PrairieMan

Any clue what happened?

Tarkington 43 Crockett 45

Score?

Tarkington 75 Shepherd 48

Closer than I thought it would be. This district honestly looks like a toss up at this point. Some interesting wins and losses throughout preseason. The Horns looked better last night than they probably have all year. They got off to a decent start and played well against a pretty decent opponent.

Tarkington 48 Pollok Central 45

Lovelady Vs Tarkington - cancelled

Tarkington 73 Kirbyville 29

Any idea what the Kirbyville Vs Evadale score was?

Evadale Invitational

Week 6 Locks Friday Sept 30 @ 7pm 1. Humble Atascocita at Beaumont West Brook 2. Sheldon C.E. King at Galena Park North Shore 3. Baytown Goose Creek Memorial at Barbers Hill 4. Crosby at Port Arthur Memorial 5. Dayton at Nederland 6. Fort Bend Marshall at Santa Fe 7. Texas City at Port Neches-Groves 8. Hamshire-Fannett at Jasper 9. Liberty at West Orange-Stark 10. Spring Legacy at Little Cypress-Mauriceville 11. Silsbee at Hardin-Jefferson 12. Anderson-Shiro at Newton 13. Coldspring-Oakhurst at Crockett 14. Diboll at Palestine Westwood 15. Hardin at Tarkington 16. Hemphill at Kountze 17. Kirbyville at Buna 18. Orangefield at Anahuac 19. Shepherd at Woodville 20. Warren at New Waverly 21. Joaquin at Garrison 22. Timpson at San Augustine 23. West Sabine at Grapeland 24. Apple Springs at Chester 25. Oakwood at Leverett's Chapel

1. Beaumont West Brook at Humble Summer Creek (Thursday = FREEBIE) 2. Humble Kingwood at Humble Atascocita 3. Barbers Hill at La Porte 4. Baytown Lee at Goose Creek Memorial 5. Galena Park at Texas City 6. Humble Kingwood Park at Crosby 7. Santa Fe at Dayton 8. Bridge City at Hamshire-Fannett 9. Columbus at Huffman Hargrave 10. Jasper at Liberty 11. West Orange-Stark at Silsbee 12. Anahuac at Hardin 13. Buna at Orangefield 14. Crockett at Shepherd 15. East Chambers at Kirbyville 16. Huntington at Coldspring-Oakhurst 17. Kountze at Anderson-Shiro 18. Newton at Warren 19. Woodville at Diboll 20. Garrison at West Sabine 21. Cushing at Colmesneil 22. Hull-Daisetta at West Hardin 23. Shelbyville at Joaquin 24. Houston Westbury at Beaumont Legacy Christian 25. Beaumont Kelly at Houston The Village

No hurt feelings here. My comments are strictly regarding their chances to even make the playoffs. Deep runs and such aren't really relevant here because you're comments are focused on the top couple teams of the district. It's not common that 3 or 4 teams from any district are typically advancing past the first round. Last year's results are a prime example, two teams from each district advanced one round. So to revisit my comments, I believe that when you go to the 4th and 5th teams in particular in District 10, I feel that they are good teams making it even harder for them to try and get into the playoffs with such a young team.

I think they lose at least one. Somebody else in an earlier post said they think this district is weak. I tend to disagree, I don't think they have that one dominant team that is going to make a deep run but I feel it has a core group of good teams. I don't think anyone comes out of it unscathed. If you want to go into specifics, I think Buna catches them at home in a trap game where Buna has a bye to get healthy and prepared and Anahuac is coming off a close game at home against East Chambers.

Absolutely but loving it for these kids considering where we were this time last year. At this point last season I wasn't sure that Tarkington would still have a football program by the end of the year(obvious exaggeration but it was as dismal as it could get).

Who is your team? Tarkington Longhorns How have they done compared to your offseason expectations? Better than expected coming off one of the worst seasons I've ever watched in my life What has been a positive? Offensively they have had some big plays, but more importantly they've had some long sustaining drives. Defensively they have played pretty well overall and the DC has made some good adjustments. Best positive so far is the fire and determination these kids have shown. Reflection of their AD for sure. What has been a negative? Passing game is still not good enough to fight off 8-9 in the box if a team decides to do so. Quarterbacks aren't really seeing kids open, just winging to a predetermined receiver. Defensively, tend to give up big plays and once district starts I feel like we are going to be undersized on our D-line. What are your new expectations for the season? We are still so young that playoff talks seem a bit presumptuous, but I'm really hoping we can pull off enough wins to sneak in. It would be such a huge boost to these kid's confidence who have had to deal with so much turnover and negative talk for the past couple years.

The best part about this game in my opinion is how scrappy these boys were. Obviously we are not very far removed from an awful season just a year ago where pretty much NOTHING went right for these kids or the coaches. This team which is starting 8 sophmores on offense and 7 sophmores on defense (some of the same of course...haha) and only about 5 seniors on the entire team went down 14-0 within the first 4 mins of the game could have easily rolled over and let this one slip away. Instead they came back and fought their butts off to take the win. I know we aren't the most athletic team in a stacked district and likely to go through some more growing pains for these younger guys but I think the future is bright for these Horns. I can't compliment Coach Taylor enough about his impact on these kids. Not only has he been great for football but he's made some great hires throughout the school on the girls and boys sides. Lots of positive things coming from my hometown!!!! One thing that nobody really has talked about is our running back, Junior #5 Karson Jones. Man this kid can fly! Nothing official but I'm hearing his final number by the end of the night was about 270 yards rushing!

I think you're doing great! This is my first time getting in on the picks and I've really enjoyed it, even though I'm not very good at it. Thanks for all the hard work, I know how much time this takes and its appreciated.

1. Alvin at Beaumont United 2. Beaumont West Brook at Deer Park 3. Spring Westfield at Galena Park North Shore 4. Las Vegas Liberty at Humble Atascocita 5. Baytown Goose Creek Memorial at La Porte 6. Dayton at Montgomery 7. Humble Kingwood Park at New Caney Porter 8. Port Neches-Groves at West Orange-Stark 9. Huffman Hargrave at Needville 10. Jasper at Newton 11. Livingston at Palestine 12. Snook at Anderson-Shiro 13. Coldspring-Oakhurst at Hamshire-Fannett 14. Diboll at Franklin 15. Huntington at Tarkington 16. Kirbyville at Corrigan-Camden 17. New Waverly at Anahuac 18. Palmer at Palestine Westwood 19. Shepherd at Orangefield 20. West Hardin at Deweyville 21. Garrison at Warren 22. Iola at Lovelady 23. Shelbyville at Elysian Fields 24. Timpson at Daingerfield 25. Houston Mount Carmel at Chester

Yeah I thought you meant strictly from a cumulative aspect as the year went on as a way to compare teams.

Me personally, I'd rather just see the below. Offensive pass yards Offensive rush yards Defensive pass yards allowed Defensive rush yards allowed Turnovers

Final Tarkington 14 Shepherd 30

11:55 left in 4th Tarkington 14 Shepherd 16

Halftime Tarkington 14 Shepherd 8