Smallest 3A School in State Will Not Opt Up

[Matthew328]

Talked to the HC at Anthony HS which is west of El Paso....he advised me Anthony HS will not opt up to 3A and will play in whatever class their enrollment places them in.

[coach]

Originally posted by Matthew328
Talked to the HC at Anthony HS which is west of El Paso....he advised me Anthony HS will not opt up to 3A and will play in whatever class their enrollment places them in.

west of el paso? hell isn't that New Mexico

[Matthew328]

Nope...Anthony is the last town you pass leaving Texas...

[coach]

Originally posted by Matthew328
Nope...Anthony is the last town you pass leaving Texas...

wow, didn't know that, guess it is true...you do learn something new everyday

[WOS87]

yeah... El Paso is exits 6-34 while Anthony is exits 0-2 on IH-10

Orange is exits 873-880 lol... dang Texas is big

click here --->LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Texas)

[Matthew328]

I've driven through Anthony and Orange....LOL

[ronwx5x]

I don't think there are any 2A schools within 200 miles of Anthony. They used to be in the district with my home town, Ozona. A drive of 370 miles each way!

[Matthew328]

Tornillo is 60 miles from Anthony....they are playing an outlaw football schedule this year but if Anthony goes 2A Tornillo would likely jump back into UIL football...

Alpine, Crane and Kemit might be good candidates..

[cr180t]

Part of Anthony is in NM. The school district is Gadsden.

[tex_male]

Originally posted by cr180t
Part of Anthony is in NM. The school district is Gadsden.

New Mexico side about 8,000 people
Texas side less then 4,000 people

[bobcat4life]

They might as well join the New Mexico UIL. I would hate the travel if I lived way out there

[Twirling Time]

Anthony is closer to Orange County, California than Orange, Texas.

[PPHSfan]

Texarkana to Anthony 833 miles.

Texarkana to Chicago 792 miles.

[mwynn05]

friend/our other asst. is from el paso... HATES it out there said phoenix is quite a bit closer than dallas... did say they love the cowboys out there though

[PPHSfan]

Just for fun.

Dalhart TX to Brownsville TX 873 miles.

Dalhart to Salt Lake City UT 767 miles.

[Matthew328]

Originally posted by mwynn05
friend/our other asst. is from el paso... HATES it out there said phoenix is quite a bit closer than dallas... did say they love the cowboys out there though

El Paso to Phoenix is like 7 hours....El Paso to Dallas is 10 hrs...El Paso is an interesting city, if it wasn't so isolated it wouldn't be a bad place to live...

[WOS87]

as the crow flies...

Los Angeles CA to Anthony TX - 692 miles

Anthony TX to Orange TX - 769 miles

Orange TX to Jacksonville FL - 726 miles

[Ernest T Bass]

Ive never met ANYONE who has lived in El Paso and liked it.

[Trashman]

Originally posted by Matthew328
Talked to the HC at Anthony HS which is west of El Paso....he advised me Anthony HS will not opt up to 3A and will play in whatever class their enrollment places them in.

seems like they have opted up as long as I can remember......does anybody know how many years they have done this?:thinking:

[cr180t]

I lived north of El Paso and really liked it. I think the started playin 3a in 02 maybe oo

[WOS87]

They opted up from 2A to 3A in 2006

Click here ---> Anthony Team History thread (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&%20threadid=96343)

[Pendragon13]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Ive never met ANYONE who has lived in El Paso and liked it. The only reason to live there would be hopping over to Mexico for cheap whatever....but even that is gone now.

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Ive never met ANYONE who has lived in El Paso and liked it.



I lived in El Paso for a while in 93' and learned to really like it. I hated the east side of the mountains but the West side was fantastic. A brief early afternoon rain frequently cooled things down and sent the humidity rocketing up but otherwise it was tolerable. We had a house on the side of the mountain with a back yard full of dessert trees and a beautiful rock wall. The view over the valley from our back yard was breathtaking. The only problem that my wife had with it was the scorpions. Everyday we killed scorpions in and outside the house. I loved playing the dessert golf courses in the area.

Anthony:

I went into a bar in Anthony called the Anthony Gap. They had a line painted on the floor that seperated NM from TX. It was kind of cool.

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Pendragon13
The only reason to live there would be hopping over to Mexico for cheap whatever....but even that is gone now.




Actually in the early 90's Juarez was even more dangerous than it is now. The peso had devaluated so badly that tourists were being killed everyday there. We never crossed the border the whole time we were there.

[poisoned10]

Originally posted by PPHSfan
Dalhart to Salt Lake City UT 767 miles.

I've made that drive a few times when I was younger, but from Gilmer. The "halfway point" is pretty much Albuquerque.

[Twirling Time]

I've driven to Denver before and went through Dalhart -- took 82 and 287 to Amarillo and then picked up 87 over to I-25. Took me about 12 hours. If I ever had the occasion to drive to SLC, I'd probably take that route.

[skins4life]

Originally posted by Matthew328
Nope...Anthony is the last town you pass leaving Texas...

And the FIRST town you come to when you get to New Mexico, on I-10 of course..