Author Archives: Marc Parrish

Southlake Carroll: A Roo Family

The Southlake Carroll Dragons meet the Austin Westlake Chaps in the Texas Class 6A D1 championship game. Kickoff is 7pm Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. If you are a Roo fan deciding for whom to root, well, maybe I can help. The family of Roo football veteran Art Clayton has a sophomore offensive lineman

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Shane Montgomery & Denton Ryan: State Champs

Congratulations to these two champions. On the left is Shane Montgomery, Assistant Coach at Denton Ryan HS and former Austin College Kangaroo baseball player. Coach Montgomery’s Ryan Raiders won a 5A state championship tonight in dominating fashion at Jerry World in Dallas. On the right is Nick Something, a coach at a University somewhere east

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Thanks Dennis Ralston for the Roo Tale

Tennis was everything from 1980 to 1990. Texas state rankings, UIL state tournaments in high school, and NAIA competition in college. And then suddenly, nothing. If I was gonna do something athletic after 1990, it wasn’t going to be tennis. Been there, done that. For 25 years, I did pretty much anything else. But Dennis

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Crimson & Gold Fun: Book Winners

Quick! Gimme your Top Five. Here’s mine. Top Five high school sports programs? Lake Washington (WA) KangaroosTerryville (CT) KangaroosAbington (PA) KangaroosKilleen (TX) KangaroosWeatherford (TX) Kangaroos Top Five college sports mascots? Kasey Kangaroo (UMKC)Zippy the Kangaroo (University of Akron)Moe the Kangaroo (VMI)Roody the Kangaroo (SUNY-Canton)Katy ‘Roo (Austin College) AC Athletics had a successful Crimson & Gold

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Crimson & Gold Fund

So I wrote this AC book you see. It took me about FIVE years. And I’ve discovered that I really enjoy just giving them away. When Austin College announced a FIVE day “Crimson & Gold” challenge to benefit Austin College athletics, I said “how ‘bout I give away FIVE copies of the book to FIVE

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Austin College & TCU: The 1920 Roo Season in Review

“Austin College & TCU: The 1920 Roo Season in Review” Chapter 1: Austin College vs. Durant Normal (SE Oklahoma State) The story of the 1920 Austin College Kangaroo football season covers many topics. It’s a Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) championship season with a conference title, and an historic victory by a 110-0 margin. It’s

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AC & the UT-OU Red River Rivalry

Despite the pandemic, another Red River Rivalry kicks off at Fair Park today. That kinda makes sense; the Longhorns & Sooners didn’t even suspend their rivalry during World War 2. They’ve been playing for nearly 100 years straight. So for those watching, here’s a little TX-OU pregame for you. The top five facts about the

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AC & Kyle Field

The ties between Austin College & Texas A&M? They run deep. I’ve been working on the “Roo book” for most of 2020. It’s almost done! I’ve also been writing weekly stories as a part of my College Station high school’s centennial committee. Those stories will also become a book. This week’s story was about the

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AC & Aggie Yells

There’s a new AC Cheerleaders group. See the link in the comments. Typical of me, I went looking for something interesting about AC cheerleaders. Here’s something. The ties between AC and Texas A&M are strong. I’m a College Station boy, so I’m a fan of the ties. There are AC cheers going back to the

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