56 overall JUCO player and a Southern Miss commitment, is also ready to rock on defense. He believed the judge would have alerted the attorneys if he planned to give prison time so that they could consider a jury trial. Instead of going off to play for college teams,those players went to prison. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. A judge has sentenced 10 current and former high school athletes to prison terms of up to 25 years for their roles in numerous armed robberies in the Dallas area over the past year. The 1988 Dallas Carter High School football team stormed its way to a state championship -- only to be brought down by an armed robbery scandal which sent half a dozen players to prison.. Each had faced a maximum sentence of 99 years. But eventually, retirement got him. ", Former Katy High School football player Aundre Dean stars as a high school football player convicted of a series of robberies in the new film "Carter High. The senior guard is having a record-setting career at Colorado School of Mines. Ken Carter was considered a hero in Richmond after the 1998-1999 season. It started as a nonfiction book, then it became a movie (with Billy Bob Thornton as the coach) and finally a TV series. Actors will portray well-known local figures, including former state District Judge Joe Kendall and now-state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas. So the way that those parents were undercut after everything they did to keep that team on the field and to try to put forward their version of who they were to have that all undone, you know, I think that's the story that's never been told.". Its your choice.. But after Penn State kicked Carter off the team for violation of team rules, he wound up at EMCC. Jessie Armstead arrived with authority. After Friday Night Lights, Luke starred if Glory Road, Lions for Lambs and Self/less. The CEO. The documentary remembers the 1988 Dallas Carter high school football team which beat Permian High in. Dominic CarterToday on this edition of The Chronicles of Dominic Carter: Dominic discusses the pilot project to buy and install a single high tech toilet in a park in each of the five boroughs costing $5.3 million. Anyone can read what you share. All the other ones I had, I dont know where they went, Wright said. Players in Bold are currently in the league. But after the season, a group of Carter students that included Edwards, Evans and four teammates committed a string of armed robberies before being arrested and sentenced by a judge who told them, "If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole.". It was over with. A 12th still faces sentencing. "As talented as these guys were, they can make a mistake and all that can be taken away from them," Ellis said. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. He looked my name up in class to show his friends. Carter High School is really an afterthought in Friday Night Lights -- the evil, thug-like team that stole a championship. Things kept deteriorating to the point that Wright notes that he has two offers left: Louisiana Monroe and West Georgia. He finishes his junior college career as the No. Do I wish I could have gone to Tennessee and to the NFL? Coach Carter also only shows Richmond High School as having a varsity basketball team. Its what matters more: Your talent on the field or what you do off it? 80 junior college player in the 247Sports Composite, Allen is expected to start at Texas Techs WILL linebacker position. Carter was stripped of its championship after a court found that it had indeed violated the no-pass, no-play law. Dallas Carter High School players Gary Edwards (left) and LeShai Maston celebrated their team's victory over Odessa Permian during the State UIL semi-final game in Austin on December 10, 1988. Thats definitely still part of the film, but its not the main focus. 41 dogs rescued from hoarder conditions in Missouri. The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 2, 2018 Most fans knew Derek Luke for starring in Antwone Fisher in 2002. They were encouraged in part by the May 31 Time magazine cover depicting Carter alongside the headline "Dixie Whistles a Different Tune." Inside, a flattering profile framed Carter as a model "New South" governor. He says, "These guys talk about the fact that no matter how far they went after playing big time Texas high school football, there was no crowd that felt more intense, there was no game that felt bigger than their biggest games in their Texas high school careers. When he came to Texas in 1996, the upper Midwesttransplant wouldn't have imagined heading a program that would give him four state championships. The defendants were hustled from the courtroom by sheriff's deputies and did not comment. Many of the careers of the teams best talents did end in court. Lucas Black - Mike Winchell The inspirational and true story starred Samuel L. Jackson as the new head coach of his old high school's basketball team, with the superstar portraying Ken Carter, the real-life figure who. Carter, in 1988, allowed 7.9 points per game and never surrendered more than 24 points in any contest. Staff writer Brad Townsend conrtributed to this report. I was younger, he says. Aside from a few creative liberties to make the story more cinematic, Carter's perspective on the story was honored. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Click to open player flyout to access more features. A new film, written and directed by a former player for Carter High, details their triumphant road to the 1988State Championship and the controversy that surrounded the team after they won. Eva-Marie Ayala/Staff Writer, Mesquite Horn offensive coordinator Robert Hall during football practice at John Horn High School in Mesquite. Before, she was a Research & Archives Associate and wrote about the historical happenings from the The News' archives. Now: Jackson, a 6-foot-6, 190-pound sophomore forward, has started both games this season for the Tigers (2-0), based in Booneville, Miss. Finally, Coach Carter changed the varsity Oilers' win record to 16-0 before the lockdown. This video took me 4 hours to make and edit. The second episode of the season focuses heavily on Johnsons situation, with Johnson acknowledging his mistake and his parents expressing their disappointment. None of the students depicted in the movie are actual students that Ken Carter coached during his time at Richmond, other than his own son Damien, played by Robert Richard. He scored six points on 3-for . His decision to lock the gym and forfeit games until the players raised their GPAs was unpopular with the community, but when it made national news, then California Governor Gray Davis called him a hero and came to the Oilers first game after improving their grades. Carter did have some pushback from the parents, his players, and the community for his actions, but his focus on academics proved successful in real life, as well. "What Carter Lost" (CBS11) It was a historic season that included a national football championship for the predominantly black . Attorney General Garland to testify before Senate on Justice Department activities. With the exception, he said, of a speeding ticket, he has kept a clean record ever since. But the long retired Russeau doesnt spend his time dwelling on the past. The players were arrested, tried and convicted. It started with an plan to rob a local Jack in the Box and led to a string of others. Coach Carter's controversial decision to lock the gym and keep his undefeated team from playing really did change the lives of everyone involved, including his. 'Derrick got five years. Five days after winning state, three football players robbed a Jack in the Box at 2:30 a.m., pantyhose pulled over their heads. I move on." A high schoolstatefootball championship in Texas is arguably about more than just temporarybragging rights. One of the players from the 1998-1999 season that Carter coached was Courtney Anderson, who became an NFL tight end and played for the Oakland Raiders, the Detroit Lions (the team both Eddie Brock and Axel Foley support), and the Atlanta Falcons from 2004 to 2007. On the Debate of the Best team in Texas History, They were one of the handful of most talented teams ever in Texas High School football. According to Hootnick, it was "mostly two-parent families, mostly professionals. 10 Texas Athletes Are Sentenced to Jail Terms for Robberies, https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/24/us/10-texas-athletes-are-sentenced-to-jail-terms-for-robberies.html. The No. It serves as a cautionary tale, Ellis said, to young viewers today. 'If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole,' Kendall said. Russeau was invited to a Dallas showing of the movie but said he wasnt contacted about the film prior to that. While most of these players played either minor roles or none at all on the actual show, they too were able to find their way on from East Mississippi Community College: DE Rasool Clemons, No. You dont even get a chance to think about the past, trying to think about the present, he said. He signed with the University of Houston. 98 junior college player in the 247Sports Composite, Carter shows all the potential of a dominant defensive tackle, which is why he was signed by Penn State out of high school. Three Carter players from that team - Le'Shai Maston, Jessie Armstead and Clifton Abraham - played in the NFL 247Sports recruiting expert Bobby Burton covered high school football in the. Starring movie icon Samuel L. Jackson as real-life high school basketball coach Ken Carter, and tells the story of how he changed the lives of the student-athletes on the basketball team at an inner-city high school in Northern California. But the real issue for opponents was not many people could stop the pass rush. I was just trying to play, Hall said. 'When I compare you with a typical young offender who comes before me, you are especially without excuse,' Kendall added. Keith Campbell, 18, received a 25-year term for his involvement in four robberies. DALLAS -- Ten current and former high school students, including five members of Dallas Carter's Class 5A championship football team, were sentenced to prison terms Friday by a judge who told them, 'If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole.'. I just love seeing those little kids coming across and they reach out and catch my hand and I help them across. In fact, five players served time and one got probation. I was still feeling the sting of that decision, he said. I thought North Shore in the mid-90s was close, too. His old school apparently didnt buy in to that line of thinking, as Texas Tech offered him the opportunity to return, an opportunity that he accepted. We always thought that, Wow this would be a great movie, somebody needs to make a movie about this,' Muhammad says. I am a former NFL football player, he says, 11 years with the Dallas Cowboys and the last year with the Oakland Raiders.. Chelsea is an Audience Journalist who promotes Dallas Morning News content on various social media platforms and manages the homepage. Clarence Russeau Jr. near Routh Street in the State Thomas neighborhood where he grew up. Additionally, the audio story, as did a previous Web version, state that six Carter High School football players served time in prison. And there are only 62 junior college players currently ranked in the 247Sports Composite. Texas Tech proceeded to cut him loose, and it put a serious limitation on his recruitment after joining EMCC. Judge Kendall said he was a ringleader. People are going to start taking em from you.. Police connected 21 local armed robberies to 10 Carter neighborhood teenagers, six of whom were a part of the football team. But eventually retirement got to him. And so he stands by his story, warts and all, as it unfolds across theater screens beginning today. "I just wanted people to notice me. In real life, Carter locked the gym and kept his undefeated basketball team (who inspired fictional students like Jason Lyle, played by Channing Tatum in his debut movie) from competing because they did not honor the academic and behavioral contracts that he had them sign at the beginning of the season. 