6 man History

[Old Bearkat]

but why is the "weekly" left out?????

Now it's 24/7 instead of weekly......

 

[Old Bearkat]

I ran across this little gem in a 11/2/1973 Big Spring Herald issue....

Death of Texas eight-man football may be on the way
The number of teams playing the eight-man game this
year dropped to 32, lowest total in years, and for next
year it will be down to about 26. Another team decided to
make the jump to 11-man ball this week, as Dist 3-B
accepted Sterling City into its league, joining Bronte, Sands
Jayton, Hawley, Loraine and Roby.

The UIL has tried, in years past, to convince the six-man
football faction they should change to eight-man since
it's more similar to the standard game. Six-man plavers
get very little fundamental training in the game except
maybe for defensive backs or offensive runners since the
game is so wide-open.

But there are around 60 teams playing the six-man game
and they pretty well like things the way they are ...

Actually the writer of this article seemed to be unaware that base upon the wishes of the 6 and 8 Man Coaches Association and the schools, 8 man had been put on the execution block 3 years earlier, which is probably the reason Hermleigh and Trent went from 11 man to 6 man in 1970 instead of stopping in 8 man.

 

[Old Bearkat]

I ran across this little gem in a 11/2/1973 Big Spring Herald issue....

Death of Texas eight-man football may be on the way
The number of teams playing the eight-man game this
year dropped to 32, lowest total in years, and for next
year it will be down to about 26. Another team decided to
make the jump to 11-man ball this week, as Dist 3-B
accepted Sterling City into its league, joining Bronte, Sands
Jayton, Hawley, Loraine and Roby.

The UIL has tried, in years past, to convince the six-man
football faction they should change to eight-man since
it's more similar to the standard game. Six-man plavers
get very little fundamental training in the game except
maybe for defensive backs or offensive runners since the
game is so wide-open.

But there are around 60 teams playing the six-man game
and they pretty well like things the way they are ...

Actually the writer of this article seemed to be unaware that base upon the wishes of the 6 and 8 Man Coaches Association and the schools, 8 man had been put on the execution block 3 years earlier, which is probably the reason Hermleigh and Trent went from 11 man to 6 man in 1970 instead of stopping in 8 man like Whitharral, Estelline, Lakeview, Darrouzett, and Follett.

 

[Old Bearkat]

The Ghost League.

Membership has only one requirement - YOUR SCHOOL IS CLOSED.

Let's start from the far west.

The Desert Conference:
Barstow - Merged with Pecos in 1969
Toyah - Merged with Pecos in 1973. Fought in court but Pecos ISD won
Pyote - Merged with Monahans in 1965

The High Plains Conference
Alanreed - Merged with Lefors in 1993
Bula - Merged with Three Way ISD in 1975
Carey - Merged with Childress in ??
Dickens - Merged with ?? in ??
Dodson - Merged with Wellington in 1969
Draw - Merged with O'Donnell in 1944
Estelline - Merged with Memphis in 1989
Flomot - Merged with Motley County in 1966
Kelton - Merged with Wheeler in ??
Lakeview - Merged with Memphis in 2000
Lela - Merged with Shamrock in 1990
Lipscomb - Merged with Higgins in ??
McAdoo - Merged with Spur in 1985
Mobeetie - Merged with Briscoe to form Ft. Elliott in 1991
Morse - Merged with Pringle to form Pringle-Morse
Oklahoma Lane - Merged with Farwell in 1949
Pettit - Merged with Levelland in 1964
Pringle - Merged with Pringle to form Pringle-Morse
Pringle-Morse - Merged with Gruver in ??
Quail - Merged with Hedley in ??
Quitaque - Merged with Turkey in 1972 to form Valley
Roaring Springs - Merged with Motley County in 1966
Samnorwood - Merged with ?? in 2011
Spade - Merged with Littlefield in 2005
Swenson - Merged with Aspermont in the 1940's
Union Terry - Merged with Wellman in 1997 to form Wellman-Union
Three Way - Merged with Sudan in 2003
Turkey - Merged with Quitaque in 1972 to form Valley
Wellman- Merged with Union Terry in 1997 to form Wellman-Union


The Permian Basin Conference
Ackerly - Merged with Knott in 1959 to form Sands ISD
Courtney - Merged with Stanton in the late 1950's
Divide - Merged with Blackwell in 1985
Dunn - Merged with Ira in ??
Eola - Merged with Eden in 1983
Flower Grove - Merged with Klondike in 1973
Fluvanna - Merged with Snyder and Borden County in 1975
Knott - Merged with Ackerly in 1959 to form Sands ISD
Millersview - Merged with Eden in ??
Pyron - Merged in 1949 with Hermleigh and Roscoe
Sparenburg - Merged with Klondike in 1948
Union Dawson - Merged with Klondike in 1952
Wingate - Merged with Winters in 1991

 

[Old Bearkat]

Ghost League Continued.....

