Lets Talk About It: The Paegle Boys and Vista Ridge Rangers football & their dad, the former athlete

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I've said it once and I'll say it again.
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The talent level in the Austin, Texas high school football scene is at an all-time high.
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It is spread across the metro.
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You've got fast, quick twitch, very talented, skilled players.
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You have great quarterbacks, you have great linemen, big, lean people movers, and you have great guys on the defensive side of the ball.
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Really good football talent.
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But my favorite stories are young men, sons, making a name for themselves on the Austin, Texas high school football scene, just like their dad did.
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Yes, like father, like sons.
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But first, let's pay tribute to our guy, Jim Saxton.
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The Saxton name resonates in Austin.
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Jim's late father, James Saxton, is a longhorn legend, a Heisman finalist while playing for Daryl K.
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Royal.
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And Jimmy is a UT football legacy from Westlake.
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He has been insuring Austin for decades.
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He and his staff will give you old school hospitality when servicing your insurance needs.
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And coming up next, as I kind of teased you, we get a little dramatic in teasing these episodes, but it's well worth it.
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We're about to have three men who it's funny because I was a freshman when the father we're about to meet was a senior quarterback for our high school.
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And I was just a little freshman trying to find my way.
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But before we get this episode going, I want you to like and follow all of our social media platforms and subscribe for free to our YouTube page.
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The Pagle Boys.
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Let's talk about it.
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High school football in the Austin area, as I mentioned, it is full of great teams.
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It is amazing how far this Austin, Texas high school football scene has progressed in the last 10 years.
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Great teams all across the area.
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And Leander ISD consistently produces teams that are on those watch lists to make some noise in the postseason.
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And each of the teams in Leander ISD have always had great talent.
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Great talent.
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Players that are worth the price of admission, including the Vista Ridge Rangers.
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And they began this season early on with a I don't know whether to call it an upset.
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I will beating the Bowie Bulldogs, the one of the mainstays of the Austin, Texas football scene for quite some time.
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Jeff Abels, longtime head coach.
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He's the dean of Austin ISD coaches.
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Well, Vista Ridge defeated Coach Abel's Bulldog.
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But I want to introduce you to two brothers.
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They're two years apart and they're dad.
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The Pagel Boys.
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Let's bring them in.
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The Pagel Boys, here they are.
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Next time when we do this, you guys tell me, let's let's shorten it.
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That was too long.
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That was too much hype, but you guys deserve it.
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Uh we'll start with Chris and then the upper right, uh the elder.
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I mean, they all look like brothers to me.
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And then you've got, I'm going to take a guess.
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We got Preston on the left on the bottom and Kyron on the right.
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Man, welcome, gentlemen.
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Thank you, sir.
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Thank you for having us.
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I I've got to start with Chris.
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You let's go back to the 80s.
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And did you ever dream one day that you know we all think about it, that you would have a family and two sons that would follow your footsteps, kind of, but I mean they're making a name for themselves.
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But when I see film on your boys, Chris, they and I've talked to other guys that we went to high school with, and they like Chris Williams, he said his son played with I think Kyron in uh flag football.
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He said it reminded him of you same speed, same everything.
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Is that a compliment, or is this are you still trying to accept wow, this is really happening?
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No, I don't think I really thought about this like years ago, you know, back when you know the early, early days.
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I think it was when the boys were firstborn.
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We got into flag football, you know, for them, you know, when they were, I don't know, seven, seven, eight, nine.
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And um that's then I started thinking, well, I think these guys are gonna, I'm gonna kind of lovingly guide these kids towards football.
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Um yeah, you know, as as the years went by, sure enough, man, they're they're uh they're doing their thing out there.
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I I've got to ask you both.
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We'll start with Kyron, then Preston.
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Um, have you seen or heard or seen any pictures or videos of your dad when he played in high school and maybe some in college a little bit?
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I have I have seen a lot of pictures, videos.
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Um yeah, so well, you know, of course, Sean, there's not a lot of you know social media back then, so we gotta dust off the VHS, man.
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I think I had a highlight video at one point and they watched it, but it's been so many years ago.
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They were so you know, they're so young.
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I think they appreciate it more.
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Uh we don't have the technology for that.
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No, no, it's very grainy, and I never thought our generation would be a part of anything as grainy video.
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Um it really, I think I just lost my last hair follicle remaining thinking about it because and and you guys, hey, be grateful you guys have good genetics for hair.
