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The Do-Over:

by Cynthia Lescalleet for The Leader News A vintage home doesn’t need to be located inside an historic district to merit renovations that respect the property’s past while modernizing for today.

Bungalow Revival’s 2012 transformation of the Wilson House, 716 W. 15th St., exemplifies this time-sensitive approach. The quaint cottage is one of the five featured properties on the Houston Heights Holiday Home Tour, Dec. 6-7.

The memory-honoring project took the ‘20s-era interior down to its studs and slightly expanded the square footage. A reworked floor plan improved the flow between rooms by adding a central hallway and screened porch off the larger kitchen and master suite. And out front, a classic porch with updated columns catches the breeze -- as well as the attention of passers-by.

Recalling the start of the project, Bungalow Revival’s president and founder, Gilbert Perez, said, “It needed serious updating,” The home had been previously redone in the nineties, county records indicate, and that was after it had been moved to its current location from Columbia Street.

The 2012 overhaul back-dated the home to look original -- even where it isn’t, Perez said.

“When we remodel, we are ‘period-friendly’,” he said. “We are not purists.” Today’s kitchens, for example, are a lot larger.

Perez is pleased the project was able to keep and reuse the original hardwood floors, doors and as many of the windows as possible. They’re distinct, with an oversized diamond-panel occupying the upper sash. Some of the lighting fixtures are also original, though they’re been repositioned.

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Wilson House, 716 N. 15th St. (Photo by Gary Griffin.)

OPENING THE BOTTLENECK

Before the Do-Over opened up the layout, adding about 500 sq. ft., the front foyer off the porch led only to the living room. A separate dining room was off that, and beyond it, the small kitchen. Access to the home’s two bedrooms and bath was off the dining room.

“It was choppy,” Perez recalls. “There were bottlenecks.”

Now, a generous central hallway runs from the foyer to the back of the house. It separates the bed-and-bath side of the home from the opposing common areas, which also have opened up access to the hall and each other. To add to the sense of space, the former wall between living and dining rooms became a half-

OPINIONS

Each month, we ask a panel of Realtors and business people in the area for an opinion on a specific topic. Here was the question this month, and their answers below.

Question: First, as the price of homes continues to increase in this area, have you seen a slowdown in potential buyers? In other words, are potential buyers now beginning to be priced out of the market? Second, please follow up that “yes” or “no” answer with an explanation of the following. If “yes,” do you think the price of homes will begin to correct – or lower – as fewer buyers can afford houses here? If “no,” then how much higher can the prices go? How many more years/months can prices keep climbing?

Sharon Ettinger, Keller Williams

Buyers are not priced out of markets as long as new markets keep opening up with lower prices and they are. Last years “I don’t think so” is becoming this years “let’s check it out”. As usual it is pioneering buyers that are leading this charge and transforming the city.

Houston is an oil town and $100 per barrel oil is good for Houston. Oil goes down a lot and Houston housing could be impacted.

Sheree Gilbert, The Reyna Realty Group

Oak Forest and surrounding areas are experiencing a typical supply and demand scenario. While inventory decreased significantly this year, prices increased. Potential buyers are still here, however, it may be a different buyer with more buying power. Buyers are now more decisive in the search and ready to act quickly when they find a home that fits their criteria.

As prices continue to increase, so will the buyer demographics change to match. We don’t anticipate a shortage of buyers. Yes, some buyers may be priced out of the new home market and must be willing to either buy a fixer-upper or search for deals in other up and coming or transitional neighborhoods.

Often times the key is being willing to take a risk in being the “most expensive home on the street” in a transitional neighborhood. Prices are not expected to go down anytime soon as demand continues. The market determines prices and as long as buyers are willing to pay, sellers will ask the price.

