Longhorn85
Six-man fan
I missed several years of actually being able to see games in person since I left for the Army in 2003, but I would have to say Dustin Speckles from Panther Creek was one of the best I saw before then.
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Unsung Heroes(Linemen)
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Dale Miller
Six-man pro
I'll add All-State Center Cliff Pollard from May's '77 State Championship team. We gave them a really good game in Gordon that year, losing by 16 or so. The interesting side note is that we were volunteer Scout leaders 20 years later in the Fort Worth area. Our sons were really good buds that hung out at each others' houses. Sometimes it's really a small world....
Speckles is still the poster boy for how to play noseguard in six-man football. In the 2000 state championship Dustin read the play and hit the gap quicker than anyone I've seen.
In the summer of 2001 I looked him up in Coleman, and after an hour of searching found him painting for the city.
I had just one question for him. I asked what his technique and read was at nose guard. He beat around the bush for ten minutes until my continuous pressing convinced him to tell all. He said against Highland he read the lineman's helmet. If the hat came up to Dustin's left the play was that way, so he shot as fast as possible that direction. He added if it was a counter or other type of misdirection his Ends usually stopped the play.
He was the fastest nose guard I have ever witnessed in a championship game. He was a dandy freshman player also. In my opinion he was all-state that year which would have given six-man two four-time all-state players.
In the summer of 2001 I looked him up in Coleman, and after an hour of searching found him painting for the city.
I had just one question for him. I asked what his technique and read was at nose guard. He beat around the bush for ten minutes until my continuous pressing convinced him to tell all. He said against Highland he read the lineman's helmet. If the hat came up to Dustin's left the play was that way, so he shot as fast as possible that direction. He added if it was a counter or other type of misdirection his Ends usually stopped the play.
He was the fastest nose guard I have ever witnessed in a championship game. He was a dandy freshman player also. In my opinion he was all-state that year which would have given six-man two four-time all-state players.
I was mistaken in thinking that Speckles was all-state his sophomore year.
I vaguely recall a coach bragging about preventing him from making first team all-district or all-region that year because of some misbehavior on Dustin's part which the coach took personally. And if a player doesn't make first team, he cannot be nominated at the next level.
What a crock. I believe in holding players accountable for their behavior. There are several ways to do that besides stealing their deserved accolades earned 90% of the time. Had we done the same at RS between 2004-2007 guys like Tyler Earl, Shelby, Tyler and Jesstin Fox would not be on several all-state lists.
Possessing a streak of Prima Dona cant disqualify these youngsters. Many of the best ones, perhaps a great majority of them have an element of such in their characters.
I vaguely recall a coach bragging about preventing him from making first team all-district or all-region that year because of some misbehavior on Dustin's part which the coach took personally. And if a player doesn't make first team, he cannot be nominated at the next level.
What a crock. I believe in holding players accountable for their behavior. There are several ways to do that besides stealing their deserved accolades earned 90% of the time. Had we done the same at RS between 2004-2007 guys like Tyler Earl, Shelby, Tyler and Jesstin Fox would not be on several all-state lists.
Possessing a streak of Prima Dona cant disqualify these youngsters. Many of the best ones, perhaps a great majority of them have an element of such in their characters.
Old Bearkat
Six-man expert
CT6MFL":3rbubow6 said:
Crowell 1931-1934 Class B 11 man
Brady 1956-1959 Class A 11 man
Christoval 1950-1952 Class B 6 man
Weimar 1943-1946 Class B 6 man
CT6MFL
11-man fan
I have to go back and look for the names for christoval and weimar because they were all state lineman too.
Christoval may have been Jpardee but ill look tomorrow
Christoval may have been Jpardee but ill look tomorrow
Shane
11-man fan
coach_gillespie":19ftbo7f said:
I didn't get to see Richburg play in highschool, but I was at ACU when he played there. We were in club (fraternity) together. He was a BEAST.
Back in the mid-90s I was working for State Farm as an adjuster. I had a claim for a plumbing leak in a house out in the country south of Roscoe, near Highland. I got there and it was Monte's house. His wife and two boys were there. After I checked out the water damage, I was walking back out to my truck. The boys were outside playing in the dirt. They were about 2 and 4 years old. I said, "See you boys later. Y'all don't play too hard." The oldest stopped what he was doing, stood up and faced me with that same middle linebacker look in his eye that his daddy had, and he said.... "We'll play however hard we want to!"
I died laughing. There was no doubt that THAT kid was a Richburg. LOL
Old Bearkat
Six-man expert
CT6MFL":3rv3s6p8 said:
It was. According to what I have been told, he was the entire team his senior year. Without him, Garden City would have won the district that year.
CT6MFL
11-man fan
I miss spoke, these were not All State stats, but were inductees to the Texas Gigh School Football Hall of Fame.
1943-1946 - Weimar - Konz, Kenny. Inducted in 2003
1950-1952 - Christoval - Pardee, Jack. Inducted 1988
On that site i gave out earlier, one of the excel files is for Hall of Fame. it would take someone that knows all the years and schools to pick out all the hall of famers that recieved the honor while playing sixman.
However for the sake of this thread, does not list their positions.
1943-1946 - Weimar - Konz, Kenny. Inducted in 2003
1950-1952 - Christoval - Pardee, Jack. Inducted 1988
On that site i gave out earlier, one of the excel files is for Hall of Fame. it would take someone that knows all the years and schools to pick out all the hall of famers that recieved the honor while playing sixman.
However for the sake of this thread, does not list their positions.
coach_gillespie
11-man fan
Shane":2z2027wp said:
Shane, that would have been Jackson and Nick, they both went on to become all state as well for Highland, and Nick had the opportunity to play for a state championship in 2009, just like his father. However, they came up short to Cooley, and the Borden County Coyotes 28-14. Monte's youngest (Jacob) is a senior for Highland this year.
p.s. what club were yall in? i'm an old moonie....
coach_gillespie
11-man fan
BE":37bkk4nf said:
Harley, Leman has film of the '82 and '83 Highland squads. Richburg, Owens, Hyde, Light, Gothard, etc....
Shad Kline
Six-man fan
I don't think a list of all-state linemen was exactly the goal of the original poster. Any of us can look that up. Being an all-state linemen in 6man means you were a good receiver on a team that did pretty good that year.
My brother was in that list, at 5'10", 165 lbs, he was definitely not a great blocking center. Probably better than most his size, and was pretty good at getting in the defenders way, as he was pretty quick. Good receiver. Team won state, so he was an all state center.
The two that stood out to me, were the two big boys from Rule in '91. I have no idea what their names are, I just know that I couldn't get past em. To me, that is a lineman, not a receiver who starts his play on the line.
My brother was in that list, at 5'10", 165 lbs, he was definitely not a great blocking center. Probably better than most his size, and was pretty good at getting in the defenders way, as he was pretty quick. Good receiver. Team won state, so he was an all state center.
The two that stood out to me, were the two big boys from Rule in '91. I have no idea what their names are, I just know that I couldn't get past em. To me, that is a lineman, not a receiver who starts his play on the line.
coyote_king
11-man fan
When I think of an elite lineman, I think of a guy that you know will get his man every time, and catch passes when called upon.
He may have already been mentioned, didn't go back to look. Someone must mention Cole Freeman of Follett, 2007-2010. He was a dandy lineman before he was a running back. In 2009 he was matched up against Garden City's Chudje (sp?) in their semi-final battle. I watched the film many times and Cole played Cujo to a draw at least. And as I have stated before, Cujo is in my humble opinion the single best non-rushing defensive lineman in the last fifteen or twenty years. That says well enough where Cole ranks.
