EAGLES ADVANCE...NOW THE TESTS BEGIN
By mark rogers
November 22, 2009
-Storm through the regular season
-Blast a couple of West Texas/Sub-par Dallas teams in the first two rounds
-Have to play the best team in the universe in Round 3
2003 ended against Irving at Texas Stadium in the 3rd round.
In 2004 and 2005, the Eagles first loss of the season was in the 3rd round against eventual champion Southlake Carroll.
The next year they lost to DeSoto in the 3rd.
2007 saw them break up the Southlake dynasty and make it to the State Semis.
Last year was a flukish 1st round outing.
And just a historical note: since 1999, AHS has made the playoffs every year. They've been ousted in the 1st round twice, 2nd round twice, 3rd round four times (four consecutive years), 4th round once and 5th round once. Not too shabby.
Anyway, it looks like that same 2003-2006 pattern is repeating itself this year.
The Eagles have had no problem with any team they've played this year.
Now it's the 3rd round, and who's up next? #1 Cedar Hill.
They're outscoring opponents by nearly four touchdowns per game, have posted two shutouts and are averaging 45.8 points per game.
At 12-0 and with a roster scattered with Division 1 prospects, they're the best Class 5A has to offer...on paper.
But they haven't blown out everyone they've faced. They have wins of 3, 8 and 9 points. Throwing that out there to say they're not unbeatable.
I think the Eagles have a very good chance of beating the Longhorns this week and continuing on to play the winner of the Arlington Bowie/Southlake Carroll game.
But after 11 games of not really being tested, they'll get all the tests they can get this week.
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