While there may be some buyers that are pushing their upper limits with what they can afford to pay over here, there are still plenty of buyers who can afford the higher market prices we are seeing. There has been zero slowdown in demand as properties in this area literally fly off the market due to the enhanced desirability of the locale on top of the boom in construction and remodeling activity that has recently transformed our beloved area. This is as close to a perfect storm for sellers in the area as there could be and buyers I believe generally feel that the trend is just beginning so they are not afraid

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height set of glass-fronted shelving to match an existing set. New molding added to the original exposed ceiling timbers in the dining room beefed up their dramatic presence overhead.

“It’s an open field,” Perez said of the results.

The 10-ft. ceilings further accent the spacious feeling.

Details of particular note include the use of a diamond motif throughout the home. It’s based on the original windows, but reinterpreted in such locations as the porch supports and the guest bathroom, where an extra window has been repurposed into a mirror.

In the kitchen, the custom cabinets look like pieces of furniture, specifically an old ice box

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Heights residents develop lakefront in East Texas

by Michael Sudhalter michael@theleadernews.com

Heights residents Stacie Cokinos and Pamela Radford never set out to be real estate developers, but they’re glad to be developing a resort property responsibly.

“We discovered a beautiful property when we went to visit friends an hour north of Houston and were mesmerized by the beauty of the lake and surrounding forests,” Cokinos said of a property in Goodrich, 65 miles north of Houston on U.S. Hwy. 59.

When the property, known as The Preserve at Sally Creek, became available on the lake, Cokinos and Radford thought the pristine lake would either be developed irresponsibly or spoiled by a timber company.

“We stepped up and bought it,” said Cokinos, who runs an interior design company from her

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The property is full of Magnolia Trees and about 20 percent of the lots have been sold. They have set limits on the number of trees that can be cut from the lot.

Although they’re working on a project north of Houston, both Cokinos and Radford enjoy living in the Heights. ���������������������������������� “The Heights is really the only neighborhood left in Hous����������������������������� ton that really values preservation and historic preservation,” ������������������������������� Radford said. “That’s where our ���������������������������� hearts are.”

Progress on HCC Construction Houston Community College continues to make progress in its $425 million bond program – a capital improvement program that involves 14 construction projects at all six HCC colleges.

One of the nation’s largest community colleges, HCC announces an aggressive Small Business Enterprise (SBE) goal of 35 percent for the Bond Program. The college will host an SBE education and meet and greet kick-off event mid-January 2014.

Most recently, HCC issued its Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Bond Construction Managers-at-Risk project. This follows decisions on construction project managers and architectural/engineering firms.

HCC will announce the recommendation to award decision regarding its choice for Construction Managers-at-Risk firms in February 2014.

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The View from Morrison Heights

Do Over • from Page 1B slightly raised on feet. At floor level, however, the lifted allusion is only about three inches deep; that’s just enough shadow for the toe kick but not so deep as to make cleaning an exercise in faith, reaching into a cavernous unknown.

Given the new screen porch, “bumped out” kitchen and master suite, and the extra four feet added to the home’s width, there’s not much yard left to the urban-sized lot. In lieu of a garage, however, there’s a tidy “parking niche” out front.

ENERGY SENSITIVE

Perez said he prefers to start a project by getting a sense of the home. As he walks a property, he reads what it is now and what it has been before seeing what it might be.

This particular project reminded Perez that “houses are homes.”

They’re alive with the memories of those who have lived in them, he said. Also, older homes built from when wood was harvested (rather than farmed) more than 100 years ago just seem to have an energy he can sense.

The charming renovation of the Wilson home also “reaffirmed for me how important homes are in people’s lives,” he said.

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have varied in size, budget and scale.

“People need to realize it’s not an inexpensive thing to do (though it is, of course, the right thing to do),” he said. An average price for a total redo of a similar project might cost an estimated $200,000.

Among his advice to those considering renovations of any sort: • Look beyond price per square foot comparisons. A kitchen or bathroom costs a lot more psf than a family room, for example.

materials that suggest this home has an especially strong story to tell. If the home could talk, he believes it would say, “Thanks for the memories.”

