Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 2010 Page: 7 of 16
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Coach Tullos resigns at Cleveland
THURSDAY, JUNE 24.2010
THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
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Texas magazine picks Lions for 6th
Troj ans ahead of the rest
Groveton Coach Kevin Parker chats with his athletes.
TAKING A BREAK-—This trio of Groveton High School seniors-to-be are
taking a break under a tall tree near the practice held in the John Reynolds
Athletic Complex. The Indians-—35 strong—work out Monday through
No football drills allowed. The
Thursday in the weight room and track.
football drills allowed. The
Indians are (1-r) lineman Adrian Calvin (5-11,245), quarterback Calvin Wil-
liams (5-11, 172) and linebacker Dustyn Leonard (231, 6-1).
IVINGSTON-----The
summer heat is here and one
venerable sign that the high
school •football season will
soon arrive is the release of
Dave Campbell’s Texas Foot-
ball Magazine.
Since 1960, Campbell’s an-
nual publication has previewed
the coming season of colle-
giate and high school through-
out the Lone Star State.
With the magazine hitting
local newsstands, area coach-
es, players and fans are rush-
ing to see where the magazine
has their tearti picked.
Coaches (so they say) don’t
put much stock in Dave Camp-
bell’s 51st year Texas Foot-
ball.
But the high school previews
and picks are what should at-
tract the attention of Deep
East Texas football fans.
If Texas Football is to be
believed, Coldspring-Oakhurst
High School Trojans are
picked to win District 11-
AAA.
The Trojans of Coach Bryan
Barbay could be one of the
best UIL Class AAA teams in
East Texas.
Tight end Caleb Shelly (6-
3,235) of Trojan Country ranks
with the best. He will attend
Texas Aggie Camp this week
and has been invited to attend
a special One Day Camp on
Sunday.
Free safety Taylor Kelly and
running back Cody Cummings
are super Trojans. Both are out-
standing track stars. Kelly is a
super baseball player.
Cleveland Indians
The magazine selected the
Cleveland High School Indi-
ans to place second in 22-AAA
and Huffman Hargrave for
third place.
Cleveland ISD Athletic Di-
rector and head football Coach
Rick Tullos has resigned (June
16), according to Cleveland
ISD Superintendent Kerry
Cowart.
Mr. Cowart said the po-
sition has been posted in the
appropriate websites and that
applications will be accepted
through June 25, 2010. Inter-
views will be held June 28-
Once over
lightly
Van Thomas
Sports Editor
July 2. The new coach may
bring in two coaches—offen-
sive and defensive coordina-
tors.
Coach Tullos is a former
Cleveland all-round athlete.
Prior to moving back to
Cleveland, he was an assistant
at Splendora High School.
Cleveland is over blessed
with several NCAA Div. I
athletes Scouts have camped
out at Cleveland for more
than a year. The pride and joy
is All-State defensive end Ced-
ric Reed (6-6,245). He is one
of the best in USA. He told
Coach Mack Brown of Texas
he planned to be a Longhorn.
However, the Texas Aggies are
still calling. NCAA official
signing is Feb. 2011.
The Ross twins in Cleve-
land—q-back Jamaut Ross and
corner-back Jaraud Ross are
ranked with the best. There are
several others college scouts
are talking to.
How the District 22-AAA
may fare, according to the
magazine. 1. Coldspring-
Oakhurst; 2. Cleveland; 3.
Huffman Hargrave; 4. Splen-
dora; 5. Shepherd; 6. Liberty
and 7. Cleveland Tarkington.
District 21-AAA picks—1.
West Orange-Stark; 2. Silsbee;
3. Bridge City; 4. Orangefield;
5. Hamshire-Fannett and 6.
Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson.
District 18-AAA selections-
— 1, Kirbyville; 2. Jasper; 3.
Cen-ter; 4. Diboll and Hun-
tington. The Jasper Bull-
dogs will host the Lions of
Livingston on Friday night.
Sept. 3 in Bulldog Stadium.
Coach Jack Alvarez’s Wild-
cats of Kirby ville were 12-3 in
Class AA Division I in 2009.
The 2008 team also played in
AA title game. The Wildcats
are returning 14 starters.
