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Friday, December 5, 2014
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The Dallas Morning News
5A DIVISION II, REGION II FINAL | South Oak Cliff (10-3) vs. Ennis (11-2), 7:30 p.m. today, Vernon Newsom Stadium, Mansfield (Ch. 21)
Even if you lose, tough games pay off
Lessons gained from
early-season setbacks
part of playoff successes
HIGH SCHOOLS
I
t seems so long ago. The
sun was shining bright,
fans were wearing shorts,
and entering the third week of
the season, Ennis and South
Oak Cliff were both still
looking for victory No. 1.
Three months later, Ennis
and SOC are among eight
teams left in the Class 5A Division II bracket. And when they
meet in the Region II final Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Mansfield’s
Vernon Newsom Stadium, the
winner might become the favorite to win the state title.
turnaround,
Amazing
right?
More like an amazing building block.
Ennis (11-2) opened the season with losses to teams that
spent part of the year in the
state rankings: Mansfield Timberview (in 5A) and Denton
Guyer (6A). South Oak Cliff
(10-3) had an even more brutal
schedule, with matchups
against three 6A playoff teams:
Cedar Hill, South Grand Prairie and DeSoto.
Five games, five losses. But
now one of these teams will get
to the fifth round of the playoffs, and the early losses — or at
least the lessons from those
losses — played a part.
“Playing Guyer, we figured
that if we beat them, great,” Ennis coach Jack Alvarez said. “If
we don’t, we’ll learn something
about ourselves, and we’ll
know how to move people
around.”
The 45-42 loss to Guyer, a
week after a 34-21 loss to Timberview, left Ennis at 0-2. But
district games are all that matter, and Ennis was well-prepared for 16-5A and its collec-
MATT WIXON
[email protected]
Football playoff
schedule, 13C
Imperfect starts,
perfect endings
State champions in 4A and 5A the
last five seasons who suffered two
losses in their first three games of
the season:
Year School
Div.
Rec.
2009 Euless Trinity
5A-I 14-2
2010 Cibolo Steele
5A-II 14-2
2011 Aledo
4A-II 14-2
2012 Denton Guyer 4A-I 14-2
2012 Cedar Park
4A-II 14-2
2013 Denton Guyer 4A-I 14-2*
Steve Hamm/Special Contributor
Stewart F. House/Special Contributor
South Oak Cliff head coach Emmett Jones (left), congratulating wide receiver J.F. Thomas during last week’s win over
Frisco Heritage, and Ennis head coach Jack Alvarez are reaping the benefits of brutal nondistrict schedules this season.
*One loss by forfeit
tion of East Texas powers such
as Tyler John Tyler, which is
still alive in the Division I
bracket.
South Oak Cliff coach Emmett Jones also saw the benefit
of the tough early schedule, but
not as a way to prepare for district. Jones knew that his team
would overwhelm most opponents in 13-5A, which it did by
eight touchdowns per game
(yes, really). So Jones scheduled powerhouses Cedar Hill
and DeSoto, and then added
South Grand Prairie, which
had close losses to Cedar Hill
and Euless Trinity this season.
“I wish those first three
games could’ve been our last
three to get ready for the playoffs,” Jones said.
Elite opponents get a team
ready for anything, and learning from matchups against top
competition has helped several
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Euless Trinity vs. Allen
Skyline vs. Klein Oak
Southlake Carroll vs. Cedar Hill
McKinney North vs. Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff vs. Ennis
Argyle vs. Texarkana Liberty-Eylau
Celina vs. Sweetwater
Bishop Dunne vs. Prestonwood
Parish Episcopal vs. Dallas Christian
TC-Cedar Hill vs. League City Bay Area Christian
Last week
Season record
Shaded box indicates leader
state champions. Guyer started 0-2 in 2012 and 2013, with
losses each year to Cedar Hill,
and then rolled to 4A Division
I state titles. Last season, Cedar Hill lost to Allen in Week 2,
and in Week 16, it beat undefeated Katy for the 5A Division
Allen
Skyline
Southlake Carroll
Tyler John Tyler
Ennis
Argyle
Celina
Prestonwood
Parish Episcopal
LC Bay Area Christian
16-3 (.842)
300-109 (.733)
PAT
DONEY
Ch. 5
Allen
Skyline
Southlake Carroll
McKinney North
Ennis
Argyle
Celina
Prestonwood
Dallas Christian
TC-Cedar Hill
13-6 (.684)
302-107 (.738)
II title.
