Jerry's Texas High School Football Ratings
| Jerry's Texas High School Football Ratings | |
2004 Season www.TexasFootballRatings.com 2004 Season |
| 2004 season previews: District 8-3A |
| District 8-3A |
| Preseason Ratings: |
| (2004 returning letterman, offensive and defensive starters, letterman lost, 2004 preseason rating, school's population, last year's 2003 overall and district record, and preseason regional, state, and overall rankings, UIL Change if your school moved up or down after realignment.) |
| District 8 | (RL-OS-DS-LL) | Rating | Pop | 2003 Record | Reg | ST | ALL |
| a - Glen Rose | (14-4-6-3) | 139.25 | 463 | (7-3)(5-2) | 11 | 53 | 425 |
| b - Hillsboro | (13-3-4-13) | 126.29 | 487 | (4-6)(3-4) | 22 | 110 | 657 |
| c - West | (12-5-6-19) | 125.55 | 555 | (3-7)(2-5) | 26 | 117 | 674 |
| Comanche | (14-4-4-14) | 122.58 | 426 | (4-6)(1-4) | 33 | 140 | 721 |
| d - Venus | (1-0-1-17) | 117.56 | 511 | (6-5)(5-2) | 38 | 164 | 790 |
| Whitney | (12-6-6-10) | 113.12 | 450 | (1-9)(0-7) | 44 | 180 | 872 |
| a--Projected to go to the Div. II Regional | d - Lost 48-12 to Decatur 3A Div. II Bi-distict |
| b--Projected to go to the Div. II Bi-Dist | |
| c--Projected to go to the Div. I Bi-Dist |
| Check out the Coaches Preseason Top 10 and District projections along with My Top 10. |
| The coaches rankings and district projections are based on totals of every questionnaire that was received with points awarded for 1st thru 10th place. Teams with 1st place votes are in parenthesis. |
| Coaches 3A Top 10 | Points | Jerry's 3A Top 10 | Rating | Coaches Picks | |||||
| 1 | Gainesville (14) | 181 | 1 | West Orange-Stark (Div. I) | 172.93 | District 8 | |||
| 2 | Atlanta (5) | 129 | 2 | Jasper (Div. II) | 172.24 | 1 | Glen Rose | ||
| 3 | West Orange-Stark (2) | 86 | 3 | Kennedale | 169.70 | 2 | West | ||
| 4 | Jasper | 76 | 4 | Atlanta | 164.12 | 3 | Hillsboro | ||
| 5 | Vernon | 51 | 5 | Gainesville | 163.77 | 4 | Comanche | ||
| 6 | Abilene Wylie | 48 | 6 | Sinton | 161.79 | 5 | Venus | ||
| 7 | Marlin | 46 | 7 | La Grange | 156.99 | 6 | Whitney | ||
| 8 | Bellville | 37 | 8 | Sealy | 155.71 | ||||
| 9 | Gilmer (1) | 30 | 9 | Gilmer | 155.47 | ||||
| 10 | Decatur | 29 | 10 | Bellville | 154.55 |
| Season records over the past decade |
| District 8 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Yrs | Rec Total | % |
| Comanche | (7-3) | (5-5) | (2-8) | (7-3) | (7-4) | (1-9) | (11-1) | (7-4) | (6-5) | (4-6) | 10 | (57-48-0) | 0.54 |
| Glen Rose | (4-6) | (6-3-1) | (7-4) | (5-5) | (6-5) | (3-8) | (6-5) | (5-6) | (5-6) | (7-3) | 10 | (54-51-1) | 0.51 |
| Hillsboro | (5-5) | (5-5) | (4-5-1) | (4-7) | (6-4) | (4-7) | (5-6) | (7-5) | (5-6) | (4-6) | 10 | (49-56-1) | 0.47 |
| West | (8-3) | (5-5) | (1-9) | (1-9) | (5-5) | (4-6) | (2-8) | (1-9) | (7-3) | (3-7) | 10 | (37-64-0) | 0.37 |
| Venus | (2-7-1) | (2-8) | (3-7) | (3-7) | (1-8) | (1-9) | (6-4) | (6-4) | (2-8) | (6-5) | 10 | (32-67-1) | 0.32 |
| Whitney | (3-7) | (1-9) | (1-9) | (4-6) | (0-10) | (0-10) | (1-9) | (1-9) | (0-10) | (1-9) | 10 | (12-88-0) | 0.12 |
| Team Outlook |
| Comanche - Coach Malcom Moerbe (36-29-0) at Comanche and (73-39-1) Overall, returns 14 letterman 4 offensive 4 defensive starters with 14 letterman lost from a (4-6) team. |
| Glen Rose - Coach Mark Cunningham (55-33-1) at Glen Rose and (55-33-1) Overall, Offense (Shot gun), Defense (4-3), returns 14 letterman 4 offensive 6 defensive starters with 3 letterman lost from a (7-3) team. Overall Strength (defense), Strengths on offense (quarterback), Strengths on defense (defensive line). Notes from the Coach: This year's team looks to be more physical than previous years. Will count on young receivers to step up and fill the void of departed seniors. The defense will need to play well in order for the offense to grow up. |
| Hillsboro - Coach Casey Creghan (0-0-0) at Hillsboro and (66-41-2) Overall, returns 13 letterman 3 offensive 4 defensive starters with 13 letterman lost from a (4-6) team. |
| Venus - Coach Carlous Stone (6-5-0) at Venus and (79-102-4) Overall, Offense (Wing T), Defense (4-3), returns 1 letterman 0 offensive 1 defensive starters with 17 letterman lost from a (6-5) 3A Div. II Bi-district playoff team. Overall Strength (defense). Notes from the Coach: We will be very young. We have some talented soph's that have not seen varsity action, but should be a factor. |
| West - Coach Rick Wolf (13-27-0) at West and (13-27-0) Overall, returns 12 letterman 5 offensive 6 defensive starters with 19 letterman lost from a (3-7) team. |
| Whitney - Coach Paul Hurst (0-0-0) at Whitney and (68-54-3) Overall, Offense (Spread), Defense (4-3), returns 12 letterman 6 offensive 6 defensive starters with 10 letterman lost from a (1-9) team. Overall Strength (offense), Strengths on offense (quarterback, receiver), Strengths on defense (defensive line, defensive back). Notes from the Coach: Going to try b break the losing tradition. |