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Oak Ridge Tennis Serves Up Some Key Wins

January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Chloe Waggoner picked up one of the War Eagle victories.

The Oak Ridge tennis team played their first spring tournament of the season on the 18th and 19th at the Tiger Winter Classic in College Station. Nine members of the team played in a spring varsity tournament for the first time.

Following Christmas break, the War Eagles had only three days without rain to practice and were shaking off the rust from the break in between the fall and spring seasons. Nonetheless, the team notched 30 wins in the tournament.

The girls’ doubles teams of Maddie Kelley (senior) & Amy Sharp (sophomore) and Carrie Munguia (junior) & Callie Roth (junior) notched three wins in the tournament. In girls’ singles, Jessica Lu (junior) and Chloe Waggoner (senior) notched three wins. Chloe Waggoner placed third in the tournament’s “B” bracket.

Notching their first spring season varsity wins were Sam Pangle (sophomore) & Alberto Silva (freshman) in boys’ singles and Ariel Caragea (junior) & Jenny Yozviak (sophomore) in girls’ doubles.

Dalton Dueitt (sophomore), Amy Sharp, Carrie Munguia, Diego Aramayo (senior) and Brenda Telles (senior) were members of doubles teams picking up their first ever spring season varsity win.

Along the way, the War Eagles picked up some key victories against district foe, Bryan.

Coach Justin Williams is optimistic about Oak Ridge spring tennis, “We play a very competitive spring tournament schedule and we look forward to a successful season to complement our fall return to the district playoffs.

You can find the War Eagle tennis schedule at the Oak Ridge High School Tennis site.

See you at the courts!

Oak Ridge rules!

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War Eagle Powerlifters Take 2nd in 8-team Meet

January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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Oak Ridge powerlifting is off to a good start! On January 12, the War Eagle boys team traveled to Houston for an eight team meet and came away with a respectable 2nd place finish.

In powerlifting, the athletes are classified by their weight. The weight classes range from 114 to 275-plus pounds. Each team is allowed eleven lifters and not allowed to have more than three in any one weight class.

The War Eagles took eleven lifters and eight of them returned home with hardware.

The medalist’s included Matt Rice in the 123lb class who placed 4th. Hayden Gula in his first ever meet placed 5th in the 132lb class. In the 148lb division, Oak Ridge had two medalist’s in Tyler Marcel (3rd) and Tanner Kuhle (5th). In the 181lb class Jonathan Voltaire stepped up to the challenge and earned himself a 3rd place medal. In the 220lb class, Justin Edwards was able to hang on and earn himself a 5th place finish with his total.

By far and away, Oak Ridge shined the most in the 198lb and 242lb classes. In the 198’s, George Stephenson totaled 1330lbs and placed 1st in his division. Stephenson is currently ranked 1st in the region in his class. In the 242lb division Justin Latonero totaled 1445lbs placing him 1st overall. Latonero is also at the top of his class in the region.

For the girls, Britney Northern and Jennifer Ramirez came in 2nd in their respective divisions.

Powerlifting at the high school level is a club sport that operates under the auspices of the THSPA (Texas High School Powerlifting Association). For addition information, you can go to www.thspa.us. The girls are under the THSWPA.

The following Milby meet (8 teams) results from this weekend just barely made it in before press time.

2nd place as a Team

Matt Rice 4th  (123)

Hayden Gula 5th (132)

Jason Simmons 4th (148)

Tyler Marcel 3rd (148)

Demarcus Durst 5th (165)

Kwame Etwi 4th (181)

George Stephenson 1st (198)

 Justin Edwards 4th (220)

Justin Latonero 1st (242)

Brittany Northern 2nd

Jennifer Ramirez 2nd

Coach Will Compton is proud of his troops and how they are progressing after two competitions… ”We are extremely proud in the way that our athletes competed and represented our school. They challenged themselves and showed great support for each other. The future is bright for Oak Ridge.”

More powerlifting articles are to come!

Oak Ridge rules!!!

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War Eagles Wake Up, Storm Back to Beat Tigers

January 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of Chuck Briese

Rob Stewart’s Oak Ridge War Eagles (12-10, 1-2) basketball team finally stopped pressing the snooze button at the end of the third quarter just in time to defeat the much improved Conroe Tigers, 83-71 registering their first district win.

