So I dont feel anything in particular," Russeau said. All Teams Schedule: Week of Feb 20 - Feb 26 . Others said they had spent the money on trips to an amusement park, food and athletic shoes. Not just the best in Dallas or Texas, I would like to say we're the best team ever assembled.. The Cowboys captured the city with their talent as they fought their way through the regular season and the playoffs. Permian did end up winning a state title the following year, going 16-0 in 1989. Williams served three years in prison. Gaston Middle School; W.T. The seven others sentenced to prison were given terms ranging from 2 to 16 years. Editor's note: This story was published as the movie 'Carter High' was set to hit theaters. Football has taken Robert Hall from Texas Tech to Houston, Amsterdam and Canada. 5. 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. Educating, Motivating, and Producing Responsible Citizens of Tomorrow. He signed with the University of Houston. WHERE ARE THEY NOW - Chronicles life after Permian High School for past players and coaches. 1990 Football Roster; 1989 Football Roster; 1988 Football Roster; 1987 Football Roster; 1986 Football Roster; Search for: 1994 Ohio State Football Roster. I was younger, he says. More recently its taken him as a high school football coach from Grand Prairie to Frisco to Mesquite. 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. DALLAS (CBS11) A private screening of ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary "What Carter Lost," was held at the Texas Theatre on Wednesday night. For one, they beat Odessa-Permian in the state semifinals, not the championship. But the long retired Russeau doesnt spend his time dwelling on the past. But there was trouble during that season's playoffs when questions arose about a Carter player's algebra grade. The Panthers lost to Marshall 13-12 in a non-district game. "The real story never comes out. We do not share addresses with any third parties. "That means a lot to me. Chelsea Watkins. Not the ensuing legal battle that nearly kept them out of the playoffs. 3 children killed, 2 hospitalized in North Texas domestic incident, At least 5 dead following year's first severe spring weather outbreak, 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'True Romance' actor Tom Sizemore dead at 61, Dozens killed, injured as Jakarta fuel depot fire engulfs neighborhood. 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. Staff researcher Molly Motley Blythe contributed to this series. Filmmaker Adam Hootnick says, "For a lot of people, that's the top." It started as a nonfiction book, then it became a movie (with Billy Bob Thornton as the coach) and finally a TV series. The official 1986 Football Roster for the University of North Carolina Heels . Wells Academy; Dr. Barbara Jordan Elementary School; Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III Global Preparatory Academy at Paul Quinn College . For information on the 2017 ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "What Carter Lost," click here. It would have been a great game, featuring accomplished, underrated quarterbacks and defenses that were downright scary. I just have this ceiling. Please enter valid email address to continue. Muhammad was on that 1988 state championship team. The school's grading system was called into question when Carter's starting cornerback Gary Evans' algebra grade was altered from a 68 to 72 due to what was deemed as a teacher violating grading procedures. The game is over. Her media guide bio lists Derric as her father. The film featured Dallas' 1988 Carter High School football season. 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. 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. Rumors at the time were that he had fathered two children with different Carter cheerleaders. FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth. 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With ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary What Carter Lost screening Aug. 24, audiences are primed to remember the glory and scandal that surrounded Dallas Carter High School's football team nearly 30 years ago.The 1988 Carter football team was at the top of its game. Prior to that he worked at The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Light. I want the younger audience to know that your decision that youre making right now can affect the rest of your life, Muhammad says. Davis High School Panthers. Previous Seasons All-Time Roster. The official 1989 Football Roster for the University of North Carolina Heels March 4 (UPI) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received a chorus of laughs while speaking Delhi, after he suggested that the war in Ukraine was launched against Russia. Before he signed with Tennessee while sitting in a Jacuzzi, he was pursued by the likes of USC, UCLA and Nebraska. Filmmaker Adam Hootnick says, "For a lot of people, that's the top.". Hide/Show Additional Information For Clarence Carter . The 1988 Carter High School football team won that year's Texas state championship. High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. Before, she was a Research & Archives Associate and wrote about the historical happenings from the The News' archives. It's been 30 years since the 1988 Permian Panthers football team took the field. In 14 seasons as the head coach at Carter, he went 122-22-3. I had to pull myself away because I know if I didn't, I would have wound up getting back to that mode.". It set the whole city on fire," said defense attorney John Creuzot, who represented one of the players. 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. Editor's note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning News archives. But nobody has any ill effects about it.". DWC Football Coaching Staff. Carter High in Dallas took the statechampionship in 1988, but thisnew film about the team is not all about victory. However, when it comes to violating the law, at the courthouse it simply doesn't matter than you can run the football.'. Williams also is a youth pastor at Tabernacle of Deliverance, a Dallas Pentecostal church. 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. 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. Test scores were among the lowest in the district and . A tipster notified UIL, which began an investigation into Carter. The Mesquite Horn offensive coach and quarterback who once led Carters team to victory remembers his high school days fondly it was the time, he says, he really felt like he was playing for the community. . 'Instead of these young men getting a college education, they will get an education from the TDC,' West said. 2017: Redshirted as a true freshman. This is a carousel. Twenty years ago, he was 6-3, 190 pounds and had once run a 40-yard dash in 4.34 seconds. Five days after winning state, three football players robbed a Jack in the Box at 2:30 a.m., pantyhose pulled over their heads. Edwards served four years in prison. We try to tell our young kids now, the decisions you make are going to affect you a long time.. Houston, Texas. Nothing could deter the Cowboys on their way to winning the state championship that year. But if you look at the real team's journey to the 1988 state title, you'll find a story about race and the pressures young athletes face a story Adam Hootnick explores in his documentary What Carter Lost. ", In the film, Hootnick interviews Texas high school football stars who went on to play professionally. The REAL 1988 Mojo from Friday Night Lights movie. That firestorm began when Russeau moved player Gary Edwards from one algebra class where the teacher insisted Edwards was failing to another that used a school improvement plan system implemented by the principal. Millions of Texans have rare diseases. Carter High School is really an afterthought in Friday Night Lights -- the evil, thug-like team that stole a championship. That team was, resoundingly, one of the best high school squads ever assembled. 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. David W. Carter High School; Downtown Montessori at Ida B. So though hes 78 and often uses a cane to walk, James has spent the last three years working as a school crossing guard in South Dallas, a few miles east of his beloved Carter High. By Laura RiceDecember 22, 20159:45 amArts & Culture, Sports. Ellis, the executive producer, told The Monday Morning Quarterback that he hopes viewers will take a similar message away from the film. Are ticket costs pricing Houston Astros fans out of Opening Day? Kendall declined to be interviewed for this story, other than to compliment the skills of defense attorneys West and Creuzot. ". 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 . Much of his reluctance has to do with his job, which he will only say involves working in a warehouse, mostly night shifts. "Other than Nebraska, when I was coaching at North Texas, I never coached against a faster team," Parker said. Longtime Illinois high school sports historian Robert Pruter reminds that many college and NFL Hall of Famers were not high achievers in high school. 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).