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Mt. Enterprise senior Kaegan Ash broke the all-time Texas career rushing record held by Ken Hall of Sugar Land in Friday's state semifinal loss. (PHOTO: Rafael Lopez)
Ash ran for 235 yards on 33 carries but was held out of the end zone for the first time in his career in a 28-8 loss against the unbeaten Comanches, who advanced to the Conference 2A Division 2 championship game.

A four-star Texas Tech commit, Ash broke multiple records last week against Bremond when he scored eight total touchdowns and rushed for 501 rushing yards on 47 carries while adding 102 receiving yards. His final season totals include a state record 4,557 rushing yards and national single-season records of 528 total points and 77 total touchdowns.

With 11,377 yards in his four-year career, Ash moves into fourth place on the all-time high school rushing leaderboard behind Derrick Henry of Yulee (Fla.), Kelvin Taylor of Glades Day (Fla.) and Myles McLaughlin of Knox (Ind.), who also set the single-season national rushing record this year with 4,846 yards.

Thanks and F tech.

That's pretty awesome. Per sports illustrated, ken hall didn't play in the second half in most of his games.

Dave Campbell's doesn't show the number of carries. Ash had 47 carries in one game!

From si

What makes Hall's records even more remarkable is the fact that he generally played little or not at all in the second half of a game, humiliation not usually being a yardstick of prep sportsmanship. Against Houston Lutheran in 1953, Hall set the national single-game rushing record of 520 yards on only 11 carries, a 47.3 yard average. He played only a few minutes in the second half

Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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It literally says 2a

King of the Dairy Queen said:

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That's pretty awesome. Per sports illustrated, ken hall didn't play in the second half in most of his games.

Dave Campbell's doesn't show the number of carries. Ash had 47 carries in one game!

From si

What makes Hall's records even more remarkable is the fact that he generally played little or not at all in the second half of a game, humiliation not usually being a yardstick of prep sportsmanship. Against Houston Lutheran in 1953, Hall set the national single-game rushing record of 520 yards on only 11 carries, a 47.3 yard average. He played only a few minutes in the second half

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I would imagine besides less carries per game, Ken played in less games a year and total games for career

I was at that Shiner vs Mt Enterprise game two days ago. As a shiner fan, it was a thing to behold and Shiner fans were definitely nervous for most of the game.

The Shiner team is small and fast. Keegan Ash is 6', 200#. Almost every tackle was a group effort. As the OP said, Ash did not score which was the biggest Shiner accomplishment.

1939 said:

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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2A.

If it's no big deal, why don't all 2A running backs do it?

72 year old record, theres nothing not impressive about breaking it. The game is different than it used to be, sure, but like others have said: why didn't anyone else break the record for 72 years?

HarryJ33tamu said:

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1939 said:

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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2A.

If it's no big deal, why don't all 2A running backs do it?

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He didn't say it was no big deal. He said, essentially, that it's easier to physically outclass 2A players than say 5A players, which is indisputably true. Stated otherwise, if the kid had done what he did against 5A competition, it would have been even more impressive.

King of the Dairy Queen said:

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72 year old record, theres nothing not impressive about breaking it. The game is different than it used to be, sure, but like others have said: why didn't anyone else break the record for 72 years?

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Probably because for many if not most of those 72 years, schools threw the ball more and ran the ball a lot less. My alma mater beat Temple in the 1976 AAAA (now 6A) state championship game. We threw it 5 times the whole game. Passing became more utilized in each successive decade, to when it really took off when Mike Leach arrived in Lubbock.

montanagriz said:

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1939 said:

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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It literally says 2a

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He means the old 1A

Why didn't anyone break it for 72 years?

Because my high school coach didn't see my potential as an RB and put me as ST.

That kid is a load to bring down and he fought for every yard Friday night. Shiner is just a complete football team and, like a previous poster stated, it was a group effort to tackle him. Tech is getting a pretty good linebacker. Reminds me of Zach Thomas.

Good for the kid but I'm not celebrating this like the OP apparently wants us to.
Ken Hall was an Ag.
He also just passed away earlier this year.
Glad he lived long enough to take his record to the grave.

As stated above, screw Tceh.

Geez Hank, you need to up your T injections. I'm not celebrating anything. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned previously. It's an incredible achievement.

I posted without comment but since you're concerned about my take: I live in Shiner, Texas. Our team held him scoreless for the only time in his HS career. Go Comanches.

Ash was a handful. Big dude that methodically slowed his initial rush to find a hole to exploit. Thankfully Shiner had speed in the secondary to chase him down and mostly used high low two man tackling to stop him.

