*** The Official San Antonio East Central Hornets Thread *** [Archive]

HPUalumni

11-08-2009, 01:55 AM

@ Bill4par...the young man you're speaking of, in my opinion and from watching almost all of EC's games, has matured quite well. I've been told that he grades-out in the mid-high 80's and has done so other than his first varsity game against Cibolo Steele. Believe it or not, he's never been the lowest graded o-lineman for E.C.. He's still making mistakes, but not very many mental ones (the one's that cannot be coached out). Please know that I'm hearing this second hand from a friend of mine who knows this kids Dad.

To me, if he keeps on growing and improving, he'll be a top D1 line prospect in a couple of years.

I believe his name is Andrew Tercek (#77) and he plays left o-tackle.

Bill4par

11-13-2009, 03:20 PM

HPUalumni

11-13-2009, 05:19 PM

I like stories like that. I'll be rootin for the kid!!
You'll also be glad to hear that he's a strait-A honors student as well. My buddy introduced me to this kids Dad a couple of days ago...if come close to what his Dad looks like, he's going to be a monster. His Dad, by the way, has to be at least 6'5" and weigh 300 lbs.. I wish I had those "genes" in my day of playing football!

Mean DT

11-13-2009, 05:35 PM

You'll also be glad to hear that he's a strait-A honors student as well. My buddy introduced me to this kids Dad a couple of days ago...if come close to what his Dad looks like, he's going to be a monster. His Dad, by the way, has to be at least 6'5" and weigh 300 lbs.. I wish I had those "genes" in my day of playing football!Good Luck to EC tonight, I know the odds are against y'all but I will be pulling for you guys.:D

HPUalumni

11-16-2009, 01:34 AM

Thanks Mean DT for the well wishes...unfortunately, the game didn't quite turnout the way we wanted. It's hard to replace a Chris Johnson and change your game plan at the last minute.

HPUalumni

12-17-2009, 04:58 PM

I heard you guys have a 14 yr old playing Tackle down there? How's he doin?

I like stories like that. I'll be rootin for the kid!!

Just found out that this young man actually earned district 27-5A post season honors as "honorable mention" and "academic" all-district.

HPUalumni

08-22-2010, 02:34 PM

The new 2010 season is upon the Hornet Nation...their first scrimmage against Floresville went very well. The defense was not scored upon and the offense was able to make several TD's. This will be EC's break-out year! ! !

HPUalumni

08-28-2010, 09:59 AM

East Central was robbed of a first-half touchdown by a delayed (after their runner reached the end-zone for the TD) and obviously "home-cooking" holding penalty from the home-side line judge that in truth was a text-book "pancake" block by their left-tackle. The score of the game should have been 29-24 with the "W" for East Central.:Censor:

RedRage00

08-29-2010, 04:53 PM

Victoria East plays EC on 9/24...looking forward to that one.

HPUalumni

09-21-2010, 12:33 AM

Victoria East plays EC on 9/24...looking forward to that one.

I agree, it should be a good game. Interestingly enough, Massey's ratings predict a 28 to 28 tie for the game.

I'm going to have to pull for East Central because of their homefield advantage and they seem to be clicking on all cylinders - especially with #9 Chris Armstrong, their TB, coming on strong with over 500 yards for the season already. Not to mention, their O and D lines are very capable of controlling line-of-scrimmage at will.

RedRage00

09-25-2010, 01:15 AM

I agree, it should be a good game. Interestingly enough, Massey's ratings predict a 28 to 28 tie for the game.

I'm going to have to pull for East Central because of their homefield advantage and they seem to be clicking on all cylinders - especially with #9 Chris Armstrong, their TB, coming on strong with over 500 yards for the season already. Not to mention, their O and D lines are very capable of controlling line-of-scrimmage at will.

East wins 28-13. Did you go? What was your take on the game?

HPUalumni

10-05-2010, 10:02 AM

East wins 28-13. Did you go? What was your take on the game?

Good game, Victoria made less mistakes and executed better than EC did. I think some of the EC players may have been taking VE for granted and not thinking they would have played as strong as they did. EC made a lot more mistakes and wasn't able to execute on Offense as they needed.

This was a wake-up call for EC and a good loss (if there ever is a "good" loss) due to the fact EC cannot take anyone in their district lightly - even Highlands and South San.

EC, IMO, has the potential to win 28-5A outright and go undefeated for the rest of the year - however, they must take each week and game one at a time and never underestimate their opponents. If EC can execute and use all of their weapons accordingly, they have the realistic potential of going far into the play-offs.

HPUalumni

10-09-2010, 01:39 AM

Friday, October 8:
-- East Central - 47
-- C.C. King - 0

It was 28 - 0 at the half. It almost troubles me to say, since I did play for and graduate from King back in 86', KHS never really got their offense going and their defense was not there.:D

EC is now 4-2 for the season and 1-0 in district and will be playing Southwest at home this coming Thursday night...it will be televised!

