Legendary Newton coach dies after heart attack

Legendary Newton High School football coach Curtis Barbay has died of a massive heart attack at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth this evening.

Barbay, 68, coached for about 40 years and won three state titles at Newton High School. He won more than 300 games, and is the winningest football coach in Southeast Texas.

The Eagles were a perennial powerhouse under Barbay, and are currently ranked in the top ten in class 2A. Barbay passed away doing what he loved till the very end according to KFDM News in Beaumont. Please pray for his family and the Newton community.

Abilene makes late comeback

Good one in Plano tonight as Abilene and Longview are tied. Abilene throws a TD pass with 16 seconds remaining....going to overtime. Longview is 1-3, but every game has come down to the end for them. Catch the overtime here.

West Orange-Stark game against Giddings cancelled

According to the Beaumont Enterprise, West Orange-Stark coaches confirmed that their next game, Saturday, September 25 against Giddings in Conroe, has been cancelled. 

There has been no decision made about the Mustangs' game in two weeks against Kirbyville.

WO-S quarterback dies in hospital after seizure

It is being reported by Beaumont area media that Reggie Garrett, a senior quarterback at WO-S High School, was pronounced dead at Baptist Hospital Orange just after 9:30 p.m. tonight.

Garrett jogged to the sideline after throwing a touchdown pass with nine minutes left in the second quarter, and passed out on the sidelines where paramedics suspect he had a seizure.

Abilene and Tampa Plant kickoff the weekend on ESPNU

Abilene and Tampa Plant square off tomorrow night in Abilene in a game scheduled to be televised on ESPNU at 7 PM. Plant is led by RB James Wilder Jr., the son of former Tampa Bay RB James Wilder, while Abilene RB Herschel Simms is expected back from a shoulder injury.

Plant QB Phillip Ely, who is pledged to Alabama, was out last week with a lower leg strain, but he is also expected back for the game.

The game kicks off a big weekend of football, including matchups of top ten class 5A teams Katy and Beaumont West Brook, and Round Rock Stony Point and DeSoto.

In class 4A, the headliner is Lake Travis vs. Kerrville Tivy, along with Waco Midway vs. Everman.

Southlake Carroll QB appeal denied

AUSTIN -- Southlake Carroll senior quarterback Daxx Garman's appeal to be reinstated was denied Tuesday by the University Interscholastic League state executive committee in a unanimous vote.

Waco ISD athletic director Johanna Denson, San Antonio ISD athletic director Gil Garza,Troy ISD superintendent Kerry Hansen, and Houston ISD athletic director Daryl Wade decided to uphold the District 7-5A committee's Aug. 27 ruling to rescind Garman's eligibility after it determined his move from Oklahoma to Southlake Carroll last February had been made for athletic purposes, which is forbidden by the UIL.

Carroll ISD issued the following statement.