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2006 season previews: District 8-5A
District 8-5A
Preseason projection:
 2006 returning letterman, offensive and defensive starters, letterman lost, 2006 preseason rating, school's population, last year's 2005 overall and district record, and 2006 preseason regional, state, and overall rankings, and district change.)
District 8 (RL-OS-DS-LL)

Rating

Pop

Reg

ST

ALL

2005 Record

Dist Change

a--Cedar Hill

(31-6-6-44)

171.36

2448.5

7

29

45

(7-4) (6-1)

5A-7

b--Arlington

(55-6-6-40)

169.38

2748.5

10

38

58

(7-4) (5-2)

5A-7

c--DeSoto

(16-6-3-48)

166.37

2612

12

47

72

(6-5) (5-2)

5A-7

d--Duncanville

(23-5-4-43)

163.11

3759.5

18

66

96

(6-4) (5-2)

5A-7

Arlington Lamar

(41-2-5-39)

158.49

3067

31

134

188

(3-7) (3-4)

5A-7

Arlington Martin

(31-3-3-40)

153.92

3386

47

198

287

(3-7) (3-4)

5A-7

Arlington Bowie

(8-2-2-22)

149.66

2709

55

226

351

(1-9) (1-6)

5A-7

Arlington Sam Houston

(13-3-5-20)

149.31

3102

56

227

355

(0-10) (0-7)

5A-7

a--Projected to go to the Div. II Area a--Div. II Bi-District, lost 21-7 to Allen
b--Projected to go to the Div. I Bi-District b--Div. I Bi-District, lost 17-13 to Plano East
c--Projected to go to the Div. II Area c--Div. II Bi-District, lost 17-14 to Plano
d--Projected to go to the Div. I Bi-District
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 5A Top 10

Points

Jerry's 5A Top 10

Rating

Coaches Picks

1

S. Carroll (51)

542

1

Lufkin (Div. II)

205.14

District 8

2

Lufkin (1)

303

2

A&M Consolidated (Div. I)

202.05

1

Cedar Hill

3

Katy (1)

301

3

Southlake Carroll

201.19

2

DeSoto

4

Euless Trinity

238

4

Euless Trinity

197.02

3

Arlington

5

Smithson Valley (1)

196

5

Lewisville Hebron

189.30

4

Duncanville

6

Spring Westfield

160

6

Garland

188.89

5

Arlington Lamar

7

Converse Judson

157

7

Galena Park North Shore

188.52

6

Arlington Martin

8

G.P. North Shore

131

8

Smithson Valley

187.69

7

Arlington Bowie

9

Longview

87

9

Spring Westfield

184.04

8

Arlington Sam Houston

10

Plano

49

10

Richardson Berkner

184.04

Season records over the past decade
Team 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Years Total
Duncanville (10-1) (12-2) (12-3) (8-2) (11-2) (5-6) (8-3) (8-3) (9-3) (6-4) 10 (89-29-0)
Arlington Lamar (9-3) (10-2) (9-2) (8-4) (10-5) (3-7) (11-2) (13-1) (8-3) (3-7) 10 (84-36-0)
DeSoto (8-4) (7-4) (7-4) (8-5) (8-4) (10-4) (6-5) (8-4) (9-2) (6-5) 10 (77-41-0)
Arlington (2-8) (2-8) (2-8) (1-9) (7-3) (9-3) (12-2) (8-4) (1-9) (7-4) 10 (51-58-0)
Arlington Martin (8-3) (8-4) (4-6) (6-5) (4-6) (6-4) (2-8) (2-8) (5-5) (3-7) 10 (48-56-0)
Cedar Hill (5-5) (2-8) (3-8) (2-8) (5-5) (3-7) (2-8) (6-4) (5-5) (7-4) 10 (40-62-0)
Arlington Sam Houston (5-4-1) (3-7) (6-4) (4-6) (1-9) (7-4) (6-6) (6-5) (2-8) (0-10) 10 (40-63-1)
Arlington Bowie (3-6-1) (3-7) (0-10) (0-10) (2-8) (4-6) (3-7) (4-6) (1-9) (1-9) 10 (21-78-1)

Playoff Appearances Last 10 Years
Team Playoff Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
Arlington 21 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 2001 2002 2003 2005
Arlington Lamar 18 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004
Duncanville 17 1989 1994 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
DeSoto 14 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Arlington Sam Houston 10 1973 1975 1976 1984 1990 1991 1993 2001 2002 2003
Cedar Hill 8 1967 1979 1980 1992 1993 1994 1998 2005    
Arlington Martin 4 1994 1996 1997 1999            
Arlington Bowie NONE