The Wilson Home’s description explains how well-known Heights remodeler and builder Steve Waters saved it from the wrecking ball in 1985 when he moved it from Columbia Street; the cottage became the home of Dennice Wilson and Kim Dulany, who passed in 2011 having cherished it until the day she died. Wilson, who has lived overseas since 1994, sought to Interiors (Photos by TK Images.) restore and renovate the home in Dulany’s memory. The refreshed • Beware of trendy finishes. property now serves double duty Since design trends last five to as Wilson’s second home and as a seven years, put the trendy in the townhome for long-term friends paint canister, not the more perDavid and Elaine Morado, who manent features. cared for Dulany and the home all • Have a master plan for your along. home if you can’t afford to renoBungalow Revival, founded vate all at once. That way, you don’t in 2003, has renovated about 30 have to undo anything you’ve alhomes, though the work scopes ready spent.

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Expert Opinion from 1B to pay the higher price.

As jobs continue flowing into our city and commercial development (addition of restaurants, bars, retail, and the new light rail line expansion for example) continues to accelerate, being able to predict when the next slowdown will happen is simply not possible at this time. I can say this: the conditions now are not being caused by anything artificial like we saw in the mid to late 2000’s when loan underwriting programs became so exotic and well, dangerous to be honest, causing a gigantic global market crash (bubble burst) and prolonged severe (global) recession.

In certain parts of Houston right now, all of the bad vibes have bled out completely and property values in my opinion are just beginning their new ascent. This is what a full and healthy market recovery looks like.

Jan Clark, J.D., Boulevard Realty

Yes. As prices increase the pool of buyers decrease. But the historically low interest rates are keeping more buyers in the pool.

I don’t believe that prices will decrease for the size of houses that are currently being built. That could happen if builders find their homes sitting on the market long enough that the carrying costs start to pinch, but unlikely. The expert predictions are that housing prices will continue to rise for the next several years, barring another 2008, just perhaps not as quickly. Rising interest

rates for builders and consumers may also cause the price of new construction to slow down, but again the prices are unlikely to go down. I think we are about to see a substantial increase in smaller new construction or extensively remodeled homes to capture the very large pool of buyers who are priced out right now. Today’s families like lots more room (and bathrooms). But our area remains the great family neighborhood it’s always been and that’s going to keep us popular for the foreseeable future.

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Yes, there has been a slow down in the area. However, I believe there is more than one cause for the slow down. Rising prices certainly do play a part but that may be a result of seller’s overpricing homes. In fact one of my clients actually said “it feels like the sellers think this is another gold rush”. I have found that homes priced competitively are still selling in 1-2 weeks.

The other factors driving the slow down are rising interest rates, limited inventory, the affordable health care plan and the approaching holidays.

For now all data indicates that residential sale prices will remain high with some increase. As for how long we can expect this to continue, that is an unknown. Many predict it will last for the next 12 to 18 months.

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HISD approves $60 Million sale to St. Thomas The Houston ISD board of trustees approved the $60 million sale of the district’s High School for Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice (4701 Dickson Street, at Shepherd Drive), at its monthly meeting on Nov. 14.

HISD held a final round of bids on Nov. 1, in which St. Thomas had the highest bid at $60 million, to Elk Mountain Ltd.’s $49,272.914.

St. Thomas High School had the winning bid for the High School for Law Enforcement property adjacent to its own campus at 4701 Dickson Street.

“Our location is central to our identity, and this was an opportunity that we knew would never present itself again,” said Fr. Kevin Storey, St. Thomas president. “Our leadership was unanimous in its decision to capitalize on this one-time chance to expand our campus home.”

St. Thomas director of communications Nick Tammaro said the HS for Law Enforcement will remain at the location for at least two years and possibly as many as five.

“We’re not going to knock anything down — what they have complements what we need,” Tammaro said.

HSLE has a theater and a natatorium, both of which appealed to STH, and additional science labs.

