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PRINT THIS PAGE | E-MAIL THIS PAGE Tuesday, July 28, 1998 Stack, Britton team up once more in football all-star game By MARK BABINECK Associated Press Writer HOUSTON (AP) - Spencer Stack and Que Britton reached the top of the Texas high school football mount last season by winning the Class 5A Division II championship. But the senior quarterback and the coach have one more piece of business to wrap up. Stack will play for Britton's North squad in the Texas High School Coaches Association all-star football game Tuesday night at Rice Stadium. Both men know their relationship gives them an immediate advantage. "There's one guy we don't have to teach our offense to. He already knows what's going on," said Britton, who tried to install the potent Flower Mound Marcus attack on his North squad over the weekend. "We're trying to get as much of it in as we can." No school is allowed more than one representative in the game, which has been played every year since 1935. Stack, a lefty headed to North Texas this fall, said he's happy to accompany Britton one last time. "I love the idea of getting selected and to play under (the Flower Mound staff) and get to run our offense," Stack said. "It's just a great honor to come down here." Stack is among more than three dozen players who will join Division I-A college programs next month. He hopes someday to help UNT better compete against larger schools such as Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Houston and Kansas, all of whom are on the Eagles' 1998 schedule. "We want to compete against teams not just in our conference (the Big West)," Stack said. "I've told other guys on this team, 'Yeah we play you,' and they start laughing. They didn't even know they were playing us." Stars in their own right with guaranteed scholarships, Stack and the others don't need to endure 100-degree practices at the University of Houston or risk injury in the game itself. Both Britton and South coach T.J. Mills, who has led Sealy to a record four straight 3A titles, aren't surprised the state's top players consistently return to play in the THSCA game. "I think it being the coaches' game, played in front of all the coaches down here for the convention, I think (players) are encouraged to play in this game," Mills said. More than 10,000 coaches from across Texas are in town for three days of lectures, the football and basketball all-star games and a convention featuring more than 1,000 exhibitors. Stack said the game will give him a taste of a big-time game. "I think it's great just to get to play with such great athletes who can dominate any game," said Stack, who threw four touchdowns in his last game, a 59-20 Marcus victory over Alief Hastings last December. "At the college level, all the athletes are just this fast and this skilled. It gives me a chance to get used to what that will be like." Send a Letter to the Editor about This Story | Start or Join A Discussion about This Story Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below: texnews.com Reporter OnLine Local Sports Texas Sports Copyright ©1998, Abilene Reporter-News / Texnews / E.W. Scripps Publications Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below:

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