trueblue82 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 15 minutes ago, StingEmALTO said: This will make some heads spin. The Tyler Paper “#BEASTTexas Fabulous 15 Preseason Poll”: https://tylerpaper.com/sports/highschool/introducing-the-beasttexas-fabulous-longview-earns-no-spot-in-a/article_2f166bea-b528-11e9-9182-47d6d4c1e0b3.html CLASS 3A/2A/TAPPS 1. Atlanta (4) 166 2. Daingerfield (4) 163 3. Gladewater 155 4. Malakoff (4) 105 T5. Tatum 87 T5. Jefferson 87 7. Harmony 85 8. Tenaha 77 9. Diboll 68 10. Troup 63 11. Elysian Fields 60 12. Alto 45 13. Garrison 40 14. Waskom 37 T15. San Augustine 35 T15. Carlisle 35 Others receiving votes: Corrigan-Camden, 30; Mount Vernon, 22; Grapeland, 16; Mineola, 11; Tyler Grace Community, 11; Joaquin, 11; West Rusk, 9; Edgewood, 7; Arp, 5; Bullard Brook Hill, 5; Paul Pewitt, 3; White Oak, 1; Frankston, 1. The fact that it has anyone in 2A ranked ahead of SA causes this poll to lose any credibility whatsoever, assuming they ever had any to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, trueblue82 said: The fact that it has anyone in 2A ranked ahead of SA causes this poll to lose any credibility whatsoever, assuming they ever had any to start with. First thing I noticed. I was like ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Prep Football: 6 Must See (Cherokee County) Games This Season By Jay Neal [email protected] Jul 27, 2019 1. Aug. 30 — Carthage Bulldogs at Jacksonville Indians 2. September 20 — Alto Yellowjackets at Garrison Bulldogs: This game should tell us a lot about Alto. The Jackets return a solid core of talented players and could be in a position to overtake Price-Carlisle for the District 10-2A-I title this fall. After opening up with Westwood, Timpson and New Diana, Garrison may be the first time that the Mean Sting is really tested. With a dozen starters back from a 10-3 team last year, Garrison has been predicted to finish in first place in the 11-2A-I standings. The Alto defense is top shelf this year and they should be put to the test by Bulldog running back Sebastion Porter, who ran for 2,461 yards and 43 touchdowns in 2018. With Alto having its open date the following week, a win in this game could put the Jackets on top of the world to open conference at Big Sandy on October 11. 3. September 27 — Jacksonville Indians at Nacogdoches Dragons 4. October 4 — Troup Tigers at Harmony Eagles 5. October 4 — Rusk Eagles at Pittsburg Pirates 6. October 11 — Dallas Christian Chargers at Brook Hill Guard https://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/sports/prep-football-must-see-games-this-season/article_08723c08-aa6f-11e9-9ab4-cb2236c03818.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpleforever Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 8/3/2019 at 2:38 PM, StingEmALTO said: MONDAY! It’s time. Good looking group of young men. Looks like the summer workouts did some good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Purpleforever said: Good looking group of young men. Looks like the summer workouts did some good. Yes sir!! They had a good summer strength and conditioning program, and good participation, too. A few young men that have come all summer didn’t make the pic because they were running track over in the Carolinas. Better conditioned and stronger players = a step forward in our program! All the best to Newton (if that’s your purple team! Lol)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 Today’s the day!! Can’t believe it’s finally here! One thing (among a million) that I love about Alto Football is the crowd of Jacket fans that will be at practice today and the coming weeks. Folks around here love their hometown football team! One of the new coaches last year remarked that they knew Alto was football crazy but didn’t realize just how much until practice started. He said it looked like Cowboys training camp with the amount of fans watching! Ready to get this thing started at 4:00 today. LET’S GOOOOOO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutingReport Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Well, I guess since I am (@SR_scouting) I will stick with my predictions from the first page. 1 & 2 spot should be competitive but Alto I believe (not worth anything what I believe) will be just too much this season for Carlisle. Keep your eyes on Big Sandy too. Might start out a little slow (tough non-district) but they will be a tough out for Carlisle and Alto. Go ahead and follow us on Twitter! Good luck everyone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 minute ago, jorr2car said: Well, I guess since I am (@SR_scouting) I will stick with my predictions from the first page. 1 & 2 spot should be competitive but Alto I believe (not worth anything what I believe) will be just too much this season for Carlisle. Keep your eyes on Big Sandy too. Might start out a little slow (tough non-district) but they will be a tough out for Carlisle and Alto. Go ahead and follow us on Twitter! Good luck everyone! I’ve enjoyed following @SR_scouting on Twitter. Graphics are cool y’all put together, too! Hope your predictions are right.....I’ll take a district championship any day! Last one we had was 2015; we’re due! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 For those of you on Twitter, this is a cool project that @TXHSFBgameday put together. Check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutingReport Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 45 minutes ago, StingEmALTO said: I’ve enjoyed following @SR_scouting on Twitter. Graphics are cool y’all put together, too! Hope your predictions are right.....I’ll take a district championship any day! Last one we had was 2015; we’re due! If that's the case I think Cushing is due WAY before Alto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, jorr2car said: If that's the case I think Cushing is due WAY before Alto. You may have a point, but when you’re used to having district championships.....well, you really miss them when you don’t. I don’t think Cushing is missing anything because you can’t miss what you haven’t had. No disrespect intended, but you get my logic, right?! Lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 Reflecting a little bit on this first day of practice 2019: We are going into the 92nd year of ALTO FOOTBALL with a record of 579-369-34 (982 games | .6069 winning percentage....34 ties??? So glad they fixed this a few years back! lol). Ready to pile on a few more dubs! List compiled from https://www.texashighschoolfootballhistory.com/season_records_a.