6 man History

[Old Bearkat]

Here are the ones I would be interested in:

Hedley, Savoy, Blackwell, Trent, Patton Springs, Westbrook, Balmorhea, Harrold, Prairie Lea, (Garden City, Sterling City you already have)...

And tell me what all those schools have in common....they are all teams that played 6man in 1938 and are playing 6man this year.

(PS: I am pretty sure your Highland one is off...My Grandmother went there in the 1950s)

And none of them played 6 man exclusively in the intervening 70+ years.

 

[Old Bearkat]

Back and Forth

Now, let's determine who has bounced around the most between none, 6, 8, and 11 man ball.

Garden City 6 man 1938 8 man 1958, 11 man 1976, 6 man 2004 - 4

Sterling City 6 man 1938, 8 man 1958, 11 man 1974, 6 man 2008 - 4

Borden County 6 man 1952, 8 man 1958, 11 man 1976, 6 man 1980 - 4

Dawson 6 man 1951, 8 man 1958, 6 man 1960, 8 man 1962, 11 man 1976, 6 man 1980 - 6

Southland 11 man 1938, none 1942, 6 man 1943, 8 man 1958, none 1970, 6 man 1971, 8 man 1974, 6 man 1976 - 8

Wilson 11 man 1922, none 1924-1927, 11 man 1928, none 1931-1938, 6 man 1939, 11 man 1951, 6 man 1988 - 7

Whitharal 11 man 1938, none 1943, 6 man 1944, 11 man 1946, 8 man 1964, 6 man 1976 - 6

Whiteface 6 man 1941, 11 man 1948, 6 man 2004 - 3

Loop 6 man 1946, 8 man 1958, 6 man 1976 - 3

Grandfalls 11 man 1935, 6 man 1948, 11 man 1951, 8 man 1960, 11 man 1964, 6 man 1993 - 6

Buena Vista 6 man 1938, none 1942-1945, 6 man 1946, 8 man 1961, 11 man 1966, 6 man 1984 - 6

Jayton 11 man 1925, none 1930-1937, 11 man 1938, 6 man 1944, none 1947-1952, 6 man 1953, 8 man 1958, 11 man 1964, 6 man 1984 - 9

Trent 11 man 1929, none 1934-1935, 11 man 1936, 6 man 1938, 11 man 1945, none 1970, 6 man 1971 - 7

Highland 6 man 1943, none 1944-1945, 11 man 1946, none 1953-1958, 6 man 1959 - 5

Medina 6 man 1951, 8 man 1962, 11 man 1972, 6 man 2014 - 3

Harper 6 man 1946, 8 man 1962, 11 man 1977, 6 man 1983, 11 man 1992 - 5

Rochelle 11 man 1924, None 1943-1944, 11 man 1945, 6 man 1966, 11 man 1982, 6 man 1990 - 6

Hedley 11 man 1923, None 1927-1929, 11 man 1930, None 1932-1933, 11 man 1935, None 1936-1937, 6 man 1938, None 1939-1994, 6 man 1995 - 9

Savoy 6 man 1940, None 1943-1980, 11 man 1981, None 2004-2008, 11 man 2009, 6 man 2012 - 6

Blackwell 11 man 1924, none 1925-1929, 11 man 1930-1933, None 1934-1937, 6 man 1938, None 1944-1946, 6 man 1947, 11 man 1948-1950, 6 man 1951 - 9

Patton Springs 6 man 1938, None 1941-1942, 6 man 1943, 8 man 1958, 6 man 1976 - 5

Westbrook 6 man 1938, None 1942-1993, 6 man 1994 - 3

Balmorhea 11 man 1936, 6 man 1938, None 1941-1942, 6 man 1943, None 1944, 6 man 1945, None 1948-1952, 6 man 1953, 11 man 1965, None 1984-1985 6 man 1986 - 11

Harrold 6 man 1938, None 1943-1945, 6 man 1946, 8 man 1958, 6 man 1976 - 5

Prairie Lea 11 man 1931, None 1936-1937, 6 man 1938, 8 man 1958, None 1961-2001, 6 man 2002 - 6

Looks like Balmorhea is now the switcheroo champ, although I bet there are more scores than has been reported in the missing years.

 

[sinfonian]

You don't happen to have a list of schools that used to play six-man but now are 11-man do you?

 

[CT6MFL]

He's some sort of transmission systems specialist. Kind of like a military IT guy.

Most likely thats the same as the old airforce cable dawgs. Outside plant specialists. Large trunk cables, telephone poles, so on so forth

 

[Old Bearkat]

You don't happen to have a list of schools that used to play six-man but now are 11-man do you?

Forsan
Coahoma
Nueces Canyon
Harper
Center Point
Hutto
Pflugerville
Manor
Leakey
Lubbock Cooper
Bovina
Gruver
D'Hanis
La Pryor
Katy
La Marque
Pearland
Allen
Tom Bean
Gunter
Collinsville
Celina
Prosper
Palmer
Lone Oak
Blue Ridge
Caddo Mills
Nevada Community
Venus
Tolar
Rio Vista
Santo
Cedar Hill
Rice
Hempstead
Danbury
Sweeny
Santa Fe
Friendswood
Dickinson
Splendora
Sabine Pass
Tarkington
Orangefield
New Caney
Elysian Fields
Colmesneil
Kountze
Dripping Springs
Clint
Tornillo
Abilene Wylie
Gilmer Union Hill
Harleton
Waskom
Normangee
Jewett Leon
Los Fresnos
La Joya
Brownsville St. Joseph
Santa Rosa
Sharyland
Hitchcock
Willis
Poth
Medina Valley
Orange Grove
Hallettsville
Weimar

I probably missed a few.....

