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Wild and Crazy Finish in Region 2A Football

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By Terry Futrell

With only one week to play in the regular season, there is total chaos in the standings in Region 2A. Coalfield has a lock on the regional championship and has completed regional play with a 6-0 record. Oakdale has also locked in a playoff berth. The other two teams to make the playoffs and their final position in the regional standings depends on the outcome of two games next Friday. Harriman and Sunbright are out of contention for the playoffs.

Currently, the Region 2A rankings are:

Coalfield            6-0       8-2
Oakdale             3-2       5-4
Greenback        3-2       3-5
Midway              3-2       6-3
Oliver Springs  2-3       2-5
Harriman          2-4       4-6
Sunbright          0-6      1-8

Next Friday, Oakdale plays Greenback at home and Midway plays at Oliver Springs. Consider the following four scenarios:

  1. Oakdale defeats Greenback and Midway defeats Oliver Springs. The four teams making the playoffs would be Coalfield, Oakdale, Midway, and Greenback.
  2. Greenback defeats Oakdale and Midway defeats Oliver Springs. The four teams making the playoffs would be Coalfield, Midway, Greenback, and Oakdale.
  3. Oakdale defeats Greenback and Oliver Springs defeats Midway. The four teams making the playoffs would be Coalfield and Oakdale, with Greenback, Midway and Oliver Springs in a 3-way tie for the other two playoff positions. Per TSSAA regulations, the last two playoff positions would be determined by looking at overall records, which would award the last two playoff positions to Midway and Greenback. Note: This could change depending on how athletic directors in Region 2A implement the TSSAA regulations, which simply say that in event of a tie, “all opponents varsity games played through TSSAA Week 11 will be counted.”
  4. Greenback defeats Oakdale and Oliver Springs defeats Midway. The four teams making the playoffs would be Coalfield, Greenback, Oliver Springs, and Oakdale.

Depending on the outcomes of the games next Friday, Midway could end up anywhere from second place to out of the playoffs.

This should be interesting! Seldom have we seen such a potential impact of the final regular season games.