High Plains Drifter
11-man fan
See where Kevin Ray is the new "Devil" at Rankin. Congratulations
Congrats to Coach Ray
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coachsatcher
Six-man fan
Congrats!!!
Johnny South
Six-man pro
So, Coach Ray is ready to go to the crowded field version. Kind of surprising. But I guess things happen.
Johnny South
Six-man pro
Not for long I bet.
coachjdjones
11-man fan
Johnny South":124h1ncs said:
True, they may be DII next re-alignment.
Good Luck Coach Ray from an ex-Devil.
coachjdjones":3hctx3v7 said:
That's more likely than going 11 man. If Rankin's population has not grown in the last 5 years with all the oil patch activity, it surely won't in the next year or so as the main activity moves northwards.
Coach4Christ
11-man fan
Congrats to Coach Ray. Great coach and great friend.
Adam Kirby
Adam Kirby
Trojan General
11-man fan
Congrats to Rankin ISD. You are gaining a great coach and educator. But, you are gaining a better man. He will certainly be missed in Trinidad.
Congrats to Coach Ray and Rankin
Anyone know who will coach Trinidad???
Anyone know who will coach Trinidad???
Johnny South
Six-man pro
So, Rankin may not grow. But being in the middle of the Wolfcamp, Sprayberry, and Dean,I would have thought that the increased activity would bring in just the wrong amount of population growth to put them over the edge and into the crowded field version shortly. But, what do I know?
Johnny, the oil boom has been going on for 6+ years now and GC still has about the same enrollment they had before it started and if anything, Rankin has decreased quite a bit. Most of the oil patch trash prefers to stay in Midland/Odessa.
Johnny South
Six-man pro
Yea Crawford you are right about that. OBK, from what I am hearing about the housing costs now in Midland, and the numbers of folks that are beginning to leave out because of that, it seemed that some might go that direction. But again Crawford, what do I know?
coachjdjones
11-man fan
To be honest, Johnny, I tend to wonder why those towns aren't growing any more, either. I've heard the town of Big Lake (small AA) has about 7000 people there during the week, but the normal 2000 during weekends. Seems workers are there, but no families are moving. Lots of "man-camps". Even when I was in school, the town of Rankin wasn't full of kids....we got a bunch from the El Paso camp in Midkiff. It's closed now and it doesn't look like any other camps are being built to house a bunch of families.
This is a little off the main topic but in Colorado City they are building housing for a very large "camp". Some of the housing they are building are large enough for workers and their families but I'm not sure if it will happen. Word is they will be housing 1,000 workers and maintaining those workers 24-7 with meals.
Sounds like C City will be another Big Lake.
