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2009 ARCHIVED VIDEO CONTENT 

Video of Harlingen High-SA Southwest

Video of Edinburg High-Brownsville Hanna

Video of Edinburg High-Edinburg North

Video of Mission Veterans' Raul Becerril

Video of Rio Hondo's Maverick Hunter

Video highlights of McAllen Memorial-Sharyland

Video of Los Fresnos' Estephan Wilson

Video highlights of Mercedes-Weslaco East

Apparently much of the Valley viewed Will Ferrell’s “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” immediately following the Harlingen Cardinals 42-13 loss to Austin Westlake on Friday night.

I say this because it would appear that several Valley football fans believe — just as Ricky Bobby did in the film — that “if you ain’t first, you’re last.”

Despite a wonderful season that saw the Cards go 12-1, there are people out there who believe that Harlingen’s season went to waste after losing to the Chaparrals.

KINGSVILLE — Mercedes head coach Mike Uribe stood on the 20-yard line of the south end of Javelina Stadium on Saturday and preached family values.

His team, muddied and tired, and some even crying, listened attentively as Uribe talked about life after football, the importance of family, brotherhood and most importantly the importance of being a man.

Uribe’s talk was like a sermon. And it was a wonderful speech.

Just not the one Uribe wanted to make this early in the postseason.

Editor's Note: Keep checking back to this file on RGVSports.com throughout the weekend as playoff pairings, along with the time, date and place of the games, become finalized.

Thursday Nov. 12

BI-DISTRICT

CLASS 4A Division I

Flour Bluff 55, Mission Veterans Memorial 35

Friday Nov. 13

BI-DISTRICT

CLASS 5A Division I

Harlingen High 41, San Benito 21

Edinburg High 18, Brownsville Hanna 14

San Antonio Southwest 58, Rio Grande City 28

ALICE — Maybe it won’t be that long until the Mission High Eagles are ready to appreciate what they accomplished this season. They won a district championship for the first time since 1993 and hadn’t made it past the first round of the postseason since 2002.

Late Friday night, however, all they were thinking about was how their season ended during a 12-7 loss on a muddy and chewed-up field drenched by heavy rains before and during the game.

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Harlingen fends off Southwest for Westlake rematch

PSJA North recovers from 21 down to beat Eagle Pass

Mission High comes up short against Gregory-Portland

Cougars' defense denies Rattlers in red zone for upset

Bobcats' playoff run falls short against Rams

This time, late heroics fall short for Tigers against Sandcrabs

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MISSION — The Mission High Eagles’ 30-27 win over Alice last week was an important one for the school and the community. It was the Eagles’ first playoff win since 2002 and allowed their season to continue.

It by no means meant that Mission High (10-1) had reached all of its goals for the 2009 season. A bi-district championship was not what coach Mario Peña told his players to aim for. He wants them to aim for something much more, even beyond getting past Gregory-Portland in Friday’s area round game in Alice.

With seven Valley teams left in the playoffs this week there was some talk around the office.

Many believed that six Valley teams would still be alive after this week, a very large number for this time of year. But there was also some thought that this was pretty much the end for Valley football — save the Sharyland-Edinburg North game, of course.

I don’t subscribe to either approach, but rather believe that there will be some Valley squads playing next week.

Here’s the way I see Round 2 going this week:

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