Fastest players in PN-G history?

[PNG Proud]

Personally, as far as anyone that I watched play... Caleb Sparks was amazing. To watch him out-run "The fastest runner in the nation" at the Butch was a sight! Don't know his numbers, I just never saw anyone out run him.

 

[Fairlane]

A few more candidates:
Brian Cappadonna - 1996
Brandon Begnaud - 2006
Kenneth Tezeno - 2006

Cappadonna was a wasted talent.

 

[Fairlane]

I always hope that one day the next big one will come through. It only takes a moment to see a Roschon Johnson or a Jaylen Garth to walk or hallways. We have two Indians who are in Austin right now and one in College Station and numerous playing around the country. I would say that a resurgence in talent may be happening right before our very eyes. Maybe one day another Bergeron or McGill will come through. The 9th going to the 10th-grade team is very talented and maybe they will make a big-time mark. How lucky can we be to go from Morse to Roschon to Bost. Look across our area these three would start on any team in the last 6-7 years and we had them back to back to back. We have another one lined up after the great one we have now.

Who is in College Station?

 

[Fairlane]

I always hope that one day the next big one will come through. It only takes a moment to see a Roschon Johnson or a Jaylen Garth to walk or hallways. We have two Indians who are in Austin right now and one in College Station and numerous playing around the country. I would say that a resurgence in talent may be happening right before our very eyes. Maybe one day another Bergeron or McGill will come through. The 9th going to the 10th-grade team is very talented and maybe they will make a big-time mark. How lucky can we be to go from Morse to Roschon to Bost. Look across our area these three would start on any team in the last 6-7 years and we had them back to back to back. We have another one lined up after the great one we have now.

Who is at A&M?

 

[IndianFan]

Who is at A&M?

Austin Bost is playing baseball there.

Austin Bost - Baseball - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com

Austin Bost (12) INF - CAREER: Has appeared in 142 games during his career in Aggieland, including 133 starts... batting .329 (172-for-553) with 89 runs, 32 ...

12thman.com

Keynel McZeal left the Aggie football team a couple of years ago.

A&M transfer McZeal headed the junior college route

Texas A&M WR/TE Keynel McZeal has chosen to head to junior college and be re-recruited instead of transferring immediately to another four-year school.

247sports.com

 

[prepballfan]

I thought Mc Zeal was still there

 

[IndianFan]

I thought Mc Zeal was still there

I did too until I searched for his bio recently.

 

[pngfanatic]

Interesting point of context; In 1963 the great Bob Hayes recorded a personal best and world record time of 9.1 in the 100 yard dash.

If Simpson and Landry actually ran a 9.5 that was near world class speed in 1965.

Pngfanatic, can you share the reference to the 9.5 time so I can update Mike’s hall of honor page?

Mike Simpson - Class of 1965 - PN-G Indians Football

Mike Simpson was one of the fastest players in PN-G football history. Timed in the 100 yard dash at 9.8 seconds, he was also a star track athlete who helped set a state record in the 440 relay. Simpson was a 1964 All-District running back who later started at defensive back for the University of […]

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Dug into my scrapbook again and discovered that the fastest times for Simpson and Landry in high school was actually 9.6. However, in the attach ,edpicture you can see that Simpson was less than a step behind when Dale Bernauer ran a 9.5. I also attached an article documenting that Simpson ran a 9.4 at UH.

 

[pngfanatic]

I agree with pngfanatic on Earl Sheffield in the 50s. As a '53 football teammate I remember the story that he ran a 9.8 100 yd dash in the ninth grade.

My scrapbook doesn't go back as far as the 50s, but found a couple of articles on newspaperarchives.com that show Sheffield running a 9.9 100 as a sophomore. I haven't been able to find any faster times for him as a junior or senior, but you would have to assume he got faster as a junior and senior.

 

[Fairlane]

I did too until I searched for his bio recently.

He left after 2 seasons. Didn't play a down. I think he's living in Port Arthur now.

 

[IndianFan]

He left after 2 seasons. Didn't play a down. I think he's living in Port Arthur now.

Thanks. Hopefully he can get back in the game.

 

[bark]

Mike Simpson, Lyman Landry, Tommy Landry, Leyton Brown, and Jeff Bergeron. I would love to see the lists of other Indian fans.

Go Indians. Peace.

You are right. Landry brothers badass

 

[1989NDN]

I do not know about track speed, but dressed out in full pads, Jeff Bergeron, Mike Simpson, Lyman Landry, and Tommy Landry were plenty fast. My father said he did not know what 40-times those guys ran, but he never, ever, saw anyone run down Bergeron, Simpson, or the Landry brothers. Bergeron could go fast, get around the corner, and then if he needed to, then he could hit the afterburners and really run off and leave everyone behind...including the DBs from Lincoln. My father says it was unlike anything he had seen, live and in-person. My mother graduated with Mike Simpson. She said he could walk on his hands up and down the hallways at PN-G better than most kids could walk on their two feet. He had tremendous upper body strength and explosive quickness. All that and she said he was good looking and the nicest gentleman. She never heard him raise his voice or curse. Getting off my storytelling soap box...relaying my parents' stories. Go Indians.

 

[IndianFan]

Great stories! And why we have this forum. To recognize and remember.

 

[PatsCowboy]

PNG would have won the State Championship if Mike had run the hundred at the State Meet. Mike OWNED Mule Frazier and was the only sprinter in the history of track to do that. Mule was the starter for sprints at the Texas Relays and the State Meet. He was old, and would hold the runners in the set position so long that they could have had pizza delivered before he fired the pistol. As an example, at the 1968 Texas Relays, the two world record holders were entered in an invitational 100. The two of them false started THREE times because of Mule. The marshall blamed the false starts on other runners to allow the two to stay in the race, which they finished 1 & 2.

Coach Watson took a chance and changed the running order for Austin after going to the Buccaneer Relays the week before and losing to Montgomery and WB Ray (???). Simp was rolling when Mule fired the gun and was never caught. No, it was not a false start, just a damn good jump. I believe Coach Watson told them if they held Montgomery off the curve, he would be mentally destroyed. PNG was in lane 3; Mongomery in lane 8.