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Desoto Eagles 36 Allen Eagles 51; Allen advances to State Final

Allen Eagles rushed for 382 yards in a massive victory over Desoto. They advance to face Houston Lamar in the Texas State 5A Final...

The Desoto Eagles offense put up 675 total yards led by Desmon White's 292 yards passing for 7 total touchdowns; 6 passing. Dontre Wilson contributed with 185 yards rushing on only 24 attempts. Desoto's next game will be against Grand Prairie and can be heard right here on RFSportsRadio.com

Desoto moves to 5-0 beating South Grand Prairie 40-7

The Eagles put on another impressive offensive display after a slow start in the 1st quarter. With Allen getting upset by Coppell, Desoto should move into the consensus #1.

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Desoto Eagles beat Cedar Hill 48-38; Was not that close

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Desoto Eagles Head Coach Mathis talks about upcoming game against Euless Trinity

RFSN had their weekly sit down Coach Mathis to discuss the matchup against Euless Trinity and also their win over Jenks.

Desoto Eagles Head Coach Claude Mathis sits down with RFSN

We caught up with Coach Mathis of the Desoto Eagles after their impressive win over Arlington Martin 34-17. He talked bout the new district, upcoming game against Jenks, and the focus going into this season.

Interview: Rodney Fisher and Coach Claude Mathis, Desoto High School

Rodney Fisher: Alright coach, good to see you again of course. Get ready for the good season. Let me
ask you first of all about the new district. Umm…A little bit different than what you guys had last
season. Now you got a lot of city rivalries, player rivalries, and it’s a really big team, Cedar Hill, South
Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Timberview. You think this new district really helps you guys out as far as
keeping it high ranking and playing more competitive teams?

Coach Claude Mathis: Well I think it helps us financially first of all…

Rodney Fisher: Okay, yeah

Coach Claude Mathis: So, we ain’t gotta travel to East Texas so much, and try to help…uhh…the district
out with the budget. But, oh I think it’s good for the community because you get the rivalries back going
and everything. And then you have a bunch of kids that know each other so it makes it fun on their end
right there, but it makes it a little bit harder for us because now I think we’re in the hardest district in
the state right now from some people are saying. So… It’s definitely got our…Our district’s definitely
gotten a lot more interesting this year.

Rodney Fisher: Have you found that the players are feeding into it a lot more? Practice a lot more?
I know you’re a focused guy as it is… whether you see the kids getting more excited now they’re
playing these guys that they know.

Coach Claude Mathis: I think they are. I think they are. We haven’t really put much emphasis on it right
now. We usually take one game at a time, and…umm…so far we’re doing that. But I guarantee you when
it hits district and we start off with Cedar Hill, I think that’s when it’ll set in with our kids. I think they’ll
really start having little more fun.

Rodney Fisher: Now in the one you had on Friday against, Arillington Martin, you won 34-17, and in
that game, Des White, I think he threw for 158…or 188 in rushing yards for 175 or around that area.
Is that kind of the balance you want him to have or would you like to see him do more of one or the
other?

Coach Claude Mathis: We could of did a lot more. Uh…I think Des is going to have a great balance
to share just ‘cus Coach Peterman does a great job with the offensive staff and making sure to put
our kids in a great situation to be successful. But we want to be balanced. We want to be like fifty-
fifty on offense when it comes to passing and our running game. But Des definitely had a fantastic
game…Umm…We should have…We should have completed more passes than we did last week. I’m little
disappointed in that area right there, but I’d rather have over 200 yards passing than him over 100 yards
rushing if that’s possible. So that’s kind of the goals that we’re looking for.

Rodney Fisher: Yea, I think he was 10 for 21, 2 INT’s last…so… Is that something you guys are going to
be working on as far as getting him more proficient as a passer?

Coach Claude Mathis: Yes…Yes…We are…I mean, like I said before, he was just off. He was just off the
other night. He under threw some guys. At the same time, everybody said he had a great game, which
he did, but just imagine if he would’ve been on.

Rodney Fisher: Right

Coach Claude Mathis: If he would’ve been on, that’s a dangerous kid to be playing against right there.
But I feel honestly, I’ll say it over, too. I feel that we can pass with 300 yards a game with this young
man right here because he has the arm and knows the game. You understand, a lot of people don’t
understand he shared time last year, but now he’s getting more into reading defenses now like Polite
had to do and our last quarterback had to do. But…uh…Raheem…So right now, once he gets to reading
the defenses, he’ll become a lot better, faster, efficient quarterback.

Rodney Fisher: And your defense…you guys held ‘em to no points in the second half last week. Talk a
little about the defense this year in comparison to last year.

