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Wildcats Playing College Football – 2012

By on September 5, 2012 in Alumni

You need more than the fingers on two hands to count the Plano Wildcats football alumni that are playing college ball this season.  Let’s check in on them (in alphabetical order).  Television listings as scheduled on September 5.

Beau Brence, #48 UNLV – Beau is is playing his final year of eligibility after redshirting his freshman year.  During his college career Beau has lettered on both sides of the ball. 

Collin Brence, #38 Baylor - Collin is playing his second year for Baylor, having played in all 13 games of Baylor’s 2011 season and post-season.  Baylor is hosting Sam Houston State this Saturday at 6:00 p.m., which will be televised on FOX College Sports.

Rex Burkhead, #22 Nebraska - Rex has racked up an impressive record of superlative play in his first three years at Nebraska, and looks to rack up even more this year as a true senior.  Nebraska will head west to play UCLA this Saturday at 6:30 p.m.  The game will be televised on FOX (HD).

Blair Burns, #20 Wyoming - Playing as a true freshman last year, Blair will be a starting cornerback for the Wyoming Cowboys this year, and is credited with 8 tackles against Texas in the season opener.

Stephen Collins, #94 Wayland Baptist - Wayland Baptist played its first football game in 72 years last week, and as a defensive tackle Stephen is in the school’s record book with a tackle for a loss.

Andrew Dockrill, Midwestern State - Andrew will be joining the rest of his team as the Mustangs start their season this weekend against Tarleton State.

Hanur Kim, #62 Princeton – Hanur heads into his senior year at Princeton after starting all 10 games for the Tigers last season on the O-line.

Murat Kuzu, #24 Nebraska -  Murat walked-on and was redshirted by the Huskers last year, and is identified as an I-back this year, in the shadow of fellow Plano alum Burkhead.

Taylor May, #88 Oklahoma State  - Redshirted last year at OSU, Taylor has been on the field seeing action already this season.  The OSU Cowboys will be playing Arizona on Saturday at 9:30 p.m., televised on the PAC-12 Network/pac-12.com.

Blake McJunkin, #63 SMU - Blake is in his final year of play at SMU after an injury sidelined him early last season in what otherwise would have been his last year on the field for the Mustangs.   Blake is the older (dare we say “big”?) brother of current Wildcats football player Burt McJunkin.  The Mustangs will be hosting Stephen F. Austin this Saturday at 7:00 p.m., and the game will be televised on Time Warner Cable.

Carson Meger, #13 UTEP - Carson enters his third year of eligibility this season and has already seen playing time at the QB position, passing and rushing in last week’s season opener.  UTEP will play Ole Miss this Saturday at 6:00 p.m.  The game will be televised on FS South/ESPN-GP/espn3.

Kevin Merrill, #19 Wayland Baptist - Kevin joins fellow Plano grad Stephen Collins on the team.

Connor Michelsen, #12 Princeton  - Connor saw playing time in the QB position last year in two games as a true freshman.  With blocking by fellow Plano Alum Hanur Kim, Connor will likely see more Ivy League play time this year.

Darron Shannon, #71 Evangel University - Darron is currently slated to be an offensive lineman for the Crusaders.


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Video – Stephen Collins Signs With Wayland Baptist University

By on February 14, 2012 in '11 Fall Season

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Nine 2011 Football Wildcats Sign To Play

By on February 1, 2012 in '11 Fall Season

PSH Athletic Director Jaydon McCullough introduced nine 2011 Wildcats football players today who signed agreements to play for new schools at the next level.  Seven will play football; one signed to play both football and baseball; and, one will go on to play lacrosse.

Stephen Collins signed with Wayland Baptist University.

Andrew Dockrill signed with Midwestern State University.

Hunter Gore signed to play lacrosse at The University of Denver.

Xavier Harbert signed with Tyler Junior College.

Alex Hicks signed to play football and baseball with Bacone College.

Dwayne Hicks signed with Tyler Junior College.

Kevin Merrill signed with Wayland Baptist University.

Sam Morell signed with Snow Junior College.

Darron Shannon signed with Evangel University.

 

ALSO TODAY  Plano Baseball Head Coach Rick Robertson introduced Matt McLean who signed with Grayson County Junior College; Justin Arrington who signed with Hill Junior College; and, Hunter Raley who signed with T.C.U.

Plano Girls Soccer Head Coach Diane Davey introduced Alli Murphy who signed with Texas Tech University; Ashlee Trotter who signed with Southwestern Oklahoma State University; and, Sheridan Keller who signed with Southwestern College-Kansas.

Plano Boys Track & Cross Country Head Coach Tim Eshleman introduced Michael Bain who signed with Baylor University, and Kenny Stice who signed with University of Central Arkansas.

