Ask any fan that followed the 1989 national champion Bulldogs:
What’s the first thing you remember about Navarro’s title team?
It always comes back to the defense.
Simply put, the Bulldogs’ defense put up some mind-boggling numbers in leading Navarro to a 10-0 season.
Some highlights:
n The Bulldogs allowed 56 points in the regular season. Yes, that’s just over six points per game.
n Navarro pitched four shutouts, including blanking Ranger and Trinity Valley in the final two regular season games.
n The Bulldogs allowed 259 yards rushing for 10 games — 25.9 yards per game. The most rushing yards in a game in SWJCFC history is 281.
n The Bulldogs allowed 125 rushing yards in six conference games. Charles Thompson had 159 yards in the national championship game against Ellsworth Community College.
Starting defensive end Jerome Pipkins said it got to the point in practice where Bulldogs coach Bob McElroy wouldn’t put the first-string offense out against the first-string defense.
“We were out for blood,” Pipkins said.
McElroy said consistency was the key.
“You should have seen our middle drill in practice,” McElroy said. “It was unbelievable.”
Local Sports
October 29, 2009
Celebrating a Champion: Second to none on ‘D’
Navarro’s 1989 unit was dominant
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Rice’s White, 4 from Mildred make Academic All-State
Rice middle linebacker Keith White said he’ll know sometime soon whether or not he’ll be the school’s valedictorian for the 2010 senior class.
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Golden Circle girls basketball: Stealing one
DAWSON — Wortham coach Anthony Branch has been waiting all season for a victory to turn around the Lady Bulldogs’ season.
They might have gotten it Tuesday night. - GC Basketball Roundup: Keele, Kerens drill Rice, 60-22 Anna Keele had eight points and 10 rebounds as Kerens rolled past Rice, 60-22, on Tuesday night in Kerens.
- Tigers Soccer: Corsicana, Midlothian play to 0-0 draw John Garcia had 12 saves, including three at point blank range as the Tigers tied at No. 4 Midlothian, 0-0.
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Wills: Coming together
Every Friday night around 10 or so my Blackberry starts pinging, which means only one thing.
Basketball scores.
There was one this Friday night that kind of stunned me.
Wortham 90, Hubbbard 66. -
Lady Tigers soccer: CHS girls beat Jacksonville 2-1
The Corsicana Lady Tigers won at Jacksonville on Tuesday night, 2-1.
The first goal of the game was scored by Katy Driver and assisted by Aricelia Castaneda at the 25-minute mark. -
Navarro hoops: Team game
Johnny Estelle substituted in one of his bench players Wednesday night with a simple message — “Go out there and play for Navarro.”
It is a coach trying to mold a championship team. - Golden Circle Basketball Box scores Here's a look at the Golden Circle basketball box scores:
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