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Foster Falcons
Last season the Foster Falcons went 5-5 and return 9 starters on offense plus another 8 on defense. The key returners for the Falcons include Senior QB JT Fayard (1,687 yards, 16 TDs in 2021), senior WR Kendal Stewart (725 yards, 5 TDs), senior WR Jalen Austin (378 yards, 3 TDs), senior DB/RB Ashton Ojiaku (29 tackles, 2 INTs), senior LB Christopher Gore (82 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4 sacks), senior CB Chase Canada (22 tackles).
Fulshear Chargers
The Fulshear Chargers went 5-6 last season and come off a season which saw them become bi-district playoff finalists. The Chargers return 9 offensive starters and 7 defensive starters from last year's team. Key returners include Senior QB/WR Parker Williams (1,762 yards, 12 TDs passing; 910 yards, 11 TDs rushing), senior WR Jax Medica (664 yards, 4 TDs), senior TE Gavin Waits (331 yards, 3 TDs), junior WR Tate Struble (266 yards, 3 TDs), junior RB Davion Godley (732 yards, 3 TDs), senior LB Germany Williams (90 tackles, 5 sacks), senior DB Maverick Schomberg (26 tackles, 4 INTs).
George Ranch Longhorns
Last season the George Ranch Longhorns went 5-5 and return 5 offensive starters and 3 on the defensive side of the ball. Key returners include Senior OL Hanzlah Rana, junior QB Deion Drinkard (238 yards, 2 TDs passing; 32 yards, TD rushing), senior WR Gregor Jones (101 yards, TD), junior RB Jaden Shelton (270 yards, TD, 6.8 yards per carry), junior CB Kennard McGuire (24 total tackles, 5 passes defensed), senior DL Jacques Franklin (24 total tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 2 sacks), junior LB Trevion Aikens (27 total tackles TD).
Terry Rangers
Last season the Terry Rangers went 4-6 and return 6 starters on offense plus another 6 on defense. The key returners include Senior QB Jason Cruz, junior RB Devin Wilkerson, senior WR Trumaine Mitchell, senior LB Juan Rodriguez, senior DL Johnte McCauley, junior DE Cameron Lewis, sophomore DE Jordan Randle.
Lamar Consolidated Mustangs
Last season the Lamar Consolidated Mustangs went 3-7 and return 4 offensive starters and 8 on the defensive side of the ball. Key returners include Senior DT Jadin Nelson, senior NT Ricky Davis, junior LB Marvin Farris, senior DB Edwin Quijada, senior DB Jonathan Anders, senior OLB/TE Jason McCullough, senior RB Justin McCullough.
Anthony comes home to "Heavenly" Hightower
Cornelius Anthony is coming home.
The Elkins grad, who has had a tremendous life through football, has been named the head coach and co-campus coordinator at Houston-area power Hightower High School. The job came open after coach Joseph Sam took the head job at Arlington Bowie.
Anthony was the head coach at Terry High School in Lamar Consolidated ISD.
"It's like heaven," Anthony laughed. "Hightower has always been loaded with great players and this is a football community. It's such an attractive job that any coach would have their eye on it as it came open.
"It's a homecoming for me. I grew up here, my parents live five minutes from the campus. I look forward to making a difference in a community that virtually shaped who I am. It's so new that it's sort of still surreal right now."
Anthony was a star at Elkins and then a three-year starter at linebacker for the Texas A&M Aggies. He went on to play in the NFL and CFL for seven years.
"My main advice and focus for my players are that you have to put just as much training into academics as you do training for your sport," he said. "I played with so many great players in high school, who were better than me. But because I had the grades, I've been able to have a great life through the game of football. It's real and the first thing the college recruiters ask when they come through my door.
"Is so-and-so academically qualified?"
While he's "beyond excited" to start at Hightower, he had to say goodbye to his team at Terry High School.
"There was not a dry eye in the house," he said. "I've spent so much time with them. They become your children, who hang on every word that comes out of your mouth. It was hard to say goodbye but they understand that I'm just a phone call or text away."