DFW 3A Top-10 Countdown

[3afan]

10. Kaufman


(NOTE - one team each day)

[Bullaholic]

How big of a radius out of DFW, 3AFan? 50mi? 100mi?

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
How big of a radius out of DFW, 3AFan? 50mi? 100mi?

I know they go up to Cook County...but I'm not sure if they include Wise County or not. You would think that they would...but there's no telling.

[3afan]

3A-others football countdown: No. 10 Kaufman
12:16 AM CDT on Monday, August 14, 2006
By DAVE LANCE / The Dallas Morning News


Past
9-2, 5-0 in 12-3A last season. Lost in area round to Kennedale, 24-21.

Present
First-year head coach Todd York has an experienced defensive line. Three starters return, including disruptive tackle Tyron Thomas .

Future
The offense will be led by a first-time starter, quarterback Michael Cox, who has never thrown a varsity pass.

Returning leaders
RUSHING
Cedric Wren (43 carries, 174 yards)

PASSING
None

RECEIVING
Lester Camp (4 catches, 53 yards)


IMPACT PLAYERS
OL David Diera 6-1, 230 Sr.
Comment: Most experienced offensive lineman
DL Tyron Thomas 6-1, 240 Sr.
Comment: Makes Diera better in practice
DB Cedric Wren 5-9, 160
Comment: Could have impact on offense, too


Trivia time
York has coached at the 2A level, where he won a state title at Corrigan-Camden in 2002, at the 4A level at Terrell and now at 3A.


SCHEDULE
Sept. 1 Royse City 7:30
Sept. 8 at Palestine 7:30
Sept. 15 at Wills Point 7:30
Sept. 22 Commerce 7:30
Sept. 29 Athens 7:30
Oct. 13 at Mabank * 7:30
Oct. 20 at Ferris * 7:30
Oct. 27 Kemp * 7:30
Nov. 3 at Eustace * 7:30
Nov. 10 Crandall * 7:30
* District 13-3A game


E-mail dlance@dallasnews.com

[Bullaholic]

DMN does not cover Wise County sports, but Wise County is considered "fringe" DFW and is covered by the Star-Telegram and Denton Record-Chronicle.

[PHS Wildcats]

I think that about as far as they go, remember there's not many 3A schools in the dfw area

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by PHS Wildcats
I think that about as far as they go, remember there's not many 3A schools in the dfw area

Speaking of Palestine I met a guy this weekend that lives near Lake Palestine somewhere he said... he was really drunk...

[Sandman]

Not surprising since there are about 50 liquor stores there.

On the Smith County-Henderson County line, and Smith County is dry.

[KTJ]

Originally posted by Adidas410s
I know they go up to Cook County...but I'm not sure if they include Wise County or not. You would think that they would...but there's no telling.


Cooke County. (You forgot the "e". :D)

And yes, I've seen articles about Decatur in the DMN. So I'm pretty sure they cover Wise County. Although, Wise County might be covered a bit more by the FWST than the DMN.

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville

[3afan]

3A-others football countdown: No. 9 Gainesville
02:59 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 15, 2006
By ETHAN SZATMARY / Denton Record-Chronicle


Past
13-1, 5-0 in 9-3A. Lost in Division I state final to Wimberley, 21-7.

Present
Coach Jeff Cordell left for Greenville after leading Gainesville to the state championship game last year. Former Denton Ryan offensive coordinator Matt Young has taken his place. Gainesville returns only one offensive and no defensive starters.

Future
Gainesville has history of replacing one group of strong athletes with another, but now comes a move to District 8-3A. Five of the six 8-3A teams made the playoffs in 2005.

