In 1986-87, 57 percent of Carter students failed at least one course, as compared to 44 percent at Lincoln, an inner-city all-black school. This is the 6th year for our courts at ECMS. They werent a bunch of cheap-shot chop-blockers either, as the movie would suggest. "What Carter Lost" (CBS11) It was a historic season that included a national football championship for the predominantly black . ESPN's latest 30 for 30 film, What Carter Lost, premieres Thursday at 9:30 p.m. Clarence Russeau Jr. near Routh Street in the State Thomas neighborhood where he grew up. The Cowboys captured the city with their talent as they fought their way through the regular season and the playoffs. West, who represented the school in its legal battle to make the playoffs, remembers the politically charged atmosphere at the time. You go out there and you defend your boys. Today, two are close and the other is an enigma. If you want to see Carter High you may have to search it out its been in limited releaseandproducers are still working on a broader distribution deal. "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. In a previous photo caption, filmmaker Adam Hootnick's last name was misspelled as Hootnik. It was not until football was removed and the hedge, so to speak, was removed that they ventured out and did what they did.. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. 2017: Redshirted as a true freshman. Edwards served four years in prison. ", In the film, Hootnick interviews Texas high school football stars who went on to play professionally. But I think they weren't ready for the adventure to be done. LEADER OF THE LIONS: Yates' coach Luther Booker was a molder of men. July 21, 2021. Dallas, Texas. : 1985 Yates vs. 1988 Dallas Carter, Dallas Carter 34, Dallas South Oak Cliff 7, (Penetrations tied 4-4, Duncanville led in first downs, 12-10), Bi-district: Dallas Carter 21, Plano East 7, Region semifinal: Dallas Carter 31, Lufkin 7, Region final: Dallas Carter 22, Marshall 18, State semifinal: Dallas Carter 14, Odessa Permian 9, State championship: Dallas Carter 31, Converse 14, DL Santana Dotson (1992-2001 - Buccaneers, Packers), RB Johnny Bailey (1990-95 - Bears, Cardinals, Rams), RB LeShai Maston (1993-98 - Oilers, Jaguars, Washington), LB Jessie Armstead (1993-2003 - Giants, Washington), DB Clifton Abraham (1995-97 - Buccaneers, Bears, Panthers), DB Derric Evans, Tennessee (pictured above signing his letter of intent in a hot tub), Went to Texas A&I and played six seasons in the NFL. It was just the part about the football team and the adversity that we had to overcome, he says,that alone was a movie in and of itself.. He noted the 21 holdups were more than those attributed to Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who terrorized the South during the 1930s. @Vol_Football. https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https://bit.ly/3CUlFTZ The Kennedale (TX) varsity football team has a home conference game vs. Carter-Riverside (Fort Wor. Evans got 20 years. "To tell you the truth, I'm just like I was in 1989," says Evans, 37. First published on August 16, 2017 / 9:40 PM. I want the younger audience to know that your decision that youre making right now can affect the rest of your life, Muhammad says. The film featured Dallas' 1988 Carter High School football season. I am a former NFL football player, he says, 11 years with the Dallas Cowboys and the last year with the Oakland Raiders.. If youd asked him then, heknew the story had potential. 'When I compare you with a typical young offender who comes before me, you are especially without excuse,' Kendall added. It would be the first of 21 robberies that police connected to 15 Carter neighborhood teenagers, including six from the football team. The REAL 1988 Mojo from Friday Night Lights movie. Eva James says the movie tells people how it really was back in the late 1980s. Carter, a field artillery officer by training, also happens to be a defensive disrupter. Historical Coaches: Don Shula, George Halas, Tom Landry, Curly Lambeau. Mayor: HISD has two optionsclose school or be taken over, Rare photos show 2 ocelots crossing South Texas road, Eric Gordon trade looking better and better for Houston Rockets, Willie Nelson pays lovely tribute to another country legend, This Texas Hill Country town is the new, cooler Fredericksburg, Hiker takes 'once-in-a-lifetime' photo at Brazos Bend State Park. Some in the community agreed with West that prison sentences seemed harsh for young men who had made mistakes. So the level of attention and adoration and intensity around that experience for a lot of people, that's the top. White High School; W.W. Samuell High School; Walnut Hill Elementary School; West Dallas STEM School Program at Pinkston; Whitney M. Young Jr. for hosting @CarterHSFB 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Only Gov. Mojo made it to the State Semifinals, where the playoff run would come to an end with a 14-9 loss to Dallas Carter at Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. Test scores were among the lowest in the district and . 