Howe at Quinlan broadcast highlights
West and his slot-T go home to Quinlan tonight
Howe Bulldogs Offensive Coordinator Dale West played his high school football games for Quinlan on the very field the ‘Dogs will play tonight. However, it is the first time West has ever been on the visitors sideline.
West grew up in Quinlan, Texas and graduated from Quinlan Ford High School in 2003 where he played quarterback in the slot-T offense under offensive coordinator Paul Kilby and Head Coach Billy Butler. West credits Kilby as the biggest influence in his life. Not only did he teach West the slot-T, but also became a father-figure to him. At 15, while in high school, West’s father passed away which led him to move in with his grandmother and then later his aunt. With both of them also soon passing, West found himself going from house to house without a place to call home. It was Kilby who took West under his wings and made sure he was okay.
“After I bounced from friend to friend’s house, I went to live with him for a little while. As I was going into college, they did a thing at their church to make sure I had money to start college with. He’s just a great guy. I don’t know where I’d be without him.” said West.
After West’s graduation from Texas A&M Commerce, he landed his first coaching position at Mathis High School as the offensive coordinator under his mentor and father-figure Paul Kilby, who was the head coach.
“We were 8-4 our first year there. They had lost multiple games the year before.” West said. “We went two deep (in the playoffs) and lost to Devine. The second year we went 10-3 and ended up getting beat by Navarro by a field goal in the third round.” With the success at Mathis and completely turning that program around, Kilby and West took their talents to Lockhart. They had also been a perennial losing football program and had gone 1-9 before they arrived. In the second year, Kilby’s coaching staff, including West, took them to the playoffs.
Coach Kilby then put his name in the hat for the head coaching job at Sweeny because they have the reputation of being a higher echelon football program. Kilby got the offer and West followed him there.
“We were there for a year and went 8-4 and went to the second round of the playoffs and got beat.” West said. “It was a fun year, but I had the opportunity to come here and here I am.”
West has run the slot-T offense ever since high school. He says that he would be a fool to try and run anything else.
“I don’t know anything else. From high school to all of my career of coaching.” said West.
It was actually Billy Butler at Quinlan who brought the slot-T to North Texas from South Texas by way of Orange Grove and Gregory Portland back in the 1980s. When Butler arrived at Quinlan, he brought Kilby with him and they turned the entire program around by using that offense.
“Coach Kilby taught me the offense when I was in high school and then I coached with him ever since.” said West.
2014 in Howe was West’s first year to not have Kilby to fall back on.
“It’s a learning curve for me because he’s the slot-T guru. He knows everything there is to know about it.” said West in an August 2014 interview.
It all started in Quinlan and now the slot-T son will return tonight to the field where it all began.
Tonight’s game will be broadcast live on HoweEnterprise.com and can be heard in real time (inside the stadium only) on 95.5 FM.
Howe vs. Quinlan, 2016
Game 735 in school history. Howe’s overall record is 374-336-24.
This is the fifth meeting between Howe and Quinlan Ford:
11/15/1968, Howe won at Bulldog Stadium, 22-6
11/14/1969, Howe won at Quinlan, 42-16
9/18/1998, Howe won at Bulldog Stadium, 42-6
9/23/1999, Howe lost at Quinlan, 29-21
Howe is 3-4 on games played on September 16
9/16/1966, Howe won at Bells, 6-2
9/16/1977, Howe lost at Whitesboro, 18-0
9/16/1983, Howe beat Celina at Bulldog Stadium, 12-6
9/16/1988, Howe won at Callisburg, 14-7
9/16/1994, Howe lost at Cooper, 21-0
9/16/1999, Howe lost to Pilot Point at Bulldog Stadium, 20-12
9/16/2011, Howe lost at Wolfe City, 26-25
Bulldogs offense rolling:
Howe’s offense has now amassed 999 yards, all but 48 are on the ground.
The Howe Bulldogs’ 29.7 points per game currently ranks them 6th in that category in the 73-year history of Bulldogs football. This follows last year’s 34.17 best in school history finish. In 2014 (the first year of the slot-T offense in Howe), the Dogs’ 28.69 points per game – ranked 7th in school history. Since the beginning of 2014, they have rushed for 9,359 yards and passed for 303. They are 17-5 going back to 10/24/2014. Two of the five losses were in the playoffs.