Lamar Hernandez scored 21 to lead Conroe (9-16, 1-3) on a night that saw the Tigers take a rare district lead to the locker room at the intermission, 43-31. Dre Hamilton and Stedman Bell chipped in 14 and 11 points respectively for Conroe.

The scrappy Tigers were able to maintain their lead after three quarters of play, 60-51.

It was in between the third and fourth quarters that Coach Stewart decided he’d had enough and woke his charges up. With Oak Ridge seemingly being shot out of Stewart’s cannon, the War Eagles took to the run and gun and dominated the final stanza, 32-11. Leading the way for Oak Ridge was Trumaine Jefferson with 26 points. Josh Caldwell tallied 12 and Josh Myers contributed 10.

Not only did Oak Ridge break into the district win column, they came from behind to do it after being down after 24 minutes of play against a team that had already won a district game. The War Eagles proved to themselves that when the chips are down and they are not playing their best, they won’t fold.

Oak Ridge travels to College Station on Friday for a 7pm tilt with A&M Consolidated (15-7, 2-2). A&M defeated College Park (18-10, 1-2) 66-50 on Tuesday night. Conroe is off on Friday and will host A&M Consolidated next Tuesday. College Park travels to Funkytown on Friday.

It’s early in the District 14-5A race but Oak Ridge is right in the thick of things – and with a bit of a much deserved chip on their shoulders.

See you in College Station Friday night!

War Eagles Rule!

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Oak Ridge Football Booster Club Banquet Scheduled for January 17

January 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Football Booster Club’s annual Football Banquet is scheduled for January 17, and this year will feature Gerald Irons as the guest speaker.  Mr. Irons served on the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees for over 20 years, and prior to that spent 10 years in the NFL, playing for the Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders.

The Booster Club supports the War Eagle football program where district funds and capabilities fall short.  Through spirit fees, concession and apparel sales, and various fund raisers they are able to provide financial support to enhance Oak Ridge football player experience and improve safety. They have spent $15k already on new equipment for the boys, including 50 sets of shoulder pads, 39 helmets, and two neck machines designed to reduce concussions.

This year the club has incorporated a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer into the organizational structure, with the hope that the additional leadership positions will encourage additional volunteerism and enhance the club’s fund raising abilities. They have also created additional committee positions to promote club functions and events. The club is a volunteer organization whose success depends on volunteer efforts by the athletes’ parents, and in rallying community participation. They maintain both a website and a Facebook presence where additional information can be found.

The booster club’s annual golf tournament is scheduled for May 17, and they are excited to announce the first annual ”Side by Side” utility raffle that will allow the coaches the use of a utility vehicle throughout the season. That utility vehicle will then be raffled off at the conclusion of the football season.  The club is currently seeking local businesses to partner “side by side” to help in  supplying the utility vehicle for this fund raiser.  Anyone interested in helping should contact Stuart Norton or Billy Lowe.

Tickets for the annual banquet are $15 and a ticket will be required to attend.  Tickets can be purchased in the athletic office. The banquet will start at 6:30 PM on January 17 and will be held in the ORHS cafeteria.

 

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War Eagles Outsmart Porter 67-51 on MIT Night

November 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Josh Caldwell was among the scoring leaders as Oak Ridge defeated Porter 67-51 Tuesday night. Photo courtesy of Chuck Briese

The Oak Ridge War Eagle basketball team proved to be rude hosts in defeating a pesky Porter Spartans squad 67-51 on Tuesday night.

The War Eagles (2-2) are playing like a cohesive unit already with balanced scoring across the board. Tanner Doyel, Brent Burress, Josh Caldwell and Luken Baker led team scoring with 11 points each. Bryan Lehmann and Trumaine Jefferson chipped in with 10 apiece. Porter’s Hunter Ray scored 32 points to include making 13 out of 14 free throws.

Coach Stewart was pleased with his team’s effort, “We had some amazingly balanced scoring, he said.”

The basketball game was not the only event going on as this was also Oak Ridge’s annual MIT night. MIT night is an idea Coach Stewart and company came up with eight years ago as a way to show teachers just how valuable they are to the young people of this community.