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It's and still, Chris.
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Um you're a little older than me and and and look younger than me, and that's but hey, embrace that.
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I don't think I necessarily look younger, man.
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I might I don't think I look younger than you.
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No, you look good.
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It's been a long time, man.
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You look good.
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I just remember that.
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I just remember uh God, I was yeah, you were a freshman when I was a senior.
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Isn't that wild?
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So yeah, it is wild.
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I found two pictures using our network of former Anderson Trojans, and uh I'm sure Chris has these photos, but what I'm about to pull up, you're gonna see Kyron and and Preston in these photos.
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If if I'm wrong, you guys call me out.
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Here we go.
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Check these out.
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Look, I mean that that is you guys to a T.
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Oh my gosh.
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That's crazy.
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Oh wow, that's that's old.
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That's Calhoun or what Callahan next to me right there on that.
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Yeah.
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Hey, funny thing is it's that's that was homecoming and it it's homecoming tonight or uh tomorrow night for for visitor.
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For the Vista Ridd.
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Yep.
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Do you guys have a parade like we did in uh for Anderson?
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Yeah, but you so you guys need to find 74 and recreate this photo with Vista Riggs.
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We need to try that, yeah.
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So Preston and Kevin, when you see this, have you ever seen these photos?
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I think I've seen the one on the left, yeah.
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Same, and I've never seen the one on the right.
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See, the one on the left is the one on the left is from that state track beat.
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Okay, okay, yeah, yeah.
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You get so uh just FYI for those watching or maybe curious.
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Yeah, Chris was uh there was some speed there that we had a we had a good four by one hundred meter relay team, and even the alternates were fast.
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It was unreal.
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Made it to state made it to state.
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Are you guys now you guys run track as well, correct?
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You've got to get to state with Vista Ridge.
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You guys are very humble guys, but you don't like talking about your own personal achievements.
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But you being the senior, Kyron, tell me about what you've accomplished so far as a high school football player, statistics-wise, statistical accomplishments.
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Um, well, I uh made the varsity team my sophomore year.
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Um, so I got a few reps, uh, my sophomore year on varsity, which was you know a pretty cool, pretty cool deal.
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And then I started last year as a junior, and of course starting this year as a senior.
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And um, yeah, it's been great, super, super fun, super excited.
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Um I had almost 600 uh receiving yards last year uh with five touchdowns, 34 receptions.
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And then um this year, um uh we play three games.
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I currently have uh around 370 receiving yards, 480 all-purpose yards, and four touchdowns.
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Wow.
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Yes, sir.
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That's that's solid.
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Before we let dad talk, Preston, I here's what I've heard about you.
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I mean, you were on you made it on varsity as a freshman, right?
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Uh I suited up for the playoffs.
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Okay.
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Yes, sir.
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I have heard that you have a great opportunity, and I don't want to jinx anything, I'm very superstitious, that you have the opportunity to be just as productive.
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I mean, you play running back, correct?
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Yes, sir.
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Am I exaggerating, or is that and I know you can't tell the future, but are you guys about equal talent?
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Are better?
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Who's better here?
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I think I can answer that.
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You know, because I've I've been asked that.
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Um if I may.
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Oh, you yeah, please.
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Um you know, they're two different, it's weird.
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It's so like they're two different, they're just two different athletes with at two different positions, you know.
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So as you well know, uh a lot kind of has to happen for a receiver to get that ball on Friday night, you know.
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A lot of things gotta go right.
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Um, and not to take anything away from Preston as a running back, but it's a little easier to accomplish getting a handoff, you know, um, than it is, you know, getting in, you know, getting open and and and catching the ball.
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Um so you know, touchdown-wise, you know, uh you know, Preston's his freshman year, I think he scored 24 touchdowns.
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Um and not to take anything away from him.
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When Preston has the ball, he is, he's a little different, you know.
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Uh but they're just different athletes.
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Kai was always able to have great hands, even as like, I don't know, seven years old, ever since I can remember Preston on the other hand, his hands really didn't develop till later on, you know.
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Well, 12 years old, maybe he just it just didn't develop.
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Yeah.
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Now I will say this other things came real natural with Preston, you know, just kind of running mechanics, and and Kaiz was lagging when he was younger, but now Kaize is up there.
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So I don't know.
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They're uh I think they're pretty equal to equally talented, to be honest with you, man.
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You know, just different.
