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ARLINGTON -- HP's first game in Cowboys Stadium didn't turn out the way it wanted with another loss in the third round of the playoffs. The Scots have now lost in the third round three consecutive seasons and are now 12-15-1 all-time in third-round playoff games, but 11-9 all-time in games serving as regional semifinals. The Scots' five turnovers against Poteet were a rare anomaly indeed. They were not only a season high, but they equaled the Scots' total turnover count from the previous eight games. HP had held on to the ball successfully all season, never posting more than two turnovers in any game and came into the Poteet came without a turnover in two postseason games. How rare was a five-turnover game? HP committed five or more turnovers in only two other games in the past seven seasons. This was the 15th game in the HP-Mesquite Poteet series, and the first to come in the playoffs. HP is now 14-1 all-time against Poteet. Until Saturday, HP had not lost a game to a Mesquite ISD school since becoming a Class 4A school in 1988. Other game notes from the HP-Poteet game: * HP's 119 points scored during the 2010 playoffs is the eighth-highest total in school history. * The Scots' 12-game win streak this season tied the sixth-longest streak in school history, and ties for the ninth-longest unbeaten streak (includes ties). HP's 17-game win streak and unbeaten streak in regular-season games will resume in 2011. * HP's 498 points this season ties for the ninth-highest total in one season in school history. * The Scots' defense came up with a fumble recovery to continue its streak of gaining at least one takeaway in every game this season. * Poteet's 45 points tied the second-highest total ever given up by HP in a playoff game, and ties the sixth-highest total given up in any HP game. Waxahachie's 49 points in the same round last year is the most ever surrendered by HP in a playoff, and 53 scored by Forest Avenue HS in 1928 is the most ever given up. The third round has been troublesome for HP not just because of its three-game losing streak. Of the seven highest-scoring games by opponents in a playoff game, four of them have come in third-round games. The top seven: Most Points Scored Against in a Playoff Game 49 - 2009 vs. Waxahachie (3rd round) 45 - 2010 vs. Mesquite Poteet (3rd round) 45 - 2003 vs. Denton Ryan (5th round) 45 - 2001 vs. Ennis (4th round) 41 - 2008 vs. Waco Midway (3rd round) 41 - 2001 vs. Greenville (1st round) 41 - 1986 vs. Longview (3rd round) * The 45-21 loss ties the fourth-largest losing margin (24 points) in HP's playoff history. |
