Prediction: Game will come down to whichever defense makes the biggest plays. Eastlake gets the win, Records: Franklin is overall, in district; Eastwood is overall, in district. Cougars take the road win, Prediction: Del Valle continues its strong play this season and wins Records: Austin is overall; Andress is overall, in district.
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A Quarter Final matchup against Everman was next up for the Eagles. Everman had defeated Eastlake High School the week before to advance to the game. Canutillo continued its historic playoff run on December 6th, with a victory over Everman High School. The Eagles never trailed in the game leading at halftime and at the end of the 3rd quarter.
Everman tied the game in the 4th quarter which allowed Canutillo's placekicker, Frank Avila, to become the game's hero. Avila calmly and confidently kicked a 22 yard field goal with 27 seconds left in the game and sent the Eagles soaring into the state semi-finals with a victory over Everman.
Next up would be the battle with perennial state power Ennis High School. Canutillo had certainly made El Paso area football history. I had never seen the citizens of the El Paso area, not only Canutillo fans, so proud of their local high school team. You could see Go Eagles signs all over the city. Orange became the favorite color in the city. Stories about the Eagles dominated the newspapers and local television newscasts for the entire week leading up to the game.
The Canutillo Independent School District decided to cancel school on December 12th to allow students to make the trip to Lubbock, Texas to support their Eagles. The fans were cautiously optimistic that Canutillo would be victorious over Ennis. A victory over the Lions would not be an easy accomplishment.
Ennis is located south of Dallas. The Lions have a proud football tradition winning 4 state championships in the past and reaching the state semi-finals in before losing to eventual state champion, Aledo. The Lions had a very strong football team which had at least 8 players that had already signed to play major college football. Ennis entered the game with a record with 12 straight wins. Canutillo entered the game with a record winning 13 straight games. Both teams featured very strong defenses but Ennis had a much better offensive team.
Canutillo had played several teams in the playoffs that were run dominated. The Lions of Ennis had a balanced offense and could run and pass the football equally well. It would be the passing game that would prove to be too much for Canutillo. The Eagle defense played well in the first half but could not stop the Ennis passing attack which featured a pair of 6 foot 6 inch receivers.
The Lions used their height to catch several passes that led to 3 touchdowns in the first half. Canutillo displayed a gutsy, no quit attitude during the first half and showed the Lions that they were in a battle for four quarters. Canutillo kicked a field goal late in the first half that made the score and seemingly would give the Eagles the momentum going into the third quarter but unfortunately Ennis would mount an 80 yard touchdown drive in the last two minutes of the half to take a lead into halftime.
The third quarter would feature even better defense by both teams but it was evident that Canutillo's was tiring out. Ennis would prove the stronger of the two teams shutting out the Eagles in the second half and eventually winning the game by a score. Canutillo's historic season came to an end on December 12th but the Eagles had made the city of Canutillo, Texas and the whole El Paso area very proud.
I don't know if another Sun City area team will ever equal or surpass the record set by the Eagles but the team has shown the rest of Texas that El Paso area teams can play football. The Canutillo players should keep their heads up and be very proud of their season.
The season may be over but the Canutillo players have made a lot of memories that will last a life time. Canutillo's football team was dominated by seniors but I have no doubt that the Eagles will remain a force in El Paso for many years to come. In fact, no El Paso area public school 11 man football team has ever advanced past the third round of the playoffs. Why can't an El Paso team win the state title? I will not answer that question for you in this book other than to say that I believe that there are many reasons, the main one being that there isn't a strong enough commitment from the main school districts to do so.
I plan to write another book reliving some of the great football games played in El Paso during my life time. My plan is devote a chapter in that book to answer the question of why an El Paso team can't win a state title.
Will an El Paso team ever win a state football title? Perhaps, but not unless there are some major changes in the way the school districts view the question. Again, I will not discuss those changes. Since I can't write about any state titles in El Paso 11 man football, I've decided to write about the teams that have come the closest. The Austin High School Panthers is the only team in El Paso history to finish a season undefeated a season of 10 or more games. I highly recommend you read Ray's book if you want the full story of the 37 Austin team.
The Panthers finished that season with an record with a playoff victory over Abilene. Austin's next playoff opponent was Wichita Falls. The game ended in a tie but the Wichita team advanced in the playoffs because they beat Austin on penetrations.
A penetration, for those of you that are not familiar with the way playoff games used to be decided, is when a team gets inside its opponent's 20 yard line. Austin's season ended on this archaic paper statistic. Fortunately, today's high school and college games are now decided on the field in overtime periods. No team will ever have to suffer the disappointment of losing a playoff game due to penetrations. Several other El Paso teams have also won or loss games because of penetrationsEastwood, Coronado, and Bowie just to name a few.
Nobody will ever know if the 37 Panthers would have won the state championship if they had beaten Wichita Falls. Wichita Falls was beaten by Longview in the state championship game. The second half was a disaster for the Eagles with interceptions, fumbles, and a field goal attempt that was blocked and returned for a touchdown.
Canutillo had plenty of chances to win this game but was unable to take advantage of them. I have just finished listening to the Canutillo-Wichita Falls game November 30, No El Paso public school 11 man football team has yet to reach the fourth round of the state playoffs as of this date. There have been many chances and several El Paso teams have been close and yet the coveted state championship title remains only a dream.
The Mustangs, led by brothers Aaron and Alvin Jones, finished the season with a record with playoff wins against Canutillo and Hereford. The only defeats for Burges occurred in the second week to Americas and in the fourth week to Chapin The Mustang's season would end with a loss to Wichita Falls Rider in the third round of the playoffs.
Wichita Falls Rider would eventually lose to Lancaster in the state semi-finals. Chapin would then win their next 10 games before losing to Denton Ryan in the third round of the playoffs. Parkland was defeated in the first game of the year by Hanks High School The Huskies were defeated by Wichita Falls Rider in the third round of the playoffs. Wichita Falls Rider would lose to Wolfforth Frenship in the next round of the playoffs.
The loss to Trinity by a score of shouldn't come as a surprise. They beat everybody on their regular season schedule by at least 15 points with most of the games being complete routs. Aledo was defeated by Wolfforth Frenship the following week. The season came to a disappointing end when the Rangers were defeated by Wichita Falls Rider in the third round of the playoffs. Wichita Falls Rider would eventually lose to Aledo
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