ARLINGTON VOICE WEEK FIVE PREVIEW

Lamar Vikings (2-2, 1-0) at Arlington Colts (3-1, 0-1) 

THE SERIES: The Vikings lead the series, 22-18-1, although Arlington High has won three of the last four. The teams have split the 14 games at Maverick Stadium, although Lamar hasn’t beaten the Colts there since 2006.

LAST WEEK: Lamar brushed aside North Crowley, 41-7, while Arlington High fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 38-28 loss to Martin.

OFF THE SCHNEID: Arlington High hasn’t been 0-2 in district play since 2007.

THE VIKING-COLT SERIES:

1971  Arlington, 55-7 (Mem)          1985  Arlington, 17-7 (Mav)       1999  Lamar, 35-0 (Crav)

1972  Arlington, 7-6  (Mem)           1986  Lamar, 7-0 (Crav)             2000  Lamar, 35-17 (Mav)

1973  Lamar, 42-9 (Mem)              1987   Arlington, 42-21 (Mav)     2001  Arlington, 9-7 (Crav)

1974  Lamar, 14-6 (Wile)               1988   Arlington, 24-21 (Mav)     2002  Arlington, 21-16 (Mav)

1975  Arlington, 14-3 (Crav)          1989   Lamar, 21-13 (Crav)         2003  Lamar, 21-3 (Crav)

1976  Arlington, 20-16 (Crav)        1990   Lamar, 26-14 (Crav)         2004  Lamar, 34-28 (Mav)

1977  Lamar, 41-6 (Crav)               1991  Lamar, 52-7 (Mav)            2005  Arlington, 31-7 (Crav)

1978  Lamar, 17-13 (Crav)             1992  Lamar, 30-7 (Crav)            2006  Lamar, 35-23 (Mav)

1979  Arlington, 13-10 (Crav)        1993  Arlington, 21-7 (Mav)        2007  Lamar, 30-28 (Crav)

1980  Lamar, 24-6 (Crav)               1994  Arlington, 26-7 (Crav)       2008  Arlington, 50-40 (Crav)

1981    Arlington, 31-6 (Crav)          1995  Lamar, 60-10 (Crav)          2009  Arlington, 56-7 (Mav)

1982  Arlington, 24-17 (Mav)         1996  Lamar, 42-10 (Mav)           2010  Arlington, 35-7 (Crav)

1983  Lamar, 17-14 (Mav)              1997  Lamar, 52-15 (Crav)          2011  Lamar, 41-24 (Crav)

1984  TIE, 10-10 (Crav)                  1998  Lamar, 29-26 (Mav)

Fort Worth Paschal Panthers (2-2, 0-1) at Bowie Volunteers (3-1, 1-0)

THE SERIES: Bowie leads the series, 4-2, including the only previous meeting at Wilemon Field. 

LAST WEEK: Bowie routed Weatherford, 55-3, the fourth-biggest margin of victory in school history, while the Panthers were blanked by Sam Houston, 35-0.

TOOTHLESS CATS: Paschal has now lost 16 consecutive district games, dating back three years. The Panthers beat North Crowley, 40-21, on Oct. 22, 2009.

THE VOLUNTEER-PANTHER SERIES:

1992  Paschal, 12-10 (Farrington)    2003  Bowie, 55-7 (Maverick)

1993  Bowie, 35-8 (Cravens)             2010 Bowie, 56-13 (Handley)

2002  Paschal, 21-16 (Farrington)    2011  Bowie, 69-7 (Wilemon)

North Crowley Panthers (0-4, 0-1) at Sam Houston Texans (2-2, 1-0)  

THE SERIES: The series is tied at 1-1, with each team winning on their own home field.

LAST WEEK: Sam Houston shut out Fort Worth Paschal, 35-0, earning the Texans their first shut out in nine years. Sam Houston also blanked Paschal, 62-0, on Oct. 17, 2003. North Crowley was mauled by Lamar, 41-7.

LAST YEAR: The Texans haven’t forgotten last year’s game, when the Panthers poured 29 fourth quarter points on the scoreboard in a 75-28 victory. The 75 points were the most ever allowed by Sam Houston, and the second-most in AISD history.

A LONG 20 YEARS: Sam Houston has not been 2-0 in district play since 1992.

THE TEXAN-PANTHER SERIES:

2010 Sam Houston, 46-43 (Wilemon)

2011 North Crowley, 75-28 (Crowley)

Weatherford Kangaroos (1-3, 0-1) at Martin Warriors (2-2, 1-0)

THE SERIES: The Warriors lead the series, 7-1, and have won both meetings at Cravens Field. Weatherford has never won a game at Cravens Field. 

LAST WEEK: Martin overcame six turnovers and stopped Arlington, 38-28, while the Kangaroos were hammered by Bowie, 55-3.

THE WARRIOR-KANGAROO SERIES:

1988  Martin, 20-10 (Weatherford)        1996  Martin, 35-6 (Cravens)     

1989  Martin, 13-3 (Maverick)               1997  Martin, 31-12 (Weatherford)    

1990  Weatherford, 14-10 (Maverick)    2010 Martin, 54-0 (Weatherford)

1991    Martin, 35-28 (Weatherford)        2011  Martin, 57-7 (Cravens)

Juan Seguin Cougars (1-3, 0-1) at Mansfield Summit Jaguars (0-4, 0-1)

THE SERIES: Summit leads the Catfight Series, 2-0. This will be the first meeting at R.L. Anderson Stadium.

LAST WEEK: was not a good week for these two defenses. Seguin battled
Ennis well, but came up on the short end of a 55-35 score. Summit, which is 0-4 for the first time in school history, got into a scoring duel with Waxahachie, but lost, 64-57.

BAD NEWS: One of these teams will be going the wrong direction on Friday night. Seguin hasn’t been 0-2 in district play since 2007, while Summit hasn’t experienced that fate since 2008.

THE COUGAR-JAGUAR SERIES:

2010 Summit, 23-14 (Wilemon)

2011 Summit, 35-18 (Newsom)