4A Division I

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Athens: The Hornets have very quietly gotten off to a red-hot start to the season improving to 4-0 on Friday night by rolling past Wills Point, 62-21. Year 2 under head coach Zac Harrell and the spread offense has resulted in a much more dynamic offense as Athens is averaging 50 points per game.

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Corpus Christi Miller: The Bucs struggled for a half last week against Sinton, but found another gear and blew the Pirates out. That gear wasn’t found this week as Miller was stunned 44-41 in a road loss to Rockport-Fulton. The Buccaneers have an offense that will score on just about anyone, but unless their defense improves this team will not live up to their potential.

4A Division II

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Sweetwater: The Mustangs took a four-hour road trip to the San Antonio area to take on a state-ranked 4A-Division I team in Boerne and Ben McGehee’s squad didn’t blink one bit; they hit Boerne in the mouth early and hung on for huge 40-35 win over the Greyhounds. Sweetwater is a team that is trending up in a big way and is one to watch out in the Big Country.

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Silsbee: The Tigers got a bit of a pass after their shaky effort against Jasper two weeks ago; they were down six before the game was called before halftime. They didn’t get a pass this week as the Tigers were dominated in a 46-14 loss to Texarkana Pleasant Grove. The Tigers are battling through some injuries and inconsistent play on offense at the moment. They’ve have a propensity for slow starts and peaking late, so the door is still open for this team, who has been to the state semifinals in two straight years.

3A Division I

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Dalhart: After back to back losses, Dalhart got back on the right track in a big way Friday night as the Golden Wolves improved to 2-2 on the year with a dominant 49-21 win over a very good Friona squad. With winless Borger on the schedule next week, don’t be surprised if this Dalhart squad starts to hit their stride.

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Fairfield: Dropping down to 3A-Division I thus far has not been kind to the Eagles, who lost their Week 2 game due to Covid-19 precautions and now are heading into district play at 0-3 after a disappointing 35-21 loss to Robinson. The Eagles are going to need to right the ship quickly or this is a team that could be in danger of missing out on the playoffs if things keep trending in the wrong direction.

3A Division II

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Reagan County: The Owls have caught fire of late, winning three in a row after dropping their season opener to Merkel. One key to RCHS’s three-game winning streak has been their offense, which has averaged 53 points per game the last three weeks.

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Riesel:  After a solid 2-0 start, it’s been a rough two weeks for the Indians, who were blown out by Clyde last Saturday and then this week they were drilled by 2A Bosqueville, 52-26. District play starts next week for RHS and it’s not easy out of the gate with games against Clifton and Franklin.

2A Division I

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Crawford: The Pirates, under first-year head coach Greg Jacobs, are rolling after a 4-0 start. They broke into the 2A-Division I state rankings this week after knocking off Holland, 13-8, in a battle of unbeaten teams.

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Cisco: No need to hit the panic button yet for Cisco as the Loboes are 2-2 on the year and both losses are to 3A-Division I programs. But Friday’s 39-20 loss to Jim Ned was much more concerning than the Wall loss and sent Cisco tumbling from the state rankings. With Comanche looming this week, its possible Cisco drops to 2-3 before non-district wraps up.

2A Division II

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Archer City: The Wildcats made their way into the state rankings this week after a dominant 56-28 win over Henrietta to improve to 2-1. Archer City may be a real sleeper come playoff time as they appear to be capable of going toe to toe with some of the powers in 2A-Division II.  

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Mount Enterprise: Life after Kendre Miller has been tough for the Wildcats, who are off to a difficult 0-3 start after going 10-2 a year ago with the current TCU Horned Frog. Friday night may have been a bit of a low point losing to a Burkeville team that had been on a 17-game on the field losing streak.