“Our teachers are so involved with the students and so helpful in their success, we just wanted to say thank you.” Coach Stewart said.

Each player picks their most important teacher for their own individual reasons. The players write a statement and Coach Stewart reads it during pre-game introductions. The players and their teachers walk out together as they are introduced.

The teachers this year are… Ms. Abele, Ms. Lowe, Ms. Crowe, Ms. Garrett, Coach Pirtle, Ms. Mayfield, Mr. Winter, Mr. McComis, Coach Strickland, Ms. Bernstein (the only staff member that has been at Oak Ridge High School for its entire history), and Ms. Sullivan. Coach Stewart indicated that Ms. Sullivan had to escape the hospital because she just had surgery. MIT night is so special to her that she did all she could to attend – and made it!

Oak Ridge holds their annual alumni game on Friday night at 7:00 pm. Coach Stewart said, “Now we have to defeat some of the best players from three decades! I am looking forward to seeing them again.”

   
Porter

19

13

17

12

61
Oak Ridge

19

20

23

15

77

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Oak Ridge Baseball Facility Facelift in Full Swing

November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of Simon Ladesma

After years of waiting, the War Eagles and their fans are about to get some much needed upgrades to their baseball facilities!

Thanks to the hard work of booster parents, Coach Mike Pirtle, Principal Tommy Johnson, District Athletic Director Danny Long and others at the district level, the Conroe ISD School Board approved a package of more than $725,000 for Oak Ridge baseball.

Add this to the $375,000 outfield replacement that has been completed and total improvements top $1.1 million since September!

Here is a look at what is coming for Oak Ridge baseball thanks to CISD:

  • The current dugouts, netting behind home plate, lights and batting cages and bullpen will all be removed. The apparel and storage sheds will also be moved.
  • Bleachers will be added on the first and third base sides, tied into the existing bleachers. A central walkway at the height of the current brick wall will wrap in front of all three sets of bleachers to allow spectators to move freely around the stadium.
  • Handicapped accessible ramps will be installed to allow all fans access to the bleacher areas.
  • New dugouts will be constructed for home and visitors located 20 feet further down the lines to improve player safety.
  • New, more efficient and more powerful lighting will be installed on the existing light poles – improving player safety and fan experience.
  • A 65′ x 80′  concrete pad will be installed to accommodate a batting and pitching facility.

As we in Oak Ridge celebrate the transformation that is to come, we must at the same time get to work to do our part. This is why the War Eagle baseball program is launching a $40,000 “Swinging for the Future” capital campaign to fund the construction of the much needed batting cage and bullpen area.

Thanks to some negotiating with the contractor and other behind the scenes work, the construction on that facility will begin immediately and run concurrently with the efforts to raise the money needed to pay for the structure.

A quick look at the new facility to be paid for by the ORHS Baseball Boosters:

  • The 65′ x 80′ structure will feature a steel roof and apron along the top of each side, protecting players and coaches from both rain and sun.
  • Three batting tunnels, dividable into multiple hitting stations will be installed.
  • A clay mound accomodating a pair of pitchers will be installed in the bullpen area.
  • All nets will be on steel cables, allowing them to be pulled back so the facility can be used for agility drills and hitting ground balls.
  • Lights will be installed to maximize the facility’s hours of use.

If you would like to help in the way of a donation or know someone or some business that might be interested in donating, please e-mail Bryan Morytko at bmorytko@gmail.com.

All renovations are projected to be completed for the spring, 2014 baseball season.

This is just another example of how Oak Ridge high school is raising the bar on and off the athletic fields.

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War Eagle Basketball Season is Upon Us – Boys Drop Opener to Klein Oak

November 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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The Oak Ridge High School boys basketball team is coming off of a less than memorable 2011 campaign and Coach Rob Stewart will be the first one to confirm that information. “We had a tough time last year. 9 wins and 21 losses is rough. We will be better this year”, Stewart promised.

Stewart is used to being in the playoffs, and last year was a down year for the longest tenured coach at Oak Ridge. His expectations are high this year with a host of talent and character up and down the roster. “I truly love and respect each of the players on our team”, he exclaimed.

