HISD District Champs

The Pershing Middle School football team finished their season with an undefeated 6-0 record and were named HISD District Champions for the fourth consecutive year. The team included Kamron Riley, Hudson Cozart, Braylon Holmes, Emmanuel Kirby, Seth Lim, Kaden Sullender, Cameron McNulty, Rodrick Brown, Alim Garipov, Elijah Hebert, Karmello McKenzie, Avery Jelks, Jayden Smith, Jayvion Palmer, Corian Jacobs, Philemon Narcisse, Drew Evans, Kaleb Slack, Messiah Andrews, Regdrik Jackson, Ray Blair, Anthony Tale, Marcus Williams, Cameron Johnson, Kyle Behan, Daniel Hernandez, Xavier Moore, Daniel Pruneda, Brian Gable, Chase Sloan, Barrett Houck, Joshua Meredith, Ben Fitzpatrick, Kobe Miles, and Aras Okeke-Ziburkus. Coaches were David Burgan, Sam Hinman, Dexter Harmon, and Michael Wood.

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