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirtFalcon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, StingEmALTO said: Reflecting a little bit on this first day of practice 2019: We are going into the 92nd year of ALTO FOOTBALL with a record of 579-369-34 (982 games | .6069 winning percentage....34 ties??? So glad they fixed this a few years back! lol). Ready to pile on a few more dubs! List compiled from https://www.texashighschoolfootballhistory.com/season_records_a.html Nice record ... almost as good as Garrison's .... Groveton had the best all-time small school record last time I checked ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 22 minutes ago, KirtFalcon said: Nice record ... almost as good as Garrison's .... Groveton had the best all-time small school record last time I checked ... Groveton is still the best in Region 3, but statewide Refugio and Mart have passed them up. Alto actually has more wins than Garrison, but Garrison has a better percentage. Per the record books, looks like the Bulldogs stopped playing football from 1935-1945? And Alto started playing two years before the Dogs: 1927 vs 1929. REFUGIO: 722-271-31= .7202 MART: 764-352-43= .6777 GROVETON: 654-317-34= .6676 GARRISON: 531-268-13= .6618 ALTO: 579-369-34= .6069 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpleforever Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 10 hours ago, StingEmALTO said: Yes sir!! They had a good summer strength and conditioning program, and good participation, too. A few young men that have come all summer didn’t make the pic because they were running track over in the Carolinas. Better conditioned and stronger players = a step forward in our program! All the best to Newton (if that’s your purple team! Lol)! That's the one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Purpleforever said: That's the one. I’ve heard of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearTheSpear78 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 10 hours ago, jorr2car said: Well, I guess since I am (@SR_scouting) I will stick with my predictions from the first page. 1 & 2 spot should be competitive but Alto I believe (not worth anything what I believe) will be just too much this season for Carlisle. Keep your eyes on Big Sandy too. Might start out a little slow (tough non-district) but they will be a tough out for Carlisle and Alto. Go ahead and follow us on Twitter! Good luck everyone! Never count out Carlisle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 First day numbers: ALTO: 51 total (29 Varsity | 22 JV) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 10 hours ago, IndiansIn07 said: Never count out Carlisle Wouldn't do it.....not after that butt whoopin' last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperRipper Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 https://www.maxpreps.com/m/rankings/list.aspx?ssid=8d610ab9-220b-465b-9cf0-9f417bce6c65&statedivisionid=5aed0a63-be0f-4d66-9d2c-291266a9fe23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 Last year in Coach Meeks’ first season with the Jackets, he brought in “B.T.B.” as the theme for the program: “BURN THE BOATS!” in reference to Cortez and his sailors arriving in the New World and not looking back....BURNING their ship and moving forward, pressing on. The boys always broke the huddle “BTB!” Our spirit shirts had BTB on the back, the football program ads had BTB throughout and it was basically on everything! Folks would often ask “What is BTB?” Flash forward to THIS year 2019: The new theme Coach Meeks came up with in the spring is MERAKI. Never heard of it, but I like it!! And folks keep asking “What is ‘Meraki?’”....so here it is: putting your heart and soul into whatever it is you’re doing. I think that’s pretty dang good. I mean, anything worth doing should be worth doing well.....but going even beyond that. So, my hope for our team this year is that they will put everything they've got into it....for the TEAM. It started in the spring, continued into the summer, and now here we are. Can’t wait to see what this fall holds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 UPDATE: Tornado Recovery Continues at Alto ISD (video interview with Superintendent Kelly West included) https://www.ktre.com/2019/08/06/webxtra-tornado-recovery-continues-alto-isd/ https://bit.ly/2M3zqGQ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KETK_NBC Friday night football parking for this fall will be as follows: • Reserved parking for season ticket holders will be in the Alto Elementary parking lot. • General admission parking will be in the lot behind the softball field and the Elementary School playground. Additionally, overflow parking will be between the Middle School and High School buildings. (Side note and personal opinion: This insurance company is ridiculous!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Media Day on Saturday, practice, and watermelons from Jones Farm Produce for our boys. Love tradition!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingEmALTO Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Yes sir!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Meeks has put together a solid staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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