Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1994 Page: 8 of 18
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WILDCAT
CAMPUS
Wildcats Win
Season Opener
by David Harvey
On a mild, cloudy evening at
Wildcat Stadium, the visiting
Lone Oak Buffaloes scored the
first and last touchdowns of the
game. The Rains Wildcats
scored seven touchdowns in
the middle.
The Wildcats, playing the
part of gracious host, fumbled
on their first possession, giving
the ball to the Buffaloes on
Rains* 17-yard line. Even at
that, it took Lone Oak six plays
to score. Elvin Henry ran in
from two yards out for the Erst
score of the night. Jeremy
House kicked the PAT to make
die score Lone Oak 7, Rains 0.
After Undray Smallwood re-
turned die kickoff to the 30-
yard line, the Wildcats scored
on one play. Jeff Sustaire
threw over the middle to Jer-
amy Stigall, who hauled in the
pass and rambled into the end
zone to complete the 70-yard
touchdown play. Undray
Smallwood took die lateral on
the swinging-gate play into the
end zone for the two-point con-
version. With 7:10 left in the
first quarter, the scoreboard
read “Wildcats 8, Buffaloes
7.”
Early in the second quarter
the Wildcats started from their
own 44-yard line. From there
they put together a nice 8-play
drive to the end zone. The
score came on an 11-yard pass
from Sustaire to Jesse Hyatt,
who went really high in the air
to make a beautiful catch. Gary
Smith kicked the PAT to make
the score Rains IS, Lone Oak
7, with 7:36 left in the half.
A good kickoff by Smith left
Lone Oak at their own 14-yard
line. On the first play, QB
Keith Oakes attempted to pass
down the left side but was in-
tercepted by Brad Northcutt at
the 22-yard line.
After Smallwood picked up
four yards, Sustaire raced 18
yards for the touchdown.
Smith added the PAT to make
the score Wildcats 22, Buffa-
loes 7.
i-yard line?
A nice 27-yard pass from
Sustaire to Matthew Portman
set up the Wildcats first and
goal from the 9-yard line. Four
plays later Smith ran it in for
die touchdown, then kicked the
PAT. With 2:34 left in the
half, the scoreboard read:
“Rains 29, Lone Oak 7.”
On their next possession, the
Buffaloes were intercepted
again, this time by Gary Don
Smith to set up the Wildcats at
mid-field. Unfortunately, time
ran out before the ’Cats could
score again.
At halftime, the Thunderin’
Wildcat Band put on a great
show, highlighted by their new
flag corps.
Lone Oak took the second-
half kickoff at their own 22-
yard line. Because of strong
defense, highlighted by KeU
Clopton and Brian Davenport,
the Buffaloes had to punt.
The Wildcats took over at
their own 48-yard line and
used a nice 9-play drive to
score their first touchdown of
the second half. The score
came on a 2-yard run by Small-
wood. The try for a two-point
conversion failed, making the
score Rains 35, Lone Oak 7.
The drive was aided by the
running of Smallwood, who
had 11 yards on three carries,
and the running and passing of
Sustaire, who had 21 yards on
two carries and a 14-yard pass
to Andrew Pecina.
After stopping Lone Oak
once again, the Wildcats start-
1 ed at their own 36-yard line.
This time it only took six plays
to reach the end zone. The
score came on a 5-yard run by
Smallwood. The drive was
highlighted again by Small-
wood and Sustaire, who had 58
yards between them. The try
for two points again failed, so
with t):03 left in the third quar-
ter, the score was Wildcats 41,
Buffaloes 7.
On their first possession of
the fourth quarter, the Wildcats
put together a nice 9-play drive
to score again. The touchdown
came on a 9-yard pass from
Sustaire to Stigall. Gary Smith
kicked the PAT to make the
seme Rains 48, Lone Oak 7,
i with 3:33 left in the game.
With the wildcats playing a
! lot of reserve players, Lone
, Oak managed to score again.
1 On second and six at their own
42-yard line, Keith Oakes
pitched to Elvin Hairy, who
fumbled the ball.
slipped away and ran 58 yards
down the left sideline for the fi-
nal score of the game. House
kicked the PAT, making the fi-
nal score Wildcats 48, Buffa-
loes 14.
This was a great win for the
Wildcats and for new head
coach Chris Quillian. Coach
Quillian came from Class SA
North Mesquite, where he was
assistant football and strength
coach. This is his first head
coaching job, and what a way
to start!
Stars from the game were:
the Blue Tattoo defense, which
held Lone Oak to less than 100
total yards; Jeff Sustaire, who
had 126 yards rushing and 151
passing; Undray Smallwood,
who had 113 yards rushing;
Jeramy Stigall, who had 91 re-
ceiving yards; and Richard
Songer, who had 50 yards
rushing. The Wildcat offense
had 448 total yards.
The Wildcats travel to Edge-
wood on Friday to take on the
Bulldogs. Kickoff will be at
7:30 p.m. Be there!
