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Here are my rankings for Jan. 17 6A/5A/4A 1. Beaumont United 2. Atascocita 3. Manvel 4. Summer Creek 5. Huffman 6. Crosby 7. Hardin-Jefferson 8. La Porte 9. Beaumont West Brook 10. Goose Creek Memorial 11. Kingwood Park 12. Lumberton 13. Lufkin Hudson 14. Nederland 15. Silsbee others: Hamshire-Fannett, Barbers Hill, Lake Creek, CE King, Shepherd, Orangefield, Carthage 3A/2A/1A/Private 1. East Chambers 2. Gary 3. New Waverly 4. Diboll 5. Tenaha 6. Coldspring-Oakhurst 7. Nacogdoches Central Heights 8. Shelbyville 9. Huntington 10. Buna 11. Newton 12. Tarkington 13. Leggett 14. West Sabine 15. Beaumont Legacy others: Timpson, Beaumont Kelly, Dallardsville Big Sandy, Chireno, Sabine Pass, Deweyville

42-21 Westlake 6:39 3rd

Halftime 28-21 Westlake Westlake will get the ball to start the 2nd half

1:12 2nd 28-21 Westlake

Nature of the beast

6:44 2nd 21-21

Westlake with their first lead. 21-14 10:51 2nd

end 1st 14-14

Westlake with the first defensive stop

3:07 1st 14-14

This is a SLC pace. 14-7 SLC 6:24 1st

That didn't take long to answer. 75 yard TD for Westlake 7-7

8:25 1st 7-0 SLC

They are not

Dodge Bowl Tonight 7pm Foxsports Southwest

Looked for a live stream on the internet. Couldn't find one.

Most coaches would rather face the tougher team in the later rounds than right off the bat. I have seen many a team "grow up" during the playoffs.

Silsbee lost to Life Waxahachie in 4th round last year.

My point is this: When looking at someone's record (both team and coach) how deep one advances in the playoffs is important to many. Getting to a regional tourney is a goal for many teams. How you got there really doesn't matter to the masses. For example: Last year, Hardin-Jefferson and Silsbee split their games in district with each team winning at home. Silsbee won the seed game in overtime. I truly believe if those two teams played 10 games they would split 5-5. They were as evenly matched as any team could be. Silsbee just had the best player (Bush). So, Silsbee gets the #1 seed, HJ #2. Silsbee (because they were the #1 seed) had a more favorable bracket and advanced to the regional tourney. HJ was beaten by Yates in 2nd round. Had the roles been reversed, Silsbee would have lost in 2nd round and HJ would have advanced to regional tourney. Advancing 4 rounds instead of 2 looks much better on a coach and team resume. Trust me, lot's of coaches and just about every fan would agree. Silsbee has advanced to the regional tourney 6 straight years now ( 12 of the last 16 years). That's a resume that not many in the entire state can boast about. Silsbee has had some incredible teams through those years but some of that success has to do with the playoff route. An honest coach would agree. There's a reason why many coaches look at the bracket layout. It's been known that some coaches concede seeding just for that fact. I'm old school. I put lot's of emphasis on winning district championships. I would want my team to do what they could to win a district title. The odds are, the higher the seed, the better chance you have of advancing deep in the playoffs.

Disagree. The way the brackets work out, what seed you end up in district could determine how far you make it in playoffs. Some will have easier paths than others.

Texas City 53 Baytown Lee 49

34-0 Katy 6:16 3rd

Halftime 24-0 Katy

Final West Brook 71 North Shore 63

2:23 left 62-57 West Brook