The Big Country Conference
Avoca - Merged with Lueders in 1966 to form Lueders-Avoca
Bradshaw - Merged with Ovallo and Tuscola in 1946 to form the South Taylor CSD
Burkett - Merged with ?? in ??
Carbon - Merged with Eastland in 1990
Centennial - Merged with Talpa in 1957 to form Talpa-Centennial
Comyn - Merged with Commanche in 1952
Desdemona - Merged with Lingleville in 1969
Dowell - Merged with ?? in ??
Girard - Merged with Jayton in
Goree - Merged with Munday in 2003
Hobbs - Split between Roby, Rotan, and Snyder in 1990
Lawn - Merged with South Taylor in 1957 to form Jim Ned
Lueders - Merged with Avoca in 1966 to form Lueders-Avoca
Mattson - Merged with Holliday in ??
McCaulley - Merged with Hamlin and Roby in 1987
Mingus - Merged with Gordon in the 1950's
Morton Valley - Merged with Eastland and Ranger in ??
Mozelle - Merged with Talpa-Centennial in 1986 to form Panther Creek
Norton - Split between Ballinger, Bronte, and Winters in 1968
O'Brien - Merged with Knox City in 1975
Olden - Merged with Eastland in 1969
Old Glory - merged with Aspermont in ??
Ovallo - Merged with Bradshaw and Tuscola in 1946 to form the South Taylor CSD
Peacock - Merged with Jayton in 1964
Pioneer - Merged with ?? in ??
Putnam - Merged with Baird? in ??
Rochester - Merged with Haskell in 2005
Rockwood - Merged with Santa Anna in the 1940's
Sagerton - Merged with ?? in ??
Scranton - Merged with Cisco in 1946
South Taylor - Merged with Lawn in 1957 to form Jim Ned
Sylvester - Merged with Roby in ??
Talpa - Merged with Centennial in 1957 to form Talpa-Centennial
Talpa-Centennial - Merged with Mozelle in 1986 to form Panther Creek
Thurber - Merged with Strawn in the 1930's
Tuscola - Merged with Ovallo and Bradshaw in 1946 to form the South Taylor CSD
Vera - Merged with Benjamin in 1960
Weinert - Merged with Haskell in 1990

 

[Old Bearkat]

What's left of the old Sylvester School building.

 

[Leman Saunders]

left out Sunset in the Big Country Conference.

Wingate...guess would be in your PB Conference

 

[Old Bearkat]

left out Sunset in the Big Country Conference.

Wingate...guess would be in your PB Conference

I think Sunset is closer to Wichita Falls than Abilene isn't it?

Forgot Wingate.....

 

[Old Bearkat]

The old Dale school building. Looks like it is still being used.

 

[Blue Bird]

Norton is halfway between Winters, Bronte and Ballinger. How could they merge with Coleman fifty miles away?

 

[Old Bearkat]

The North Central Conference
Boxelder - Merged with Annona in ??
Caddo - Merged with Breckenridge? in ??
Eliasville - Merged with Graham in ??
Five-in-One - Merged with Lockett in ??
Lockett - Merged with Vernon in 1969
Geraldine - Merged with Holliday in 1941
Masonic Home - Closed in 2004
Medicine Mound - Merged with Chillicothe in ??
Megargel - Merged with Olney in 2006
Odell - Merged with Chillicothe in 1958?
Oklaunion - Merged with Vernon in 1967
Sadler - Merged with Southmayd in 1960 to form S&S Consolidated
Southmayd - Merged with Sadler in 1960 to form S&S Consolidated
Thalia - Merged with Crowell in 1943
Westminster - Merged with Anna in 1989


The Hill Country Conference
Alexander - Merged with Stephenville? in ??
Bertram - Merged with Burnet in 1969
Buda - Merged with Kyle in 1968 to form Hays Consolidated
Carlton - Merged with Hico in 1969
Dale - Merged with Lockhart? in ??
Dowdy - Merged with Seguin in 1951
Fairy - Merged with Hamilton in 1967
London - Merged with Junction in 1963
Mosheim - Merged with Valley Mills in ??
Pearl - Merged with Gatesville and Evant in 1956
Pottsville - Merged with Hamilton in 1989
Richland - Merged with Pflugerville in 1945
Sharp - Merged with Rockdale in 1960
Turnersville - Merged with Gatesville and Jonesboro in 1967
Uhland - Merged with ?? in ??