Rams’ Offensive Line
Ranks Among Largest
in East Texas
Taken from the
Tyler Morning Telegraph
by KEITH NELSON
Staff Writer
Coach Chris Quillian vividly
remembers taking over at
Rains in May with his jaw wide
open. And the fact Rains was
die 15-year assistant’s first
head coaching position had
nothing to do with it.
“I was shocked when we got
here at the size we had," Quil-
lian said. “The players here
were bigger than what we had
at (Class AAAAA) North Mes-
quite. I couldn’t believe it.”
Three months later, the five
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1994 WILDCAT VARSITY TEAM-Left to right, front row: Jeff Sustaire, Gary Smith, Jesse
Hyatt, Jeramy Stigall. Brian Davenport, Undray Smallwood; 2nd row: Matthew Portman, Brad
Northcutt, Kody Wallace, Kevin Gaby, Richard Songer, Eddie White, Gary Don Smith; 3rd row:
Brady Davenport, Bryan Anderson, Clint Simmons, Damon Donald, William Evaits, Kell Clop-
ton; 4th row: Trey Milliken, Terry Day, Jonathan Giles, Ron Kelley, Andrew Pecina, Danny
Rath, Chris Rhodes; 5th row: head coach Chris Quillian, assistants Richard Peacock, Steve Dia-
mond, Sam Walker, Kevin McLemore, Andy Breaux, Bryan Higginbotham and Kyle Stewart.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Price
weights. There’s a TV, refrig-
erator and radio. It’s got every-
thing.”
Quillian has a long history of
focusing on weights. He first
became interested in lifting as a
high school student in Missis-
sippi, and his strength even-
tually helped him go from a
walk-on at Mississippi State to
a two-year starter at center de-
spite his 6-1, 215-pound size.
He ran the powerlifting team
during his four years as a
North Mesquite assistant and
plans to start such a team at
Rains. His entire starting of-
fensive line said they would
sign up.
“This year we’re really see-
ing the benefit of our weight
program,” Quillian said.
“And it will only get better.
When I left North Mesquite,
we had five guys test out with
500-pound squats. We had 60
guys run below a 5.0 40. You
could see our leg strength was
really working-that’s a direct
result of lifting.”
Quillian is happy with his
line’s weight as it is now. The
players want to get even big-
ger. Clopton said he would like
to reach 290, Milliken 255,
White and Simmons 250, and
Anderson 230.
Though Clopton’s goal is
improbable for this season, the
four juniors could possibly
reach their intended weights by
next September. If they do,
next year’s Rains offensive line
could be even bigger than this
year’s.
But Quillian warns the
weight factor can be over-
blown, pardon the pun.
“You can get hung up on the
size of the offensive line, but
you still have to move,” Quil-
tackied by Ron
ball. Oakes picked
and appeared to be
Ron Kelley, but he
pounds, the Rains line meas-
ures up huge against the start-
ers at the other District
15-AAA schools. Lindale,
whose starters average 216
pounds, is the second-heaviest
district team.
In fact, the Rains line can
hold its own against most East
Texas AAAA and AAAAA
schools. Mount Pleasant,
Athens, Pine Tree, Kilgore,
Robert E. Lee, Liberty-Eylau,
Texas High, Chapel Hill, Car-
thage and Jacksonville each
start an offensive line smaller
than Rains.
Sulphur Springs, the No. 1
team in AAAA, averages 235
pounds per starter, an average
of three pounds per player
more than Rains.
The five Rains starters did
not gain all their weight at the
dinner table. Senior right
tackle Kell Clopton (6-3, 270),
junior right guard Trey Milli-
ken (6-1, 235), junior center
Eddie White (6-0, 215), junior
left guard Bryan Anderson
(5-10, 210) and junior left tack-
le Clint Simmons (6-2, 230)
each consider Quillian’s
weight training program a
prime factor in reaching their
current forms.
Clopton and White can
bench-press more 'than 300
pounds. Four of the five run
the 40 in 5.1 seconds or faster.
“Coach Quillian brought in
a good weight program,” said
Clopton, a second-team all-dis-
trict offensive lineman and
first-team all-district defensive
lineman. “We didn’t have
much of a weight program last
year. The year before, I felt
real weak. I can tell the differ-
ence.”
“I don’t get as tired now,”
White agreed.
With three of the five start-
ers returning from last year’s
front five-Clopton, White and
Milliken, a first-team all-dis-
trict pick-the Rains line gained
a total of 135 pounds. Clopton
gained 30 pounds, White and
Milliken added 20 each, and
Anderson and Simmons re-
placed smaller players.
All five concentrated on
weightlifting this year. On
days when the high school
weight room was closed, they
would show up at White’s
house, where his mother still
owns the products of a now-de-
funct workout center.
