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Scheduling quirks
June 9, 2008I have been typing in high school football schedules for next season over the past few days, and I have noticed a few weird scheduling quirks.
Here were the things that caught my eye:
*Rider plays four Thursday games -- two are at home (Little Elm, The Colony) and the others are at Sulpher Springs and Denton Guyer.
*Fans of both Rider and WFHS will not have a problem (except for gas prices) watching both teams play the first four weeks of the season.
Rider gets a bye, then plays Friday, Thursday, Friday.
WFHS plays Friday, Saturday, Friday, then gets a bye.
*In the five years since I have been around, this was the first time an area team is playing all of its games against other area teams.
Holliday takes on district foes Olney, Henrietta, Bowie, Nocona and City View, and the Eagles' non-district teams are Windthorst, Electra, Iowa Park, Hirschi and Jacksboro.
*Counting the TRN Kickoff Classic, Burkburnett will not hit the road until the fifth week of the season. After taking on Sweetwater at Memorial Stadium, they host Argyle, Graham and Gainesville.
The Bulldogs do not travel outside Wichita County until Sept. 26 when they go to FW Eastern Hills.
*On the flip side, Iowa Park goes on the road its first three games (at Argyle, Childress and Holliday) and then after hosting Graham, the Hawks play their last non-district game in Saginaw against Robinson.
*Last year, Graham incredibly played eight teams that made the playoffs (only IP and Hirschi did not). This year, the Steers have seven on the schedule who made the 2007 postseason.
Out of the three that are not, one of those is Brownwood, which after dropping down to 3A, may be the most dangerous school the Steers face (The other two non-playoff teams are Breckenridge and Iowa Park).
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