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No, there's no way you can be similar.
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You're in that, and what I've noticed so far, you guys are your own, have your own identity.
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And then the thing that I love about when in this situation, I got to watch some videos of you guys.
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I love hearing your dad and your mom in the background and the commentary.
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Well, that's mainly mom.
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It's mom.
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Yeah, it it would be something wrong if there was not proud mom comments and yeah, you know, that's yeah, she's she definitely uh she likes to cheer for her boys, man.
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As she should, she should be very proud.
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But tell me what it was like being trained by your dad at a young age and you and and continuing to have the buy-in, the drive to get better.
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Because to me, it it looks like a uh intense, regimented workouts you guys started doing at a much younger age.
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Yeah, for sure.
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Um, I think that we definitely got lucky with you know how our dad played and how he experienced all that.
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So definitely pushing that on us at an early age was you know very uh beneficial for us now, especially.
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You know, we we got to, you know, we were lifting early, we were out training at the um, you know, on the fields really early.
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So I think now that's that's definitely been super beneficial.
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How about you, Preston?
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What's your take on that?
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Yeah, for sure.
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It just it really like set a great base for us, um, just working hard and just at a young age and like being consistent, and over the years he's just kept us going and like a lot of a lot of people like if they start that young, you know, a lot of a lot of kids like get sick of it.
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Yeah, and like I've heard stories about that and stuff, but um me and Kai have just been kept going, kept grinding.
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I love it, and I respect you guys for it because there's so many distractions nowadays, much more than your dad and I ever had.
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And then but to to continue the grind and and see the big picture, Chris.
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I gotta ask you this, and I know you guys are dialed into the parents, you guys are involved with you know the booster club and other football parents.
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When when parents uh maybe I don't know if they did, but when they approached you when uh the boys were younger, did anyone ever ask, how do you train your boys?
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Got that a lot, and I got that a lot because you know, they were really successful on the field at a young age.
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Yeah.
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And it's not that too.
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It's only and you know, it's that, but it's you know, they were always pretty good sized boys and really strong for their for their age, you know, and fast at a young age.
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So um I got that question a lot.
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And really, you know, I mean, it it's it's just I think like the boys hit on it pretty good.
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They were they were consistent, you know, they embraced that grind and and um but at the same time, you know, we we uh we let them be boys, we let them be, you know, enjoy their childhood.
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And we they made time for, I mean, we would make time for all, you know, the kids' stuff, right?
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Yeah.
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Um hanging out with their friends and riding bikes and going to play basketball, whatever.
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Um so it's a balance for sure.
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Land is banned with flown seasonings.
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One shake, one rim, it levels everything up from chicken to wok to your snacks to your ribbons and your cocktails and mocktails.
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Hook them.
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Hey, I I've I've gotta be honest, I I uh tried that on some bison meat.
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I've never had bison meat before.
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Very lean.
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Use the OG seasoning off the charts.
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Unbelievable.
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Highly recommend.
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We're gonna have to get some OG uh Sloan seasoning in the Pago household.
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I I I actually bought some bison the other day, or I don't know, last week.
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What we've been doing it wrong for 20 or 30, 40 years.
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We needed bison meat sooner.
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I just wanted to say that's some random topic I wanted to bring up today.
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Just fired up about bison meat.
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So, boys, I'm gonna give you guys the floor.
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Tell tell me a little bit.
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I want to hear stories about dad uh growing up.
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What is it about the elder Pagle growing up with him?
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Was he one that liked to talk about his football past?
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For sure.
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Yeah, he definitely come on.
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That's not a bad thing.
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But yeah, he definitely definitely uh told us all about his high school football and college and stuff.
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Yeah, especially about track.
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Oh talking about, you know, especially his speed, which I have heard stories of uh his speed.
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So never I've never, you know, obviously seen him run at full speed, you know, obviously in high school, but I've only heard stories, but you know, very, very positive, very good things.
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Yeah.
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Tall tales.
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Tall tales.
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They they were fast.
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I can't look Chris, which which leg were you on the on the four by?
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I I anchored that four by.
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Uh my sooner.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Yeah, we had Chris Edmondson at first leg, then Tyrone Booz, and we, and then the late Kevin Moody.
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Late third leg.
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So uh oh, I hate that part.
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The late great Kevin Moody.
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And he followed you up as the quarterback after you graduated.
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He did, he did at the LC Anderson High School.
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Sure did.
