Everyone board your boats as we travel to our games this week. District standings will start to sort themselves out very quickly. Its rare I move a game in DC's district to the Quick Hits section, but too many other good games (or at least good mascots) this week.
This Week: (Season: 45-8)
Dallas Christian vs. Tyler T.K. Gorman @ Tyler Grace -- The rain moves this one slightly around Loop 323 to Tyler Grace from the previously planned visit to McCallum Stadium. The Chargers toppled Brook Hill last week in a 21-7 slog. The weather this season has been plagued with makes every week that much trickier to analyze. DC has reached 6-0 and now has the two big games in back to back weeks. The Chargers must not look past the Crusaders and ahead to TCCH next week. The Chargers have allowed no more than 14 points in any game this season, but somewhat curiously have no shutouts through 6 games. The Crusaders fell to 4-2 after being pounded by TCCH last week. TKG has posted at least 42 points in each of their 4 wins while TCCH limited them to just 6 points last week. The Chargers and Crusaders have played many classic games, 7-0, overtime thrillers, 97 yard punts, just to name 3. The author is not totally unbiased, but the Chargers defense should win the day. DC wins 33-14.
Tyler Grace Community @ Bullard Brook Hill -- The Cougars travel across Smith County to Herrington Stadium to matchup with the Guard. The Guard secured 4 non-district wins before falling 21-7 at DC to open district play. The lack of common opponents makes this a hard to forecast. The Cougars have 4 nice wins of their own, but have been a bit porous defensively allowing numbers like 54, 40, and 34 in wins. The Guard may not be a juggernaut offense, but there is certainly some ability with outputs of 42, 42, and 50 among their winning efforts. The best I can point to is to expect a high scoring game. There is plenty at stake here with the winner having a leg up on the 4th playoff spot and a shot at the DC-TKG loser to shoot for 3rd. The Cougars won this one a year ago 63-13. The Guard should be closer than that, but the Cougars are still the pick. Grace wins 46-32.
Dallas Bishop Lynch @ Dallas Parish Episcopal -- The Friars recorded 3 consecutive wins before their bye and opening district play. The Panthers unbeaten season came to a end with a 16-7 loss to Bishop Dunne. The Parish offense posted outputs of 56 the first two weeks, but has taken a steady tumble falling first to 48 then 31 then the Dunne limited them to just 7. Bishop Lynch is probably not who you want to see when you are trying to get on track offensively based on track records. The Panthers offense may be the top unit we expected before last week, but with so few common data points its hard to compare. Look for a turnover or special teams play to swing things in a low scoring battle. Panthers win at home 20-17.
Grapevine Faith Christian @ Carrollton Prince of Peace -- The week's only battle of unbeaten private schools heads to Midway Road as the Lions visit the Eagles. The Lions may not have been the pick to be undefeated at this point, but after winning the state title in 2016 its not a shock. The Eagles are a more surprising addition to the undefeated ranks, but have been impressive on offense to reach 6-0. The opposition definitely ramps up here for the Eagles, but they do enter district play off a bye. Outputs in the 60s will certainly win you a lot of games, but its very much an open question if they can do it against the likes of Faith. The Lions blasted Frisco Legacy 56-0 to open the district slate last week and hopefully kept any "Beat the Eagles" signage to reuse this week. Faith's best result to this point is a neutral site win over Canadian and they going to be a force to be reckoned with in Division II this year. History suggests that the Lions will be too much for the Eagles, but I think the Prince of Peace style will keep it interesting for much of the 1st half. Lions run away with this one later on and win 45-18.
Argyle Liberty Christian @ Midland Christian -- The longtime rivals head to Awtry Field to renew this matchup. The two have actually played very few times on the MCS campus despite playing at seemingly every stadium in Denton and Midland Counties. The "game of inches" was played at what is not the UNT soccer field. "Showergate" was at Bronco Stadium in Denton. This is at least 3rd different field the Mustangs have hosted the Warriors at in Midland. The Mustangs are off to what I consider a surprising 7-0 start and can be one of the first in the state to reach 8-0. They will set themselves up to secure a district title if they can win the next t2o against Liberty and Nolan. The Warriors have notched just 2 wins in 6 outings, but besting Brock is one of the better wins in the division even if rain shortened. Nolan held the Liberty offense in check after the Warriors blasted Hyde Park with 51. If the Warriors can not get to 30 they will have a hard time with MCS who has posted close win after close win this season. Can't see the Warriors stealing this one in the Tall City. Mustangs win 33-24.
Austin Hyde Park @ Austin Regents -- The Knights have reached the last 2 state championship games, but suffered at setback against Central Catholic in Week 4. The Regents offense has posted over 40 in 3 wins this year with other victories over Holy Cross and FW All Saints. The All Saints win appeared to be a possible upset at the time, but things have played out differently for the Saints. The Panthers started with 3 nice looking wins over Holy Cross, Comfort, and Houston St. John's before hitting times with Rockdale and allowing 51 points at Argyle Liberty. This is the district opener for both teams with just 4 teams in District 3. The Regents offense should be too much at home, but the Panthers are never pushover. Knights win 35-21.
Houston Lutheran South @ Victoria St. Joseph -- The Pioneers take a long district road trip by their standards as they head toward the Coastal Bend. The Flyers have experienced a bit of resurgence this year starting 4-2. They were dominated by district favorites Second Baptist last week in the district opener. An offensive performance like the 59 they posted in the opener will be needed this week. LSA opened district play by blowing out Fort Bend Christian and the Pioneer offense has rolled up the points since a 16-15 opening win and a 33-31 loss in Week 2. The Flyers have definitely improved and should figure into the playoff spots in District 5, but I don't think they'll have enough this week. This battle of great mascots goes to the Pioneers 40-21.
Quick Hits: (Season: 49-19)
Trinity Christian - Cedar Hill over McKinney Christian
Fort Worth Southwest Christian over Frisco Legacy Christian
Dallas Bishop Dunne over Plano John Paul II
Fort Worth All Saints over Trinity Christian - Addison (Can't say I thought these two would have 2 wins between them in Week 8)
Flower Mound Coram Deo over Fort Worth Temple Christian
Colleyville Covenant Christian over Kennedale Fellowship Academy
Austin Brentwood Christian over Austin St. Michael's
San Antonio Holy Cross over San Antonio Christian
Houston Cypress Christian over Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian
Houston Second Baptist over Houston Westbury Christian
Houston St. Pius X over Tomball Concordia Lutheran
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