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On the Bright Side: McKinney, Boyd dodge first-round meeting with Skyline
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Santos / jennifersantosphotography.com
By Andrew Snyder, asnyder@starlocalnews.com
While being severely undersized compared to the competition doesn't net many benefits, the McKinney and McKinney Boyd football teams can find a sliver of silver lining in the knowledge that if they make the playoffs, they won't have to face Skyline in the opening round.
Since every other team in the district has significantly more students than Boyd (2,900) or McKinney (2,121), any combination of playoff qualifiers would land either in Division 2 – the bracket for smaller schools. That leaves them safe from a bi-district matchup with Skyline, a preseason favorite that returns much of the talent that helped it reach the state semifinals last season before narrowly losing to the eventual state champion, Southlake Carroll.
The UIL's football playoff system works by dividing the four playoff qualifying teams from each district into two divisions and then seeding them accordingly. In that way, a district will have two No. 1 seeds, one for Division 1 and 2, and two runner-ups separated into different brackets that never intermingle. No matter how the new District 10-5A plays out, Skyline would be in a different bracket than either McKinney or Boyd.
Ironically, two of those schools, which represent the four largest in the state, could end up in the Division 2 bracket out of necessity. Plano or West would be the team to take advantage of that circumstance should one of the McKinney schools qualify, or both could land in the smaller region if they make the cut alongside East and Allen, which will go to Division 1 regardless.
Boyd had the misfortune of being the first to draw Skyline last season. Despite finishing second in District 10-5A, the Broncos had by far the toughest opening-round playoff opponent, which led to them being the first team from their district eliminated. Boyd lost to Skyline, 31-8, despite a strong showing from running back Bryan Driskell, who became the first rusher to crack 100 yards against the Raiders defense with a 29-carry, 125-yard performance.
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