Plano Girls Hockey Head Coach Stan Tugolukov announced that Hannah Hoenshell signed with Penn State University.

Plano Senior High Spring Signing Day, 2012

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Varsity Wildcats Post District Win Over Lewisville, 27-14

By on October 22, 2011 in '11 Fall Season, Varsity

The Wildcat varsity offense came out strong in the 1st quarter to set the tone for the 2011 season game against the Farmers in Lewisville Friday night, puting up 13 unanswered points from touchdown runs by #19 Kevin Merrill and #22 Rakeem Crawford.

The offensive momentum carried into the 2nd quarter with another 7 points for Plano from another rushing touchdown by #22 Crawford, while Plano’s defense dominated the entire first half, holding Lewisville scoreless into the locker room.

Lewisville was finally able to get on the scoreboard with 6 points in the 3rd quarter and 8 points in the 4th.  But Plano quarterback #21 Richard Lagow iced the win with a 1 yard walk-in touchdown barely a minute into the 4th quarter that gave the Wildcats a comfortable margin as the game clock ran down.

Offensive highlights from the stands (Unofficial)- Passing: #21 Lagow was 15 for 28 for 210 yards, no INT’s . . . Receiving: #24 Hunter Gore, 5 catches for 91 yards, #25 L.J. Ausama 5 for 56 yards, #9 Anthony Antwine 3 for 42 yards, #19 Merrill 2 for 21 yards . . . Rushing: #19 Merrill, 19 carries for 136 yards and 1 TD, #22 Crawford 15 for 73 yards and 2 TD’s, #21 Lagow 5 for 30 yards and 1 TD, #25 Ausama 1 for -7 yards . . . #32 Cole Eckeberger had 3 PAT’s and punted 4 times for a 27 yard average.

Defensive highlights from the stands (Unofficial)- #40 Stephen Collins fumble recovery at the end of the 1st Q . . . #16 Mitchell Hansen INT 1:40 into the 1st Q . . . #11 Blake Hutzler made an open-field tackle in the 4th Q to save a TD . . .  official defensive statistics below!

Odds & Ends:  Plano appeared to have 232 yards rushing and 210 yards passing . . . 21 first downs . . . 4 penalties for 30 yards . . . 2 fumbles, 1 lost.

Plano Wildcats 2011 2011 – Lewisville 10-21-
Defensive Rec Sheet
Name T AT QBP QBKD TFL Sacks INT PBU FR TB
Coates, #54 3 2 1
Collins, #40 1 7 1
Connell #7 1
Davis, #2 4 1 1 1
Dinucci, #5
Drake, #35 1 1
Eckeberger,#32 1 2
Grant, #4 1 1 1
Griffith, #14 6 1
Hanks, #26 4 2 1
Hansen, #16 6 1 1
Harbert, #12 3 2
Hicks, #88 1 2
Hintz, #46 1 1 1
Hutzler, #11 1 1
Laures, #36 2 1
Murray, #69 4 4
Oliver, #17 2 1
Parks, #15 2
Propes, #58 5 1 1
Rich, #43 3 4
Tecklenburg#76
Yeager, #3 1 3


T AT QBP QBKD TFL Sacks INT PBU FR TB
Team Totals 44 45 2 0 3 0 1 3 1 1
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Late Recap Of Homecoming Game

By on October 19, 2011 in '11 Fall Season

#22 Rakeem Crawford makes a prime time catch before a Homecoming crowd./Photo by Jay DiNucci.

We don’t have the usual verbal walk-through of the game this week, but we do have offensive highlights from our eagle-eye in the stands, some great photos from Jay DiNucci, and the official defensive stats from the game.  Let’s recap with the benefit of a few days distance.

Offensive highlights from the stands (Unofficial)-Passing:#21 Richard Lagow was 18 for 29 with 3 INT’s . . .

#17 Sean Oliver tackles./Photo by Jay DiNucci.

Receiving: #8 Sam Morell 5 catches for 121 yards (including a spectacular 55 yard TD catch and 1 TD, #24 Hunter Gore 6 for 78 yards, #22 Rakeem Crawford 2 for 52 yards and 1 TD, #9 Anthony Antwine 1 for 18 yards, #25 L.J. Ausama 3 for 14 yards, #86 Kevin Leamy 1 for 7 yards . . . Rushing: #25 Ausama 8 carries for 44 yards, #22 Crawford 10 for 12 yards, #8 Morell 1 for 8, and #21 Lagow 6 for net -17 and 1 TD . . . FG and 3 PAT’s by #32 Cole Eckeberger . . . no punts.

