3A-D1 District 11 2024

[lionpride08]

Troy 5-0 (0-0)

Rockdale 3-2 (0-0)

Franklin 2-2 (0-0)

Cameron 0-5 (0-0)

L-R Academy 0-5 (0-0)

McGregor 0-5 (0-0)

All teams are on a bye week and will start district play next week.

WEEK 7 games

Franklin @ Troy

McGregor @ Cameron

Academy @ Rockdale

This district is way down compared to what we normally see. This district normally split first round with dist 12 but that could change this year. Cameron and Academy are way down and do not look like they normally would while troy is trying to make a run to the regional final like they did back in 2019. Not sure how everything will shape up this season.

[TheCardinal]

District 11 should play out as followed:

1. Franklin
2. Troy
3. Rockdale
4. ??? (Doesn't Matter)

Even though Franklin dropped out of the DCTF Top 10 Rankings, they're still the favorites to win Region 3. I still think 11 and 12 split the first round in playoffs. 

The game to watch as a Franklin fan is obviously Columbus vs Hitchcock... The winner of that game "should" win District 12 and will be placed on the same side of the Region 3 bracket with Franklin in the playoffs. 

It's interesting to me that both Hitchcock and Columbus scheduled Bellville this year... It's as if they were both trying to get a taste of the Slot-T before running into Franklin in the playoffs...essentially a measuring stick game for each program. 

[lionpride08]

33 minutes ago, TheCardinal said:

District 11 should play out as followed:

1. Franklin
2. Troy
3. Rockdale
4. ??? (Doesn't Matter)

Even though Franklin dropped out of the DCTF Top 10 Rankings, they're still the favorites to win Region 3. I still think 11 and 12 split the first round in playoffs. 

The game to watch as a Franklin fan is obviously Columbus vs Hitchcock... The winner of that game "should" win District 12 and will be placed on the same side of the Region 3 bracket with Franklin in the playoffs. 

It's interesting to me that both Hitchcock and Columbus scheduled Bellville this year... It's as if they were both trying to get a taste of the Slot-T before running into Franklin in the playoffs...essentially a measuring stick game for each program. 

I honestly believe that was the reason both scheduled bellville. They know someone will have to play Franklin and what to see it before hand. Next week is when the big games happen in both district with Franklin vs Troy and Columbus vs Hitchcock.

[Slickarick]

Juat judging by the lexington score and being a common opponent. It should be Franklin, Troy, LRA and Rockdale. Week 1 in district will determine 3rd place I believe. 

[lionpride08]

4 hours ago, Slickarick said:

Juat judging by the lexington score and being a common opponent. It should be Franklin, Troy, LRA and Rockdale. Week 1 in district will determine 3rd place I believe. 

Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't realize that they both played lexington.

[Allheartnoquit]

18 hours ago, lionpride08 said:

I honestly believe that was the reason both scheduled bellville. They know someone will have to play Franklin and what to see it before hand. Next week is when the big games happen in both district with Franklin vs Troy and Columbus vs Hitchcock.

I would not consider anything game Franklin plays in district a big game if they are closer than 35 points each game I would be shocked. Troy is not good they havnt played anyone yet.

 

Franklin should run through their district like Malakoff had the last few years in their district.

[lionpride08]

1 hour ago, Allheartnoquit said:

I would not consider anything game Franklin plays in district a big game if they are closer than 35 points each game I would be shocked. Troy is not good they havnt played anyone yet.

 

Franklin should run through their district like Malakoff had the last few years in their district.

You never know they are 5-0. They played Maypearl who is 3-2 who lost to Troy by 7 and Mart by 2

[blackngoldtiger]

1 hour ago, lionpride08 said:

You never know they are 5-0. They played Maypearl who is 3-2 who lost to Troy by 7 and Mart by 2

Maypearl is much improved this season. I could tell when we played them in bi-district last season that they had a spark. If the HC stays, they'll be decent in the future. 

[Allheartnoquit]

1 hour ago, lionpride08 said:

You never know they are 5-0. They played Maypearl who is 3-2 who lost to Troy by 7 and Mart by 2

Mart is not Mart this year either hearing a lot of turmoil over there this season but in the classification they are in they should be fine come playoff time but Maypearl wont get second in their district maybe third.

 

Troy is smoke and mirrors like Gbeck was a few years back when they came into Malakoff district unbeaten and finished season with a losing record and got 4th in district.

Edited October 2 by Allheartnoquit

[lionpride08]

1 hour ago, blackngoldtiger said:

Maypearl is much improved this season. I could tell when we played them in bi-district last season that they had a spark. If the HC stays, they'll be decent in the future. 

They lost 49-0 lol must have been a very small spark

[lionpride08]

57 minutes ago, Allheartnoquit said:

Mart is not Mart this year either hearing a lot of turmoil over there this season but in the classification they are in they should be fine come playoff time but Maypearl wont get second in their district maybe third.

