Sunday, August 1, 2010

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Plains Football Cowboys in State Playoffs

1st Time Since 2001!

The Plains Cowboys, despite a 34-6 loss to the Seagraves Eagles on Friday night, earn a play-off berth for the 1st time since 2001. The Cowboys will face the Iraan Braves in the Bi-District round of the play-offs at 7:30 Friday night at the Mustang Bowl in Andrews. The Cowboys finished the regular season with a record of 8-2, 3-2 in District 7-A, their first winning record since 2001, as well.

The Cowboys came into Friday’s final district game knowing that a win would give them a share of their 1st district championship since 1994, and clinch the number 1 seed for District 7-A in the play-offs. It was not to be, however, as a very good Seagraves Eagle football team wrapped up the district 7-A championship for themselves. The Cowboys played hard for the entire game, but it was just not their night. Brandon Craft scored on a 6-yard run early in the 2nd quarter to cut the lead to 14-6, but that was as close as it would ever get, as Seagraves took a 28-6 lead into the locker room at the half. The 2nd half was scoreless until early in the 4th, when Seagraves added a TD to bring the game to its final score of 34-6.

The loss by the Cowboys meant that their play-off hopes now hung on the finish of the Sundown-Stanton game being played in Stanton. With the Cowboy loss, Stanton was in the play-offs, and the determining factor between Sundown or Plains going to the play-offs would be how many points Sundown would win their game by. As fans and coaches huddled around their phones in the stands and on the field at Seagraves, the last minute of the Sundown/Stanton game played out. Needing to win by 10, Sundown defeated Stanton by nine, 19-10, sending the Cowboys to their first round play-off date with Iraan.

We look forward to seeing everybody in Andrews Friday to cheer the Cowboys on to a play-off victory.