LSG 2014 5A Championship Predictions – How We Did

Now that we have reached the end of the season, lets look and see how our pre-season rankings match up to how they rank at the end of the regular season and how things actually happened.

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DIVISION I

Region I

Pre-Season Pick: Aledo over Abilene Cooper
End Of Regular Season Pick: Aledo over Canyon Randall
Actual Finish: Aledo over Canyon Randall
Notes: Aledo proves to be top team again

Region II

Pre-Season Pick: Longview over Lufkin
End Of Regular Season Pick: Longview over Tyler John Tyler
Actual Finish: Tyler John Tyler over McKinney North
Notes: Mansfield Lake Ridge upsets Longview in the Area round

Region III

Pre-Season Pick: Richmond George Ranch over Fort Bend Ridge Point
End Of Regular Season Pick: Fort Bend Ridge Point over Richmond George Ranch
Actual Finish: Temple over Richmond George Ranch
Notes: Temple beat both Richmond George Ranch and Fort Bend Ridge Point....these 3 teams were ranked #2, #3 and #4 in the state

Region IV

Pre-Season Pick: Cedar Park over San Antonio Alamo Heights
End Of Regular Season Pick: Corpus Christi Flour Bluff over Cedar Park Vista Ridge
Actual Finish: Leander Vandegrift over Austin LBJ
Notes: Two surprise teams in this region.....Cedar Park went to Division II

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: Longview over Aledo
End Of Regular Season Pick: Aledo over Longview
Actual Finish: Aledo over Tyler John Tyler
Notes: With Longview out of the picture, John Tyler takes their place

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: Cedar Park over Richmond George Ranch
End Of Regular Season Pick: Fort Bend Ridge Point over Corpus Christi Flour Bluff
Actual Finish: Temple over Leander Vandegrift
Notes: We could see Temple getting here but Vandegrift was a surprise

Championship:

Pre-Season Pick: Longview over Cedar Park
End Of Regular Season Pick: Aledo over Fort Bend Ridge Point
Actual Finish: Aledo over Temple
Notes: Aledo wins 5th championship in 6 years

DIVISION II

Region I

Pre-Season Pick: Wichita Falls Rider over Canutillo
End Of Regular Season Pick: Canutillo over Lake Dallas
Actual Finish: Canutillo over Everman
Notes: Canutillo makes history making it to the Quarterfinals

Region II

Pre-Season Pick: Ennis over Dallas South Oak Cliff
End Of Regular Season Pick: Ennis over Dallas South Oak Cliff
Actual Finish: Ennis over Dallas South Oak Cliff
Notes: We had this one picked all year

Region III

Pre-Season Pick: A&M Consolidated over Brenham
End Of Regular Season Pick: Brenham over College Station
Actual Finish: Crosby over Hutto
Notes: No one saw these 2 making it to this game. Consolidated went Division I

Region IV

Pre-Season Pick: Georgetown over Corpus Christi Calallen
End Of Regular Season Pick: Mission Sharyland over Georgetown East View
Actual Finish: Cedar Park over Kerrville Tivy
Notes: Cedar Park was our Division I Pre-Season pick

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: Ennis over Wichita Falls Rider
End Of Regular Season Pick: Ennis over Canutillo
Actual Finish: Ennis over Canutillo
Notes: Ennis was a power

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: A&M Consolidated over Georgetown
End Of Regular Season Pick: Mission Sharyland over Brenham
Actual Finish: Cedar Park over Crosby
Notes: Cedar Park makes it to the championship game for 2nd time in 3 years

Championship:

Pre-Season Pick: Ennis over A&M Consolidated
End Of Regular Season Pick: Ennis  over Mission Sharyland
Actual Finish: Ennis over Cedar Park
Notes: Ennis scores late to win a very exciting game

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