SUGARLAND, TX — Good news for Concho Valley High School Basketball fans! The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches released its pre-season rankings for the upcoming 2023-24 High School Basketball season this week, and multiple teams from around the Concho Valley came in the Top 25.
Even better than that, the Owls team that finished with a 30-10 overall record and a perfect 14-0 in district play and runner-up in the Regional Final returned almost everyone back this season. The TABC must have taken notice, as they have the Owls ranked No. 2 in the state in the initial preseason rankings.
Area Champions Reagan County Owls
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2A State Rankings
1. Martins Mill
2. Reagan County
3. Tolar
4. Schulenburg
5. Timpson
6. Floydada
7. North Hopkins
8. Beckville
9. New Home
10. Evadale
11. Hawkins
12. Farwell
13. Sam Rayburn
14. Dallardsville Big Sandy
15. LaPoynor
16. Poolville
17. Wellington
18. Thorndale
19. Shelbyville
20. Lipan
21. Port Aransas
22. Grapeland
23. Mumford
24. Albany
25. Lee Academy
Elsewhere in the Concho Valley, the Irion County Hornets come into this season ranked No. 24 in the initial 1A State Rankings. The Hornets graduated key pieces from last year’s team that lost in the regional tournament but came in with enough talent for the state to take notice.
Irion County
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1A State Rankings
1. Graford
2. Jayton
3. Benjamin
4. Fayetteville
5. Texline
6. Gordon
7. Garden City
8. Abbott
9. Nazareth
10. Huckabay
11. Calvert
12. Dodd City
13. McMullen County
14. Slidell
15. Brookeland
16. Perrin Whitt
17. Knox City
18. Happy
19. Buena Vista
20. Rocksprings
21. Silverton
22. Rankin
23. Wildorado
24. Irion County
25. San Perlita
Girl’s High School Basketball
On the ladies' side, the Wall Lady Hawks enter another season in the Top 10. After a hard-fought season a school year ago, these ladies are poised for another good one. Joining the Concho Valley top-ranked teams are the Mason Lady Cowgirls. Mason enters this season ranked No. 17. After a trip to the state title game where the ladies fell 47-35 in the finals, the Irion County Lady Hornets enter this season ranked No. 4. Within the same district as the Runner-Up Lady Hornets, the Veribest Lady Falcons are poised for a revenge tour this season. The Lady Falcons come in at No. 8. Finally, 44 miles east of San Angelo, the Eden Lady Bulldogs are ready to make their mark this year. The Lady Bulldogs round out the Concho Valley ranked No. 20 in 1A.
Lady Hawks' Brylyn Watts
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Girl’s 3A State Rankings
1. Holliday
2. Fairfield
3. Winnsboro
4. Columbus
5. Tuscola Jim Ned
6. Mt. Pleasant Chapel Hill
7. Gunter
8. Pottsboro
9. Rice
10. Wall
11. Lytle
12. Mexia
13. Brock
14. Idalou
15. Peaster
16. Shallowater
17. Bushland
18. Edgewood
19. Poth
20. Kountze
21. Aransas Pass
22. Huntington
23. Goliad
24. Malakoff
25. Hitchcock
Girl’s 2A State Rankings
1. Lipan
2. Gruver
3. Panhandle
4. Nocona
5. Martins Mill
6. LaPoynor
7. Sundown
8. New Home
9. Hearne
10. Dallardsville Big Sandy
11. Tenaha
12. Goldwaithe
13. Muenster
14. Cooper
15. Merit Bland
16. Wellington
17. Mason
18. Windthorst
19. Chireno
20. Skidmore Tynan
21. Ropes
22. Clarendon
23. Farwell
24. Evadale
25. Shiner
Irion County during a timeout
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Girl’s 1A State Rankings
1. Nazareth
2. Huckabay
3. Neches
4. Irion County
5. Dodd City
6. Slidell
7. Claude
8. Veribest
9. D’Hanis
10. Sands
11. Whiteface
12. Borden County
13. Hermleigh
14. Roscoe Highland
15. Rocksprings
16. Aquilla
17. Gorman
18. Throckmorton
19. Brookeland
20. Eden
21. Bloomburg
22. Eula
23. Lamesa Klondike
24. McMullen County
25. Slocum
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