Archive for '’09 7-on-7'
Update: Maxim Dinka, SS, Utah State
Posted on 01. Aug, 2009 by Brian Porter.
Maxim Dinka, noted among the hardest hitters of this decade at Plano, has moved back to safety and figures into a starting role for Utah State. The 5-foot-11, 211-pound defensive back was asked to play linebacker at Utah State, but in the spring moved back to safety and is listed as Utah State’s starter at [...]
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Did you know? Cats among 7-on-7 elite
Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by Brian Porter.
Sixty-four teams qualify each summer for the 7-on-7 Division I State Championships. The Plano Wildcats went 3-0 in pool play this summer in the 7-on-7 state tournament, marking the third straight year in which the team has been unbeaten in pool play. It places Plano in elite company, according to information available at state7on7.com. Each [...]
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Update: Blake McJunkin, C, SMU
Posted on 28. Jul, 2009 by Brian Porter.
SMU failed to collect a conference victory last season and went just 1-11. But, The Sporting News is picking the Mustangs as a team that will show the most improvement in the win column between 2008 and 2009. Blake McJunkin, a 2008 graduate of Plano, could be a key to that improvement. He started the [...]
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Recruiting: Coaches say freshmen can play
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Brian Porter.
Recruits have always based at least part of their decision on National Signing Day upon their belief that one place will afford them playing time quicker than the other. And college coaches now seem willing to give true freshmen the opportunity to earn playing time. “Players today want to play and want to get on [...]
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Meger, North fall to South, 48-21
Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by Brian Porter.
The South turned to a mixture of speed and power to ease past the North, 48-21, Tuesday in the 74th Texas High School Coaches Association Football All-Star Game at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin. Chris Whaley scored three touchdowns, including two in a one-sided first half, en route to the offensive MVP award [...]
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State championships: Where will they be?
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Brian Porter.
There still seems to be a chance that in the future the large school football state championships could take place at the new Dallas Cowboys’ stadium in Arlington. A conflict with a collegiate basketball game at the stadium has deterred any immediate arrangement, according to UIL Director of Athletics Cliff Odenwald. “You have to have [...]
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