District 6-5A - what's your prediction for final standings?

Marcus beat Creekview last night so Creekview, Hebron and Marcus are all 5-4 in district play.
As for head-to-head thus far: Creekview and Hebron have split; Marcus has beaten Creekview twice; and Hebron beat Marcus the first time around, with the second game between the two scheduled for April 24 at Marcus.
The race is definitely on for two more playoff spots.

Thanks for the update, Hawkman. Wow, what a race! Three teams tied for 3rd, and all excellent teams. Who has the easiest and most difficult schedules remaining.. Creekview, Hebron or Marcus?

Marcus plays FM on Friday and still has LHS, Hebron, N. Smith and Coppell to go............

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Originally posted by oldbat-never:
Marcus plays FM on Friday and still has LHS, Hebron, N. Smith and Coppell to go............

Do you think your coach will throw his best stuff at the teams he is ahead of or tied with, to ensure he'll beat get the wins he must have, or will he throw his best against the toughest competition?

I think each game he will throw what he considers the best he has, on that day, with the intent to win each game, one game at a time.

Coppell wins outs with Cole Green returning to get the win against FM in the final District game to win the 6-5A Championship because Marcus beats FM on Friday the 13th!!

Coach English continues to ue the right pitcher at the right time, Watten was very focused and had great location last night and I don't think it would have matter if it hadn't had been RL Turner he was facing. But Coach English is setting up some match-ups in his mind to try to get the above scenario to play-out.

Meats Dad,

Now your talkin'.......

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Originally posted by ACowboy:
What's your prediction on 6-5A final rankings?

There are still a lot of teams in the race for the 4th and final play-off slot of 6-5A.. The final rankings could also be important between #2, #3 and #4 because the #3 or #4 team might have to face Southlake (5-5A) and Chase Reid in the first round... a tough draw.

Here is the 6-5A District standings according to the DM News:

FM 8-1
Coppell 7-2
Creekview 5-3
Hebron 5-4
Marcus 4-4
Lewisville 3-6
N.Smith 3-6
R.L.Turner 0-9

5-5A Standings
Carroll 7-2
Heritage 7-2
Keller 6-3
Grapevine 5-4
Central 4-5
Haltom 4-5
Richland 2-7
Northwest 1-8

There are no EASY draws!!!

It does not matter who comes out the Metroplex in the playoffs because....The "South will rise again!" They have bigger kids, better pitching and better hitting and play better overall baseball during HS season and throughout the summer.

5-5A is starting to get interesting.....

Must be all the toxic waste in the south.

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Originally posted by En Fuego:
It does not matter who comes out the Metroplex in the playoffs because....The "South will rise again!" They have bigger kids, better pitching and better hitting and play better overall baseball during HS season and throughout the summer.

We might as well stay home for the rest of the year. The south has it wrapped up. Forget the any given day stuff. It's over!

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Originally posted by UpnIn:

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Originally posted by ACowboy:
What's your prediction on 6-5A final rankings?

There are still a lot of teams in the race for the 4th and final play-off slot of 6-5A.. The final rankings could also be important between #2, #3 and #4 because the #3 or #4 team might have to face Southlake (5-5A) and Chase Reid in the first round... a tough draw.
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There are no EASY draws!!!

I disagree. Perhaps for 5-5A and 6-5A are there are no easy draws, but there are some comparatively weak districts out there.

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Originally posted by ACowboy:

I disagree. Perhaps for 5-5A and 6-5A are there are no easy draws, but there are some comparatively weak districts out there.

Yes there are some "comparatively weak" districts out there but it you still have to win them (or at least 2 of 3 in some cases) all to win it all. I would not want face, lets say, Blake Beavan of Irving who comes from a district dominated by one team. The Tigers are battling for a play off spot and could end up as a #4 seed but could be deadly in one game playoff. So again my point...there are no easy draws.

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Originally posted by UpnIn:

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Originally posted by ACowboy:

I disagree. Perhaps for 5-5A and 6-5A are there are no easy draws, but there are some comparatively weak districts out there.

Yes there are some "comparatively weak" districts out there but it you still have to win them (or at least 2 of 3 in some cases) all to win it all. I would not want face, lets say, Blake Beavan of Irving who comes from a district dominated by one team. The Tigers are battling for a play off spot and could end up as a #4 seed but could be deadly in one game playoff. So again my point...there are no easy draws.

True enough, you still have to play the game and no one should assume a win, but some draws are easier than others.

It all comes down sometimes to the best coin flipper.

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Originally posted by Dtiger:
It all comes down sometimes to the best coin flipper.

I think there is more to it than that, but it is crazy that our Texas play-offs can be 1 or 3 game series based on a coin flip.

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Yes there are some "comparatively weak" districts out there but it you still have to win them (or at least 2 of 3 in some cases) all to win it all. I would not want face, lets say, Blake Beavan of Irving who comes from a district dominated by one team. The Tigers are battling for a play off spot and could end up as a #4 seed but could be deadly in one game playoff. So again my point...there are no easy draws.

