West Texas High School Sports

Originally published 11-30-11
 
West Texas is home of some of the finest high school sports teams in the state. While it’s hard to cover every school and every sport, I want to concentrate on some of the highlights each week.
Football playoffs continue this week with the Regional Finals for Class 5A Division 1 & 2; Class 4A Division 1 & 2; Class 3A Division 2; Class 2A Division 1 & 2; Class 1A Division 1 & 2 and Semi-Finals for Class 3A Division 1 and 6-Man Division 1 & 2.
West Texas is represented by Abilene in 5A Division 2; Wichita Falls Rider in 4A Division 1; Shallowater and Monahans in 3A Division 2; Muleshoe and Eastland in 2A Division 1; Holliday, Cisco and Sonora in 2A Division 2; Stamford, Seymour and Mason in 1A Division 1; Springlake-Earth, Wellington, Munday and Windthorst in 1A Division 2; Valley, Borden County and Throckmorton in 6-Man Division 1 and Motley County, Sterling City, Newcastle and Richland Springs in 6-Man Division 2.
This week’s playoff games and locations:
5A Division 2 – Abilene vs. Mansfield Timberview, 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Denton’s Collins Complex
4A Division 1 – Hewitt Midway vs. WF Rider, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mansfield’s Newsom Stadium
3A Division 2 – Shallowater vs. Monahans, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Midland’s Grande Communications Stadium
2A Division 1 – Muleshoe vs. Eastland, 7:00 p.m. Friday, Odessa’a Ratliff Stadium
2A Division 2 – Holliday vs. Cisco, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Springtown
2A Divison 2 – Sonora vs. Refugio, 7:30 p.m. Friday, San Antonio’s Heroes Stadium
1A Division 1 – Stamford vs. Seymour, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Breckenridge
1A Division 1 – Mason vs. Shiner, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Georgetown
1A Division 2 – Springlake-Earth vs. Wellington, 6:00 p.m. Friday, Amarillo’s Dick Bivins Stadium
1A Division 2 – Munday vs. Windthorst, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Wichita Falls
6M Division 1 – Valley vs. Borden County, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Frenship
6M Division 1 – Throckmorton vs. Abbott, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Springtown
6M Division 2 – Motley County vs. Sterling City, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Borden County
6M Division 2 – Newcastle vs. Richland Springs, 5:00 p.m. Friday, Tuscola