5A D1 Scoreboard: Quarterfinal Round [UPDATED]

Region I
Euless Trinity (11-2) - 47; Arlington (11-2) - 17

One word: Daaaaaaaaamn!

Longer version: For all the paranoia I've felt over teams we've played up to this point, next week really is a massive test against the Region II winner. Obviously, if that means Stony Point, I'll lose a lot of sleep between now and then. Cy Woods, I at least view us as being close to par with. Not that that matters much. Trinity's win came despite two turnovers. If a game is played any more competitively along the front lines (as it sounds like this one was NOT), turnovers are a killer. And as we move up the food chain, it's less likely that we'll blow opponents out by 30 from here to the end.

Still ... I gotta love that the team is really peaking at the right time of year. As the FWST notes, this is Trinity's third trip to the Semi-Finals in five years. What they leave out is that the two we didn't make it to, we lost to the eventual state champs (Allen, 2008; SLC, 2006). In other words, everytime we've gotten this far in the Lineweaver era, we've won it all.

Region II (Sat)
Cypress Woods - 12; Round Rock Stony Point - 55

And so the semi-finals comes down to two teams that just blew out a quarterfinal opponent. I had Skyline being the winner of this bracket on my sheet. But Stony Point is every bit as worrisome of a team to have to get past next Saturday for Trinity. We've faced them before in the playoffs, so there's no real mystique on either side.

From the read on this game, it sounds like a dominating performance by Stony Point. Next weekend will be very unnerving.

Region III (Sat)
Katy Cinco Ranch - 26; Brazoswood - 18

Considering that this and the Region IV winner will sort out who plays in the state championship, I'm a little heartened to see a non-blowout in each. Each team is plenty to worry about should I have to endure a week of worrying about the probability of my alma mater winning another state championship. But hope is where you find it.

Region IV (Sat)
Austin Westlake - 37; SA Clark (13-0) - 20

I'm curious how many people had Westlake on their brackets for Region IV. Really, there was never much reason for them to be taken too lightly. They come off a good year last season and reload with a new coach from Odessa Permian. Their only real questions were incoming starters at RB & WR. And here they are going up against a San Antonio team. Talk about good fortune. There's still a lot for me to decipher about the strength of both Westlake and Cinco Ranch, but in the case of Westlake, they're at least in charted territory as far as the playoffs are concerned.

D2 Games of Note:
Abilene - 35; Arlington Bowie - 7
Tyler John Tyler - 7; Houston Klein - 31
Katy - 38; Clear Springs - 21
New Braunfels - 14; SA Brandeis - 7

3A-II: Carthage - 28; Lorena - 21