WILKINSON Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Since this is a national forum, and the world doesn't revolve around Texas, I thought I would create this graphic to make it easier for those unfamiliar with the Texas teams and which metro area they're from. For Houston and DFW, I only included the 12 most formidable teams that I thought people would be familiar with or teams that have had recent success in their respective region, I might've left some teams out. Texas is a large state with many teams so it's easy to get confused with them and forget some. DFW has a lot more brand names that are known nationally, but Houston has a lot of up-and-comers and would even argue that they have a deeper field of talented teams, Dallas is more top-heavy. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, WILKINSON said: Since this is a national forum, and the world doesn't revolve around Texas, I thought I would create this graphic to make it easier for those unfamiliar with the Texas teams and which metro area they're from. For Houston and DFW, I only included the 12 most formidable teams that I thought people would be familiar with or teams that have had recent success in their respective region, I might've left some teams out. Texas is a large state with many teams so it's easy to get confused with them and forget some. DFW has a lot more brand names that are known nationally, but Houston has a lot of up-and-comers and would even argue that they have a deeper field of talented teams, Dallas is more top-heavy. Love this. Thanks so much. Two points: 1. One of the highlights of my PGL career was when we sent upstart Life Christian VA down to play Cibolo Steele in 2020 and they beat them 26-14 2. Did you have to include East/Centra/West? 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILKINSON Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 minute ago, GardenStateBaller said: Love this. Thanks so much. Two points: 1. One of the highlights of my PGL career was when we sent Life Christian VA down to play Cibolo Steele in 2020 and they beat them 26-14 2. Did you have to include East/Centra/West? 😉 Of course! I want to work on one for Florida because they're very similar to Texas in that they have a copious amount of talented teams in all their metro areas...and mostly because I sometimes forget where a team is from. Cibolo Steele NEEDS a rematch with LCA to redeem themselves, they just haven't been as hot as they once were. Austin has been dismantling San Antonio teams this past half decade. Would love to see Converse Judson go up against a Georgia team like Buford or Milton. And I had to give some recognition to the rest (pits) of the state! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Florida should be so lucky!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Swordsman Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 12 hours ago, WILKINSON said: Since this is a national forum, and the world doesn't revolve around Texas, I thought I would create this graphic to make it easier for those unfamiliar with the Texas teams and which metro area they're from. For Houston and DFW, I only included the 12 most formidable teams that I thought people would be familiar with or teams that have had recent success in their respective region, I might've left some teams out. Texas is a large state with many teams so it's easy to get confused with them and forget some. DFW has a lot more brand names that are known nationally, but Houston has a lot of up-and-comers and would even argue that they have a deeper field of talented teams, Dallas is more top-heavy. This is really helpful. What are examples of Top teams from each metro scheduling games vs each other? Is is fairly common or rare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WILKINSON Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 19 minutes ago, Sammy Swordsman said: This is really helpful. What are examples of Top teams from each metro scheduling games vs each other? Is is fairly common or rare? It's been a happening a lot more recently but not as much as they should. You'll typically have to wait for the playoffs to see Houston vs DFW. Last year in Pre-District we had several DFW vs Houston and Austin vs DFW: Austin Westlake vs Euless Trinity Allen vs Atascocita Denton Guyer vs Atascocita Lake Travis vs Rockwall Lake Travis vs Arlington Martin DeSoto vs Converse Judson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILKINSON Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) Some big time inner-state games for 2022 at the top of my head are: DFW: Southlake Carroll vs Cedar Hill Allen vs Houston C.E. King Cedar Hill vs Rockwall Euless Trinity vs Rockwall-Heath Denton Guyer vs Aledo Denton Guyer vs Rockwall-Heath HOUSTON: North Shore vs Westfield Katy vs Atascocita AUSTIN: Westlake vs Ridge Point Lake Travis vs Arlington Martin Edited February 23, 2022 by WILKINSON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 28 minutes ago, WILKINSON said: Some big time inner-state games for 2022 at the top of my head are: DFW: Southlake Carroll vs Cedar Hill Allen vs Houston C.E. King Cedar Hill vs Rockwall Euless Trinity vs Rockwall-Heath Denton Guyer vs Aledo Denton Guyer vs Rockwall-Heath HOUSTON: North Shore vs Westfield Katy vs Atascocita AUSTIN: Lake Travis vs Arlington Martin Ridge point vs westlake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILKINSON Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 12 minutes ago, Horsefly said: Ridge point vs westlake I knew I was forgetting a big one! I’m very stoked for that one. Similar to when Westlake played Cy-Ranch in 2019. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, WILKINSON said: I knew I was forgetting a big one! I’m very stoked for that one. Similar to when Westlake played Cy-Ranch in 2019. Me too, I think ridge is a team on the rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasball Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 SLC beat JSERRA Trinity league 7-0 at JS home field tonight they also beat team from Arizona 14-3 prior to that They play Orange Lutheran tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILKINSON Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Texasball said: SLC beat JSERRA Trinity league 7-0 at JS home field tonight they also beat team from Arizona 14-3 prior to that They play Orange Lutheran tomorrow Excited for that Orange Lutheran game. Marcus is also out there in Cali in the same tournament. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, WILKINSON said: Excited for that Orange Lutheran game. Marcus is also out there in Cali in the same tournament. Is this baseball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Just now, pied said: Yes, Texas teams and fans have no problem facing any program in baseball/basketball/etc, but football is different for some reason. * Must exclude Allen, DV, DeSoto and Atascocita going forward. #babysteps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, pied said: Yes, Texas teams and fans have no problem facing any program in baseball/basketball/etc, but football is different for some reason. That’s not true. Duncanville, trinity, Allen, cedar hill have faced top teams in football without issue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, pied said: I'd add Arlington Lamar (Panama City Rutherford '98)and Tyler Lee (Cincinnati Colerain '05) in that list as well (I was at both of those games). Basically referring to the consistent theme that Texas schools don't need to play good teams in other states, because there's no need, but they will do so in nearly every other sport/activity. That's all. C'mon, man! That was 17+ years ago. Duncanville plays OOS games annually. That should be the standard for all the best in TX! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, pied said: I'd add Arlington Lamar (Panama City Rutherford '98)and Tyler Lee (Cincinnati Colerain '05) in that list as well (I was at both of those games). Basically referring to the consistent theme that Texas schools don't need to play good teams in other states, because there's no need, but they will do so in nearly every other sport/activity. That's all. Rutherford was a 2nd round loser and Lamar was a 1st round. Neither teams made noise in their respective states. I don’t think that is a good measuring stick in any type of criteria whatsoever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILKINSON Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: C'mon, man! That was 17+ years ago. Duncanville plays OOS games annually. That should be the standard for all the best in TX! I hope that even when Duncanville is no longer a preeminent power they continue to challenge themselves by scheduling relevant OOS teams. Hope others like Allen, DeSoto join the wagon by annually playing outside of Texas. Not that there’s any shortage of good teams to play in the state, but it’s fun seeing top TX teams play outside of their comfort zone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Texas will have 4 huge OOS games this year minimum this year Liberty vs ‘Cita Desoto vs SFA Allen vs SJB Duncanville vs (TBA) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILKINSON Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Nolebull813 said: Texas will have 4 huge OOS games this year minimum this year Liberty vs ‘Cita Desoto vs SFA Allen vs SJB Duncanville vs (TBA) I think this might be the biggest slate of marquee OOS games that Texas has ever played? Could be way wrong. My TX football history doesn’t go way back as others. Moved here in 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, WILKINSON said: I think this might be the biggest slate of marquee OOS games that Texas has ever played? Could be way wrong. My TX football history doesn’t go way back as others. Moved here in 2018. I agree, I think this is the biggest in the same year. (Could have 3 OOS opponents in the national top 10) Edited February 26, 2022 by Horsefly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, pied said: I'd add Arlington Lamar (Panama City Rutherford '98)and Tyler Lee (Cincinnati Colerain '05) in that list as well (I was at both of those games). Basically referring to the consistent theme that Texas schools don't need to play good teams in other states, because there's no need, but they will do so in nearly every other sport/activity. That's all. Well they don’t need to do it, but playing OOS is nice to see. I like Westlake and north shore’s schedules this year. There are a list of Texas games that have either never happened yet or haven’t played in a while that I’d love to see too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 26 minutes ago, pied said: I'm just saying, a typical Texas response was made on a thread today: ....Ours isnt perfect but we dont have travel budgets to go more than one state over to find quality competion to play. No need to travel. It's perfectly fine hosting elite teams from all around America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILKINSON Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 13 hours ago, Horsefly said: That’s not true. Duncanville, trinity, Allen, cedar hill have faced top teams in football without issue. Was going through some archives trying to find TX teams that have faced quality OOS competition before and stumbled upon Euless Trinity's pinnacle. Euless Trinity went almost an entire decade (2008-2017) facing out-of-state opponents in Pre-District. The year where they went one season without facing a non Texan team was in 2011. Their most remarkable opponents were: De La Salle (CA) Bellevue (WA) Bingham (UT) John Curtis (LA) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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