High School Football

Aledo still No. 1 in 5A, Austin Westlake earns notable 6A win

Unbeaten Aledo (6-0) and quarterback Jake Bishop remained atop The Associated Press Class 5A state poll.
Unbeaten Aledo (6-0) and quarterback Jake Bishop remained atop The Associated Press Class 5A state poll. Special to the Star-Telegram

Austin Westlake remained undefeated and kept its No. 5 ranking in the latest Associated Press Class 6A state poll after the Chaparrals last week snapped a decade-long losing streak to Lake Travis.

The Cavaliers, meanwhile, fell out of the AP poll, and San Antonio area school Smithson Valley moved in at No. 10.

Allen in 6A stayed No. 1, as did 5A Aledo, and the other top-ranked teams in the smaller three classes.

Mansfield Legacy (5-1) holds its No. 8 spot in the 5A poll, while Mansfield Lake Ridge (5-1) is getting votes in 5A and Mansfield High (5-1) is also attracting interest on the 6A list.

In 4A, Texarkana Pleasant Grove moved into the poll at No. 10. The Hawks beat last week’s No. 8 Gilmer 41-38, which dropped Gilmer from the list.

In the Star-Telegram rankings, Mansfield’s 27-16 defeat of Arlington Martin moves the Tigers to No. 1 on the 6A list, and the Warriors are No. 2.

The rest of the local ranking remains the same after Week 7, but Week 8 has Keller Timber Creek (5-1, 1-1 District 3-6A) versus Haltom (4-3, 2-1) on Thursday, and Richland (6-0, 3-0 District 8-5) at Grapevine (5-1, 3-0) on Friday.

The Associated Press rankings

Class 6A

School

Total

Points

Prv

1. Allen (16)

6-0

230

1

2. Converse Judson (4)

6-0

205

2

3. Katy (2)

4-0

194

3

4. DeSoto (2)

6-0

171

4

5. Austin Westlake

7-0

149

5

6. Garland Sachse

6-0

110

6

7. Waco Midway

7-0

82

8

8. The Woodlands

3-1

65

9

9. Klein Collins

5-0

47

10

10. Smithson Valley

6-0

17

NR

Others receiving votes: Lake Travis 15, Duncanville 14, Spring Westfield 5, San Benito 3, Mansfield 3, Odessa Permian 3, SA Northside O’Connor 3, San Angelo Central 2, Keller Fossil Ridge 1, Beaumont West Brook 1.

Class 5A

School

Total

Points

Prv

1. Aledo (15)

6-0

226

1

2. Manvel (8)

5-0

221

2

3. Denton Ryan (1)

6-0

191

3

4. CC Calallen

6-0

168

4

5. Cedar Park

5-1

125

5

6. Highland Park

5-1

113

6

7. Angleton

5-0

98

7

8. Mansfield Legacy

5-1

57

8

9. Dripping Springs

6-0

54

9

10. Frisco Lone Star

5-1

29

10

Others receiving votes: Hutto 9, Temple 7, College Station 7, Colleyville Heritage 6, Lubbock Coronado 4, Mansfield Lake Ridge 3, Port Neches-Groves 1.

Class 4A

School

Total

Points

Prv

1. Carthage (20)

6-0

232

1

2. W. Orange-Stark (3)

6-0

204

2

3. Argyle

6-0

191

3

4. Waco La Vega

6-0

168

4

5. Cuero (1)

5-0

148

5

6. Midlothian Heritage

6-0

102

6

7. Kennedale

5-1

94

7

8. Van

7-0

71

9

9. Sweetwater

6-0

42

10

10. Texarkana Pleasant Grove

7-0

34

NR

Others receiving votes: China Spring 16, Graham 10, Boerne 3, Lubbock Estacado 2, Raymondville 2, Geronimo Navarro 1.

Class 3A

School

Total

Points

Prv

1. Gunter (14)

7-0

228

1

2. Wall (4)

6-0

188

3

3. Lexington (3)

6-0

186

2

4. Newton (3)

5-0

173

4

5. Malakoff

6-0

126

5

6. Canadian

6-0

116

6

7. Brock

5-1

95

7

8. West Rusk

5-0

51

9

9. Hallettsville

5-1

50

8

10. Yoakum

5-1

44

10

Others receiving votes: Grandview 21, Sonora 17, Jefferson 12, Big Sandy Harmony 5, Mount Vernon 4, Woodville 4.

Class 2A

School

Total

Points

Prv

1. Tenaha (16)

6-0

219

1

2. Mason (4)

6-0

206

2

3. Muenster

6-0

173

3

4. Mart (2)

5-1

152

4

5. Albany

6-0

139

5

6. Refugio (2)

4-1

128

6

7. Abernathy

6-0

109

7

8. De Leon

6-0

83

8

9. Bremond

5-1

44

9

10. Milano

6-0

35

10

Others receiving votes: Price Carlisle 12, San Augustine 9, Wellington 6, Joaquin 3, Burton 1, Post 1.

Star-Telegram rankings

Class 6A

Team

Rec.

Prv

1. Arlington Martin

5-1

2

2. Mansfield

5-1

1

3. Euless Trinity

4-2

3

4. Southlake Carroll

4-2

4

5. Keller Fossil Ridge

7-0

5

6. Arlington

5-1

6

7. Keller Timber Creek

5-1

7

8. Arlington Lamar

3-3

8

9. Haltom

4-3

9

10. Keller Central

4-2

10

Class 5A/others

Team

Rec.

Prv

1. Aledo

6-0

1

2. Mansfield Legacy

5-1

2

3. Colleyville Heritage

5-1

3

4. Mansfield Lake Ridge

5-1

4

5. Saginaw Boswell

6-0

5

6. White Settlement Brewer

4-2

6

7. Richland

6-0

7

8. Grapevine

5-1

8

9. Mansfield Summit

3-3

9

10. Kennedale

5-1

10

This story was originally published October 16, 2017 at 7:15 PM with the headline "Aledo still No. 1 in 5A, Austin Westlake earns notable 6A win."

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