6 man History

[Old Bearkat]

The South Texas Conference
Asherton - Merged with Carrizo Springs in 1999
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
Caterina - Merged with Asherton/Carrizo Springs in ??
Dowdy - Merged With Seguin in 1951
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 - Stand alone PK-8 district
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

Added Caterina

Some pics of Caterina: http://www.texasescapes.com/SouthTexasT ... -Texas.htm
I think some of the last pictures here might be the school; I sure remember driving through there a lot of times in the 80s and about 10 years ago when business took me between Del Rio/Uvalde and Laredo. My guess is that the school probably joined up with Asherton, just to the north, and now part of the Carrizo Springs district.

Also, Pawnee might have to come off the ghost school list, based on a phone call I got today. Pawnee is actually a stand-alone PK-8 district, I thought their kids were part of Beeville ISD, but not sure ... could go to Karnes City for high school as well. But the call I got today was that they would like to re-start their junior high football program as a 6 man team.

Maybe with all the oil patch activity, they'll consider re-starting the high school too.

 

[Old Bearkat]

Old Bearkat, Let's revisit the premise that Panther Creek was the team of the 90's. For strength of schedule year in year out, Gordon easily wins because of the yearly feud game with Strawn. Gordon had to beat Strawn and in the 90's they did with regularity, but Strawn has always been more competitive than any of the district opponents that Panther Creek played. The playoffs sometimes present some teams with little more than walkovers, Gordon did not have that luxury, they had to beat Strawn to get to the playoffs. Your point system does not take account who a team ( strength wise ) had to beat to win district. Also the fact that Panther Creek was a recent consolidation of two six man schools kind of boosted their talent level when combined.

That is entirely subjective and not amenable to objective analysis. One of Gordon's state titles still causes a lot of controversy over a referee call, while PC totally dominated both of theirs, and the first one they had to go through two very tough teams in Christoval (twice) and Ft. Hancock. Also, I think you can consider Christoval the equal to Strawn in district play, as they were in PC's district until they went 11 man in 1994.

 

[Old Bearkat]

Also, when Mozelle and Talpa-Centennial merged, it created a school just about the same size as Gordon, if not a little smaller.

 

[freeagent]

Maybe with all the oil patch activity, they'll consider re-starting the high school too.

Trouble is, even with the Eagle Ford shale, there's been little increase in permanent residents in those areas. Lots of hotels, RV parks, and "man camps," even talk of a "gentlemen's club" opening up in Carrizo Springs (which leads me to the horrendous thought of what's worse: being a guy looking forward to going to a "gentlemen's club" in Carrizo Springs, Texas or a young lady setting her sights on a career as a performer in a "gentlemen's club" in Carrizo Springs, Texas, because I've been to Carrizo Springs ... and my highlight was that I was able to, within a few hours, leave Carrizo Springs).

Most of the headquarters or back-office functions are coming to San Antonio or Corpus Christi. For example. Haliburton is opening their Eagle Ford operations office in San Antonio around IH-37/US 181. And the recent news is that the Port of Corpus Christi is now exporting more oil than it is importing.

Also found that Asherton merged with Carrizo Springs in 1999.

 

[Old Bearkat]

Thanks, I'll update soon.

Yeah, that just confirms what I've seen with the West Texas oil boom. Midland/Odessa grew, but the littel towns Like GC, Rankin, Grandfalls, Sterling City, etc are not. No one wants to move there. They'd rather commute or live in their camper trailer until the work moves on to another location.

 

[Old Bearkat]

An interesting article from the October 20, 1938 Lubbock Morning Avalanche

Six-Man Football Scheduled For Spur Tonight
SPUR, Oct. 19—
Charles A. Jones Memorial Stadium here will be the
scene of strange goings on to football fans Thursday night. Two teams
will be on the field battling each other—but there'll only be a total of 12 players.

It's six-man football, a rapidly rising sport for small schools of the
country. Two all-star teams will stage an exhibition here by way of
introducing the game to fans who have not seen it.

Dickens Cops Title
The six-man team is not new to this section, however. A league of
four teams has just finished a round-iobin schedule. Dickens won
the championship. Other teams were Roaring Springs, Patton Springs
and McAdoo.

Thursday night, at 8 o'clock, fans, coaches and players will be privileged
to watch a hand-picked team from the Dickens-Patton Springs
squads play a similar sextet selected from stars of Roaring Springs and
McAdoo.

Six-man football teams consist of three backs and three linemen—a
quarterback, two halfbacks, center and two ends.

Lineups Are Given
Probable 'starting lineups for Thursday night, with replacements:
Dickens-Patton Springs — Holley and Norris, quarterbacks; Armstrong
and Newberry. left halfbacks; Good and Gates, right halfbacks; Dodson
and Blenden, centers; Green and Goodson, left ends; Futch and Ragland,
right ends.

Roaring Springs-McAdoo — Prather and Cypert, quarterbacks; Robbins and Eldredge, left halfbacks;
Kingery and Van Meter, right halfbacks; McCarty and Owens, centers;
Branden and Roberts, left ends; Vaughn and Phifer, right ends.

Admission to the game will be 15 and 25 cents.

 

[freeagent]

Thanks, I'll update soon.

