"Here at Greenwood we like to wear people out."
@greenwoodhighfb
has some returning starters including the man under center 🏈 despite the experience a lot of 👀 will be on the new starting workhorse in the backfield
"Let them underestimate."
11-year-old, Kylar Childers, is a national champion & one of the best young players in West Texas🏈
Originally inspired by
@obj
to play football, Kylar defies the odds every time he steps on a field💪🏽
@thomas_childers
@newswest9
During the Odessa High vs. Permian game, a senior captain for OHS had to be carted off the field and taken to a hospital because of an injury.On Friday, that player Charles McClure returned to the field in his dad’s old jersey number. Full Story ➡️
Midland Lee's season comes to an end with a loss to Haltom in the area round. Here is Lee's head coach Clint Hartman addressing his team after the game.
Garden City (
@BearkatCity
) was the last team standing in the Permian Basin but fell short tonight in the state semifinals ending their season with a 13-1 record. Take a look at what
@coachjdjones
had to say moments after the game.
Grab Your Tissues:
Not one, but TWO surprises on Midland Lee's Senior Night as football player Elijah Cadena & band member Zoe McCright had no idea their family members would return home from the military for their special day.
"Here I am, a 17-year-old kid, getting to meet the President of the United States."
@OdessaPermian
QB Harper Terry (
@HarperTerry4
) reacts to meeting the President and told us about their conversation🏈
🥊Odessa boxer Jesús Almance Jr. is a 12-year-old national champion...and he's far from done🥊
As he prepares for another national title shot with his father, he keeps his family & West Texas in his heart:
"Every good play I do I kiss this little tattoo I got of her and I point up for her."
@OHSBronchoFB
QB1
@432Diegoo
has won our week 6 Top Play! Despite getting the award, this play was no different than any other TD celebration Diego has done honoring his mom❤
@BigRedBronchos
.
@BronchosLady
keep their playoff hopes alive after tonight's win over Midland High 30-28. Here's what
@CoachPyburn
had to say moments after the game.
“Push for whatever you want, grind, and you’ll get it. Believe in it.”
Pat Dembley (
@killapat013
) hopes to inspire the kids at
@utpbmbb
’s first ever “Education Game”:
"I kept telling the guys 3 times the charm."
@OdessaPermian
finally got the 🐒 off their back, moving past the Regional Semifinal round after not doing so the past ✌️ years. After defeating Richardson 70-57, up next will be Duncanville tomorrow at 1pm in Fort Worth
"It was making me a little scared, because it was going so fast"
@catosterman
had girls fascinated by her fastball at the
@USASoftball
clinic in Midland, with fellow Olympian Valerie Arioto 🙌
"Every time we come to west Texas and throw a camp, the recruiting numbers go up."
@simplyCoachO
took a trip to Midland today, providing an
#opportunity
for our local athletes to showcase their talent for college exposure 💯
"Why wouldn't you put yourself in a position to get looked at?"
That's the question David Hernandez (
@D_Weezy_24
) is asking HS 🏈 athletes as he prepares to put on the FIRST EVER pro-style combine in Midland.
Had a chance to talk to
@MidlandHigh
alumnus
@BryceHoppel
about his 2nd place finish in Monaco yesterday. Surprisingly the former bull 🐶 had some doubts before running the 7th fastest 800m time EVER by an american. 🏃
World Series Champion and
@utpbfalcons
alumni Evan Gattis (
@BulldogBeing
) came back to the Permian Basin for UTPB's alumni game. It was a special moment when Evan and his brother took the field together.
A trio of friends from
@MidlandHigh
continued their 🏈 careers at
@HPUFootball
and eventually helped build the program to win their last 3 games of the 2019 season. Check out their story ⬇️
Look at all of these
@OdessaPermian
MOJO football players signing to play at the next level. There are EIGHT of them. Watch out Tech, Baylor, UT, UTPB and William Penn fans.
"Nobody has more respect for this part of the state than I do."
@CoachBeardTTU
shows love for the Permian Basin after local fans packed the Chap Center for
@TexasTechMBB
👏
"We're bi-district champs and we're 1 of 32 so now our job is to get better and be 1 of 16." -
@Hartman3Clint
@MidlandLEE
is headed to the area round for the third straight season after a 65-32 win in their bi-district playoff game 🏈
BREAKING: NewsWest 9 Sports has confirmed the passing of Gary Gaines according to the official Twitter account of Permian Panthers Football (
@OdessaPermian
). Gaines was the head coach of the Panthers during the renowned Friday Night Lights season.
"I love the game. I didn't even think about records or none of that."
@OdessaPermian
's
@DearyShy
now holds the MOJO record for total TD's in a season at 18, previously held by UT HOFer & former NFL receiver Roy Williams.
For Shy - it's always been about grinding for his team👊🏽
"They were really close to me so I was like I probably going to have to dive to get the gold."