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Um, have you boys ever discussed?
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Has he has your dad ever mentioned?
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You know, if we had the type of offense that you guys run at Vista Ridge, has he ever said how he might have performed with uh because he did he tell you what we ran during his time?
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The option, right?
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Yeah, it was the eye formation, yeah.
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And that's it.
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Yep, never in shotgun back in those days.
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Everything was under center.
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And you got receivers, got down in a three-point stance, split out.
00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.559
Well, well, our wing back did.
00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:31.279
Oh wing back.
00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.960
Remember, remember the wing back?
00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:35.039
Oh my gosh, you know.
00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:40.640
Well, but you know, our receivers stood up, but yeah, um, we did have that wing back.
00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.720
I can't remember who it was.
00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:44.240
It's been so long, man.
00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:51.519
We were very slow as an offense, but everybody was slow as an offense back then.
00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.039
Well, it's different, right?
00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:56.240
We ran the ball, I ran the ball, I ran the ball as a quarterback a lot, right?
00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:07.279
I mean, um, but uh it was definitely definitely the the landscape of you know high school football sure has changed a lot, you know.
00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.920
That so that leads me, you know.
00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:13.519
So 87 was your final season, class of 88.
00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:20.720
Um when you have you guys talked about ever that how high school football has evolved so much.
00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:32.720
And what is it about Vista Ridge and the Leander ISD and the district you're in for football that excites you guys that you guys look forward to because it's very competitive.
00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.319
You play with a lot of talent.
00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:39.519
Tell me tell us a little bit about that, guys, about your district, this football program.
00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:44.799
Because Vista Ridge has had some really good teams in the past.
00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:49.839
I mean, Taylor McCarg, long way back, was a great quarterback, played at Rice.
00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:53.440
Now he's on he's a college football sports analyst.
00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:55.119
Just wanted to throw that out there.
00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.160
But there were a lot of others.
00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:03.839
Well, what do you what do you think about where Vista Ridge is now, the district, and all the athletes that you guys compete against?
00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.119
Yeah, for sure.
00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:08.640
I think um, you know, I I wouldn't rather go anywhere else.
00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:12.720
I love Vista Ridge, I love our you know, our brotherhood, our coaching staff.
00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:16.559
Um it's uh it's really special for sure.
00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:21.440
But um, you know, we we've got our new district this year, we play a lot of Leander IT teams.
00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:27.039
So uh really looking forward to playing, you know, schools like Rouse, Cedar Park, Leander, you know, stuff like that.
00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.559
So super excited, some great teams, but um, yeah.
00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.799
How about you, Preston?
00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:34.240
What's your take on that?
00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:43.039
Yeah, we definitely um we're definitely playing in a pretty tough district, but you know, we're pretty good ourselves, so yeah.
00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:52.720
And like, you know, in Texas 6A football, like it's like hardest, hardest football in the country.
00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.319
So I would I would agree.
00:20:54.559 --> 00:21:00.000
I mean, playing Vista Ridge, you know, it's it's definitely special to play here.
00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:08.319
I love our community we have and stuff, and uh and you literally it's almost Gupton Stadium is literally across the street, right?
00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:12.000
It's essentially your home field, yeah.
00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:21.519
I've watched your dad's business, and here's what's funny a quarter of a century, and he's never had any logo or anything promotion.
00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:26.319
So, all word of mouth, the Pagel design build.
00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:28.480
How did you start this, Chris?
00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:32.000
I mean, and and I gotta get the boys' take on it from watching you.
00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:34.480
I mean, it's probably where they get their work ethic from.
00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:37.680
Well, after I dropped out of college, I had to figure something out.
00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:44.400
You know, so I uh I just was kind of drawn to doing that, man.
00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.880
I don't know.
00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:59.359
I just uh I kind of was interested in it and started liking it, and then I don't know, you know, one thing led to another and just decided to go out on my own after working for someone like back in my twenties, and and then I I was like, you know, I could do this myself.
00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:03.599
So I started that like I don't know 25 years ago.
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And um it's been good, man.
00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:09.920
It's been it's been some ups and downs for sure, you know.
00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:14.400
Like you know, definitely some peaks and valleys in that in that industry.
00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:22.319
Um one day you look like you have a lot of money, and the next day you you're like, you know, it looks you're starving.
00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:24.240
So it's it's crazy, man.
00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.200
You know.
