Final
Liberty wins 70-52 and will play Concordia Lutheran from Tomball in teh state championship game tomorrow at 5 p.m.
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Liberty wins 70-52 and will play Concordia Lutheran from Tomball in teh state championship game tomorrow at 5 p.m.
WIth 3:40 remaining, Rolle fouled Liberty to stop the Lady Warriors stalling. She must've forgotten she had four fouls. I think that should do it for Westbury.
Rolle re-entered the game with 7:01 remaining and after a minute back hasn't done much. Liberty has extended its lead to 10 points at 54-44 behind two buckets from Hand and Caitlin Flores, who has 13 points for Liberty.
Westbury's 6-5 post picked up her fourth foul with 41.2 remaining in the third quarter and Liberty leads 50-43 going into the final quarter. She'll have to play careful to give Westbury a chance. She's at 19 points and 13 rebounds through three quarters. Hand still has three fouls and has 14. Middle has 17.
There's no doubt Whitney Hand is a bonafide superstar. But fellow senior Madison Middle just hit two 3-pointers in two straight trips down the floor to give the Lady Warriors a 9-point lead just a few minutes into the third quarter after Hand picked up her third foul.
What a name for an arena, huh?
We just hit the half and the Lady Warriors lead 32-28 with the help of a 10-2 run led by Hand, who scored 12 second-quarter points after going scoreless in the first.
Westbury's 6-5 junior Waltia Rolle already has 12 points and nine rebounds (five offensive) in the first half. Hand is at 12 points and four rebounds.
The Lady Warriors used a tenacious press defense during their run to create two easy buckets off of steals under the Westbury bucket and also forced a few errant passes that gave them the ball during their run.
There for a while in the first quarter, the Liberty fans seemed a little confused with Hand's absence and such. Things have changed now. It's a pretty raucous environment on both sides. Senior Madison Middle, who signed with Oklahoma Christian on Wednesday, has nine points for the Lady Warriors.
Timeout Wesbury with 3:52 left in the half after Whitney Hand just hit her second 3-pointer of the quarter to take a 22-20 lead -- the first Liberty lead of the game. She does have two fouls but she's a smart enough player to where that shouldn't be a problem.
After a first quarter full of misses, Whitney Hand has seven points midway through the second quarter and hit a big 3-pointer to tie the game. Right now, we're at 4:38 left in the half and Westbury is at the line for two shots with an 18-18 score.
After a quarter of play, Westbury leads Liberty 14-9 after JaKeveya Mitchell hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Whitney Hand put up in ofer in the first quarter. That will have to change.
I'm at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio for the TAPPS 5A girls semifinal game between Liberty Christian and Houston Westbury Christian. In the latest TABC poll, Liberty Christian is No. 2 in the Large Private Schools poll while Westbury is No. 3.
Liberty Christian has phenom Whitney Hand, who's signed with Oklahoma and is a truly dynamic player. Westbury has a 6-5 post who judging by pregame warmups is a fairly good athlete.
I'll try to keep up the blogging during the game, but the internet is awfully shaky so far. We'll see if it cooperates. I predict a close Liberty Christian win as both of these teams have rolled through the bracket so far. By all accounts, including Liberty coach Ken Burroughs', these are the two best teams left and they're playing in the semifinal. Tomball Concordia Lutheran just beat Dallas Parrish Episcopal in the other semifinal, which could set up a rematch from the football state championship when Liberty beat Concordia Lutheran.
Three minutes til tip...
Argyle is 5:38 away from going to Lubbock for the regional tournament this weekend. The Eagles lead 52-35 and have been led by reserve guard Brandon Peck in the fourth quarter. Peck had his second circus shot of the night on a 360 spinning layin as he was falling down. Seconds later he stole the ball at halfcourt and went uncontested for another layup.
The Lions just opened the second half with a 7-2 run and are within 12 points, forcing Argyle coach John King to call a timeout to regroup. I think the Eagles will be just fine.
With 39.7 seconds left in the first half, Argyle's Cory Dixon, a Northwestern State signee, missed two putbacks before going hard a third time and drawing a foul. When he came down, Vernon's Donovan Wilkinson tried to wrestle the ball away. My view was obstructed, but according the referees, Dixon threw an elbow at Wilkinson and Wilkinson swung at Dixon, but didn't connect.
Vernon's lucky that Wilkinson, a starting guard, wasn't tossed, but the refs assessed double technicals to he and Dixon.
Argyle's still very much in control with a 30-13 halftime advantage.
