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Today’s Spotlight: La Marque Cougars
The Rundown
La Marque is on the Mount Rushmore of TXHSFB Teams of the 90s, alongside Stephenville and Sealy, making six state championship appearances from 1993 to 1998. But to dub them only as a team of the 90s would disrespect their nearly three-decade legacy. The Cougars made a state championship game in 1986 and won two state championships in the 21st century (2003 and 2006).
By The Numbers
Class – 4A DII
Enrollment – 699
Location – Galveston County, 36.5 miles southeast of Houston
Glory Days
After falling short in the state championship game in back-to-back seasons, the 1995 La Marque Cougars found out the third time was the charm when they broke through for the program’s first state championship, and cemented their status as one of DCTX’s 10 Greatest UIL Football Teams of All Time. The 31-8 triumph over Denison was the first of three consecutive state championships, beefing up La Marque’s resume as one of the best TXHSFB dynasties of the 90s.
The GOAT
We have picked two players from the 1990s. One is the popular pick for La Marque’s GOAT. The other is the unsung hero.
If you polled the La Marque faithful, Roylin Bradley would get a majority of the votes. Bradley, a linebacker in the Class of 1997, was a two-time state champion and two-time Class 4A Defensive Player of the Year (AP in 1995, Fox in 1996). The leader of La Marque’s “Black MAAB” defense went on to a four-year career at Texas A&M and played a couple of years in the NFL.
Greg Robinson-Randall is the under-the-radar selection. Robinson-Randall was a top 100 recruit as a senior who attended Coffeyville Junior College before transferring to Michigan State. He was on Tom Brady’s first Super Bowl team with the New England Patriots in 2002.
The Architect
Alan Weddell inherited a 3-6-1 La Marque program when he took over in 1990. That first season, the Cougars went 9-3 in a remarkable turnaround. It turned out to be the only time La Marque won less than ten games under Weddell. The Cougars made five-straight Class 4A State Championship games from 1993-97 with Weddell at the helm.