'Instead of these young men getting a college education, they will get an education from the TDC,' West said. Stephens returns after seeing himself in the first season and vowing to curse less and empathize more see how long that lasts while Wagner begins to worry about whether shell reach her potential in Scooba. But it would be a surprise if East Mississippi C.C. Im trying to get you Im trying to get you scholarships, Stephens said. He joined the Houston Chronicle in 1990 after stints at the Dallas bureau of United Press International (1984-90), the Waco Tribune-Herald (1978-84) and the Tyler Morning Telegraph (1975-78). But its not the kind of football movie that Dallas-based writer and director Arthur Muhammad ever imagined hed be making. Evans, 44, who in 1988 was talented enough to be considered one of the nation's top high school defensive backs and flamboyant enough to sign his letter of intent while sitting in a hot tub in front of television cameras, served six years of a 20-year prison term for committing four armed robberies in the spring of 1989. As the combine starts, the Texans are on the clock and the pressure mounts to solve their quarterback problem, writes Brian T. Smith. British health secretary allegedly ignored COVID-19 advice for elderly care homes. March 1 (UPI) -- Britain's former health secretary allegedly rejected critical advice from the country's top medical officer to test elderly people for COVID-19 and keep them segregated prior to admitting them to care homes. It took me hearing that it hurt somebody else, me getting kicked out, for it to come back and hurt me.. Evans said he came to Houston after being released from prison to live with his mother, who moved to Houston in the early 1990s. It set the whole city on fire," said defense attorney John Creuzot, who represented one of the players. He also went on to carry the Olympic torch in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. I attacked that the same way I attacked football.". Two months after the big championship win at Texas Stadium, and after overcoming legal challenges due to grading system issues, the Carter High School football team was sent reeling after a number of their players got caught up in a robbery scheme. So thats the story, the good and the bad. ''In six months' time,'' the judge said Friday, the teen-agers ''committed more armed robberies than Bonnie and Clyde did in a lifetime. The Coach Carter true story is what helped the sports movie classic reach its iconic status. But sacks were slow to come for the No. Football has taken Robert Hall from Texas Tech to Houston, Amsterdam and Canada. Derric Evans, Gary Edwards, Keith Campbell, Patrick Williams and Carlos Allen were all sentenced to serve time in prison. After the Coach Carter movie came out, Ken Carter became a motivational speaker and is the founder of the Coach Ken Carter Foundation which, just like in the movie, focuses on improving the lives of BIPOC students through education, training, and mentoring. He has long been devoted to his fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, overseeing the local chapter's economic development dealings. But I think they weren't ready for the adventure to be done. Williams attributed his involvement in the robberies to a desire for attention. Before sentencing, Judge Kendall lectured the youths for about 10 minutes, telling them they had no excuse for committing the crimes. Actors will portray well-known local figures, including. Long before Samuel L. Jackson played him on the big screen, the real "Coach Carter" was teaching his students the value of hard work and discipline at Richmond High. You dont understand, brother. That team overcame obstacles just to reach the 1988 state title game, and what came after is almost too crazy to believe. But. "I'm at peace where I am. Texas Standard for Feb. 27, 2023: The Gulf of Mexico is getting warmer. ", The legacy of this team is somewhat of a cautionary tale. He called me crying that night, Carter said. "Derric speaks what he feels. Parents, teachers and school officials fought back, and in the end Carter was allowed to play. Millions of Texans have rare diseases. Gold at Carter meant that you were rich. In order to ensure high school athletics didn't disrupt their long-term future, Carter has the players sign a contract, promising to keep a strong GPA and adhere to a Code of Conduct. I just love it, he said. They didnt talk to me. But in April 2016, Carter was kicked off the team for a violation of team rules. Filmmaker Adam Hootnick says, "For a lot of people, that's the top." As the legal wrangling continued through the playoffs, the Carter Cowboys stayed focused and pushed forward to win the state championship. Campbell said he hopes the film, which was shown to a crowded audience of young athletes, sends a strong message to them about the importance of making the right decisions. I guess