“Because we are a school with a strong sense

of history,” STH principal Fr. Patrick Fulton said. “We are especially pleased that we will be able to maintain the purpose of a storied institution like the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. It is exciting to see all of the new growth in Houston, but there is a

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Leadership was unanimous in its decision to capitalize on this one-time chance to expand our campus home” Fr. Kevin Storey, St. Thomas president

special beauty – and efficiency – in the fact that the school, its natatorium, and its athletic fields have great value to St. Thomas.”

“If we had purchased open land or buildings not suitable for a school, this acquisition would not have been as appealing – but we will be able to use all of the existing facilities immediately.”

Most of the east side of HSLE’s campus are fields, which Tammaro said will be converted

to either two or three athletic practice fields.

He said the new land for the campus will be beneficial, since STH, which has been open since 1900, has received more applications in the past two years, then any other period in its history.

On Oct. 15, Elk Mountain’s bid was $47,927,114 — all cash — compared to St. Thomas High School’s $45 million bid.

Unlike the initial round of bidding in July, which had aspirants offer a purchase price and leaseback terms while the new LECJ is being built, lease terms were already built into the October bid, so all that’s competitive is the sales price.

HISD asked both parties to come back with a final bid by Nov. 1.

In July, St. Thomas had a slightly higher bid than A.V. Dickson, a real estate investment company whose leaseback terms were considerably lower than St. Thomas. But that process was ended when it was determined both parties had improperly lobbied school board members.

HISD will use the funds from the sale of the property to build a new state-of-the-art High School for Law Enforcement at another location in the city.

Avioli joins Better Homes and Gardens Gary Greene Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene announces the addition of Realtor Joseph Avioli to the Inner Loop office team. A successful outside sales leader for over 15 years, Avioli has learned the importance of building and maintaining good relationships with his clients.

“Joseph enjoys helping people and has a great rapport with his customers,” said J.J. Molaison, manager of the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene Inner Loop office.

Avioli, a long-time Houston resident, will be focusing on neighborhoods, including the Heights and Oak Forest.

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by Molly Sue McGillicutty Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

This year, not only am I thankful for the usual stuff, (my fluffy napping spots, canned tuna and cable TV) I’m very thankful for the opportunity to share my wealth of pet knowledge with you every week. As a little Thanksgiving gift to you, today I’m sharing some seasonally-appropriate, Thanksgiving-themed pet treats that you can make for your pets, to show them how thankful you are to have them in your life. (These recipes also use ingredients that you might have left over after your big feast--another thing to be thankful for: salvation from yet another plate of leftovers).

First up, for the pooches in your house: Healthy Pumpkin Balls (courtesy of Cesar Milan) Ingredients: • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin • 4 tbsp molasses • 4 tbsp water • 2 tbsp vegetable oil • 2 cups whole wheat flour • 1/4 tsp baking soda • 1/4 tsp baking powder • 1 tsp cinnamon (optional) Directions: 1.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees 2.

Mix pumpkin, molasses, vegetable oil, and water together in a bowl 3. Add the whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon to the mixture and stir until dough softens 4.

Scoop out small spoonfuls of dough and roll into balls on

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your hands (wet hands work best) 5. Set the balls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet and flatten with a fork 6.

Bake approximately 25 minutes until dough is hardened Now to keep the kitties happy...

Thankful Kitty Turkey Treats (courtesy of the Ann Arbor News) Ingredients: • 1-1/2 cups cooked chicken or turkey • 1 large egg • 2 tablespoons low-sodium or homemade chicken broth • 1 cup cornmeal • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour or oat flour • 1 tablespoon dried catnip (optional) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a food processor, whirl together chicken, egg and broth until smooth. Scrape into bowl.

Add catnip, cornmeal and 1/2 cup flour, stir until moistened. Cover dough and refrigerate at least two hours. Roll out 1/4 inch thickness on lightly floured surface and cut into 1/2 inch triangles or squares. In batches, scatter on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a rack. Keep refrigerated in an airtight container for up to two weeks.

