2008 FOOTBALL SEASON

[Justafan]

Published July 12, 2008 08:26 pm -

PN-G runner draws invite to big game


By Tom Halliburton
The Port Arthur News


PORT NECHES -- Port Neches-Groves running back Josh Wright has received an invitation to play in the fifth annual International All-America Bowl Game Classic next January.


An effective complement to senior Jake Hemmings in last year's Indians running game, Wright carried 132 times for 866 yards and six touchdowns as a junior.

At 5-9, 196, Wright combines good strength with sprinter speed. Recruiting expert Max Emfinger listed Wright's current 40-yard dash speed at 4.46.

Wright has attended summer football camps at both the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University and Texas Christian University. He is listed among Emfinger's top 250 national recruits for the Class of 2009.

Wright will be one of two running backs on the West squad for the All-America Bowl, sponsored by Under Armour on Jan. 3, 2009. The game's organizer, Emfinger, is still finalizing the venue for the 2009 game. The 2008 All-America Bowl Game was played in Jackson, Mississippi.

"I'm excited and I'm ready to play," Wright said Saturday. "I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life."

Emfinger's words about Wright's abilities surprised the PN-G senior-to-be.

On his maxemfinger website, Emfinger wrote on Wright's biography notes that Josh "may be the strongest player in the country at his size or at his position."

Emfinger cited that Wright bench-pressed 400 pounds and he also has done 35 reps of 185 pounds on the bench press and 20 reps of 225 pounds.

"I didn't think he (Emfinger) would say something that good about me," Wright said. "But I have gotten a lot stronger and faster in the off-season."

 

[IndianFan]

Who will Tatum be throwing the ball to this season?

 

[setxsports]

I heard that Kyler Segura is going to be a wideout so it might be him I think IndianFan.

 

[nissanindian]

Haven't weote in a while just been busy at work i :duel: I just read all the comments and i got chills can you believe it almost time to lace are shoes up snap out chin straps and hit somebody............... i hate to say this i think we will run the same offense this year as we did last year but with a few new twist alot more screens across the middle and alot more inside post patterns tatum is going to be awesome ............ :helmet: Now on to the defense I think there will be some hungary boys out there when that first kick off happens I just wish it would hurry up and get here

 

[Justafan]

Does anyone know if Tatum went to any QB camps this summer? Or Goulke had his camp?

 

[pngfan93]

My nephew told me that Gohlke had his camp. He has done so well with the high schoolers that they have now extended the camp down to 7th graders.

 

[Justafan]

Drove by the field this afternoon and saw Gohlke working out Josh Cook over at the soccer practice fields. Cook looks BIG!!!

 

[PNG Proud]

I thought I asked this question earlier, but I can't find it, so, maybe I didn't. (I'm getting old ya know)

I'm wondering why any school district would NOT want to sell as many season tickets as possible. The policy now (for PNGISD, and I assume others too) is to sell season tickets up to a certain date, then stop selling them. Then, I presume sell them on game week, if they can. I can understand, to a point, that you can't have someone man that little window all year, but why would they not want to sell as many tickets as possible in advance??? :huh:

It's almost like they don't want to sell out the entire stadium in advance, even if they could, because they want to save some for game week.

By selling those season tickets, even though it's past the date, they almost assure themselves of future sales, come renewal time the following year.

Can anyone shed some light on the rationale behind this odd (to me) policy?

 

[IndianFan]

Sell out the home side with season tickets, and then start filling up the visitors side with the overflow general admission!

 

[pngfan93]

That happened the first year that TJ dropped down to 4A. I remember watching that game from the visitors' side with several other PNG fans in a roped off section. Works for every game but MCM.