00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:35.759
So overall you started out designing decks and exterior, then you started um interior design.
00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.920
Correct me on here because I maybe headed the wrong direction and describing.
00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:42.640
Yeah, we did we we did I started out as a framer, right?
00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:54.480
Just working for someone, and then um that turned into me going on my own later, you know, soon thereafter, like I don't know, um early 30s.
00:22:55.440 --> 00:23:02.160
And then uh did a lot of deck work and decks, and then started getting into the patios and large patios.
00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:07.279
And matter of fact, we just built a really huge one for a guy you know, which was Keith Lundquist.
00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.480
Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:15.839
We did a matter of fact, my biggest project I've probably ever done was for was for him um out in Liberty Hill.
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We we did that September of last year and completed it like you know, I mean it was a several month job, but we completed it like February of this year.
00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:31.200
So it was it was a special project for sure.
00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:38.000
I highly encourage everyone to go like, follow Pagel Design Build Facebook page.
00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:46.319
Uh I'm shocked he has a social media page for it because uh, but it's uh hey, and you'll see what I'm talking about the quality of work, cabinet.
00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:48.559
Do you still do cabinetry and stuff like that?
00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:50.400
I don't do that anymore.
00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.920
I don't.
00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:56.240
Um that shit sucks.
00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:00.720
I I'm so I'm so done with I didn't want to do that anymore, man.
00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:04.319
Matter of fact, you can keep that, you don't have to edit that.
00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.720
I just got tired of those cabinets.
00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.079
Yeah, I got tired of doing those cabinets.
00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.400
Hey, and and I'll be his agent, I'll connect you.
00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.359
I'll connect you.
00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:17.599
You if you feel comfortable calling texting me, we'll connect you.
00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.880
We'll do we'll do that.
00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:27.920
I I'll I'll I'll give Kai the opportunity here because you're the one that's a senior, you're about to take another uh step, but we uh we want to enjoy this football season.
00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.279
But what are your goals?
00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:31.599
What are your goals for this season?
00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:37.440
And if you had control, where would you want to play next?
00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.920
Or you are you interested in playing college football?
00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.960
Yeah, absolutely.
00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.880
I'm very interested in playing college football.
00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.759
Um, I do plan to go play college football.
00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:48.319
Um, of course, you know, at the right place.
00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:51.119
Um, not exactly sure where yet.
00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:58.160
Gonna see how this season goes, but um yeah, just definitely definitely want to go play somewhere.
00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:03.680
You know, I love the game, and uh it can't be my my last season, so Preston.
00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:16.640
What's if you had to answer for Kai, where do you think if he were to say one place in America, what's his dream college football program that he would love to go play for without using the transfer portal?
00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.839
Or maybe using the trans.
00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.440
I I I forget, Chris.
00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:21.440
We got to speak in those terms these days.
00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:23.279
Man, it's different nowadays, man.
00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.839
It really is.
00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:25.440
You you almost have to.
00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:44.079
I mean, um, high school athletes have really gotten, you know, they got on a raw deal with this, you know, the transfer port transfer portal and and um, you know, and like I mean, colleges are wanting, you know, kids that are ready now, they want to so they're dipping at that portal first, you know.
00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:46.880
Or it seems to be, seems like they are.
00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:49.440
You probably know more about that, Sean, than I do, but that's interesting.
00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.519
Yeah, it hurts high school kids.
00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:51.920
It does.
00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.480
It does.
00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.200
It does.
00:25:53.920 --> 00:26:00.720
Preston where do you think your older brother Kai, where would he want to play?
00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:07.440
And then right now, if you had to had to have one decision for you, where would that be?
00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:17.039
Um for for Kai, I think definitely maybe Carleton or Texas State.
00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.680
Okay.
00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:23.839
Uh Texas State, they're moving to a bigger conference, so it's pretty cool seeing them play.
00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.720
And then um for me, where would I want to go?
00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.200
Yeah.
00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:31.759
Um I mean I haven't really thought about that too much.
00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:36.960
But I definitely want to go to a pretty big school, hopefully.
00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:39.039
So we'll see how it goes.
00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:43.759
But um hopefully, hopefully somewhere in Texas.
00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:50.000
Uh if not, we'll we'll just see.
00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.680
You've got time.
00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.480
You got time.
00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.759
I got time.
00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:57.680
I'm gonna be very honest with you, and I hope this is not an NCAA violation.
00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.599
I'm very disappointed in you boys.