Looks like I might be right. After one quarter, Argyle leads Vernon 17-3. The last bucket of the quarter for the Eagles was definitely the highlight so far. 5-8 guard Brandon Peck took an errant outlet pass from Cory Dixon and saved it in bounds as he went crashing into the scorer's table. He recovered, found himself open on the baseline and drove in for a reverse layup.
This game could be over very soon if the Lions don't do something quick.
Well, I'm checking in live from Decatur HS and I have to go out on a limb and say this is the nicest on-campus high school gym I've ever seen. It's two years old, very spacious and and is very well lit.
I find it a little odd that Argyle and Vernon are playing here in such a big game. Usually coaches don't want to play at a site that their opponent is familiar with, but Decatur is a district foe of Argyle.
It's not as if the Eagles (33-3) need any help with their No. 2 state ranking and all. Vernon (19-10) is unranked. Tonight's winner will advance to the regional tournament in the best on-campus college arena in the nation, Texas Tech's United Spirit Arena.
I smell a massive Argyle blowout on tap, I'm thinking >30 points.
Apparently my inquiry into Ryan’s absence from the TGCA state softball poll did some good for the Lady Raiders.
In the latest poll, Ryan went from unranked to third in Class 4A. Only Aledo and Brenham are ranked ahead of the Lady Raiders.
This should be a lesson to all of us who follow polls. Not that college football and basketball haven’t taught us already, but polls are opinions. Treat them like a column.
District champ Wichita Falls lost last night to Fort Worth O.D. Wyatt 67-62 to mark the first 5-4A team to fall out of the playoff race.
Sherman, who'd been snakebit in the playoffs the past two seasons, falling in the area round both years after securing the first-round bye, beat Crowley last night 67-57 after turning a one-point lead going into the fourth quarter into a 10-point win behind all-everything guard Brad Hambrick, who finished with 33. Sophomore phenom Cameron Clark added 17.
Denison, who beat Ryan in a play-in game to earn a spot has the unenviable task of playing Fort Worth Dunbar tonight. I don't see Denison winning the game, but I think it will be closer than many folks might think. If there's a team that can play with Dunbar's athleticism and quickness, it's Denison.
Denison might have some of the best guard play in the land with T.J. Taylor running the show. The 6-4 sophomore point guard will be able to go play at any college he wants in two years and is really phenomenal to watch. Also, the Yellow Jackets will get sophomore guard Coleman Furst back tonight after missing the entire season due to disciplinary reasons. Furst is a stud too and from what I hear, he doesn't look like he's missed a beat.
Add deadly 3-point shooter Shaylon Moore into the mix and you've got three quality guards that will give Denison a chance, but I still think by the end of the night Sherman will be the lone 5-4A team standing.
Ponder is now leading 66-41 with 5 minutes to play and the Lions are one Calvin Redfearn point away from having six players in double figures. This has been a perfect display of evenly distributed scoring. Scott Gregg is leading the way with 15.
Ponder is taking a 42-25 lead into the locker room and it could be worse if not for some untimely fouls on the Lions. Rivercrest was in the bonus with 5 1/2 minutes left in the half and scored seven of its 13 points in the second quarter off of free throws.
Ponder's Joel Garza is at the line with one more shot attempt after making his first one, and Rivercrest just called a timeout trailing 30-12. We're three minutes into the second quarter and Rivercrest hasn't hit a bucket yet.
The Lions' stifling defense has helped them jump out to a 24-12 lead after a quarter. 6-4 sophomore Scott Gregg came off the bench to score six points and just had a huge block which started a break and point guard Isaiah Boxell rewarded his big man with a dish and for a layup.
I'm here at Greenville HS for the 2A Region II area round between Ponder and Rivercrest, the team that knocked Ponder out of the playoffs last season.
It would appear Rivercrest (21-10) isn't quite the team it was last year and Ponder (33-2) should win fairly easily. You never know, but I do know one thing: Ponder has the sweetest warm-up suits in high school basketball history. They're the candy-stripe pants made famous by the Indiana Hoosiers and are quite nice.
The Ryan Lady Raiders debuted at No. 7 on the TGCA Class 4A state poll. A week into the season -- and six days after Ryan plastered Lewisville 13-0 -- Ryan dropped off the poll entirely.
Woops! I immediately thought someone must have just forgetten and left them off. Obviously Ryan didn't do anything that made them deserve to be dropped off the poll in the last week.
