LSG 2014 4A 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..

DIVISION I

Region I

Pre-Season Pick: Stephenville over Graham
End Of Regular Season Pick: Abilene Wylie over Big Spring
Actual Finish: Graham over Stephenville
Notes: Our 2 pre-season picks played it out in a very tough region

Region II

Pre-Season Pick: Argyle over Kennedale
End Of Regular Season Pick: Argyle over Van
Actual Finish: Argyle over Texarkana Liberty-Eylau
Notes: Argyle beat Kennedale 52-48 in a classic in the Regionals

Region III

Pre-Season Pick: Navasota over Kilgore
End Of Regular Season Pick: Navasota over Kilgore
Actual Finish: Navasota over Henderson
Notes: Kilgore lost to Jasper in Bi-District

Region IV

Pre-Season Pick: La Vernia over Robinson
End Of Regular Season Pick: La Vernia over Liberty Hill
Actual Finish: Liberty Hill over Burnet
Notes: La Vernia lost in the Area round to Robinson which was our pre-season pick game

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: Stephenville over Argyle 
End Of Regular Season Pick: Argyle over Abilene Wylie
Actual Finish: Argyle over Graham
Notes: Argyle wins a tough one

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: Navasota over La Vernia
End Of Regular Season Pick: Navasota over La Vernia
Actual Finish: Navasota over Liberty Hill
Notes: Navasota on a roll.  There was never any doubt that Navasota would be heading to a title game.

Championship:

Pre-Season Pick: Stephenville over Navasota 
End Of Regular Season Pick: Argyle over Navasota 
Actual Finish: Navasota over Argyle 
Notes: Navasota snaps Argyle's 31 game winning streak in double overtime.  Argyle literally fell inches short of winning this game.

DIVISION II

Region I

Pre-Season Pick: Celina over Dallas Lincoln
End Of Regular Season Pick: Celina over Sweetwater
Actual Finish: Celina over Sweetwater
Notes: Celina was the pick all season.....Sweetwater came on strong

Region II

Pre-Season Pick: Gilmer over Tatum
End Of Regular Season Pick: Gilmer over Coldspring-Oakhurst
Actual Finish: Gilmer over Atlanta
Notes: Tatum beat Coldspring-Oakhurst in the Area round....Atlanta then beat Tatum

Region III

Pre-Season Pick: La Marque over La Grange
End Of Regular Season Pick: La Grange over La Marque
Actual Finish: West Orange-Stark over La Marque
Notes: West Orange-Stark beat La Marque in the Regionals as they proved to go deeper than even we expected.

Region IV

Pre-Season Pick: Sinton over Cuero
End Of Regular Season Pick: Geronimo Navarro over Sinton 
Actual Finish: Sinton over Yoakum
Notes: Sinton was tough all year

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: Celina over Gilmer 
End Of Regular Season Pick: Gilmer over Celina 
Actual Finish: Gilmer over Celina 
Notes: It was Gilmer vs. Celina all the way

Semifinals:

Pre-Season Pick: La Marque over Sinton 
End Of Regular Season Pick: La Marque over Geronimo Navarro
Actual Finish: West Orange-Stark over Sinton 
Notes: West Orange-Stark came on strong

Championship:

Pre-Season Pick: Celina over La Marque
End Of Regular Season Pick: La Grange over Gilmer 
Actual Finish: Gilmer over West Orange-Stark
Notes: West Orange-Stark won the first half of this game but Gilmer won big in the 2nd half

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