Now I know that the Jesuit boys didn't show up for the game against Irving. But Irving defenitly doesn't have our district wrapped up. When Blake is not on the mound that team struggles, barely betting Irving Nimitz and Nimitz threw their number two maybe three. So thank you for saying that there are no easy draws but I wouldn't say Irving has got it wrapped up. I don't mean for this to come off the wrong way.

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Originally posted by highschoolplayer:
---So thank you for saying that there are no easy draws but I wouldn't say Irving has got it wrapped up. I don't mean for this to come off the wrong way.

It did not come off the wrong way and with few exceptions...having it wrapped up will take few more games and even may go down to the "wire"!

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Originally posted by ACowboy:

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Originally posted by oldbat-never:
Marcus plays FM on Friday and still has LHS, Hebron, N. Smith and Coppell to go............

Do you think your coach will throw his best stuff at the teams he is ahead of or tied with, to ensure he'll beat get the wins he must have, or will he throw his best against the toughest competition?

If you have not had the opportunity to watch the Marcus coach just know this...the best available will be used to get any win, he will not hold back. I do see the point of some "picking" their battles but not the case with MHS (MOO).

HSP- I'll remind you that you could probably say that about any team in our district. Look at us. Of course, I don't mean look at us without BB... we never had him.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MeatsDad:
Coppell wins outs with Cole Green returning to get the win against FM in the final District game ---
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FM's last game is against the 's on 4/27/2007 so maybe it will be wrapped up sooner. I am curious how the UT signee will be utilzed. A lot of money to be invested by that school. I hope his arm has had the proper rehab.

You have MHS on your final game and if they are needing a win...watch out.

Yeah I remember a one game playoff back in the day(2000)when Coppell was 30-1. Had the best homerun hitter in the state. But they lost.

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Originally posted by UpnIn:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by MeatsDad:
Coppell wins outs with Cole Green returning to get the win against FM in the final District game ---
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FM's last game is against the 's on 4/27/2007 so maybe it will be wrapped up sooner. I am curious how the UT signee will be utilzed. A lot of money to be invested by that school. I hope his arm has had the proper rehab.

You have MHS on your final game and if they are needing a win...watch out.

Don't count the Farmers out just yet. They may be out of it come game time against FM, but I can tell you this, they will compete against FM. If they change up the rotation and throw Choate against them, Josh always seems to pitch his best games against their cross town rivals.

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Originally posted by KellerDad:
Don't count the Farmers out just yet. They may be out of it come game time against FM, but I can tell you this, they will compete against FM. If they change up the rotation and throw Choate against them, Josh always seems to pitch his best games against their cross town rivals.

KD....can I call you KD? I never said or insinuated they (the Farmers) would be out (although they have a challenge ahead of them, like would need to win out and get a lot of help from, other District foes) or that they would not put up a fight. I was trying to correct someone else's mis-statement of the schedule. I just stated that the 's was who FM played their last district game against.

UpnIn,

No problem man, I didn't take it the wrong way. Just stating a point.

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Originally posted by KellerDad:
Don't count the Farmers out just yet.

I agree with KellerDad. The Farmers are very good. They have the misfortune of being in this district for baseball. I think they'd do very well is some other districts.

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Originally posted by ACowboy:

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Originally posted by KellerDad:
Don't count the Farmers out just yet.

I agree with KellerDad. The Farmers are very good. They have the misfortune of being in this district for baseball. I think they'd do very well is some other districts.

The District is tough but the "District" is not the root cause of their misfortunes....MOO.
Go 's!

Lewisville's problems are the same as a lot of teams right now.....hitting and defense.

They probably have a deeper pitching staff this year than a lot of previous years.

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Don't count the Farmers out just yet. They may be out of it come game time against FM, but I can tell you this, they will compete against FM. If they change up the rotation and throw Choate against them, Josh always seems to pitch his best games against their cross town rivals.

The 's picked up a critical win and HHS lost one they could not afford. Getting very intersting in 6-5A

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Originally posted by UpnIn:

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Don't count the Farmers out just yet. They may be out of it come game time against FM, but I can tell you this, they will compete against FM. If they change up the rotation and throw Choate against them, Josh always seems to pitch his best games against their cross town rivals.

The 's picked up a critical win and HHS lost one they could not afford. Getting very intersting in 6-5A

And here they come around the final turn . . .
Lets go ahead and make the assumption that Coppell grabs at least second place in the district. That means Creekview, Hebron, Marcus, Lewisville - and even Newman Smith - are battling for the final two playoff spots. Smith would have to win its final four district games, but 7-7 MIGHT get a team in. It's possible, anyway.

The remainder of the schedules:
HEBRON (5-5) - Home games vs. Newman Smith, R.L. Turner; Road games at Coppell and Marcus

CREEKVIEW (6-4) - Home games vs. Coppell and Lewisville; Road games at Flower Mound and Newman Smith

LEWISVILLE (4-6) - Home games vs. Turner and Flower Mound; Road games at Marcus, Creekview

MARCUS (5-5) - Home games vs. Lewisville and Hebron; Road games at Newman Smith and Coppell

NEWMAN SMITH (3-7) Home games vs. Marcus and Creekview; Road games at Hebron and Turner

Haven't posted in awhile but....

