{"id":642,"date":"2018-12-31T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=642"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:13:02","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=642","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

9.4.16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Books focus on high school football in Texas<\/h1>\n

High school football in Texas is the subject of two new books<\/span> by Texas authors, and a third is coming soon.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>Waco writer Chad S. Conine, <\/span>who has been covering high school football for nearly twenty years, has written The Republic of Football: Legends of the Texas High School Game<\/span><\/a><\/span> (University of Texas Press, $24.95 hardcover), an excellent collection of forty-one stories about some of the most exciting games involving some of the sport\u2019s biggest names \u2014 players and coaches.<\/p>\n

The teams he covers range from large urban and suburban high schools like Katy, Austin Westlake, Galena Park North Shore, and Southlake Carroll to small towns Hamlin, Tuscola, Idalou, Rockport, and Big Sandy. In interviews with high school stars who went on to play college and professional football, Conine found them always eager to remember their high school teams, coaches, teammates and experiences.<\/p>\n

Stories focus on legendary coaches like Art Briles, Hayden Fry, Grant Teaff, Gordon Wood, Lovie Smith, Jimmy Keeling, and Spike Dykes and players like Colt McCoy, Case Keenum, LaDanian Tomlinson, Dat Nguyen, Drew Brees, and Adrian Peterson.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy high school football, you\u2019ll find plenty of good reading in these 244 pages, plus Conine offers a list of other recommended books on the subject.<\/p>\n

Conine will talk about his book during the West Texas Book Festival at noon Friday, Sept. 23, at the Abilene Public Library. The session is free and open to the public. Optional lunch is available for $5. For more on the festival, go to abilenetx.com\/apl<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Winning coach: <\/span>G. A. Moore holds the record, at least for now, as the winningest Texas high school football coach ever. His record could be broken this year or next by Phil Danaher of Corpus Christi Calallen High School. Moore set the mark \u2014 429 wins, 97 losses, 9 ties, 8 state championships \u2014 in a forty-five-year career, most of it at Celina and Pilot Point, northeast of Dallas.<\/p>\n

A new authorized biography of Moore, Beyond Just Win<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Ed Housewright<\/span> (Blue River Press, $22.99 hardcover), tells the coach\u2019s story not only on the field but off, with numerous testimonials from players, assistant coaches, parents and others he influenced over the years. Moore demanded perfection from himself and his players, and his teams consistently produced winning records. Celina in 2001 broke the consecutive game win streak of forty-nine previously held by the Chuck Moser\u2013coached Abilene High Eagles in the 1950s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning coaches,\u201d Housewright notes, \u201csometimes have a dark side. They may have a massive ego, a mean streak, or a dismissive attitude toward others. Moore has none of those. He\u2019s inspired numerous former players to follow his footsteps into coaching. He became a mentor, a father figure, and a friend to two generations of players. Molding boys into men of character \u2014 that was G. A. Moore\u2019s real legacy as a coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since retiring, he has devoted himself to his family\u2019s ranch. A year ago Moore (who once quit coaching to enter seminary) accepted the pastorate of the nearby country Baptist church in which he was baptized.\u00a0 The sign out front notes that the pastor is \u201cCoach G. A. Moore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming soon: <\/span>Another book on Texas football isn\u2019t out yet but will be soon, and I\u2019ll be writing about it in a few weeks \u2014 Nick Eatman\u2019s<\/span> Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas: A Year in the Life of Lone Star Football, From High School to College to the Cowboys<\/span><\/a><\/span>(Dey Street Books, $26.99 hardcover).<\/span><\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is More Civility, Please. <\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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