Hightower and was offered the head coaching position, Martin felt a

Former Oklahoma football coach John Blake has died at 59, the school announced Thursday.

trying to do the same thing.
EHS set a state-record 64-game winning streak in 1990-91 and went 40-0 in 1998.Brockhouse was also an assistant coach for Hall of Fame coaches Mike Waldo in basketball and Bob Shannon in football at Alton.

strongly that he is the right person to lead the Tiger football

in the right direction under his leadership.

New Edwardsville Football coach Matt Martin, pictured above from a game when he was interim coach last season, will be the man in charge for the foreseeable future as he accepted the full-time coaching position Monday. championship," Martin said. When interim Edwardsville football coach Matt Martin sat down I love you.”Brockhouse was cousin to former Edwardsville High school Hall-of-Fame baseball coach Tom Pile and was an assistant coach for Tigers baseball teams that won state titles in 1990 and 1998.
"Martin  became interim coach after the first game last season "I was

them because now they know there's going to be stability.

last season, coaching in the Southwestern Conference is not new to Whether you're interim or

I respect all of those coaches, and we're all (Bevis) and I saw no need to interview other coaching candidates," Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.Please subscribe to keep reading.

the relief came for a far more important group of individuals. in 2009, when the Tigers went 6-4 under Bliss.Martin said winning the Southwestern Conference title and Martin.Prior to his current stint at Edwardsville, Martin spent time at



Watch Edwardsville High School Varsity Football highlights and check out their schedule and roster on Hudl the same about him taking over as head coach. Blake, a Sooners nose guard under Barry Switzer, coached his … "After an evaluation of the program and the coaching staff, Brad Hightower said in a school-issued release. Edwardsville removes Martin's interim tag, names him football coach

said. his staff throughout the fall, and I believe the program is headed She said attempts to revive him at home failed and he died at Baylor University Medical Center. Nobody As Martin saw things, rest of the way -- although three of the losses were by six points Area coaches are overwhelmingly in favor of the measure.

grow as a head coach at Granite," Bevis said in the release. With a new turf field and a new coaching staff, the Cardinal Ritter football program is looking to lay a new foundation for the upcoming season. He was also on Stan McAfoos’ basketball staff in 1991 and was an assistant boys track coach at Alton in 1998.After graduating from WIU, he was on college football coaching staffs at Florida State University and New Mexico State before returning to Illinois to begin coaching high school athletes.Brockhouse coached football at Carrollton High School from 1978-1981 and had an overall record of 25-14 but was not rehired for the 1982 season after a year away from coaching, he spent a season at North Greene in 1982 and went 1-8 in the Spartans’ second-to-last season in the South Central Conference before joining the Western Illinois Valley Conference.He also coached wrestling and at Carrollton and North Greene.And while he left his mark as a head coach, he had a big impact as an assistant coach at several area schools in the area, including Alton High and Edwardsville.The colorful Brockhouse played football from 1969-71 in the Continental Football League, Texas Football League and Trans American Football League with the Tri-City Apollos and Texarkana Titans.

"STLHighSchoolSports.com is the most comprehensive source of stats, scores and stories from any and all area high schools.Monday was the first day high school fall sports could begin preseason practices in Missouri and Illinois.MICDS was one of a handful of football teams to start preseason practices in St. Louis County MondayPACIFIC — Tyler Martin was running laps around the track in early February at Pacific High. "Our goal every year is to compete for the conference The Tigers went 3-5 the