WEEK NINE

CRAZY EIGHTS (WEEK EIGHT) leading to A WACKY WEEK NINE?

Let's look at the games of interest from WEEK EIGHT and their results shall we?

Aquilla at Bynum
Per my friend, the Guru, Aquilla entered this game as a 40 point favorite over Bynum.
Scoring went like this:
Bynum 8 8 16 16 16 16 24 24
Aquilla 0 6. 6 14 20 26 26 33 Final

Garden City at Fort Davis
The Guru installed the visiting two time defending state champion Garden City Bearkats as a 22 point favorite over the Fort Davis Indians.
Scoring went like this:
Fort Davis. 8 8 16 22 Half. 22 22 30 30 38 Final
Garden City 0 8. 8 14 Time 22 28 28 34 34
Here is the rest of the story. Fort Davis took the 30-28 lead with 2:50 left in the game. Garden City regained the lead 34-30 with 1:40 left. Fort Davis scored winning TD with just 42 ticks left on the clock on a 30 yard pass from Steve Enriquez to freshman Vincent Perez. The game ended with Garden City turning the ball over on downs with 9 seconds left on the clock.

Groom at Happy
Groom entered the game as 17 point favorites.
Final Groom 36 Happy 22

Jonesboro at Iredell
Jonesboro a 45 point favorite by the Guru.
Final Jonesboro 46 Iredell 0

Cotton Center at Lazbuddie
Lazbuddie entered as a 45 point favorite.
Final Lazbuddie 52 Cotton Center 6

Lefores at Miami
Miami favored by 25
Final Miami 44 Lefores 33

Newcastle at Strawn
Newcastle came in as a 29 point favorite per the Guru.
Final Newcastle 30 Strawn 27

Paint Rock at Panther Creek
Panther Creek was a 3 point favorite.
Final Paint Rock 54 Panther Creek 6

Trent at Sterling City
Last season's state runner up Sterling City was installed as a 45 point favorite.
Final Sterling City 86 Trent 52

Amherst at Whitharral
Amherst was a 17 point favorite.
Final Amherst 64 Whitharral 30

Woodson at Moran
Woodson entered as a 45 point favorite.
Final Woodson 56 Moran 6

I lead this blog as Crazy. Here are some results that made me crazy.

Knox City lead Gordon early 40-8 and won by the final of 92-54.

O'Donnell once lead Borden County 38-32. I received a final that BC won 76-66. BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE!!!! The REAL FINAL: Borden County 116 O'Donnell 80.

Sands 110 Grady 80

Leverett's Chapel 100 Chester 52

Midland Trinity 102 Anton 56

SIXMANCENTRAL WEEK NINE RANKINGS

DIVISION 1
Ira
Borden County
Water valley
Throckmorton
Sands
Valley
Aquilla
Rankin
Crowell
Bynum.


DIVISION 2
Richland Springs
Jonesboro
Sterling City
Motley County
Newcastle
Miami
Amherst
Loraine
Trent
Whitharral


WEEK NINE GAMES OF INTEREST

Abbott at Aquilla
Borden County at Grady
Throckmorton at Knox City
Jayton at Lueders-Avoca
Spur at Petersburg
Garden City at Rankin
Loraine at Trent

WEEK EIGHT FINALLY

WEEK EIGHT

I have had hedoublehockeysticks getting stuff done over the last month save for running up and down the highways of Texas making insurance pictures. That is my job!

I was able to find myself to a game on Friday night. It was a good game. No, it was a great game. One that I have had circled on my calendar for quite awhile. Ira vs. ACHS.

When the dust had settled and the stink too, Ira had defeated another great team. When two undefeated teams get together this late in the season, someone is going to have their feelings hurt. Ira defeated ACHS 54-46. The game was in doubt right up to the last minute of play! I suspect that if either team loses again this season it will be a season ending heartbreaker in the playoffs.

Sandwiched in this back week was "Snap Shot" day. Yes, the numbers are in to the UIL. I am totally shocked to say that the number that divides D1 and D2 appears to be going up. I would have bet my last dollar the number would have dropped. Part of the story is some Eleven-Man teams are moving up to the Six-Man ranks. I am not sure how many will actually make the move but three that seem committed are Marfa, Rotan, and Nazareth. Let me be the first to say welcome to the greatest game on the planet!!!!!!


WEEK EIGHT GAMES OF INTEREST
Aquilla at Bynum
Garden City at Fort Davis
Groom at Happy
Jonesboro at Iredell
Cotton Center at Lazbuddie
Lenora at Miami
Newcastle at Strawn
Paint Rock at Panther Creek
Trent at Sterling City
Amherst at Whitharral
Woodson at Moran

SIXMANCENTRAL WEEK EIGHT RANKINGS

DIVISION 1

Ira
Water Valley
Throckmorton
Valley
Borden County
Aquilla
Rankin
Sands
Petersburg
Crowell


Division 2
Richland Springs
Jonesboro
Sterling City
Motley County
Newcastle
Miami
Amherst
Trent
Loraine
Whitharral

WEEK SEVEN

WEEK SEVEN

The plot thickens as district contest are just around the corner. There are several fans that are just beginning to show interest to what the playoff landscape might look like. Of course there are some of us that filled our brackets out back in late July or early August. Sure, some of us early birds got some districts wrong then and there are some possibilities of other "misses" before the playoff games start. That is part of it when you are a risk taker.

