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This Week in HS Sports - August
31, 2009
Some trivia and minutia from Week 0…
The biggest margin of victory among Houston-area 5A teams?
The Chavez Lobos defeated the Jones Falcons, 49-0, for the
most lopsided beat-down of the weekend. Of course, Jones is
a 4A school, but they’ve been a pretty fair 4A program in
recent years. I doubt anyone would’ve thought that they
would suffer such a lopsided loss.
The largest margin of defeat by a 5A team went to the
Cy-Fair Bobcats—36 points. The Bobcats had the misfortune of
opening their season against the Woodlands Highlanders,
who—by many accounts—are going to be a formidable contender
in Region II this season. They did nothing to assuage any of
those opinions, as they racked up over 300 yards of total
offense in their 42-6 win before basically shutting things
down after three quarters. The Highlander defense held
Cy-Fair to 186 yards of total offense.
Speaking of total offense, Cypress Falls posted 622 yards on
offense on Friday night. Of that total, QB Jacob Poole
accounted for 409 yards by himself (190 rushing, 219
passing) and accounted for seven TDs. That would have to
qualify as a
better-than-average first start. David Raffield’s team
of unknown commodities won a track meet with Bryan, 52-42.
No one knows much about the 2009 Golden Eagles, but you may
have to keep an eye on them if they put up another game or
two like that.
Tomball’s defense held Morton Ranch to just 35 yards total
offense in
their 28-0 win over the Mavericks. But, with all the
turmoil that Morton Ranch has been through over the last
couple of weeks, you can almost give them a free pass in
their opener. Head coach Dave Meadows was hired just four
days before his first game, and the
kid who was supposed to be their starting QB was wearing a
Hastings uniform on Friday night.
The Oak Ridge War Eagles’ defense was perhaps as impressive,
if not moreso, in holding Caney Creek to just 95 yards of
total offense in their Week 0 matchup. The Eagles, whose
games will be broadcast at
Legacy Sports Network’s site throughout the 2009 season,
won the game 34-0.
The best record by a district in the first week of play
might surprise you—it belongs to HISD’s District 20-5A. All
six schools were in action, and five of the six won their
opening games. Only Bellaire, who dropped a 24-8 decision to
a pretty good Alief Taylor team, was unable to pull out a
victory. Chavez (see above), Westside, Lamar, Madison and
Milby all picked up victories to start their seasons.
And yes, technically, District 23-5A fared better, going
undefeated last week. But the only 23-5A team in action was
Hightower, who defeated Eisenhower, 21-0, on Saturday night.
So, can you really call that a district’s success?
Final note: the TexasFootball.com statewide polls are out
for Week 0. You can see them
here.
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