MumsTheWord
Six-man fan
Yes, I forgot about that.
Best team to never win state?
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MumsTheWord
Six-man fan
It was just a clip ESPN showed on TV. . There's also an ESPN interview film with QB & the exceptional RB on the team. I'll see if I can find both again & post them.
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Misguided Rhetoric
Six-man observer
Sports Illustrated Article: https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/10/...played-at-tiny-high-schools-in-the-rural-west
ESPN Video: Have to scroll to the 1:43:45 mark in this video:
ESPN Video: Have to scroll to the 1:43:45 mark in this video:
Here's the same video, starting at the play in question...looks pretty clear that he doesn't pass the line of scrimmage to me.
Ilovefridaynights
Six-man pro
They was just one stop away from winning state in 2019
Ha Ha Ha
WV Backer
Six-man pro
Trey Doyle was truly a beast in that game but Josh Colunga and the rest of the Bearkats were just too good that year. 122 - 88 was the final and it looked like a track meet at times.
83 Cherokee. They would have made huge bid for state had they not lost a player in auto accident that season. Loaded with size speed and talent but the loss of star player was lot to overcome.
MidnightRider
11-man fan
Didn’t Etheridge lose one game his entire career? Pretty sure that is the most obvious answer.
Wildcats5421
Six-man expert
They called that passed the line of scrimmage?? That’s literally the worst call I’ve ever seen
Truth. And this horrible call could have cost Gordon a State Championship. This would have been a tragedy. I wish history would remember that Gordon won fair and square instead of being known as the team that was given a 5th Down. The 5th Down was righting the wrong.
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Yes. The consequence was that Whitharral lost about 60 seconds to stage a comeback.
CoachTJones
11-man fan
I have a few on this one.
2004 Paducah- First year in Sixman and lost their second game by 15 to Throck who lost to Richland by 8 in the Semis. Scored the game winning TD on Valley in the Second Round but blocked in the back out of nowhere to cost the game. Valley lost state to Richland Springs by 20.
2006/7 Rule- Take your pick on the Fab Five.
2008 Gordon- beats Strawn by 30 first Go Round and Loses by 21 in the QF.
2009 Strawn- Ran into the Powerhouse GC Team
2010 Calvert- Two loses on the season. State Champion Garden City by 2 first game. State Champion Richland Springs by 8 in the QF.
Those are the ones that I've personally seen and can attest to. Whether I got my butt whooped by them or saw it live.
I'll let y'all argue about the 80's and 90's
2004 Paducah- First year in Sixman and lost their second game by 15 to Throck who lost to Richland by 8 in the Semis. Scored the game winning TD on Valley in the Second Round but blocked in the back out of nowhere to cost the game. Valley lost state to Richland Springs by 20.
2006/7 Rule- Take your pick on the Fab Five.
2008 Gordon- beats Strawn by 30 first Go Round and Loses by 21 in the QF.
2009 Strawn- Ran into the Powerhouse GC Team
2010 Calvert- Two loses on the season. State Champion Garden City by 2 first game. State Champion Richland Springs by 8 in the QF.
Those are the ones that I've personally seen and can attest to. Whether I got my butt whooped by them or saw it live.
I'll let y'all argue about the 80's and 90's
SanchoPanza
Six-man pro
Martin Sanchez from Balmorhea vaulted the Bears to that legendary showdown with Amherst with the 11 second touchdown against Guthrie.
Tom Duncan
Six-man fan
Covington in 1995 with CW Williams as the Coach. Blue Willis was the spread back who went to state in the 200 meters and was an all state pitcher, CW's youngest son Noah (who is now coaching in Zephyr as an assistant) was 6'3" 225 lbs at right end, Ricky Hodges 6'3" 185 lbs at left end, Charlie Tingle, 6' 205 lbs at wing back and Blue's baby brother Damon 6' 230 lbs at Center. While number 2 in the state they lost at Trinidad by 3 points with some very controversial calls. Then beat Milford at home, who at the time was the new number 2 team behind Amherst, the next week.
Milford had the ball with a lead late in that game and could have ran the clock out with a first down when middle linebacker Charlie Tingle broke thru the line and took the ball away as it was being handed off. A couple of plays later Blue threw a long pass to brother Damon in the end zone for the winning touchdown.
Trinidad, Milford and Covington tied for the district championship all at 9-1. A coin toss knocked Covington out of the playoffs and Milford went on to play in the state championship game, Trinidad lost in bi-district. Covington had the size and speed to match up with eventual state champion Amherst and Dwayne Miles. It is a shame that they did not get to find out.
Milford had the ball with a lead late in that game and could have ran the clock out with a first down when middle linebacker Charlie Tingle broke thru the line and took the ball away as it was being handed off. A couple of plays later Blue threw a long pass to brother Damon in the end zone for the winning touchdown.
Trinidad, Milford and Covington tied for the district championship all at 9-1. A coin toss knocked Covington out of the playoffs and Milford went on to play in the state championship game, Trinidad lost in bi-district. Covington had the size and speed to match up with eventual state champion Amherst and Dwayne Miles. It is a shame that they did not get to find out.
brockbarbee
Six-man observer
2011-2015 Ira Bulldogs, every year went undefeated until playoffs, and was ranked in the top 5 every year in that span.
4 total losses.
12-1, 11-1, 12-1, 12-1.
(I am bias though)
4 total losses.
12-1, 11-1, 12-1, 12-1.
(I am bias though)
Yes, and I believe the video is floating around somewhere of that return. It was definitely a wild finish to that game.