After talking with Butch Hart, the man who conducts the poll on his own time, it seems Ryan's absence was unintentional. Hart couldn't dig up any information on the Lady Raiders. I don't know what will happen in next week's poll, but he mentioned notcing Ryan's impressive 2-1 win over No. 9 McKinney North on Tuesday.
Something tells me Ryan will be back up there on Monday.
It was a sad sight at Saginaw High School on Friday when the Lady Raiders lost a wild game to Aledo, 56-55. The hardest to see was De'Amber Wilhite coming out of the locker room, completely devistated from the loss. Wilhite has a lot to be proud of, as do all the Lady Raiders, after a season where the program got back to where it was before it moved to Class 5A.
I'm sure Monesha Allen won't say it, so I'll say it for her -- the officiating in this game was terrible. It was totally erratic, many of the calls didn't make sense given what refs hadn't called, and it affected both teams.
Particularly frustrating was the fourth quarter. Wilhite went flying through the paint on the way to the basket throughout the frame. She got blocked about eight times in the fourth alone. I think they called it once. Then an Aledo player would barely tap a Lady Raider on a swat and they'd whistle it.
The worst was the foul that cost Ryan the game. Up by one with 20 seconds or so to go, Emily Paramore was called for a foul barely after Aledo threw the ball inbounds. She was playing close defense, but it was hardly the type of foul you call on that part of the floor, at that point in the game and after you where a no-show on the dozens of fouls committed on De'Amber Wilhite.
Ryan wasn't the only victim. Aledo coach David Walker was called for a technical after freaking out on a similar no call when Hannah Christian drove, was bumped and not rewarded.
After two fruitless seasons for the Guyer Lady Wildcats, their fortunes finally changed last week when they clinched the first playoff berth in the program's brief history.
On Tuesday night, they one-upped themselves with a 47-45 win over Keller Fossil Ridge (20-11) to clinch the Class 4A bi-district championship.
Since my player-by-player playoff breakdowns from the Lady Wildcat volleyball team were such a hit, I've decided to do the same for the Guyer basketball team, which will play Fort Worth Dunbar and Rutgers signee Brooklyn Pope on Friday at 7 p.m. at a site to be determined. That's significant because I will be in Brooklyn (the burrough) on Friday.
So, without further ado...click to continue reading...
Jocelyn Cook -- The sophomore point guard did a good job for the most part in handling Fossil Ridge's intense pressure defense. Guyer had a few hiccups but overall beat the press with regularlity, and much of that was on Cook. She finished with seven points, including a huge 3-point play with 52.1 seconds left in the half that gave Guyer a 24-22 lead as the Lady Wildcats went into the half with a 26-24 lead.
Hannah Ingram -- It was a relatively quiet game for Ingram, who finished with eight points, but the senior did what seniors are supposed to do, hit big free throws. Ingram finished 4-for-4 from the line, all of which came in the fourth quarter and either tied the game or gave Guyer a lead. Of all the Guyer players, the win probably meant the most to Ingram, who started the program as a sophomore and had won four district games prior to this season. After the game, she reminded me of a kid at Christmas who'd just gotten that one gift she really wanted and it happened to be that bi-district championship trophy. She was walking around with it, not talking to anyone, just kind of in a daze -- a good daze, but a daze nonetheless.
Leah Russell -- If you read this masterpiece in Tuesday's DR-C, you'll know Russell's story. She had some serious success at Lake Dallas and came to a program with absolutely no success -- ever. She's now a big part of what the program has become -- a bi-district champion. Russell had just eight points -- seven points shy of her season average -- but had a phenomenal all-around game as the 5-4 guard pulled down a team-high eight rebounds, dished out four assists and had five steals. That's about the definition of do-it-all. She also hit a key buzzer-beater at the half that sent Guyer into the locker room with a two-point lead and some momentum.
Carrie Johnson -- The junior post gets my nod for player of the game. Johnson was 5-for-8 from the foul line and had seven of her 11 points in the second half. She also got some major hustle points in denying the ball to Fossil Ridge's inside players using her long arms. Great overall game.
Alyssa Keim -- All season long, it's been Keim and Johnson trading places to be Guyer's third scoring threat behind Russell and Ingram. On Tuesday, they both outscored their more decorated teammates. Keim had eight points at the half and despite some hiccups at the foul line late in the game, she was the reason Guyer was in the game at the half. She was the recipient of some beautiful passes from Russell on backdoor cuts and ran Charla Valenzuela's offense to perfection.