 

[Old Bearkat]

Norton is halfway between Winters, Bronte and Ballinger. How could they merge with Coleman fifty miles away?

Did I type in Coleman? Dang sure did...

Senility setting in on fingers.....

 

[Leman Saunders]

Norton merged with Ballinger...their school burned down and they built a new one and had some sort of dispute over over taxes and they merged with Ballinger very soon after

 

[Old Bearkat]

The majority of the district went to Ballinger, but parts of it went to Bronte and Winters also.

 

[olderelk]

The Hill Country Conference
Pearl - Merged with Gatesville in 1948

Pearl merged with Gatesville and Evant in 1956.
By far the largest percentage went to Evant. (25 in my class, 8 from Pearl)

 

[Old Bearkat]

The Hill Country Conference
Pearl - Merged with Gatesville in 1948

Pearl merged with Gatesville and Evant in 1956.
By far the largest percentage went to Evant. (25 in my class, 8 from Pearl)

Fixed. I went off what was in Lone Star. Email Shanon with an update.

 

[olderelk]

Thanks, this is from THSA. It says 1958, but high school went in '56 and elementary in '58. Thanks for all the info.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/onli ... cles/hrp18
A four-room brick building was constructed and named Pearl School. In 1958 it was consolidated with the Evant school, and the building became the Pearl Community Center, which is still used for reunions, quilting bees, and parties.
It is also home of the monthly Pearl Bluegrass Jam and Stage Show
http://www.pearlbluegrass.com/

 

[CT6MFL]

You forgot both

Seaton. theres one for, Im still looking for.

Adhall, School closed in 1958 and the kids were sent to Cameron.

http://www.lksfriday.com/MILAM/milam-026.htm

 

[Old Bearkat]

The North Central Conference
Boxelder - Merged with Annona in ??
Caddo - Merged with Breckenridge? in ??
Eliasville - Merged with Graham in ??
Five-in-One - Merged with Lockett in ??
Lockett - Merged with Vernon in 1969
Geraldine - Merged with Holliday in 1941
Masonic Home - Closed in 2004
Medicine Mound - Merged with Chillicothe in ??
Megargel - Merged with Olney in 2006
Odell - Merged with Chillicothe in 1958?
Oklaunion - Merged with Vernon in 1967
Sadler - Merged with Southmayd in 1960 to form S&S Consolidated
Southmayd - Merged with Sadler in 1960 to form S&S Consolidated
Thalia - Merged with Crowell in 1943
Westminster - Merged with Anna in 1989


The Hill Country Conference
Adhall - Merged with Cameron in 1958
Alexander - Merged with Stephenville? in ??
Bertram - Merged with Burnet in 1969
Buda - Merged with Kyle in 1968 to form Hays Consolidated
Carlton - Merged with Hico in 1969
Dale - Merged with Lockhart? in ??
Dowdy - Merged with Seguin in 1951
Fairy - Merged with Hamilton in 1967
London - Merged with Junction in 1963
Mosheim - Merged with Valley Mills in ??
Pearl - Merged with Gatesville and Evant in 1956
Pottsville - Merged with Hamilton in 1989
Richland - Merged with Pflugerville in 1945
Seaton - Merged with ?? in ??
Sharp - Merged with Rockdale in 1960
Turnersville - Merged with Gatesville and Jonesboro in 1967
Uhland - Merged with ?? in ??

Added Adhall and Seaton

 

[Old Bearkat]

The South Texas Conference
Asherton - Merged with Carrizo Springs in the 1980's
Barksdale - Merged with Camp Wood in 1956 to form Nueces Canyon CSD
Big Wells - Merged with Carrizo Springs in 1953
Camp Wood - Merged with Barksdale in 1956 to form Nueces Canyon CSD
Dowdy - Merged With Seguin in 1950
El Jardin - Merged with Brownsville in 1952
Harwood - Merged with Gonzales in the 1950's
Hot Wells - Merged ?? in 1952
Mirando City - Merged with Webb ISD in 2005
Nixon - Merged with Smiley in 1985 to form Nixon-Smiley CSD
Pawnee - Merged with Beeville in 1979
Smiley - Merged with Nixon in 1985 to form Nixon-Smiley CSD
Stuart Place - Merged with Brownsville ISD in 1946
Sutherland Springs - Merged with Floresville in 1954
Wilson Tract - Merged with ?? in 1945