Highland will play at Ira today
November 1, 2012
Highland varsity football preview
Highland’s playoff hopes will be on the line today when the Hornets travel to Ira.
Highland (5-4) is coming off its first loss in six games, a 76-62 setback against Rotan in the Hornets’ district opener, while Ira is unbeaten at 8-0 and crushed Hermleigh 66-6 in its first district game.
With only three district games and two playoff qualifiers out of the four teams, the Hornets can’t afford another loss. Today’s game was moved up by one day because both Highland and Ira have several athletes who will in Arlington on Saturday to com-pete in a regional cross country meet.
Highland was unable stay with Rotan despite one of its highest-scoring games of the year. Rotan, which had an 0-7 record coming in, plays Hermleigh this week and can clinch a playoff spot in District 7, Divi-sion 1 Six-Man with another victory.
.jpg "Sweetwater pitcher J.P. Poe (left) talks with Sean Morrow and Greg Aiken during last week’s playoff series with Pampa. Sweetwater plays Andrews at 6 p.m. today at Lubbock Christian University in Game 1 of their best-of-3 regional quarterfinal. (Photo by Ron Howell)")
.jpg "Sweetwater’s Sean Morrow, shown during an at-bat vs. Pampa last week, hit a home run and scored the winning run for the Mustangs when they defeated Andrews earlier this season. The teams will begin their best-of-3 regional quarterfinal playoff Friday at Lubbock Christian University’s Hays Field.")
