The final week of the regular season is upon us, and just like last week, there is still much to be decided across the Metroplex in terms of which teams will win district championships, which teams will get in and who will be playing who come playoff time.
Like last week, we're not going into predictions. Instead, we're going to look at the current playoff seedings and matchups if the playoffs were to start now.
In 6A, here are the current matchups for Division I and Division II involving area teams.
Per the UIL: The top four teams from each district advance to the playoffs. The two schools with the largest enrollments automatically advance to the Division I bracket. The remaining two schools advance into the Division II bracket. There are two state champions per conference in Conference 6A.
(W means the winner; R means runner-up; the numbers correspond to the respective district.)
Region I
W3 Euless Trinity (8-1) vs. R4 Arlington Lamar (8-1)
W5 Southlake Carroll (9-0) vs. R6 Lewisville (7-2)
W7 DeSoto (8-1) vs. R8 Dallas Skyline (6-3)
W4 Arlington Martin (8-1) vs. R3 San Angelo Central (5-4)
W6 Flower Mound (6-3) vs. R5 Keller (6-3)
W8 Duncanville (9-0) vs. R7 South Grand Prairie (4-5)
Region II
W9 Allen (9-0) vs. R10 Rowlett (4-5)
W11 Rockwall (8-2) vs. R12 Harker Heights (4-5)
W10 Sachse (7-2) vs. R9 Plano (5-4)
W12 Shoemaker (6-3) vs. R11 Mesquite (7-2)
Region I
W3 Richland (4-5) vs. R4 Arlington (7-2)
W5 Denton Guyer (8-1) vs. R6 Hebron (7-2)
W7 Cedar Hill (7-2) vs. R8 Richardson Pearce (5-4)
W4 Arlington Bowie (7-2) vs. R3 Weatherford (6-3)
W6 FM Marcus (8-1) vs. R5 Keller Central (7-2)
W8 Lake Highlands (6-3) vs. R7 Mansfield Summit (7-2)
Region II
W9 Jesuit (5-4) vs. R10 Lakeview Centennial (6-3)
W10 Wylie (5-4) vs. R9 Prosper (7-2)
HOUSTON - Zion Taylor doesn't play like most freshman defensive ends.
Most freshmen don't rotate with the 1's during spring football and most freshmen didn't just pick up their fourth Division I offer, three from Power 5 conference programs, without even playing a down of varsity football.
Taylor isn't like most freshmen.
The Shadow Creek move-in, formerly at Ridge Point, has meshed well with the Sharks this spring and has made a clear case for varsity playing time come the fall. He also just picked up an offer from the University of Houston this week.
"It's amazing to have these offers so young," Taylor, whose first-ever offer was from Michigan State on February 9, said. "It's a true blessing, all thanks to God."
The 6-foot-2, 212-pound defensive end - remember he is just a freshman - has offers from Michigan State, University of Houston, Pitt and Colorado.
He doesn't plan to take any official visits this summer but does have a laundry list of camps that he is planning to attend, including the SMU Mega camp in early June. He will also attend Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Duke and University of Incarnate Word's camps as well.
This football thing is in his blood. His older brothers Brandon Bell and DePriest Taylor both played at Manvel High School. Bell went on to play at New Mexico State and Taylor is at Prairie View A&M.
With just a season of freshman ball under his belt, Taylor said he is working on getting stronger and faster at his position this offseason.
So, who does he like to mimic his game after?
"Chase Young," Taylor said. "I look up to him. He's fast of the ball and I'm fast off the ball. He's just an elite edge rusher with great hips and hands."
There was another elite defensive lineman in the shark tank a few years ago, his name was Alec Bryant and he's now at Virginia Tech.
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