This Week in HS Sports - September 25, 2009

Still plenty of teams who haven't lost yet...

A little of this, a little of that as we get ready for Week 4…
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Thru Week 3, there are two area 5A teams that are averaging over 50 points per game—and they both reside in the same district.

District 13-5A’s Westfield Mustangs have scored 156 points in their three games for a 52-point average. The Klein Forest Golden Eagles have done just a little better, scoring 160 points in their first three contests (53.3 ppg average). Those two teams meet October 1 in what should be THE offensive shootout of the year.
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Before their matchup next week, Klein Forest and Westfield play Klein Oak and Dekaney, respectively, this week. If someone had told you before the season that one of those two teams would be 0-3 and the other would be 2-1, you’d have been hard pressed to get anyone to believe that Klein Oak would be winless.
And Dekaney, in their second varsity season, has been a pleasant surprise, with wins over Clear Springs and Willis. Bad news for the Wildcats? They open their district season this week against Westfield.
And unfortunately for the Panthers, they don’t have an opponent who will help them rebound from their tough pre-district schedule. And with Klein (3-0) and Klein Collins (3-0) also among their opponents in the first four district games, is it too much of a stretch to call Oak’s first 13-5A game a must-win?
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There are 16 undefeated Houston-area teams left in the 5A ranks. Four of those teams are 4-0: The Woodlands, Cinco Ranch, Atascocita and Chavez.
While The Woodlands and Cinco Ranch were expected to be this good before the season started, both teams have had to defeat opponents who were expected to give them a run for their money, and potentially hand them losses.
The Highlanders came up with a big 31-27 win over the Katy Tigers in Week 1 and the Cougars knocked off both the Reagan Rattlers out of San Antonio and the Cypress Ridge Rams, who have yet to find their stride without Russell Shepard.
Atascocita and Chavez are something more of unknown commodities. Atascocita’s toughest game to this point was a 38-35 overtime win over the Oak Ridge War Eagles in Week 2. Chavez, out of the HISD and District 20-5A, may be even more of a mystery.
The Lobos have played only one other 5A team in their first four games: New Caney (1-3). Two 4A teams (Jones, Sharpstown) and one 3A team (Splendora, who actually gave the Lobos their toughest contest) have been the other opponents.
Chavez has a QB, in Andre Kelly, who has thrown for almost 1,000 yards, a receiver with almost 400 yards and four TDs in Jafus Gaines, plus a 300-yard rusher in Tim Gay.
We may find out a lot about this Chavez team this week, as they open District 20-5A play against the Lamar Redskins, who are 3-0 to this point and heavy favorites to win the district, at Barnett Stadium on Thursday.
Besides Lamar, the other 3-0 teams are Westfield, Klein, Klein Collins, Klein Forest, Cy Woods, Cy Creek, Alief Taylor, Hightower, Clements, Elkins and Travis.
It’s interesting to note that 13-5A and 23-5A each still have four undefeated teams. Districts 21-5A, 22-5A and 24-5A have no undefeated teams left.

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