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 - Fort Bend ISD is the first school district in Houston to officially push back the start of the 2020-2021 athletic calendar.
During a board meeting on Monday night, Fort Bend ISD announced that the 2020-21 school year will begin 100 percent online "in order to give students, parents and staff an opportunity to adjust to online learning and safety procedures."
One of the caveats to that order was that there would be "No in-person extracurriculars will occur during this period of distance learning".
This means the athletics season for Fort Bend ISD will have to wait.
Fort Bend ISD will begin the 2020-21 School Year 100% online in order to give students, parents and staff an opportunity to adjust to online learning and safety procedures. No in-person extracurriculars will occur during this period of distance learning.
— Fort Bend ISD (@FortBendISD) July 14, 2020
According to the FBISD 2020-2021 calendar, the fall semester is supposed to begin August 12, which will now be 100 percent online.
Fort Bend ISD includes 11 high schools (FB Austin, Bush, Clements, Dulles, Elkins, Hightower, Kempner, Marshall, Ridge Point, Travis and Willowridge), making it the third largest school district in Houston behind Houston ISD and Cy-Fair ISD.
Volleyball was slated to start tryouts August 3, first scrimmages August 7 and first matches on August 10. Football would have started practice August 3 and games starting August 27 at the earliest.
On the football field, there were some notable non-district football games slated for the opening three weeks. Travis was set to open the season against Spring on August 28 on the road and Hightower was set to play Westfield and Ridge Point was set to travel to Dickinson in Week 2, on September 4.
Among the 11 schools includes volleyball-power Ridge Point and football-power Fort Bend Marshall.
Ridge Point volleyball headed into the 2020 season coming off back-to-back appearances at the UIL State Volleyball Tournament in Garland, while Fort Bend Marshall football has played in back-to-back Class 5A Division II State Championship games.
Fort Bend ISD was originally planning to make a return to Strength and Conditioning Camps this week to continue preparing for the start of the season.
Houston-area school districts have been releasing their plans to return to school for the fall but Fort Bend ISD is the first to state that they will be 100 percent online and no extracurricular activities to begin.
The UIL last week released guidelines that stated students who elected to learn online were eligible for athletics barring they met the normal eligibility standards. But they also did leave that open to the districts to make local decisions that best-fit their situation. In an email to coaches last Wednesday, the UIL did state it "plans to begin fall competition seasons as scheduled on the UIL calendar."
Other school districts may, but Fort Bend ISD will not be a part of that opening group.
Fort Bend ISD coaches were not available for comment at the time of this story. VYPE has reached out to the FBISD Athletics Department and will continue to update this story as we obtain more information.
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