Post by CC_Varmints on Dec 20, 2013 9:06:16 GMT -6
From DCTF:
State Championship Preview: Friday
It's a huge day at AT&T Stadium: Carthage-Kilgore, Argyle-Fairfield and Denton Guyer-SA Brennan.
3A Division I State Championship
Kilgore (14-0) vs. Carthage (14-1)
12 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium
We need a clever name for this one, and I’m coming up empty. The East Texas Throwdown? The Piney Woods War? Here’s something you can call it: one heck of a 3A Division I state championship game. Not very catchy, but effective. East Texas is probably the strongest region in the state in 3A, and this is a perfect exhibition of that strength, as both of these teams have a legitimate claim to the Best Team In 3A title. Kilgore mowed through the District of Doom – 16-3A – and hasn’t looked phased by anything this year. It starts with the running game, with Kevrin Justice and Juju Brown, but the real star of this team is the defense. DL LaDarrin Anthony and company are a fearsome bunch, and that’s the biggest reason they’re here. On the other side, what can you say about Carthage? Their one loss is to Whitehouse – a 4A power – and they just came off manhandling a really solid La Grange squad. They can beat you in so many different ways, be it with QB Blake Bogenschutz and WR Tee Goree, or with RB Tevin Pipkin, or with DL Mario McClain and that defense. Versatility is the name of the game for Scott Surratt’s squad, and they’ve got it in spades. That doesn’t make this pick any easier, of course, and this will be a game won on the margins. Who takes care of the ball? Who gets that lucky bounce one way or another? Who is more awake at kickoff – quite literally, considering the noon start? The X-factor in this one, I think, is Kilgore QB/DB Benny Colbert. If he makes his presence felt in this one, that diversifies Kilgore so much. But Carthage is already diversified. This is as tough a pick as there is, but I think Kilgore’s physicality – their bruising offensive line, their strong front seven defensively – edges out the narrowest of victories.
Tepper’s pick: Kilgore 35, Carthage 32
State Championship Preview: Friday
It's a huge day at AT&T Stadium: Carthage-Kilgore, Argyle-Fairfield and Denton Guyer-SA Brennan.
3A Division I State Championship
Kilgore (14-0) vs. Carthage (14-1)
12 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium
We need a clever name for this one, and I’m coming up empty. The East Texas Throwdown? The Piney Woods War? Here’s something you can call it: one heck of a 3A Division I state championship game. Not very catchy, but effective. East Texas is probably the strongest region in the state in 3A, and this is a perfect exhibition of that strength, as both of these teams have a legitimate claim to the Best Team In 3A title. Kilgore mowed through the District of Doom – 16-3A – and hasn’t looked phased by anything this year. It starts with the running game, with Kevrin Justice and Juju Brown, but the real star of this team is the defense. DL LaDarrin Anthony and company are a fearsome bunch, and that’s the biggest reason they’re here. On the other side, what can you say about Carthage? Their one loss is to Whitehouse – a 4A power – and they just came off manhandling a really solid La Grange squad. They can beat you in so many different ways, be it with QB Blake Bogenschutz and WR Tee Goree, or with RB Tevin Pipkin, or with DL Mario McClain and that defense. Versatility is the name of the game for Scott Surratt’s squad, and they’ve got it in spades. That doesn’t make this pick any easier, of course, and this will be a game won on the margins. Who takes care of the ball? Who gets that lucky bounce one way or another? Who is more awake at kickoff – quite literally, considering the noon start? The X-factor in this one, I think, is Kilgore QB/DB Benny Colbert. If he makes his presence felt in this one, that diversifies Kilgore so much. But Carthage is already diversified. This is as tough a pick as there is, but I think Kilgore’s physicality – their bruising offensive line, their strong front seven defensively – edges out the narrowest of victories.
Tepper’s pick: Kilgore 35, Carthage 32
