Cream Rises To The Top –
Of the 44 remaining teams, 34 are district champs, including the WOS Mustangs. Eight are Runner-Ups and two are third place teams. The third place teams are Carthage, which proves they were in the toughest football district (9-4A) when the new alignments were released, and the other are the Yoakum Bulldogs.
Undefeated –
Fourteen of the 44 teams are undefeated. Three games feature undefeated matchups including the WOS Mustangs game against Navarro. The other games of undefeated teams include the 6A D1 game between Allen and The Woodlands, and the 1A D2 Championship game between Balmorhea and Richland Springs.
Tigers, Bulldogs and Eagles, Oh My! –
Of the 44 teams remaining six have a Tiger as their mascot. The Bulldogs, Wildcats, and Eagles have four teams each. There are three Cougar teams. There are two Mustangs and they’re from the same 4A D2 semi with WOS and Sweetwater. There’s also a few non-traditional mascots like the Highland Park Scots, the Abernathy Antelopes, The Woodlands Highlanders, and the Gilmer Buckeyes.
Mustangs One of Four-
Four defending State Champs remain in the playoffs. WOS, Richland Springs, and Bremond and Canadian who are trying for three-peats.
Compass Schools –
Of the teams remaining, WOS is the easternmost team in Texas. Calallen in Corpus Christi is the southernmost team. Canadian is the northernmost team, less than 100 miles from Oklahoma in the Texas panhandle. Balmorhea is the westernmost team still in the playoffs, 189 miles away from El Paso.
6A D1 Semifinals Allen vs The Woodlands Atascocita vs Lake Travis |
6A D2 Semifinals DeSoto vs Klein Collins Cinco Ranch vs Cibolo Steele |
5A D1 Semifinals Denton Ryan vs Highland Park Temple vs Richmond Foster |
5A D2 Semifinals Aledo vs Mesquite Poteet College Station vs Calallen |
4A D1 Semifinals Abilene Wylie vs Kennedale Carthage vs China Spring |
4A D2 Semifinals Sweetwater vs Gilmer WOS vs Navarro |
3A D1 Semifinals Wall vs Mineola Malakoff vs Yoakum |
3A D2 Semifinals Canadian vs Gunter Arp vs Boling |
2A D1 Semifinals
Abernathy vs Crawford Centerville vs Refugio |
2A D2 Semifinals Wellington vs Iraan Bremond vs Burton |
1A D1 Finals – Dec. 14 Borden Coyotes (13-1) vs Jonesboro Eagles (14-0) |
1A D2 Finals – Dec. 14 Balmorhea Bears (14-0) vs Richland Springs Coyotes (14-0) |
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