Last night, I was at Bobcat stadium in San Marcos for the Brennan Bears and the Cedar Park Vista Ridge Rangers. It was an awesome game that came down to the last possession and Makai Green, the Brennan running back, converted a third down conversion by the nose of the football that allowed the Bears…
Week 11 – One Stadium – Three Days – Four Games
I was at the Alamodome on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for Steele Vs Marshall, Smithson Valley Vs Reagan, Judson Vs Churchill, and O’Connor Vs Southwest. In my last blog article, I mentioned 4 of these teams as my favorites and I definitely expected em all to win and advance to the next round. I couldn’t…
High School Football – PLAYOFFS
Wow, we are finally done with the regular season and what an amazing season it was!!! Now, comes 6 weeks of playoff madness and I can’t wait!!! You can see all the playoff brackets here. I am not going to do any playoff predictions, but I am gonna tell you who my favorite teams and…
UTSA vs McNeese State
Yesterday, I was the Alamodome for my last UTSA football game as they hosted the McNeese State Cowboys. I know they have one more home game on November 24th against Texas State, but I will be on a well deserved vacation. I am also gonna miss some high school football games as well. I…
Week 10 – New Braunfels Unicorns Vs Judson Rockets
Last night, I was at Rutledge stadium for the New Braunfels Unicorns and the Judson Rockets. I have seen some really good quarterbacks this season…Baker Mayfield from Lake Travis, Luke Walters from Pleasanton, Gilbert Garcia from Holmes, Kalen Brackwell from Alamo Heights, Zach Galindo from O’Connor, Garrett Smith from Smithson Valley, and Quentin Dormady from…
Week 9 – Stevens Falcons vs O’Connor Panthers
Last night, I was at Farris stadium for the Stevens Falcons and the O’Connor Panthers. I had no clue that the leading rusher in San Antonio was Marquie Hinton from the Stevens Falcons. I worked a Stevens game in Week 4 and I don’t remember him having a good game. I have seen O’Connor 3…
Week 9 – Judson Vs New Braunfels Canyon
So, last night, I was at New Braunfels Canyon stadium for the New Braunfels Canyon Cougars and the Judson Rockets. Did you know the turf at Canyon stadium is red? This was my first time seeing the red turf and it is actually pretty cool and really red!!! The last time I was at Canyon…
Week 9 – Canyon Lake Hawks Vs Boerne Greyhounds
Last night, I was at Boerne stadium for the final TNL game this season between the Canyon Lake Hawks and the Boerne Greyhounds. When I saw the TNL schedule early in the summer, I was really excited for this particular game. I knew this would be my first time seeing either of these schools play…
utsa vs utah state
On Saturday, I was at the Alamodome as UTSA hosted the Utah State Aggies. It was a very long day for me that started bright and very very early at 6am!!! Yes, I said 6am!!! So, what the heck was I doing at 6am? Well, I had to put in some overtime hours at the…
Week 8 – East Central Hornets Vs Steele. Knights
On Thursday night, I was at Lehnhoff stadium in Schertz, TX for a HUGE District 28-5A game between the East Central Hornets and the undefeated Steele Knights. The winner of this game is likely going to be the district champion. Both of these teams have outstanding running backs…Justin Stockton from Steele and Chris Armstrong, Johnathan…
UTSA Vs San Jose State Spartans
Yesterday, I was at the Alamodome for UTSA football as they played the San Jose State Spartans. For this game, I did something very different as a statistician. I didn’t use my large stat board…I used my small board and only kept track of drive summary and how long each play was. It was funny,…
Week 7 – Southwest Dragons Vs East Central Hornets
On Thursday night, I was at Hornet stadium as the East Central Hornets played the Southwest Dragons. I was actually planning on publishing pictures from the game instead of my words, but I wasn’t satisfied with the quality of the pictures. We were in an enclosed booth with a very dirty window. One of my…
Week 7 – Smithson Valley Rangers Vs Judson Rockets
On Friday night, I was at Rutledge stadium as the Smithson Valley Rangers played the Judson Rockets. Coming into the game, the Rangers were undefeated and the Rockets had won 4 games in a row. I was expecting a battle and a really close game and of course a Judson victory by a nail. …
Inside the Huddle – Mark Thomas
Inside the Huddle is a place for my friends to write and share their passion for High School football. By Mark Thomas QUESTION: How long have you been involved in broadcasting high school sporting events and how did you get started? All together, this will be my 22nd year being involved in broadcasting high school…
Week 6 – The Hammer Bowl (Judson Rockets vs Wagner Thunderbirds)
On Friday night, I was at Rutledge stadium for the Hammer Bowl which features the two high schools in the Judson Independent School District…the Judson Rockets and the Wagner Thunderbirds. So, you are probably very interested in why this game is called the Hammer Bowl? Well, I will educate you!!! Cory Sears was a former…
Week 6 – Jay Mustangs Vs Taft Raiders
On Thursday night, I was at Farris stadium for the 6th time this season for my 6th District 27-5A game between the Jay Mustangs and the Taft Raiders. I left work at 5:00…281 and Stone Oak Pkwy. It took me 30 minutes to go 5 miles!!!! That 5 miles was 1604 and Stone Oak Pkwy!!! …
Week 5 – O’Connor Panthers Vs Marshall Rams
Last night, I was at Farris stadium for my 6th District 27-5A game already this season between the O’Connor Panthers and the Marshall Rams. It is always strange when O’Connor is the visiting team cause there campus is literally across the highway!!! Brandeis is even closer to Farris as the stadium is in the Brandeis…
Week 5 – Brennan Bears Vs Brackenridge Eagles
On Thursday, I was at Alamo stadium for a District 28-4A game between the Brennan Bears and the Brackenridge Eagles. This was my first time seeing these teams this season and I was really excited to finally see Brennan!! Even though Brennan is the newest High School in the Northside Independent School District, they don’t…
Week 5 – Madison Mavericks Vs Roosevelt Roughriders
I spent 2 1/2 hours at the car dealership this morning and when that was done, I stopped by a local market to see my wife and brought her some much needed food and drink. While I was the car dealership, I jotted a few notes down about the game last night. Now, let’s see…
Week 4 – Monterrey Tech Vs Wagner
Last night, I was at Rutledge stadium as the Wagner Thunderbirds hosted Monterrey Tech. If you have never heard of Monterrey Tech, you are not alone as I had no clue either!!! I had to do some extensive research…well, they are a team from Mexico and they have already played 4 other Texas high school…