Educated Guesses 4A Division II
We continue in the 11-man football ranks and take a look at 4A Division II.
I call them educated guesses, like your teachers used to, because I feel I have at least a little bit of knowledge about the upcoming season after speaking with area coaches for the 2023 edition of Big Country Blitz.
The final spot in the playoffs from this district came down to the annual Snyder/Sweetwater rivalry game last season, and it just might happen again in 2023.
The Tigers outlasted many injuries to get past the Mustangs and reach the postseason, while injuries and youth kept Sweetwater out of the playoffs for the first time since 2018.
They’ll both have their work cut out for them, as Hirschi enters the season as #12 in the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football preseason poll and Graham checks in at number 22. Hirschi is playing its final season of football before Wichita Falls ISD consolidates the Huskies, Old High, and Rider into two schools, Memorial and Legacy, next year. They have the returning firepower to make another run through the district and deep into the playoffs.
Graham looks to be next in line as a contender for the Huskies with 13 returning starters, while Greenwood, under new head coach and former Wylie defensive coordinator Brian Hill, also returns 13 starters from a playoff squad in 2022.
Snyder and Sweetwater meet in the regular season finale in the Mustang Bowl, but both would love to pull off some upsets and already have their playoff berths locked up before then.
BIG COUNTRY BLITZ COACHES POLL
1. Wichita Falls Hirsci
2. Graham
3. Snyder
4. Greenwood
5. Sweetwater
BIG GAMES
8/25 Greenwood at Estacado
9/1 Hirschi at Brock
9/8 Glen Rose at Graham
9/22 Clyde at Sweetwater
9/22 Big Spring at Snyder
9/29 Hirschi at Decatur
9/29 Snyder at Holliday
10/5 Graham at Hirschi
10/6 Greenwood at Snyder
10/13 Snyder at Graham
10/20 Graham at Sweetwater
10/27 Greenwood at Graham
11/3 Snyder at Sweetwater
11/3 Hirschi at Greenwood
BIG NAMES
Graham RB Rylan Monsey
Graham QB Ty Thompson
Graham WR/DB Peyton Kinman
Graham DB Zathin Reyes
Graham WR Brayden Riggins
Graham LB Mason Milton
Greenwood RB Dylan Dominguez
Greenwood DL Eason Fierro
Greenwood LB Landon Butts
Hirschi ATH Javian Frasier
Hirschi QB Jimmell McFalls
Hirschi DL Payton Cherry
Hirschi LB Isaiah Flores
Snyder QB/CB Easton Stewart
Snyder WR/DB Jay Castillo
Snyder WR/DB Chon Vasquez
Snyder DE Tony Cagle
Snyder LB Carter Morris
Snyder RB Dom Dominguez
Sweetwater WR Jaidyn Forbes
Sweetwater WR Jace Adames
Sweetwater RB/DL Korda Moore
Sweetwater RB/LB Malik Brown
Sweetwater LB Roman Camacho