Yeah, that just confirms what I've seen with the West Texas oil boom. Midland/Odessa grew, but the littel towns Like GC, Rankin, Grandfalls, Sterling City, etc are not. No one wants to move there. They'd rather commute or live in their camper trailer until the work moves on to another location.

I remember hearing a radio report a year or two ago talking about the average daily hotel rates in Texas. First was some swanky joint in Dallas, second was the Driskill in Austin, and at least five of the top ten were places like the Holiday Inn Express in Cuero or places in Pearsall or Karnes City, all in the Eagle Ford area.

In fact, there was an article in the San Antonio paper the other day about someone who opened a fine dining establishment (similar to those you would find in New Orleans, Dallas or Houston) in Cuero for the high-end diner.

Let's just say the last time I ate in Cuero, scallops with lump crab wasn't on my plate ... I think I got the lunch special at Dairy Queen (I do remember leaving my laptop there back in the 90s and the next morning when I realized I left it -- and that's when laptops resembled bricks and cost several thousand bucks and belonged to my employer -- they said, oh sure, we found it, just stop by and we'll have it for you -- and they did).

http://www.yelp.com/biz/eagleford-restaurant-cuero

 

[Old Bearkat]

Thanks, I'll update soon.

Yeah, that just confirms what I've seen with the West Texas oil boom. Midland/Odessa grew, but the littel towns Like GC, Rankin, Grandfalls, Sterling City, etc are not. No one wants to move there. They'd rather commute or live in their camper trailer until the work moves on to another location.

I remember hearing a radio report a year or two ago talking about the average daily hotel rates in Texas. First was some swanky joint in Dallas, second was the Driskill in Austin, and at least five of the top ten were places like the Holiday Inn Express in Cuero or places in Pearsall or Karnes City, all in the Eagle Ford area.

In fact, there was an article in the San Antonio paper the other day about someone who opened a fine dining establishment (similar to those you would find in New Orleans, Dallas or Houston) in Cuero for the high-end diner.

Let's just say the last time I ate in Cuero, scallops with lump crab wasn't on my plate ... I think I got the lunch special at Dairy Queen (I do remember leaving my laptop there back in the 90s and the next morning when I realized I left it -- and that's when laptops resembled bricks and cost several thousand bucks and belonged to my employer -- they said, oh sure, we found it, just stop by and we'll have it for you -- and they did).

http://www.yelp.com/biz/eagleford-restaurant-cuero

When I went back to San Angelo earlier this year for Dad's death and funeral, my brother was telling me motel rooms in Midland/Odessa were going for $200 or more per night, if you could find one. This was for the fleabag joints. Holiday Inn types were even higher. They were $120+ in Angelo.

 

[Texlonghorn75]

Old Bearkat, So it appears Panther Creek has a better body of work in the playoffs in the 90's but Gordon was more consistent winning 8 more games and losing 10 fewer games. Gordon was the winningest team of the 1990's and unless I am missing another hidden football power out there, Gordon is the winningest 6 man football team over the last 50 plus years. It pains me to post that since I played at the rival school. Panther Creek as a school of course has not existed that long and most the other power schools have more recently played eleven man. That should make all the Gordon faithful proud. I think I know who the second most winningest school is. I think the Gordon logo would look better with shades of brunt orange, may be a color change would help. Meanwhile, back at the ranch........

 

[Old Bearkat]

OK, here's another topic to chew upon. Small school family football dynasties.

Let's start off with one discussed last year (or two), the Cooley family in Borden County. I've seen newspaper articles mentioning them as athletic stars as far back as the late 1950's/early 1960's.

Another one was the Risinger clan from Bula/Three Way, mostly Bula.

Any more?

I would say the Campbell clan in Gordon. That includes the Kostiha's as they are directly related.
3 in the Texas Six man coaches hall of fame.
Coach and player Nelson Campbell
Lyle Campbell (Nelson's son)
Jim Kostiha (Nelson't nephew)

Also, our principal is a Campbell by marriage (married to Lyle)
our head coach is Joe Kostiha (Jim's brother).

Yep, that's another one. Any more?

I have another, the Leos family in Oglesby....

 

[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
Gober - Merged with Bonham in ??
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 Gober

 

[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
White Flat - Merged with Motley County in 1946


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

Added White Flat to the High Plains Conference. They played some football in the 1930's

 

[Old Bearkat]

White Flat School building. Their mascot was the Wolves

 

[Leman Saunders]

Where's Old Glory at?

 

[Old Bearkat]

It's near Aspermont. That's who they merged with.

 

[Leman Saunders]

ha...I meant in the ghost league...I didn't see them

 

[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
Buffalo - Merged with ?? in ??
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
Novice - Merged with Coleman in 2013
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

It was in the Big Country Conference....

 

[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
Buffalo - Merged with ?? in ??
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
Novice - Merged with Coleman in 2013
O'Brien - Merged with Knox City in 1975
Olden - Merged with Eastland in 1969
Old Glory - merged with Aspermont in 1985
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

It was in the Big Country Conference....

 

[Leman Saunders]

sweet...thanks

 

[Leman Saunders]

OBK...do you know if Maryneal ever played football? I believe they played basketball and baseball but don't think I have seen a football team photo or score...have you?