00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:01.680
There was no mention of these guys.
00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.440
Come on.
00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.680
I will hey, I would go very, I would go very fast.
00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.400
Trust me.
00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:13.200
Hey, I know some people.
00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.279
We we may have to make some connections.
00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:19.359
Is that an NCAA violation for me to discuss that?
00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.640
Uh I don't know.
00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.200
I don't know.
00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:23.039
Keep talking.
00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:32.480
All right, we'll start with dad.
00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.240
Um, and then we'll work around.
00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:36.880
And you guys chime in, talk over each other.
00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:40.640
We these have been pure entertainment throughout the years.
00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:55.839
A man cave story is any story at any time in your life, it could be football, it could be family, any moment, uh, that's just as comp funny, you know, telling as it was when it happened.
00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.640
Is there any one story, or maybe two?
00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:11.920
One thing we do bring up every once in a while is uh we were in our living room one night, and Preston's probably like I don't know, maybe four, five, five years old.
00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:19.839
And he's sitting there eating, watching TV, and I can't remember what he's eating, but I remember him dropping something, some food.
00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:23.279
And then so I so I'm videoing him, right?
00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:25.200
He has no idea I'm videoing him.
00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:31.519
So I'm kind of videoing like, you know, you're you know, you're your young kid, you know, just I don't know.
00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:40.240
And uh he starts putting the food instead of picking up the food and putting it in his plate, he brushes it up underneath the couch.
00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.839
I busted him.
00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:43.279
I had him on video doing it.
00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:46.000
We do we do bring that up every once in a while.
00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.480
Yeah.
00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.359
Was it a p?
00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:54.160
Man, it was just uh yeah, it was some type of thing.
00:28:54.319 --> 00:29:07.920
Oh, it wasn't just one thing, it was just several little, I don't know, he just spilled something and he just brushed it, proceeds to brush it under the couch, you know, like eyes fixated on the TV, just watching TV.
00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.599
I had it on video.
00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.759
I don't know if I had the video anymore.
00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:14.319
So I have like something.
00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:29.759
Um last year, whenever I suited out for the playoffs, right during our playoff game, we were like trying to get hype in the locker room and stuff, and uh the starting QB, Caden Arno that year, he broke so he broke his leg.
00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:34.559
He he had a whole like uh brace on and everything.
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:42.960
He was like hurt, he was in crutches, like but during that playoff game, we were trying to get hype and stuff, and it was like a huge like dance circle in the locker room.
00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:48.960
And Caden Arno got got in the middle and started like jumping and dancing with his like broken leg.
00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.640
It was hilarious.
00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.559
That was a good memory for me.
00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:55.119
And he and he had a boot, he had a boot on.
00:29:55.599 --> 00:30:01.680
He had like a boot crutches, boot, crutches, still just everything getting us excited.
00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:07.519
But and then another one of his friends, Ben Reed, another receiver.
00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.440
He like tore something, isn't he?
00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:14.559
Tores meniscus later in the season.
00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:19.759
He tores meniscus and um he was in like a full leg brace too.
00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:24.880
And he was doing the same thing that that game is hilarious.
00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:28.960
That was just a good a good memory for me as a freshman watching the scene.
00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:34.000
I can't remember, I can't imagine dancing on a broken femur or leg.
00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.599
I know.
00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.400
Oh my god.
00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:48.880
That's the kind of leadership that that's that leadership, you know, Caden Arno, that that um that unfortunately we missed out on, Kai and the other receivers.
00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:54.319
Not that the the kid that stepped in didn't do a good job because he did everything he could, but he had no experience.
00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:56.720
But right, these kids really missed Caden Arno.
00:30:56.880 --> 00:31:11.119
I think he went down in game three of last year, and and uh, you know, he and Kai um really built really you know built a good friendship and had a good rapport with one another and they threw and ran routes all summer only to have him break his leg, unfortunately.
00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:15.279
So that's kind of leadership though that that Arno had, you know.
00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.119
Where is he playing now?
00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.799
Is he playing in college?
00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:24.000
Yeah, Cain, he's playing uh he's playing out of school in Florida, Kaiser University.
00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.640
Uh-huh.
00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:31.359
Yeah, and then uh another friend of mine, Ben Reed, he's playing at uh Midwestern State up in Wichita Falls.
00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.839
Oh yeah.
00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.880
It's a good program.
00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:34.240
That's a really good program.
