The Crystal Ball: 4A Playoff Look/ Predictions Headed Into Week 5

Greetings all.

In this series of articles, I am going to look at the current standings in each district and give you my thoughts on the way each district may play out.

I’m going to go through each UIL classification and when I reach the end of 1A, I’ll start over. Can’t guarantee how long it will take to do each classification but I will keep going until I finish and then start over again with 6A and keep cycling through until we reach the playoffs.

Some districts have started district, but most have not. If a district has started district play, each teams district record is included.

I will list each team that I think has a chance of making the playoffs. So I will be listing 5, 6 or even 7 teams in some district. The order listed reflects my current opinion of the teams chances of making the playoffs.

1-4AD1
1 El Paso Ysleta (2-0)
2 El Paso Riverside (2-0)
3 El Paso Austin (1-0)
4 Clint (1-1)
5 El Paso Bowie (1-1)

– Ysleta and Riverside should compete for the distrcit title
– Austin, Clint and Bowie should compete for 3rd and 4th.

2-4AD1
1 Canyon Randall
2 Canyon West Plains
3 Canyon
4 Hereford

– A clear cut top 4

3-4AD1
1 Andrews
2 Pecos
3 Big Spring
4 San Angelo Lake View

– A clear cut top 4

4-4AD1
1 Stephenville
2 Lampasas
3 Brownwood
4 Burnet
5 Marble Falls

– Stephenville is clear #1 with Lampasas the clear #2.
– Brownwood and Burnet should be 3 and 4 with Marble Falls having an outside shot at the final spot.

5-4AD1
1 Springtown
2 Decatur
3 Fort Worth Southwest
4 Fort Worth Eastern Hills
5 Fort Worth Western Hills

-Springtown and Decatur should finish 1 & 2 in some order.
– Southwest looks like a clear #3 to me.
– Eastern Hills and Western Hills should battle for the 4th spot.

6-4AD1
1 Alvarado
2 Kennedale
3 Fort Worth Castleberry
4 Carrollton Ranchview
5 Lake Worth

– Alvarado ahead of the pack in 1st.
– Kennedale and Castleberry should compete for 2nd and 3rd.
– 4th should boil down to Ranchview or Lake Worth.

7-4AD1
1 Celina
2 Frisco Panther Creek
3 Lake Dallas
4 Aubrey
5 Paris

– I see Celina #1 and Panther Creek #2.
– Lake Dallas, Aubrey and Paris should compete for 3rd and 4th.

8-4AD1
1 Dallas Kimball (1-0)
2 Dallas Carter (1-0)
3 Dallas Lincoln (1-0)
4 Wilmer-Hutchins (0-1)

– A clear cut top 4.
– Kimball and Carter should compete for 1st and 2nd.
– Lincoln and Wilmer-Hutchins should compete for 3rd and 4th.

9-4AD1
1 Kilgore
2 Tyler Chapel Hill
3 Longview Pine Tree
4 Lindale
5 Henderson

– Kilgore is district favorite
– I see Chapel Hill and Pine Tree competing for 2nd and 3rd.
– Lindale and Henderson should battle for 4th.

10-4AD1
1 Huffman Hargrave
2 Little Cypress-Mauriceville
3 Bridge City
4 Vidor
5 Livingston
6 Lumberton

– A very close district among the top 6.
– I can see Hargrave, LCM or even Bridge City grabbing the district title.
– 4th should boil down to Vidor, Livingston or Lumberton.

11-4AD1
1 Houston Yates (2-0)
2 Houston Worthing (2-0)
3 Houston Furr (2-0)
4 Houston Wheatley (1-1)
5 Houston North Forest (0-2)
6 Houston Washington (0-1)

– Yates and Worthing should decide the district title.
– Furr is clear #3 to me.
– Wheatley, North Forest and Washington should battle for 4th.

12-4AD1
1 Needville
2 Navasota
3 Stafford
4 Fort Bend Willowridge
5 Fort Bend Crawford

– I see Needville and Navaosta should compete for the district crown.
– Stafford, Willowridge and Crawford should battle for 3rd and 4th.

