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in the state. He said
by no means was 14-
1 a bad year. Though
the ultimate prize
slipped out of their
hands, all they could
do was learn from the
experience, get stron
ger and dig deeper.
Maybe it was a long
offseason from the
standpoint of thfe Ea
gle roster of return
ing talent. Yes, there
were key seniors on
the 2005 Northside
team, but Nix and his
staff are not short on
big-time potential,
and the time couldn't
come soon enough
to get them in full
pads and make them
game-ready.
Nix takes a bit of the
guarded approach,
knowing that the po
tential is good, but
it's up to the players
to do their jobs, maxi
mize their strengths
and respond well to
what their coaches
are teaching.
"There are situations
where you know
what it takes to have
success and win, you
visualize that and
then you see guys
who are not quite get
ting it there," he said.
"You want to encour
age them, push them
to get where you need
to be.
"We're just pressing
on. Anytime you get a
little injury that side
tracks things and im
pedes your focus, it's
tough. The guys have
worked hard. By the
time we play Hous
ton County (Sept. 1),
hopefully we'll have
improved."
During this offsea
son, the Northside
staff hasn't sat back
and not thought
about ways to be
an even better foot
ball team. For one
thing, while Jacobi
Rodrigues made big
plays as the starting
quarterback last year,
there was another
Eagle player grow
ing and developing
at that same position.
Marques Ivory, now a
junior, is getting that
chance to be the No.
1 signal caller while
Rodrigues, a senior,
isn't being left out as
he works out as an
other receiver weap
on.
"That's off and on,"
said Nix, not com
mitting completely to
a new starter. "Hope
fully it will work out
that Marques can step
in there and play it
and Jacobi can go out
and play wide receiv
er. That's getting two
good players on the
field. We hope that
happens. If it does,
that's good. There are
certain things that
have to be done."
Rodrigues does have
the experience and
still gets his share of
practice work taking
snaps. The receiver
slot does require a
different mindset
when handling the
different responsibili
ties, which are more
than just finding a
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“There are situations where you know what it
takes to have success and win, you visualize
that...”
- Northside head football coach Conrad Nix
spot and waiting for
the football.
"It's different for
him," said Nix. "Go
ing out there, running
routes and catching
the ball. It's like what
he's done all of his
life in his back yard or
in the playgrounds.
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to make blocks and
get off people who are
trying to hold you up,
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him. He will have to
get used to that. He's
obviously a good ath
lete and doing a good
job."
Ivory isn't hard to
find on the football
field due to his sure
size. And there's
some muscle there
as he had the top
Eagle bench press in
the offseason at 350
pounds.
"He's a sharp, in
telligent guy," said
Nix about his other
attributes. "He's a
strong kid. He's cer
tainly not the runner
that Jacobi is. We lose
some mobility there.
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seems to have a little
bit of health issues,
something we are
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concerned about."
In fact, Ivory did not
play in the one pre
season scrimmage
against Perry due to
shoulder concerns.
Quarterback and re
ceiver are two spots
well taken care of in
the Eagle scheme of
things. Nix's main
concerns are in the
offensive backfield,
where Byron Hunter
and David Everett
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