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TX RTS .COM JULY 28, 2016 THE ADVOCATE
A New Look For The GISD Athletic Complex Playing Surface Both Georgetown Independent School District high schools—East View and Georgetown—will be well represented in the new design on the stadium’s playing surface. One end will have the word Patriots in the end zone with schools logo on both sides of the turf between the 20- and 30-yard lines on that that end of the field. The same is for the Eagles at the scoreboard end of the facility with the word Eagles in the end zone and the school logo between the 20- and 30-yard lines. Photo by Russell Rinn
East View, GHS To Open Football Drills Young Patriots Hope To Surprise In Upcoming Season
Eagles Expect Another Playoff Run This Season By Galen Wellnicki
By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor
Sports Editor
East View will carry a seven-game losing streak from last year's injury-hampered 3-7 campaign and a consensus eighth-place forecast into the Patriots' new nine-team District 195A alignment this season. But don't expect head coach Rob Davies and his youthful Patriots to dwell on the negative. There is a positive charge surging through the program's veins that includes thoughts of the third state playoff season in school history. The Patriots, who didn't conduct contact practice in the spring, will begin drills this coming Monday. There will be four days of non-contact work before putting on full hardware on Friday, Aug. 5, to begin preparations for a season that will begin on Friday, Aug. 26, against Class 6A Buda Hays at the GISD Athletic Complex. During the four weeks of practice leading up to the opener, East View will scrimmage at Manor on Friday, Aug. 19, and at home against Marble Falls on Friday, Aug. 19. East View will work out from 6 a.m. until noon daily. Numbers continue to be
Georgetown's Jason Dean is starting his eighth season as the school's head football coach with three preseason goals that have become staples in the Eagles' program. And if the preseason forecasts are correct, the Eagles should accomplish all three. "Our basic goals remain the same," Dean said. "We want to win our season opener (Fort Worth Brewer on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Baylor's McLane Stadium), win our district opener (at Hutto on Sept. 9) and qualify for the playoffs." Georgetown is a consensus second-place pick behind defending Class 5A Division II state champion Cedar Park in nineteam District 19-5A; one preseason publication has the Eagles advancing to the fourth round of the Division II playoffs, and they are ranked 14th and 40th in the two 5A state rankings already released. The THSCA preseason Region III-5A poll lists GHS ninth among the 65 schools in the eight-district grouping. But those predictions are on paper, not results earned on turf. The Eagles will resume formal preparations to accomplish those goals,
East View quarterback Cameron Nowell, carrying the ball, is being counted on as a leader for the young Patriots.
a problem for East View as the Patriots expect approximately 160 candidates to report for drills, ranging from the ninth to 12th grades. However, Davies expects this disparity in numbers with some of the other schools in the district to start correcting itself when the GISD opens its fourth middle school for the 2017-2018 school year, giving the Patriots another feeder school to go along with Tippit. East View will field four teams — a varsity, JV and two freshman teams. Asked what he felt his team had to do during the early days of summer drills, Davies answered, "We need to grow up — mature. We need to continue to grow from what we accomplished during the off-season and summer. We must develop depth in both
the offensive and defensive lines and, most importantly, stay healthy. "We went into last season feeling we could contend in district, but the injuries continued to mount and we couldn't accomplish what we wanted." Depth will be thin. "We probably have five players who will play a lot on both sides of the ball, but that is tough duty," said Davies, who added that he hoped to carry 50 to 55 players on the varsity with as many as 10 sophomores. "I'm excited about our freshman." As for strengths entering drills, Davies pointed to two items. "Every team we've had here have liked one another. We've had good team chemistry," he explained. Patriots cont. on B4
All-district quarterback Chandler Herman will be in his second season as the Eagles starting quarterback this coming season. Photo by Russell Rinn
riding their talent and spirit as far as the combination will carry them, on Monday, Aug. 8. Since GHS conducted spring football practice, they will have three weeks of work prior to their opener with Brewer and former Eagles defensive coordinator Wade Griffin, the Bears' head coach. Dean and his staff, which will include three new faces, expect to have approximately 230-240 players on hand, including 80-90 freshmen, vying for positions on one of the five teams in the GHS program—varsity, JV Silver, JV Blue, Freshman Blue and Freshman White. "We'll probably carry 50 to 55 players on the varsity," Dean said, "with 38-42 being seniors. We usually have one or two seniors over the summer who decide not to return to
the program." The new faces on the staff will be previously announced Ricky Beaty, replacing long-time GHS assistant Kyle Gandy as the receivers coach; and recent hires Jarrell Flores, who will replace Frank Ibarra as assistant freshman coach; and Chris Stanton, who will replace Randall Madsen as an assistant freshman coach. Madsen will remain on the athletics staff as head wrestling coach. The Eagles will spend the first four days of practice in non-contact work prior to putting on full pads on Friday, Aug. 12, with some scrimmage work included on the day's schedule. GHS will cap the second week of drills with their annual scrimmage with Austin Eagles cont. on B3
GISD Season Ticket Sale Begins On Monday Last year's season ticket holders for East View and Georgetown football games will have the first option to renew season tickets beginning Monday through Friday, Aug. 12. Tickets may be renewed online at http://www.georgetownisdtickets.com. Season ticket holders may add, remove or relocate to current available seats during the renewal period only. There will be no refunds or exchanges. Tickets not renewed by 4 p.m. on Aug. 12 will be released to the general public beginning Monday, Aug. 15. There are two ways to renew: • Online 24 hours a day by following
"HOW TO RENEW SEASON TICKETS ONLINE." Purchasers will be able to print tickets. • Online ticketing provider's call center (ExtremeTix) 888-695-0888. • How to renew season tickets online beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, Aug. 1:Log into www.georgetownisdtickets.com. • Choose the Transaction Login Button. • Enter the Transaction ID and Pin number listed below into the subsequent field. • * Click the Renew Now button (for those who do not wish to renew, you
may select the Decline button). • If you only desire to renew your current seats, select checkout and enter your billing information. • For those who wish to add or move your current seats, click the ‘Select More Tickets’ option. The season ticket price this year is $7 per ticket per game plus $2.50 service fee per ticket package for online purchases or renewals. For questions regarding online transactions, customer service is available at 888695-0888. Tickets may also be purchased
or renewed over the phone at this number. Both Georgetown and East View season-ticket packages will include five home games. The GHS package — $36 — will include the four district home games at the GISD Athletic Complex and the season-opening non-district game against Fort Worth Brewer at McLane Stadium in Waco on Saturday, Aug. 27. The four home contests are Elgin (Sept. 16), East View (Sept. 30), Cedar Park (Oct. 14) and Pflugerville Connally (Nov. 4). Tickets cont. on B4