From the Brownsville Herald September 4, 1941 on La Joya going to six man for the 1941 season.
6 man History
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From the Galveston Daily News September 4, 1941 on the upcoming 6 man season for League City and Dickinson, members of District 17B 6 man.
From the Abilene Reporter-News, September 5, 1941 on the upcoming season in District 5B 6 man.
From the Galveston Daily News on Spetember 6, 1941 on a protest letter by the players on the La Marque team to the school board on going to 6 man for the 1941 season.
From the September 7, 1941 Big Spring Herald on Forsan's upcomiing 6 man season.View attachment Big Spring Herald September 7, 1941 on Forsan 6 man season.png
September 7, 1941 Valley Sta-Monitor article on the organization of the Lower Rio Grande River valley 6 man league.
From the Midland Reporter-Telegram September 9, 1941 on the upcoming Klondike-Courtney game.
From the Galveston Daily News september 9, 1941 on La Marque wanting to join District 17B 6 man.
Brownsville Herald, September 12, 1941 on the upcoming Los Fresnos 6 man season
From the Bonham Dali Favorite September 12, 1941 that mentions the upcoming Dodd City-Savoy 6 man game
From the Pampa News September 16, 1941 on the upcoming Kelton-Groom 6 man game and the other 6 man games in the upper Panhandle.
Big Spring Herald September 14, 1941 on District 8B 6 man naming referees for all the upcoming games.
From the BS Herald again, same date on the upcoming Dawson County 6 man season
Same paper, same date on the previous Friday's Forsan-Knott game.
From the Galveston Daily News September 18, 1941 on the Dickinson team playing an independent schedule of 6 6 man games and 3 11 man games.
Amarillo Daily News September 18, 1941 on the upcoming Vega-Price Memorial (Now Amarillo Holy Cross) 6 man game
Galveston Daily News, September 19, 1941 on the upcoming League City-Missouri City 6 man game.
Galveston Daily News on La Marque's debut as a 6 man team. They had been playing 11 man for a couple of years previously.
Another article from the same paper on Danbury being favored to take District 18B 6 man.
Note the teams in this district.
Pearland
La Marque
Danbury
Van Vleck
Dickinson
Friendswood
League City
Sweeney
Damon
Pearland and Dickinson are now 5A schools
Friendswood is a 4A school
La Marque is a 3A school (when did they drop from 4A?)
Sweeny is also a 3A school now
Danbury, Van Vleck are 2A schools
League City and Damon are Ghost schools
Pearland
La Marque
Danbury
Van Vleck
Dickinson
Friendswood
League City
Sweeney
Damon
Pearland and Dickinson are now 5A schools
Friendswood is a 4A school
La Marque is a 3A school (when did they drop from 4A?)
Sweeny is also a 3A school now
Danbury, Van Vleck are 2A schools
League City and Damon are Ghost schools