Charla Valenzuela & assistant coach Todd Bramlett -- Not enough can be said for the way this team has come together over the last eight games, of which it's won seven. The Lady Wildcats could've easily folded up shop and just written the season off as another year of growing pains when they were in the midst of an 11-game losing streak early on, but Valenzuela didn't let it happen. She kept saying the team would turn it around and that it hadn't played its best ball yet, and I kept putting it in print even though I didn't believe her, but now she and her players have proven everyone other than themselves wrong.
Guyer executed the game plan to perfection tonight. They knew they'd see a lot of man defense and press. They beat the press for the most part and they freed themselves up with great off-ball screens and backdoor cuts, most notably Keim and Johnson.
The Lady Wildcats have a monumental task ahead of them in Dunbar. The "other" Lady Wildcats (27-5) are an up-tempo team that likes to run and use their athletes to wear down opponents. They're the No. 5 team in the latest TABC 4A state poll and Pope has all kinds of playoff experience.
Guyer will have to play the game of their lives to pull out the win on Friday, but regardless the program's made a huge step in what has to be one of the biggest turnarounds in recent memory. If they do happen to pull off the upset, I'll be back for more blogging but like I said, I'll be in the Big Apple this weekend.
Boedeker. out.
Guyer just won its first-ever playoff game 47-45 after Ashley Pickering's game-tying jumper drew nothing but air. The Lady Wildcats will play Fort Worth Dunbar on Friday. That oughta be fun.
Keim made good on the second free throw. FR brought the ball down and passed it off to Ashley Pickering, who hoisted up a shot that drew iron. Keim came up big despite her 5-5 frame and pulled down the board before being fouled by Pickering. She's back at the line with a two-point lead. Two made foul shots should do the job for Guyer.
Guyer's Alyssa Keim is at the foul line having missed the first attempt and has one more to give Guyer a two-point lead with 14.3 seconds remaining. FR head coach Stacy Henson is icing Keim by calling a full timeout. We'll see if Keim's immune to the stress.
Fossil Ridge just called a full timeout with possession and trailing 46-44. The Lady Panthers have some key players in foul trouble, and Guyer's Hannah Ingram has four, but at this point it doesn't matter. If Guyer can get the stop here, I like the Lady Wildcats' chances because they've been a good free throw shooting team as of late.
Guyer just called a full timeout with 2:18 remaining in the game and holding a 46-44 lead. The Lady Wildcats got in the double bonus with 3:01 remaining and have hit 6 of 8 free throws in the quarter.
Guyer trails 38-36 after Carrie Johnson missed two foul shots after time had expired when she was fouled on a putback attempt.
Fossil Ridge went on a 10-0 run in the quarter to get back in the game after it appeared the Lady Wildcats would run away with it.
Guyer had a 34-26 lead and now lead by just one in a matter of minutes off of reserve Ashley Pickering's offensive putback and a 3-pointer after a Guyer turnover.
Guyer can win this game but is has to keep its tempo, which will be a fast one. Guyer's guards are superior to Fossil Ridge's. The Lady Panthers appear to be stronger inside than they are on the perimeter.
Just a few minutes into the second half and Guyer is about to extend its lead to six points if Carrie Johnson can hit two foul shots after missing, grabbing her own board and drawing the foul. Guyer leads 30-26.
After jumping out to a 9-3 lead and letting it slip, the Lady Wildcats are up two to start the second half on Keller Fossil Ridge here at beautiful Justin Northwest High.
Guyer completed a 9-0 run near the end of the half when Jocelyn Cook stole the ball at the arc on the Guyer end and drove the length of the floor to hit a layup and draw a foul from Fossil Ridge’s Veronica Tucker.
Cook hit the foul shot for the 3-point play, which gave Guyer a two-point lead.
The Lady Panthers tied it up with eight seconds left before Guyer’s Leah Russell went the length of the floor and missed a layup but got her own rebound at the elbow and hit a jumper at the buzzer to send the Lady Wildcats into the locker room with a 26-24 lead.
Alyssa Keim leads Guyer with eight points, and Fossil Ridge's Summer Fife scored eight of FR's nine second-quarter points.
Here's the latest on the Ryan girls and boys basketball playoff scenarios:
The boys are a game behind Denison in the District 5-4A standings for the third and final playoff spot in the district. The good news is Denison plays Wichita Falls Tuesday in its season finale. The bad news is Ryan has to go on the road and beat Wichita Falls Rider.
