BevBrownJr

Played in Longview on a Saturday

Carthage regional championship games under Coach Surratt - 12-0 2022 - CHS 45, Pleasant Grove 14 2020 - CHS 52, China Spring 14 2019 - CHS 24, Midlothian Heritage 7 2018 - CHS 28, Henderson 7 (Lions scored on a kickoff return) 2017 - CHS 35, Henderson 0 2016 - CHS 27, Stafford 26 (Stafford had about as many future DI players as Pleasant Grove this year) 2015 - CHS 56, Silsbee 40 2013 - CHS 28, West Orange-Stark 14 2012 - CHS 50, Silsbee 21 2010 - CHS 44, Argyle 27 2009 - CHS 28, Lorena 21 2008 - CHS 31, Gilmer 28 (Buckeyes introduced to Dwight Smith)

In the bi-district win over Liberty-Eylau, 8 RBs had carries for Carthage. I believe only 1 of them is a senior.

Their RB has DI offers, just as the QB does. He ran exceptionally hard the few times he got to carry the ball. I join you in wondering why he didn’t get more carries…and why the big junior TE, who already has many DI offers, wasn’t thrown to more.

There are 8 underclassmen starting on that unit - 4 juniors & 4 sophomores.

Yes

Gilmer lost to Pleasant Grove by 5 TDs. So the question is: how much have the Buckeyes improved since that beatdown?

They lost 4 of their first 5 games…but they’re still alive.

Did I not see 4 of those kids in the secondary at the same time quite a bit today?

Benny Smith is a sophomore who has been the 3rd string RB most of the season (and still would be if #4 wasn’t injured).

I believe that was DE KD Bell, who was CHS’s only two-way starter. Senior starting LBs last year were Deiontae Marry in the middle and Viencint Cabada on the outside. Senior starters in the secondary were CB Kendrick Harper and safeties Jekerrian Roquemore and Zsema’d Williams.

Do any of these players not play both ways?

Had to go to OT to win in Pittsburg.

The receiver mentioned above, who is a sophomore, wasn’t a starter. He is very talented; I’ve seen him referred to on this website as a potential DI prospect.

There was previously mention that the center would miss this week’s game due to injury. Who is the other key player expected to miss the game?

Ask Kilgore about the effectiveness of Carthage’s run game this year.

What positions do each of them play? Are all of them seniors?

CHS’s 3rd round playoff record under Coach Surratt is 12-2. The 2 losses were 10 years apart. 2022 - won over Gilmer 28-7 2021 - lost to eventual state champion China Spring 27-17 2020 - won over Salado 35-7 2019 - won over Crandall 52-21 2018 - won over Midlothian Heritage 50-49 (OT) 2017 - won over Silsbee 64-36 2016 - won over Henderson 33-31 2015 - won over defending state champion Navasota 55-48 2014 - n/a (lost in the 2nd round) 2013 - won over Silsbee 49-6 2012 - won over Silsbee 50-21 2011 - lost to Argyle 35-34 (2 OTs) 2010 - won over Dallas Madison 42-13 2009 - won over Caldwell 56-41 2008 - won over Rockdale 55-28 2007 - n/a (lost in the 2nd round)

9-0

The average score of a PG game this year has been 51-15, or a 36-point differential. For CHS, it’s 44-10, which is a 34-point average margin of victory. Of the 3 common opponents, PG beat Pittsburg and Rusk by an average of 20 points more than did CHS. However, CHS beat Liberty-Eylau by 27 points more than did PG.

If the pass into the end zone on the last play of the 1st half had been completed (or the apparent pass interference by VA on it had been called) and the sure PIC6 hadn’t been dropped by the CHS DE, it would have been.

Both games against Liberty Hill were at night.

Night game

Other than being “about the same level as Rusk”, what is the additional scouting report on Van Alstyne (team, not announcers)?

I would start by looking closely at the videos of this season’s previous games, especially those in which the opponents had some success. Of course, my team might not have the weapons to successfully attack the areas revealed in such videos as weaknesses…but that’s a start. If I was an offensive coordinator, I would make sure I looked at the Carthage, Gilmer, and Lindale games. On the other side of the ball, I would look closely at the Carthage, Pine Tree, and Athens games.