Comerica Bank Sportsmanship Luncheon
presented by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Worthing coach Brandon Ellis, in the photo on the left, and athlete DaRobert Tezino receive a Sportsmanship finalist certificate from the FCA's Eric Anderson, far left, and Comerica Bank VP Pam Lovett (pink). Worthing placed second in the Class 4A division. On the right, St. Thomas coach Tim Fitzpatrick and athlete Miles Lerch receive a Sportsmanship finalist certificate from TASO's Mark Ideus, far right, and the FCA's Eric Anderson (red tie)
Sam Houston State head football coach Willie Fritz, fresh off of playing in the FCS national championship game, adresses the approximately 400 at the luncheon about the importace of doing things the right way. At right, five area female athletic directors attended the event. They are Pam Lea of New Caney ISD, Paige Hershey of Spring Branch ISD, Debbie Decker, interim AD at Katy ISD, Marmion Dambrino of HISD, and Sandra Anderson of Klein ISD.
LSU Day with Les Miles,
presented by Key Energy Services
LSU's Les Miles, on left, talked to the crowd about the 2011 football season, which set school records by going 13-0 in the regular season, with eight wins over Top 25 teams (including Oregon, Arkansas and Alabama when they were No. 2 in the nation), with 12 wins by double-figures, and with 11-straight weeks as the No. 1 team in the nation. In Miles' seven seasons at LSU, 139 players have graduated, 104 have been All-Academic SEC and countless service hours have been performed. At right, Les signed a football for Gunnar Patterson, 7, who already has made it through three surgeries in his short lifetime. WIth Gunnar is his dad, Charles. The football was presented by Bill Herrington with Capital One Bank, one of the sponsors of the annual Tiger Athletic Foundation's Tiger Tour. See more photos from this even on the TD Club's Facebook page -- Touchdown Houston.