they found somebody thats got my side," Russeau said. 11:00 AM on Mar 10, 2018 CST Updated at 12:25 PM on Dec 12, 2019 CST. The team ultimately lost in the second round of their district playoffs instead of the first round of the state tournament. Heres a look at where each of the stars of the second season of Last Chance U are now. In his final two seasons with the Bulldogs, Carter disrupted the interior of the defensive line behind six sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, four passes defensed and two forced fumbles over 27 games . Gavin Evans is a contributor for Complex Media. We would actually say that back then in high school, never to think that one day I would do it but thats exactly what happened.. If thats told, hopefully some high school kids that are watching it learn from some of those mistakes and say, thats not a road I want to go down. Kristen Taketa/Staff Writer, Former Carter High School coach Freddie James at the premiere of Carter High at Studio Movie Grill in Dallas. Carter began a successful career as a basketball analyst for ESPN, a co-host of "the NBA 2Night," and is currently an analyst on NBA TV. "For every action there is a consequence good bad or indifferent," said Campbell. "I don't think you can fall much further," Hootnick says, "and I say that in part because of the level of the pedestal that, as a Texas high school football star, that's almost as big as it gets. After nearly 55 years of marriage, the two still love to tease each other. But he was also known for his compassion and dedication to get students on track to college and some even to the NFL. Ukrainian drone crashes 60 miles from Moscow, prompting Putin military order, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses re-election bid, concedes defeat, Musician Ben Kweller announces death of 16-year-old son, Nordic stars bring sex, terrorism, murder to U.S. streaming, 36 killed, 85 injured in Greece train crash. "Derric is the same Derric," the director said. NEXT: The Fabelmans True Story: How Accurate It Is To Spielberg's Childhood. I think it shows football actually as the hedge, Muhammad says. Instead, the message is that both the movie and the real Ken Carter taught their students is that sports aren't all that matters. Beginning days after the championship and continuing into the summer, several players, along with other Carter students and graduates, committed a string of armed robberies that would cut their futures short. So the level of attention and adoration and intensity around that experience for a lot of people, that's the top. In the film, Thornton tells his team that to win state, they'll have to beat "a team of monsters" from Carter High School in Dallas (which they fail to do). Coach Carter's true story is based on Ken Carter, the real-life basketball coach of Richmond High School in Northern California, and almost all of the events Samuel L. Jackson depicted while playing him actually happened. But if you look at the real team's journey to the 1988 state title, you'll find a story about race and the pressures young athletes face a story Adam Hootnick explores in his documentary What Carter Lost. "We always thought that, 'Wow this would be a great movie, somebody needs to make a movie about this,'" Muhammad says. Carter High hits theaters here Oct. 30. hide caption, The 1988 Carter High School football team won that year's Texas state championship. The film's director, Adam Hootnick, said he made the documentary because he felt the Carter story was never fully told. "There is no question that if Carter had been one of the predominantly white schools that was always there, everything would have been handled differently," Hootnick says. Nothing could deter the Cowboys on their way to winning the state championship that year. Nine of the teens were high school football players, three of whom played for Hillcrest but lived in the Carter neighborhood. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Most prominent among those sentenced were Evans, who was picked by UPI as one of the nation's top 100 college football prospects last spring and signed with the University of Tennessee, and Edwards, the center of a grading controversy that almost cost Carter its chance at the 5A playoffs last season. Starring movie icon Samuel L. Jackson as real-life high school basketball coach Ken Carter, and tells the story of how he changed the lives of the student-athletes on the basketball team at an inner-city high school in Northern California. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Back in '88, Edwards was one of the best on the field, but he was also. Sentenced one by one, most of the defendants hung their heads as the judge ruled. It Was Money for Prom Night, Some of the youths had testified that they had committed at least one robbery each so they could have extra money for prom night. Former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis worked as executive producer, and former Carter High football player Arthur Muhammad wrote the script. Wagner calls him the complete package and even notes that after getting to know Allen, she couldnt believe that his charges were correct. That highlight went viral and even made SportsCenter, with Stephens pointing out Wright at a practice and stating, Hes the one that I think is special.. Thanks to a likable cast of characters, Wagners brilliance and a newsworthy season Stephens was ejected for getting into a shoving match with a linesman one game, while a full-team brawl in the final regular season contest resulted in the premature end of EMCCs season the show took off and was quickly renewed for a second season. Coach Carter turns 20 in a few years, so what is the