Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond. Pat Culpepper, an all-Southwest Conference defender for Darrell Royal at Texas and coach of the Lufkin team that lost to Carter in 1988, gives the edge to Carter on defense. . Not an investigation into their leading scorers algebra grade. Former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis worked as executive producer, and former Carter High football player Arthur Muhammad wrote the script. as a senior, was selected as an All-Area honoreeplayed in the 2022 Minnesota High School All Star Gamea six year starter for the Bears wrestling . 1819 W. Wheatland Road, Dallas, TX 75232 (214) 932-5700. We try to tell our young kids now, the decisions you make are going to affect you a long time.. ESPN Films continues a busy summer of sports documentaries on Thursday, August 24, with a 30 for 30 documentary about the highs and lows of the 1988 Dallas Carter High School football team."What Carter Lost," directed by Adam Hootnick, will air at 9:30 p.m. In 18 years as the head coach at Yates, Booker compiled a 168-37-6 record and guided the Lions to 13 district titles, three state semifinal appearances and one memorable state championship in 1985. Carter was named PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Week three times in 2022-23. I never even knew that that stuff was going on until its like they were actually out and basically confessed to the crimes.. The ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "What Carter Lost" premieres at 9:30 p.m. Actions have consequences, Kendall wrote. Sixty-two varsity players thrilled and galvanized and brought pride to their community, but six of them caused embarrassment and grief. W.H. Come out and support Carter High School Cross-Country!!! But that Dallas Carter team had its title stripped in 1990 after a Texas University Interscholastic League investigation determined Edwards should have been ruled ineligible to play during the Cowboys playoffs run because of an algebra II grade. Those memories, though, were soon overshadowed by bigger games at Texas Tech. To know that I broke some hearts really has been a bother over time. You know, like football as long as they were doing football and in football it kept them away from making such bad decisions and choices. ', Pennsylvania woman missing for more than 30 years found in Puerto Rico. Since 2004, he has worked for the city of Dallas as an environmental specialist, inspecting facilities to make sure they are in code compliance. Instead of going off to play for college teams,those players went to prison. Evans got 20 years. "Everywhere we go, somebody knows me," he says. Just days after winning the state championship, a handful of Carter High players robbed a fast food joint. Many of them talk in the documentary about how much they lost and how they've tried to rebuild their lives. Historical Coaches: Don Shula, George Halas, Tom Landry, Curly Lambeau. Carter High is a 2015 American sports film directed and written by Arthur Muhammad. I am a former NFL football player, he says, 11 years with the Dallas Cowboys and the last year with the Oakland Raiders.. In my eyes, I'd say we were the best ever," defensive back Gary Edwards told WFAA in 2013. DALLAS (CBS11) A private screening of ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary "What Carter Lost," was held at the Texas Theatre on Wednesday night. Not the ensuing legal battle that nearly kept them out of the playoffs. Courtesy of ESPN Films "They remember that team, but they don't even know I was part of it.". "My two main regrets, first is the people I let down," he says. It's on film. And whether SOC wins or loses Saturday morning against Liberty Hill, Dallas ISD will always have an unofficial state championship. It was like, 'Hey, I'm down with you for whatever because I know you're down with me.' There are too many to declare which is best, but ESPN's latest "30 for 30" documentary on the 1988 Dallas Carter high school football team is equal to any of the previous award-winning episodes. Tanell Evans, a standout track performer for Lancaster, now competes for Sam Houston State. A tipster notified UIL, which began an investigation into Carter. Among those sentenced was Derric Evans, 17 years old, an all-America defensive back last year at Dallas Carter High School who lost a full scholarship to the University of Tennessee. Longtime Houston coach Ray Seals, whose Milby team lost 51-0 to Yates and who scouted the Cowboys in 1988, gives the nod to the Lions. I don't want to tell my story that way. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Chelsea Watkins. State District Judge Joe Kendall ordered that an 11th youth be sent to a prison boot camp for young offenders. TIME CAPSULE . Among those sentenced by state District Judge Joe Kendall were Parade magazine All-American defensive back Derric Evans, who was sentenced to 20 years on each of four armed robbery counts, and running back-defensive back Gary Edwards, who received three 16-year terms. The Lone Star Football Network Online Now: 454 Visitors. "Was it difficult? 2017: Redshirted as a true freshman. He says, "These guys talk about the fact that no matter how far they went after playing big time Texas high school football, there was no crowd that felt more intense, there was no game that felt bigger than their biggest games in their Texas high school careers. He was in prison when two years of legal wrangling over his algebra grade ended with the University Interscholastic League stripping Carter of the state title. D.W. Rutledge, whose Judson team lost to Carter in the 1988 final, gives Carter the nod, and so does Dan Hooks, whose West Orange-Stark team lost to Yates in 1985. And at a time when it seems the game is always in the cross-hairs, director Arthur Muhammad says Carter High isnt trying to show football in a bad light. With the Thursday night premiere of the ESPN documentary "What Carter Lost," the time has come to revive one of the great sports bar/barbershop debate topics of Texas