The Humble Wildcats took a step forward in the 2024 season. Despite playing in one – if not the most – challenging district in the state, the Wildcats hung tough despite numerous injuries while overcoming depth issues in comparison to the opposition. Humble coach Robert Murphy, in his second year leading the program, saw his […]
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A new era of Dayton football certainly had its ups and downs. The 2024 season opened under head coach Jerry Prieto, who came in with a solid resume and a vision to turn the Broncos around. Baby steps were made, but the season might be remembered most for the season-opening win over rival Crosby (Prieto
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It was a tough way to end an up-and-down year for the Humble Wildcats. With its prerogative to have a great afternoon in honor of the seniors, and maybe deny rival Kingwood of a trip to the playoffs, the Wildcats fell 41-21 Saturday afternoon under sunny November skies at Turner Stadium. Humble finished the year
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Dayton celebrated its seniors Friday night while also having to conclude the season with the defending state champions in town. No. 9 Port Neches-Groves took the game with the Broncos, 30-3, and established themselves as the outright District 8-5A Division II champions in the process after Nederland lost at Montgomery in overtime. The Indians (9-1,
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A little sprinkle of rain certainly matched the mood of the Magnolia Bulldogs late Friday night. It was an emotional postgame scene after a tough way to lose a game and end a season. But it’s a prideful Bulldog bunch that truly don’t have much to hang their heads about. With 16 seconds left in
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It’s a dated movie reference for the Magnolia football players themselves, but there’s a little bit of simplicity to accomplishing a playoff berth Friday night. But there also could be some mathematics involved if things don’t go their way. There’s really no need to call for Good Will Hunting, the movie character mathematical genius MIT
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Some football teams run a ‘Cover 2’, a type of zone defense where everyone on that side of the ball is responsible for an area on the field and not a specific man. Well over at Magnolia High School, they’ve been running what they call a ‘Covar 2’ defense for three seasons now. That’s not
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Kingwood (5-4, 3-3) at Humble (5-4, 3-3) The details: 1 p.m. Saturday, Turner StadiumHistory: Humble and Kingwood meet for the seventh straight year and what has been a pretty balanced rivalry as of late. Kingwood is 4-2 in those games, including a 35-25 victory last year. Humble won 22-19 in 2022. Key player for Kingwood:
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Port Neches-Groves (8-1, 5-1) at Dayton (4-5, 2-4) The details: 7 p.m. Friday, Bronco StadiumHistory: The Broncos and Indians meet for the seventh consecutive season. PNG has won all six of those meetings, including 41-14 last year during its march to the state championship. Dayton last beat the Indians in 2014. Key player for PNG:
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Magnolia (5-4, 4-3) at Klein (5-4, 3-4) The details: 7 p.m. Friday, Klein Memorial StadiumHistory: No recent meetings Key player(s) for Magnolia: The Bulldogs ran for three touchdowns – all by Colin Leahey – and 201 yards in a win over Magnolia West last Friday night. The offensive line led by Anthony Wells, John Hallmark,
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