Toughest 4A districts

7-4A no doubt

9-4A is no slouch
Very good competition in that district.

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7-4A no doubt

Absolutely one of the weakest in the state... (BTW I am an AHHS grad) other than heights and southwest,the rest of the district is a joke. (i still think heights will go far but This district will end up hurting heights in the playoffs, They have not been challeged by facing competition during the season, how will they handle facing a tough team that can play at thier level and not go away? (didn't heights easily run-rule southwest...how good are they?)

6-4A Birdville,boswell, fossil ridge
8-4A Aledo, cleburne, stephenville
9-4A mckinney, McK north, frisco
12-4A longview pine tree,ect...

only joking John G.

I agree 100%. This district will hurt heights tremendously. Against average team i would say Heights is about .500.

I gotta give my vote to 15-4A, I believe 6 of these teams made the playoffs last year and most have some big time players on them. The records don't look that good but thats because they are beating up on each other.


Midlothian
Corsicana
Waxahachie
Ennis
Red Oak
Arl. Seguin
Lancaster

The weak distric didnt hurt Heights the last two years. One round from state in 05 and State championship game in 06. This years team is not as deep as the teams in the past but they have Kelly who still hasnt lost yet in his highschool career. But the distric is def not tough at all that is why Heights trys to face tough teams during tournament play and play tough 5a teams for warm up games before playoffs start. id love to see Elliot go a couple one gamers and put Walker out there but i doubt he will.

10-4A isn't to shabby. 4 teams ranked in the top 10. But we all know what lists and rankings are good for........................ Nothing, when it comes to playoff time.

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Originally posted by 11sdad:
I gotta give my vote to 15-4A, I believe 6 of these teams made the playoffs last year and most have some big time players on them. The records don't look that good but thats because they are beating up on each other.


Midlothian
Corsicana
Waxahachie
Ennis
Red Oak
Arl. Seguin
Lancaster

I like 15-4A as well. Some very strong players.

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Against average team i would say Heights is about .500.

Against average competition they go .500?? Big statement there.

Is Southwest above or below average? List some average teams, just to clarify.

1: 15-4A---Midlothian, Waxahachie, Corsicana, Red Oak, Ennis, Arlington Seguin, Lancaster

2: 9-4A---McKinney North, McKinney, Lake Dallas, Frisco, Frisco Centennial, McKinney Boyd, The Colony, Little Elm

3: 10-4A---Poteet, Highland Park, Richardson Pearce, Forney, West Mesquite, Greenville, Rockwall-Heath, Terrell

4: 6-4A---Azle, Boswell, Western Hills, Brewer, Birdville, Fossil Ridge, Saginaw, North Side, Springtown

5: 5-5A---Denton, Denton Ryan, Wichita Falls Rider, Sherman, Denison, Denton Guyer, Wichita Falls

9-4A is tough with all the teams almost being equually talented its a tough one.

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Against average team i would say Heights is about .500.


Against average competition they go .500?? Big statement there.

Is Southwest above or below average

I know that hieghts lost to fossil ridge when niether team pitched thier best..

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I know that hieghts lost to fossil ridge when niether team thier best..

JG - It's TAKS week. Help me with this sentence.

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Originally posted by John G.:
I know that hieghts lost to fossil ridge when niether team thier best..

And they beat Collyville that same week. One game doesn't mean much.

Collikar--I was doing the adult version of TAKS test...My taxes! You'll find it corrected!

Ironhorse-- i agree with you, one game doesn't mean much. Who won that tourney anyway? From what i've seen so far this year I think the 4A playoffs can go just about any way imaginable.

JG - Thanks! I needed that noun. My poor brain's fried from all the TAKS/taxes.

"i before e, except after c" -- An Anonymous Know-it-all

Except science.

Collikar- What PD said continues.... and I can't remember it!

DT ...or when it sounds like 'a' as in neighbor or weigh. (long vowel exception) Also, tell Shorty to bring pocket rocket's with him on Saturday.

PD - I felt badly after the first post.

Shhh... ...who said that?

well lets see..

Heights vs. Nolan 0-3
Heights vs. Dent. Ryan 5-11
Heights vs. F. Ridge 8-10??
Heights vs. Crowley 5-6
Heights vs. Weatherford 4-7

The average/above average teams they have beat consist of Colleyville Her., Lewisville, Paschal,Duncanville, and Burleson. Some people may put Southwest as a good baseball team but they play the same competition Heights does. That is about .500... am i right? All the other wins consist of a horrid district and just bad baseball schools. Dont get me wrong I am a heights dad just listing the facts.

