Bishop Gorman

Our 40 Hours of Football continues into its 11th hour with a look at our East Texas TAPPS teams:

ALL SAINTS TROJANS

COACH: Drew Starnes (5th year, 16-25)

DISTRICT: TAPPS Division III/IV District 2

STADIUM: Mewbourne Field, 2695 S.SW Loop 323, Tyler, 75701 (Capacity: 1,628; year opened: 2007)

2020 RESULT: 1-2

RETURNING LETTERMEN/STARTERS: 18/13 (7 Offensive, 6 Defensive)

OFFENSE: Modified Flexbone

DEFENSE: 3-4

Top Seniors: WR/LB Cayden Mitcham … QB/DB Will Morgan … OL/LB Dustyn Rose … OL/DL Jake Lewis … RB/LB Cameron Reid … K/P Barrett Lin … WR/DB Garrett Huffman … TE/LB Caleb Heldman … WR Madi Brazeal … RB Ethan Fanous …

Top Sophomores: WR/DB Blake Foster … OL/DL Isaac Diaz … RB/LB Nic Ireland … WR/DB Colton Mitcham … WR/DB Braxton Bogue …

DEFENSE: 3-4

DEFENSIVE NOTABLES: FS Cayden Mitcham, Jr. … LB Will Morgan, Jr. … LB Dustyn Rose, Jr. … LB Harrison Williams, Sr. … DL Parker Bracken, Sr. … DL Logan Haley, Sr. … LB Cameron Reid

2021 OUTLOOK: The Trojans look to build off very strong senior class. … Starnes expects the Trojans will be stronger this year with a good running game. Inexperience is still a factor after All Saints played just three games last year. … All Saints’ opener is Aug. 27 at Big Sandy, followed by the home opener on Sept. 3 against Mount Enterprise. … The Trojans’ rivalry game with Bishop Gorman is scheduled for Oct. 29 at McCallum Stadium on the Crusaders’ campus..

GRACE COMMUNITY COUGARS

Coach: Steve Parsons (1st year)

District: TAPPS Division II District 2

Stadium: Orville Rogers Field at Clyde-Perkins Stadium, 3001 University Blvd., Tyler, 75701 (Capacity: 1,507; year opened: 2008)

2019 result: 6-2

Returning letterman/starters: 12/3 (2 offensive/1 defensive)

Offense: Spread

Defense: Multiple

Top Offensive Players: OL Tanner Thyen, Sr. … OL/DL Caleb Wilson, Jr. … QB Will Bozeman, Jr. … RB Grant Turner, Soph.

Top Seniors: Thyen … LB Tyler Anderson … DL Eli Martin … DB/WR Landry Livingston … Hudson Wilson … Caleb Carpenter … OL Lex Romano … DL Garrett Melton

Top Juniors: Wilson … Bozeman … Andrew Winebarger … OL/DL Kole Crawford …

Top Sophomores: Turner … Dylan Taylor … Blake Harmon … Grant Faulkner …

2021 Outlook: Parsons said they 2021 will be “young and inexperienced. We started 19 seniors in 2020.” He added the team’s biggest strength is “They are resilient and accustomed to winning.” … The Cougars are in a tough district with Dallas Christian and rival Bullard Brook Hill. … “This team will be a fun team to watch,” Parsons said. “They will improve each week and will be at the top of their at the start of district play.” … The Cougars’ season opener is Aug. 27 at Austin Regents School with the home opener Sept. 3 against West. … The opening district game is Oct. 8 at McKinney Christian.

BROOK HILL GUARD

Coach: Scott Ryle (6th year, 29-22 at Brook Hill; Overall: 44-37)

District: TAPPS Division II District 2

Stadium: Young Field at Herrington Stadium, 22450 FM 2493 (Old Jacksonville Hwy.), Bullard, 75757 (Capacity: 2,500; year opened: 2005)

2020 result: 5-4

Returning letterman/starters: 25/14 (7 offensive, 7 defensive)

Offense: Power Spread

Offensive notables: RB Nick LaRocca, Sr. (6-0, 190) … RB Derrion Hinton, Sr. (6-0, 195) … OL Allessandro Cairati, Sr. (6-4, 280) … WR Colton Richards, Soph. (6-0, 160) … OL John Englehardt, Sr. (6-0, 220) … WR Jaylon Warren, Sr. (6-1, 180) …

Defense: 3-4

Defensive notables: LB LaRocca … LB Hinton … LB Felipe Tristan, Sr. (6-3, 225) … DL Cairati … DB Von Dawson, Jr. (5-9, 169) … DB Noah Langemeier, Jr. (6-0, 170) …

2021 Outlook: Brook Hill was young last year and this year the Guard returns 25 lettermen with a host of experience, especially defense. … The Guard lost most of their offensive leaders. … The defense should be strong again with Hinton the top returning tackler (80 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, 1 interception), while Cairati had four tackles with five TFL. … Dawson had three interceptions in 2020. … Ryle said the biggest strength is defense — three of the four starting linebackers, while there is inexperience at offensive skill positions. … Brook Hill is also in one of the toughest districts in TAPPS with Dallas Christian expected to be a state contender.

TYLER BISHOP T.K. GORMAN CATHOLIC CRUSADERS

Coach: Daryl Hayes (1st year)

District: TAPPS Division III/IV District 2

Stadium: McCallum Stadium, 405 ESE Loop 323, Tyler, 75701 (Capacity: 1,000; year opened: 1958)

2020 result: 1-4 (1-3 in district)

Returning letterman/starters: 6 (1 offensive/2 defensive)

Offense: Multiple

Defense: Even

Top Seniors: LB Alex Jackson … TE Jacob Favre … WR/LB Gabriel Paniagua … DB Max Sobel …

Top Juniors: OL/DL Josh Hayes … OL/DL Aaron Ekwurure … OL/DL Aiden Culpepper … OL/DL Matthew McKnight …

Other notable players: ATH Ryan Richbourg (Class of 2025) … ATH Cole Edens (Class of 2024)

2021 Outlook: Daryl Hayes takes over after Brady McCoy’s two years at the helm of the Cru. … Hayes has 27 years of coaching experience, the last five as head football coach at St. John’s Catholic Prep in Buckeystown, Maryland. … Hayes guided the Vikings to three MIAA C championships and the 2019 National Association of Christian Athletes Division I title, oversaw the team when it squeezed in an abbreviated 2020 season during the coronavirus pandemic and garnered national attention for continuing to coach from the sidelines after he suffered a heart attack during a game on Nov. 14. … Hayes took over a Vikings program with just 17 player. St. John’s was 6-4 that season, winning the MIAA C Conference championships. St. John’s won MIAA C titles again in 2019 and 2020. In 2019, the Vikings capped their season by rolling to a 55-14 win over the Tennessee Heat, a victory that earned them the National Association of Christian Athletes Division I championship. … St. John’s was the only Frederick County high school football team that played during the fall of 2020. The Vikings defeated rival Annapolis Area Christian School before falling 53-0 to Concordia Prep in their final game, which Hayes finished coaching despite suffering a heart attack that apparently happened at halftime. … During the second half, Hayes had chest pains and numbness in his left arm and part of his left leg. Going to a hospital after the game, the 48-year-old Hayes learned the heart attack was caused by a clot that lodged in an artery that connects to his left ventricle, the Frederick News reported. … Hayes was quick to point out how dangerous it is for anyone to ignore symptoms he experienced during that game on Nov. 14. … The Crusaders have only four seniors with Hayes saying the team’s strength is the offensive line with its weakness depth and inexperience. … Bishop Gorman expects to have 30 varsity players.