Blanco AC Page

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December 19, 2001

Today's featured assistant coach:

Craig Jackson--Defensive Ends, Split Ends, Special Teams

Coach Jackson's Background

	1994 - 1996 Roma High School
	1996 Blanco High School

On the 2001 Season

It was a special season. Partly because the seniors are the first group of 7th graders I had in Texas History, and mainly because we did so well.

On Defensive Ends, Split Ends, and Special Teams

Our defensive ends were Laird Frantzen and A. J. Mann. Both did a great job this year. Special recognition needs to go to Juan Soto for starting the first five games. Juan came in and did a great job for us.

Split ends Chris Bibb and Robert Flores both did a great job. Chris stepped up over the off season and got stronger, which helped his game. You could always count on Bob Flores to get downfield and block and make big catches when you needed him to. I also want to recognize senior J. D. Uballe for his contributions to our receiving corps.

Special teams did a great job this year. Our kickoff team is probably the fastest we've had since I've been here. Many times this season we've kept people inside the 25 on kickoffs. Chris Bibb did a great job on extra points. I think he had about 47 extra points this year. Against Hemphill, Chris did a great job coming on and kicking that extra point to win 28 - 27.

On Fan Support

The fans were great this year. they were very supportive. Even against Hemphill when we were down by 2 touchdowns, I looked up in the stands and no one had disappeared.