THE STORIES ARE TRUE!  I ACTUALLY  WITNESSED THE CHANGE IN THE LIVES OF THE ACADEMY BOYS WHO HAVE RECOUNTED THEIR STORIES  HERE, WHEN MY HUSBAND, JERRY MOORE, WAS DEAN OF THE ACADEMY IN THE EARLY 1960S.  BUT THE SUCCESSFUL 'C...

I was at the Academy 1960-61-62 under coach Bobby Gibbens (now in Karnes City, TX.) and decided not to returned my senior year.

In August 1962 I sat down with coach Newberry.  He tried to break through my thick headed ego.  I wa...

My older brother Steve played ball at SMA 3 years before me. and encouraged me to leave home in Monterrey to play football at SMA.  I was not sure what to expect.   I join Roy Markam in saying that Coach Newberry was a great influence...

I played football for Coach Newberry my senior year in the fall of 1962. It was my second year to play for the SMA Bears and Coach Newberry's first year to coach. My first year in 1961 we had approximately 40 players on the team and fi...