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Thank you Cavman. I really respect what FWCC has accomplished over the last several years. See you again in district again next year. Happy Holidays.

Thanks for your recap of the game. Sounds as your’s was equally exciting as the Abilene/Lucas game. This was a match of the run game vs the pass game. These 2 teams met last year in the regional round with Abilene prevailing by 20 or so pts. They then faced district rival, Ft. Worth Covenant in...

Abilene has been playing a bend don”t break game for the last two weeks. They just seem to find ways to win. I am going with Abilene by a couple of scores. Pasadena seems to be in a league of their own right now and unless Conroe Can figure out how to reverse the last few times vs Pasadena...

Agree with 3 of 4, but going with Abilene due to a tougher strength of schedule.

I was at the game and it was a true slugfest. Very exciting nail biter. Scored tied 46-46 with 3 min.left and Lakehill driving. Abilene intercepted a pass and drove down throwing a TD pass with 5 sec. in the game. Pretty sloppy. !st half with rain and mist the whole half. Abilene could not kick...

Mid-Cities, Looking at the schedules of Plano and Abilene, it appears Abilene has played the tougher. But, this the playoffs and crazy things can happen. Injuries begin to mount this time of the year and for squads that are already thin, seem to get smaller weekly. Weather can play a huge factor...

I agree with all of your predictions. Lakehill continues to be somewhat of a mystery. Not much RECON about who they are. This is a fun time of the year for sure. Good luck to everybody.

I agree with Mid Cities analysis. FWCC has shown no slow down this year. Abilene should play well in the early rounds and meet up again with FWCC. Pasadena has surprised with their performance, having lost their stud RB from last year. But, as I picked a couple of months ago, I still see...

Thanks No-Check. After tonight it looks like: #1 Lucas vs #4 Keller Harvest, #2 Plano vs #3 Midland, #3 Lakehill vs #2 Abilene and #4 Wylie(Wylie beat Lutheran head to head) Vs FW Covenant, in the North. Good luck to everyone!!

Does anyone know anything about Dallas Lakehill? They have quietly gone undefeated up until now, which is not easy to do at any level. Seems like they have come out of nowhere. Any help about these guys?

Plus, I am sure most small schools never know for sure from year to year what their enrollment is going to do. If you declare 11-Man one year and then the next several years enrollment decreases to 6 man levels, you are probably going to regret it. FWCC's philosophy is probably well founded...

Thanks for the information Coach. I did not know that. Thinking out loud, maybe TAPPS feels they would not have enough 6-Man schools for competitive competition to fill out playoff brackets, if they enforced UIL guidelines. Interesting though.

So, Coach Sanders, are you saying that a TAPPS program can continue to play 6-Man as long as they want to regardless of school size? i just am not familiar with the rules. I do remember back in the '90s, when Midland Christian was playing 6-Man and won about 6 straight State titles, but was not...

Per TAPPS website, that is correct. Their numbers fully qualify for 6 man and I think they are positioning themselves to be completely ready when they make the jump. Their growth has allowed them to suit out close to 30 kids for Varsity and from what I understand, they also fielded a JV team...

I still believe those two are the best two in the North. However, after watching the game first hand, FWCC is definitely as good as or even better than last year. They are by far the most physical team Abilene has played this year and that includes Benjamin ranked #1 in UIL Division II. Without...