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ARLINGTON — For one play on Wednesday, everything was good for May in the Class 1A Division I state championship game against top-ranked Sterling City at AT&T Stadium.

Kaden Halk had a 67-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game to stake the Tigers to a quick 8-0 lead, but after that, it was all Eagles as Sterling City took a 68-22 win in a game was stopped just 23 seconds into the second half because of the 45-point rule.

May, now 1-5 all-time in state championship games, finished the season at 13-2 with both losses coming to Sterling City.

DUBLIN – It was incredibly ironic that a six-man football game that included 178 points and 1,157 total yards of offense was decided by two defensive stands.

The May Tigers outlasted the defending state champion Blum Bobcats 92-86 in overtime Saturday night in a Class 1A Division I state semifinal game. The win advanced third-ranked May (13-1) into the state championship game against No. 1 Sterling City at 2 p.m. on Dec. 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Sterling City handed May its only loss this season 44-40 on Sept. 4.

“I’m overcome with emotions. We’re going to state,” said May junior Kaden Halk, who rushed for 302 yards and scored seven touchdowns Saturday. “Since the eighth grade, our coaches have told us that defense wins championships. This wasn’t a championship game, but it got us to a championship game.”

The Abilene High boys basketball team took care of Class 3A No. 3 Peaster on Friday, using a 14-9 first quarter to take control early and holding from there for a 57-50 victory.

The Eagles (4-1) led 31-26 at halftime and 41-38 after three quarters, before putting the game away with a 16-12 run through the fourth quarter.

D.J. Modest led a list of four AHS players to score in double figures with 13 points, followed by Kelton Jackson and Nathan Watts with 12 and Jalen McGee with 10. Jackson Stevens just missed joining that group with eight points.

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DUBLIN — A valiant second-half comeback attempt fell eight yards short as the Strawn Greyhounds saw their season come to an end in a 59-56 loss to Richland Springs in a Class 1A Division II state semifinal loss Friday at Bob and Norma Cervetto Field.

Faced with a fourth-and-10 from the Coyotes 24, Kadin Parsons was forced to dump a pass off as time expired to Luke Eli and the senior was forced out of bounds at the Richland Springs 8 to end the game.

It was a heartbreaking end to the career for the senior, who had five touchdowns in the game. As the Coyotes surrounded him, Eli kneeled down next to the end zone that he was valiantly trying to reach.

Each week here at Big Country Preps, we’ll post our picks for all of that week’s 11-man games and select area six-man games, in addition to the results of Evan Ren’s Twitter polls for each matchup.

For those interested in voting, polls go up on Monday night each week and close Thursday morning.

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Here are the final standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools (with last week’s scores):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 10 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 9 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 8 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 7 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 6 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 5 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

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Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 4 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 3 (with last week’s scores and this week’s schedule):

Here are the standings for all six-man football districts involving Big Country schools after Week 2 (with the previous two weeks’ scores and this week’s schedule):

As strong as the Big Country is in Class 1A Division II, the area lacks for strength at the top of the Division I ranks.

Seventh-ranked May and No. 10 Ira are the lone squads in the top 20 of the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football/Associated Press state rankings entering the season.

Those two are expected to be the front runners this fall, but if you’re looking for a team that could turn brackets upside down, look no further than District 3-1A Division I with Knox City.

Read on to see how BigCountryPreps.com sees the area district races playing out this season.

After dominating the field all year, the Big Country was surprisingly shut out of a trip to Arlington’s AT&T Stadium at the six-man level in 2019.

This fall seems to be shaping up for that to be a one-year aberration as Jayton, Blackwell, Strawn and Gordon enter the season ranked fifth through eighth, respectively, in the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football/Associated Press top 10 for Class 1A Division II.

Jayton and Strawn are perennial powerhouses that saw their 2019 seasons end with losses to eventual state champion Richland Springs, while Blackwell and Gordon had resurgences last fall before losing in the regional finals.

Who is this year’s surprise? BigCountryPreps.com is looking at the area districts to help you identify who that could be.