1985 Yates vs. 1988 Carter would have been a fitting showcase for two of the greatest teams in what was, for my money, the best era of the modern high school game, the years from 1982 through 1989 . Its a guaranteed story that will be told for generations, with arecord that will be likely painted up on a water tower or on a cityswelcome sign. She graduated from the University of North Texas in 2017. And there are plenty of tales about James. 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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. August 16, 2017 / 9:40 PM Everyone Else Is At Home. Ever, TCU alum and former San Diego Chargers running back LaDanian Tomlinson said in the same documentary. Carter won the state title but the story doesn't end there. Carter High is a 2015 American sports film directed and written by Arthur Muhammad. Actions have consequences, Kendall wrote. In another, the boys robbed a Mexican restaurant for $11,000. The work of education requires support from the entire community, and Carter High is committed to partnering with businesses, nonprofits, civic clubs, religious organizations and other groups that want to invest their time, talent and resources in students. The Lone Star Football Network Online Now: 454 Visitors. Volume 2 30 for 30: Shorts Full Schedule ESPN Films. 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. 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. But there was trouble during that season's playoffs when questions arose about a Carter player's algebra grade. According to Hootnick, it was "mostly two-parent families, mostly professionals. And I think we share in some of the responsibility for that a great deal, actually. Before he signed with Tennessee while sitting in a Jacuzzi, he was pursued by the likes of USC, UCLA and Nebraska. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. "My kids are like, 'Dad, you know everybody.' It would have been a great game, featuring accomplished, underrated quarterbacks and defenses that were downright scary. If thats told, hopefully some high school kids that are watching it learn from some of those mistakes and say, thats not a road I want to go down. Kristen Taketa/Staff Writer, Former Carter High School coach Freddie James at the premiere of Carter High at Studio Movie Grill in Dallas. Active Coaches: Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Mike Tomlin, Pete Carroll. Kendall, a former Dallas County prosecutor, lectured the 12 teenagers for 10 minutes before sentencing them for a string of 21 armed robberies committed last spring. Gary Edwards, 17, a football player who played a prominent role in Carter's drive for a state championship, was sentenced to 16 years on three counts. "I didn't see how they could do that. 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. 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. # 10,621 in National Rankings. I was younger, he says. It was a historic season that included a national football championship for the predominantly black school, but not without controversy. "That means a lot to me. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 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. 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Freed from the bonds of time and space, who would win a game between the star-crossed 1988 Dallas Carter Cowboys, defrocked Class 5A champions of 1988, and the Houston Yates Lions, undefeated 5A champions of 1985? To Hootnick, some of the story's unsung heroes are the parents who fought to keep the team in the playoffs. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Evans, who was paroled Aug. 22, 1996, says his co-workers don't know about his football or prison past. '', Judge Kendall sentenced the teen-agers after they had pleaded guilty to holding up a total of 21 restaurants, including some in which they worked. "My two main regrets, first is the people I let down," he says. Most prominent among those sentenced were Evans, who was picked by UPI as one of the nation's top 100 college football prospects last spring and signed with the University of Tennessee, and Edwards, the center of a grading controversy that almost cost Carter its chance at the 5A playoffs last season. "Was it difficult? Before, she was a Research & Archives Associate and wrote about the historical happenings from the The News' archives. The film is centered on the 1988 Cowboys of David W. Carter High School in Dallas, a team that fought through racial prejudice and a grades controversy to claim the 5A state title, only to be rocked when six of their players were involved in an armed