For the War Eagles, returning players like juniors Tanner Doyel, Trumaine Jefferson, Josh Myers and Josh Caldwell along with seniors Brent Burress and Nick Prejean will provide leadership. Making their debut with the big club are seniors Ronnie Cornelius, Bryan Lehmann, Jerann Chevalier, Robbie Bull, and Jacoby Nixon. Sophomore Luken Baker will provide a lot of depth.

“We are expecting great things”, said Stewart. “It is so nice to work with these athletes and to see them become outstanding young men.”

Coach Stewart is a very successful coach. Year in and year out he continues to get the most out of whatever his players have inside them. However, those who know Coach Stewart know he is not all about wins and losses. “I’ve always looked at sports as a microcosm of life”, Stewart said. “Trials and tribulations, fun and excitement are usually occurring in a crazy mixed up way – just like in life”, he added.

Oak Ridge is one game into their season that saw them lose to a talented Klein Oak basketball team on Tuesday night on the road, 77-65. Lehmann led Oak Ridge scoring with 16 points. Doyel and Burress chipped in with 11 and 10, respectively.

Oak Ridge will play in the Magnolia tournament starting on Thursday. The full War Eagle schedule can be found here.

Time to start raising the roof in the gym, Oak Ridge fans!!!

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War Eagles Hang With Highlanders For a Half, But End Season With a Loss

November 10, 2012 By 1 Comment

Photo courtesy of Jim Eastin

Before game time on Friday night, all that stood between The Woodlands Highlanders and a District 14-5A outright championship due to the tie breaker rule, was the 1-8 Oak Ridge War Eagles.

Not such a tall order for the boys from across the highway… or so they probably thought.

Oak Ridge (1-9, 1-5 in District 14-5A) hung tough with The Woodlands (7-3 and 5-1) through 24 minutes of football as the scoreboard read 24-18 at halftime.

Oak Ridge had possession first and a quick three-and-out followed. The Woodlands then blocked Frankie Ashford’s punt and gained possession deep in Oak Ridge territory.  Shortly thereafter,  with 11:11 left in the 1st quarter, it was the Patrick Carr show as he initiated his five touchdown performance with a 21-yard run.

Oak Ridge’s offense then sustained a mini-drive culminating in an Ashford 38 yard field goal at 7:59 of the first stanza.  The trey was due in part to a long run by Kwame Etwi that landed the War Eagles deep in Highlander territory. During the run, Etwi weaved in and out of traffic while hurdling over Highlanders. With the score 7-3 Highlanders, Oak Ridge had broken the ice and earned some much needed confidence in their running game.

Enter former Oak Ridge resident Patrick Carr and a touchdown run of 64 yards on the first play of The Woodlands’ next possession making the score 14-3 Woodlands. Carr, a sophomore, was given the full time gig by The Woodlands’ coaches midway through the season and has run roughshod through opponents ever since to the tune of 1698 yards and 18 touchdowns.

After a successful War Eagle defensive stand, Oak Ridge matriculated [Editor's note: Matriculated? Really?] the pigskin down the field via the run, culminating in an Etwi 12 yard run with 35 seconds ticks of the clock left in the first quarter. On the drive, the Oak Ridge offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage, enabling the offense to earn three first downs on just four plays.

Enter unpredictable Oak Ridge coach Dereck Rush. Frankie’s extra point kick was good. However, The Woodlands was offsides and for the second time this year, Rush took a point(s) off the board as Oak Ridge went for the deuce. Etwi made Rush and the War Eagles look good with a successful scoring run. The first quarter ended with The Woodlands leading 14-11 and the Woodlands Homecoming capacity crowd wondering what was going on down on the football field.

A successful scoring drive culminating in a Woodlands 24 yard field goal by kicker Alex Garcia made the score 17-11 with 10:12 remaining in the first half.

On the next possession for The Woodlands offense, you know who (Patrick Carr) didn’t disappoint The Woodlands faithful, with a touchdown run of 46 yards giving The Woodlands a 24-11 lead at 7:45 of the 2nd quarter.

Etwi and Oak Ridge were not to be outdone as Kwame scored on a one yard plunge at 6:14 making the score 24-18.

Both defenses held their ground the rest of the first half with the score remaining 24-18 The Woodlands.

You could sense the jubilation in the team and fans throughout Oak Ridge’s visiting side of the field. Most fans will tell you they knew the team could hang with The Woodlands. To be honest, after watching Lufkin last week look more like an NFL team, and knowing The Woodlands trounced Lufkin 49-21, I was concerned about the players self esteem if they suffered a similar beating at the hands of the Highlanders.

Acting Highlander head coach Jim Rapp’s halftime speech must have been a good one as The Woodlands took the field like they were shot out of a cannon.

BOOM: Carr 60 yard touchdown run.

BOOM: Highlander QB Blaine Gillespie 19 yard touchdown run.

BOOM: Carr 38 yard touchdown run.

All of a sudden it was 48-18 when you got back to your seat from your popcorn run.

Etwi ended all 3rd quarter scoring with a two yard run for Oak Ridge to go along with a successful Frankie extra point making the score 48-25, The Woodlands.

Both defenses played stellar football in the 4th quarter with the lone score being a Gillespie to Houston Brown 16 yard scoring strike.

Oak Ridge gained 442 hard earned yards for the game, all on the ground. Freshman QB Braden Letney was 0-6 in the air and, in throwing three interceptions,  found out how talented the Highlanders defensive backs are.

Etwi ran for an amazing 239 yards on the night with an 8.9 yard average, which is not too shabby against The Woodlands. Xavier Richardson, Demarcus Durst and Letney ran for 40, 61 and 50 yards, respectively.

The Woodlands QB, Blaine Gillespie was 5-13 in the air and threw for 72 yards. He also ran the ball 16 times for 162 yards as once again, Oak Ridge was victimized by a mobile, athletic quarterback. Carr ran the ball 12 times for 265 yards and an average per carry of 22.1. Carr also caught two passes for 28 yards. Garrett Harvey ran for 21 yards for the Highlanders.

Chris Warren caught two balls for 28 yards and Brown caught the one pass for 16 yards.

Oak Ridge’s season is over and The Woodlands plays Klein Collins in the first round of the playoffs next Friday at Klein Memorial Stadium by virtue of the Highlanders being the top team in 14-5A and KC being the 4th team in 13-5A.

WORTHY OF NOTE: 

The Woodlands’ Head Coach Mark Schmid is going through some health problems and is not quite ready to be on the sidelines with his team. We all need to wish Coach Schmid well as he regains his strength and good health.

The total yardage output for both teams was 955 yards. Oak Ridge’s 422 yards was nothing short of remarkable. However, The Woodlands capitalized on three interceptions – one each by Chase Gilstrap, Chase Gordon and Tyler Patrick, which proved to be the difference in the game.

Save the three pics, Letney had an awesome game leading the team. You just rarely see a frosh leading a 5A Texas football program with such composure. Congratulations to Braden on an excellent season. Don’t we feel lucky he’ll be around for another three seasons? Let me think about it… DUH!

Oak Ridge was penalized once for 10 yards. Combine that with the class and sportsmanship they exhibit game in and game out and they are certainly a sight for sore eyes. On that note, the game within the game is always fun to watch. The Woodlands took Carr out of the game with five minutes left in the 3rd quarter and started to use subs to close out the game. That means The Woodlands respects Oak Ridge. More specifically, the coaching staffs respect each other. With about 50 seconds remaining in the game, Oak Ridge had a 4th down situation. The average fan would think Oak Ridge should go for it because 1) What do they have to lose? and 2) They’ve been running good all night. So, why wouldn’t Rush go for it? Sportsmanship, that’s why. Although The Woodlands was leading Oak Ridge 53-25, the Woodlands coaches were playing 80% reserves. In that situation, you don’t try to take advantage of a coach who is giving his reserves – who never play – some PT.

If coaches don’t follow this vast unwritten protocol, the bad blood carries over to future seasons. Here endeth the lesson.

Heard it through the grape vine: Patrick Carr has two cousins who are presently attending Atascocita schools. These two are real good athletes as well and do play football. Chances are they will be moving to the Oak Ridge High School feeder zone. As far as Patrick’s situation and the reason he plays for The Woodlands? I know some people who know some people and it’s legit and is personal. Just leave it alone and be happy he is such a good football player and enjoying his life.