I told Meat today that even Coppell needs to take care of business in these last 4 games. 0-4 would put them at 8-6 and all bets are off for the playoffs. Every game counts and with the Friday, Saturday, Tuesday schedule we will see who has pitching....or not.

Personally I think Coppell goes 4-0 and wins the District 6-5A championship but I don't wear a glove or pitch a ball so my opinion doesn't matter. Besides if you haven't figured it out yet...I'm a homer. Go Cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Luck Hebron and Hawkman, no offense OBN but young Hawkman and Meat will be carrying the DBAT flag into battle this summer.

Thanks for the well wishes, MD. It's certainly not out of the equation that both Hebron and Marcus could secure playoff spots when all is done - which would make OBN happy.

Meatsdad

We got to get past LHS on Friday to even think about playoffs. If I had a list of who I'd like to see in the playoffs it would be:

FMHS
Coppell
Hebron
Marcus

At this point we got to hope for several more wins and several more losses from the other teams in our district if this list is to happen for the last 2 teams listed.

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Originally posted by MeatsDad:
Personally I think Coppell goes 4-0 and wins the District 6-5A championship but I don't wear a glove or pitch a ball so my opinion doesn't matter. Besides if you haven't figured it out yet...I'm a homer. Go Cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MD...can I call you MD? At least you admit to being a "homer" so so therefore it is easy to see where you are coming from.

Your comment raises some interesting scenarios in the District. If, IF the 'Boys did win out and if....IF, Jags wins all but the game against the 'Boys then, depending on how the "District" meeting went down there would be "Co-Champions" (like kissing your sister) and the playoff seeding would ...maaaaabey be set by head to head agains the number 3 6-5A representative which at this time is the Mustangs. Now if memory serves me well...The 'Stangs beat both the 'Boys and Jags...Which both teams must face again this week! - Hmmmmm.

The Marauders face a team desperately needing wins to have any hope. From a rival stand point the 's consider the Marauders to be a bigger rival than the Jags (as told to me by several players past and present and it relates more to football than baseball - we are in Texas after all!)

Looking at the Jags schedule they do not have an easy task.....I beleive Turner nearly pulled one off earlier against them and then they face the pesky (term of endearment) 'Stangs, then the 'Boys and then the 's. The 'Boys don't have an easy two weeks either as all four opponents are in the hunt for a spot and need wins.

The 'Stangs have a shot at a title if they can repeat aginst the "Boys and Jags and get some help and the win the remainder of their schedule .

The Hawks look to have a good shot shot with their remaing four games however they threw a non-district game in on the 21st in the evening (DMN's schedule).

The Marauders have a good shot as well but will need help from themselves and a few others.

The 's are not out but I don't see them winning out which is what they need to do.

For Smith...if they won out a 7-7 record will not be enough but you just never know.

The Hawks and Marauders will be fighting hard for what I think will be the fourth playoff spot.


It as close to a playoff atmosphere as you can get so we will see how the kids and coaches deal with the pressure. Should be fun!

But then again I am just a head!

Good luck to all!

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Your comment raises some interesting scenarios in the District. If, IF the 'Boys did win out and if....IF, Jags wins all but the game against the 'Boys then, depending on how the "District" meeting went down there would be "Co-Champions" (like kissing your sister) and the playoff seeding would ...maaaaabey be set by head to head agains the number 3 6-5A representative which at this time is the Mustangs. Now if memory serves me well...The 'Stangs beat both the 'Boys and Jags...Which both teams must face again this week! - Hmmmmm.

I believe UIL states there will be a 1 game playoff for seeding purposes. Not first hand knowledge but have heard from somewhat reliable source. I am sure Texan can bring us up to date on the process, he is very good at that technical stuff.

I think the coaches vote on the tie breakers in there district before the season starts. That might football?

(3) Exception To Resolve District Ties.
(A) Two Schools Tied. To resolve a two-way tie, the district executive committee may authorize a single elimination
game. The tie breaking game may be in addition to the 19 allowed games but may not be played as an exception
to the school week limitation.
(B) Three or More Schools Tied. If three or more schools are tied, the district executive committee may authorize
a single elimination tournament in addition to the total number of games and tournaments allowed for the season.

Again not to clear!

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Originally posted by JAFO:
(3) Exception To Resolve District Ties.
(A) Two Schools Tied. To resolve a two-way tie, the district executive committee may authorize a single elimination
game. The tie breaking game may be in addition to the 19 allowed games but may not be played as an exception
to the school week limitation.
(B) Three or More Schools Tied. If three or more schools are tied, the district executive committee may authorize
a single elimination tournament in addition to the total number of games and tournaments allowed for the season.

Again not to clear!

Would expect anything less?! I would guess there would be a one game playoff!!