Returning leaders
RUSHING
Colin Sikes (136 yards, 1 TD)

PASSING
Sikes (11-for-20, 273 yards, 2 TDs)

RECEIVING
Heath Jones (6 rec., 64 yards, 0 TDs)


IMPACT PLAYERS
RB Da'Ron Calhoun 5-8, 165 Sr.
Comment: Missed most of '05 with knee injury
LT Casey Matsler 6-1, 230 Jr.
Comment: Only returning starter on offense
DE Jerome Franklin 6-5, 215 Sr.
Comment: Dangerous pass rusher


Trivia time
Gainesville has not lost a district game since 2002 against Celina.

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank

[kaorder1999]

mabank is going to be good this year

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt

[PPHSfan]

Anybody wanna bet who number one is gonna be?:p

[kaorder1999]

either madison or celina.

[3afan]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
either madison or celina.


agree - gotts be one of those 2 .... i'll go with Madison

[kaorder1999]

the Dallas Morning News writers are Celina worshipers though!!

[3afan]

they like all the successful surburban programs

[kaorder1999]

true. Madision should be number 1 and I will be shocked if they arent.

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt
5. Royse City

[PPHSfan]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
true. Madision should be number 1 and I will be shocked if they arent.

Madison will be number two.

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt
5. Royse City
4. Sanger

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt
5. Royse City
4. Sanger
3. Kennedale

[PPHSfan]

Well I guess we see Madison tomorrow and Celina on Wednesday.:D

[kaorder1999]

opposite....madison will be 1

[3afan]

i'd bet on Madison #1 ....

[garageoffice]

I love to see Kennedale up there!

I'm not really a worry-wart, but I am a little worried about the move to district 12-3A, though. I don't know anything about the teams, but everything I read leads me to think it's not a particularly tough district. If that's true, how do you get a team ready for the competition of the playoffs?

[PHS Wildcats]

Originally posted by Gobbla2001
Speaking of Palestine I met a guy this weekend that lives near Lake Palestine somewhere he said... he was really drunk...

I guess, Not all people from Palestine are drunks and Lake Palestine is not even in Palestine, it's near Tyler

[kepdawg]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt
5. Royse City
4. Sanger
3. Kennedale
2. Dallas Madison

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by kepdawg
10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt
5. Royse City
4. Sanger
3. Kennedale
2. Dallas Madison
1. Celina

[3afan]

Originally posted by kepdawg
10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt
5. Royse City
4. Sanger
3. Kennedale
2. Dallas Madison

hey!

[PPHSfan]

Originally posted by PPHSfan
Well I guess we see Madison tomorrow and Celina on Wednesday.:D

hmmmm

[3afan]

well you had a 50/50 shot -- ya got lucky !

[PPHSfan]

Originally posted by 3afan
well you had a 50/50 shot -- ya got lucky !

rofl,

you know I coulda told you the dmn top two back in December.:D

[kaorder1999]

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FREAKING KIDDING ME. That is absolutly amazing.

[kaorder1999]

My logic......

the DMN #1 has more fans who can afford subscriptions and can also afford to place ads.......

[PPHSfan]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FREAKING KIDDING ME. That is absolutly amazing.

I tried to tell you.

Oh BTW,

Celina will be playing in December...Madison won't. So I guess the ole DMN may know something.

[kaorder1999]

will be playing what?

[PPHSfan]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
will be playing what?

Football

Hide and watch.

[kepdawg]

3A-others football countdown: No. 1. Celina

11:31 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 22, 2006

By DAVID HINOJOSA / The Dallas Morning News

Past

16-0, 5-0 District 13-2A last season. Defeated Omaha Paul Pewitt, 28-12, in the Class 2A Division II championship game.


Present

Celina moves back into Class 3A after winning its seventh state title. Three starters on each side of the ball return, and two-time all-state first-team OT Jamie Blatnick is among them.

Future

Celina's success depends on its ability to find a reliable starting quarterback and how well it restocks its defensive front seven.