Alvarez is ranked among
the best football coaches in
the state. Why are his teams
so good? Weight room and
running track. Plus pride and
dedication.
Kirbyville’s running back
LeFrederick Ford (6-1, 190,
4.4 seconds in 40) rushed for
2,571 yards and scored 35
TDs last fall. May be among
the best in the state.
Kirbyville has a good
chance to make the AAA state
finals.
Central to win
Beaumont Central High
School Jaguars are loaded and
the choice by Texas Football
to win the District 20-AAAA
title.
The Jaguars have posted
back-to-back 9-4 records.
How-ever, the Livingston Li-
ons of Coach Randy Rowe
beat the Jaguars in 2008 and
2009 seasons.
How Texas Football picked
District 19-AAAA—-1. Beau-
mont Central; 2. Port Neches-
Groves; 3. Nederland; 4.
Lumberton; 5. Little Cypress-
Mauriceville; 6. Livingston;
7. Vidor and 8. Beaumont
Ozen.
Livingston’s tight end /de-
fensive end Ryan McClain is
pictured in the magazine. Mc-
Clain is being recruited by
college scouts. Here is a blue-
chip athlete on and off the
field. Plus an excellent student
in the class room.
Lions will be an improved
team this fall. Lions have the
size, speed and quickness.
Quarterback Blake Burman,
a senior, is returning. He is
among several Lions that
train each day. No Lion trains
any harder.
Newton Eagles
The Newton Eagles are
ready for the 2010 season.
Coach Curtis Barbay and his
Eagles will be facing Coach
Darrell Barbay’s Anahuac
Panthers this fall in a District
10-AA, Div. I. game. This is
a first for father and son to
meet.
How the schools will fare
in District 10-AA, Div. I:
I. Newton; 2. Winnie East
Cham-bers; 3. Anahuac; 4.
Buna; 5. Woodville; 6. Har-
din; 7. Kountze; 8. Warren.
Corrigan-Camden
The Bulldogs of Corrigan-
Camden are mighty happy UIL
last February elevated Kir-
byville ter Gass AAA for the
next two school years.
Texas Football now has
picked Corrigan-Camden to
win. District 10-AA, Division
II, championship. »
The Bulldogs must still
battle kissing cousin Groveton
Indians and the New Waverly
Bulldogs.
New Waverly has had one
of the best all-round athletic
pro-grams in Deep East Tex-
as.
Folks, the Groveton Indians
of Coach Kevin Parker are
back.
“We had one of the best off
season we have had in a long
time,” said Coach Parker. “I’m
so proud of the players.”
The Groveton athletes are
going through summer strength
and conditioning program
Monday through Thursday, 8
a.in. to 9:45 a.m. Coach Park-
er said 34 to 36 players are
reporting for training, “We also
have 24 ladies each morn-
ing.”
Groveton has a special
weight room building for the
girls. Each Thursday morn-
ing, around 9 a.m., the ath-
letes play fun games, all kinds
of relay and pushing the ath-
letic golf cart.
“We play no football at all,”
said Coach Parker.
How Texas Football ranked
the schools in District 10-AA,
Div. II: 1. Corrigan-Camden;
2. New Waverly; 3. Groveton;
4. Hemphill; 5. Sgn Augustine
and 6. Deweyville.
How the magazine picked
the finish of District 10-A, Di-
vision I: 1. Alto; 2, Garrison;
3. Grapeland; 4. Shelby ville;
5. Timpson and 6. Cushing.
How the teams in District
11-A, Div. L will fare: 1.
Lovelady; 2. Colmesneil; 3.
Pineland West Sabine; 4. Hull-
Daisetta and West Hardin.
Coach Jason Henry, assis-
tant at Huil-Daisetta the past
two years, has been named ath-
letic director and head football
coach at West Hardin ISD.
Henry is a former All-State
football and basketball player
at West Hardin. Prior to mov-
ing to Hull-Daisetta, Henry was
head basketball coach at Lum-
iferton.
PUSHING GOLF CART - Groveton girls and boys each Thursday
play fun games on the practice field. They are shown pushing a golf
cart for time. Groveton averages 35 boys and 25 girls each morning
in training.
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