Goodbye District 21-5A. Goodbye District 24-5A. Thanks for coming. We have some lovely parting gifts for you. Drive safely going home in this nasty weather.
Sincerely,
The UIL 2010 Region III Bracket
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As if the return of winter wasn't bad enough to have to endure, the teams from these districts had to endure long, cold trips home after losing their playoff games. Every one of them.
The most impressive showing in the opening round of the Class 5A Region III playoffs wasn't by a single team; it was by a pair of districts: 22-5A and 23-5A.
And it should be noted that Bellaire, the top team in the state, won their game by 65 points, while scoring 115 against Eisenhower. That's impressive, but wasn't completely unexpected.
The Fort Bend ISD is alive and well after the bidistrict round as Bush, Elkins, Dulles and Travis swept away Clear Springs, Clear Brook, and Galveston Ball, respectively. Ball came into their game with the Bulldogs as the district champs and a 21-5 record. The Tors jumped out to an early lead but Travis (20-9) fought back to pull out a 65-59 victory.
Clear Springs gave 23-5A champion Bush a big-time scare, but when their leading scorer Anthony Horton fouled out midway through the fourth quarter, Bush overcame an eight-point deficit in the last five minutes to win, 62-58.
People who watch the Fort Bend ISD all season staunchly hold to the belief that they play the best basketball in the area in 23-5A. Tuesday night's results will only add weight to their case.
The interesting thing is that they will at least have the opportunity to lay claim to dominance over another entire district in the area round, as the four teams from 22-5A dispatched the 21-5A entrants in the first round and will next face the 23-5A teams.
As impressive as 23-5A's dominance was, you could make the case that it wasn't surprising. Some of District 22-5A's wins might be categorized as very surprising.
On Monday night, Pearland held off North Shore for a one-point win in a nip-and-tuck battle. But the big surprise of the first round may have been 14-19 Dobie going to overtime to defeat 27-3 Port Arthur Memorial, the 21-5A champions, on Tuesday night, 71-68. The Titans came from behind to force the OT period but Dobie scored the only three points of the OT and took the air out of the ball to deflate Memorial's playoff hopes.
La Porte and Deer Park held serve as well, against Channelview and West Brook, and the 22-5A vs 23-5A was set.
In the area round, Pearland faces Travis, La Porte takes on Elkins, Deer Park will play Bush and Dobie draws Dulles.
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