HPUalumni

10-15-2010, 10:50 AM

Thursday, October 14:
-- East Central - 31
-- Southwest - 24

Very close game as EC had to come from behind as their defense stepped it up in the 4th to pull out the win.

E.C. is now 5-2 for the year and 2-0 in district play and will be playing South San next Friday, October 22.

ECHS09

10-23-2010, 03:33 PM

Carroll put Southwest down this week... Hard. I don't know if we should be worried or not. They only beat South San by 3

HPUalumni

10-24-2010, 10:11 PM

Carroll put Southwest down this week... Hard. I don't know if we should be worried or not. They only beat South San by 3
It will be the closest game EC will play this year...even more so than the SW game. Carroll plays at home very well, that being said, EC has been improving week after week (even through season ending injuries to some of their starters) and if they can just execute and play their game...they will win. If, and only if, they can play on all cylinders, I think they could actually blow-out Carroll - but the converse of that is also true.

If you go to the Massey Ratings web-site: http://www.highschoolsports.net/massey/ratings/East-Central-High-School-San-Antonio-TX/Football/Varsity/Boys/2010/ you'll see that they have EC winning 27 - 18. However, I don't look at the predicted scoring as much as the predicted winner of the contest. That being said, as the season goes on, Massey becomes more accurate in forecasting the winners.

HPUalumni

10-24-2010, 10:16 PM

Friday, October 22:
-- East Central - 35
-- South San - 7

Unfortunately, the score really doesn't tell the story of how EC dominated South San. EC started putting in their second teamers during the beginning of the 3rd quarter. The TD made by South San was due to a broken play that should have been a QB sack.

E.C. is now 6-2 for the year and 3-0 in district play and will be playing Corpus Christi Carroll next Friday, October 29 for the District 28-5A championship.

ECHS09

10-25-2010, 04:50 PM

When was the last time we won a district championship?

HPUalumni

10-26-2010, 07:39 AM

When was the last time we won a district championship?

Do not know...will have to ask some old ECHS "tools" and get back with you.:heli:

ECHS09

10-26-2010, 11:08 PM

The last undefeated regular season we had was in 1996. Back when we played the SAISD teams. Hopefully that changes in the next 2 weeks

HPUalumni

10-27-2010, 11:49 AM

The last undefeated regular season we had was in 1996. Back when we played the SAISD teams. Hopefully that changes in the next 2 weeks

100% agree...they've looked good in practice the past two days.

HEAR THE BUZZ - FEEL THE STING

WE ARE EC!:yes:

ECHS09

10-27-2010, 03:21 PM

Hopefully the 2 hr bus ride doesn't bother them too much. I'm much too far away to even think about going to the game but I will be listening to it online at echornetslive.com :heli:

ECHS09

10-30-2010, 12:29 AM

District Champs 2010! :heli:

HPUalumni

10-30-2010, 03:05 AM

District Champs 2010! :heli:
East Central -- 15
C.C. Carroll -- 10

ECHS09

10-30-2010, 01:06 PM

East Central -- 15
C.C. Carroll -- 10

I honestly think we have one of the best defenses in the city. Shutting down Carroll in the 2'nd half is not an easy thing to do. Carroll had all the momentum after our offense gave the ball up 4 times in the first half

HPUalumni

10-30-2010, 03:16 PM

I honestly think we have one of the best defenses in the city. Shutting down Carroll in the 2'nd half is not an easy thing to do. Carroll had all the momentum after our offense gave the ball up 4 times in the first half
Yes, I agree...I'm looking forward to how high we go in the Massey Ratings this coming week.

If you take back the 3 turn-overs we had, Carroll would have not scored AT All! Their scores came we EC turned over the ball within their own 20-yrd line.

ECHS09

11-01-2010, 06:35 PM

Looks like Warren in the 1'st round. I haven't heard much about them this year other than they lost to Brandeis.

ECHS09

11-01-2010, 06:57 PM

On a lighter note. This week I don't see Highlands scoring... unless of course the starters are all sitting this week.

With starters
EC-44
Highlands-0

Without
EC-21
Highlands-7

ECHS09

11-05-2010, 11:37 PM

48-19 is pretty good for having the 3rd string defense in almost the whole game I'd say

HPUalumni

11-06-2010, 04:28 PM

48-19 is pretty good for having the 3rd string defense in almost the whole game I'd say
Yeppers! In fact, I know that Coach Walker did not want to run the score above 50...you have to feel for Highlands though - 21 strait losses!