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Buck the dog, was shot in the face with a shotgun, stuffed into a garbage bag, sealed shut and tied to a fence post before being dumped in the country and left to die. Buck was inside that bag on a cold, stormy, Houston night for about 10 hours. When Buck was found, he was hypothermic, anemic, dehydrated, and almost

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CHILD CARE

AUTOS & TRUCKS SEVERAL FAMILIES: 2310 Saxon. Nov. 23, 8-noon. Furniture, TV, house goods, books, videos, clothes.HELP Everything goes.

WANTED

ESTATE SALE 6923 Inkberry Dr. 77092 Sat Nov. 23 • 7AM-2PM

Washer/Dryer, Misc furniture, fur coat, clothes, linens, kitchen misc.

ESTATE SALE

Moving - Retirement Home 2531 Tannerhill Dr. Timbergrove Nov 21-22 • 9AM-5PM Entire House: Washer/Dryer.

Freezer. Furniture, household items, matchbox/hotwheel toys, Tons of Christmas!

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Shepherd Park Terrace

Fri/Sat/Sun 8AM-4PM RAIN OR SHINE

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Antiques, Collectibles, lighted jewelry display cases, china cabinets, vintage sports | golf equipment, art, furniture, bookcases, baby items.

Saturday 11/23 8AM-1PM

Entrance - Pinemont@Golf Bargains galore.

GARAGE~ESTATE SALE

WANT TO BUY WANT TO BUY

Ella Lee Forest Subdivision • 1202 Del Norte

Military medals, patches, knives, etc.

WE BUY/SELL GUNS: Top cash paid. FFL concealed handgun classes. 713-694-4867. (TF)

MOVING IN/MOVING OUT? Call Frank to haul off trash/junk. 832893-5697. (TF)

TUPPERWARE AVAILABLE: Call JoAnn Lord at 281-9233729. (TF)

BLUE MOON ANTIQUES: Antiques and collectibles. Providing estate sale services. 3311 Ella.

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COMPUTERS

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INSTRUCTIONS ACADEMIC K-12 AND INSTRUMENT/VOICE TRAINING for children andFOR adults.

References SALE upon request. Maestro Harold de Frietas, 956-802-9895.

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713-686-6622

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Memory Foam Mattresses

Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior is hereby commencing a forfeiture proceeding against the following items of wildlife or wildlife products, which were seized in the Houston area of Texas on the date indicated because they were involved in one or more violations of any of the following law: Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)(A), l6 U.S.C. 1538(c)(1) and 16 U.S.C. 1538 (e) and 16U.S.C. 3372 (a)(1). These items are subject to forfeiture to the United States under Title l6, U.S.C. Sec. l540(e), 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1377, or l6 U.S.C. Sec. 3374 and Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section l4.91(a) and 14.61. Any person with an ownership or financial interest in said items who desires to claim them must file a claim with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Law Enforcement office,16639 W. Hardy, Houston, TX 70060-6230. Such claim must be received by the above office by January 20, 2014. The claim will be transmitted to the U.S. Attorney for institution of a forfeiture action in U.S. District Court. If a proper claim is not received by the above office by such date, the items will be declared forfeited to the United States and disposed of according to law. Any person who has an interest in the items may also file with the above office a petition for remission of forfeiture in accordance with Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, and Section 12.24, which petition must be received in such office before disposition of the items. Storage costs may also be assessed.

File No. Seizure 2013204995 10/11/2013

FOAM store

Value $12,915

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(11-23)

MECHANIC WITH EXPERIENCE on Econoline vans needed. Experience with A/C, alternators, brakes and suspension. Tools required. Salary commensurate with experience. 713-681-3600.

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BUS DRIVERS NEEDED FOR CHURCH SHUTTLE: Approximately six hours a week. Must have CDL and passenger endorsement. Call 713-681-3600.

