Thoughts from other games this weekend

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In an earlier blog, I gave some thoughts on the two games I covered last weekend. Here are a few on the others.

* Sounded like a crazy back-and-forth affair in Jacksboro. Thought that game would be a toss-up, and it was. Lots of scoring, too.

* Great wins for Archer City, Seymour, Iowa Park, Quanah, Electra and Graham.

* Tough losses for City View, Bowie, Jacksboro, Henrietta and Rider.

* I thnk I might pick WFHS to beat Rider if the two teams played right now. The Coyotes can score way more easily than the Raiders.

* The seven new 11-man coaches went 3-4, with Iowa Park’s Scott Ponder, Graham’s Kenny Davidson and Quanah’s Jason Sims earning victories.

* Also, Steve Smith at Archer City is now the school’s winningest coach after the Wildcats beat Haskell. His record there is 37-29, and the turnaround of that program the last few years has been pretty remarkable.

* I thought Stamford might be flying under the radar a little bit. And I noted how I wasn’t sure the Moguls were the No. 4 team in Class A Div. II the other day. But I was still shocked the Bulldogs routed the Moguls, 53-19.

* I knew Nocona and Petrolia were breaking in some new guys and might need some time to time to jell, but both teams losing by a combined 80-6 makes me think both could be in for a long year.

* I’m starting to think Olney is cursed. Found out that all-state WR Reed Mankins had surgery on his knee in the preseason, and could be out for the whole year. It’s not an ACL repair, but it’s a meniscus repair.

I had this done to me my senior year of high school, and it’s more detailed than just a scope (that’s when they remove the meniscus. I still have a good 2-3 inch incision on the side of my knee from the repair. And yes, I’ve had both done. I was kinda walking the next day after my scope; I was on crutches a few weeks after my repair).

Coach Rodriguez hopes Mankins will return and it sounds like he’s rehabbing already, but I was sidelined for about 3 months. So I’m not optimistic he returns.

And this is after the Cubs lost QB Callen Pittman to ACL injuries the past two years. It’s a rough deal.

* I’m done playing doctor and evaluator. What were some of y’alls thoughts on the first week of the season?

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