54.17 Howe Enterprise September 12, 2016
Muenster at Howe broadcast highlights
Homecoming Queen and King nominees
Tonight at 7 pm at Howe’s annual homecoming, a king and queen will be announced for Howe High School. The nominees are:
Homecoming Queen’s Court
(L-R): Kaylee Dwyer, Landry Rhoten, Anna Counts, Kamryn Fulenchek and Hunter Brockelman.
Homecoming King’s Court
(L-R): Tim Helpenstell, Tanner Hartsfield, Landry Elvington, Chris Blaszak, and Gage Underwood
Howe vs. Muenster, 2016
Homecoming Court by Michelle Carney
Game 734 in season 73 for the Howe Bulldogs. Howe has an overall record of 373-336-24.
This is the first ever match up between Muenster and Howe. The Bulldogs have played Muenster Sacred Heart twice going 2-0 in 2014 and 2015.
Muenster’s 2015
The Hornets lost to Callisburg in Week 3 and then didn’t lose again until a match up with Bremond in the state semifinals. It was a banner year for Brady Carney’s program, winning District 9 and eventually knocking off Tenaha in the regional finals. The only time Muenster scored fewer than 30 points came in the two losses. The offense put up over 600 points in 15 games. The defense allowed fewer than 10 points a game if you take out the efforts in the losses to Callisburg and Bremond. The Hornets remain the favorites in District 9 and the leading candidates to challenge Bremond inside Region III.
Muenster’s 2016
So far in 2016, Muenster has beaten Valley View on the road, 51-0 and Pilot Point at home, 35-12.
Chance to be over .500 in the decade
Howe is 34-34 in the decade of the 2010’s. The ‘Dogs haven’t been over .500 since being 13-12 on Sept. 24, 2012.
Coach Simmons preparing for special homecoming alumni pep rally segment
In Coach Steve Simmons fashion, he is planning a segment in the Howe Bulldogs homecoming pep rally that will feature former Howe alumni during his annual homecoming speech. Expected to be on-hand with Simmons are alumni representing their respective sports and activities they excelled in while at Howe. The lineup consists of Brian Ross – boys track, Carlene Wilson Walker – girls track, Roy Layman – boys basketball, Robin Stonebarger-Campbell – girls basketball, Katrina Vest – softball, Monte Walker – football, Pam Lankford Kirby – volleyball, Michelle Smith Walker – cheerleading, Angie Cavender Liss – band.
The homecoming pep rally will be at Howe High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd, Howe, Texas at 3 pm.
Martha Ellen Cate, 1926-2016
Martha Ellen Cloninger Cate was born Saturday, April 3, 1926 in Farmersville, Texas to C.E. and Vera (Bowers) Cloninger and went to her Heavenly home on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at the age of 90.
Martha grew up in Dallas. She married R. L. Cate on April 5, 1947 in Grapevine, and came to Sherman in 1963 where he worked for Johnson & Johnson. He precedes her in death in August 1987.
She and R.L. were very involved with their children in the church youth group. Martha enjoyed taking pictures of her grandchildren and listening to Gospel music. She loved the color purple, going shopping, and eating at Chick fil A on a daily basis.
She was a member of the Howe First Baptist Church over 50 plus years and member of the church’s XYZ Club, taking many trips with church friends.
Mrs. Cate was also preceded in death by her parents, daughter Martha Jean Cate, and grandson Joseph Fenton Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Kathie Fenton (Joseph) of Muenster, TX, son, Marvin Cate (Sherry) of McKinney, TX, grandchildren, Jennifer Bayer (Eric), Hayle Dangelmayr (Tom), Michael Hill (Michelle), Rodney Cooper, and Robert Cate (Binta); 8 great grandchildren, several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, and nieces and nephews.
Services to celebrate Martha’s life will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Howe First Baptist Church with grandson Eric Bayer officiating and Pastor Roger Tidwell assisting.
Interment will follow at Hall Cemetery with grandsons Michael Hill, Rodney Cooper, Robert Cate, Micah Bayer, Tom Dangelmayr, and Eli Dangelmayr serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM on Monday, Sept. 5, at Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman.
The family requests donations be made to the First Baptist Church XYZ Club 100 W. Davis St. Howe, TX 75459 or Home Hospice of Cooke County 316 S. Chestnut Gainesville, TX 76240.