Historically any 4A team that wanted to have aspirations of winning R3 had to be able to compete with 5A teams and lot's of wins really didn't mean much to me. A perfect example is Yates and all of the hoopla surrounding the girls and boys teams being undefeated a few years ago. The boys were legit, having knocked off many of the top teams in not only the city and state but the country however the girls had not beaten any of the top squads and one more time, it's not what you do it's who you do it against. That was not good journalism however it was a story because both teams were undefeated and you really didn't have to put a lot of thought into it
Beaumont Ozen is undefeated (21-0) and sitting at No. 1 on the TABC Top 25 and the difference in their being defeated is one of those wins has come against Clear Springs, one of the top 5A teams in the state. Ozen is looking to make a return trip to Austin however a couple of area contenders, Manvel and Barbers Hill might have an outside chance to knock them off
Boasting one of the areas top guards, Asia Booker and juniors, Nekia "SHOWTIME" Jones, it will be interesting to see if the Panthers pick-up right where they left off a year ago