00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:37.519
Hey Ben, tell me something good.
00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:47.920
All right, we don't have to go around the horn, but if one of you or all of you, you tell me something good.
00:31:48.319 --> 00:32:00.960
Anybody that you want somebody to hear because all we hear about negative things, uh, you have anything inspiring, any of you or all three of you, if you have one good thing, I'll tell you what, man.
00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.160
God is good.
00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.599
God is good.
00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:08.000
Always, always.
00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.720
There's no doubting that.
00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.160
No doubting that.
00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.599
And I'll tell you go ahead.
00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:16.079
I thought I think Kyron was about to say something.
00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:18.559
Well, I wasn't gonna say this is actually kind of a funny story.
00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:21.279
Okay, oh yeah, we'll bring it back in.
00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:27.440
But something good that happened today, um, you know, on Thursdays before game day, you know, game day's tomorrow.
00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.200
On Thursdays we'll have a team meeting.
00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:34.240
So today we had a team meeting, and then after that, we have a team dinner at school.
00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:38.000
You know, everyone, all of our team dinner, so today we had fajitas.
00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:41.599
Um but today we had our um our meeting.
00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:49.920
We were walking uh towards the team dinner today, walking through the locker room, and then our one of our coaches stops us.
00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:57.119
Uh he's in a pretty bad mood, saying, you know, guys, I'm pretty upset, blah blah blah.
00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:06.640
You know, in a nutshell, saying that we left a bunch of towels in the locker room, we had a clean locker room, saying that we had to run next week, all this stuff.
00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:08.799
And then he's like, okay, y'all go clean it up.
00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:16.960
So all of us go into the locker room, and locker room is completely spotless, but we see brand new jerseys on every locker room.
00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:18.960
So we've been expecting new jerseys from Adidas.
00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.279
So that's something good.
00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:23.440
We'll be playing with new jerseys tomorrow.
00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.799
That's great.
00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.000
That's not good.
00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.119
That's phenomenal.
00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:29.839
What's the color scheme look like?
00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.160
Just red, red and white.
00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.279
We got our red jerseys.
00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:39.839
We have two others coming in, still still not here yet, but we got our red jerseys, so that's what we'll be rocking tomorrow.
00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.359
Man, that's beautiful.
00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.640
I'm I'm excited for you.
00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:48.160
That there is nothing better when you have a you know a new uni, so to speak.
00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:51.920
Preston, anything you want to pass along to the masses?
00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:56.559
Uh something good, something inspiring.
00:33:56.960 --> 00:34:00.000
Hey, we gotta go back to something funny in a minute.
00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.000
Okay, we can do it any moment.
00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:06.640
You know, you're talking about jerseys, right?
00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:09.039
Of course, you know, Sean, we don't know what that's like, right?
00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.079
We can what?
00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:14.159
Different color pants, away pelts, and home pants.
00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:18.480
You know, these kids have away helmets and home helmets.
00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:24.559
Well, the funny thing is I would tell these kids, you know, all these kids are wearing these, you know,$100.
00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:30.159
Of course, you know, my kids don't necessarily try to find the most expensive kind of cleats, they just try to find the cleat that fits.
00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:33.280
Matter of fact, they try to find the good deals what if they can.
00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:36.320
Um but I used to tell them about the pony cleats.
00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.079
Oh my god.
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:41.039
And they would laugh every time I talked about the pony cleats.
00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.039
That's going way back.
00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:46.159
Those were 20 pounds.
00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:49.199
Yeah, they were white.
00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:54.800
Uh oh, was that the upside down yeah, something like a right triangle or something like that?
00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.760
It was upside down.
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Yeah, they were terrible.
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I mean, we thought they were cool back then.
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They were cool, but for people like me who weren't quick twitch, I should have been a lineman with those.
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That's how that's how the pony cleats.
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We need to bring them back.
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Much appreciation to the Pagle Boys and Mom, who is uh behind the scenes.
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Uh, great job on the parenting here, these two young men, and wish uh them and Vista Ridge best of luck the rest of the year.
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Texas high school football.
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I don't care what other uh programs in Florida, California have to say, but true public school football, you're looking at the best of the best uh in the country.
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It's right here in Texas, and Austin, Texas football high school wise is has elevated quite a bit.
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So whenever you talk about brothers playing Texas high school football and they're following their dad's footsteps, kind of, you know what?
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It's always good to talk about it.