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This Week in HS Sports - November
2, 2009
Houston area 5A
races: still a lot to be determined in Week 10
First, an update from the weekend you may not have seen:
Violent Illness 1, LK 0.
Friday night at George Stadium, the power went out before
game time due to a transformer that went down at
approximately 5:50 PM near the stadium. After waiting for
nearly two hours, we were told by officials of the Spring
ISD that the game had been postponed and the schools were
working out a mutually-agreeable time to play on Saturday.
We packed up the remote broadcast equipment and headed down
the stadium stairs (no electricity equals no elevator), but
my partner Brett Mills noticed something that, at the time,
seemed mildly amusing: Klein Oak head coach David Smith
telling Spring ISD uniformed policemen that the game wasn't
called yet.
He relayed the story to me and we laughed, thinking that,
"Yeah, it is. They've sent everybody home!"
Turns out Smith was right...and it's probably his insistence
that they wait a little longer and (perhaps) his
unwillingness to agree upon a Saturday time that allowed the
game to be played, and ultimately won by his Klein Oak
Panthers.
As I packed the gear into the trunk of my car and got it, my
cell phone rang. It was Mills.
"Did you just see that?" he asked. "The stadium lights just
came on."
Sure enough, shortly after 8:00 PM, the electricity was
restored and, almost immediately, Smith ran his team (still
suited up and ready to go) onto the field to warm up.
The exact chain of events that followed are unknown to me,
but by 8:40 PM, the game was on and it wound up being a huge
win for the Panthers.
Here’s my unofficial look at the districts going into the
final week. (Of course, we always go back and review this
info to make sure it’s as accurate as possible and we
welcome your feedback if you see something we’ve missed.)
District 13-5A
Klein Collins is the district champion and must wait to see
who joins them in the playoff picture before knowing whether
they will be a D-I or D-II representative. Klein Forest, win
or lose, also has enough tiebreakers to know they are in.
The rest of the picture is still muddled.
We know with certainty that the loser of the Klein Oak-Dekaney
game is out of the picture. But if Collins beats Forest,
there could potentially be a four-way tie for three spots.
Without dragging out all the details, it appears to come
down to this:
• Westfield: win and they’re in
• Dekaney: win and they’re in
• Klein Oak: win and they’re in
• Klein: win AND need Spring to upset Westfield
District 14-5A
The Woodlands, Lufkin and Oak Ridge, thanks to their 24-0
shutout of College Park last week, are in. That leaves the
final spot for the winner of the Conroe-College Park matchup
this weekend.
District 15-5A
As usual, this district is a mess going into the final week.
Six of the eight teams still have possibilities of making
the playoffs.
Cy Creek and Cy Woods are in. Cy Ridge is in with a win. Cy
Falls is in with a win and a Cy Springs loss. Cy Springs
would be in with a win and a Langham Creek loss. There are
also a couple of scenarios where Langham Creek gets in.
If Langham Creek, Cy Falls and Cy Springs all lose, they
wind up in a three-way tie for fourth place. Those three
teams are 1-1 vs the others, so a positive point
differential would come into play and Langham would have the
advantage.
If Cy Springs loses to Cy Creek, Cy Falls upsets Cy Woods
and Langham beats Cy Ridge, then Falls, Ridge and Langham
all wind up in a three-way tie for two spots. The third
playoff spot would go to Cy Falls, who is 2-0 against
Langham and Ridge. Langham would then get the fourth spot by
virtue of their head-to-head win over Ridge.
Cy Springs and Cy Falls would appear to have the most
difficult roads, each having to play—and defeat—the top two
teams in the district, Cy Creek and Cy Woods. But stranger
things have happened in the CFISD district in the past.
District 17-5A
Cinco Ranch, Katy and Katy Taylor have all clinched. Nick
Georgandis of the Katy Times has broken down
the fight for the fourth playoff spot nicely.
District 18-5A
Memorial, Stratford and Elsik are in. Taylor is in with a
win over Elsik. Hastings is in with a win AND a Taylor loss.
Even with a win, Strake doesn’t hold the tie-breaker in any
scenario so they are out. The Alief schools would be the DI
reps and the Spring Branch schools would be the DII reps.
District 19-5A
Atascocita and Eisenhower are in. Humble is in with a win
and Kingwood is in with a win or losses by either Humble or
Aldine. Aldine is in with a win coupled with a win by Humble
and loss by Kingwood.
District 20-5A
Whew! An easy one…the four teams are set: Westside, Madison,
Lamar and Chavez. Week 10 will help sort out the district
positioning, but Westside and Lamar will be the D-I reps and
Madison and Chavez will go D-II.
District 21-5A
This has turned out to be an interesting race, with Baytown
Sterling being the only team eliminated from playoff
contention.
West Brook and North Shore are in, and will play in Beaumont
on Friday night for the district championship. Baytown Lee
has also clinched a spot. But Channelview's upset of Port
Arthur Memorial last Friday means that, if Channelview wins
and Port Arthur Memorial loses this week, the Falcons make
the unlikeliest of playoff appearances.
Conversely, Memorial needs a win OR a Channelview loss to
Baytown Sterling to ensure their playoff berth.
District 22-5A
Pasadena Memorial, Pearland, Deer Park and La Porte will be
the playoff reps from this district. Barring any kind of
major upsets this weekend, Pearland will be the
higher-seeded D-I team and Deer Park the other. Pasadena
Memorial will be the higher-seeded D-II team.
District 23-5A
Hightower and Willowridge win their zones, so both will make
the playoffs. The Hurricanes will go D-I while the Eagles
head for a D-II matchup. Those two teams will face off on
Friday for the district championship. Corey Roepken of the
Fort Bend Sun lays out the remaining district contests for
this week, and the accompanying playoff implications
here.
District 24-5A
Joshua Buckley of the Galveston Daily News breaks down the
implications of Week 10 in this district. To boil it
down, Clear Springs and Brazoswood are both in; Galveston
Ball, Dickinson and Clear Creek are all vying for the final
two spots.
And in conclusion,
how 'bout them Ags?
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August 15, 2009
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20, 2009
August
26, 2009
August
31, 2009
September 8, 2009
September 16, 2009
September 18, 2009
September 25, 2009
September 28, 2009
October 5, 2009
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