After the biggest classifications (6A & 5A) needed to wait a month to start the 2020 Texas high school football season, all of the University Interscholastic League’s six classifications are now in the postseason. While the 6A and 5A classifications…
by Jeff Fisher The Lubbock Westerners lost their season opener to Sweetwater 66-35 on Friday night. Next Saturday, the Westerners will play their home opener against Andrew. Click here to read all of Lubbock head coach Jason Strunk’s blogs in…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Craziness. That is how I describe the first day of school and football practice. Always chaos. Always the unexpected. This really let’s you see how tuned in your guys…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach I’m not much of technology guy. Sure, I use the technology. But, I am not crazy with it. You won’t see me waiting in line at Target for twelve…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach For the first time ever, yes ever, I decided to cut our final Wednesday practice of Summer camp down to an hour. This wasn’t some decision I just drummed…
Editor’s Note: This story was originally posted August 29, 2012. Two years later, Strunky has become a pop-in type of guy in our lives. If you’re not a Seinfeld fan, you may not understand pop-in, but that’s what Strunky and…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Last year at this time we were driving back from Big Spring. The ride was miserable. We were wondering what went wrong in our first scrimmage of 2013. Tonight?…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Coach Follow @WestTXCoach For many years I sat back and observed a bunch of head coaches. I also observed lots of coordinators in my time as a coach. You do a lot of…
Over the last three years, through The Turnaround, you’ve been able to follow along as Jason Strunk, head coach of the Lubbock Westerners football program, works on turning around the west Texas program that has only been to the state…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Back to work for the teachers/coaches/administrators in LISD. Yes, we have been working, but Wednesday was the official start up day for everyone in the district. The day was…