high school football. The players were arrested, tried and convicted. Reporters noted that another Dallas high school star in the early 1980s, Charles Washington, had his college career interrupted by a prison sentence but went on to graduate from college and be drafted by the Indianapolis Colts last spring. You stay pretty busy. Reflecting On Football And Addiction As 'Friday Night Lights' Turns 25, Why The Race Of The New Football Coach At University Of Texas Matters. Dennis Parker, who attended the 1985 Yates-Permian game, coached the Marshall team that lost to Carter in 1988 and lost twice to Permian in 1989, said Carter was the best because it had such speed on defense. With ESPNs 30 for 30 documentary What Carter Lost, audiences are primed to remember the glory and scandal that surrounded Dallas Carter High Schools football team nearly 30 years ago. Site Map. Boston College High School. "Yeah. Keith Campbell received the harshest prison sentence, 25 years, and the sharpest rebuke from Judge Kendall. The lanky pass rusher recorded 85 tackles, 25 1/2 for losses, and 20 sacks over the past two seasons. Australian cops announce $1B cocaine seizure, country's biggest bust ever. I think at some level they were chasing a rush.". It Was Money for Prom Night, Some of the youths had testified that they had committed at least one robbery each so they could have extra money for prom night. Evans, who was paroled Aug. 22, 1996, says his co-workers don't know about his football or prison past. He and wife Eva spend most of their time at church functions. It was not until football was removed and the hedge, so to speak, was removed that they ventured out and did what they did.. Emily Ochsenschlager and Jessica Smith produced and edited this interview for broadcast, and Nicole Cohen adapted it for the Web. 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Odessa Permian 1988 Roster. MAXPREPS; CBSSPORTS.COM; 247SPORTS; Football. Staff researcher Molly Motley Blythe contributed to this series. I just love football.. Everything changed. Check out the 1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster, Players , Starters and more on Pro-Football-Reference.com. This Reporter Wants To Bridge The Gap. Unofficially, they would be the second team to do so, after the Dallas Carter Cowboys beat Converse Judson at Texas Stadium 31-14 in 1988. 0 by Odessa Permian, 1994; Arlington Lamar, 1988; Aldine MacArthur, 1986; Abilene Cooper, 1969 and Galena Park, 1964 CLASS 5A RECORDS, 1951-2022 Originally 3A (1951-79), then 4A (1980-2013) and now 5A (2014-22) He worked for a chemical company in Garland for six years. The team made famous by Buzz Bissinger's book "Friday Night Lights" faced enormous expectations. Brad Townsend, Sports enterprise reporter, Mavericks and NBA. Five days after winning state, three football players robbed a Jack in the Box at 2:30 a.m., pantyhose pulled over their heads. Dallas Carter High School players Gary Edwards (left) and LeShai Maston celebrated their team's victory over Odessa Permian during the State UIL semi-final game in Austin on December 10, 1988. (2-17-22) If you plan on watching the movie Carter High and hope for an inspirational endingabout a Dallas Texas High School football team that was deemed as the best ever to come out of Texasthen you might want to pass on it.. At the end of his term, Campbell was sent to the Allred Unit near Wichita Falls, where he saw Evans for the first time in nearly seven years. Elementary School; William A. Blair Elementary School; William Anderson Elementary School; William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically . Active Coaches: Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Mike Tomlin, Pete Carroll. The success and failures in life are a lot of times in our control, he said. ESPN's latest 30 for 30 film, What Carter Lost, premieres Thursday at 9:30 p.m. Ellis, the executive producer, told The Monday Morning Quarterback that he hopes viewers will take a similar message away from the film. After nearly 55 years of marriage, the two still love to tease each other. Dallas Morning News sports reporter since 1993. But in a sentencing memorandum he wrote at the time, he explained that he would not give special treatment because the defendants played football and would issue a sentence consistent with other offenders who had committed multiple robberies. Texas Olympians Are In Tokyo. DALLAS The drama surrounding the 1988 Carter Cowboys took over 25 years to go from the high school football field to the big screen. We always thought that, Wow this would be a great movie, somebody needs to make a movie about this,' Muhammad says. Evans, 44, who in 1988 was talented enough to be considered one of the nation's top high school defensive backs and flamboyant enough to sign his letter of intent while sitting in a hot tub in . ', "I ask them, 'Do you want children once you get grown? Catch up on the day's news you need to know. If SOC wins Saturday morning, it would officially be the first Dallas Independent School District team to win a state championship since 1958. LEADER OF THE LIONS: Yates' coach Luther Booker was a molder of men. ET on ESPN. Right now to this day, we're still talking about that class, 1988 Carter quarterback Robert Hall told WFAA in 2013, when he was an assistant coach at Mesquite Horn. There's some debate as to whether that team is better than the 1985 Yates team that steamrolled opponents on its way to a state championship. Executives. "Quite frankly, you scare me," Kendall said, recalling a psychologist's testimony that Campbell had sociopathic tendencies. Dawson, Texas. Starred for Smyrna High School on both sides of the ball and was named Class 6A Mr. Football after a phenomenal 2022 campaign Selected as the Region 6-6A Defensive MVP this past fall Posted 92 tackles, six tackles for loss, three sacks, five passes defended, three forced fumbles and one interception his senior season "They remember . "The story is so much that you can't print," he says. "He works for an office supply company, I think.". He has long been devoted to his fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, overseeing the local chapter's economic development dealings. Then after the championship win, the title and all of the accolades were stripped from the team when six of it's players were convicted and sentenced in a string of robberies throughout the Dallas area. Russia's Lavrov laughed at after saying West started war in Ukraine. However, when it comes to violating the law, at the courthouse it simply doesn't matter than you can run the football.'