On another note, you need to read the EN online football sports articles and start commenting on them like in here. Here's a couple I know you would want to read and comment on as I have already - seems to be a couple of knuckle-heads doubting what EC has already done this year and not giving them anychances of winning the Warren game:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/high_school_football/southwest_last_infrom_district_28-5a_106810788.html

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/high_school_football/East_Central_still_glowing_after_sealing_28-5A_title_106749563.html

ECHS09

11-07-2010, 12:28 PM

Some people make me laugh. I honestly don't understand why they try so hard to make the accomplishments of this group of guys seem like nothing at all.

HPUalumni

11-07-2010, 09:21 PM

Some people make me laugh. I honestly don't understand why they try so hard to make the accomplishments of this group of guys seem like nothing at all.
I know for a fact there are several parents upset about their little "Johnny's" not making Varsity this year. Add that to the fact there are several other parents that think they're Bear Bryant and still criticize the coaches decisions and play calling. Bottom line - there are some EC parents that need to get a clue and grip on reality and know that the coaches are doing the best they can with what they have. I have told one of these parents two things: #1 they are winning - it's not about your son or the # of catches/throws he gets, but about the team - and they're winning. #2 they don't know everything that is going on during meetings, practices and film study - thus, the coaches play and do things for certain reasons we may not have any clue about. I also tell them..."...hey go get certified to teach and start coaching - you obviously know more about the game than the coaching staff." I've been blessed to have played the great game of football in HS and in College - and know enough about the sport to know that no matter what I see during practice, the games or what my son tells me about the team, there are multiple issues/reasons that I will never know about as to "why" the coaches do what they do. I think as fans/supporters of the team we should stick by the coaching staff (losing or winning) and give them the benefit of the doubt. Now, that doesn't mean we should not be realistic about our team's chances of winning state - which for EC this year, would be a long-shot...but we can still cheer and support them one game at a time...and keep imature adults attitudes in check as much as possible.

ECHS09

11-08-2010, 01:43 AM

I went to EC and played baseball and football there. I know politics has played a role there in the recent past but if the team is winning it shouldn't be a big deal. That doesn't look like the case this year though. The difference is that we are winning.

ECHS09

11-08-2010, 03:42 PM

Massey doesn't like us too much this week. It's saying a 24-25 loss. I don't know about that.

ECHS09

11-09-2010, 12:21 AM

I know for a fact there are several parents upset about their little "Johnny's" not making Varsity this year. Add that to the fact there are several other parents that think they're Bear Bryant and still criticize the coaches decisions and play calling. Bottom line - there are some EC parents that need to get a clue and grip on reality and know that the coaches are doing the best they can with what they have. I have told one of these parents two things: #1 they are winning - it's not about your son or the # of catches/throws he gets, but about the team - and they're winning. #2 they don't know everything that is going on during meetings, practices and film study - thus, the coaches play and do things for certain reasons we may not have any clue about. I also tell them..."...hey go get certified to teach and start coaching - you obviously know more about the game than the coaching staff." I've been blessed to have played the great game of football in HS and in College - and know enough about the sport to know that no matter what I see during practice, the games or what my son tells me about the team, there are multiple issues/reasons that I will never know about as to "why" the coaches do what they do. I think as fans/supporters of the team we should stick by the coaching staff (losing or winning) and give them the benefit of the doubt. Now, that doesn't mean we should not be realistic about our team's chances of winning state - which for EC this year, would be a long-shot...but we can still cheer and support them one game at a time...and keep imature adults attitudes in check as much as possible.

I don't know if I'm missing anything there. Was that person addressing you? and why?

HPUalumni

11-10-2010, 02:21 AM

I don't know if I'm missing anything there. Was that person addressing you? and why?

Just heard from several reliable sources and a conversation with a parent who's a graet person, but when it comes to second-guessing the coaching...they always have an opinion.

ECHS09

11-10-2010, 03:44 PM

Just heard from several reliable sources and a conversation with a parent who's a graet person, but when it comes to second-guessing the coaching...they always have an opinion.

I'm not going to lie. I have seen things that Walker does and it makes me scratch my head sometimes.

ECHS09

11-13-2010, 03:38 AM

Sorry to see a good year ended so abruptly. I feel like this happens every year though. We have high expectations for our team, then they make the playoffs and lose in the first round. In the last 15 years we have made it past the first round 2 times (1997,2007). What is keeping us from making a decent run in the playoffs?

HPUalumni

04-25-2011, 12:34 AM

Spring Training starts this coming Friday and E.C. looks to be able to build upon what was started last Fall, with a lot of starters coming back including all except for 4-5 on defense and all except for 2-3 on offense.

Looking forward to a productive Spring and even better Season next Fall!!!

We Are E.C.!!!

HPUalumni

07-30-2011, 09:27 AM

Well it's that time of year again, and the Hornet Nation is buzzing with anticipation of the up coming season.

They will have key players back from injury, very experienced lines and several FBS prospects on both sides of the ball this coming Fall.

