Fort Hancock DCTF Article

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The Man Who Won’t Forget Fort Hancock’s Football Dynasty

Danny Medina built Fort Hancock into a dynasty, helping the Mustangs become one of four high schools in Texas to win four consecutive state football championships. Now he's working just to get kids to play.

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[Leman Saunders]

major error there in Medina was not the head coach on the 1986 team, Fred Carter was

 

[Leman Saunders]

I wrote about the 1986 team here for some clarification

Thread '25 Days of Champions -- 1986 Fort Hancock'

Dec 5, 2017

BY LEMAN SAUNDERS

1986 Fort Hancock -- The beginning of a legend

Fort Hancock was not on the six-man radar as the 1986 began, however, after the season they would not leave the six-man title conversation until 1993.

Fort Hancock had recent success in 11-man, winning district titles in 1982 and 1983, so there were high expectations as the Mustangs moved into six-man.

Placed in a UIL district in 1984, Fort Hancock did not have enough players to field a team that season, so the Mustangs didn’t actually restart their six-man football program until 1985, going 5-.5 Fort Hancock...

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[Pdevitt13]

major error there in Medina was not the head coach on the 1986 team, Fred Carter was

@Leman Saunders reach out to Carter Yates so they can correct it

https://x.com/Carter_Yates16?t=GMBZZfnIZMwjzAmqhnI1GA&s=09