. View career profiles, stats, photos and video highlights. East Carter had boys team before 1992. Before sentencing, Judge Kendall lectured the youths for about 10 minutes, telling them they had no excuse for committing the crimes. High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. Did ESPN's 30 for 30 get it wrong? Its a story thats been re-told in Dallas over and over, and on the national stage, too: first in Buzz Bissingers book Friday Night Lights, which chronicles the Odessa-Permian Panthers 1988 season, which saw them defeated by Dallas Carter in the state semifinals; then in the 2004 film adaptation of Bissingers book, which arguably painted the Cowboys as more villainous than they actually were; then in Carter High, a 2015 film about the 1988 season from the Cowboys perspective; and finally, in What Carter Lost.. A judge has sentenced 10 current and former high school athletes to prison terms of up to 25 years for their roles in numerous armed robberies in the Dallas area over the past year. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. "I didn't need to be rehabilitated because I was aware of my mistakes and knew I would never do anything like that again. "When you look back over 20 years, there's a reason for everything," West says. . July 21, 2021. Single, he attends several Carter games a year and lives down the street from Cowboys teammate Clifton Abraham. It's been 30 years since the 1988 Permian Panthers football team took the field. He sells cars at a dealership off Interstate 20, within view of the Carter campus. In 2004, I joined the Rialto Unified School District after teaching for four years within the Los Angles Unified School District. One player famously signed his letter of intent to play college ball while lounging in a hot tub, adorned in gold jewelry. March 4 (UPI) -- Australian police on Saturday revealed the details of an operation that intercepted $1 billion worth of cocaine in the country's biggest-ever drug bust. To Hootnick, some of the story's unsung heroes are the parents who fought to keep the team in the playoffs. You know, be it good or be it bad. Educating, Motivating, and Producing Responsible Citizens of Tomorrow. WHERE ARE THEY NOW - Chronicles life after Permian High School for past players and coaches. All of the once-incarcerated Carter players interviewed say their criminal records have presented obstacles, but Campbell has been the most affected. Not the racial tensions of the time. Russeau, who rose from a shoe shiner to a teacher and administrator, was inducted into the local African American Hall of Fame for his contributions to Dallas education. They werent a bunch of cheap-shot chop-blockers either, as the movie would suggest. "I think that fight for them was not just about wanting to see their football team win, but about resisting being caricatured in a way, and saying, 'We're not cheaters. ET Thursday on ESPN and will take a detailed look at the fabled 1988 Dallas Carter High School football team. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Football Home; Teams; States; Scores; . After several phone conversations, Evans agrees to a sit-down interview in Houston, then reschedules twice, then decides not to do it. When the University Interscholastic League investigated a tip that Carter player Gary Edwards had not passed algebra, West said, the political atmosphere was one where this team was being done wrong because it was African-American.. Hide/Show Additional Information For Jay Carter . I want the younger audience to know that your decision that youre making right now can affect the rest of your life, Muhammad says. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. "A couple of guys I was locked up with, I guess they heard it on the news or the radio," he says. Thats been so long ago, almost 30 years. She graduated from the University of North Texas in 2017. July 9, 2021. It didnt matter where. Carter High is a football movie. AT HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM: Debate class - Yates or Carter? DALLAS -- Ten current and former high school students, including five members of Dallas Carter's Class 5A championship football team, were sentenced to prison terms Friday by a judge who told them, 'If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole.'. Unofficially, they would be the second team to do so, after the Dallas Carter Cowboys beat Converse Judson at Texas Stadium 31-14 in 1988. The ensuing media cycle put Texas high school football in the national spotlight. "I tell people all the time, I was like Michael Jordan and he was like Scottie Pippen," Armstead says. Keith Campbell was one of those players. (Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer). Dallas, Texas. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. The team initially had to forfeit the games Edwards played in, but its playoff eligibility was reinstated for the first postseason game. Carter High School is really an afterthought in Friday Night Lights -- the evil, thug-like team that stole a championship. Sentenced one by one, most of the defendants hung their heads as the judge ruled. "I said, 'I guess it's time for me to get a job and make my own money.' The sentences were handed down before a courtroom packed with relatives of the 12 defendants, one of whom received a deferred sentence and one of whom was sent to a Texas Department of Corrections 'boot camp' for 75 days.
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