2nd Annual Region I picks

[vet93]

Last year I was right in picking Everman (as was everybody else) but Greenwood came out of nowhere to defeat Sweetwater my DII pick. How can I not pick these two teams to repeat what they did in 2002? Below is a district by district breakdown along with predictied playoff picks. Feel free to pick my selections apart and shout insults about me...I am just kidding about the insults!

*DI representatives are in ALL CAPS
1. Canyon Perryton BORGER
2. Muleshoe LUBBOCK COOPER Littlefield
(Brownfield could also challenge)
3. Sweetwater SNYDER Merkel
(Denver City and Lamesa could also challenge)
4. Greenwood Monahans PECOS
(Kermit could take the #3 spot)
5. GRAHAM Iowa Park Vernon
(Breck could be much improved and slip in)
6. Ballinger WYLIE Brady
(Clyde and Comanche are even with Brady)
7. Decatur LAKE DALLAS Lake Worth
(Bridgeport or Sanger could also go)
8. EVERMAN Kennedale Glen Rose

DIVISION I PLAYOFFS

BIDISTRICT
Borger over Lubbock Cooper
Snyder over Pecos
Wylie over Graham
Everman over Lake Dallas

AREA
Snyder over Borger
Everman over Wylie

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Everman over Snyder

DIVISION II PLAYOFFS

BIDISTRICT
Canyon over Littlefield
Sweetwater over Monahans
Iowa Park over Brady
Decatur over Glen Rose
Muleshoe over Perryton
Greenwood over Merkel
Ballinger over Vernon
Kennedale over Lake Worth

AREA
Sweetwater over Canyon
Decatur over Iowa Park
Greenwood over Muleshoe
Ballinger over Kennedale

REGIONAL
Decatur over Sweetwater
Greenwood over Ballinger

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Greenwood over Decatur

DI champion Everman
DII champion Greenwood

Biggest Playoff surprises: Brady and Lubbock Cooper

Predicted Best Game: Decatur vs Greenwood

Possible Sleepers: Kennedale, Ballinger, Canyon

<small>[ June 23, 2003, 09:51 AM: Message edited by: vet93 ]</small>

[audasmom7]

Hey I love those picks.....

[vet93]

Audusmom...I thought that you and RangerMom might like those picks...especially the pick from District 4-3a!

[Ranger Mom]

No argument from this corner!!

[Bandera YaYa]

Good luck to Greenwood next year, I would love to see you go all the way!!

[VWG]

If Wylie beats Graham in round one, then that will be 5 "one and out" years for Graham. Talk about pressure for that head coach going into that playoff game!!!

[vet93]

I picked Wylie over Graham based on Graham's recent problems in round 1. On paper...Graham appears to have the edge in returning starters. Wylie will be starting a lot of inexperienced people but will be pretty salty by the end of the season. Case Keenum a Sophomore qb could be their next bigtime player. For those of you who may be discounting Wylie based on returning starters...Beware. They have to be considered at least co-favorites with Ballinger in their district. Coach Sandifer always finds a way to reload and he has alot to choose from.

[BigW]

Hey Vet, Thanks for the vote and the confidence.
Wylie only listed 1/1 starters but there were quite a few Jr. and So. who got alot of playing time. Some of them were not considered starters but had more playing time than the Sr. starters.
Keenum will be a hoss and he will have a big line in front of him and some good receivers with speed. Ballinger will have another great team, Graham will be tough as always, and then there is Everman. It will be a tough road!

[Matthew328]

Wylie never has a lot of people back..they always play a lot of seniors....and I wouldn't count them out at all....I do think this is Ballinger's year to knock off Wylie...as for Wylie-Graham in Rd 1....all I can say is if Graham doesn't win this year there could be some major changes goin down in Steer Country!