"I want to fly like an Eagle, let my spirit carry me..."
The Stephen F. Austin High School Eagles of Port Acres, Texas, did just that in 1986, as they soared through a season of triumph, culminating in a historic State Semifinal matchup with Cuero and its sophomore phenom Robert Strait.
Hear SFA seniors Kenny Ford, Allen Griggie, Kevin Henry, Damon Martin, and Derek Moore talk with Buck (who was an assistant coach for the Eagles) about that 1986 season, including remembrances about:
- attending Stephen F Austin High School in the mid-1980s;
- the 1985 Regional Finalist team, and its impact on the 1986 team;
- pre-district and district games;
- the 1986 playoff run;
- thoughts on SFA educators, coaches, players, and opponents;
- and other topics!
The podcast brings up a wide range of names from Southeast Texas, including Richard Marler, Boyd Edwards, Danny Knowles, Greg Green, Jo Ellen Green, Loyce Comeaux, Ned Cole, Joe Washington Sr, Dr. Chester Levy Jr, Mike Owens, Sylvester Smith, Robert Lawson, Jimmy Wyble, George Thompson, Joe Smith, Larry Reece, Jim Yarberry, Larry Southard, John Evans, Leroy Ross, Graylin Johnson, Devin Woods, Kenneth Everfield, Roderick Batiste, Keith Randle, Burk Whittington, Jack Foster, Richard Washington, Curtis Barbay, Ernest Bo Gipson, Fred Kennebrew, Scott Conner, Randy Tomlinson, Scott Gooch, Shane Dronett, Otis Sowell, Chuck Langston, Ed Peveto, Julian Bush, Fredena Ballou, Ronnie Fisher, Robert Conner, Daniel Green, Derrick LeBlanc, Frederick Rhine, Kip Texada, Terry Parker, Brett Wilson, Murphy Ford, Jimbo Guy, Eric Garcia, Zandar Hebert, Glen Simien, Ed Reynolds, Jeff Sly, Terry Jones, Chris Lalonde, Arthur Thibodeaux, Derrick LeBlanc, Fred Robbins, Bobby Durham, Jason Chenault, Troy Bertrand, Brice Alpough, Eric Malveaux, Terest Pete, David Lalonde, Travis Sanders, Gerard Green, Amante Martin, ...and more!
Other well-known names included in the podcast are Spike Dykes, Mike Gundy, Curtis Looper, Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Pollard, Brian Bosworth, Ray Lewis, Harry Hickey, Paul Johnson, Robert Strait, Wayne Mathis, Adam Arroyo, Rodney Pedrazza, Irvin Thomas, Brian Parks, Bill Shimek, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow...and more!!
"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future..."
Harken back to that time in 1986 when young men flew like Eagles...
Right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
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