From the Beaumont Enterprise:
West Orange-Stark football player Reggie Garrett died Friday after he collapsed on the sideline during a high school football game at Dan R. Hooks Stadium.
Garrett appeared unresponsive as medics carted him off the field following his collapse midway through the second quarter. Medics loaded Garrett into an ambulance and the game continued to its conclusion, a 27-6 victory for WO-S against Jasper.
Garrett was pronounced dead at Memorial Hermann Baptist-Orange at 9:30 p.m. Friday night, according to hospital spokeswoman Mary Poole.
Tragic news of a young man taken way too soon. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and his teammates.
ESPN has several excellent articles this week on the spread offense in college football and some on it’s origins as well. Their articles feature Longhorn QB’s all over, from several generations. They think the perfect spread quarterback starts with Colt McCoy’s accurate arm and their history article gives a lot of love to future Horn [tag]Garrett Gilbert[/tag] and former Horn and current UNT coach [tag]Todd Dodge[/tag].
ESPN Spread Offense Articles
- Spread concepts around for decades
- Spread traces its roots to Depression-era Texas high school football
- Who runs the spread offense?
- Defending the spread offense
- Andre Ware: ABC’s of the spread
- Crosshairs: Building a spread quarterback
- The 10 most dangerous spread offense QBs (*)
- Is 7-On craze helping?
Absolutely fantastic play by a couple of high school football players from Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia. A high pass in the back of the end zone and tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen volleys it back into play and his teammate grabbed it for the touchdown.
Might be one of the best, smartest plays I’ve seen. Check it out: