The Woodlands produced a statement result over the weekend in the Rugby Texas South Division with a 26-0 shutout of #31 Katy.
Ranked #43 in the latest GRR rankings, Woodlands had dropped down after a 22-7 defeat to Kingswood earlier in the season. But by beating Katy, Woodlands now jumps into 1st in the division with a 3-1 record, ahead of Cy-Fair (who they beat) by two bonus points.
“That loss against Kingswood was all my fault,” said Woodlands age-grade coach Phillip Beck. “We didn’t really turn up and Kingswood played well.”
Beck’s team feels they’re better than that, and they showed it against Katy.
“We’ve had a lot of very tough games and we knew Katy would be physical throughout,” said Beck. “They are a good team, but our commitment to defense really paid off. It was a complete team effort. Our forwards put up a really good defensive front and everyone was all-in on he tackles.”
Shutting out a team as solid at Katy certainly puts the rest of the state on notice.
Specifically, that would be Westlake. The Chaps won again and are 5-0 in the North and looking as if they are untouchable.
At least for now.
| Texas HS Standings | |||||||||
| North Central Division | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BT | BL | Pts |
| Austin Westlake | 5 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 48 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Lake Travis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 7 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Round Rock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 57 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Dallas Jesuit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 77 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Richardson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Allen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 111 | -68 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Plano | 1 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 66 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Alliance | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 111 | -94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HEB Hurricanes | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 109 | -89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Division | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BT | BL | Pts |
| Woodlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 69 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Cy-Fair | 3 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Kingwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| St. Thomas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 131 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Katy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Memorial | 1 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 85 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Strake Jesuit | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 62 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| St. Pius X | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 81 | -38 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
