Nov 1 Games

[CenTexDave]

Getting to be crunch time sports fans.
Temple at Cove appears to be the key game. Both need the win badly, but Cove more so. A loss by Cove would be three losses in district and possibly miss the playoffs. A Temple loss and they are still alive and should make the playoffs.

[xzochye]

As of today:

Midway 4 wins
Temple 4 wins
Cove 3 wins
SHS 3 wins
KHS 2 wins
HHHS 2 wins
Belton 2 wins
EHS 0 wins

Going to be an exciting Friday night that's for sure!

[CenTexDave]

• Belton (2-6, 2-3 8-5A) at Shoemaker (5-3, 3-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday (Hood Stadium): Shoemaker lost 49-14 at Belton a year ago, and hasn’t beaten the Tigers since a 34-17 win at Leo Buckley Stadium in 2006.
• Ellison (0-8, 0-5 8-5A) at Killeen (2-6, 2-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday (Buckley Stadium): After a much-needed win against Belton, Killeen will try to keep pace in the 8-5A playoff race against Ellison, still searching for its first win. Killeen smashed Ellison 54-22 last year, and hasn’t lost to the Eagles since a 20-14 loss in 2009.
• Harker Heights (2-6, 2-3 8-5A) at Midway (6-2, 4-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday: After losing two straight, Heights will try to do what Shoemaker did just a week before: Hand the first-place Panthers a loss at home.
• Temple (5-3, 4-1 8-5A) at Copperas Cove (5-3, 3-2): A matchup between two of the district’s top offenses playing in a game with huge playoff implications for both teams.

Joyous. Shoemaker gets to play at Hood Stadium again. Hope nobody gets hurt. The Wolves should handle Belton.
Lots of luck Heights, but no way.
Would be nice to see Ellison win one, but I don't see it.
And Cove best win or things will get very interesting about the playoffs.

[xzochye]

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• Belton (2-6, 2-3 8-5A) at Shoemaker (5-3, 3-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday (Hood Stadium): Shoemaker lost 49-14 at Belton a year ago, and hasn’t beaten the Tigers since a 34-17 win at Leo Buckley Stadium in 2006.
• Ellison (0-8, 0-5 8-5A) at Killeen (2-6, 2-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday (Buckley Stadium): After a much-needed win against Belton, Killeen will try to keep pace in the 8-5A playoff race against Ellison, still searching for its first win. Killeen smashed Ellison 54-22 last year, and hasn’t lost to the Eagles since a 20-14 loss in 2009.
• Harker Heights (2-6, 2-3 8-5A) at Midway (6-2, 4-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday: After losing two straight, Heights will try to do what Shoemaker did just a week before: Hand the first-place Panthers a loss at home.
• Temple (5-3, 4-1 8-5A) at Copperas Cove (5-3, 3-2): A matchup between two of the district’s top offenses playing in a game with huge playoff implications for both teams.

Joyous. Shoemaker gets to play at Hood Stadium again. Hope nobody gets hurt. The Wolves should handle Belton.
Lots of luck Heights, but no way.
Would be nice to see Ellison win one, but I don't see it.
And Cove best win or things will get very interesting about the playoffs.

I know where you got that from hehehe. Just read that about 20 minutes ago.

How do high school playoffs work? How many spots from each district and in case of equal numbers of wins between schools how do they decide?

[CenTexDave]

Guess I should give credit where credit is due. Ok - thank you KDH. lol
Four from each district. Two go "big school"; two go "small school". In case of a tie, say there are 3 teams with 3 losses, then head to head in district would determine who goes and who stays home. If that can't decide it, then - unless this has changed - a coin flip.
Ever see the movie "Friday Night Lights"? In the movie (back then only two teams from each district went into the playoffs) there were three teams with identical records. Only two could go. So they had a coin flip. The two that matched went, the one that didn't stayed home. Of course the way it was done in the movie was all three coaches were present at some out of the way diner in west Texas somewhere. In reality when it happened, it was done over the phone. Abilene Cooper lost out, and to this day some say he was cheated by those present at the coin flip.

[xzochye]

So incase of a tie the pre district games count?

[xzochye]

Judging on the way it looks today it will be Temple, Midway, Cove, and SHS in the playoffs?

Hopefully the win against Midway doesn't get to our boys heads and we good Fridaay against Belton.

[CenTexDave]

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So incase of a tie the pre district games count?

Don't get me lying on that XZ. I'm not sure. I do know I've seen teams with a 4-6 record in the playoffs. I doubt those 6 losses were all in district. lol

[Night Owl]

Only district games count.

[RooDawg]

The tie breakers go head to head first if there is a tie between two-teams. If there is a three-way tie then the tie breaker is the records against each other. The next tie breaker are point differential for the district games. The maximum points differential that a team can get in a game is 18-points. This means that if Team A beats Team B in a district game 40-20 and the point differential is 20 points, it will only count as 18 points for tie breaking. If there is still a tie between teams after that then it will go to a coin flip.

Non-district games have no bearing on the district standings.