What's Up in Class 5A DI Region II?

Cy Woods just pulled off a huge 28-21 upset of Dallas Skyline and Tyler Lee is leading RR Stony Point 16-7 at halftime. If Tyler Lee holds on it would set up an unlikely matchup for the region championship. Can you say bracket buster? You can catch the second half of Stony Point and Tyler Lee here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving always makes me think of the two "F's"...... food and football. There's a great slate of games tomorrow and Saturday. We're headed to the Euless Trinity-Arlington Martin game tomorrow at noon, then on to catch Cedar Hill and Abilene. On Saturday, we'll take in a Class 2A battle of unbeaten teams, Pilot Point and Godley.

A reminder that a condensed version of the exciting Allen / Southlake Carroll game played last weekend at Cowboys Stadium will be shown at 9 PM tonight on Fox Sports Southwest.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

More on Carroll / Allen

The Southlake Carroll / Allen game on Saturday night (it ended Sunday morning) took a series of events to send the game to overtime and fans from both teams probably feel like their team should have won in regulation.

If you're a Carroll Dragon fan you probably looked on in amazement as Carroll got off a punt from their own endzone that only traveled 16 yards and the officials put one second back on the clock to allow Allen to throw a touchdown pass on the last play in regulation.

If you're an Allen fan you're probably still lamenting the fact that the Eagles drove inside the Carroll 30 yard line on all nine possessions in regulation and piled up 539 total yards of offense, yet only scored 14 points before the last play in regulation.

On a side note, the crowd estimated at 40,000 will move this game in to sixth place on the top ten all-time playoff attendance list.

Venue Change for Abilene and Cedar Hill

The Class 5A playoff game between undefeated teams Abilene and Cedar Hill originally slated to be played at Aledo has been moved to the Birdville Fine Arts Complex in North Richland Hills.

This will help accomodate a larger crowd as Bearcat Stadium in Aledo holds just over 8,000 while the BFAC holds 12,000. Kickoff time is still 2 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Skyline / DeSoto Highlights

Highlights from the big Dallas Skyline / DeSoto game as well as Cedar Hill's victory.

Dragons Prevail

The Southlake Carroll / Allen matchup lived up to the hype as Allen threw a touchdown pass on the last play in regulation to send the game to overtime.

Both teams scored in the first overtime and again in the second overtime, however Allen went for the win instead of attempting to send the game to a third overtime. The Eagles attempt failed and the Dragons escaped Cowboys Stadium with a 35-34 double overtime playoff victory that will rank with some of the best playoff games ever played.

Brazoswood Beats the Odds

Brazoswood accomplished what only one other team had been able to do by upsetting Galena Park North Shore at GPISD Stadium last night.

It's Over

Stephenville kicks a field goal on their first possession in overtime and Aledo comes back to score a touchdown and win 26-23.

Aledo and Stephenville in Another Classic

It seems any Aledo and Stephenville game becomes an instant classic. They are in another one at Cowboys Stadium as they are going to overtime in a Class 4A second round playoff game. You can catch it here.

Friday Night Playoff Games to Watch

Rain is currently covering the eastern 2/3 of the state and may affect some playoff games this evening.

It's round two of the playoffs and there are big games all over the map tonight.

In Class 5A, perennial playoff teams Austin Westlake and Converse Judson tangle, along with undefeated teams San Antonio Southwest and Harlingen (could a Valley team win a region?)

In Class 4A, traditional rivals Aledo and Stephenville go head to head, while Lake Dallas and Everman meet at Pennington Field in Bedford. Also, Brenham meets undefeated Port Neches-Groves, while 10-1 teams Medina Valley and CC Calallen meet in Victoria.

In Class 3A, they don't get much bigger than the matchup of undefeated teams Sealy and Cuero. The game between 10-1 Graham and 11-0 Monahans also bears watching.

In Class 2A, the big game is in Frisco where two 11-0 teams square off as Gunter meets Pilot Point.

In Class 1A, undefeated Godthwaite against once beaten Shiner looks good.

Class 4A Venue Changes

According to the Denton Chronicle two second round playoff games have changed venues. Denton Ryan vs. Arlington Heights, which was originally listed at Cowboys Stadium, is moving to Keller ISD Friday at 7 p.m. and Denton Guyer vs. Mansfield Legacy, which was orginally posted at Birdville ISD on Thursday, will be at Dragon Stadium in Southlake Friday at 7:30 p.m.

14-5A Narrowly Avoids Sweep

Class 5A district 14-5A narrowly avoided being swept in the first round of the playoffs when The Woodlands edged Klein Forest 32-31 in overtime as Klein Forest missed the PAT after scoring to pull within one point.

Klein Collins, Spring Westfield and Klein of district 13-5A all moved on, with the most notable victory being Klein's 27-21 upset of Lufkin.

