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Postseason play opens this weekend for three
area diamond teams.
The Alvin Lady Yellowjackets (22-7) start their
Class 6A Best of Three Area Softball Playoff Se-
ries with Clear Falls here, Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
Game two switches to Clear Falls High School in
League City for a 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon affair,
while game three would follow if necessary.
Alvin blanked La Porte 3-0 in a one-game bi-
district playoff last weekend in Friendswood.
Yellowjacket Baseball (22-6) hosted Baytown
Sterling in game one of their Class 6A Best of
Three Bi-District Playoff Series late Thursday
By Stephen Collins
Sports Editor
night and the teams meet for game two at Baytown
Sterling High School, Friday night at 7:30 p.m. A
third game, if necessary, will be played Saturday
evening at San Jacinto North College in Houston
at 6 p.m.
The Jackets won the 22-6A crown outright with
a 15-1 mark.
Alvin Community College Baseball (40-13) will
also be in action at the Region XIV Tournament
in Sugar Land this weekend. The Dolphins faced
Northeast Texas early Friday morning in the first
round of the double elimination tourney, which
continues through May 12. The winner advances
to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.
ACC finished the regular season as the second
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Alvin High School’s Foot-
ball program received a much
needed “shot in the arm” last
fall under first-year head coach
Robert Wilcox as the 5-5 record
marked the Yellowjackets’ best
season in nine years.
Improvement not only in-
volved the overall mark, but
also the Jackets’ week-to-week
progression as they closed the
2014 season with convincing
victories over Pasadena and
South Houston.
Suffice to say, that energy car-
ried over to both the offseason
and late last week when Alvin
started spring training drills.
“I think the kids are real excit-
ed about playing football,” Wil-
cox said. “One of the things we
do during spring ball is that we
don’t overwork them. Football
season is still four months away.
More than anything else, we’re
trying to get our guys developed
to where they understand exact-
ly what they’re supposed to do
on offense and defense.
“So when we start next fall,
we’re refreshing and not teach-
ing.”
While having both the above
factor and stability in the foot-
ball program also has Wilcox
feeling his team will be better
come next season, replacing
key individuals who graduate in
June is also a concern.
Among the departures include
running back Carlos Garcia
(1,681 yards on 225 carries and
19 TD’s) who rushed for the
second most yards in Yellow-
jacket history and also captured
the 22-6A Rushing Title.
“We have some kids who will
be difficult to replace and Carlos
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is one we really got to replace,”
Wilcox said. “I view graduation
as an opportunity, though, and
not as a bad thing. When some-
one leaves, it’s an opportunity
for someone new to step into
that position and we have some
other young kids and they’re
working hard.”
Signal caller Garrett Gray
(46 completions in 96 attempts
for 695 yards, five TD’s) will
be stepping back into the quar-
terback position after splitting
time with Andrew Silguero un-
der center last year, while all-
district first team unanimous
pick Trace Darnell returns for
a third year in the Alvin Offen-
sive Line. Jerry Dickens (33
receptions for 560 yards, seven
TD’s) is also coming off a solid
2014 campaign, ranking second
among 22-6A receivers as well.
“Gray took 50 percent of our
snaps last year and having him
back is a real plus,” Wilcox said.
“We also feel good about the
improvement Darnell continues
to make and Dickens worked
extremely hard during the off-
season and its not only showing
from a skilled position, but also
from a leadership standpoint
with the younger kids.
“We have to replace a few of-
fensive linemen, but we believe
we have a good nucleus of kids
coming back. They might not
have started, but they still got a
lot of playing time.”
On defense, inside linebacker
Brandon Cuddihy and outside
LB Payon Opre head up a core
where the Jackets have appeared
have made plenty of strides,
turning a previous weakness
into a strength.
“I think we will probably be
better at linebacker,” Wilcox
said. “We really struggled there
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Coming off the best season for the program in nine years last fall, Alvin Yellowjacket Football opened spring training drills April
29 and will conclude workouts with their spring game on May 20.
“Pearland should be bet-
ter. They were very young last
year,” Wilcox said. “Manvel
will always be Manvel with
great athletes. For Dawson, it
will be their second year in 6A
and they should be improved.
They didn’t seem to miss a beat
going from 5A to 6A. I also
think Memorial will be a lot
better and Dobie has as good
kids as anyone in the district.
“It’s going to be much bet-
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think the Alvin Yellowjackets
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last year just with instability,
having kids hurt. We never had
the same kid start two games in
a row because of injuries. But
we’ve gone from it being the
thinnest to now it having the
most depth.
“We didn’t expect Brandon to
be a starter last year, but he had
to with injuries to other guys.
He’s another one who worked
hard in offseason and has looked
good in spring football. Payton
has also gotten so much bigger
and physical on the Dline, so we
have kids who haven’t stayed
where they were, they’ve gotten
better.
“The biggest things that are
going to hurt us is our depth and
we’re not going to be as ath-
letic as some of the teams we’re
playing. But our kids under-
stand that and know they can’t
make mistakes. They’ve got to
play smart and very physically.”
Just as the Jackets look to en-
ter next fall improved, Wilcox
expects the 22-6A lineup to be
tougher as well.
Area teams open postseason play
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