The playoffs start this weekend (today really) for high schools. Even though high school recruiting seems to have taken a back seat to transfer recruiting I thought we could have a thread to track recruits/targets and just discuss other teams as well.

IN 6A it seems that #2 Allen and #3 Katy are set up to meet in the D1 championship. D2 North Crowley (#1) is the favorite and seems like they could have an easy path (barring upsets) as they might not face a ranked teams until the regionals or semis. Will be interesting to see if Aledo can win a playoff game or two at 6A. They did get second in their district for their first year moving up to 6A.

Some local Waco area schools to watch.

Waco made the playoffs (3-7) but may not do much
Midway has a tough first game against Duncanville who had a down year
La Vega #1
China Spring
Robinson
Lorena #10
Mart
Clifton
Axtell #3
Bremond #1

And I know I have missed some other central Texas teams. But it looks like Waco/central Texas has a chance to bring home some championships.

We need to go back to the days of ONE champion per classification.

Especially in 6A.

One True Champion.

LTBear19 said:

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We need to go back to the days of ONE champion per classification.

Especially in 6A.

One True Champion.

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As long as there are teams in the playoffs with 3-4 total wins for the year, we're doing it wrong.

Bunch of playoff games in centex today and tomorrow. Might have to catch one or two.

EatMoreSalmon said:

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LTBear19 said:

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We need to go back to the days of ONE champion per classification.

Especially in 6A.

One True Champion.

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As long as there are teams in the playoffs with 3-4 total wins for the year, we're doing it wrong.

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Or 2

OR 1

OR even an 0-10 team in the playoffs this year. They are in a 5 team district where one team failed to have a football team this year so it really became a 4 team district and 4 teams make the playoffs so at 0-10 they are in!!!!!!!


But I like the two classifications. The difference between school sizes at the top or the bottom of a classification can be significant

cowboycwr said:

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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LTBear19 said:

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We need to go back to the days of ONE champion per classification.

Especially in 6A.

One True Champion.

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As long as there are teams in the playoffs with 3-4 total wins for the year, we're doing it wrong.

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Or 2

OR 1

OR even an 0-10 team in the playoffs this year. They are in a 5 team district where one team failed to have a football team this year so it really became a 4 team district and 4 teams make the playoffs so at 0-10 they are in!!!!!!!


But I like the two classifications. The difference between school sizes at the top or the bottom of a classification can be significant

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Then why have many of those teams be in the same districts to begin with?

If the UIL is fine with grouping everyone together during the regular season, then the same should hold true for the postseason.

Either that or have the division champs lock horns at the end - which many would probably be against.

So the best solution goes back to having one champion per classification.

LTBear19 said:

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cowboycwr said:

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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LTBear19 said:

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We need to go back to the days of ONE champion per classification.

Especially in 6A.

One True Champion.

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As long as there are teams in the playoffs with 3-4 total wins for the year, we're doing it wrong.

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Or 2

OR 1

OR even an 0-10 team in the playoffs this year. They are in a 5 team district where one team failed to have a football team this year so it really became a 4 team district and 4 teams make the playoffs so at 0-10 they are in!!!!!!!


But I like the two classifications. The difference between school sizes at the top or the bottom of a classification can be significant

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Then why have many of those teams be in the same districts to begin with?

If the UIL is fine with grouping everyone together during the regular season, then the same should hold true for the postseason.

Either that or have the division champs lock horns at the end - which many would probably be against.

So the best solution goes back to having one champion per classification.

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They are only in the same district for 6A. All the other classifications are split into districts based on D1 or D2.

The UIL had an explanation once about how there are not enough 6As to have districts that don't cover huge geographic areas because the majority of the 6A schools come from the suburbs now. The schools still in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin, CC have declined in enrollment and are 5A or even 4A.

I haven't sat and looked at a map and compared it to 6A schools by size to see if this explanation fits but it seems like it might.

Would be nice for the 3 win Waco Lions to make a run but playing a 10-0 Timberview team in week one means they'll be one & done after a 60-0 shellacking on Friday night.

Delmar 2.0 said:

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Would be nice for the 3 win Waco Lions to make a run but playing a 10-0 Timberview team in week one means they'll be one & done after a 60-0 shellacking on Friday night.

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And that probably won't be near as bad as some of the teams with worse records get beat. The 0-10 team might be playing the JV of the other team at halftime......

cowboycwr said:

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Delmar 2.0 said:

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Would be nice for the 3 win Waco Lions to make a run but playing a 10-0 Timberview team in week one means they'll be one & done after a 60-0 shellacking on Friday night.

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And that probably won't be near as bad as some of the teams with worse records get beat. The 0-10 team might be playing the JV of the other team at halftime......

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That 0-10 team (Venus) lost their regular season finale to Glen Rose 76-0.

Midway vs Duncanville @ Mclane tomorrow

LTBear19 said:

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cowboycwr said:

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Delmar 2.0 said:

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Would be nice for the 3 win Waco Lions to make a run but playing a 10-0 Timberview team in week one means they'll be one & done after a 60-0 shellacking on Friday night.

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And that probably won't be near as bad as some of the teams with worse records get beat. The 0-10 team might be playing the JV of the other team at halftime......

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That 0-10 team (Venus) lost their regular season finale to Glen Rose 76-0.

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Venus is now 0-11. Lost tonight 71-0. Running clock in the second half. The game started at 7 and has been over for about 20 minutes (9:20 currently)

The Texas high school playoffs are as bad as CFB. You put terrible teams in the playoffs, and you get 50-80 point beatdowns in the first round.

Texas High School playoffs used to be utterly fantastic. Remember when Bryan went 9-1 on several occasions and didn't make the playoffs? Two teams were the way to go.

I saw a post on FB withe scores from last night. All but 2 or 3 of the games were complete blowouts.