WAKE UP! Third-round playoff information and a classic ’80s SUNDAY
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cozy Coffee Station is open limited at its Gilmer location on Sunday now, closed in Kilgore. But they’ll be open at both locations EARLY tomorrow. Get by there! In Kilgore it’s 110 Midtown Plaza; in Gilmer, they’re at 755 Highway 271 North. Give it some build and go ahead and check out their menu! Find it here: Home | Cozy Coffee Station. On social media, on Facebook they’re simply Cozy Coffee Station-Kilgore and Cozy Coffee Station-Gilmer, and on Instagram: @cozycoffeestation_gilmer and @cozycoffeestation_kilgore.
The Magnificent Seven
Clearly, y’all are forgiving people. My headline had a typo in it for the first several hours — it said “second-round.” I meant third-round. Sorry, guys.
Now…
Did y’all ever see “The Magnificent Seven”?
No, I’m not talking about the remake with Denzel, as much as I love Denzel – loved him in “Remember the Titans.” One of my top-10 favorite movies ever. Denzel Washington is one of the greatest actors in our history.
I’m talking about “The Magnificent Seven,” the original, a Western with another handful of our greatest actors, particularly Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen. They lead a group of – well, seven gunfighters, mercenaries paid by these villagers to protect their town from this band of thugs who come in once or twice a month and terrorize the town and take everything they own.
The seven realize quickly that – tough as they are – they actually need the villagers’ help to beat the thugs, and villagers realize that they had the strength inside to fight the thugs all along. It’s a pretty good story.
All that being said…
Guess how many teams from our coverage area that are left in the UIL high school football playoffs?
Seven, bingo.
And here’s the third-round playoff information, as much as we have, for all seven. We’ll have updates along the way this week. This week, by the way, being Thanksgiving and school out, is always the toughest BECAUSE school is out. There’s a lot of things lost in translation, if you will, but hopefully, everything will get done and covered as needed.
CLASS 4A, DIVISION I PLAYOFFS
Kilgore (11-1) vs. Bridge City (11-1)
Friday, Nov. 28, at Randall Reed Stadium at New Caney, 2 p.m.
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Pine Tree (8-4) vs. Fort Bend Crawford (11-1)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Groesbeck ISD Stadium, 7 p.m.
Pine Tree will be visitors for the game
CLASS 4A, DIVISION II PLAYOFFS
Carthage (12-0) vs. Pleasant Grove (11-1)
Friday, Nov. 28 at McKinney ISD Stadium, 2:30 p.m.
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CLASS 3A, DIVISION II PLAYOFFS
Troup (12-0) vs. Newton (11-1)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Crockett ISD’s Driskell Stadium, 7 p.m.
Tickets will be $8 each for adults, $6 each for students
Texas High School Coaches Association, district, senior citizen and military passes will all be accepted. Troup will be the home team for the game. Ticket link coming ASAP.
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Arp (11-1) vs. Edgewood (10-2)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Van Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.
Tickets will be $8 each for adults, $6 each for students, and THSCA, district, and senior citizen passes will all be accepted. Arp will be the home team.
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CLASS 2A, DIVISION I
Beckville (10-2) vs. San Augustine (9-3)
Friday, Nov. 28 at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium, 5 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each for adults, $5 each for students. THSCA, district and senior citizen passes will all be accepted. Beckville will be the home team.
Ticket link will be posted ASAP. Rose Stadium’s clear-bag policy will be in effect.
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CLASS 2A, DIVISION II
Overton (8-4) vs. Mount Enterprise (12-0)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Henderson ISD Lions Stadium, 1 p.m.
Tickets are $5 each for all. THSCA, district and senior citizen passes will all be accepted.
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The rest of East Texas
Here are game times and sites for East Texas high school football programs who have third-round playoff games that are not really in the ETBlitz.com coverage area, but you guys might be interested in, since they’re nearby.
CLASS 5A, DIVISION II
Terrell (12-0) vs. South Oak Cliff (11-1)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Forney Better Life Stadium, 6 p.m.
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CLASS 4A, DIVISION II
Athens (10-2) vs. Sunnyvale (11-1)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Ennis ISD Lion Memorial Stadium, 1 p.m.
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CLASS 2A, DIVISION I
Carlisle (7-5) vs. Hamilton (10-2)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Corsicana’s Community National Bank & Trust Stadium, 3 p.m.
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Joaquin (8-4) vs. Elysian Fields (11-1)
Friday, Nov. 28 at Tatum ISD Eagle Stadium, 7 p.m.
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Hey, bye-bye, penny
Did you hear that the penny will no longer be made by the U.S. Mint?
They’re apparently not taking it out of circulation – I guess that would be too difficult. “Hey, madam, give us all your pennies.”
They’re not doing that, but they aren’t making any more.
You know what that means.
The penny is about to be worth more.
That’s right.
Now people will be hoarding pennies like they’re worth something because they just might BE.
Classic ‘80s SUNDAY
Haven’t done this in a while. And we normally do it on Saturday.
But let’s go out with a bang today.