I've got to finish up. Some games have already been played! Here goes:
Three AAA - Division I - State Champion- Chapel Hill near Tyler, Texas, Undefeated.
Division II - State Champion - Coldspring-Oakhurst. This is a consolidated school at the intersection of state roads 150 and 156. It is in San Jacinto County in East Texas. The little town of Shepherd on Highway 59 is close. Livingston is not far. Lake Livingston is real close.
Two AA - Division I - Melissa vs Hempstead Probably decided already. Melissa is just north of McKinney on highway 75. They are an exemplary ISD. That doesn't make them better at football but they are, or were, 12-2. Hempstead is the watermelon town near highway six on the way to Texas A&M. They are always a football power. 14-0 before this last game.
Two AA - Division !! - Down in this part of the state we know about this one. Refugio They have a full page on the team today in the Caller Times. Refugio is 14-0. They are favored. Cisco is their worthy opponent, also at 14-0. This small city between Fort Worth and Abilene on highway 175 is an interesting one. It has Cisco College. It was once a boomtown for oil. In 1919 a man named Conrad Hilton came looking for a bank to purchase. He could make no deal so he decided to buy a small place named the Mobley Hotel. That was his very first hotel. Today this chain reaches around the world. It started in Cisco, Texas. These two teams are playing, even as I write.
One A - Division I - State Champion - Mason. Mason is in the Hill Country, about fifty miles west of Fredericksburg. The man who wrote "Ole Yeller" is from there. His name slips me. It is a neat little town with a square. We have been through there many times. Brady, the center of Texas is only a few miles from there. Mason is new in One A having been bumped down from 2AA. I imagine they like it. Great place for Bar-B-Cue.
One A Division II - Tenaha. My dear deceased friend, Glenn Booth, was pastor in Tenaha years ago. It is in deep East Texas not far from Timpson, BoBo and Blair. Those used to all go together in an old song. Nacogdoches is not far. They are not a surprise to be champs.
Six-Man Richland Springs! This little cowboy town is also in the edge of the Hill Country and not too far from Brady. I hunted four miles out of Richland Springs. I've been in most every store in the town. That isn't saying much. The Yellow Duck is their only cafe.
Six-Man - Throckmorton They are the Division One champs - where it is is anybody's guess. If you know e-mail me the answer at dnapogue@clearwire.net. Tha tha that's all folks!!!
