25 Teams in 25 Days: St. Stanislaus Rock-a-Chaws

As Myles Brennan gets ready to take over for Joe Burrow as the guy at LSU, News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days is crashing the party at his old stomping grounds for stop number 15.

- as myles brennan gets ready to- take over for joe - burrow as the guy at l-s-u... - news 25's 25 teams in 25 days - is crashing the party, at his - old stomping grounds... for - stop number 15.

- and even though the state's all- time leading passer has - already been gone a few years..- the rock-a-chaws- are still very much aware, of - what the standard is... no- matter who's wearing the "s" o their chest.- - 25 teams in 25 days... brought- to you by gulf coast business - furniture and supply... your- source for covid-19 supplies an- - - - all of your sanitation needs.

- nat ---> "hut!"

Nat ---> big hit- nat ---> "woo hoo hoo!"

"we've got a really high expectation.

We do every year a- stanislaus, and we're - not going to lower the standard- the standard is the standard, a- - - - mike tomlin always says."

The standard of back-to-back 4-- south state championships, in - 20-14 and 20-15... and of - course... the program's lone- - - - state crown, back in 2009... is- certainly a lot to live up to..- by anyone's - standard.

- "yeah, i mean we have to maintain it because the people- before us, they set the - mark.

They set what needs to be- done, and we need to hold that- up."

"yeah, i mean it's a lot of pressure to have that legacy pu- - - - on you, but whenever you have t- step up, you step up."

The rock-a-chaws took a step in- the right direction, in 20- - 19... bouncing back from the- program's first losing season,- since 2012... with an overall - - - - mark, of 6-5.

But district- losses to moss point and pass - christian... still- aren't sitting quite right... - all these months later.

- "yeah, we were doing great and then that game against the pass- where we lost in- the end, it was kind of like an- esteem dropper because we're- supposed to - beat them.

I feel like we're- supposed to beat the pass.

I- - - - feel like we're supposed to be- on top of the district."

"i think it's just the biggest teaching tool for us is to- really take every game as - seriously as we possibly can, - and to not let past reputations- of that - team affect us anymore."

- - - that head-to-head loss to the - pirates cost the rocks a home - playoff game... and instead...- sent them on the road... to see- red-hot poplarville.- - - - "it was crazy, that 2-3 seed match-up for us last year, we - weren't kind of expecting that.- but i told the kids, eventually- you're going to have to beat- those guys anyway at- some point."

The eventual south state- champion hornets knocked- s-s-c out of the post-season, - for the second time in three- years...- also handing stanislaus its - second straight first round - exit... after winning at least- one playoff game... in five - consecutive seasons.- "we just talk together about ho in the past we kind of fell - short these past couple of- years, and we just want to brin- - - - it back to where it was."

"we feel like the last three years- we should have been further - along and we've - gotten cut short, so we've very- ready.

And we feel like - especially this year, we're a - - - - little more doubted than we hav- been in the past, so we're- really ready to get out there."

Heading into the 20-20- campaign... stanislaus is still- in the midst- of a quarterback battle, to - replace max favre... between- alex fabra... and gage peterson- the rocks also lose close to 90- percent, of their wide receiver- production... more than 12- - hundred yards coming from the - state's second-leading receiver- dallas payne.

- on the bright side... s-s-c - returns nine defensive- starters... as well as 15 - seniors... ready to embrace the- standard... of legacy... and- even film study.- "we talk about that all the tim and we talk about your jersey - and all of the names that - preceeded you that wore that- number, and that's something- they understand.

Especially - with this group, i really don't- have to impress upon them.

Like- i said, we watch so - much film."

"so i came in as a freshman, so i never actually got to see - - - - myles and them play in person,- so watching the film it blows m- away every single time looking- at how- fluid that offense was and then- coming in, i really began to- understand how good - of a legacy stanislaus has."

- as a result of covid-19...- stanislaus moved its august 21s- road game against st.

Joseph- catholic, to october- 18th... which was previously a- road game, at south - plaquemines.- the rocks also moved their- august 28th road date, at long- beach... to their open date, on- september 18th.

- they'll open up the 20-20 - season, on september 4th... at- home, -