District 9-5A D1 Thread 2026/2027

[OlDawg]

16 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Any thoughts tonight folks? ☕😁

Been spoiled by LP’s OL the last couple of years. This year’s group is a work in progress. The D is just painful to watch right now.

[OlDawg]

My weekly rankings:

1. PAM
2. GCM
3. RSS
4. La Porte

PAM is obvious to me right now. Playing well, and handled their one tough opponent in PNG.

GCM & RSS I’m sliding up because they’ve won their games. This is still questionable to me because neither have played a schedule where I can really judge. Lee should be an easy win for everyone, and Alvin hasn’t had a winning season in almost a decade. But, both squads have won the games on their schedules without much trouble. So, I have to give them credit.

La Porte, I’ll still slot here. They’re 0-2. But, that’s with a young squad against the DCTF computer ranked #2 5A Crawford, and the #31 6A Deer Park. The OL still needs work, and to get the 2 injured back to full strength, and the D has got to start wrapping up. A lot of young players on the D that are going to have to grow up in a hurry.

Out of all the district teams, the Dawgs have played the toughest schedule by far, and I pretty much expected them to go winless so far. It’s yet to be seen if these tough matchups have helped the youngsters grow for district play. In 2024, they started out 0-3 against tough competition and wound up 10-4 with the close loss 24-21 late in the rematch to district mate Angleton in the Regional Finals. I’m hoping they can catch fire like that again still.