South Texas Heat Football Organization: South Tx. Heat Bio

Heat players give back
History and Brief Bio on the
South Texas Heat Football
Team

        The South Texas Heat was the brain child of two gentlemen (Whitney Tanner, and Billy Porsche) who were playing and coaching in Kingsville with the Oilers. These two gentlemen thought that we should have football on this area also. So they came up with the South Texas Heat.
        They played the first year out of Robstown, and were a member of the Texas International Football league which is a collection of amateur player’s semi-pro full contact eleven person football. This was away to help or try and bring football to this area in the off season, with player from the local High School and College that was either trying to further their career or just playing for the love of the game. By having it here in this area players from Sinton, Orange Grove, Calallen, Beeville, Odem, Miller, West Oso, Woodsboro’s, Refugio and other locals could continue to play in front of there hometown people and hope to get look by some college or pro football team..
        The first year they played a 10 game season against teams from the Valley, Houston, and San Antonio with the league office based out of San Antonio. The players receive no pay nor do the coaches. This is to help those gentle who may want to go back to college and play so that they can keep their eligible. The league plays under NFL rules.
        The second year the team moved to the Texas United Football League which was more challenging. It was of better caliber football. This league had 24 teams which consist of four divisions, from Dallas /Ft.Worth area all the way down to Laredo. This year the team had a 12 game season plus playoffs.



The team is currently into their fourth year and hopes to make it one of the best years. The team is currently in the Texas United Football League which has brought in more teams out of West Texas. Which means the competition will be even better than last year.
The Heat has a number of players that have played college football if you were at the game last week or the week before you have seen them, like number 99 Jimmy Conti-White who played his college at Univ. of Eastern New Mexico where he was a standout defense lineman, also Michael Valadez number 76 center who played his college at Univ. of Missouri, also both of our staring quarterbacks which we have a two quarterback system one number 7 Jimmy Tipton you may first remember him for being a standout QB at Robstown’s high school and then at Texas A&M Kingsville, your other QB number 4 Charles E. Young III has a more international flavor he was born in the Republic of the Philippines in the Asian countries played his high school football overseas at Nile C.Kinnick High school in Yokosuka Japan, he later attended Ranger Junior College for two years and later played at Peru State in Neb, also on Defense you have Robert Russell Defense Corner back which played his college football at Alabama State.
The outstanding running back that has been leading the team in rushing and also third in receiving yards is number 19 Bryan Jones. Jones has been a mainstay of the offense this year with his running and receiving been multi-talent and can also be use on defense. He has returns kicks and punts.
        The one thing is that the South Texas Heat is a community team and has been involved in numerous communities Project from Robstown to Corpus Christi. The following is just a short list of some of the things that the Heat organization and players have been and is involved in:
1)        Took up a collection for the (8) family Apt. Fire Victim Jan 2004.
2)        Take up collection toys from team members to pass out at the Driscoll Children’s Hospital for Xmas in 1982, 1983 with the Kingsville Oilers, 2002, 2003,and 2004 as the South Texas Heat.
3)        Help with Security for Bay Fest 2003 and 2004
4)        Help with security for the Tejano Music Awards in 2003 and 2004.
5)        Robstown Fund raiser for St. Anthony School charity
    basketball game
6)        Live Stock parade
7)        Cotton Festival parade
8)        Played second annual Toy Bowl on Dec 13th This is for the local CCPD, Wal-greens, and Coca-Cola Dreams and Wishes Foundation, the first year we brought in over 800 toys and $700 in 2004 we doubled that amount and help over 400 families in 2005 we tripled that amount. The game was held at Buc Stadium. The cost for admission was one unwrapped toy or a $5 donation.
9)        Visited the Northwest Library, participated with the “Color Your World…Read” summer reading program.
10)        The teams participate in Toys for Tots drive, Blood Drives, and National Nite.
11)        We have players who are coaching with the Calallen pop Warner league for the second year in a row.
12)        Getting ready for the 2006 Football season.

V/R

Charles E. Young Jr.
Asst. Head Coach/Offense Coordinator
V.P/Director of Operations