OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott lingers a little longer after practice at training camp with family, friends and even fans these days, seemingly more comfortable with everything that accompanies being the star running back of the Dallas Cowboys.
NOTE: This is one in a series of articles previewing local and area high school football teams. In Derek Stevens’ first season as head football coach in 2021, the Rising Star Wildcats posted their first winning record since 2015.
The start times for Friday’s Decatur at Brownwood football scrimmage have been moved up, with the JV and freshmen scrimmage starting at 5 p.m. and the varsity scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The scrimmage is scheduled for Gordon Wood Stadium.
The first full-pads, full-contact test of Brownwood’s new defensive scheme in Saturday’s Maroon-White intersquad football scrimmage drew rave reviews and passing grades from Lions’ head coach Sammy Burnett.
NOTE: This is one in a series of articles previewing local and area high school football teams. All signs pointed toward a rebuilding season for Comanche football in 2021.
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Micah Parsons might not lobby for playing time in the preseason this month the way the Dallas linebacker did last year in one of the “Hard Knocks” highlights for the Dallas Cowboys.
A day after Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation, the school said Gundy uttered what it called a racially charged word multiple times during a film session last week. Gundy had been with the program as an assistant since 1999. He announced his resignation Sunday in a social media post, and the school confirmed it with a statement shortly thereafter. Oklahoma sent out another statement on Monday giving more details about the incident.
Local and area high school football coaches understand why a new NCAA and UIL rule will limit blocks below the waist – commonly known as cut blocks – but they question if it’s necessary so close to the line of scrimmage.
Second-year Brownwood coach Will Parker’s plan to stock his boys’ cross country team with runners involves athletes borrowed from the Lions’ basketball, baseball and soccer programs. Even the one-act play and band programs.