 

[Blue Bird]

Copporas Cove

 

[freeagent]

Since you're including private schools:

Midland Christian
Austin Regents
Bryan Brazos Christian
Dallas Covenant (starting 2016)

probably others as well ...

 

[CT6MFL]

Jarrell

 

[Old Bearkat]

You don't happen to have a list of schools that used to play six-man but now are 11-man do you?

Forsan
Coahoma
Nueces Canyon
Harper
Center Point
Hutto
Pflugerville
Manor
Leakey
Lubbock Cooper
Bovina
Gruver
D'Hanis
La Pryor
Katy
La Marque
Pearland
Allen
Tom Bean
Gunter
Collinsville
Celina
Prosper
Palmer
Lone Oak
Blue Ridge
Caddo Mills
Nevada Community
Venus
Tolar
Rio Vista
Santo
Cedar Hill
Rice
Hempstead
Danbury
Sweeny
Santa Fe
Friendswood
Dickinson
Splendora
Sabine Pass
Tarkington
Orangefield
New Caney
Elysian Fields
Colmesneil
Kountze
Dripping Springs
Clint
Tornillo
Abilene Wylie
Gilmer Union Hill
Harleton
Waskom
Normangee
Jewett Leon
Los Fresnos
La Joya
Brownsville St. Joseph
Santa Rosa
Sharyland
Hitchcock
Willis
Poth
Medina Valley
Orange Grove
Hallettsville
Weimar
Jarrell
Milano
Midland Christian
Austin Regents
Bryan Brazos Christian
Copperas Cove

Added the suggested ones, and another which hit me when Jarrell was suggested.

 

[SixFan19]

I know that May, Covington, and Blum have switched back and forth a time or two.

 

[Old Bearkat]

That list is just for current 11 man schools that used to play 6 man.

 

[Old Bearkat]

Found another jewel perusing the October 10, 1944 edition of the Atlanta (TX) Citizens Journal.

The Kildare Eagles played their first 6 man game against Karnack on October 2 and won 61-6. The article went on to state that the crowd loved the game and everyone was in favor of continuing to play it.

Kildare consolidated with Linden in 1958.

 

[Old Bearkat]

From the April 24, 1941 Mineola Monitor, an article titled "6 Man Football Texas' Fastest Growing Sport", told about 12 new schools coming into 6 man for the 1941 season to make a total of 167. The new schools were: Winona, Hillard, Chandler, Coldsprings, Anderson, Arcadia, Hungerfordd, Ialgo, Agua Dulce, Ben Bolt, Flour Bluff, and Orange Grove.

 

[sinfonian]

A look at how much some of these districts that used to play 6-man have grown (as of last alignment)
Katy + Taylor (5A) + Mayde Creek (5A) + Cinco Ranch (5A) + Morton Ranch (5A) + Seven Lakes (5A) 5A 18164
La Joya + Juarez-Lincoln (5A) + Palmview (5A) 5A 6927
Pflugerville +Hendrickson (5A) + Connally (4A) 5A 6583
Allen 5A 5388
Pearland + Dawson (4A)5A 5296
Sharyland 5A 3041
Clint + Horizon (4A) + Mountain View (3A) 3A 3025
Los Fresnos 5A 2825
Dickinson 5A 2310
Copperas Cove 5A 2175
Cedar Hill 5A 2145
Friendswood 4A 2024
Manor 4A 1858
Willis 4A 1797
Hutto 4A 1450
New Caney 4A 1400
Santa Fe 4A 1391
Dripping Springs 4A 1307
Prosper 4A 1257
Medina Valley 4A 1039
Splendora 3A 970
Lubbock Cooper 3A 953
Abilene Wylie 3A 927
La Marque 3A 741
Sweeny 3A 593
Celina 3A 587
Tarkington 3A 586
Orangefield 3A 520
Venus 3A 516
Orange Grove 3A 498
Nevada Community 3A 481
Caddo Mills 2A 444
Hempstead 2A 395
Kountze 2A 393
Tornillo 2A 354
Santa Rosa 2A 340
Hallettsville 2A 322
Palmer 2A 320
Lone Oak 2A 299
Hitchcock 2A 297
Gunter 2A 292
Elysian Fields 2A 289
Jarrell 2A 262
Rice 2A 253
Poth 2A 252
Tom Bean 2A 250
Rio Vista 2A 239
Waskom 2A 234
Tolar 2A 228
Coahoma 2A 227
Danbury 2A 211
Jewett Leon 1A 199
Weimar 1A 195
Harper 1A 193
Forsan 1A 189
Blue Ridge 1A 186
Harleton 1A 184
Center Point 1A 179
Collinsville 1A 168
Colmesneil 1A 161
Santo 1A 154
Normangee 1A 144
La Pryor 1A 134
Milano 1A 134
Gruver 1A 125
Bovina 1A 123
Sabine Pass 1A 116
Nueces Canyon 1A 102
Gilmer Union Hill 1A 97
D'Hanis 1A 87
Leakey 1A 78

 

[Old Bearkat]

Yeah, it's hard to imagine some of those places were once small rural schools with enrollments of less than 100.

 

[Old Bearkat]

The 1952 Christoval Regional Championship team. Jack Pardee (#42) standing in the back row.

Kudos to Leman for scanning it.

 

[RedBird Man]

OBK, I found out that Gober school were closed in 1969 due to declining enrollment.

 

[Old Bearkat]

OBK, I found out that Gober school were closed in 1969 due to declining enrollment.

Thanks. Did they still have a high school, or had it already declined to a K-8?

 

[Old Bearkat]

And who did they merge with?

 

[RedBird Man]

From what I was informed they still had 1-12. They were merged with Bonham ISD. I am sure that some in the district probably ended up in Fannindel or Dodd City.