Jerry's
 TexasFootballRatings
Your total source for Texas high school football!
 
    www.texasfootballratings.com 
2005 season previews: District 8-6M
District 8-6M
Preseason projection:
(2005 Overall and District Record  prediction, 2005 returning letterman, offensive and defensive starters, letterman lost, 2005 preseason rating, school's population, last year's 2004 overall and district record, and preseason regional, state, and overall rankings, and each teams total playoff appearances.) 
District 8 Record (RL-OS-DS-LL) Rating  Pop 2004 Record Reg State O'ALL Playoff
a--Garden City (8-2) (5-0) (9-4-3-7) 77.51 88 (8-3) (5-0) 3 15 21 7
b--Water Valley (8-2) (4-1) (9-4-1-5) 67.29 87 (6-5) (4-1) 10 38 50 3
Robert Lee (6-4) (3-2) (9-5-5-3) 63.90 95 (4-6) (3-2) 14 50 66 15
Blackwell (4-6) (2-3) (4-4-4-2) 59.13 43 (2-8) (1-4) 18 74 93 11
Paint Rock (2-7) (1-4) (10-5-5-1) 57.08 51 (1-8) (0-5) 20 82 105 5
Veribest (0-9) (0-5) (3-1-2-NA) 49.67 81 (2-7) (2-3) 25 102 135 NONE
a--Projected to go to the Bi-District a--Bi-District, lost 32-12 to Ira
b--Projected to go to the Bi-District b--Bi-District, lost 90-40 to Roscoe Highland
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 6M Top 10 Points   Jerry's 6M Top 10 Rating   Coaches Picks
1 Richland Springs  (4) 133  1 Throckmorton (Champ) 103.97   District 8
2 Throckmorton  (8) 130  2 Turkey Valley 103.23  1 Garden City
3 Turkey Valley  (2) 93  3 Richland Springs 101.06  2 Water Valley
4 Calvert 77  4 Roscoe Highland 92.11  3 Robert Lee
5 Paducah 45  5 Wheeler 89.47  4 Paint Rock
6 Aspermont 36  6 Rule 88.20  5 Blackwell
7 Roscoe Highland 33  7 Calvert 88.11  6 Veribest
8 Garden City 26  8 Paducah 84.96    
9 Ira 17  9 Strawn 84.76    
10 Strawn 16  10 Ira 84.35    
Season records over the past decade
District 8 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Years Total
Blackwell (8-3) (10-2) (7-2) (7-3) (8-2) (7-4) (6-4) (9-2) (1-9) (2-8) 10 (65-39-0)
Robert Lee (6-2-1) (7-2-1) (5-5) (3-7) (2-8) (4-6) (9-2) (5-5) (0-10) (4-6) 10 (45-53-2)
Garden City (1-8-1) (6-4) (4-6) (3-7) (2-8) (7-3) (8-2) (1-9) (2-8) (8-3) 10 (42-58-1)
Water Valley (3-6-1) (2-7-1) (1-9) (4-7) (1-9) (1-8) (1-8) (4-6) (8-3) (6-5) 10 (31-68-2)
Paint Rock (3-4-1) (2-8) (2-8) (2-6) (3-6) (3-6) (2-7) (1-8) (0-9) (1-8) 10 (19-70-1)
Veribest (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (2-7) (1-9) (6-4) (3-7) (0-9) (4-6) (2-7) 7 (18-49-0)
Playoff Appearances Last 10 Years
Team Playoff Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
Robert Lee 15 1955 1957 1963 1964 1978 1984 1992 1993 1994 2001
Blackwell 11 1964 1968 1976 1982 1994 1995 1996 1998 2000 2002
Garden City 7 1955 1965 1988 1989 1990 1991 2004   
Paint Rock 5 1966 1979 1983 1984 1985     
Water Valley 3 1946 2003 2004       
Veribest NONE          
Team Outlook

Blackwell Hornets (Green, White) - Head Coach Doug Cook - (2-8-0) @ Blackwell and (2-8-0) Overall, Offense (Spread), Defense (2-3-1), returns 4 letterman 4 offensive 4 defensive starters with 2 letterman lost from a (2-8) team.  Offensive strength - quarterback, Defensive strength - linebacker.

 

Garden City Bearkats (Black, Red) - Head Coach Ken Hoskins - (10-11-0) @ Garden City and  (75-28-0) Overall, Offense (Unbalanced Wing), Defense (3-1-2 / 3-2-1), returns 9 letterman 4 offensive 3 defensive starters with 7 letterman lost from a (8-3) Bi-District playoff team.  Garden City returns (1) 1st All-Region player.  JV Record (8-1).  Overall Strength - offense, Offensive strength - quarterback, Defensive strength - defensive line.  Notes from the Coach: We have completed our first season playing 6-man ball.  It was a real learning experience for all our kids.  We did loose seven "good" seniors.  We must have some of our JV kids step up at the varsity level.  Our strengths should be numbers (37-42), experience, skilled positions, and our aggressiveness.  This year's team should be quicker and able to play with more confidence.

 

Paint Rock Indians (Maroon, White) - Head Coach Sam Boyd -  (1-17-0) @ Paint Rock and  (1-17-0) Overall, Offense (NA), Defense (NA), returns 10 letterman 5 offensive 5 defensive starters with 1 letterman lost from a (1-8) team. 

Robert Lee Steers (Black, Orange) - Head Coach Open - (0-0-0) @ Robert Lee and (0-0-0) Overall, Offense (NA), Defense (NA), returns 9 letterman 5 offensive 5 defensive starters with 3 letterman lost from a (4-6) team. 

Veribest Falcons (Blue, Gold) - Head Coach Brad Riker - (0-0-0) @ Veribest and (0-0-0) Overall, Offense (NA), Defense (NA), returns 3 letterman 1 offensive 2 defensive starters with 0 letterman lost from a (2-7) team.  Veribest returns (1) 1st All-Region player.

Water Valley Wildcats (Black, White) - Head Coach Tony Mandujano -  (14-8-0) @ Water Valley and  (14-8-0) Overall, Offense (NA), Defense (NA), returns 9 letterman 4 offensive 1 defensive starters with 5 letterman lost from a (6-5) Bi-District playoff team.