Coach Claude Mathis: Well, this year our defense is young. I mean we only have two starters coming
back. We have…um…Teddy Young, which is the anchor, along with Nick Orr, the secondary. So those
two guys right there the only returning starters. Everybody else is just new this year. So…I think Coach
Miller’s made a big difference with our D-line, a young D-line. Umm…which I didn’t think was going
to be great. I didn’t. I was really hard on those guys this spring and this summer, and Coach Miller has
prove me wrong from game one.

Rodney Fisher: Yea

Coach Claude Mathis: So…He’s got a good team to make that happen right there, but I think Coach
Brown…um…he knows the sense of urgency right now with our defense. He know they’re young. He’s
put ‘em in situations along with our defensive staff to be successful this year…Changed some things up
now and it’s working for us especially for the first ballgame at least.

Rodney Fisher: Good. Well you guys had your first one of course, and this week you’re playing Jenks,
Oklahoma, the Trojans up in Jenks, and they’re number four in the state of Oklahoma. Have you
scouted this team? Do you know what to expect from them? I know they lost last week, so they’ll be
looking for a win.

Coach Claude Mathis: I don’t see how they’re number four. I guess that that loss to Union must of
dropped to number four ‘cus they are definitely a top two team in that state right there from what I’m
hearin’ and from what I’ve seen on film. They can play. Uh…very good ball club…Coached very well… lot
of tradition…bunch of state championships…so…uh…when they come down here it’s gonna be a little bit
different for them. I say that just because they’re back in the state of Texas and they’re [No idea what
was said] our Texas rules when it come to playing. But, uh, they’re gonna adjust very well…coached very
well…It’s gonna be a great game.

Rodney Fisher: Yea, and you guys Euless Trinity after that. Then you start district play. How do
you…How do you get these…these schedules. Where do the schedules come from?

Coach Claude Mathis: They kind of…They kind of come from when you…when you…when you have a lot
of success that sometimes it’s hard to schedule games. It’s hard to get people to play you, and Trinity
is one of those teams that has a hard time finding…umm…we’re one of the teams, too…as well…that’s
finding people…There’s a bunch more in the state of Texas. That’s just the way it is. I mean we can’t
do anything about that. So sometimes the powerhouses are going to have to play each other now just
because we’re having trouble finding games. Would we like to do that all the time? Heck no.

Rodney Fisher: Yea

Coach Claude Mathis: ‘cus we try to stay healthy just like everybody else is doing in district.

Rodney Fisher: Right

Coach Claude Mathis: But sometimes I think it’s good for the…for the community, for the game of
football, for our players and everything. Um…no trust me…if I could dodge Trinity, I would. I wouldn’t be
playing them right now, but we don’t have a choice.

Rodney Fisher: Right. Well I want to thank you again for allowing us to broadcast this time. It’s been
great, of course, and good luck this season as well.

Coach Claude Mathis: Hey I appreciate it. I love to have you guys around…stick around…please do.

Rodney Fisher: Alright.

Coach Claude Mathis: Thank you

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Errol Spence's loss overturned

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LONDON -- A few hours after the U.S. men's boxing team thought it was done at the Olympics, amateur boxing's governing body decided Errol Spence deserved to fight on.

AIBA overturned Spence's loss to Indian welterweight Krishan Vikas late Friday night, five hours after the defense-minded Vikas had apparently clutched and grabbed his way to a 13-11 victory.

After the American team protested the result, AIBA's competition jury reviewed the bout and ruled Vikas had committed nine holding fouls in the third round alone. He also intentionally spit out his mouthpiece in the second round, which should have resulted in at least four points of deductions.

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Kyle Terada/USA TODAY SportsWelterweight Errol Spence, left, lost Friday, but after the American squad protested the result officials ruled that Spence should have won. Spence will stay in the tournament.

Spence advanced into the quarterfinals to face Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy on Tuesday. If he wins, the American men's team will avoid leaving the Olympics with no medals for the first time ever.

"I am obviously thrilled that the competition jury overturned my decision and I can continue chasing the gold medal I came here to win," Spence said late Friday night. "I am going to make the most of this second chance that I've been given. I can't wait to get back in that ring on Tuesday."

Spence felt he had won the bout afterward, expecting his hand to be raised in the ring, but wasn't terribly surprised when Vikas got the nod. The welterweight from Dallas already was the last U.S. man standing after his eight male teammates lost in the previous five days, including three-time Olympian Rau'shee Warren's 19-18 loss to France's Nordine Oubaali an hour earlier.

Spence stopped the eight-fight skid, but must beat Zamkovoy to save the most successful team in Olympic boxing history from its first medal shutout and its worst showing at any games -- although three U.S. women are still alive in their first Olympic tournament, which begins Sunday.

