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The Tre Way: Longview sophomore QB leads comeback OT victory in first start
Inside Longview Lobos' comeback victory over Lancaster Tigers 35-28 in overtime, and the birth of a new star in sophomore quarterback Johnny 'Tre' Hamilton.
Before his first career start in the second round of the playoffs against Lancaster, Longview sophomore quarterback Johnny ‘Tre’ Hamilton was unknown to everybody except head coach John King.
King knew Tre before he was born. He coached his father, Longview assistant athletic director Johnny Hamilton II, at Ouachita Parish High School in Louisiana, then hired him in Texas. Tre grew up at the Longview field house, mentored by King’s son, current Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King.
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