A National Record about to fall!!!!!!!!!!!!

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October 29, 2006

Who all is going to Richland Springs on Friday night? I intend to make the trip myself! They are playing Eden. Most likely, it will not be too close of a game. The story that will or should come out of the game is Tyler Ethridge will have tied or broken a national record for the most touchdown passes in a career. I believe two TD passes will tie the record and a third one will break it. Did I mention that Tyler is just a junior? Oh man!!!

I attended the Robert Lee and Highland game this past Friday night. Highland turned the ball over at critical points in the game and Robert Lee use their big play tendency to their advantage and won the game. Robert Lee has defeated Highland and Ira back to back and should go in the Playoffs as District 3's Champion. There is still room for one more team. Ira and Highland play Friday night and that will probably settle who will go in the playoffs as the runner up. Which ever team it is should face Meadow in the first round of the playoffs.Ouch!

When Garden City and Fort Davis meet, that will determine who is District 1 Champion and runner up. Both will go into the playoffs and both will have BYES in the first round. Robert Lee, if they get by Wellman-Union will face the winner of District 1 in the second round of the playoffs. I figure that Meadow will face the runner up of District one in the second round of the playoffs. This is all speculation on my part as there is still football to be played.

The Garden City and Fort Davis game will be played in Fort Davis on Friday Novemebr 10th. See that one if at all possible. Should be a good one. From what I read on the internet, many people from that District 1 believe that Fort Davis can beat Garden City. I believe that Garden City will win the game and the District Bell.

It would appear that Rule will go in the playoffs as the District Champion from District 7 and the defending State Champions, the Throckmorton Greyhounds, as the runner up as the results of the opening district game win of Rule over Throckmorton. Both teams will have a BYE in the first round of the playoffs. Happy and Paducah should meet in the first round with Happy advancing to meet Rule in Round 2 while Valley and Lorenzo will battle in round one to see who gets Throckmorton. If Valley advances, the match up with Throckmorton would be a rematch of last season's Championship game played in Abilene's Shotwell Stadium. That game was won by Throckmorton by the score of 68-22.

Remember those are all just predictions by yours truly. Dare we look at Regions 3 and 4? Why not?
Newcastle appears to be the winner coming out of District 9. If so,Gordon will most likely be the runner up and both will grab first round BYES. Look for Trindad as the winner of District 11 to take on Abbott, District 12 runner up. Avalon, projected runner up of District 11 will be “rewarded” by meeting District 12 Champion Blum in the first round. Blum should advance to face Gordon in round two and Trinidad would play Newcastle in the Regional round. I see Blum and Trinidad in the Quarterfinals. So much for Region 3.

Region 4 appears to have strong teams coming into the playoffs. I see the May Tigers as taking the Bell and District Championship in District 13 and gaining a BYE in round one of the playoffs. Heavyweight
Richland Springs will win the District 15 Championship again and will face the runner up of District 16 in the first round and will easily advance to play May in round two. Brookesmith will make the playoffs as runner up to Richland Springs and will face Calvert in round one. Santa Anna as runner up in District 13 will gain a bye in round one and should face Calvert in round 3. Calvert will advance to play Richland Springs in the Quarterfinals.

If you have tried to follow along with my “predictions” you should see that I am looking for Garden City and Meadow and Rule and Throckmorton in Region One and Two and Trinidad and Blum and Richland Springs and Calvert in Regions Three and Four. Indeed that will be a “GREAT EIGHT”.

Division 2 is more than a little crazy. We will look at that later this week.

Don Hardin
txsixii@yahoo.com

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