The band was awesome once again and was heard chanting, “Frankie-Frankie-Frankie” before a FG attempt. Gotta love a supportive band! They’re all in a good mood because they’ll be in Gotham for Thanksgiving performing at “The Macy’s”. Don’t forget to help them raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims with their Miracle on 34th Street fundraiser.

Liberty Belles? Awesome new routine! Best one yet.

Cheerleaders? Truly the best in the business!!! You don’t think it’s a business? Tell any Cheer parent that and you’ll likely get an earful.

Color Guard? Got to love the Guard! So many schools have blow-off CG’s. Not ours – these people win awards year after year.

Trainers? You’ll be reading about them real soon and you will be startled with how much responsibility these people have.

Coaches? We bragged about them enough last article.

Video crew? Coach Stan’s (Standefer) filming crew is absolutely ridiculous. Look for our article on this crew in a day or two.

Great season, everybody! 1-9 so you don’t think so? We do – because so much promise came out of the season and we can see what these coaches brought to our community and how they are already benefiting our young people.

Stats and photos (courtesy of Jim Eastin and Chuck Briese) below.

Comments to Doug Sarant at doug@oakridgenow.com. 

The Woodlands 53, Oak Ridge 25 – Final
 Oak Ridge Overall: 1-9 District: 1-5
 The Woodlands Overall: 7-3 District: 5-1

 

BOXSCORE
Friday November 9, 2012 7:30pm

1

2

3

4

Total
Oak Ridge

11

7

7

0

25
The Woodlands

14

10

22

7

53

 

Scoring summary

 

WDL — Patrick Carr 21-yard run (Alex Garcia kick), 11:11, 1st.
OKR — Francisco Ashford 38-yard field goal, 7:59, 1st.
WDL — Patrick Carr 64-yard run (Alex Garcia kick), 7:44, 1st.
OKR — Kwame Etwi 12-yard run (Kwame Etwi run), 0:35, 1st.
WDL — Alex Garcia 24-yard field goal, 10:12, 2nd.
WDL — Patrick Carr 46-yard run (Alex Garcia kick), 7:45, 2nd.
OKR — Kwame Etwi 1-yard run (Francisco Ashford kick), 6:14, 2nd.
WDL — Patrick Carr 60-yard run (Christifer Andritsos from Jayme Taylor), 10:34, 3rd.
WDL — Blaine Gillespie 19-yard run (Alex Garcia kick), 9:06, 3rd.
WDL — Patrick Carr 38-yard run (Alex Garcia kick), 5:43, 3rd.
OKR — Kwame Etwi 2-yard run (Francisco Ashford kick), 2:50, 3rd.
WDL — Houston Brown 16-yard pass from Blaine Gillespie (Alex Garcia kick), 6:30, 4th.

 

Team Stats

Conroe Oak Ridge

Conroe The Woodlands
Total yards

422

523
First downs

18

17
Rushes/Yds

60/422

37/451
Average rush

7.03

12.19
Comp/Atts

0/6/3

5/13/0
Pass yards

0

72
Comp pct

0

38.46
Punts

4

1
Punting Yards

87

38
Punting Average

21.75

38
Fumbles/Lost

0/0

0/0
Penalties-yards

1-10

8-71

 

Oak Ridge

 

Passing
Name

Comp

Att

Pct

Yds

TD

INT
Braden Letney

0

6

0

0

0

3

 

Rushing
Name

Att

Yds

Yds/Att

Long

TD
Kwame Etwi

27

239

8.9

0

3
Xavier Richardson

11

40

3.6

0

0
Demarcus Durst

5

61

12.2

0

0
Braden Letney

10

50

5

0

0

 

Receiving
Name

Rec

Yds

Yds/Catch

Long

TD

 

The Woodlands

 

Passing
Name

Comp

Att

Pct

Yds

TD

INT
Blaine Gillespie

5

13

38.46

72

1

0

 

Rushing
Name

Att

Yds

Yds/Att

Long

TD
Blaine Gillespie

16

162

10.1

0

1
Garrett Harvey

6

21

3.5

0

0
Patrick Carr

12

265

22.1

0

5

 

Receiving
Name

Rec

Yds

Yds/Catch

Long

TD
Chris Warren

2

28

14

0

0
Houston Brown

1

16

16

0

1
Patrick Carr

2

28

14

0

0
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Dark and Stormy Afternoon Sinks War Eagles 24-0

November 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of Chuck Briese

The Oak Ridge War Eagle football team was quite the good host in giving the visiting Lufkin Panthers several gifts in the form of turnovers early and often as the visitors rolled to a 24-0 victory at Woodforest Stadium.