13-4AD1
1 Austin LBJ
2 Austin Travis
3 Taylor
4 Austin Eastside Memorial
5 Austin Northeast
6 Manor New Tech

– LBJ and Travis are the clear 1, 2 in that order.
– I have Taylor and Eastside Memorial competing for 3rd and 4th.
– There is a minor chance Northeast or New Tech could compete for 4th.

14-4AD1
1 San Antonio Davenport
2 Fischer Canyon Lake
3 Somerset
4 Fredericksburg
5 Pleasanton
6 Uvalde

– I have Davenport as the clear #1.
– Canyon Lake and Somerset should compete for 2nd and 3rd.
– Fredericksburg, Pleasanton and Uvalde should compete for 4th.

15-4AD1
1 El Campo
2 La Vernia
3 Bay City
4 Port Lavaca Calhoun
5 Beeville Jones

– El Campo, La Vernia and Bay City are 1,2,3 in some order.
– Calhoun and Jones should compete for 4th.

16-4AD1
1 CC Calallen
2 CC Tuloso-Midway
3 Zapata
4 Pharr Valley View
5 Hidalgo

– All five teams in this district have a shot at the playoffs.
– Callallen is the clear #1.
– Tuloso-Midway and Zapata should compete for 2nd and 3rd.
– Valley View and Hidalgo should compete for 4th.

1-4AD2
1 Seminole
2 Midland Greenwood
3 Monahans
4 Fort Stockton

– A clear cut top 4

2-4AD2
1 Lubbock Estacado
2 Perryton
3 Lubbock-Cooper Liberty
4 Levelland
5 Borger

– Estacado is the clear #1
– Perryton, Liberty and Levelland should finish 2,3 and 4 in some order.
– Borger has a chance to compete for the 4th spot.

3-4AD2
1 Brock
2 Graham
3 Mineral Wells
4 Eagle Mountain

– A clear cut top 4

4-4AD2
1 Glen Rose
2 Godley
3 Fort Worth Benbrook
4 Fort Worth Dunbar

– A clear cut top 4

5-4AD2
1 Caddo Mills
2 Van Alstyne
3 Krum
4 Farmersville
5 Sanger

– Caddo Mills, Van Alstyne and Krum should be 1,2,3 in some order.
– Farmersville and Sanger should compete for 4th.

6-4AD2
1 Sunnyvale
2 Canton
3 Quinlan Ford
4 Wills Point
5 Ferris

– Sunnyvale is clear favorite for #1.
– Canton should be the #2.
– Ford, Wills Point and Ferris should compete for 3rd and 4th.

7-4AD2
1 Gilmer
2 Texarkana Pleasant Grove
3 Van
4 Longview Spring Hill
5 Pittsburg

– Gilmer, Pleasant Grove and Van should be 1,2,3 in some order.
– Spring Hill and Pittsburg should compete for 4th.

8-4AD2
1 Carthage
2 Center
3 Athens
4 Bullard
5 Rusk

– I think Carthage, Center and Athens are clear 1,2,3 in that order.
– Bullard and Rusk should compete for 4th.

9-4AD2
1 West Orange-Stark
2 Silsbee
3 Hamshire-Fannett
4 Jasper

– A clear cut top 4

10-4AD2
1 West Columbia
2 Brookshire Royal
3 Wharton
4 Sweeny
5 La Marque

– Columbia is my clear cut #1
– Royal, Wharton, Sweeny and La Marque should compete for 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

11-4AD2
1 Bellville
2 Sealy
3 Madisonville
4 La Grange

– A clear cut top 4

12-4AD2
1 Waco La Vega
2 China Spring
3 Waco Connally
4 Robinson
5 Lorena
6 Gatesville

– La Vega clearly #1.
– China Spring and Connaly should be playoffs team but see them both finishing anywhere 2nd to 4th.
– Robinson, Lorena and Gatesville should compete for the 4th spot (but might finish as high as 3rd.)

13-4AD2
1 Wimberley
2 Lago Vista
3 Gonzales
4 Salado
5 Geronimo Navarro