Liberty

I think is ashamed nobody in East Texas, 4A or 5A, will play Carthage. Henderson. Jacksonville, Pine Tree, Hallsville, Marshall, Whitehouse, Nacogdoches, Palestine, and several others used to play Carthage every year. Non-district game should be wide open, but those schools have changed. Kilgore is playing. Chapel Hill I have read, is supposedly. They originally said No. Jasper said yes. Why?

I didn't count Gilmer out, and I am a Bulldawg fan! Ya'll won...truth is you dodged a bullet while winning. Congratulations on the win. Go take the gold.

Congratulations Gilmer. Bring it home. Carthage will be back next year!!

Dawgs if even by 1...

I personally lost respect for this coach several years ago. I was hoping the rumor of him going back to the Dallas area was truth. Unfortunately it wasn't.

Always enjoyed officiating for Chris. Very real in his coaching in my experience. Hate to see coaches reassigned. Same thing happened to Coach Castles in Henderson....ask the kids and fans how they are liking that....I was told they aren't liking it at all... Sometimes wrong decisions are made. Hope Chris gets another gig, if that's something he wants.

Many of them call college; anywhere from Juco to Div 2 and 3. A few in Div 1. All officiating chapters all over the United States are hurting for officials. East Texas chapter and Tyler chapters are hiring now! Get out of the bleachers and get you some of it. I promise you that your first game will give you an eye opening experience.

I have known Chris for 10 years, or more. Always a great coach to work with on the field, at home, or away. My opinion really doesn't matter, but I don't know what HS is expecting. Their district is tough. Good Luck to him, from a friend, you call, "old man"

Awesome stuffp!!! Great coach!! Congratulations!

GO DAWGS!

Was told today that Gilmer, who has played Carthage in non- district, for years has backed out of playing this year... what's that all about?

This man coached my youngest son in Corsicana. He told me that Coach Castles was one of the greatest men he had been under while he was there. A classy coach, and a great family. I hate Henderson is reassigning him. But God has a bigger plan. I wish him and his family the best!

I was at the Pleasant Grove vs Silsbee ballgame in Carthage. Silsbee had speed on the team, but Pleasant Grove pretty much dominated the game. It was over at half time, imo. I see Carthage pretty much winning this by how ever many points they want too.

I had the privilege of officiating several games for him. He was an awesome coach and a better man. Praying for his family

I thought I read Liberty Hill is headed to 5A

Great game Lampasas! Ya'll are a good team.

I listened to some of the game between Lampasas and Liberty Hill. Apparently, with less than 2:00 left in the game, and Liberty Hill with only 1 timeout left, and not planning on using it, the QB backed up and threw a 20 touchdown pass. The LH radio announcers were livid. The touchdown got reversed because of and offensive penalty. In my opinion, that is pretty sorry for a team to do that. According to the radio announcers, one of the coaches apologized to LH for that. Lampasas took knees after that too. The QB for Lampasas had a remarkable game. I don't remember the stats, but he had 5 or 6 touchdown passes and a lot of yardage. LH was slow in the secondary last year when Carthage beat themselves.

They fixed the problem. We can post now.

State Semi Finals - Lampasas vs Carthage. Being played at Texan Drive/Randall Reed Stadium in New Caney, Friday at 7:30 PM. Carthage is the visitors. Go Dawgs!

Congratulation LOBOS! 2018 6A D2 State Champs! Was an awesome ballgame to watch!

Good luck Liberty Hill. I hope you bring the title home......

Says a kid who has probably never done this...Austin Statesman write up. “Forty and 0 is over-rated,” senior running back Kyle Harrison said after Liberty Hill outlasted Carthage 44-41 Friday night at Cy-Fair Stadium All I am going to say is if Cathage had caught those passes, it would have been a different story. I know that they didn't, and life is a should a, could a would a, d and didn't kind a thing.

Well, I have scanned smoakey some this year, and, by far, not an expert on anything. As I watched the Dawgs, this year, I saw some young men grow. There are a lot of young varsity players who are returning next year. I was told we are losing just a few starters. I do know there is a very talented JV moving up, with a good QB. Gunner was good, and sometimes, great! Enjoyed watching him grow up in the football world.. Last night, I saw a team start off great, and end up with a lot of touchdowns dropped. Nothing against Liberty Hill, their offense was interesting to watch, but if Wideouts don't drop balls, this game is different in my opinion. Unfortunately, miscues and mistakes, are part of the game. Liberty Hill, I hope you're able to beat LaVega, but I don't think it will happen. In my honest opinion, you played very well, and beat a better team. Next Year Dawgs!

Correct me if I got the wrong information. However, I was told by someone who knows, that in the Huffman game, Carthage had several players with that awful stomach virus that's been going around. In fact there was a report of one of them upchucking on the field because of it. They played, 'not up to par' but still won 46-10..... Carthage big in this one......that's all!