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2007 season previews: District 8-5A
District 8-5A
Preseason projection:
2007 record prediction,  returning letterman, offensive and defensive starters, letterman lost, 2007 preseason rating, school's population,  2007 preseason regional, state, and overall rankings and last year's 2006 overall and district record.
District 8

Rec

Dist

(RL-OS-DS-LL)

Rating

Pop

Reg

ST

ALL

2006 Record

a--Cedar Hill

(10-0)

(7-0)

(34-5-3-56)

191.98

2448.5

3

5

5

(16-0) (7-0)

b--DeSoto

(8-2)

(6-1)

(23-6-4-21)

185.50

2612

4

12

15

(10-4) (5-2)

c--Arlington Bowie

(7-3)

(5-2)

(23-8-7-13)

174.73

2709

12

52

59

(7-4) (5-2)

d--Arlington Martin

(6-4)

(4-3)

(23-5-7-25)

166.69

3386

24

104

131

(4-7) (4-3)

Duncanville

(3-7)

(3-4)

(21-7-4-35)

165.61

3759.5

28

119

150

(2-8) (2-5)

Arlington Lamar

(4-6)

(2-5)

(42-2-5-49)

161.67

3067

38

150

208

(5-5) (2-5)

Arlington

(1-9)

(1-6)

(43-3-3-46)

158.91

2748.5

44

171

255

(4-6) (3-4)

Arlington Sam Houston

(1-9)

(0-7)

(15-6-7-18)

154.50

3102

51

199

312

(2-8) (0-7)

a--Projected to go to the Div. II State Finals a--Div. II Beat Cypress Falls 51-17 for the Div. II State Championship
b--Projected to go to the Div. II Quarters b--Div. II Quarters, lost 42-21 to Cedar Hill
c--Projected to go to the Div. I Bi-District c--Div. I Bi-District, lost 24-21 to South Grand Prairie
d--Projected to go to the Div. I Bi-District d--Div. I Bi-District, lost 41-0 to Euless Trinity
Check out the 2007 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

Southlake Carroll (34)

411

1

Southlake Carroll (Div. I) 200.26 District 8

2

Katy (1)

225

2

Katy (Div. II) 196.48

1

Cedar Hill

3

Euless Trinity (2)

207

3

Euless Trinity 194.86

2

DeSoto

4

Lufkin

158

4

Spring Westfield 192.49

3

Arlington Bowie

5

Cedar Hill (2)

140

5

Cedar Hill 191.98

4

Duncanville

6

Spring Westfield

103

6

Garland 189.02

5

Arlington Lamar

7

Smithson Valley

95

7

Allen 188.22

6

Arlington Martin

8

Austin Westlake

81

8

Smithson Valley 188.01

7

Arlington

9

Galena Park North Shore

73

9

Galena Park North Shore 187.77

8

Arlington Sam Houston

10

Converse Judson (1)

49

10

Lufkin 186.57
Season records over the past decade
District 8

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Yr

Total

Duncanville

(12-2)

(12-3)

(8-2)

(11-2)

(5-6)

(8-3)

(8-3)

(9-3)

(6-4)

(2-8)

10

(81-36-0)

Arlington Lamar

(10-2)

(9-2)

(8-4)

(10-5)

(3-7)

(11-2)

(13-1)

(8-3)

(3-7)

(5-5)

10

(80-38-0)

DeSoto

(7-4)

(7-4)

(8-5)

(8-4)

(10-4)

(6-5)

(8-4)

(9-2)

(6-5)

(10-4)

10

(79-41-0)

Arlington

(2-8)

(2-8)

(1-9)

(7-3)

(9-3)

(12-2)

(8-4)

(1-9)

(7-4)

(4-6)

10

(53-56-0)

Cedar Hill

(2-8)

(3-8)

(2-8)

(5-5)

(3-7)

(2-8)

(6-4)

(5-5)

(7-4)

(16-0)

10

(51-57-0)

Arlington Martin

(8-4)

(4-6)

(6-5)

(4-6)

(6-4)

(2-8)

(2-8)

(5-5)

(3-7)

(4-7)

10

(44-60-0)

Arlington Sam Houston

(3-7)

(6-4)

(4-6)

(1-9)

(7-4)

(6-6)

(6-5)

(2-8)

(0-10)

(2-8)

10

(37-67-0)

Arlington Bowie

(3-7)

(0-10)

(0-10)

(2-8)

(4-6)

(3-7)

(4-6)

(1-9)

(1-9)

(7-4)

10

(25-76-0)

Playoff Appearances Last 10 Years
District 8 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

15

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Arlington Sam Houston

10

1973

1975

1976

1984

1990

1991

1993

2001

2002

2003

Cedar Hill

9

1967

1979

1980

1992

1993

1994

1998

2005

2006

Arlington Martin

5

1994

1996

1997

1999

2006

Arlington Bowie

1

2006