If Ryan wins and Denison loses, there will be a playoff game to see who gets in. Odds are that will be the case. Denison is outmatched against Ole High, and it's hard to imagine Ryan losing to a team that has nothing to play for.
The girls will play the winner between Aledo and Fort Worth Southwest, which will likely be Aledo. The Ladycats are 24-4 with two loses being to Crowley. Even worse for the Lady Raiders -- if they win in the area round, they'll like draw No. 5 Fort Worth Dunbar in the regional quarterfinals.
Through all of nondistrict play, Guyer sophomore Nick Leavitt had two goals -- not much to speak of for the team's leading returning goal scorer from a year ago.
Coach Cody Schroeder said Leavitt was agitated with his slow start and was wanting to get some more recognition. I think he's gotten it now.
Through four district games, all of which Guyer has won, Leavitt has eight goals (two in each game). It's still early in the year, but those kind of numbers are screaming "District MVP" if you ask me.
Ryan's loss to Denison on Tuesday gives the Raiders a much tougher road to the playoffs as they now have to beat Wichita Falls Rider on Tuesday and hope Denison loses. That's likely as Denison has two tough games against Rider and first-place Wichita Falls remaining on its schedule.
I'm betting the two teams will tie in the regular season and have to play a play-in game to get into the playoffs. I can't see Denison winning both of those games, and I can't see Ryan falling to a team that has nothing to play for in the regular-season finale.
That will make for one heckuva play-in game. Both the regular season games were decided by three points, both came down to the last minutes and both were very even matchups. I'd say Denison has a slight edge as it has the best player on either team in guard T.J. Taylor, and because the Yellow Jackets have improved greatly since the first half of district play.
Liberty Christian guard Whitney Hand, the nation's 38th-ranked player, according to hoopgurlz.com, has been selected to play in the WBCA All-American Game, which will be played before the Women's Final Four in Tampa, Fla., on April 5-6.
The 6-1 Oklahoma signee is averaging 25.1 points per game this year -- good for second in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and tops in Class 3A and Others. She also rips down 12.5 rebounds per game.
She also did this...
Even as the dust settles on signing day -- and there are plenty of things left to see with the No. 1 recruit in the nation, quarterback Terrelle Pryor, still unsigned -- recruiting analysts are already scouting next year's class.
Three Guyer players and one Ryan player made The Dallas Morning News' area top 50 list that was published today. Guyer offensive linemen Kyle Clark (8th-rated prospect in the area) and Jess Coffey (24th) along with Guyer linebacker Cody Marley (27th) and Ryan cornerback Yahshua Williams (14th) made the list. Clark also check in on the state top 50 list at 35th.
It's interesting to see that the prognosticators believe Guyer has a little more top-end talent in its senior class than Ryan. That doesn't mean Guyer will beat Ryan or finish with a better record because we don't know about their junior and sophomore classes, and Ryan has a proven system of winning that's been establish for almost a decade.
That gives the Raiders a significant advantage against any team, but it appears Guyer is closing the gap as far as talent.
Guyer quarterback/athlete Jake Witt has canceled his signing today with Abilene Christian. He was all set to sign with the Division II power, but got a late offer from Nicholls State (La.) to be an option quarterback, which was obviously his niche at Guyer.
Nicholls would be a step up for a couple of reasons. First, it's Division I-AA (or NCAA Championship Subdivision) instead of Division II, and second, he'll get a full ride and ACU would just be a partial scholarship.
Also, Guyer defensive tackle Christian Bernard, who was one of the tougher defensive players in District 5-4A to block over his career, will be going to Texas Southern to play fullback. That's 5-foot-8-inches and 255 pounds of fullback. That should be a treat to watch.
Argyle's Ben Parks, who'd committed to Wyoming months ago, switched his commitment last week and signed today with the Baylor Bears. He'll compete for field goal and kickoff duties and will likely be second in line in the punting department.
Parks is the one of the best high school specialists I've ever seen and it's good to see him get the opportunity to go play in the Big 12.
He seemed ecstatic to know he was going to play in the Big 12 as opposed to the Mountain West but did say the call he had to make to the Wyoming coaching staff on Thursday was one of the hardest things he's ever done. Overall, you can't blame him though.
I haven't talked to any of them, but I imagine Randy Patzkowski, Joey Florence and John Walsh are smiling from ear to ear.