robbery and the grades issue stripped them of their title. His last full-time employment was a year ago, although this summer he was camp director at Friendship West Baptist across the street from Carter. Talented and bold, the Oak Cliff team ruled high school football in Texas. But it only took two weeks to make it from Hollywood to Catch up on the day's news you need to know. We try to tell our young kids now, the decisions you make are going to affect you a long time.. Former state District Judge Joe Kendall in his sentencing of Carter High players. In the film, Thornton tells his team that to win state, they'll have to beat "a team of monsters" from Carter High School in Dallas (which they fail to do). Freshman Stoughton, Mass. I think it shows football actually as the hedge, Muhammad says. View career profiles, stats, photos and video highlights. 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. It was real hard then, and I hope that people pick that up, she said. But that 1988 Permian Panthers . TIME CAPSULE . Judge Kendall said he was a ringleader. Wells Academy; Dr. Barbara Jordan Elementary School; Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III Global Preparatory Academy at Paul Quinn College . With ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary What Carter Lost, audiences are primed to remember the glory and scandal that surrounded Dallas Carter High School's football team nearly 30 years ago. March 4 (UPI) -- Roel Degamo, the governor of the Philippines province of Negros Oriental, was assassinated and five others also died Saturday in an attack by gunmen, officials said. Campbell said he hopes the film, which was shown to a crowded audience of young athletes, sends a strong message to them about the importance of making the right decisions. The game is over. . That was one of the great teams, former WFAA sports anchor Dale Hansen said in What Carter Lost, a 2017 ESPN documentary about the Cowboys 1988 season. High school football, also referred to as prep football or preps football, dates back to the late 19th century, concurrent with the start of many college football programs. The success and failures in life are a lot of times in our control, he said. Campbell served seven years, four days. Davis High School Panthers. Carter High, a movie based on Carter's 1988 football team. 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. 'Most of you have had religious and moral training, the opportunity for a decent education, and some of you have even been given by God athletic talent that would enable you to receive a free college education. Thats definitely still part of the film, but its not the main focus. Browse through the photos above for a comparison between the 1985 Houston Yates team and the 1988 Dallas Carter team. Additionally, the audio story, as did a previous Web version, state that six Carter High School football players served time in prison. But as he did welding work for the next couple of weeks, Campbell recalls that "he and I had no conversation. The film's director, Adam Hootnick, said he made the documentary because he felt the Carter story was never fully told. 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. Coach Freddie James retired from the Dallas school district two decades ago, off to travel and finally work on his wifes honey-do list. Keith Campbell was one of those players. 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) Divorced last year, Campbell brags about 10-year-old daughter Kourtney and 8-year-old Kyle, pulling out a scrapbook to show off Kourtney's academic certificates. All Teams Schedule: Week of Feb 20 - Feb 26 . You know, they were middle-class kids, they had cars, they had all the clothes they want. Campbell and Evans were the last Carter players released from prison. Continue reading "Permian 1988 Football Schedule" ". The 1988 Carter High School football team seemed invincible. Chelsea Watkins. Boston College High School. In 1988, however, he was the sports editor for the Grand Prairie News. ET Thursday on ESPN and will take a detailed look at the fabled 1988 Dallas Carter High School football team. As for any school, for kids that are young and immature, youre gonna see some great things athletically and then youre gonna see some decisions that were made due to greed and things that were not positive, he said. Single, he attends several Carter games a year and lives down the street from Cowboys teammate Clifton Abraham. David W. Carter (Dallas, TX) Alumni Pro Stats. PLAINS, Ga. (AP) When Jimmy Carter stepped onto the national stage, he brought along those closest to him, introducing Americans to a colorful Georgia family that helped shape the 39th president's public life and now, generations later, is rallying around him for the private final chapter of his 98 years. The 1988 Permian Panthers finished with a 5-1 record (12-3 overall) and were District Champions. Are insane ticket costs pricing Astros fans out of Opening Day? A protective father figure to his Carter players, he led them on to be one of the nation's best high school teams. 