The championships had been numerous, but now comes the afterwards.

The state of Texas had been made aware of a new era when the 1970-1973 Junction Trojans came on the scene. A five man coaching staff and a dedicated and very talented group of athletes collided in the little community nick named the “dusty little crossroads to nowhere” by a sportswriter in San Angelo. In the following four years they won one hundred and twenty-seven athletic contests, twelve consecutive district championships, nine bi-district championships, seven area championships, four regional championships, two state semi-final championships, and five state championships. As lofty as that was, the one notable headline came in 1973 when this one school won all four state championships in one year. The state of Texas took notice. Now with that class of 1973 gone and all of those exceptional athletes off to college, came the next group of Junction athletes. One year under the old regime of coaches and the first year of a new head coach and his staff. Would a tradition prevail and what new would the community expect and accept as success? Only time would tell.

Ed Cauley spent 39 years in public school education in Texas as a teacher, coach, athletic director, and school administrator in Alice, Killeen, Cameron, and Lufkin school districts. He was head basketball coach for six years, head baseball coach for seven years, head coach/athletic director for twelve years, principal for four years, and retired as an athletic director after 13 years. In those years as a head coach, his teams reached the state regional tournament in basketball, won the district championship in football five times and advanced to the quarterfinals two years. He was inducted into the Texas High School Athletic Directors’ Association Hall of Honor in 2002. He is the father of four sons and has been married to Mary Kaye for 65 years. He is currently retired and lives in Georgetown, Texas.