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Celina will most likely move up soon, and Aubrey won’t be too far behind.

I think Lake Dallas is getting overlooked too. Maybe the MaxPreps algorithm is unfavorable to them considering they have been playing larger schools in recent years and in non district this year. They have the best chance at upsetting Panther Creek or Celina in my opinion.

District 7 Celina: 49-30 over Bellville Panther Creek: 55-10 over Lake Worth Lake Dallas: 49-0 over Denton Aubrey: 33-31 over Sunnyvale Sulphur Springs: 68-17 over Poteet Paris: 31-7 over Sanger District 9 Chapel Hill: 56-20 over Jasper Kilgore: 20-15 over Carthage Lindale: 35-27 over Hallsville Pine Tree: 22-15 over Gilmer In most districts, four playoff spots can be a stretch, but in these two, four or more teams are truly deserving

Four of the preseason top ten teams and eight of the top twenty-five in 4A Division 1 came from these districts, according to Dave Campbell’s magazine. I imagine Paris and Sulphur Springs aren’t far outside the top twenty-five either, and most of the teams really showed up last night.

Thanks for the info. I did not realize Whitesboro has grown that much recently.

You think Whitesboro will be moving up? I don't expect the growth to reach that far north for a while.

District 8 is tough. A good team is going to miss the playoffs.

The percent of the community that is involved, informed, and attend the games is significantly higher in small towns. Almost every member of the community has a friend or family member that is on the football team, in the band, cheer, drill team, etc. Also, there is nothing else to do in a small town on a Friday night. This is why tiny towns are able to fill up their stadiums - it is not uncommon for towns of only a few thousand people to have a few thousand people in the stadium on Friday nights. For example: according to Texas Bob, Honey Grove's stadium has a capacity of 2,612. When Honey Grove and Cooper played, the place was completely full and hundreds of people didn't even have a seat. Honey Grove and Cooper combined have a population of about 2,700. If large communities had the same percent of the community attending high school games, over 100,000 people would be attending 6a games. Like others have said - in big schools it means just as much to the players, school, and members of the community that attend games, but in large communities, there are thousands and thousands of people who have never attended a game.

In North Texas, 4A D1 is considerably more difficult than D2. Aubrey’s toughest district opponent in D2 has been Van Alstyne, and now they’re surrounded by Decatur, Lake Dallas, Celina, and Panther Creek.

Should be an interesting clash of styles. How are Gilmer’s linemen?

Exactly

Not doubting Gilmer’s athleticism/ability to score quickly at all - I think it’s very possible that Gilmer wins by a significant margin. However, I also think Aubrey has a decent chance of forcing a turnover and then executing some long drives and controlling the clock. The first game of the year, Aubrey lost to Sunnyvale by 3, but Aubrey has improved significantly since then, and I think Aubrey’s style of play is better suited against Gilmer (obviously I may be wrong).

Can Gilmer stop Aubrey though? I’m genuinely asking - haven’t seen Gilmer all year, I’ve just heard their defense is really bad. With the athletes Gilmer has, I assume they have some guys that can cover. So that leads me to believe that Gilmer is more susceptible to a running team. If Gilmer has tackling problems, they will really struggle with Aubrey’s leading rusher who is a physical runner. I think he was Aubrey’s leading rusher last year too, but he was hurt during the game against Center.

The interception Aubrey returned was pretty fortunate for Aubrey. However, Aubrey forced the fumble, and the second interception was on 4th down (Aubrey returned it about 10 yards past the line of scrimmage). Most of Van’s mistakes were caused by Aubrey. Aubrey also had a 50 yard touchdown called back, and Van’s touchdown late in the 4th was largely due to Aubrey penalties. The ball probably bounced Aubrey’s way a few more times, but I thought the officials were pretty fair and Aubrey was clearly the better team tonight. Based on Gilmer’s schedule results and what people have said on here about their defense, I think Aubrey has a shot. The matchup seems very similar to the Aubrey vs Center game last year - Aubrey has multiple good backs that I think Gilmer will have trouble stopping. Aubrey will obviously have a hard time stopping Gilmer, but I think Gilmer is more likely to turn the ball over. Based on the 2021 Gilmer team dismantling Celina after Celina dismantled what was probably Aubrey’s best team ever, Aubrey has no shot.

Sulphur Springs would be cool. I like that their stadium doesn’t have a track. It’s also pretty close to halfway and Aubrey folks won’t have to drive through as much of the metroplex.