OBTW- Against Colleyville Heritage Kelly pitched and I don't care who this kid pitches against he will win.

Well....DTiger, the Internet is a wonderful place....

Mastering the I Before E Rule (Or Don't Let the C-I-E-N Words Get You Uptight!) by Don McCabe

Although this book is now out of print, it can be found in: It-ss & Tooze, Apostrophes, and the I Before E Rule Made Easy

The "I before E except after C" rule that is so often quoted doesn't work with words such as: vein, science, Einstein, sufficient, neither, weird, plus about two hundred or so more. So why bother with it? The answer is simply, don't bother with half a rule. If you learn the whole rule you will find out that it does work 99.9999% of the time!

This book presents the rule and then very slowly and methodically teaches the meaning of each part. What the author found out when he first taught this rule to junior high students at the Flint Alternative Junior High School is that they really didn't understand the meaning of the word except. So he not only had the students memorize the ENTIRE RULE, but he also developed exercises in which the students had to give the reason for their answers.

Here is the Complete Rule and examples that follow the rule:

Use I before E --------------------------- ie = believe, field, yield, priest, shield
Except after C --------------------------- cei = receive, receipt, conceited, conceive
Or when sounded as "I" as in Einstein ----- "I" ei = Eileen, height, sleight, stein, Einstein
Or "A" as in weigh ------------------------ "A" ei = weigh, weight, neighbor, sleigh, heir, their
Neither, weird, foreign, leisure ------------ "X" ei = either, weirdo, foreigner
Seize, forfeit, and height ----------------- "X" ei = seizure, forfeiture, protein, caffeine, heifer
Are the common exceptions spelled right
But don't let the C-I-E-N words get you uptight! --- cien = cien! =science, efficient, sufficient, conscience, ancient,

PD - Shouldn't you list your qualifications for citing spelling rules? English is a lot like baseball in its subjectivity, and in order to be taken seriously, you must at least have cum laude credentials. Otherwise, copying verbatim from someone else’s work would infringe on your worth as an English moderator.

I've read somewhere on this website that unless you've published a book or written a paper, an opinion is just useless garbage. Personally, I believe that once the excrement is separated, the opinionated written work can be considered useful knowledge.

Truthfully, your post cracked me up.

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Originally posted by collikar:
PD - Shouldn't you list your qualifications for citing spelling rules? English is a lot like baseball in its subjectivity, and in order to be taken seriously, you must at least have cum laude credentials. Otherwise, copying verbatim from someone else’s work would infringe on your worth as an English moderator.

I've read somewhere on this website that unless you've published a book or written a paper, an opinion is just useless garbage. Personally, I believe that once the excrement is separated, the opinionated written work can be considered useful knowledge.

Truthfully, your post cracked me up.

Enough you guys and gals....TOO FUNNY...Collikar...Congrats to the "lefty" stud...His Colleyville fans are soooo...proud!

Although not appropriately foot-noted, I assigned credit to the author, Don McCabe. If he can't speel, that's his problem!

Oh, and your subtlety is genius.

Enough now.

John G ---- I'm just having fun with you here --- but does your coach turn in the weekly stats? If so, does he need a lesson in calculating ERA?

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Originally posted by PAW-FECT:
Enough you guys and gals....TOO FUNNY...Collikar...Congrats to the "lefty" stud...His Colleyville fans are soooo...proud!

PAW-FECT,

He is not a pitcher. There were so many screaming missiles hit past him right at people, he is lucky he doesn't have whiplash.

PD was a bullpen speller at one time.

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Originally posted by The Beast:
PD was a bullpen speller at one time.

Beast,

Did he trade dictionaries with other bullpen spellers?

Sorry, FO, Bless her heart...

Ya'll are not putting the "Bless her heart" in your posts.

Collikar,



oops...

Bless her heart.

T-Bird, no he gave his dictionaries to the clubhouse kids. But he kept all of his meal money. Bless his heart.

This is better than I thought it would be.

Bless her heart.

PD-- I dont mind ,being made fun of is my job.... The Coach has all the numbers, I think his ERA is 2.18 )FWT star-telegram.

9-4A no doubt. Everyone is in the race pretty much one loss could take you out of the race.

Since we are getting close the that time I thought I would bring this back to the top.

I think 15-4A, 10-4A, 9-4A and 12-4A are all very tough ones out there in class 4A.

The BEST 4A Districts are (in no particular order) 25, 26, 27, 30 amd 31.

Hadn't read this post before....You people are funny!!!!! (And PD, you still can't speel!)

I can only hope that when my son is in HS (and is still playing) that the posters on this site are as witty as you (plural) are! Thanks for the chuckles.