Win or lose, the lessons
from August and September
help a team get to December.
Ennis got a second chance
against Timberview in the
playoffs and won with a late
touchdown. South Oak Cliff al-
MARCUS
MURPHREE
SportsDayHS
editor
Euless Trinity
Skyline
Cedar Hill
McKinney North
Ennis
Argyle
Celina
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
13-6 (.684)
297-112 (.726)
GREG
RIDDLE
SportsDayHS
editor
Allen
Skyline
Cedar Hill
Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff
Argyle
Celina
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
16-3 (.842)
309-100 (.756)
so needed a late touchdown to
survive three weeks ago, when
its first tough game in two
months was a nail-biter
against Lancaster.
Now the teams have won a
combined 21 straight games.
And aside from having to bat-
CORBETT
SMITH
SportsDayHS
writer
Allen
Skyline
Cedar Hill
Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff
Argyle
Sweetwater
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
15-4 (.789)
319-90 (.780)
MATT
WIXON
SportsDayHS
columnist
Allen
Skyline
Cedar Hill
Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff
Argyle
Celina
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
14-5 (.737)
305-104 (.746)
tle each other, they’re in a very
enviable position.
“To still be playing in December,” Alvarez said, “it’s
pretty special.”
Follow Matt Wixon
on Twitter at @mattwixon.
OKLAHOMA CONTROVERSY
Judge postpones playoff game
Losing team seeks
replay after appealing
ref ’s mistake in court
OKLAHOMA CITY —
There’s still hope for Douglass
High School.
An Oklahoma judge said a
high school football semifinal
will not be played Friday so he
can consider whether Douglass, which lost to Locust Grove
in controversial fashion in the
quarterfinals, is entitled to a replay. Locust Grove’s Class 3A
semifinal against Heritage Hall
was postponed until next week
at the earliest.
The state board that oversees high school athletics rejected a Douglass protest
Wednesday, so the school district went to court on Douglass’
behalf Thursday. Judge Ber-
nard M. Jones said he wouldn’t
rule on Douglass’ complaint
until next Thursday.
“We’ve jumped one hurdle,”
Brandon Carey, general counsel for Oklahoma City Public
Schools, said. “We’ve got an
even bigger hurdle coming up.”
The other 3A semifinal between Cushing and Kingfisher
will be played this Friday as
scheduled.
Locust Grove, a small
school in northeastern Oklahoma, beat Oklahoma City’s
Douglass High last week after
game officials misapplied a
penalty with about a minute to
go. The crew mistakenly erased
a touchdown that had given
Douglass a 25-20 lead.
Douglass wants to replay
the entire game or the final 64
seconds, from the point of the
touchdown.
Earlier in the day, Locust
Grove football coach Matt
Hennesy was confident the ruling would go his way.
“Football is football,” he
said. “You fight all kinds of conditions. You fight the weather,
you fight injuries, you fight
turnovers, you fight the officials and, at the end of the
game, when the clock goes off,
whatever the score is, is the
score. And we did everything
we were supposed to do, we followed the rules and now we’re
moving on the next round.”
Jones said during Thursday’s proceedings that he was
skeptical of being involved and
he doesn’t “know if this is the
role for courts to play.” He said
making such a decision to replay all or part of the game
would be “extraordinary.”
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Friday, December 5, 2014
SportsDayDFW.com
The Dallas Morning News
5A DIVISION II, REGION II FINAL | South Oak Cliff (10-3) vs. Ennis (11-2), 7:30 p.m. today, Vernon Newsom Stadium, Mansfield (Ch. 21)
Even if you lose, tough games pay off
Lessons gained from
early-season setbacks
part of playoff successes
HIGH SCHOOLS
I
t seems so long ago. The
sun was shining bright,
fans were wearing shorts,
and entering the third week of
the season, Ennis and South
Oak Cliff were both still
looking for victory No. 1.
