Texas high school championship pick 'ems, Part 1

Football_Bat · Dec 11, 2006

pressboxer said:

Among the six divisions which are playing semifinals this week, one of the more interesting matchups is the Class 1A Division II game between Windthorst and Nazareth. Windthorst is about 40 miles south of Wichita Falls and due east of Archer City, where the movie The Last Picture Show was filmed. Nazareth is about 60 miles southwest of Amarillo.

Both are little farming towns (dairy at Windthorst, corn at Naz) originally settled by German immigrants and are heavily Catholic (which makes Windthorst's choice of Trojans as mascot seem a little odd; the Nazareth Swifts are named after the "swift" brown foxes that once populated that part of the prairie).

The Teutonic influence is heavy in both towns. Despite a combined population of less than 2,000, there's something like four liquor stores in each community.

The Windthorst roster includes names like Berend, Hoegger, Hoff, Koetter, Schreiber, Schroeder and Veitenheimer. Naz's roster boasts Birkenfeld, Gerber, Schacher and Schulte (I'm a little disappointed there aren't any Pohlmeiers or Schmuckers this year).

Naz, which is eligible for six-man with a high school enrollment of about 85, has been a basketball power for years, winning three state championships. The girls teams (Swiftettes) have won 17 state titles. Windthorst is also pretty good in girls sports, winning 11 state volleyball titles in the last 15 years.

I expect a genealogy workshop and kegger to be held in conjunction with the game.
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The "Kraut Bowl" between Muenster and Lindsay is a treat every year. Great brats and slightly fewer umlauts.

fmrsped · Dec 11, 2006

do we have to have a thread on every fucking state's worthless, piece-of-shit high school football playoffs?!?!?! [/spnited]

pressboxer · Dec 11, 2006

fmrsped said:

do we have to have a thread on every fucking state's worthless, piece-of-shit high school football playoffs?!?!?! [/spnited]
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No, but then Texas' playoffs are not a worthless, piece-of-shit affair. Check the Alamodome on Dec. 23.

Angola! · Dec 13, 2006

bump.

mltru2tx · Dec 13, 2006

Seeing as how I did win the HS pickem season championship at my newspaper, I felt a need to chime in here...Take these to your bookie, folks.

Class 4A Division I
Copperas Cove (12-2) vs. SA Alamo Heights (13-1), 7 p.m. Saturday at Alamodome: Copperas Cove's 21-7 loss to Waco in Week 10 sparked the Bulldogs to 4 straight playoff wins, including huge ones over Texas High and Aledo. Alamo Heights has reeled off 13 straight wins after a season-opening 27-19 loss to Georgetown.

Class 3A Division I
Texarkana Liberty-Eylau (11-3) vs. Waco Robinson (12-2), 6 p.m. Saturday at SMU: Liberty-Eylau hasn't been dominant this postseason, but survived an 8-hour bus ride to Sweetwater to beat Canyon. Robinson opened the season with a 42-14 loss to Celina, which is favored to win Division II.

Class 2A Division I
Littlefield (13-1) vs. Tatum (12-2), 6 p.m. Saturday at Aledo: Tatum won state at the Class 3A level last year and dropped in classification, but stumbled early with a loss to 3A power Gilmer and then was tripped up by Troup in district play. Littlefield's only loss was to Childress, a state semifinalist a year ago.

Class A Division I
McCamey (10-4) vs. Alto (13-0), 3 p.m. Saturday at Brownwood: McCamey, which started the year 2-4, is truly located in BFE, and had to play both Midland's freshmen AND jayvee teams to have a 10-game schedule. They also started the year 2-4 before winning their district. Alto, from the Piney Woods, finished No. 2 in the state AP poll behind Windthorst, but has four legitimate D-I guys.

Six-Man Division I
Rule (12-0) vs. Richland Springs (13-0), 7 p.m. Saturday at Abilene: Rule, like many other West Texas schools, was an 11-man power for years until their enrollment could no longer support 11-man. Richland Springs won the 2004 title and has held opponents to a touchdown or fewer 8 times, which is impressive in 6-man.

Six-Man Division II
Jayton (11-3) vs. Vernon Northside (13-1), 3 p.m. Saturday at Abilene: Jayton, which won state titles back-to-back in 1984-85, lost 50-0 to Rule in non-district play. Northside, in the finals for the first time, hasn't scored less than 50 points all season; its only loss was a 102-87 shootout with Amarillo Bible in Week 5.

Football_Bat · Dec 14, 2006

Oh shoot, better make my own picks before I forget.

