Playoffs

[NedPA]

Districts are starting to clear up.  Nederland will play Santa Fe in the first round of the playoffs.  And I think Port Neches will have Friendswood.   Who else is set up?  

[Separation Scientist]

Ned - SF? 

BH is 13-0 and Ned is 12-1, but Ned still has BH at home. They could both end up 13-1, correct?  

[NedPA]

That is correct.  Barbers Hill will go into Division 1 regardless and Nederland will go Division 2 with PNG.  PNG will face Friendswood I believe in the first round. BH will get Laporte I am pretty sure since Galveston Ball and Laporte will go into Div 1 out of that district.  Tuesdays game is only to see if Nederland can get a share of district.  

[BBfan061]

Gonna be interesting how the brackets shape up especially in the smaller school ranks with the new way of splitting into division 1 and 2

[THS99]

The new playoff format waters down the post season to an amazing degree.  BH is unbelievable fortunate that Friendswood would be in D2, I doubt it would be a repeat of last year.

[Bread]

West Brook has Galveston Ball in the 1st round. First time for the Lady Bruins to make the playoffs since 2018

[navydawg31]

55 minutes ago, Bread said:

West Brook has Galveston Ball in the 1st round. First time for the Lady Bruins to make the playoffs since 2018

Who were the 4 that made the playoffs? BH, Ned, WB, and I guess PNG? 

[vbdiva]

16 hours ago, navydawg31 said:

Who were the 4 that made the playoffs? BH, Ned, WB, and I guess PNG? 

Correct. Ironic  NED and PNG as the 3rd and 4th place finishers in Div 2 get the tougher draw. UIL screwed the pooch on this whole deal. 

[THS99]

28 minutes ago, vbdiva said:

Correct. Ironic  NED and PNG as the 3rd and 4th place finishers in Div 2 get the tougher draw. UIL screwed the pooch on this whole deal. 

Friendswood has a clear path to State in D2.  BH will be lucky to get past A&M Consol in the second round.  Will have to play their best match of the year to do it.

[navydawg31]

So this whole new Div 1 and Div 2 system all screwed up… several people were complaining UIL rushed this when this first came and said they should have waited. 

[DukeS]

I’d rather they get rid of divisions in all sports, including football. We don’t need so many state champions. It’s all about the UIL money I suppose. 

[vbdiva]

1 hour ago, navydawg31 said:

So this whole new Div 1 and Div 2 system all screwed up… several people were complaining UIL rushed this when this first came and said they should have waited. 

They didn't need divisions in 5A and below. They already moved a ton of 5A teams up to 6A this year so it was not needed at all. You have basically created the YMCA Division in all sports by watering it down this much.

As someone else said, Friendswood might not even break a sweat going all the way to State this year where in years past they never advanced past round 3. Will it even be satisfying knowing you are playing at a lower level and beneath your talent while not even receiving a challenge?  Eh

 

UIL also got rid of the regional tournaments so you have to make the state finals to even get a true state like experience. 

[Separation Scientist]

The UIL cannot resist their annual tinkering. They never leave well enough alone. I guess that’s done to show they are “doing something” every year. To me, it just looks like they never get it right. If they did, no need to change something every year. Leave it alone for once. The constant shuffling is tiresome.  

[vbdiva]

Barbers Hill loses in convincing fashion to A&M Consolidated 1-3.  Looks like they had a comeback in set 1 and then got handled in sets 2, 3, and 4.

27-25, 19-25, 18-25,18-25

District 19-5A is now off to basketball season as the teams went a combined 1-4.