 

Troy is smoke and mirrors like Gbeck was a few years back when they came into Malakoff district unbeaten and finished season with a losing record and got 4th in district.

I think Gbeck is smoke and mirrors this season as well. I did tell someone that if we don't win every district game by 28+ then we could be in trouble because of how bad the district has looked this season.

[blackngoldtiger]

5 minutes ago, lionpride08 said:

They lost 49-0 lol must have been a very small spark

You can tell how teams get better each year. That's what I meant. Yeah score shows they were good but from the prior year, there was a difference and there's a difference this season too with them. I'm not saying they are gonna go deep or to the playoffs or anything like that but you get what I'm saying. 

Take Teague for an example, at one point they looked like a JV team on varsity one year. It's taken them 3/4 years to even get to where they are at now.

[lionpride08]

2 minutes ago, blackngoldtiger said:

You can tell how teams get better each year. That's what I meant. Yeah score shows they were good but from the prior year, there was a difference and there's a difference this season too with them. I'm not saying they are gonna go deep or to the playoffs or anything like that but you get what I'm saying. 

Take Teague for an example, at one point they looked like a JV team on varsity one year. It's taken them 3/4 years to even get to where they are at now.

Yeah they went 7-4 last season with losses to west grandview, west, whitney, and koff. So they could be mid to low tier but not bottom feeders like the years before.

[Allheartnoquit]

2 hours ago, lionpride08 said:

I think Gbeck is smoke and mirrors this season as well. I did tell someone that if we don't win every district game by 28+ then we could be in trouble because of how bad the district has looked this season.

100% agree with you on Gbeck as well!

[lionpride08]

1 hour ago, Allheartnoquit said:

100% agree with you on Gbeck as well!

What do you think about Whitney?

[Yoe09]

This district is collectively down.  

 

1. Franklin - Should be at least 2-3 touchdowns better than the 2nd place team in the district.  Just more talent than anyone else and it will show. 

2. Troy - 5-0 and Tommy Brashear has the team playing better football.  They were improved in 2023 and look to be better in 2024.  They have somewhat better talent than what they have had in the past.  Are they a top 10-15 ish team - Probably not.  Can they be upset by someone else in the district if they don't play well - Yes.  

3-6.  Free for all. Academy has not looked great at all in the preseason, but their schedule is much tougher than someone such as Rockdale.  Transfers out have hurt them.  Rockdale has played a soft non-district schedule with the exception of Lexington, and they didn't look good at all in that game.  Cameron has struggled mightily with injuries.  7 starters out for the Mexia game and rotating a 3rd and 4th string QB to go along with multiple offensive lineman has hurt what was an already thin roster.  McGregor and Cameron play next week.  Loser of that game will have no shot at the playoffs.  

 

You don't want to finish 3rd or 4th in this district this year.  Columbus and Hitchcock have been extremely impressive.  

 

Edited October 2 by Yoe09

[Allheartnoquit]

On 10/2/2024 at 2:41 PM, lionpride08 said:

What do you think about Whitney?

I like em they have been building for a few years and I believe they have a team ready for a run only problem is they will have to face Malakoff third round of playoffs 

[lionpride08]

4 hours ago, Allheartnoquit said:

I like em they have been building for a few years and I believe they have a team ready for a run only problem is they will have to face Malakoff third round of playoffs 

I went and watched them last year in the playoffs vs groesbeck. They just pretty much just out athlete them. Didn't have crazy size or great fundamentals over all. But the athlete difference was huge.

[Slickarick]

Last week went as expected. I just didn't think Cameron would win by that much, but with that many turnovers hard not too. Franklin is obviously still #1 and Troy most likely is 2 if they stay healthy. 3 and 4 is tough. I think it will be the battle of the bell game and the last game to settle district to solidify #3 and 4. McGregor last, if Cameron wins battle of the bell then the last game vs LRA will be for 3rd. If Cameron looses I don't know how much they put in for week 10. 

[blackngoldtiger]

On 10/4/2024 at 6:37 AM, Allheartnoquit said:

I like em they have been building for a few years and I believe they have a team ready for a run only problem is they will have to face Malakoff third round of playoffs 

 

On 10/4/2024 at 11:16 AM, lionpride08 said:

I went and watched them last year in the playoffs vs groesbeck. They just pretty much just out athlete them. Didn't have crazy size or great fundamentals over all. But the athlete difference was huge.

I watched them on Friday vs GV. They still got some good athletes. The qb play and Oline is better this season. The front 7 is okay. Them and GV kill themselves with penalties this season. Seems like a lot of teams that aren't known for getting penalties are getting them this season it seems like. Random thought. If both Whitney and GV play mistake free and penalty free football they could upset the winner/runner up in district 8 teams in the second round. 

