Hebron's win over Allen shakes up District 8-5A
November, 2, 2010
11/02/10
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Jeff Andrews | ESPNDallas.com
Hebron’s win over Allen last week dramatically changed the playoff picture in the ultra-competitive District 8-5A.
Hebron scored two unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take a 35-28 win over Allen, which hadn’t lost at home since 2005 and is No. 5 in the ESPNDallas.com Class 5A area poll.
Allen (8-1, 5-1) now needs a win over Flower Mound (7-2, 5-1) on Friday to clinch the district title and the top seed in Division I.
Coupled with Plano’s win over Plano East, Allen’s loss eliminated the possibility of a three-way tie for the final playoff spot. Allen, Flower Mound and Flower Mound Marcus (7-2, 4-2) have clinched a playoff berths.
Hebron (6-3, 4-2) can clinch the final spot with a win over Marcus on Friday or with a Plano (6-3, 3-3) loss. Plano needs a win over Plano West (3-6, 0-6) and a Hebron loss to clinch.
District 8-5A is grouped with District 7-5A in the first round of the playoffs. It creates a number of intriguing first-round possibilities. If Hebron makes the playoffs and Allen loses to Flower Mound, Allen would open the playoffs against No. 2 Coppell.
Denton Guyer and Southlake Carroll have also clinched playoff berths in 7-5A.
Hebron scored two unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter to take a 35-28 win over Allen, which hadn’t lost at home since 2005 and is No. 5 in the ESPNDallas.com Class 5A area poll.
Allen (8-1, 5-1) now needs a win over Flower Mound (7-2, 5-1) on Friday to clinch the district title and the top seed in Division I.
Coupled with Plano’s win over Plano East, Allen’s loss eliminated the possibility of a three-way tie for the final playoff spot. Allen, Flower Mound and Flower Mound Marcus (7-2, 4-2) have clinched a playoff berths.
Hebron (6-3, 4-2) can clinch the final spot with a win over Marcus on Friday or with a Plano (6-3, 3-3) loss. Plano needs a win over Plano West (3-6, 0-6) and a Hebron loss to clinch.
District 8-5A is grouped with District 7-5A in the first round of the playoffs. It creates a number of intriguing first-round possibilities. If Hebron makes the playoffs and Allen loses to Flower Mound, Allen would open the playoffs against No. 2 Coppell.
Denton Guyer and Southlake Carroll have also clinched playoff berths in 7-5A.
Jeff Andrews
ESPNDallas.comJeff Andrews covers north Metroplex high schools for ESPNDallas.com. He covered high school sports for four years at the Denton Record-Chronicle. Andrews is a graduate of UNT.
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Jeff Andrews covers north Metroplex high schools for ESPNDallas.com. He covered high school sports for four years at the Denton Record-Chronicle. Andrews is a graduate of UNT.
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