Three months later, Ennis
and SOC are among eight
teams left in the Class 5A Division II bracket. And when they
meet in the Region II final Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Mansfield’s
Vernon Newsom Stadium, the
winner might become the favorite to win the state title.
turnaround,
Amazing
right?
More like an amazing building block.
Ennis (11-2) opened the season with losses to teams that
spent part of the year in the
state rankings: Mansfield Timberview (in 5A) and Denton
Guyer (6A). South Oak Cliff
(10-3) had an even more brutal
schedule, with matchups
against three 6A playoff teams:
Cedar Hill, South Grand Prairie and DeSoto.
Five games, five losses. But
now one of these teams will get
to the fifth round of the playoffs, and the early losses — or at
least the lessons from those
losses — played a part.
“Playing Guyer, we figured
that if we beat them, great,” Ennis coach Jack Alvarez said. “If
we don’t, we’ll learn something
about ourselves, and we’ll
know how to move people
around.”
The 45-42 loss to Guyer, a
week after a 34-21 loss to Timberview, left Ennis at 0-2. But
district games are all that matter, and Ennis was well-prepared for 16-5A and its collec-
MATT WIXON
[email protected]
Football playoff
schedule, 13C
Imperfect starts,
perfect endings
State champions in 4A and 5A the
last five seasons who suffered two
losses in their first three games of
the season:
Year School
Div.
Rec.
2009 Euless Trinity
5A-I 14-2
2010 Cibolo Steele
5A-II 14-2
2011 Aledo
4A-II 14-2
2012 Denton Guyer 4A-I 14-2
2012 Cedar Park
4A-II 14-2
2013 Denton Guyer 4A-I 14-2*
Steve Hamm/Special Contributor
Stewart F. House/Special Contributor
South Oak Cliff head coach Emmett Jones (left), congratulating wide receiver J.F. Thomas during last week’s win over
Frisco Heritage, and Ennis head coach Jack Alvarez are reaping the benefits of brutal nondistrict schedules this season.
*One loss by forfeit
tion of East Texas powers such
as Tyler John Tyler, which is
still alive in the Division I
bracket.
South Oak Cliff coach Emmett Jones also saw the benefit
of the tough early schedule, but
not as a way to prepare for district. Jones knew that his team
would overwhelm most opponents in 13-5A, which it did by
eight touchdowns per game
(yes, really). So Jones scheduled powerhouses Cedar Hill
and DeSoto, and then added
South Grand Prairie, which
had close losses to Cedar Hill
and Euless Trinity this season.
“I wish those first three
games could’ve been our last
three to get ready for the playoffs,” Jones said.
Elite opponents get a team
ready for anything, and learning from matchups against top
competition has helped several
High school
picks
ADAM
BOEDEKER
Denton RecordChronicle
Euless Trinity vs. Allen
Skyline vs. Klein Oak
Southlake Carroll vs. Cedar Hill
McKinney North vs. Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff vs. Ennis
Argyle vs. Texarkana Liberty-Eylau
Celina vs. Sweetwater
Bishop Dunne vs. Prestonwood
Parish Episcopal vs. Dallas Christian
TC-Cedar Hill vs. League City Bay Area Christian
Last week
Season record
Shaded box indicates leader
state champions. Guyer started 0-2 in 2012 and 2013, with
losses each year to Cedar Hill,
and then rolled to 4A Division
I state titles. Last season, Cedar Hill lost to Allen in Week 2,
and in Week 16, it beat undefeated Katy for the 5A Division
Allen
Skyline
Southlake Carroll
Tyler John Tyler
Ennis
Argyle
Celina
Prestonwood
Parish Episcopal
LC Bay Area Christian
16-3 (.842)
300-109 (.733)
PAT
DONEY
Ch. 5
Allen
Skyline
Southlake Carroll
McKinney North
Ennis
Argyle
Celina
Prestonwood
Dallas Christian
TC-Cedar Hill
13-6 (.684)
302-107 (.738)
II title.
Win or lose, the lessons
from August and September
help a team get to December.
