VYPE Hot 20 Countdown: No. 18 Duncanville

VYPE High School Sports Magazine brings you the VYPE Hot 20 list of area teams capable of capturing a state football championship in 2008. Today's team is...

No. 18

DUNCANVILLE

Why they're a team to watch: You might be asking, why Duncanville? In two words, Jeff Dicus. It probably won't happen this year, but the new Panthers coach will bring Duncanville its first state title since the outstanding 1998 champion coached by the late Bob Alpert. Duncanville has a bunch of starters returning - 16 to be exact - including standout talents like wide receivers Chase Joubert and Jordan Selexman. Add in better team chemistry that Dicus promises, and the fact that this guy beat Highland Park's Randy Allen in a state championship game at Lake Travis, and the prediction here is that Duncanville will again be the team no one wants to schedule.