After a quirky 2020 high school football season filled with drastic changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 season looks to return to normal come August.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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6/7/21
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After almost any season, a team knows where it stood that year. Playoffs or no playoffs. Good start, bad finish; Bad start, good finish. Injuries or no injuries. There is nowhere to hide.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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5/19/21
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When she came to Paetow from Morton Ranch going into her sophomore year, Tumi Onaleye’s world changed.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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5/8/21
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Paetow’s boys and girls teams swept the District 11-5A wrestling championships at the Merrell Center on Wednesday, April 7. And though the programs are just four years old, the impressive results came as no surprise to coach Eric Scholle.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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4/7/21
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Paetow’s boys and girls, and Jordan's girls starred at the District 19-5A track and field meet May 31-April 1 in Brenham.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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4/2/21
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Paetow senior Hessler Magana had no doubt, seemingly oblivious to the magnitude of the moment. Pressure, as great as it stood, was apparently irrelevant.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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3/26/21
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Paetow’s boys soccer team has taken care of business since the program started varsity play in 2019. And the Panthers are in the business of winning.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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3/20/21
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ALDINE—Paetow started its 2020-2021 boys basketball season a team divided. It finished a family, a brotherhood in players’ parlance.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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3/5/21
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ALDINE—Paetow boys basketball coach Michael Niemi preached every day leading up to the playoffs.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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3/2/21
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As recently as last week, Paetow boys basketball coach Michael Niemi had not been pleased with his team’s defense.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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2/26/21
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From all-district Offensive MVP to NCAA Division I signee to now a Class 5A all-state selection, it’s been a whirlwind couple of months for Paetow senior Damon Bankston.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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2/25/21
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COLLEGE STATION—Everett Marlatt wasn’t having any of it. The thought of his high school basketball career ending was a non-starter.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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2/23/21
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All season long, No. 1 on the list of goals for the Paetow boys basketball team was to win the District 19-5A title outright. Last year, the Panthers shared the championship with A&M Consolidated.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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2/6/21
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The recruiting process for high school football student-athletes in the Class of 2021 was a difficult one because of a plethora of limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There was no spring football. Camps were canceled. Official visits were not permitted.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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2/3/21
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Paetow’s football season did not end how it desired, with its area round playoff game canceled because of COVID-19 cases within the Panthers program, but its success this season was rewarded when the District 10-5A, Division I selections were recently released.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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1/8/21
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Paetow was not too thrilled to share the District 19-5A boys basketball championship with A&M Consolidated last season.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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1/6/21
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Paetow’s impressive football season came to an abrupt and disappointing end Thursday when the program was forced to shut down because of an abundance of COVID-19 cases, canceling Saturday’s Class 5A-DI area playoff game against New Braunfels Canyon as a result.
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By Dennis Silva II, Sports Editor
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12/17/20
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As a junior last season, Paetow running back Damon Bankston rushed for 1,097 yards and eight touchdowns, with 286 receiving yards and four more touchdowns. Bankston averaged 8.4 yards per carry and 22.6 yards per catch.
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By Dennis Silva II | Sports Editor
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12/9/20
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Having already clinched its second playoff berth in three years of varsity play via last week’s win at Angleton, Paetow still felt it had a lot to prove.
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By Dennis Silva II | Sports Editor
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11/27/20
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With three weeks left in the high school football regular season, Katy ISD remains well-represented as four teams are ranked in this week’s Houston area high school football media poll.
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By Dennis Silva II | Sports Editor
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11/19/20
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