Trojans Hammer Flower Mound

Euless Trinity hammered Flower Mound in an early Class 5A Division I Region I game at Cowboys Stadium, racking up 88 points and 805 yards of offense in a 88-27 victory. It was the most points by an 11-man team in the Texas high school playoffs since 1941 when Lancaster beat Duncanville 89-0 in the Class B playoffs.

Can You Say HUGH UPSETS?

There were three HUGH upsets on Friday in classes 3A-1A.

In Class 3A, Giddings, who was ranked in the Class 3A top ten all season, lost 40-21 to Brookshire Royal, who was 5-5 entering the playoffs.

Class 2A Muleshoe had it's 25 game winning streak broken by Amarillo River Road, 25-21. Muleshoe went 15-0 on it's way to a state title last season and was 10-0 coming in to the playoffs.

In Class 1A, Quinlan Boles was undefeated (9-0) and ranked in everyone's top five. After not being challenged all season Boles went down hard to Collinsville, who was 5-5 during the regular season, by a score of 56-21.

More Records ......

In addition to the record pursuits we mentioned below, there were two state records set in the final week of the season that seemed to go largely unnoticed, and oddly enough they were set by two players on the same team in a LOSING effort.

Carrollton Newman Smith defeated Richardson Pearce in a high scoring 70-56 slugfest on the final Friday of the season and in the process the Richardson Pearce pass/catch duo of QB Mac Morse and WR Blake Jumonville both set state records.

Morse threw for 634 yards to break the single game passing yardage record of Laredos' Alvaro Garcia set in 2006 against San Antonio Reagan and Jumonville caught 19 passes totaling 386 yards to break the single game receiving yardage record establised by Randy Boone of Chillicothe set in 1984.

Record Assault

Keep an eye out for running backs Nate Jeffery of Class 2A Caddo Mills and Traylon Shead of Class 1A Cayuga. Both teams open their playoff drives tonight and how far they go will determine each running back's chances of breaking the all-time state record for career touchdowns.

Both Jeffery and Shead are tied with for second place with Cuero's Robert Strait at 128 career touchdowns and both are well within reach of the all-time mark of 136 set by Lamar Consolidated's Jacquizz Rodgers from 2004-2007.

Also moving up the all-time touchdown list is Denton Ryan quarterback Scotty Young, who now has 113 career touchdown passes after throwing for four scores in the Raiders opening round playoff victory over Saginaw last night.

Young now stands in sixth place, just behind Bayton Lee QB Drew Tate (114) and Jim Ned QB Colt McCoy (116).

Big Game in Bullard

Coming in to last nights' Class 1A bi-district game in Bullard, Tenaha was considered an underdog by most despite a 10-0 record.

The game, which had all the makings of a game played deeper in the playoffs, turned out to be worth more than the price of admission when Tenaha mounted a late comeback after being down 17-6 to win 20-17 on a late 95 yard pass for a touchdown.

Can You Say Loaded?

The improbable happened Friday night when Plano beat Jesuit 20-12, routing the fourth largest high school in Texas to Division II for the Class 5A playoffs.

The 9-1 Allen Eagles join 9-0 Abilene, 10-0 Cedar Hill, 9-1 Southlake Carroll and 10-0 El Paso Coronado in Class 5A Division II Region I to make up what is undoubtedly the toughest region in all of the state.

Two Central Texas traditional football powers failed to qualify for the playoffs this year as Class 5A Smithson Valley and Class 3A Liberty Hill were shuffled to the sidelines.

Big turn around for Class 2A Malakoff this season as they beat Kerens 23-16 to qualify as the Division I representative from District 14-2A. Malakoff was 0-10 last season and 1-19 over the past two seasons.

In Class 4A, get ready for Indian fever as the Port Neches-Groves Indians finished 10-0 after an improbable overtime win over Beaumont Central, 25-22. It is the first unblemished regular season for the Indians since 1977 when they made it all the way to the state championship before losing to Plano 13-10 in a game that ranks as the highest attended playoff game in Texas High School football history.

Big Games in Class 4A Thursday Night

There are two great matchups Thursday night involving districts 5-4A & 6-4A.

The District 5-4A rivalry game between Denton Ryan (8-1) and Denton Guyer (9-0) kicks off at 7 p.m. Thursday at C.H. Collins Athletic Complex, a change from schedules issued at the beginning of the season.

The date was changed several weeks ago so it could be broadcast by Fox Sports Southwest, which will show the game to cable audiences throughout the state.

The winner will get the district’s top seed in Class 4A Region I Division I, while the loser will be the runner-up.

In District 6-4A the Birdville Hawks (9-0) take on the Aledo Bearcats (8-1) to decide the district champion. Both teams look to be going Division II, and this game will decide the seeding.

The game will be broadcast locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex on channel 21 and boasts two of the most prolific offensive players in the state in Birdville quarterback Josh Dorman, who has thrown for 3,255 yards and 43 touchdowns while completing over 66% of his throws and Aledo running back Johnathan Gray, who has 1,541 yards rushing to go along with 30 touchdowns.