[CMat79]

15 hours ago, Slickarick said:

Last week went as expected. I just didn't think Cameron would win by that much, but with that many turnovers hard not too. Franklin is obviously still #1 and Troy most likely is 2 if they stay healthy. 3 and 4 is tough. I think it will be the battle of the bell game and the last game to settle district to solidify #3 and 4. McGregor last, if Cameron wins battle of the bell then the last game vs LRA will be for 3rd. If Cameron looses I don't know how much they put in for week 10. 

For the first time ths year, the Yoemen looked very respectable in their play, both on offense and defense. Having the bye week and getting most of their players back healthy had a lot to do with it I'm sure. We finally got to see the dynamic speed and agility of running back Tim Grice. If that guy gets  a step on the competition, very few if any can catch him. 

Right now, like most, I still have Franklin 1, Troy 2 and the rest up for grabs at 3 and 4. It should be very entertaining to see the playoff picture unfold in this district.

[Yoenation79]

2 hours ago, CMat79 said:

For the first time ths year, the Yoemen looked very respectable in their play, both on offense and defense. Having the bye week and getting most of their players back healthy had a lot to do with it I'm sure. We finally got to see the dynamic speed and agility of running back Tim Grice. If that guy gets  a step on the competition, very few if any can catch him. 

Right now, like most, I still have Franklin 1, Troy 2 and the rest up for grabs at 3 and 4. It should be very entertaining to see the playoff picture unfold in this district.

As a life long Yoe fan, l’m not putting much into that game.  McGregor is still looking for their first win.  I was impressed how Yoe got TG more involved with him playing in the slot position.  That kid is dynamic in the open field.  Getting our starting QB helped tremendously.  Offensive penalties hurt the Yoemen several times.

The defense played the run better.  Holding the Bulldogs RB to less than 40 yards rushing.  That same back last year had around 200 yards rushing.   The secondary made adjustments in the 2nd half.   The 1st half that secondary was lost and pointing fingers at each other.

The Yoemen have the Troy Trojans coming to town Friday.   Troy was able to score on Franklin through the air so the Yoemen better have those secondary issues solved.  Yoe’s defensive front should perform well against Troy’s running game. 
Yoemen vs Troy maybe similar to the Yoemen’s opening game against LaGrange.  A high scoring overtime game.  This game will come down to, if the Yoemen’s injury report continues to improve and a decline in offensive penalties.  We’ll see about the injury report later in the week. 
 

 

[Yoe09]

No surprises in week one.  Troy hung close with Franklin for a while, but the Lions pulled away when they needed to and won the game comfortably.  I actually predicted Academy to beat Rockdale as I just felt Rockdale did not have the SOS on their side.  Cameron beating McGregor like they did was not a surprise.  McGregor just came off giving up nearly 800 yards of offense to Fairfield and Cameron finally got a bit healthy for that district opener.  Cameron offense is not as potent as it normally is through the air, but the defensive front performance last week was good, holding McGregor to essentially nothing on the ground.  

 

Troy will be favored over Cameron in week 2, but the game has potential to be close.  Rockdale @ McGregor could be really close.  Franklin will run over Academy.  

Edited October 14 by Yoe09

[lionpride08]

20 hours ago, Yoenation79 said:

As a life long Yoe fan, l’m not putting much into that game.  McGregor is still looking for their first win.  I was impressed how Yoe got TG more involved with him playing in the slot position.  That kid is dynamic in the open field.  Getting our starting QB helped tremendously.  Offensive penalties hurt the Yoemen several times.

The defense played the run better.  Holding the Bulldogs RB to less than 40 yards rushing.  That same back last year had around 200 yards rushing.   The secondary made adjustments in the 2nd half.   The 1st half that secondary was lost and pointing fingers at each other.

The Yoemen have the Troy Trojans coming to town Friday.   Troy was able to score on Franklin through the air so the Yoemen better have those secondary issues solved.  Yoe’s defensive front should perform well against Troy’s running game. 
Yoemen vs Troy maybe similar to the Yoemen’s opening game against LaGrange.  A high scoring overtime game.  This game will come down to, if the Yoemen’s injury report continues to improve and a decline in offensive penalties.  We’ll see about the injury report later in the week. 
 

 

Be happy you get Troy on the road. I have heard from others from teams that they have had the refs in their back pocket during home games this season. I was pretty bad this past Friday. Any momentum you got would have been killed quick. Could have easily been 49-7 at halftime.

[lionpride08]

Update on this district

Rockdale has been eliminated from playoffs and have yet to win a district game. Up next they face Franklin 4-0 in district.

Mcgregor has only one win in district and could really mess up the playoff race with a win as they face 3-1 Troy

Biggest game in the district this week as Cameron will face Academy for the 3rd and 4th place spot in district.

As of Right now it is

1. Franklin 4-0 (locked up)

2. Troy 3-1

3/4. Cameron 2-2

3/4. Academy 2-2

5. McGregor 1-3

6. Rockdale 0-4