Tag: High School Football

On Friday, I was at Ranger stadium in Spring Branch, TX as the Smithson Valley Rangers (9-1, 6-1) hosted the Jay Mustangs (7-3, 3-2) in the 1st round of the 2017 Texas high school football playoffs.  I chose this game because Smithson Valley is the closest school to my house; it’s 6 miles away.  I pass…

On Saturday, I was at Lang field as the St. Anthony hosted a TCAL playoff game against KIPP Houston.  Yes, the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets football team are in the playoffs.  Now, to be honest, I don’t know how the competition is in TCAL as compared to TAPP; but it looks easier to me. When…

Here are the standings for District 27-6A going into Week 10: Judson Rockets (8-0, 5-0) Smithson Valley Rangers (7-1, 4-1) Clemens Buffaloes (7-1, 4-1) New Braunfels Unicorns (6-2, 3-2) Steele Knights (4-4, 3-2) New Braunfels Canyon (1-7, 1-4) Wagner Thunderbirds (3-5, 0-5) East Central Hornets (0-8, 0-5) Week 10 Key Games Smithson Valley at Judson…

On Friday, I was at Heroes stadium for a HUGE 26-6A match-up between the Johnson Jaguars (6-2, 4-0) and the Reagan Rattlers (6-1, 3-0).  I know you can’t tell by the records, so I will tell you that these two teams are number 1 and 2 in the district; basically 1st place is on the…

“Hi, I am a writer and photographer for thestatmanspeaks.com,” I said to the lady at the media/press entrance. “Where do you want to go,” she answered? Without hesitation, I said, “not the press-box.” She said, “ok” and handed me an official NEISD media pass for sideline access.  Now, I have that one, mine for www.thestatmanspeaks,…

Before I write about the football game, I need to address the National Anthem; it will take you less than 2 minutes to read my rant. I will always stand, remove my hat if I am wearing one, and put my right hand over my heart.  I really don’t care what you do.  All I…

Since I finally got my own personal “obligations” of Holy Cross and St. Anthony football games out of the way, I can now cover games that are either close to where I live in Canyon Lake or close to where I work at 281 and Stone Oak.  That means, New Braunfels, New Braunfels Canyon, Boerne,…

On Thursday, I was at the new Cornerstone Christian campus as they hosted the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets. I arrived a little bit early so I could explore and take picture with my new monopod; yes, I am officially a camera geek!  I used it for the 2nd half of the game and to be…

On Thursday, I was at the Wheatley Heights Sports Complex as the Holy Cross Knights hosted the Blanco Panthers.  So, this was my 1st time seeing the Blanco Panthers, a state 3A powerhouse football team in my nearly 20 years of being around high school football.  As for Holy Cross, I have worked lots of…

On Thursday, I am going to be at the Wheatley Heights Sports Complex as the Holy Cross Knights host the Blanco Panthers.   Just in case, I am not able to fill up my gas tank before that particular game, my 1st game will be on September 15th as the Cornerstone Warriors host the St. Anthony…

You may have noticed that I haven’t had any content since January and I have a great reason.  I have a 15 month old baby at home and have been writing a lot about being a first time dad on www.thedadspeaks.com. I did manage to redesign www.thestatmanspeaks.com and I would appreciate your comments; good or…

I was expecting to back on board with the St. Anthony football team for the 2017 season, but there were several changes in the leadership and I wasn’t a priority.  I know they wanted me back and I am very grateful for the opportunity they gave me last season. I am not saying goodbye to them…

This year, I covered St. Anthony football games and when the San Antonio Express News and TAPPS unveiled their All-District teams, I was totally expecting to see several familiar names representing TAPPS District 2-1.  Well, I was very disappointed when nobody from St. Anthony was selected.  Just because they withdrew from TAPPS earlier this month,…

Now that the 2016 High School football season is officially over, I can finally publish my wrap-up article for the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets.  It has been sitting comfortably in my back-pocket for a few weeks, but I have been updating it daily. It was my absolute pleasure to be a writer/photographer for St. Anthony…

Last Tuesday, I received this Facebook message on The Statman Speaks: Hi my name is Ruby Dominguez. My son, Jacob, is a freshman at Charlotte high school and is taking a college course right now. In this class he had to state his career choice and he chose a sports statistician. He would like to interview…

On Friday, I was at Bob Benson ’66 stadium as the Central Catholic Buttons hosted the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets. Last year, I was going to cover the Antonian Apaches VS the Central Catholic Buttons (primarily because I wanted to experience Bob Benson ’66 Stadium for the 1st time and also I really wanted to…

On Saturday, I was at Lang field for a District Tapps 2-1 game between the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets (6-1) and the Antonian Apaches (7-0).  Usually when you have a game that features an undefeated team and a one-loss team so late in the season, it should get a lot of coverage and that is…

On Friday, I was at the Texas Military Institute (TMI) as they played the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets.   This Week 8 game is the last non-district game for St. Anthony. They have accomplished a lot in their previous non-district games, but they will be tested mentally, physically, and emotionally in Weeks 9, 10, and 11…

On Thursday, I made my first appearance at the Wheatley Heights Sports Complex as the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets played the Lee Academy Rebels.  I do have an unpublished list of San Antonio area stadiums that I haven’t visited yet and thanks to St. Anthony, I was able to cross off St. Gerard in Week 1 and…

On Saturday, I made my first visit to Lang Field, which is the home of the St. Anthony Yellow Jackets.  Lang Field is the oldest high school football stadium in Texas (it was  built in 1910). The only other thing I was able to gather about the stadium was that is was named after Father…