@peraltab14
pulled out some heroics to give his 4x400m relay team a shot at regionals and an area title! 😤
@KermitAthletics
@KermitHigh
"The Rebels are back baby!" -
@Hartman3Clint
The No. 21 ranked Lee Rebels are heading into district play 5-0.
In their last game before the bye week, the Rebels beat San Benito 63-12 to stay undefeated. Take a look at what Coach Hartman had to say after the game ⬇
"We got to be there for them, just like it's one of your kids going through tragedy."
Panthers head coach Jeff Ellison spoke about how Permian handled the shooting this weekend and what the coaching staff can do to support their players at this time:
"All the coaches teach is mental. So if we can eliminate the mental and move on to the next play we'll be fine."
@MidlandLEE
running back
@MakhilynY
shares his thoughts after an impressive scrimmage performance 🏈
A family that quarantines together...stays together.
@Brucemccowan27
has been coaching his family full of hoopers, right after he gets off work. Now they've gotten closer on and off the 🏀 court.
In the 63rd and *technically* last ever Odessa Permian vs Midland Lee rivalry game...we asked the question:
“What does the historic Lee/Permian rivalry mean to West Texas?” 🏈⬇
@OdessaPermian
@2020_Rebels
"He's a great human being, he's been raised by good parents, I'm blessed to have coached him, and I love him."
Hear from
@LFouonji
&
@Hartman3Clint
after Loic officially committed to
@TexasTechFB
about the process that led to the decision:
Coach Andy Newman's thoughts after the loss to WT tonight. Safe to say he will miss this group, who led
@utpb
to their most successful season in school history.
"Go to state. That's our main goal."
@2020_Rebels
are more focused than ever to go for their first state title in 20 years as they follow their senior class' mentality🏈
#COVIDCamp
#GameTime
.
@OdessaCBaseball
remembered their late, great coach Ronnie White in their series sweep and his daughters, Jennifer & Jeannie, spoke about his legacy⚾
"I love kids, I love relationships and I love this place."
@Hartman3Clint
and the
@LHSrebelFB
had their first scrimmage against Lubbock Monterey tonight. A lot of questions were answered on the field, but we already knew how much coach loved his team. 🖤🏈
@RebelBooster
"Someone is always evaluating, that's the biggest thing I took from the Texas Tech camp."
That's not the only thing
@MidlandLEE
running back
@MakhilynY
took from the
@TexasTechFB
camp 🏈 He came home with the RB MVP award as well, setting the tone for a memorable weekend. 👀🏆
"Putting them on the map and making Pecos known"
@RodriguezMiray
wanted to make her family and city proud at the state powerlifting meet....she did just that! Bringing home the 🏅 back to west Texas
"Everyone's always around each other...the overall vibe of the group - it's been great."
As their season creeps closer, one of
@UTPBFootball
's keys to success on the field could be the chemistry they've been developing off it:
"There's people that are as good as you, or even better so it makes you want to work harder."
@MidlandLEE
🏈
@MakhilynY
,
@Chris_Brazzell7
, and
@CanyonMoses
played in the
@Pylon7on7
National Championship. For Canyon, the trip also helped build his relationship with Makhilyn 🤞🏾
.
@Midland_ISD
&
@MidlandHighFB
have officially changed Memorial Stadium to James 'Doc' Dodson Midland Memorial Stadium in honor of the Midland legend:
"I don't want him to get mad at me after this and make me run, so I'll give him a cool animal" 😂
@GWRangerFB
had a hard time figuring out
@JRPurser53
spirit animal. See what else they struggled with on another edition of COVID Camp. 🏈
#KnowYourCoach
#Gametime
"You wanna win and advance whether it's half a point, one point, or ten points."
@OdessaPermian
head coach Tim Thomas explained the pride he has for his team & what it took to move on to the Regional Round🏀
Last year's
@OdessaPermian
vs
@2020_Rebels
rivalry game ended in a shared district title🏆
Tonight, the undefeated Rebels head to Ratliff to face a hungry Panthers squad looking to snap their streak again.
It's a homecoming & district opening rivalry showdown
#GameTime
#TXHSFB
“It was a team that never said never... the underdog, the 4th quarter type of team, the kids that dedicated their lives.”
@OdessaPermian
was ranked the best football dynasty of the 80’s & we spoke to Panthers past & present about a legendary era
#MOJO
🏈
.
@utpbmbb
held off a comeback from Southwest defeating them 84-77.
@Coachjnewman
spoke about his thoughts on the game, and the way Pat Dembley played in the second half.
"It just makes me real proud to be a part of it."
After decades of dedication,
@LeeRebsBaseball
legend, Ernie Johnson, celebrated his 90th birthday with the Rebels, and there's no other place he'd rather be⚾
"I feel like we can go to state...I feel like we can keep it going."
🏀 After his 14-point performance, we caught up with Keyonta Johnson (
@swaggykey
) to talk about
@OdessaPermian
's blowout win in the first round
#GoldBallSZN
🏆