone anywhere. That certainly helps a team find weakness and get better. I have no doubt that the Chaps improved last year but the fact is that they still lost (at home) to LT (who was struggling bad) the last game of district for the outright district title. No doubt they were a solid team last year in the playoffs.......NO DOUBT, but who really knows just how much they improved from week 4 to the semis. I'd have LOVED to have played them again last year in the finals to have seen myself! I know offensively they were not very good last year when we played them. They managed only about 140 total yards against us. We struggled in the first half against them as we were running our offense in very 'vanilla fashion'. We opened it up just a little bit in the 2nd half and ran away from them in a hurry. We were not nearly 100% during that game either as we had no less than 5 starters out so I can honestly say we also improved over the course of the year. But, when you lose a player like E Huhn the 3rd play of the year...it hurts you! Losing a kid like that was huge when we met up with Katy simply because of his run support and what he brought to the table with his size, speed, and nastiness at safety. He could have really helped us with Katy's big, strong, talented RB who carried the Tigers on his shoulders offensively. Is Katy ever not good? Geez. I always figured it was something in the water, but now that I'm drinking the same water and I'm not a freak athlete, I'm stumped.
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Post by Clemensbuff on Jul 2, 2013 5:55:44 GMT -6
Is Katy ever not good? Geez. I always figured it was something in the water, but now that I'm drinking the same water and I'm not a freak athlete, I'm stumped. LOL No doubt Katy is what all schools strive to be when it comes to a great football program. And the answer is......Katy is ALWAYS good! Even in their 'down years' they are still one hell of a good football team. Like all great teams they expect to win every time they step on the field and the kids accept no less. It is what sets apart a great program from good ones.
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Post by FB fan on Jul 2, 2013 6:24:12 GMT -6
For the Gulf Coast Breakdown, DCTF picked Flour Bluff as "Top Dark Horse." They don't want to go out on a limb and pick them as the "Top 4A Team" or rank them in the Top 25. So by calling Flour Bluff a Dark Horse, they are safe if Flour Bluff surprises everyone or if Flour Bluff has an off year. I think FB and Calhoun are the top 2 inthe coastal bend followed by Calallen and East. Calallen and Alice will both be much improved IMO.
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Post by johnnyduval on Jul 2, 2013 7:57:01 GMT -6
I think FB and Calhoun are the top 2 inthe coastal bend followed by Calallen and East. Calallen and Alice will both be much improved IMO. Calallen has a ? at the QB position. Scheible has a chance a getting a D1 scholarship in baseball so I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't play football next year. He just pitched a no hitter a few days ago and is playing a lot of summer baseball. Lowrance has always led that group of seniors and is a good QB, but if he has to play that then he won't be playing much defense I wouldn't think. Cal's D will still be dominant, especially their front 7. The FB vs. Cal game may end up at 3-0 or something like that imo this year.
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Post by CC_Varmints on Jul 2, 2013 8:34:13 GMT -6
Calallen and Alice will both be much improved IMO. Calallen has a ? at the QB position. Scheible has a chance a getting a D1 scholarship in baseball so I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't play football next year. He just pitched a no hitter a few days ago and is playing a lot of summer baseball. Lowrance has always led that group of seniors and is a good QB, but if he has to play that then he won't be playing much defense I wouldn't think. Cal's D will still be dominant, especially their front 7. The FB vs. Cal game may end up at 3-0 or something like that imo this year. That Friday the 13th game at Flour Bluff should be a DQ Big Game of the Week (9/13/2013). FoxSports Southwest pay attention!
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