Regional runner-up Post won’t sneak up on anyone in 2025 with seven back on both sides of the ball, but the Antelopes will have to place some major production on the ground. Can an improved passing game off-set that? Abernathy has some explosive playmakers at the skill spots, but they suffered some graduation losses in the trenches after making the area playoffs. New Home had ups and downs in their first season as a Division I program, however the Leopards should be improved in 2025.
It's a three-horse race in 3-2A Division I as tradition-rich Sonora, which is bringing back 10 starters, gets the edge over a veteran squad from Ozona and last year’s district champion Reagan County. Ozona will be adapting to a new coach, while RCHS lost a large senior class that included a FBS signee. The battle for fourth should be between Christoval and Forsan, which also has a new coach heading into 2025.
Stamford, which came within a whisker of winning a state title, suffered heavy graduation losses on offense. But tradition and a defense that brings back six starters in the preseason gives the Bulldogs the edge over Hawley. Cisco is a team on the rise after a couple of down years by their standards, the Loboes return 14 starters and are a sleeper to make a deep playoff push.
DISTRICT PREDICTIONS
District 1-2A Division I
District 2-2A Division I
District 3-2A Division I
District 4-2A Division I
PROJECTED BI-DISTRICT MATCHUPS
W1 Panhandle vs F2 New Deal
R4 Hawley vs T3 Reagan County
W2 Post vs F1 Sunray
R3 Ozona vs T4 Cisco
W3 Sonora vs F4 Anson
R2 Abernathy vs T1 Spearman
W4 Stamford vs F3 Christoval
R1 Stinnett West Texas vs T2 New Home
REGIONAL CHAMPION
Panhandle over Stamford
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