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2011 District 4-2A All-District Hunter Turner: 1st Team DB Cristobal Lopez: 2nd Team OL Hayden Juardo: 2nd Team ILB Luis Garcia: 2nd Team DB Favian Pantoja: 2nd Team Punter Michael Mudd: Hon. Mention OL Cory Barbee: Hon. Mention FB Luis Garcia: Hon Mention RB Terrell Shaw: Hon Mention LB Saul Montoya: Hon Mention DL
2011 Academic All-State Texas High School Coaches Association John Volleman: 2nd Team
2011 Academic All-District John Volleman Michael Mudd Saul Montoya Eduardo Calderon Skylar Stephens Gabino Casaneda Derek Boone Hunter Turner
Team Captains: (Voted on by their teammates) Saul Montoya Hunter Turner Armando Martinez Michael Mudd2011 Dublin Lions Year in Review The 2011 Dublin Lions football team will go down in Dublin High School Football history as the team that began something special. The team that began to Restore the Roar. Dublin began the 2011 offseason with just 18 student-athletes. With a new coach and a revamped coaching staff, there was a new attitude, a new life, and a new reason to believe. By the time summer had rolled around there were close to 65 student-athletes in offseason. The program had more than tripled. As the summer months past and as the summer conditioning programs came to an end, you could see the beginning of 2-a-days right around the corner. 65 football players showed up on the first day of camp. With good scrimmages against Meridian and Tolar. The football spirits were high. Dublin would play rival Hico for the season opener at Stephenville's Tarleton Memorial Stadium. The Lions would drop that game to Hico by a score of 63-0. No team wants to start out that way but its not how you start its how you finish. Dublin would continue to improve as the season went along. Closing in on the margin of victory. Dublin would drop the next 2 to Millsap (29-7) and losing to Santo 35-14. Dublin took the first lead in a contest since 2009 against Santo with a touchdown run by Cory Barbee. The next game will be something special that no 2011 Senior will forget. The game featured Valley Mills. A playoff team from the year before with many returning starters. Dublin was a 35 point underdog going in to that night. But with high hopes and believing that they can win, Dublin wouldn't be denied. Dublin celebrated a 28-24 win over the Valley Mills Eagles. The first win since Valley Mills in 2009. Fans went crazy when Hayden Juardo and the rest of the defense stopped the ball carrier short of the goal line to seal the victory for the Lions. There were hugs, tears and so much emotion throughout night. The Lions snapped a 19 game losing streak. The Lions would not win another game the rest of season. With traditional powers such as Godley, which went 2 rounds deep in the playoffs, and Eastland, that made the State Semi-Finals and 4 time State Champion Breckendridge, wins were hard to come by. The Dublin Lions finished the season with a 1-9 mark, but there were so many other program wins along the way. These wins may not be in the "win" column but they do begin the building of a program from the ground, up. ~ 18 Student-athletes in offseason (2010) 65 student-athletes that finished football (2011) ~No leads in any contest (2010) 2 leads in 2 contests (2011) ~No JV team (2010) 2 JV teams (2011) ~Points scored 57 (2010) Points scored 69 (2011) ~Points against 538 (2010) Points against 490 (2011) ~Passing rate for Football, N/A (2010) Passing rate for Football, 97% (2011) ~Most points a game, 20 (2010) Most points in a game, 28 (2011) ~Wins in 2010 season, 0-10 Wins in 2011 season, 1-9 There are more victories to come for the Dublin Lion program. With great leaders in our schools, come great students. With great coaches, come great athletes. There is an energy that is contagious throughout the halls of Dublin High School. An energy that everyone wants to take part in. An old saying goes "Rome was not built in one day." Same goes for Dublin High School. We are making the change to become great but to become great we have to build a great program. To build a great program we have to have great student-athletes that by-in to the program. With great student-athletes, we have to have great teachers. With great teachers, we have to have great parents. Thank you players, coaches and parents for making the 2011 season so memorable. Seniors, you have started something great here at Dublin High. You began the "Restore the Roar." RESTORE THE ROAR
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