Last week I took in the Trent homecoming game. Nope! I did not graduate there nor did I ever attend school there. I went to that particular game for several reasons. I like the folks out there. I have in recent weeks put quite a few miles in on the road making insurance pictures. My son's son near Waco had a soccer game on Saturday. I just turned 60. Abilene Christian High School was out of town. If you start adding the reasons I just listed into a pile you might come to the conclusion I came to. I needed something close by.

Trent dominated Rule 48-0. Rule played hard. Trent played. That is about the best spin you can put on that game. I am just going to leave it at that.

WEEK SEVEN games of intrigue.
ACHS at Ira
Gold-Burg at Woodson

SIXMANCENTRAL RANKINGS WEEK SEVEN

D1
Ira
Throckmorton
Valley
Borden County
Water Valley
Rankin
Sands
Aquilla
Petersburg
Follett

D2
Richland Springs
Jonesboro
Sterling City
Newcastle
Motley County
Miami
Amherst
Calvert
Bryson
Loraine

WEEK SIX IS HERE

D1 Has A New # 1
 
Here we go with WEEK SIX Top Ten team rankings from sixmancentral.
 
D1
1. Ira
2. Rankin
3. Throckmorton
4. Borden County
5. Valley
6. Water Valley
7. Crowell
8. Sands
9. Aquilla
10. Abbott
 
D2
1. Richland Springs
2. Jonesboro
3. Sterling City
4. Newcastle
5. Motley County
6. Miami
7. Strawn
8. Calvert
9. Amherst
10. Bryson
 
WEEK SIX GAMES OF INTRIGUE
Motley County @ Amherst
Garden City @ Borden County
Crowell @ Petersburg
Happy @ Silverton
Rankin @ Water Valley
Ira @ Spur

Lucky or Good????

The Gordon Longhorns came into the game with the Highland Hornets supporting a perfect record. They left town with a perfect record but they were battered and bruised and lucky. There is an old saying, "sometimes it is better to be lucky than good". This was one of those times.
 
Gordon just last week beat their arch rival Strawn 57-50 in a come from behind fashion. That victory took a lot out of the Longhorns. They came out flat in the game with Highland. The Hornets scored first at the 5:33 mark in the first quarter to lead 8-0. They forced a turn over on downs and scored again to lead 16-0 with 4:09 left in the 1st Quarter.
 
Gordon managed to cut the lead to 16-8 with 3:31 left in the 1st Quarter only to see Highland take the lead 24-8. After back and forth possessions that would lead to scores by both teams, Highland lead 32-16 at the half.
 
Gordon did exactly what they needed to do at the beginning of the second half. They won the coin toss to begin the game and elected to defer. Receiving the ball at the start of the third quarter, the Longhorns returned the kick off for a touchdown. For the first time in this game the PAT was unsuccessful. The new score read 32-22 Highland. Gordon would score again and once again missed the PAT to draw within 4 points, 32-28. They could not hold Highland. The Hornets would lead 40-28. Gordon would score again and one more time miss the PAT trailing 40-34. Highland would answer themselves and extend the lead to 48-34 with 3:34 left in the third.
 
The problem was becoming more and more obvious. Gordon was not only needing to put more points on the board they also needed some defensive stops. Solving part of the equation, Gordon would come back with another score and yet again miss the PAT to trail 48-40. It is difficult to make every PAT. Four missed PAT's in a row is never a good thing. This game could have been tied at this point. Highland continued to press the Gordon defense and scored yet again to lead 56-40 as the 3rd Quarter closed.
 
Highland came into this game as a 45 point dog by the Guru. I had the Hornets as 24 point dogs myself. Regardless the Highland Hornets came to play football. Honestly, the Longhorns came out flat. We are talking FLAT. Overcoming much adversity, Gordon would score again and keeping the unmentionable streak going, missed the PAT. Highland still lead 56-46 with 8:27 left in the game.
 
With 5:21 left Gordon scores and CONVERTS to trail by 2 points 56-54. Amazingly enough Gordon gets a last chance and scores with 1:37 left to lead for the first time in this game 62-56, which would be the final score.
 
What's that old saying about better to be lucky than good? Gordon could have given up several times during the course of this game but they didn't. Missed PAT's, missed opportunity, missed calls all plenty of reason to throw in the towel. Gordon didn't quit nor did Highland for that matter. Gordon got lucky. It is ok to get lucky but don't depend on being or getting lucky. If Gordon had taken care of business this would have easily been a 24 point or more victory.