Returning Leaders

Rushing: Shane Sheffield (59 carries, 469 yards, 4 TDs)

Passing: Seth Davis (13-28-1, 215 yards, 2 TDs)

Receiving: Austin Kessler (24 rec., 265 yards, 5 TDs)

Impact players

Pos. Player Ht., Wt. Class Comment
OT/DE Jamie Blatnick 6-3, 250 Sr. Committed to Oklahoma State
DL Troy Franklin 6-4, 240 Jr. 75 tackles, 1 INT last season
FS Dru Prosser 6-1, 190 Sr. 58 tackles, 3 INT last season

Trivia time

Celina is 69-1 in the last seven regular seasons.

Schedule

Date Opponent Time
Sept. 1 Robinson# 7:30
Sept. 8 at Argyle Liberty 7:30
Sept. 15 Plano Prestwood 7:30
Sept. 29 Princeton* 7:30
Oct. 6 at Frisco Wakeland* 7:30
Oct. 13 Pilot Point* 7:30
Oct. 20 at Van Alstyne* 7:30
Oct. 27 Bonham* 7:30
Nov. 3 Prosper* 7:30
Nov. 10 Whitesboro* 7:30

*District 9-3A. #at Pennington Field.

[PPHSfan]

Celina is 69-1 in the last seven regular seasons.

They also won four state titles in those seven years, and have only lost four games out of the last 103, with a 49-3 record against 3a competition.

But they are over-rated.:rolleyes:

[3afan]

10. Kaufman
9. Gainesville
8. Pilot Point
7. Mabank
6. Dallas Roosevelt
5. Royse City
4. Sanger
3. Kennedale
2. Dallas Madison
1. Celina


[ I like to finish what I start !!!] :D

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by PPHSfan
They also won four state titles in those seven years, and have only lost four games out of the last 103, with a 49-3 record against 3a competition.

But they are over-rated.:rolleyes:

should they be number 1? no, not in my opinion. SHould they be number two. Sure. I'm just not a big fan of a team jumping in classification and automatically be ranked number 1 according to what they did in the lower classification the year before. I saw Madison and Celina play last year. In my opinion Madison beats them and Madison is returning more starters then Celina including possibly the best runningback in the state of texas.

[kaorder1999]

by the way....I thought Pilot Point fans were anti Celina anyways?

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
should they be number 1? no, not in my opinion. SHould they be number two. Sure. I'm just not a big fan of a team jumping in classification and automatically be ranked number 1 according to what they did in the lower classification the year before. I saw Madison and Celina play last year. In my opinion Madison beats them and Madison is returning more starters then Celina including possibly the best runningback in the state of texas.

It doesn't really make a difference in this case, but it is a 3A and other ranking. Celina could have remained in 2A and still have been #1. I don't think they should be #1, but I guess we'll find out in week 12.

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by kepdawg
It doesn't really make a difference in this case, but it is a 3A and other ranking. Celina could have remained in 2A and still have been #1. I don't think they should be #1, but I guess we'll find out in week 12.

I see your point but I still believe they should have to beat Madison or Madision should lose a game before they lost their higher ranking.

Celina will probably roll through their weak pre-district schedule as they usually do and then roll through their mediocre (spelling?) district schedule and then we will see what kind of 3A team they are. They just might prove me wrong. At this point my belief is they arent better then Madison.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
Celina will probably roll through their weak pre-district schedule as they usually do and then roll through their mediocre (spelling?) district schedule and then we will see what kind of 3A team they are.

Meanwhile Madison will probably have a few struggles along the way against the stellar competition it will be facing in the regular season? :rolleyes:

[kaorder1999]

4A Dallas Lincoln?
4A Dallas South Oak Cliff?
Dallas Pinkston?
Dallas Roosevelt?

Have you seen any of those teams the last couple of years?
Those teams are pretty darn good. Is Madison's district tough? Not really. I would say Celina's is more difficult. Roosevelt will be good. Carrolton Ranchview and Lake Worth wont be bad. Madison WILL be tested in the pre-district schedule. That IS a tough pre-district

They are a little more athletic and skilled then:
Argyle Liberty
Plano Prestonwood
Princeton
Prosper
Bonham
Pilot Point