Category: Plano

  • Friday Night Semi-Heights

    It’s playoff time in Texas. All the district games have been played and the real fun begins. The Cats finished off with a win over Richardson and are slated for a bi-district matchup against Rockwall next Saturday at Texas Stadium. Lots of great high school playoff action has seen the turf there. Dusted off this old clip to get everyone’s blood pumping. This clip is from the 1994…

  • Friday Night Excites

    The Cats lined up this Friday night against the other crosstown rival, the Panthers of East. For whatever reason, this rivalry goes far beyond the ticky tack “Your mom cleans my mom’s house” taunts that go on with the Westies. These two schools boo each other’s bands. Not pretty. NFL Films was on hand to capture the atmosphere for an…

  • Unbound

    Every school or town has one. A kid who has overcome significant challenges, defied the odds and won the hearts of his team, town, school, classmates. For Plano Senior High School that kid was Richie Herskowitz. Born with cystic fibrosis, Richie underwent a double lung transplant at age six. Confined to a wheelchair and using a breathing tube Richie did…

  • Where You At?

    You know where I’m at. I’m in the burbs fighting the good fight. And I know where you at. You’re out there in the intertubes wondering where I’m at. Seems every time I get into a posting groove life events overtake and I end up two weeks later with more ideas bouncing around in my head than I can write…