This Week in HS Sports - October 25, 2009

Trying to figure out entertaining 13-5A provides hours of fun!

Now that Week 8’s broadcast is in the rearview mirror, it’s time to focus on next Friday’s game: Klein Oak at Westfield. It’s a District 13-5A contest that will have some important ramifications on the district race…especially if the Panthers can defeat Westfield.

Let’s look at the 13-5A schedule for this week and play a game of ‘What If’:

• Thursday: Klein Collins at Dekaney
• Friday: Tomball at Klein Forest
• Friday: Klein Oak at Westfield
• Saturday: Spring at Klein

What if…Collins defeats Dekaney, Klein defeats Spring, and Klein Oak defeats Westfield?

It would mean that Dekaney, Westfield, Klein and Klein all have 3-3 district records (behind and would be fighting it out in Week 10 for two remaining playoff spots. If Tomball were to pull off a second consecutive upset—over Klein Forest—that would also drop the Golden Eagles to 3-3 and create a five-way tie for three playoff spots!

What if Dekaney defeats Collins on Thursday night (and Klein Forest and Klein win)? The Klein Oak-Westfield matchup is still extremely important, because it would create a three-way tie for the fourth and final playoff seed in the district between Oak, Westfield and Klein.

What makes this game of ‘What If’ in District 13-5A so much fun is that it is not far-fetched to think that the teams at the bottom of the district, Tomball and Spring, could win either or both of their remaining games. What if Spring defeats Klein? What if Tomball beats Klein Forest?

And what if Klein Oak loses to Westfield?  They're done, as far as playoff hopes go, but can still play spoiler to Dekaney in Week 10, if Dekaney doesn't beat Collins this week.

On our Friday broadcast, Jeremy Branham asked Brett Mills and I which district we thought was the best this year. For my money, District 13-5A is easily the most entertaining district this season.  It's providing me hours of fun even now!

Finally, another interesting note is that Dekaney’s loss to Tomball may take a significant toll on their playoff hopes. Now, with games remaining against Klein Collins and Klein Oak, they will need to at least pick up one win to even have a hope to make the playoffs.

The 13-5A playoff picture will come into focus a little more clearly by the time we wrap it up at George Stadium next Friday night. The question is, will it look anything like we thought it would a couple of weeks ago?

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