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New VYPE rankings: Winning formula? Running and defense

New VYPE rankings: Winning formula? Running and defense
Kingwood is having a magical season after the storm. Vype

Originally appeared on Vype.com.

The area-round is complete as the UIL Texas High School Playoffs move onto the regional round. The power programs are rising and the competition is getting fierce. Staying healthy is paramount and mistakes can flip games in an instant. 

Katy is destroying teams with old-fashioned football — running the ball and great defense. That can be said for Klein Collins, Cy-Fair, Westfield and North Shore. Atascocita, Lamar, Langham Creek and Friendswood do it by outscoring their opponents.

Class 5A is anchored by Manvel, Angleton and FB Marshall, while Foster has been a bit of a surprise. Manvel will have an epic matchup against Cedar Park this week.

Stay tuned to vypehouston.com for upcoming predictions and don’t miss our VYPE SCOREBOARD SHOW Friday’s at 10:15 on 97.5 FM.

CLASS 6A TOP 20

Rank

Team (Record)

Comment
1Katy (10-0)Atascocita Could be Interesting
2Klein Collins (11-0)Will Longview Be a Test?
3Cy-Fair (12-0)Should Take Care of Friendswood
4Westfield (11-0)‘Stangs Will Roll Lufkin
5Lamar (9-1)Game of the Week vs North Shore
6Atascocita (10-1)Must Use Athleticism vs Katy
7Langham Creek (10-1)Kingwood Will Have Tough Time Keeping Up
8North Shore (8-3)TOUGH OUT in Postseason
9Friendswood (9-3)Just Got by Summer Creek
10The Woodlands (7-3)What Could Have Been?
11Kingwood (6-5)Miracle Season After Flood
12Klein Oak (7-4)Smashed By Cedar Ridge
13Cypress Ranch (8-3)Katy Was Too Much
14Dickinson (8-3)Atascocita Can Put Up Points
15Strake Jesuit (8-3)Cy-Fair had Too Many Playmakers; D
16FB Bush (7-2)Stubbed Toe Against Katy Taylor
17Clear Lake (8-4)Fell in Close One to Kingwood
18Clear Springs (8-3)Crushed by North Shore
19Summer Creek (7-4)Heartbreaker to Friendswood
20Klein (7-4)Good Fight vs Hendrickson

 

CLASS 5A TOP 10

Rank

Team (Record)

Comment
1Manvel (11-0)Tough Cedar Park Up Next
2Angleton (11-0)CC Flour Bluff a Speed Bump
3FB Marshall (9-2)Can Buffs Slay the Hippos?
4Foster (8-3)Falcons Knock Off Undefeated Drip Springs
5Magnolia West (9-2)Whacked By Temple
6New Caney (8-3)No Chance vs FB Marshall
7Crosby (8-2)Heartbreaker to PNG
8Galveston Ball (6-5)Port Arthur Memorial Too Tough
9Texas City (5-6)Hung with Port Neches-Groves
10Waltrip (8-1)Kings of HISD

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Zack Short hit a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning after Christian Walker tied it with a sacrifice fly and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 on Saturday night.

Short hit a 1-1 pitch to right field off Hoby Milner after Robert Garcia (1-5) walked two to load the bases.

Texas took a 4-3 lead when Adolis García hit the first pitch from Bennett Sousa (3-0) for a single — scoring automatic runner Marcus Semien.

Kyle Higashioka hit a solo home run off Josh Hader with two outs in the ninth to tie it 3-3. It was the first blown save for Hader after 25 straight to begin the season.

Jose Altuve hit his 17th homer — a two-out solo shot in the first off Jacob deGrom to tie it 1-1 after the Rangers scored an unearned run on Framber Valdez’s wild pitch.

Yainer Diaz homered for the 14th time for a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Mauricio Dubón hit his sixth homer off Jacob Webb for a 3-1 lead in the seventh.

Semien hit his 11th homer to cut it to 3-2 in the eighth.

Valdez allowed an unearned run on four hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks in six innings. The Astros have won his last 12 starts with him getting the win in nine of them.

DeGrom allowed two runs on four hits and a walk in six innings with eight strikeouts.

The Rangers struck out 19 times — two short of the club record for an extra-inning game.

Key moment

Short entered as a pinch runner in the ninth and was just 4 for 17 before his game winner.

Key stat

Houston hasn’t lost a season series with division rival Texas since 2016.

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Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-3, 1.62 ERA) starts Sunday’s rubber game opposite Astros RHP Hunter Brown (9-3, 2.21).

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