Week 9 featured a number of district matchups that had been circled on six-man fans’ calendars for weeks. 

Chief among those were Hermleigh-Jayton in District 4-1A Division I, Vernon Northside-Newcastle in District 9 DI and Gustine-Zephyr in District 12 DII — all potential district championship matchups with one-score spreads.

While none of those three games delivered the level of competitiveness most anticipated, they all gave us plenty to talk about in this week’s “Six-Man Rewind” column. We hope you enjoy this look back at all of the biggest developments and performances the area six-man scene gave us last week.

With just three weeks remaining in the regular season, playoff races across the area and state are heating up. Excluding those in four-team leagues, which will kick off their district schedules this week, most area six-man teams already have some idea of where they stand in their district hierarchy.

As will be the case every week from now until the start of the playoffs, we had several games last week that played a major role in shaping the postseason picture and a number of standout performances that helped fuel victorious efforts.

It’s time to jump in and look at the biggest of those in this week’s “Six-Man Rewind” column. We hope you enjoy this recap of last week’s action and encourage you to check out our Six-Man/Class 1A Central page for more information on your favorite team(s).

Week 7 featured a fair number of high profile games, both in and outside of district play. Unfortunately, our area schools came out on the losing end of several of the biggest matchups.

Water Valley dropped its first game of the year to unbeaten Menard, red-hot Newcastle was cooled off by Whiteface and Westbrook lossed a tough matchup to Lamesa Klondike to kick off a brutal district schedule in three of the biggest games on last week’s slate.

Fortunately, there were some triumphs as well — the biggest being Richland Springs’ big district win over Cherokee.

Without further ado, let’s dive into those matchups and more in our weekly “Six-Man Rewind” column. We hope you enjoy this look back at last week’s action, and encourage you to check out our Six-Man/Class 1A Central page for more information on your favorite team(s).