The three Denton schools are the big winners in our area in today's UIL realignment, but plenty of other schools aren't coming out as well. Here are my winners and losers from today's action:
Winners
Denton ISD
While they didn't get to dump the two Wichita Falls schools, Denton, Ryan and Guyer basically traded Sherman and Denison for The Colony, Little Elm and Lake Dallas. Lake Dallas has had its success in most sports, but The Colony and Little Elm are manageable foes. With an eight-team district, Florence only needs to schedule three non-district opponents. Denton and Guyer have some vulnerable district opponents to help rebuild and build its programs. Sherman and Denison are loaded with good athletes, and no one in Denton is going to be sad to see them go.
Pilot Point
The Bearcats had some success in football on the 3A level, but the rest of the sports struggled. That's why it's good to see Pilot Point drop back down to 2A after two years, giving some of its teams a break. Pilot Point volleyball struggled mightily. The two basketball teams are over their heads against Sanger and Argyle. While the basketball teams still have to face Krum and Ponder next year, it's still a break. The Pilot Point softball team could be a dominant program at the 2A level, although it will have to deal with Aubrey.
The Denton Record-Chronicle sports staff
All our teams got grouped nicely into three districts. With Lake Dallas moving into 5-4A, we don't have to deal with 9-4A. With Pilot Point dropping to 10-2A with Krum, Ponder and Aubrey, we don't have to deal with 9-3A. We went from five districts to three. But the big question remains -- will it result in less work? Probably not ...
Losers
Sanger, Argyle
Todd Rodgers and Chuck Galbreath are probably frowning from ear to ear for one reason -- Celina. Their teams will have to play the football juggernaut every year, and it will hinder their chances at the playoffs. While Sanger and Argyle's other teams are largely unaffected by realignment, the football teams will suffer. Having completed their second years in 3A, the Eagles and the Indians are still finding their way on the bigger stage. Argyle had the most success of the two, but a district title is going to be a lofty goal for Argyle in football.
Lake Dallas
The Falcons are going to go from perennial district champion to sneaking into the playoffs in football. Ryan and Wichita Falls Rider are going to gobble up two of the spots. Making the playoffs wasn't a huge issue for Lake Dallas, but that's about to change with two football powerhouses and growing Little Elm and Guyer programs. The rest of Lake Dallas sports take a hit too. Falcon volleyball needs some help. Facing Ryan, Guyer and Rider twice a year is definitely not that. The rest of the district is strong in other sports, which Lake Dallas has struggled in the last couple of years.
Abilene, Desoto
These two schools got pushed out of their normal districts with their neighboring rivals in favor of long drives against unfamiliar teams. Abilene got dropped from a district with the Odessas and Midlands and into a district with Burleson, Haltom and North Crowley. While the competition is less, the drive is more. What a beat down to truck from Abilene to the Fort Worth twice a week. Desoto doesn't have it much better. It isn't in with Cedar Hill and Duncanville anymore. Instead, the Eagles will travel to Mesquite and Tyler.
The district name is the same but the faces are different. The University Interscholastic League announced its 2008-2010 district realignment Friday morning and District 5-4A will remain the home of Denton Ryan, Denton Guyer and Denton High School.
Sherman and Denison are gone but Wichita Falls High and Wichita Falls Rider remain with Lake Dallas, Lewisville The Colony and Little Elm making up the new look.
Sherman and Denison move to District 9-4A and join Frisco, Frisco Centennial, Frisco Liberty, Frisco Wakeland McKinney and McKinney North.
District 6-4A also changed looks and this is the district that 5-4A teams will face in the first round of playoff action. Aledo, Azle, Fort Worth Boswell, Mineral Wells, North Richland Hills Birdville, Saginaw, Springtown and White Settlement Brewer will be battling one another in 6-4A.
Elsewhere is the area, Argyle, Celina, Prosper, Sanger and Whitesboro make up District 9-3A. Bridgeport, Burkburnett, Decatur, Iowa Park, Vernon and Wichita Falls Hirschi make up District 5-3A.
In Class 2A, Aubrey, Callisburg, Krum, Pilot Point, Ponder, Pottsboro, Sadler S&S Consolidated and Valley View make up District 10-2A. Ponder and Valley View moving up from Class 1A.
In Class 5A, Coppell, Lewisville, Lewisville Flower Mound, Lewisville Hebron, Lewisville Marcus and Southlake Carroll come together in District 6-5A. Colleyville Heritage, Euless Trinity, Grapevine, Hurst Bell, Justin Northwest, Keller, Keller Central and Keller Fossil Ridge will be in District 5-5A.
If you would like to see the complete realignment list, go to http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Realignment_0201.7c85094f.html