Given the fierce competition in Texas high school football, playoffs spots are often determined by a team\u2019s regular season win-loss record. A squad has a better chance at championship glory if they garnered more victories.<\/p>\n
That said, why then did the playoff fate of three teams depended on a coin flip? Apparently, this story involved one of those squads breaking the rules.<\/p>\n
Coaches and representatives from Amarillo High School<\/a>, Lubbock High School<\/a>, and Caprock High School<\/a> met at the Toot \u2019n Totum gas station in Plainview to decide which team will have at least one more game. The Sandies wouldn\u2019t have been in this position if not for forfeiting six victories after the University Interscholastic League deemed one of their players ineligible due to clerical oversight.<\/p>\n The decision reversed the Sandies\u2019 record from 7-2 to 1-8, and they needed a victory over rival school Tascosa to stay in the mix. Meanwhile, Lubbock carried a 3-7 record, including a victory via forfeit against Amarillo. Caprock was at 3-8, including a 29-8 win over Lubbock.<\/p>\n To determine the team entering the playoffs, representatives from the three schools simultaneously flipped coins, with the odd team out getting into the Texas high school football Class 5A Division 1 playoffs. Lubbock and Caprock flipped heads, while Amarillo earned the slot after flipping tails.<\/p>\n In this video on X<\/a>, Amarillo head coach Chad Dunham emotionally said, \u201cIt\u2019s God\u2019s plan. We have a special group of kids. I hate this because I\u2019m just crying all the time. I\u2019m an emotional wreck, but it\u2019s God\u2019s plan. I cannot wait, we\u2019ve got a meeting at 10 a.m. in the morning with parents and kids and there\u2019s gonna be a lot of hard conversations and there\u2019s still gonna be some hard conversations. But, there\u2019s also gonna be a celebration. I might just break the news and see if they want to come up tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n