real Ken Carter up to after being played by Samuel L. Jackson? On the field, the team faces an immediate challenge in that every returning player must sit out the season opener, leaving the Lions vastly undermanned in the very first game. Former state District Judge Joe Kendall in his sentencing of Carter High players. Frankly, I was shocked, recalled West, who also represented Edwards in his criminal case. See the article in its original context from. Evans has never let his life be defined by the mistakes of his youth. Reporters noted that another Dallas high school star in the early 1980s, Charles Washington, had his college career interrupted by a prison sentence but went on to graduate from college and be drafted by the Indianapolis Colts last spring. In reality, they had freshman, junior varsity, and varsity teams, all of which Carter coached during his five years at Richmond High. Coach Carter ends after the team comes back to Richmond High after their loss in the state tournament, showing what became of each student following the movie. (Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer). And that's what he wanted, too. While Coach Carter has all the trappings of a high school sports movie like Remember The Titans, complete with the savior teacher trope, it doesnt end with the typical victory on the court. He landed a steady job in 1999 with OfficeMax and remained with the company for 13 years before moving to his current job. "But I got a second chance, and I believe I have taken full advantage of it. February was a busy month for stargazers with planetary alignments, a green comet flying past the Earth and even a fireball that scattered meteorites across Texas. 'Most of you have had religious and moral training, the opportunity for a decent education, and some of you have even been given by God athletic talent that would enable you to receive a free college education. Permian is one of two large 5A high schools, the other being Odessa High School. In fact, it was the national news coverage of the story that inspired this realistic sports movie. This is one of the best teams in high school football history and yet this is a team that nobody knows from Friday Night Lights," said Hootnick. He noted the 21 holdups were more than those attributed to Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who terrorized the South during the 1930s. Your Favorite NFL Players of the '90s. It all depended on how much money you had," Williams said during a presentencing hearing. on a championship team in 2015. You know, like football as long as they were doing football and in football it kept them away from making such bad decisions and choices. A tipster notified UIL, which began an investigation into Carter. Inflation, interest rates see British house prices suffer largest fall since 2012. If youd asked him then, heknew the story had potential. The film airs on ESPN Thursday, August 24. Not only does he become a playmaker on the field, but hes a star off it, helping a teammate with algebra homework at one point and getting exceptional grades. Courtesy of ESPN Films You know, they were middle-class kids, they had cars, they had all the clothes they want. Ken Carter is still very much in the full stride of his career having continued his work as a motivational speaker and author since the mid-'00s. (Lisa Davis/Associated Press). Johnson performed well in the spring, and Kiffin has said hes in competition for Florida Atlantics starting job heading into fall camp. He went straight from high school to prison, and he left without work experience or marketable skills, so his first few years on the outside were difficult ones. When they fail to honor the contract, he keeps them off of the court despite the teams winning record. Ken Carter was heavily involved in the production of the film and made sure that the story was as close to accurate as possible. But its really the kind of movie that lets people know that you can make it if you try. Eva-Marie Ayala/Staff Writer, Dallas-set football drama 'Carter High' hits Netflix Novemeber, 2016, Former Carter High star football player Jessie Armstead reflects on the past, Carter High tackles Dallas teams woes head-on, Over two decades later, a chance for public redemption, Scandal taints memories of 'best ever,' the 1988 Carter football team, Robbery spree was 'just for kicks' for 1988 Carter football team, Former players on 1988 Carter football team tried to move on, but shaking past wasn't easy. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. EMCC offensive assistant coach Clint Trickett accepted a job with Florida Atlantic as tight ends coach, while rush end Tim Bonner signed with Florida Atlantic and graduated in May. But his incident still follows him around in recruitment, with Allen stating that teams arent recruiting him because of the perception that Im a menace to society.. First published on August 16, 2017 / 9:40 PM. Talented and bold, the Oak Cliff team ruled high school football in Texas. represented Evans, said they were shocked by the stiff sentences. Related: The 5 Best Sports Movie Coaches Of All Time (& The 5 Worst), Despite playing larger-than-life roles like Nick Fury in the MCU, the Coach Carter true story makes this role one of Samuel L. Jackson's finest. Katy football star back in the game in 'Carter'. He made some hits that got you up out of your seat. The film was produced by MTV Films in 2005, hitting the top spot at the box office. Carter High is a football movie. Last season she set records of single-season steals (123), single-game steals (14) and she's now . By Laura RiceDecember 22, 20159:45 amArts & Culture, Sports. 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