The game was delayed at the three minute mark of the 2nd quarter as lightning was spotted. By rule, if lightning does not show up in 30 minutes after a strike, the game can resume. Unfortunately, the lightning didn’t stop and, with the weather system predicting more of the same, it was agreed that the game be cancelled after 15 minutes of football.

The previously mentioned turnovers were a fumbled punt and an interception. However, in having two punts blocked it was like having four turnovers, as the blocks created good field position for the Panthers, who made the War Eagles pay each time.

Lufkin QB, Tyler Stubblefield passed for three touchdowns two to Ke Ke Coutee and one to Jabryce Taylor. The Panthers concluded the scoring with a 33 yard field goal.

Oak Ridge could do nothing against the tough and large Lufkin defense as they ended 15 minutes of play with -9 total yards. The War Eagles ran the ball for -15 field yards and passed for just 6 yards.

Although Lufkin accumulated 24 points in very little time, because of the turnovers and blocked punts they didn’t have very far to travel, making their 132 total yards figure look deceiving. Stubblefield threw for 95 yards and Kendrick Mack ran for 30 yards to lead Lufkin.

Not much to report for Oak Ridge as QB Braden Letney threw for six yards on 2 for 8 passing.

Lufkin moved to 4-1 in district and 6-3 overall. Oak Ridge fell to 1-4 in district and 1-8 overall.

Oak Ridge plays The Woodlands on Friday night at 7:30 at Woodforest with The Woodlands being the home team.

Worthy of Note:

There were quite a few unhappy parents when the decision was made to cancel the game and award Lufkin with the victory. Cooler heads should prevail, though. With the weather forecast predicting more lightning, the right decision was made. In that situation, you are at the liberty of the weather professionals. After all was said and done, in contacting the weather center late Saturday night, we were told the estimated time to restart the game would have been 8:45 pm. That would have been a six hour delay.

It would have been nice to have the seniors play a whole game on Senior Day but it is what it is. The seniors still have a game left at Woodforest on Friday against The Woodlands. Technically, they are not the home team but we’ll all be there in force cheering the team on just like it is a home game.

As for the 15 minutes of play, Oak Ridge appeared to be a bit flat and when you are playing a monster like the guys from Funky-town, you better be ready or they will run right over you. Unfortunately, that’s just what happened. Most football coaches will tell you “off the record” that they are not tremendously excited about special days such as Senior Day because the players are taken away from pre-game football activities and not getting ready mentally, whether it be in the locker room or on the field. I didn’t bother asking Coach Rush if that could possibly have been part of the problem because no coach in their right mind would agree to that publicly.

In regards to the Senior Day festivities, they went off without a hitch. War Eagle announcer E.R. Ashford said something nice about EVERY senior, including the football players, Liberty Belles, cheerleaders, etc…

See you at Woodforest on Friday night. Photos, courtesy of Jim Eastin and Chuck Briese, and stats below.

Comments to doug@oakridgenow.com
Lufkin 24 Oak Ridge 0 – Final
Lufkin Overall: 6-3 District: 4-1
Oak Ridge Overall: 1-8 District: 1-4

 

BOXSCORE
Saturday November 3, 2012 2:00pm

1

2

3

4

Total
Lufkin

24

0

0

0

24
Conroe Oak Ridge

0

0

0

0

0

 

Scoring summary

 

LUF — Jabryce Taylor 11-yard pass from Tyler Stubblefield (Luis Garcia kick), 8:46, 1st.
LUF — Ke Ke Coutee 6-yard pass from Tyler Stubblefield (Luis Garcia kick), 6:55, 1st.
LUF — Ke Ke Coutee 37-yard pass from Tyler Stubblefield (Luis Garcia kick), 4:46, 1st.
LUF — Luis Garcia 33-yard field goal, 2:06, 1st.