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. Official website; This page was last edited on 10 February 2023, at 04:04 (UTC). Garrick Damon Evans-Williams was born 13 days later. 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. March 4 (UPI) -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made a rare visit to frontline troops in Ukraine on Saturday as Kyiv's grip on the embattled city of Bakhmut appeared to be slipping. But he was also known for his compassion and dedication to get students on track to college and some even to the NFL. In 2004, I joined the Rialto Unified School District after teaching for four years within the Los Angles Unified School District. But its not the kind of football movie that Dallas-based writer and director Arthur Muhammad ever imagined hed be making. The Cowboys have 832 players on their Football all-time roster. Editor's note: This story was published as the movie 'Carter High' was set to hit theaters. Football is about making good decisions and gambling dont build character. Part of his beat was covering the Dallas Carter Cowboys, who are the subject of an ESPN documentary set to air this week ( What Carter Lost, Thursday 9:30 p.m. EST). Carter High hits theaters here Oct. 30. Find Classmates and Graduates from TX Share this Find Your School . The film airs on ESPN Thursday, August 24. Texas Olympians Are In Tokyo. Published August 25, 2017. But while this is a film about some football players making some bad decisions, its also a film about many other players who didnt go down the wrong path. Fox, Pooch Hall, David Banner. Gary Edwards says he talks to Evans a couple of times a year. You know, be it good or be it bad. Staff researcher Molly Motley Blythe contributed to this series. The official 2019 Football Roster for the Skip To Main Content . "They remember that team, but they don't even know I was part of it.". ''In six months' time,'' the judge said Friday, the teen-agers ''committed more armed robberies than Bonnie and Clyde did in a lifetime. The documentary remembers the 1988 Dallas Carter high school football team which beat Permian High in Friday . @coachjoshheupel. Rocky Mount, NC / 2: 'Instead of these young men getting a college education, they will get an education from the TDC,' West said. Thats the reason executive producer Greg Ellis signed on. As the legal wrangling continued through the playoffs, the Carter Cowboys stayed focused and pushed forward to win the state championship. A lot of people already know the story of Friday Night Lights, in which a West Texas high school fights for the state football title. Gary Salyer and Charles Baker were the coaches. And none of the players convicted in the robberies were ever charged with another crime again. Odessa Permian 1988 Roster. The book "Friday Night Lights" is about a group of high school football players in Odessa, Texas, a town where football is king and Friday evenings are gospel. "I dont let anything worry me.. Ann Richards declined to sign. A state championship convincingly earned on the field was lost 25 months later by unanimous vote in an Austin boardroom. The reality of the Carter High School football team, often described as one of the most talented collections of players in the history of football-crazed Texas, is told in "What Carter Lost ," an ESPN 30 for 30 film directed by Adam Hootnick and airing at 9:30 p.m. Thursday. "The number of scholarships they got, the number of guys who went on to play some form of professional football by every measure this was one of the greats," Hootnick says of the school's reputation. Site Map. Evans, who was paroled Aug. 22, 1996, says his co-workers don't know about his football or prison past. But before Carter could even make it to the title game, it was hit with a roadblock off the field. Russia's Lavrov laughed at after saying West started war in Ukraine. 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. The documentary points out many inaccuracies in the ways the Dallas Carter story has been told over the years. I just love football.. The official 2020 Football Roster for the . Unlike Evans, Edwards did get to play college football. Dallas Morning News sports reporter since 1993. That team was, resoundingly, one of the best high school squads ever assembled. Permian won 12 games, while suffering three losses, in the 1988 season. Bissinger for the 1990 book Friday Night Lights. Dawson High School Bulldogs. Advocates are pushing for legislation to help them. . Texas GOP censures Rep. Tony Gonzales over votes on guns, marriage equity. Dayton High School Broncos. Instead, his grades were