ARCHIVE 2004

PADUCAH FALLS IN AUSTIN - The Paducah Dragons fell to Lipan in the Class A Division II State title game, 58-49. Lipan (33-4) just played too solid of basketball against Paducah (28-7) Thursday at the Frank Erwin Center. Link to some photos. Cory Hemphill of Paducah and Koby Ragle and Casey Riddle of Lipan named to all-tournament team.

ON THE AIR - Have you had a chance to listen to the six-man state championship game? If not, check out the archived recording from KBAL and the IBN. A word of advice: the first 44 minutes is music and you can skip ahead.

RICHLAND SPRINGS WINS TITLE - Tyler Ethridge showed the six-man world why he is the best freshman (and maybe the best player overall) in the game, leading the Coyotes to a 58-38 win in Abilene over the Valley Patriots. Final rankings are available, as well as the completed playoff brackets, public and private.

HERITAGE, GREENVILLE TAKE TAPPS TITLES - Greenville Christian captured the TAPPS Division I title, 74-56 Saturday afternoon, while Frederickburg Heritage took the D-II title with a 42-22 win over Happy Hill. Check out the (almost final) rankings.

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO - It is down to what we had picked in the preseason, Richland Springs and Valley. Check out the spread, as well as the latest rankings. The game will be played at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene. Also check out the basic playoff skinny and a little breakdown of the towns....with additional links.

INTERESTING FILE UPLOADED - I have posted an interesting file on the 112 public teams playing. It shows their ranking for each week, their change from preseason to final ranking and their average ranking throughout the season.

THE GIANT INSANE GRAPE POSSE - Find out what they are all about in the latest Late Night Ramblings of a Madman.

FINAL REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS - The final public and private school regular season rankings, as well as final 2004 district standings are done. You may notice some minor changes. I finally found the error with the forfeits and had to rerun all of the rankings.

SHUT THIS GUY UP - Hey, I finally had time to post a rambling.. Holy cow...

BUENA VISTA, EP BETHEL CANCEL SEASON - The Buena Vista Longhorns have cancelled their season, according to head coach Ronny Miller. The Bethel Temple Knights also cancelled after a rash of injuries.

INCREDIBLE ARTICLE FROM AMARILLO - Four six-man officials were involved in an accident last Friday before on their way to call a game in Wheeler. Read their dramatic account from the Amarillo Globe News.

PRIVATE COMPOSITE IN THE WORKS - The private composite schedule is a work in progress. See the list and please send in updates.

THE SCHEDULE IS POSTED - Several versions are out. You can view the composite schedule or the individual team schedule.

2004 PRESEASON RANKINGS - Here they are, the 2004 sixmanfootball.com preseason rankings, from 1 to 110.

MISTAKE IN TEXAS FOOTBALL MAGAZINE- It was brought to my attention this weekend that my preview article on the 2004 season in Dave Campbell's Texas Football had several coaches and fans scratching their heads. Read my explanation.

PRESEASON TOP TEN ANNOUNCED - With Dave Campbell's Texas Football on newsstands this past weekend, it is time to release the preseason top ten.

FOLLETT FALLS IN STATE BASEBALL FINAL - Follett fell to Shiner, 13-3 in the state Class A Final. The Panthers (23-4) defeated Pineland West Sabine 1-0, behind a 1-hitter from Jared Robertson at Disch-Falk Field in the class A state semifinals. Click here for photos.

SCHEDULES AND MORE UP SOON - Complete team schedules and more will be up in the coming weeks, as football season is just around the corner. Also, Dave Campbell's Texas Football will hit newsstands July 4th weekend.

MIAMI'S ROACHES CAPTURE STATE TENNIS - The duo of Kyler and Kris Roach captured the class A boys doubles crown. Complete list of tennis qualifiers.

DMN REVIEW OF GRIT AND GLORY - The DMN has also done a review of Laura Wilson's book, Grit and Glory. I cannot find the link to the review, but here's one if you want to buy the book.

2004-2005 UIL REALIGNMENTS - The new realignments have been announced. I will comment more on what I think later.

COACHES ALL-STATE TEAMS ANNOUNCED - The Texas Six-man Coaches Association has announced their all-state team for 2003.

ALL-STAR ROSTER ANNOUNCED - The Texas Six-Man Coaches Association announced the football rosters for their July 17, 2004 game in Lubbock.