Texas high school pick 'ems, part two (NEW PICKS)

Hightower (cuz this was Bubba Smith's character in the Police Academy flicks).

Katy (grew up not far from there, Spring Branch schools)

Lake Travis (cool name)

Dayton (got my dog there in 1981, when I worked in Baytown; great dog)

Carthage (see East Texas argument above)

Daingerfield (always thought they should change nickname from Tigers to Rodneys).

Cayuga (cool name)

 

Thanks 'Bat.

Hightower over Allen

Katy over Wylie (basically because Wylie's AMHO must be the must absurd knockoff of Mojo since Springtown's "Pojo."

Lake Travis over "Los Lobos"

Dayton over Sulphur Springs

Celina over Carthage

Cisco over Daingerfield

Cayuga over Stratford (even though I once spent a Friday night dodging wasps in the Cayuga press box years ago.)

Man, the suburbanization in the 5A and 4A ranks still shocks me - when did Wylie get good? Makes me pine for parity and the days of Permian, Houston Yates, Dallas Carter, West Orange Stark battling it out every year.

 

Bumping, while trying to figure how Dayton and Sulphur Springs decided to go all the way to San Antonio.

 

Yeah, I think Bowers Stadium in Huntsville or Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches might have been better for Dayton-Sulphur Springs.

 

My Picks:

Hightower
Wylie
Lake Travis
Sulphur Springs
Celina
Daingerfield
Stratford

 

gotta say, though, that it is a pretty crummy looking little town.

 

I thought that honor went to Cameltoe

 

My picks:

Allen
Katy
Lake Travis
Dayton
Carthage
Dangerfield
Cayuga

 

The 3A Division II game will be on http://www.kdkr.org tonight if you want to listen along.

 

Hightower, since he was the bad-ass in "Police Academy"
Katy, a nod to a former boss
Longview, so the Lobos knock off the richie riches from Austin
Suplher Springs, as I saw that game in September. Hell of a team
Celina, as I covered one of its state championship seasons 10 years ago
Daingerfield, no team that spells its nickname wrong can win
Stratford, for the Shakespearean history

 

Class 5A Division I
Allen


Class 5A Division II
Katy


Class 4A Division I
Lake Travis


Class 4A Division II
Sulphur Springs


Class 3A Division II
Celina


Class 2A Division II
Cisco


Class 1A Division II
Stratford

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First result is in. Celina kept it a game for three quarters, but Carthage and that running back Dwight Smith was too much. Final 49-37.

Other six finals are today.