 

Team Stats

Lufkin

Conroe Oak Ridge
Total yards

132

-9
First downs

4

0
Rushes/Yds

8/37

7/-15
Average rush

4.63

-2.14
Comp/Atts

7/5/1

8/2/1
Pass yards

95

6
Comp pct

71.4

25.0
Punts

0

3
Punting Yards

0

24
Punting Average

0

8
Fumbles/Lost

0/0

1/1
Penalties-yards

4-35

0-0

 

Lufkin

 

Passing
Name

Comp

Att

Pct

Yds

TD

INT
Tyler Stubblefield

5

7

71.43

95

3

1

 

Rushing
Name

Att

Yds

Yds/Att

Long

TD
Tyler Stubblefield

1

2

2

0

0
Jamal Jeffery

1

5

5

0

0
Kendrick Mapp

6

30

5

0

0

 

Receiving
Name

Rec

Yds

Yds/Catch

Long

TD
Jabryce Taylor

3

52

17.3

0

1
Ke Ke Coutee

2

43

21.5

0

2

 

Conroe Oak Ridge

 

Passing
Name

Comp

Att

Pct

Yds

TD

INT
Braden Letney

2

8

25

6

0

1

 

Rushing
Name

Att

Yds

Yds/Att

Long

TD
Kwame Etwi

3

0

0

0

0
Braden Letney

4

-15

-3.8

0

0

 

Receiving
Name

Rec

Yds

Yds/Catch

Long

TD
Riley McKnight

2

6

3

0

0

 

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Lady War Eagles Fall to Kingwood in Playoffs

October 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of Chuck Briese

I am sad to report that the Oak Ridge Lady War Eagle volleyball team lost their 1st round playoff game to Kingwood at Caney Creek High School. Additionally, I am also sad to report that my truck decided to die on FM-1314 en route to the game.

While I was stuck on the side of the road, our girls fought gamely, as they had against powerhouse teams all season, but dropped the match 25-17, 25-23, and 25-17. They finished the season with a 29-12 record.

Our friend, Mike Taylor, of HCN (Houston Community Newspapers) was at the game last night and said this about Oak Ridge’s team:

The Lady War Eagles held only four leads all night — 1-0, 2-0 and 2-1 in the first game, and 1-0 in the second — but finally put something together with a rally late in the second set.

Trailing 24-17, Oak Ridge scored six straight points on the strength of senior setter Bailey Sheranko’s serving.

Sheranko recorded one ace during that run, and kept Kingwood off balance. Amber Johnson, who finished with seven kills, had two spikes and Nikki Testerman added another before Howell ended the comeback and the game.

“Our offense came on,” Lady War Eagles coach Tommie Lynne Sledge said. “We were very dead coming out. It’s hard to get momentum going when we had no blocks. They could hit on us, they could tip on us — everything was a threat, and we didn’t adjust well to that in the first or third game at all.”

Victoria Harris led Oak Ridge with 13 kills and 16 digs while Sheranko dished out 26 assists and had 10 digs.

Whitney Wofford recorded 15 digs, and Testerman added eight kills and 11 digs.

“Our seniors always make a big impact,” Sledge said. “We’re going to miss a lot of heart and a lot of leadership, but I feel like we have good returning starters.

WORTHY OF NOTE:

This was Oak Ridge coach Tommie Lynn Sledge’s fifth year at the helm for the Lady War Eagles and needless to say she and her assistant coaches did an awesome job once again. Going 29-12 through a long VB season suffering multiple injuries is testament to the great job the coaches and the seniors did in the leadership department.

You could look back to every interview Coach Sledge had and not once will you ever see her using injuries for an excuse. The Lady War Eagles were all about team chemistry and it appeared as if the team had more fun than any other team in Coach Sledge’s time in charge. One subject she touched on all year was how good her senior leadership was and how much she will miss Taylor Chunn, Lauren Fernandez, Morgan Jones, Alie Mattingly, Abby Nowak, Amber Johnson and Bailey Sheranko.

Expect more success in the future out of the Lady War Eagle volleyball team with strong underclassmen returning and a talented junior high crop moving up to play for the high school program.

Comments to Doug Sarant at Doug@oakridgenow.com. 

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