Ennis got a second chance
against Timberview in the
playoffs and won with a late
touchdown. South Oak Cliff al-
MARCUS
MURPHREE
SportsDayHS
editor
Euless Trinity
Skyline
Cedar Hill
McKinney North
Ennis
Argyle
Celina
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
13-6 (.684)
297-112 (.726)
GREG
RIDDLE
SportsDayHS
editor
Allen
Skyline
Cedar Hill
Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff
Argyle
Celina
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
16-3 (.842)
309-100 (.756)
so needed a late touchdown to
survive three weeks ago, when
its first tough game in two
months was a nail-biter
against Lancaster.
Now the teams have won a
combined 21 straight games.
And aside from having to bat-
CORBETT
SMITH
SportsDayHS
writer
Allen
Skyline
Cedar Hill
Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff
Argyle
Sweetwater
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
15-4 (.789)
319-90 (.780)
MATT
WIXON
SportsDayHS
columnist
Allen
Skyline
Cedar Hill
Tyler John Tyler
South Oak Cliff
Argyle
Celina
Bishop Dunne
Parish Episcopal
TC-Cedar Hill
14-5 (.737)
305-104 (.746)
tle each other, they’re in a very
enviable position.
“To still be playing in December,” Alvarez said, “it’s
pretty special.”
Follow Matt Wixon
on Twitter at @mattwixon.
OKLAHOMA CONTROVERSY
Judge postpones playoff game
Losing team seeks
replay after appealing
ref ’s mistake in court
OKLAHOMA CITY —
There’s still hope for Douglass
High School.
An Oklahoma judge said a
high school football semifinal
will not be played Friday so he
can consider whether Douglass, which lost to Locust Grove
in controversial fashion in the
quarterfinals, is entitled to a replay. Locust Grove’s Class 3A
semifinal against Heritage Hall
was postponed until next week
at the earliest.
The state board that oversees high school athletics rejected a Douglass protest
Wednesday, so the school district went to court on Douglass’
behalf Thursday. Judge Ber-
nard M. Jones said he wouldn’t
rule on Douglass’ complaint
until next Thursday.
“We’ve jumped one hurdle,”
Brandon Carey, general counsel for Oklahoma City Public
Schools, said. “We’ve got an
even bigger hurdle coming up.”
The other 3A semifinal between Cushing and Kingfisher
will be played this Friday as
scheduled.
Locust Grove, a small
school in northeastern Oklahoma, beat Oklahoma City’s
Douglass High last week after
game officials misapplied a
penalty with about a minute to
go. The crew mistakenly erased
a touchdown that had given
Douglass a 25-20 lead.
Douglass wants to replay
the entire game or the final 64
seconds, from the point of the
touchdown.
Earlier in the day, Locust
Grove football coach Matt
Hennesy was confident the ruling would go his way.
“Football is football,” he
said. “You fight all kinds of conditions. You fight the weather,
you fight injuries, you fight
turnovers, you fight the officials and, at the end of the
game, when the clock goes off,
whatever the score is, is the
score. And we did everything
we were supposed to do, we followed the rules and now we’re
moving on the next round.”
Jones said during Thursday’s proceedings that he was
skeptical of being involved and
he doesn’t “know if this is the
role for courts to play.” He said
making such a decision to replay all or part of the game
would be “extraordinary.”
The Associated Press
GET THE
BODY YOU
DESERVE!
Feel 10, 20 even 30 years younger!
Special offer includes:
(over $200 in Savings)
1. Initial Consultation with our Professional Medical Staff
2. PSA Testing
3. Testosterone Level Testing
4. 1st Month of Testosterone Injections
All this for only $259 ($460 value).
Men feel younger and have more energy with a
customized testosterone program.
Patient - Chet D.
61 YEARS OLD
6 Months Later
Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
can offer life changing health benefits and help
get you feeling like yourself again.
Total Med Solutions offers:
• Customized Testosterone Therapy
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Human Growth Hormone (HGH) Therapy
CALL: 214-377-0693
5445 La Sierra Dr. Suite 420 Dallas, TX 75231
2 CONVENIENT (1 block North of Walnut Hill on 75 Central Expressway)
LOCATIONS 6101 Windcom Ct. Suite 300 Plano, TX 75093
(2 exits South of Legacy on the Tollway (Windhaven) One block West.
Before
Save over $200
on a Customized
Testosterone
Program
TOTAL MED
SOLUTIONS®
DN-1367720-01
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