VYPE's Matt Malatesta catches up with Jason Brittain, the head man of Angleton
The Angleton Wildcats are in the State Semis this weekend against Smithson Valley after a tremendous regular season and run through the playoffs.
VYPE's Matt Malatesta sat down with coach Jason Brittain, who discussed the team's secret sauce. Loaded with a deep senior class, the Wildcats play complementary football: stingy defense and confident and balanced offense.
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Regents and Second Baptist are practically joined at the hip. After all, they’ve met eight times since 2012, including a run of six straight regular season or playoff matchups from 2016-21. They both sport similar dark blue and white colors, although Regents has a splash of gold thrown in, both are VYPE client schools and they even share some coaching history with longtime former Regents head coach Beck Brydon heading to Houston to helm the Eagles for three years, including the last time these two TAPPS powers met in the 2023 playoffs.
It’s odd, then, that they haven’t met since then. That’s an oversight that will be remedied when Regents faces Second Baptist in the TAPPS Division II state semifinals Friday night (11/13) at Caldwell HS in our VYPE Austin CenTex Game of the Week.
Head Coach Kyle Shotwell’s Knights (8-1) are coming in fresh off a first-round Bye and have rolled since falling to SPC power Kinkaid in Week 2. (Which brings up another connection: the Knights fell to Kinkaid; Second Baptist fell to Houston Episcopal. Both those SPC titans are meeting for the SPC 4A Championship Saturday night at Delmar Stadium in a game VYPE will broadcast.)
Senior quarterback Jack Devine has thrown for over 2,000 yards with 28 touchdown and just one pick to pace a Regents offense averaging 47.4 points-per-game. The Knights defense, meanwhile, has pitched two shutouts and allowed just a single touchdown against playoff qualifier and cross-town rival Hyde Park.
First-year head coach Keith Page, who took over from Brydon this year, has his Eagles on a 3-game winning streak, including a 37-0 blanking of the aforementioned Hyde Park Panthers in last week’s Regional Round. Second Baptist (8-3) has scored over 30 points in their 7 wins (not counting a forfeit victory) and have held four opponents to a touchdown or less.
Regents leads the all-time series 6-2, including a 34-7 win in their last matchup in 2023. The winner of this one plays for a TAPPS State Championship next week.
There are more than just bragging rights on the line when these two proud programs clash in the playoffs yet again.
2028 Shadow Creek (Texas) four-star wide receiver Jaylen Addai has been one of the busiest prospects in H-town this fall.
The No. 1 prospect in the Lone Star State for the 2028 class has spent his Saturdays on the road, taking game day visits to Texas, Texas A&M, Miami, Texas Tech and Notre Dame, with a trip to Ohio State still to come.
For Addai, the goal of each visit is simple: get a true feel for the program on the biggest day of the week.
"When I go on the visits I honestly just want to expand my knowledge of the school," Addai said. "Just get to see what the school, the coaches and the players are like."
The game day visits give the four-star wide receiver an in-depth look at the atmosphere at each school as programs from across the country battle for his commitment. Addai holds offers from LSU, Alabama, Oregon and Colorado among others.
Recently, Addai checked off a lifelong goal, receiving his Navy All-American Bowl jersey at Shadow Creek in front of his family and friends.
"It was great," Addai said. "Bowl games was something I dreamed of since I was little, so for me to be able to get the All-American jersey at my school in front of my family and friends meant a big deal to me."
Now, the focus shifts back to Friday nights as the Sharks open their playoff run, and Addai isn't shying away from the expectations.
"We're looking to kill," Addai said. "The end goal is state. We're 0-0 now in the playoffs and we're trying to go undefeated from now on."
Addai and the Sharks have a long road ahead to reach Jerry's World but the mentality and mindset is different this year than in years past at Shadow Creek.
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