Live in Shiner as well…. Looking forward to the game with Munster for all the marbles….The Beer and Cheese bowl 2.0 !!

Watched that Shiner in week 1. Massively physical team for 2A. Played very clean as well.

Trivia question.

The all-time Texas high school touchdown leader (and now third in career rush yards) was much glorified and signed with a certain school in Austin. He ended up finishing his college career at SMU after spending a year in junior college.

The trivia question is: Who was the quarterback on his high school team?

Answer: Malcome Kennedy.

A shame he dropped out before Junction to get married, per Wikipedia. Just imagine what it would have been like to have Hall & Crow in the same backfield for a couple years.

Kid signed to play LB

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A shame he dropped out before Junction to get married, per Wikipedia. Just imagine what it would have been like to have Hall & Crow in the same backfield for a couple years.

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If I remember right, Bear Bryant was criticized for not playing Hall at running back (much?). Assume he played more defense for Bryant. Reading between the lines, I think he played running back during his time in the pros.
On a side note, Hall was about 6'1", 200# and clocked some fast 100 yard times. So he was similar, maybe even slightly bigger than Keegan Ash is now.

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HarryJ33tamu said:

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1939 said:

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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2A.

If it's no big deal, why don't all 2A running backs do it?

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He didn't say it was no big deal. He said, essentially, that it's easier to physically outclass 2A players than say 5A players, which is indisputably true. Stated otherwise, if the kid had done what he did against 5A competition, it would have been even more impressive.

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The STARTING lineup for some of the better 2A and 3A schools around Texas can match up fairly well with most 5A and even 6A programs. Probably not the elite ones, but for sure the last playoff team in each district and the teams behind them. Where the smaller schools come up short -- in most cases, WAY short -- is the number of reserves. You'll see a lot of 2A schools with 15-18 varsity players, and probably 4-5 of those (yes, maybe a starter or two on at least one side of the ball) aren't necessarily varsity ready due to their age. Thus, the best players on each team play both ways and by the middle of the third quarter, even decent 3A teams are dog dead tired. You'll quickly see a 3-7 point game turn into a 30 point rout.

I've seen a private school that used to play in the Southwest Prep league -- made up of private schools like St. Marks and Greenhill in DFW (they now play in TAPPS) -- with an offense that easily matched up with some strong (i.e. second round playoff) 5A teams in the state. Their defense wasn't quite as good, but that offense was elite for a private school and damn good had they been a public school. Frisco Lone Star, Aledo, and South Oak Cliff would have beaten that team -- probably easily -- but that team would have won games over some 5A schools like in the Mesquite ISD, for example. The reason that matters is that you would probably not have made the same comment had the player played for, again, for example, Mesquite Horn or Poteet.

Don't sell labels short. Schools are classified by overall enrollment. It is true that the AVERAGE 2A or 3A team doesn't stand a chance against 5A/6A teams, but there are some studs out there in the lower classes and private schools. And a few of them are on defense, believe it or not!

Incidentally, the hardest hitting in football I've ever seen, at least consistently during a game, has been 6-man football games. If you played that level, you have my undying respect.

Rodney Thomas and Brian Gamble both came from 2A schools

Worth noting that Ash was one of the top triple jumpers in Texas last year - just under 50 feet.

Aggie-Brooks #25 played for 2A Shiner

1939 said:

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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Tell me you've never seen him play without telling me

montanagriz said:

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1939 said:

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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It literally says 2a

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Fwiw, 2A now is what 1A was 10 years ago. It's the smallest level above 6-man.

I'm pretty sure most players were two-way back then. John David was also a starting DB, something my dad (c/o 57) was always quick to remind me.

Bode Ham, playing for Jayton, in one of the Class A (six-man) finals: He had 28 rushes for 430 yards with 10 touchdowns. At one point he was 6 / 210 / 4. On an 80-yard field. He also threw for 118 yards and three TDs. Offensive MVP. He also was good enough on defense to be the MVP. At one point in the second quarter, some Richland Springs fans began chanting, "Stop number 2! Stop number 2!" They gave up when they figured that wasn't going to happen. I've never seen anyone dominate a game like that.

Awesome for him. Really exciting that he will get to continue his high school career at Texas Tech.

Shiner is a smaller but speedy team. Keegan Ash, who is 6' and 200 pounds, was usually brought down by several defenders working together. Like the OP mentioned, holding Ash scoreless was Shiner's most impressive accomplishment.

1939 said:

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Good for that kid. 1A ball though.

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Yea, he may run like that in the little 12, I think not in the SEC!

GoAgs92 said:

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Kid signed to play LB

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Bryant was the one who thought he should play line backer.