#25 L.J. Ausama holds for #32 Cole Eckeberger, who kicked 6 points onto the board./Photo by Jay DiNucci.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Official Defensive Stats (Marcus Game Only)

Plano Wildcats 2011 Marcus Game 10-14-11
Defensive Rec Sheet
Name T AT QBP TFL INT PBU
Coates, #54 3 1 2
Collins, #40 1 1
Connell #7 1
Cullers, #41 1
Davis, #2 1 4 2
Eckeberger, #32 3 3 1
Geibler, #47 1
Grant, #4 4 1
Griffith, #14 11 4
Hanks, #26 2 2
Harbert, #12 1 2
Hicks, #88 3 1
Hintz, Matt #46
Laures, #36 2 1
Morell, #8 5 15
Murray, #69 1 1
Oliver, #17 1
Phillips, #31 2
Propes, #58 2 4
Rich, #43 3 4 1
Sheldon, #48 1
Tecklenburg,#76
Yeager, #3
T AT QBP TFL INT PBU
Team Totals 46 46 2 1 1 3

 


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Plano Rally Falls Short In 31-24 Loss To Hebron

By on October 1, 2011 in '11 Fall Season

For the second time in as many weeks, the Wildcat varsity fell to a district opponent, this time by only a 7 point margin.  But the final score doesn’t reflect the struggle and

Grim-faced Head Coach Jaydon McCullough, after a second district loss for the varsity Wildcats.

partial comeback for the Wildcats in the September 30 game at Hebron’s Hawks Stadium “woodshed.”

The teams spent the 1st quarter testing each other’s defense, with neither finding a weakness.  No score.

Minutes into the 2nd quarter Hebron began an offensive drive that took them into the red zone, where Plano’s goal-line defense proved stingy but not impregnable.  With the aid of a penalty, Hebron finally broke through with 8:12 left in the half and put 7 on the board.  Plano put up less resistance when Hebron scored again six minutes later, building a 14-0 lead.  But with 2:01 left in the half, Plano’s offense scrapped their way to mid-field, finding themselves in a 4th and 4 yard situation with 59 seconds left on the clock.

After a long official’s time out due to time-clock malfunction, when the play resumed quarterback #21 Richard Lagow returned to the field – Plano would go for it.  And it turned out to be one of the highlights of the night for Plano when Lagow passed to #19 Kevin Merrill in first-down territory.  But Merrill never broke stride as he carried the ball into the end zone to put Plano on the scoreboard for the first time of the night.  Merrill then put the cherry on top with a successful PAT kick and it was a 14-7 game with 51 seconds remaining in the half.  Hebron responded by running down the clock and taking a knee in the final play of the half to send the teams into the locker room.

#19 Kevin Merrill turns 4th & 4 into a TD with 51 sec. left in the half./Photo by Thad Fenton.

Plano opened the second half by kicking off, and Hebron responded by slicing through Plano’s special team squad for a touchdown on the return.  The PAT was good, and fifteen seconds into the 3rd quarter Hebron was up 21-7.  Midway through the quarter Plano responded with a Merrill field goal, inching closer to Hebron, 21-10.  Hebron snapped back quickly and sharply thirty seconds later with a breakaway reception for a touchdown and PAT, extending the Hawks lead to 28-10.   Plano fumbled with 3:03 left in the quarter, giving Hebron field position to score.

And in the first play of the 4th quarter Hebron kicked a field goal, putting them up 31-10.  But the Wildcats didn’t give up.  With the Hawks apparently dialed in on Merrill, #22 Rakeem Crawford found the end zone twice for the Wildcats, first with 7:07 left in the game, and the second time with 4:46 remaining.  With Merrill’s last PAT the scoring ended, and the Hawks were able to put a 31-24 win into the record book, ending a multi-year drought against Plano’s varsity.

Highlights from the stands (Unofficial)- Passing: #21 Lagow 17 for 27 and 179 yards and no Int’s . . . Receiving: #24 Hunter Gore 6 catches for 74 yards, #19 Merrill 5 for 60 yards and 1 TD, #22 Crawford 3 for 18 yards, #9 Anthony Antwine 1 for 14 yards, and #25 L.J. Ausama 2 for 13 yards . . . Rushing: #19 Merrill 16 carries for 64 yards, #22 Crawford 7 for 63 yards and 2 TD’s, #21 Lagow 4 for -6 . . . #32 Cole Eckeberger punted 4 times for a 31 yard average . . . #19 Merrill was 3-3 on PAT’s, plus one FG . . .  Leading tackler appeared to be #40 Stephen Collins . . . Pass break up by #32 Eckeberger.


Odds & Ends-Plano had 18 first downs . . . 179 yards passing, 121 rushing . . . appeared to have 4 penalties for 27 yards . . . one fumble lost . . . no obnoxious big-rig air

#22 Rakeem Crawford scores his second TD against the Hawks./Photo by Thad Fenton.

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