Turning Downside Up
It's trite to say, but true: we all have our ups and downs. But it's also true that some of the downs are worse than others. No matter...
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Andy Pate
2 days ago1 min read
Will this Be the Year for the Edna Cowboys?
A state title has eluded them, the Cowboys of Edna, ever since their first football game over a century ago. But this could be the year...
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Andy Pate
2 days ago2 min read
The Weakest of the Weak, Made Strong
I'm not interested here in writing about the successful, or about the famous, or even, about the most talented among us. No, I write...
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Andy Pate
3 days ago1 min read
Marlin Bulldogs, A Surprise Quarterfinalist in 2AD1
Among the many surprises in the 2024 Tx HS playoffs, none stands out more than the Marlin Bulldogs win over Mason, to advance to face...
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Andy Pate
4 days ago1 min read
When "The Reverend" Is No Longer Around
There are times when you don’t miss a thing until long after it’s gone. You assume it’s there, but you don’t know exactly where. Then,...
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Andy Pate
6 days ago1 min read
The 2024 TX HS Football Quarterfinals, Times and Locations added (4:00 pm. 12/1) except for Columbus vs. Franklin,TBD
For Week of December 6th. The first game on our list has to be the featured game of the Quarterfinals: Post vs. Stamford, with both...
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Andy Pate
6 days ago1 min read
Daingerfield Steals Spotlight in 3AD2 Regionals
You read it. So, did I. But like you perhaps, I had to verify the score several times: Daingerfield Tigers 62, Newton Eagles 28. The...
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Andy Pate
Nov 261 min read
An Historic Rivalry Continues, Ganado vs. Refugio, in Port Lavaca
If you said the Indians and the Bobcats will be battling one another, you'd be correct. But ifyou said the year will be 1824, you'd only...
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Andy Pate
Nov 251 min read
Can Malakoff Hang Tough?
The Malakoff Tigers (12-0), the defending champions, will face their most formidable 3AD! 2024 opponent this Friday, the Jefferson...
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Andy Pate
Nov 251 min read
3AD1 REGIONALS, Nov. 29, 2024
Region 1 Shallowater vs. Vernon, Abilene, 7:00 pm Jim Ned vs. Paradise, Springtown, 7:00 pm Region 2 Liberty Eylau vs. Whitesboro,...
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Andy Pate
Nov 251 min read
3AD2 Regionals, Nov. 29, 2024
Region 1 Canadian vs. Idalou, Canyon, 2:00 pm Littlefield vs. Wall, Sweetwater, 1:00 pm Region 2 Tolar vs. Holliday, Mineral Wells,...
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Andy Pate
Nov 251 min read
2AD2 Regional 2024, Nov. 29
Region 1 Gruver vs. Tahoka, Canyon, 7:00 pm Ropes vs. Wink, Big Spring, 7:00 pm Region 2 Collinsville vs. Windthorst, Springtown, 1:00...
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Andy Pate
Nov 241 min read
2AD1 Teams in Classic Battle for the State Title
Two preseason title picks, Post and Sunray, go against one another this week in the Regionals. The winner will definitely emerge as the...
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Andy Pate
Nov 171 min read
Featured Games for Area Round, week of Friday, Nov. 22, 2028, 2A/3A TX HS Football
Most other years, with a different classifying method for sure, these games in 2AD1 could well be the title games: Panhandle vs. ...
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Andy Pate
Nov 151 min read
The Tough Road to Football Success
Puttbeat wishes here to lift up a man who has chosen the harder path to success for his team. We refer to Esteban Rodriguez, who is...
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Andy Pate
Nov 131 min read
Playoff Typical or Grievous Mismatches
Shiner and Refugio are now in different divisions, at least until a reversal is made. For the Woodsboro Eagles (4-6), this means they...
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Andy Pate
Nov 121 min read
Unusual Matchups, Bidistrict, 2A/3A, 2024
2AD1 Cisco vs. Reagan County Corrigan-Camden vs. Garrison Olton vs. Sunray Three Rivers vs. Schulenburg 2AD2 Bremond vs. Sims Bowie...
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Andy Pate
Nov 32 min read
How to Win When Losing
How is it possible to play a 10-game high school football schedule and not win a game? It simply cannot be an easy question to answer,...
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Andy Pate
Nov 32 min read
The Sleepers, Teams that May Pull Off Big Surprises in 2024 playoffs
There are always surprises; teams that were not fully appreciated during the regular season but seen to come out of nowhere and surprise...
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Andy Pate
Nov 21 min read
Featured Games, 2A3A, Nov. 8, 2024
Hawley (9-0) at Stamford (9-0) Malakoff (9-0) at Winnsboro (7-0) Post (9-0) at Abernathy (7-2) Stanton (5-3) at Wall (8-1) Sunray (9-0)...
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