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NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND INTENT TO FORFEIT

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CHRISTMAS SHIH-TZU PUPPIES FOR SALE: Pure breed, $300. 281-213-3952. (11-30)

713-349-3697

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Reagan, St. Thomas advance

Reagan High junior cornerback Cody Sands celebrates the Bulldogs’ 7-0 playoff victory over Tomball Memorial on Nov. 14 at Delmar-Tusa-Stadium. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

Bulldogs shows talent, guts in signature victory The Reagan High football team lost on the returning players who had already established itself as experienced it.

They knew that the best Class 4A team simply reaching the in Houston Independent playoffs wasn’t going School District. to satisfy them.

But they’ve known that Fast forward a year about themselves since to Nov. 14, and the the summer time, and Bulldogs won a 7-0 possibly, before that. defensive-oriented, Too often though, talold-school football ented HISD programs game against Tomenter the playoffs and face MICHAEL ball Memorial, a a suburban school that team that had scored shows them how far they SUDHALTER have to go.

49 points six days Last season, a good 7earlier against Tom4 Reagan team lost to Tomball ball High.

High, 47-14. That setback wasn’t Reagan (10-1) will look to build

on that success when it challenges Pearland Dawson (8-2) in the area playoff round at 7 p.m. Friday at Spring Branch ISD’s Tully Stadium.

The 2011 Reagan team that defeated Worthing, 35-6, in the first round of the playoffs lost to Dawson, the eventual state runner-up, 72-7.

“The team is miles ahead of where we were,” senior linebacker Trevor O’Reilly said. “We haven’t had much success in the playoffs.

Our program is looking up now.”

The Tomball Memorial victory was a signature win for the Reagan program, which shows that

St. Pius X sophomore quarterback Timmy Ware amassed 3,200 total yards and 38 touchdowns in his first varsity season. The Panthers lost to Addison Trinity Christian, 28-27, in the first round of the TAPPS Division I playoffs on Nov. 16 at Parsley Field. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

Close calls defined Panthers’ season

by Michael Sudhalter michael@theleadernews.com When members of the 2013 St. Pius X football team reflect back on their season, they’ll remember far more than the six wins and five losses.

The Panthers played seven games decided by a touchdown or less, including the TAPPS Division I playoff loss on Nov. 16 — a 28-27 setback against Addison Trinity Christian.

The Panthers lived on the edge this season, winning three games by a total of six points and losing four others by a total of 16.

They were always competitive though, with the only exception being the season-opening 36-14 loss at Kinkaid, which went on to win the Southwest Preparatory Conference with an undefeated record.

SPX, with 17 seniors on the

roster, experienced a slew of injuries, and regardless of your resilience, that can hinder your ability to beat teams like undefeated St. Thomas or a Concordia Lutheran squad that runs the Wing-T offense.

“Like I told the kids after the game, while it doesn’t appear they got a return on all of their investment the return will come later on in life,” Panthers head coach Blake Ware said. “We had a lot of adversity with our injuries, and they kept battling. It says a lot about the kind of kids they are and the kind of men they’ll be when they’re adults.”

Ware said the first round loss proved to be a microcosm of the team’s injury-related challenges this fall.

There was a scary 20-minute spell at the beginning of the third quarter when junior wide receiver/kicker Sam Vitulli was being

attended to by medical personnel and eventually taken on a stretcher to Memorial Hermann.

A CT Scan showed that nothing was broken, and he was sore.

But it was scary nonetheless.

As he was taken off the field, Vitulli gave a thumbs up to the Parsley Field crowd.

Vitulli, who made two gamewinning field goals this season, was the team’s only kicker.

When the Panthers scored their fourth touchdown to take a 2714 lead with a minute left in the third quarter, they had to go for 2 points because Vitulli was out.

If he hadn’t been injured, the Panthers would have kicked the PAT, and the game at least would have gone to overtime.

