Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A broken heart remembered

Turns out that I (Shawn) sit 4 cubes down from a man who had a son-in-law on the team from Celina that beat us (Stanton) in the 1998 2A Texas State Semi-Final game.
I started offense and defense that year and lost a heart breaker of a game that very cold, rainy night in December 1998.

Once I heard he was from Celina, I had to quickly inform him of the little hatred in my heart for Celina.

Note: Celina went on to win something like 5 straight state championships after they beat us. He mentioned his son-in-law has four state championship rings and another one of his sons has a state championship ring from one of their later championships.

As a reminder, here is a snapshot of two glorious years of 2A Texas Football in a little town known as Stanton.

         
 
All-Time Playoff Scores: 1997 2A All-Time Playoff Scores: 1998 2A
 
CLASS 2A CLASS 2A - DIVISION 2
 
BI-DISTRICT: BI-DISTRICT:
Stanton 35, Shallowater 6 Stanton 52, Farwell 16
Rogers 35, Riesel 18 Celina 35, Van Alstyne 0
 
AREA: AREA:
Stanton 35, Albany 21 Stanton 58, Eldorado 0
Rogers 34, Industrial 33 (OT) Celina 31, Olney 0
 
REGIONALS: REGIONALS:
Stanton 35, Post 14 Stanton 35, Albany 7
Rogers 56, Charlotte 34 Celina 27, Grand Saline 9
 
QUARTERFINALS: QUARTERFINALS:
Stanton 21, Lockney 20 Stanton 27, Spearman 18
Rogers 35, Refugio 21 Celina 17, Italy 10
 
SEMIFINALS: SEMIFINALS:
Stanton 35, Italy 7 Celina 9, Stanton 0
Rogers 42, Alto 33 !
 
FINALS: FINALS:
Stanton 33, Rogers 7 Celina 21, Elysian Fields 0

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