“Everybody on the team
would show up~at least three a
day,” White said. “I sleep ________________,______
with my weights. It’s got Nau- Students can redeem points for prizes of their
tilus, Universal and free
RAINS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF 1994-95—Left to right, front row:
Bryan Higginbotham, Kyle Stewart, Chris Quillian, Andy Breaux; back row: Kevin McLemore,
Steve Diamond, Richard Peacock and Sam Walker. Photo courtesy of Charlie Price
lian said. “If you can handle
250 pounds and move just like
you can at 230, that’s great-
that’s an extra 20 pounds hit-
ting you at the same speed.
“But there will be mis-
matches. Even if you’re 250,
you’re going to play a 280guy,
too. The techniques for an of-
fensive lineman are the most
important things.”
Band News
Jan Clifton
It was a beautiful night for a
ball game, and the Wildcat
team put some beautiful
numbers on the scoreboard as
they buffaloed the Buffaloes
48-14.
The Wildcat band was hard
pressed to keep up with the
rapidly changing lumbers, as
they played the “Fight Song’
time and again.
RHS STUDENT OF WEEK-This week’s “Student of the
Week” at Rains High School is JENNIFER SHORT, daughter
i | of Marsha & Kenneth Short of Emory. Jennifer is a senior at
ART WINNERS-Winners in the 6th grade art contest held re- Rains High School where she has participated in many activities,
cently were, left to right: Amber Potter, Denise Fleming and including: volleyball 1-2-3-4, basketball 1-2-3-4, softball 1-34,
Kevin Coleman. School photo tennis 1 -2, Student Council 4, National Honor Society 2-34, and
, _____— ...... — Who's Who Among American High School Students 4.
;L BggflHMK g<*tVNHHHBR JfetfifNEH School photo
The Wildcat band has a new
director and a new drum ma-
jor, both of whom acquitted
themselves with dignity their
first time out for Rains County.
Director Robert Ragan ad-
mittedly has his work cut out
for him as he steps in to a band
that graduated 7 seniors last
year. He also knows there is a
lot of musical talent available
in this year’s band that only
needs a push and a polish to
flourish. The ’Cat Band has the
talent and the “want-to” to be
a prize winner. Director Ragan
has the knowledge and ability
to take them where they want
to go because he’s been there
before.
Drum major Shalonda Mc-
Gill is a striking dignified
leader who conducted herself
and her band with a grace that
was a pleasure to watch.
Former drum major, Christy
Forrest, came by to say
“hello" and stayed as guest
conductor through a couple of
numbers. She looked right at
home in front of the band.
It’s a new season off to a
good start.
And the band plays on......
Sept. 17 is the Rains County
Fair parade. Be on hand to
watch the band strut their stuff!
Sept. 20 is our next Band
Booster meeting at 7 p.m. at
the band hall. Hope to see all
of you interested in our band
there.
Rains Junior
High Needs
Your Help
We are implementing a new
reading program for our
students. The accelerated
reading program is designed to
motivate students to read more
and better BooiS and to keip
record ofistudent ’» prepress.
To use the accelerated
reader, the student reads a
book from the program’s ac-
claimed book list - more than
3,000 titles - then tests his or
her knowledge and compre-
hension of the book by answer-
ing multiple-choice questions
on an IBM computer. When
the individual passes the test,
he then receives points from
the book that can be ac-
cumulated and spent on our in-
centive program.
We at Rams are very excited
about our new program, but we
need help from the public. We
are in need of additional books
for the library. It is very im-
portant that the books on the
list are accessible in the library
to the students when they need
them. The fundraisers such as,
ticket raffles, fall carnival,
adopt a book, and etc., will be
used to purchase these books.
Other ways for the public to
help might be. donate books to
the school, purchase a book in
memory or celebration of
someone, or a cash donation
for the purchase of a book.
We at Rains Junior High are
giving this project our best
dedicated efforts. We are so
excited and confident about our
project that we feel we can
make a real difference in how
students spend their free time.
We anticipate many enjoyable
hours will be spent with a good
book and the end result will be
an acquired love of reading and
an increase in reading ability.
For further information,
please call the RJH office at
473-2223, or visit our booth at
the Rains County Fair to learn
ways that you can help.
******
H.C. Burchett, Dallas, \yas
a visitor here Tuesday. /
BOOK SHARE~Dr. Guy Harrison, superintendent of Rains In-
dependent School District, is shown taking a test on the school’s
new accelerated reading program. Dr. Harrison is taking a test
over a book that is a favorite of this year’s fourth grade students.
Points are earned for students who pass the tests over books
' its for prizes of their choice
School photo
Accelerated
Reading
Pep Rally
You are invited to attend a
special pep rally to promote the
Accelerated Reading Program
in fourth and fifth grades
Wednesday, September 7,
1994, at 8:30 a.m. in the
elementary cafeteria. Come
and celebrate Kickoff For
Reading Success with us!!
RAINS COUNTY
LEADER
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