Copperas Cove: Pulls upset in Alamo City.

Liberty-Eylau: Winning tradition.

Tatum: Big-game experience carries the day.

Alto: Hide the children from this one.

Richland Springs: Has an awesome junior QB / LB.

Vernon Northside: Gotta love that 'O'.

Clever username · Dec 14, 2006

Football_Bat said:

Now, for a second straight year, the only high school pick 'em contest that matters: Texas, where high school football is king.

This year is a little different because Class 5A has expanded to two 64-team brackets, which means both 5A finals will be next week. In addition, Class A has adopted the format of the upper classifications: a 32-team D-I and a 64-team D-II bracket, which means a split title for the first time. Also, six-man has gone to two divisions as well.

So saddle up, buckaroos, and prepare for the ride of your life:

Class 4A Division I
Copperas Cove (12-2) vs. SA Alamo Heights (13-1), 7 p.m. Saturday at Alamodome: Copperas Cove's 21-7 loss to Waco in Week 10 sparked the Bulldogs to 4 straight playoff wins, including huge ones over Texas High and Aledo. Alamo Heights has reeled off 13 straight wins after a season-opening 27-19 loss to Georgetown.

Class 3A Division I
Texarkana Liberty-Eylau (11-3) vs. Waco Robinson (12-2), 6 p.m. Saturday at SMU: Liberty-Eylau hasn't been dominant this postseason, but survived an 8-hour bus ride to Sweetwater to beat Canyon. Robinson opened the season with a 42-14 loss to Celina, which is favored to win Division II.

Class 2A Division I
Littlefield (13-1) vs. Tatum (12-2), 6 p.m. Saturday at Aledo: Tatum won state at the Class 3A level last year and dropped in classification, but stumbled early with a loss to 3A power Gilmer and then was tripped up by Troup in district play. Littlefield's only loss was to Childress, a state semifinalist a year ago.

Class A Division I
McCamey (10-4) vs. Alto (13-0), 3 p.m. Saturday at Brownwood: McCamey, which started the year 2-4, is truly located in BFE, and had to play both Midland's freshmen AND jayvee teams to have a 10-game schedule. They also started the year 2-4 before winning their district. Alto, from the Piney Woods, finished No. 2 in the state AP poll behind Windthorst, but has four legitimate D-I guys.

Six-Man Division I
Rule (12-0) vs. Richland Springs (13-0), 7 p.m. Saturday at Abilene: Rule, like many other West Texas schools, was an 11-man power for years until their enrollment could no longer support 11-man. Richland Springs won the 2004 title and has held opponents to a touchdown or fewer 8 times, which is impressive in 6-man.

Six-Man Division II
Jayton (11-3) vs. Vernon Northside (13-1), 3 p.m. Saturday at Abilene: Jayton, which won state titles back-to-back in 1984-85, lost 50-0 to Rule in non-district play. Northside, in the finals for the first time, hasn't scored less than 50 points all season; its only loss was a 102-87 shootout with Amarillo Bible in Week 5.
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How could you possibly forget TCAL six-man? Jesus will be angry with you.

Football_Bat · Dec 16, 2006

Bumping for one last chance to pick. Entries must be posted by 3 p.m. CST today.

Kritter47 · Dec 17, 2006

And your finals:

Alamo Heights 40, Copperas Cove 28
Liberty Eylau 35, Robinson 34
Tatum 32, Littlefield 14
Alto 42, McCamey 13
Richland Springs 78, Rule 58
Northside 60, Jayton 41

Football_Bat · Dec 17, 2006

And your winner is ....

mltru2tx (6-0).

Sloppy seconds go to yours truly and Jesus_Muscatel (5-1). I missed 4A, he missed 2A. But since I skipped over T-Cal, I guess he's mad at me.

Angola! was 3-3 and cougargirl was 2-4.

Part Duh ... coming right up.

ServeItUp · Dec 17, 2006

To the contrary, FB, BFE would be Briscoe-Fort Elliott, located east of Amarillo near Oklahoma, sort of in the Panhandle but south of I-40. That is truly BFE.

Jesus_Muscatel · Dec 17, 2006

Football_Bat said:

And your winner is ....

mltru2tx (6-0).

Sloppy seconds go to yours truly and Jesus_Muscatel (5-1). I missed 4A, he missed 2A. But since I skipped over T-Cal, I guess he's mad at me.

Angola! was 3-3 and cougargirl was 2-4.

Part Duh ... coming right up.
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F_Bat, don't you think you should add these last two to the totals here? That way I can wait on mltru2tx's picks ...

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