This is my blog for Dave Campbell's Texas Football website http://www.texasfootball.com/ it posts every Monday.
Another week, another record for Aledo's Jonathan Gray. The all-time touchdowns leader in Texas high school football history now is the all-time leading scorer as well. Gray's five touchdown performance against Keller Timber Creek on Thursday night put him on a pedestal that has been occupied by the "Sugarland Express" Kenneth Hall for almost sixty years...
Texas High School Career Scoring Records*
920 - Johnathan Gray (Aledo; 2008-11)
899 - Ken Hall (Sugar Land; 1950-53)
890 - Traylon Shead (Cayuga; 2006-09)
862 - Jarrod Martin (Celina; 1993-96)
841 - Robert Strait (Cuero; 1985-87)
It is becoming hard for any of us to put into words the greatness that we are bearing witness to in the form of Jonathan Gray. Whether he goes on to stardom at The University of Texas or even the NFL remains to be seen, and really does not matter. All that matters now is that we are watching the young man that we will one day tell our grand kids about in much the same way that the guys we call old-timers like to talk about Hall, Warren McVea, David Overstreet, Billy Sims, Earl Campbell and others. He is the stuff of legend. It's not fair to put that label on a young man barely driving a car and still trying to earn a high school diploma, but the truth is you have to recognize greatness when you see it in order to appreciate it. Let's enjoy it while we can. Gray is still a long way from the national scoring title as you can see...
National High School Career Scoring Records**
1,246 - Michael Hart (Nedrow Onondaga, NY; 2000-03)
1,076 - T.A. McLendon (Albemarle, NC; 1999-2001)
952 - Brett Law (Sheridan, Ind.; 1986-89)
924 - Kevin Grady, Jr. (East Grand Rapids, Mich.; 2001-04)
920 - Johnathan Gray (Aledo; 2008-11)
899 - Ken Hall (Sugar Land; 1950-53)
...but we know to expect the impossible from him. Anyone who doubts Gray is putting his money on the wrong horse.
* from Texas Football
** from National Federation of State High School Associations
Close Calls
A couple of the best teams in the state had brushes with defeat this week. Southlake Carroll's Dragons survived a test from Keller Fossil Ridge in the District 7-5A opener. The Dragons stopped a two point conversion attempt with 5:14 left in the game that proved to be the difference in a 28-26 win.
Euless Trinity had to go to overtime to defeat Colleyville Heritage 38-35. The Trojans held a 14 point lead at one point but Heritage QB Cody Thomas rallied the Panthers with two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to force the overtime. Austin Lopez hit a 37 yard field goal in OT for the Trojans to seal the victory. Joel Kempala continued to be a dominant runner for the Trojans with 208 yards and a touchdown. The TXA 21 High School Game of the Week will be at Pennington Field in Bedford this Thursday night to see the Trojans live as they take on rival L.D. Bell. Game time is 7:00 PM.
Game Balls
Jonathan Gray, mentioned earlier in this blog, has already rushed for over 1000 yards this season. Did you know there is another 4A runner in the Metroplex that has eclipsed the 1000 yard milestone? Cameron Washington of Coriscana now has 1003 yards after rushing for 216 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers 39-7 win over Ennis. Washington is among the leading scorers in the area as well with 13 rushing touchdowns on the year.
The best quarterback in North Texas might be the one playing about 15 miles North of the University of North Texas. Sanger's Dane Evans continues to put up amazing numbers week in and week out. This week Evans led the Indians to a 45-37 win over Princeton going 22-34 for 353 yards and 3 touchdowns. Evans on the year has passed for 1524 yards and 19 touchdowns with only 4 interceptions.
Also deserving of a game ball this week is Prestonwood Christian QB Parker Ash. Ash passed for a whopping 510 yards and 7 (YES 7!!) touchdowns in a 62-34 victory over John Paul II. That is what I call some holy rollin'.
Fantastic Finish
Endings to ball games don't get any better than the one between Mansfield and Mansfield Timberview on Friday night. With Mansfield trailing by four with 10 seconds left in the game, the Evans brothers pulled off a miracle. Quarterback Jerod Evans heaved a 52 yard hail mary to his brother Lance who strolled into the end zone with one second left to give the Tigers a 29-27 win over crosstown and 5-5A rival Timberview. That pass preserved what has been a perfect season for Mansfield who improved to 4-0 on the year, 1-0 in district play.
Finally congrats go out to Prosper and Celina. The two 3A powerhouses knocked off tough opponents this week. Prosper got the better of Argyle, snapping the Eagle 24-game regular-season home winning streak with a 25-14 victory. Meanwhile Celina dispatched old coaching nemesis Barry Bowman (formerly of Daingerfield) and handed his Paris team their first loss of the season with a 41-22 victory.
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