So thats the story, the good and the bad. A lot of people already know the story of Friday Night Lights, in which a West Texas high school fights for the state football title. I was still feeling the sting of that decision, he said. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. She graduated from the University of North Texas in 2017. The ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "What Carter Lost" premieres at 9:30 p.m. "I said, 'I guess it's time for me to get a job and make my own money.' "My kids are like, 'Dad, you know everybody.' A state championship convincingly earned on the field was lost 25 months later by unanimous vote in an Austin boardroom. Over the course of one month in the spring of 1989, six Dallas Carter players, including Edwards and defensive back Derric Evans, were charged with committing a series of seven armed robberies in Dallas before being arrested. We had the first girls team in 1992. we also had a boys team that year. The Lone Star Football Network Online Now: 454 Visitors. 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. 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. To know that I broke some hearts really has been a bother over time. "My two main regrets, first is the people I let down," he says. "A couple of guys I was locked up with, I guess they heard it on the news or the radio," he says. 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It's a guaranteed story that will be told for generations, with a record that will be likely painted up on a water tower or on a city's welcome sign. 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. ', Pennsylvania woman missing for more than 30 years found in Puerto Rico. "They talk about that high school team that kicked everybody's ass," he says. Carter later was forced to forfeit the 1988 season, in which it won a state title, for grade tampering. He has long been devoted to his fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, overseeing the local chapter's economic development dealings. 'When I compare you with a typical young offender who comes before me, you are especially without excuse,' Kendall added. But in a sentencing memorandum he wrote at the time, he explained that he would not give special treatment because the defendants played football and would issue a sentence consistent with other offenders who had committed multiple robberies. That was one of the great teams, former WFAA sports anchor Dale Hansen said in What Carter Lost, a 2017 ESPN documentary about the Cowboys 1988 season. On offense, he said, Yates likely would have had a slight edge. Boston College High School. "For every action there is a consequence good bad or indifferent," said Campbell. West got early-release signatures from the district attorney, sheriff, board of pardons and paroles and Judge Kendall. Catch up on the day's news you need to know. Patrick "P.K." It didnt matter where. When the ensuing trial was over, Edwards was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Pat Culpepper, an all-Southwest Conference defender for Darrell Royal at Texas and coach of the Lufkin team that lost to Carter in 1988, gives the edge to Carter on defense. "When you look back over 20 years, there's a reason for everything," West says. Additionally, the audio story, as did a previous Web version, state that six Carter High School football players served time in prison. Only Gov. Iranians stage protests as dozens more schoolgirls fall ill in suspected poisonings. He joined the Houston Chronicle in 1990 after stints at the Dallas bureau of United Press International (1984-90), the Waco Tribune-Herald (1978-84) and the Tyler Morning Telegraph (1975-78). Two months ago, he joined a mentorship program at Carter started by assistant principal Stonie Arbuckle, a classmate in 1988. The success and failures in life are a lot of times in our control, he said. A high school state football championship in Texas is arguably about more than just temporary bragging rights. They werent a bunch of cheap-shot chop-blockers either, as the movie would suggest. Unofficially, they would be the second team to do so, after the Dallas Carter Cowboys beat Converse Judson at Texas Stadium 31-14 in 1988. It would be difficult for anybody. Keith Campbell received the harshest prison sentence, 25 years, and the sharpest rebuke from Judge Kendall. "I didn't have respect for the law at that time and now I look at life in a more humble way," said Campbell. "I really don't give a [expletive] what people say about me, whether it's true or false.". Judge Kendall said he was a ringleader. A 12th still faces sentencing. His last job was with a firm that assists in litigation document preparation. Full Bio. Reflecting On Football And Addiction As 'Friday Night Lights' Turns 25, Why The Race Of The New Football Coach At University Of Texas Matters. So the level of attention and adoration and intensity around that experience for a lot of people, that's the top. DALLAS As South Oak Cliff heads to the 5A state championships this weekend, many in Dallas are celebrating, but its also reminding a lot of people of David W. Carter High School, commonly referred to as Dallas Carter. Carter High School is really an afterthought in Friday Night Lights -- the evil, thug-like team that stole a championship. The Panthers lost to Marshall 13-12 in a non-district game. For one, they beat Odessa-Permian in the state semifinals, not the championship. 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He wonders what might have happened if Judge Joe Kendall had given him probation, or if he had gotten out of prison in two years. After several phone conversations, Evans agrees to a sit-down interview in Houston, then reschedules twice, then decides not to do it. We put em on a pedestal, and then we wonder why they fall off, Hansen said in What Carter Lost.. 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. . Full Bio. But the long retired Russeau doesnt spend his time dwelling on the past. "The embarrassment I caused to myself, my family, my church family, my coaches and the University of Houston, that was enough.". Those memories, though, were soon overshadowed by bigger games at Texas Tech. 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. FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth. Thats definitely still part of the film, but its not the main focus. Rumors at the time were that he had fathered two children with different Carter cheerleaders. God has a plan for my life, and this is it.". But before Carter could even make it to the title game, it was hit with a roadblock off the field. The documentary remembers the 1988 Dallas Carter high school football team which beat Permian High in Friday . See the article in its original context from. From changing grades and playing ineligible players to substance abuse and violence, these five scandals marred the face of the king of all sports in Texas. Dallas Morning News sports reporter since 1993. It's been 30 years since the 1988 Permian Panthers football team took the field. Kendall, a former Dallas County prosecutor, lectured the 12 teenagers for 10 minutes before sentencing them for a string of 21 armed robberies committed last spring. Are insane ticket costs pricing Astros fans out of Opening Day? Hide/Show Additional Information For Jay Carter . High Schools. In 18 years as the head coach at Yates, Booker compiled a 168-37-6 record and guided the Lions to 13 district titles, three state semifinal appearances and one memorable state championship in 1985. 1994 Roster # Player Position Birthday Hometown High School Height Weight; 1: DeWayne Carter: WR: 4/21/1973: Orchard Lake, MI: St. Mary's Prep: 6'1" 192: 2: Ty Howard: CB, DB: 11/30/1973: "Some people probably were living their dreams through us. / CBS Texas. One player famously signed his letter of intent to play college ball while lounging in a hot tub, adorned in gold jewelry. As for any school, for kids that are young and immature, youre gonna see some great things athletically and then youre gonna see some decisions that were made due to greed and things that were not positive, he said. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.