Spence's late reprieve was surreal for a team that appeared headed home with nothing. Spence struggled to penetrate Vikas' technical, plodding style despite showing superior power and entertainment value.

"We did a lot of work, got a lot of coaching, but it's the judges that we feel we're going against most of the time," Warren said.

The 2008 U.S. team won only one bronze medal in Beijing, the worst showing so far -- but at least that team won six total fights, one more than the London team. The American men have won only one gold medal in the last three Olympics, by Andre Ward in Athens in 2004.

The vaunted American team has claimed at least one boxing medal in every modern Olympics where boxing was a sport except the boycotted Moscow Games, and many of the men who won them are among the giants of the sweet science.

Cassius Clay, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Floyd Patterson, Oscar De La Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather Jr. all won medals for U.S. teams, leading generations of boxing talent the world couldn't match.

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Chuck Myers/MCT via Getty ImagesAmerican flyweight Raushee Warren, right, lands a punch on France's Nordine Oubaali during the third round of Friday's bout. Oubaali beat Warren, 19-18.

The Americans' 48 gold medals and 108 total medals are easily the most in Olympic boxing history, with 45 more medals than second-place Cuba.

The London team actually won its first four fights last weekend, but then the losses piled up with alarming speed. The Americans' poor performance caps a two-decade struggle to adapt to changes in the amateur sport, with steadily declining medal counts ever since boxing went to a computerized scoring system that rewards a style with stark differences from pro boxing.

The U.S. seemed headed for a better showing last week. The 4-0 start showed its improved team chemistry after the Beijing team squabbled and argued its way to a dismal showing.

The current U.S. team has a strong relationship with coach Basheer Abdullah and his staff, even though Abdullah only had about six weeks to prepare as a late hire by USA Boxing. None of the fighters blamed the coaching-staff turmoil for his performance, but the string of losses was stark: Three fighters lost on Wednesday, followed by two more on Thursday before Warren's defeat.

After Spence's apparent loss, Abdullah came close to suggesting the judges might have been biased against some American fighters, although he also believes U.S. boxers need years of training in the amateur sport to compete at its highest levels. Amateur boxing features five ringside judges who award points only when they believe a punch lands, rather than traditional scoring systems that evaluate skill, style, technique and aggression.

The amateur sport moved to a computerized scoring system after Jones' infamous loss at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, when three judges awarded a decision to South Korea's Park Hi-sun after Jones dominated their fight.

"I don't blame any (scoring) systems," Abdullah said. "I blame the people that operate them. I'm disappointed in some of the things I'm seeing."

Spence knew the feeling after three rounds of trying to break through the passive guard of Vikas, who fights a rigid amateur style emphasizing defense and tactical aggression. India's amateur boxing scene has surged in popularity in the four years since Vijender Singh won his nation's first Olympic medal in Beijing, with thousands of prospective Olympians training in the amateur style with no intention of ever turning pro.

"I thought I won the fight," said Spence, a talented puncher who intends to turn pro this fall, along with most of his teammates. "I thought I threw more punches and landed more shots. I thought I was the more aggressive boxer. It was kind of frustrating, but he's fighting to the computer system."

Warren's loss was particularly heartbreaking. The undersized dynamo nicknamed "Nuke" twice passed on a pro career and a chance to provide financially for his growing family to take another shot at hanging a gold medal around the neck of his mother, Paulette.

He waited well over a decade for this moment, climbing the amateur ranks in his native Cincinnati and avoiding the pitfalls that put two of his three brothers in prison. He got to the top of the amateur sport -- and then stumbled at the three biggest moments of his career.

Warren wept in Beijing when he lost his opening bout on a last-minute tactical error. Four years and another one-point loss later, he seemed dulled to the pain of going winless in his unmatched Olympic career.

And he won't be back for Rio: Warren said he'll turn pro, probably along with every member of his team.

"It ain't really no setback for me," Warren said. "I've got big things coming up. This isn't the end for Rau'shee Warren."

Oubaali rallied from a first-round deficit with more aggression and precision than the third-seeded Warren, a former world champion. Warren also lost his contact lenses in the opening round and couldn't size up Oubaali, who mostly controlled the final two rounds.

Warren still thought he might have eked out the decision, but few fans at ExCel seemed surprised when Oubaali got the decision. Abdullah also said he agreed with the decision.

Now 25, Warren says he's still happy he stuck around to become the first three-time U.S. Olympic boxer -- even though he might still turn out to be the biggest disappointment on the least successful American team ever.

"It's always a good experience," he said, "to do something people don't normally do."

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