A fake punt in the fourth quarter catapaulted Trinity Christian and gave them the momentum they needed for the game-winning touchdown with 5:43 left.

they can compete beyond the boundaries of HISD. There were two plays in the game that this group of players will still remember when they attend their 50th high school reunions in the 2050s.

One was sophomore Cedric Pickrom’s 17-yard fumble recovery, in the second quarter, for the game’s only touchdown.

“We work on the scoop and score drill all the time at practice,” Bulldogs head coach Stephen Dixon said.

Said Pickrom, “One of my teammates yelled ‘ball, ball’. I just picked it up and scored a touchdown.”

The other was the fourth quarter goal line stand that the Bulldogs produced.

Tomball Memorial hadn’t come close to scoring for most of the game, but in the fourth quarter, they had a drive in which they moved the ball with ease.

It seemed as if they had so much momentum, they could have scored a touchdown and won the game on a 2-point conversion.

But Reagan had other ideas.

“They were driving on us,” O’Reilly said. “I could feel the nerves in the stands. We came up big, and our line played great.”

The fact that O’Reilly and senior Tavon Dodd played on both sides of the ball helped the Bulldogs win the game. Dodd rushed for a game-high 85 yards and also recorded an interception, while O’Reilly led the way defensively and rushed for 50 yards.

The St. Thomas High football team continued its storybook season on Nov. 16.

The Eagles (10-0) advanced to the TAPPS Division I State Quarterfinals with a 47-28 win over Dallas Bishop Lynch in the opening round at Granger Stadium. It was their second-highest point total this season.

STH will face two-time defending state champion Fort Worth Nolan (7-4) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lions Stadium in Teague, a small town on I-45 located halfway between Houston and Dallas.

The winner will meet Austin St. Michael’s or Argyle Liberty Christian in the state semifinals next weekend.

Senior quarterback Michael Reul passed for 250 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, and one of his touchdown passes was to fellow senior Chris Zook.

Running backs William Heck (sophomore) and Andre Pradia (senior) each scored a rushing touchdown.

St. Thomas High senior quarterback Michael Reul scored three touchdowns in the Eagles’ 47-28 playoff opener vs. Dallas Bishop Lynch last week. (File photo)

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The Waltrip High football team ran into a powerhouse in the first round of the playoffs.

The Rams (4-6) lost to Class 22District 4A champion, Stratford (9-2), 59-7, on Friday night at Delmar-Tusa Stadium. The game was a rematch of last season’s playoff opener, which the Spartans won, 56-14.

Stratford jumped out to a 49-0 lead, and Waltrip scored its lone touchdown on a 5-yard run by Josh Helton in the third quarter.

It was quite an accomplishment for Waltrip to make the playoffs.

They entered the regular season finale at Milby needing a nine-point victory to qualify for the postseason, and that’s exactly what they got when senior quarterback Trelon Johnson rushed for a 2-point conversion in the fourth quarter for a 22-13 win.

Waltrip opened the season by winning three of its first four games, but they were upset by Davis during a Thunderstorm, 10-6.

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The Rams, however, managed to contend with 4A-21 champion, Reagan, before losing, 28-14, in both teams’ Homecoming Game AdNov. # 26783 on 2.

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Teeth are extremely important in assisting in our speech production.

Many letters require our teeth in order to be formed. V, F, S, T’s for example use all teeth to allow for proper pronunciation. This will certainly come in handy while saying your Thanksgiving prayers before your meal and cheering on your favorite football team.

Our teeth allow us to enjoy that Thanksgiving turkey and delicious sides by being the first line of digestion. Chewing our food helps to break it down and make it easier for our bodies to obtain the nutrition provided by our foods. Without our teeth, we may only be able to enjoy the mashed potatoes!

Of course, our teeth provide us with our smiles! This will come in handy after having a great day spent with our families.

So while we’re being thankful for the good things in life, be sure to include your teeth and good dental health. They’re an important part of your health and happiness.

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