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From an article on the 1983 Daingerfield football team in the December 21, 2017 Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “Class 4A Carthage, led by all-state running back and future TCU track star Roscoe Tatum, scored on a long touchdown pass in the second half of Daingerfield’s 10-6 victory in the final nondistrict game.”

BTW, what team scored the only touchdown that was scored all season on the great ‘83 Daingerfield team?

Does Washington refer to WR Junior Henderson, who caught 2 4th-quarter TD passes in the State Championship Game? He does return.

Bowman is now (more than 18-1/2 years later) the CHS basketball coach.

Will there be a Chalk Talk tomorrow (Monday, Dec. 30) to review the state championship game?

Don’t forget the 2 senior WRs. One of them missed most of the playoffs due to injury. The good news is that the 2 athletic freshmen who were called up a couple of weeks or so before the playoffs will be available all season and will play a more prominent role than this year.

What did Coach Hyde say after the game?

Does the QB return?

The Carthage secondary should be even better next year. Both starting CBs return, as does one of the two starting safeties. And two freshmen (a CB & a safety) who were called up to the varsity late in the regular season will be big contributors as sophomores in the secondary and/or WR.

2007 Area round: Liberty Hill 41, CHS 14 2011 Regional semifinal: Argyle 35, CHS 34 (OT) 2012 State semifinal: El Campo 29, CHS 25 (Points might be off a little, but CHS definitely blew a 4th quarter lead.) 2014 Area round: El Campo 28, CHS 21 2015 State semifinal: Waco La Vega 39, CHS 3 2018 State semifinal: Liberty Hill 44, CHS 41 2021 Regional semifinal: China Spring 27, CHS 17 2023 State Quarterfinal: Gilmer 47, CHS 44 (OT)

CHS Playoff Record under Coach Surratt: Bi-District: 18-0 Area: 16-2 (lost to El Campo in 2014 & Liberty Hill in 2007) Regional Semifinals: 14-2 (lost to China Spring in 2021 & Argyle in 2011) Quarterfinals: 13-1 (lost to Gilmer in 2023) Semifinals: 10-3 (lost to Liberty Hill in 2018, Waco La Vega in 2015 & El Campo in 2012) Championships: 10-0 Total: 81-8 (91%)

2,045 coming into today’s game

He’ll be back next year, as will #8, who was voted the game’s Defensive MVP.

Combining the stats of CHS RBs KJ Edwards and Benny Smith: 256 carries (17 per game) 2,859 yards (191 per game/11.2 yards per carry) 40 TDs

2008 vs. Celina - 12 point win 2009 vs. Graham - 1 point win 2010 vs. Coldspring - 25 point win 2013 vs. Kilgore - 11 point win 2016 vs. Abilene Wylie - 14 point win 2017 vs. Kennedale - 28 point win 2019 vs. Waco La Vega - 14 point win 2020 vs. Gilmer - 56 point win 2022 vs. Wimberley - 42 point win AVERAGE MARGIN OF VICTORY - 23 points

It took a while before Gilmer realized they were outmatched. They led 14-0 in the first quarter…Carthage then proceeded to score the game’s next 70 points!

Is this Brock’s DTs?

Not that this means anything for this week’s game, but other than the 1-point win over Graham in 2009, the closest game Carthage has had in its state championship wins has been an 11-point victory over Kilgore in 2013. The average margin of victory in the 9 state championship games Carthage has won has been more than 3 TDs (nearly 23 points a game). In the last 4 state championship games the Bulldogs have won (2017, 2019, 2020 & 2022), the average margin of victory has been 5 TDS (35 points). To repeat, history doesn’t always repeat itself, but some may find this interesting with kickoff still two days away.

Was there anything in yesterday’s Chalk Talk that can be shared here?

Given that La Vega’s offense has been more effective in the playoffs (51 points per game) than during the regular season (35 points per game), I can’t help but wonder if this is more attributable to La Vega’s improvement on that side of the ball or the competition level going down.

Two traditional 4A powers meet at 11AM Friday for all of this year’s marbles. CHS is the favorite, but La Vega has been scoring at a tremendous clip in the playoffs. How do you see this one?

You can say that again…oh, I see you already did!

When the game started, many of the Brock fans were blowing those annoying air horns as the Bulldogs tried to call their offensive signals. They had to be “encouraged “ twice by the referee to cut it out or risk being penalized. Surely they hadn’t been allowed to do that during prior games this season. I thus wonder why they decided to do it last night. It was not a good look (or sound).

The CHS defense gave up 14 points tonight (3 of Brock’s points were off a turnover deep in CHS territory) and scored 7 themselves on a turnover. I’ll take that in a state semifinal any day.

To be determined over the next week.