LAST WEEK: 8-3, .727
SEASON TOTAL: 554-113, .831

As we enter Week 16 only two teams in the Big Country Preps coverage area — Brock and Albany — have reached the state semifinals in the 11-man ranks.  And both will take the field Thursday night with a trip to AT&T Stadium in Arlington in the balance. 

Brock will take on Malakoff at The Star in Frisco, while Albany will tangle with Sunray at Lowrey Field in Lubbock.  The winners will advance to next week’s state championship games at “Jerry World,” where they will join three Big Country six-man teams (Westbrook, Gordon and Benjamin) who have already qualified for their respective state title games and are enjoying a bye week.

That said, it’s time to take a look at the matchups involving