Published: July 09, 2009 02:00 pm      

Stark Tigers hosting Texas Sharks Saturday

ORANGE — The Stark Tigers will be playing at the old Stark High Football Stadium Saturday as they welcome the Texas Sharks from Houston.

Minor League Football is back in Southeast Texas and the Stark Tigers look to bring out some heavy hits and big plays at the West Orange-Stark Middle School Stadium.

The Tigers will host the Sharks Saturday and will visit the SAFL Kingaree in New Orleans July 18 before opening Southern American Football League action on the road in Longview July 25 against the East Texas Outlaws.

The Tigers played well in their first organzined preseason game back on June 13 at home, falling to the Austin Gamebreakers 24-20. They fell to the Texas Bulldogs in Hutto 31-13 on June 20.

The Tigers have been working out now for nearly three months.

They’ve been practicing at the Willie Ray Smith Field in Beaumont on Thursdays and at WO-S Middle School Stadium on Tuesdays.

Tickets for Saturday’s contest with the Sharks will be $5 for folks 13-and-up and $2 for those under 13.

The Tigers will be playing in a SAFL division that will also feature teams from Longview, Abbeville, La.; St. Charles, La.; Lafayette, La.; and Lake Charles, La.

They will play each team twice, once on the road and once at home.

Here is the roster for the Stark Tigers and the school they attended and played at in high school:

Jeremy Bluiett, West Brook; Mike Feacher, Central; James McCray, Central; Jeremic Wilson, Silsbee; Tyler Thibodeaux, WO-S; J. Walker, WO-S; Chris Weldon, Central; Daniel Hayes, Ozen; Josh Turner, WO-S; Quincy Wilson, Silsbee; Mike Warnell, WO-S; Joe Castle, Ozen; Jeremy Hawkins, Central; Desmond Doss, Silsbee; Rasheed Dennis, WO-S; Chad Smith, LC-M; Jeff Steward, LC-M; Josh Chargois, LC-M; Billy Jackson, Kelly, Jimmy Collier, Central; Todd Rigsby, Central; Joe Chapman, Central, Stedman Williams, Ozen; Bryan Nicholas, WO-S; Merrick Brown, Central; Turquoy Riggs, WO-S; Mario Rose, WO-S; Phillip Morris, LC-M; Gerald Robinson, WO-S; Derrick Crozier, Woodville; Carl Nicholas, Central; Marktavin Robinson, Central; Derek Johnson, Central; Earvin Walker, WO-S; Adrian Mims, WO-S; Glenn Williams, Central; Marcus Turner, WO-S; and Sovesta Winston, Central.