Watch out folks, as this could be the best team EC has fielded in some time and at the minimum since Coach Walker has been at the helm!

HPUalumni

08-20-2011, 12:55 PM

E.C. Dominated Floresville in all phases of play last night during their first scrimmage of the 2011 season. I know Floresville is not considered a 4A power-house, but literally E.C.'s offense could score within almost every 3 plays and their deffense kept Floresville to negative yardage - take away a "hail-Mary" TD pass play.

RedRage00

08-22-2011, 09:59 AM

Rogue White Helicopter

08-22-2011, 10:16 AM

Floresville is pretty bad.
u know that as a fact?
how?

ok

HPUalumni

08-22-2011, 11:55 AM

Floresville is pretty bad. Was this EC's only scrimmage?

Yes, this was EC's only scrimmage...next to them scrimmaging themselves a couple of times over the past two weeks.

RedRage00

08-22-2011, 12:07 PM

u know that as a fact?
how?

ok

I know you're trolling, but they did finish dead last in their 4A district.

HPUalumni

09-04-2011, 11:26 AM

It seems as though the 2011 season is starting out like 2010 did...E.C. still has not put it together on both sides and especially special teams. If they can get rolling on all 3 fronts, E.C. will be hard to beat.

ECHS09

11-07-2011, 02:11 AM

PLAYOFF TIME!! This might be the year we can make some noise. Stevens looked pretty weak against an even weaker Taft. I like our chances.

HPUalumni

11-10-2011, 12:36 AM

PLAYOFF TIME!! This might be the year we can make some noise. Stevens looked pretty weak against an even weaker Taft. I like our chances.

Completely agree! Our kicking game (FG of 52 yards last week against Highlands), Special Teams & DEFENSE has made a lot of strides. Now, if the offense can hit on all 8 cylnders - we should go several games into the playoffs!

Go Hornets!:yes:

ECHS09

11-10-2011, 12:39 AM

I can only hope the quarterback situation is working itself out. Stevens defense will be eyed the run a lot.

HPUalumni

11-10-2011, 09:40 AM

I can only hope the quarterback situation is working itself out. Stevens defense will be eyed the run a lot.

Candidly, I wish Coach Walker would pick just one QB. Doing so would solidify the continuity that sometimes is enemic with the offense. I know all 3 QB's and they are good kids and each brings their own unique style and abilities to the team...hard call either way.

I agree that this will be a "battle of the trenches"...however, unlike a couple of years ago, when EC's O-line was somewhat of a "???"- this year's line has the size and experience across the front...they have only 1 o-lineman that does not have more than 2 years (starting) experience. EC probably averages about 265-275 across their line...that's including one of their lineman weighing around the 225 lb. range - the others are well above 265. Plus they got height along with weight...LT is 6'3" (started and played every game since his Freshman year - D1 prospect since his Sophomore year), LG is 6'2", C is 6'1", RG is 5"10, RT is 6'3".

Should be a good game...if EC's defense can prevent Steven's from scoring like they've done with the rest of their District, EC could truly blow-out Steven's!!!

Should have great weather for the game! What stinks is the fact that NSISD does not allow inflatable "run-through" tunnels at their games...really sucks! Don't want to mentally abuse the other team or make them feell "vulnerable"...BS!!!

ECHS09

11-10-2011, 12:59 PM

Candidly, I wish Coach Walker would pick just one QB. Doing so would solidify the continuity that sometimes is enemic with the offense. I know all 3 QB's and they are good kids and each brings their own unique style and abilities to the team...hard call either way.

I agree that this will be a "battle of the trenches"...however, unlike a couple of years ago, when EC's O-line was somewhat of a "???"- this year's line has the size and experience across the front...they have only 1 o-lineman that does not have more than 2 years (starting) experience. EC probably averages about 265-275 across their line...that's including one of their lineman weighing around the 225 lb. range - the others are well above 265. Plus they got height along with weight...LT is 6'3" (started and played every game since his Freshman year - D1 prospect since his Sophomore year), LG is 6'2", C is 6'1", RG is 5"10, RT is 6'3".

Should be a good game...if EC's defense can prevent Steven's from scoring like they've done with the rest of their District, EC could truly blow-out Steven's!!!

Should have great weather for the game! What stinks is the fact that NSISD does not allow inflatable "run-through" tunnels at their games...really sucks! Don't want to mentally abuse the other team or make them feell "vulnerable"...BS!!!

I completely agree. Stevens doesn't seem to have a very powerful offense. Hopefully our D can live in their backfield like they have been doing

HPUalumni

11-19-2011, 12:16 PM

What a great game!!! This game was indicative to what Texas high school playoffs is all about...great efforts from both teams, leads changing and both sides "leaving it" on the field.

Hornet nation - great season!!! Keep your heads-up and know this season is the start of something very special for East Central football.

"We ARE E.C.":yes: