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UIL Will Not Award Lone Star Cup, Releases Final Standings
AUSTIN, Texas – The University Interscholastic League (UIL) has released standings for the Lone Star Cup through March 13, 2020. Due to the cancellation of UIL spring events, the Lone Star Cup will not be awarded for the 2019-20 school year.
All UIL sanctioned contests were suspended on March 13, 2020, and later cancelled, in an effort to support the health and safety of Texas students and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many activities that earn points toward the UIL Lone Star Cup were not completed. These events included Boys Basketball, Robotics FIRST, Soccer, Academics, One-Act Play, Golf, Tennis, Track & Field, Softball, and Baseball.
The UIL Lone Star Cup recognizes the top high school in each UIL conference based on overall team achievement in sanctioned academic, athletic and music championships. This marks the first year the UIL Lone Star Cup has not been awarded since the program began during the 1997-98 school year.
Below are the Top 25 UIL Lone Star Cup standings for the 2019-20 school year. Standings include: Team Tennis, Cross Country, Marching Band, Volleyball, Robotics BEST, Football, Congress, Spirit, Swimming & Diving, Wrestling, Mariachi, Film, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball (through March 13, 2020) and Theatrical Design.
Class 6A
1) Southlake Carroll 62
2) Duncanville 54
3) Arlington Martin 50
4) The Woodlands 48
5) Austin Westlake 46
Lewisville Flower Mound 46
7) Austin Vandergrift 43
8) Laredo United 42
9) Allen 38
10) Denton Guyer 37
Class 5A
1) Highland Park 59
2) Cedar Park 55
3) Shadow Creek 53
4) Amarillo 51
5) Boerne Champion 50
6) El Paso Eastwood 43
7) Friendswood 42
8) San Antonio 41
9) Midlothian 40
10) Aledo 38
Class 4A
1) Argyle 73
2) Canyon 48
3) Hereford 45
4) Carthage 44
5) Liberty Hill 43
6) Decatur 39
7) Kennedale 38
Texarkana Pleasant Grove 38
9) Chine Spring 37
Fulshear 37
Class 3A
1) Brock 42
Shallowater 42
3) Gunter 37
4) Bushland 32
Mineola 32
Van Alstyne 32
Wall 32
Whitesboro 32
9) Grandview 31
Vanderbilt Industrial 31
Conference 2A
1) Gruver 48
2) Crawford 44
Wink 44
4) San Saba 42
5) Grapeland 38
Sundown 38
7) Muenster 37
8) Martin's Mill 33
9) Lindsay 32
Thorndale 32
Conference 1A
1) Blum 36
Cumby Miller Grove 36
3) Nazareth 32
4) Ropesville Ropes 29
5) Neches 28
LaRue LaPoynor 28
7) Eden 26
Jayton 26
Lipan 26
New Home 26
Richland Springs 26
Saltillo 26
Tilden McMullen County 26
4 Week 2 Knee-Jerk Reactions
After a 16-8 Week 2 record, I stand at 29-15 (65.9 percent), which continues the trend set last week. That'll need to improve.
But to the football reactions from Week 2 - wow. Some impressive numbers put up all over the place from all levels of competition.
So with that said, here are four of the wildest knee-jerk reactions from this past week.
Myles Price and Marvin Mims are the Best
Simply put, the two best wide receivers in 5A are in District 5-5A Division I with The Colony's Myles Price and Frisco Lone Star's Marvin Mims. Not only did their respective teams roll in Week 2, but these two put up gargantuan numbers, combining for 442 yards receiving on 14 catches and totalling 5 touchdowns. What's scarier is that each player ONLY played a half. Yowzers.
Doubling Down on Guyer
For the second week in a row, Guyer knocked off a state-ranked team (Cedar Hill) to win a close one - this time on a neutral field. Still, the Denton Guyer from a few years ago appears back and they seem to have all the pieces to be considered state title contenders. The offense is potent, but the defense will need to improve for Guyer to win it all.
Go Ahead and Crown Argyle
Not only was Argyle one of my eight losses in Week 2, they seemingly dominated reigning 4A state champ Waco La Vega - ON. THE. ROAD. The Eagles were ready for a fight, jumping out to a 28-7 first quarter lead and was able to hold on to win by two scores. Tito Byce was phenomenal in rushing the ball 43 times for 200-plus yards. Do not be surprised to see Argyle claim No. 1 in state rankings across many publications. They are more than legit.
Media Circus in Frisco
The amount of attention the El Paso Eastwood-Plano game received on Thursday was good and bad at the same time. Arriving at the Ford Center was a zoo. The amount of media on hand was unfathomable for a non-district regular season game. I appreciate the gravity and importance of the situation that the game was being played under, but 90 percent of the people there with credentials did not particularly care for the game, but really there for the wrong/right reasons. Under any other circumstances, that game has - at most - two media people.