changed to make him pass that class. Sleva authored one of, if not the best, rebounding seasons in Raider history, pulling down a PSAC-leading 12.4 boards per game. Dallas remembers this team, but the record books dont, 71-year-old man with dementia missing in Fort Worth, Expect mostly sunny skies this weekend after severe weather hits North Texas, South Oak Cliff heads to the 5A state championships this weekend, officially be the first Dallas Independent School District team to win a state championship since 1958, defensive back Gary Edwards told WFAA in 2013, a 2017 ESPN documentary about the Cowboys 1988 season, Southern Methodist University "pay-for-play" scandal that resulted in the program's so-called "death penalty" in 1987, 'It's time to kick in the door': Here's South Oak Cliff's matchup for the Class 5A state championship, South Oak Cliff defeats Lubbock-Cooper 44-10 for a trip to the state championship, South Oak Cliff community sends team off in style for first semifinals game in decades. Since 2004, I have served the Rialto Community in a plethora of assignments, including 8th Grade . Actors will portray well-known local figures, including former state District Judge Joe Kendall and now-state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas. Prior to that he worked at The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Light. 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. When the ensuing trial was over, Edwards was sentenced to 16 years in prison. State District Judge Joe Kendall ordered that an 11th youth be sent to a prison boot camp for young offenders. Not the racial tensions of the time. And so to fall from grace like that, that's a long way down.". In fact, five players served time and one got probation. We won a championship together and there wasn't a DB, I say, who would have been better than him in the pros.". Ellis, the executive producer, told The Monday Morning Quarterback that he hopes viewers will take a similar message away from the film. My story is unedited.". W.H. Yeah, it was difficult. "It was a talented team with very talented individuals, many of which went on without blemishes on their records and are productive citizens in our community," says Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, the attorney who represented Edwards during the grade controversy and criminal trial. 2021 Football schedule for the Carter Hornets from Strawberry Plains, TN 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. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 10 Texas Athletes Are Sentenced to Jail Terms for Robberies, https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/24/us/10-texas-athletes-are-sentenced-to-jail-terms-for-robberies.html. This is one of the best teams in high school football history and yet this is a team that nobody knows from Friday Night Lights," said Hootnick. I guess they found somebody thats got my side," Russeau said. March 4 (UPI) -- Five people, including two children, were killed in an early morning house fire in Rockland County, N.Y., authorities said Saturday. We're not thugs.' At the courthouse, it simply doesnt matter that you can run the football. 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 REAL 1988 Mojo from Friday Night Lights movie. To this day, former Principal Clarence C. Russeau insists Carter did nothing wrong in regards to the eligibility controversy. "The real story never comes out. Actor Charles S. Dutton definitely owned his role in the film and was very inspiring. Not an investigation into their leading scorer's algebra grade. He was a tough disciplinarian who once reportedly dragged a student from a billiards hall back to school. Much of his reluctance has to do with his job, which he will only say involves working in a warehouse, mostly night shifts. For information on the 2017 ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "What Carter Lost," click here. "For every action there is a consequence good bad or indifferent," said Campbell. But the record books dont tell the story of their success. @luc_brian @Coach_Blocker @LehmanForrest. He lives in Garland, but hasn't strayed far from his high school roots. Carter met Converse Judson at Texas Stadium, winning the Class 5A Championship, 31-14, to capture the first title for the Dallas ISD since 1950. Instead of going off to play for college teams,those players went to prison. Patrick "P.K." Comments (-1) Tweets by DALLASCARTERFB. If you even have any thought of having a family, you need to make sure you watch every decision that you make now - because your children will also pay the consequences for what you do.' "Nothing wrong with that. His last job was with a firm that assists in litigation document preparation. ET on ESPN. Saturday, February 25, 2023 Carter High School Cross-Country Pancake Breakfast at Aubrey's Strawberry Plains!