Argyle
ready to take on
new district slate by Steve Gamel
T
he Argyle football team has been placed into some interesting districts over the years. Next year won’t be any different, though the amount of travel appears to be the biggest eye-opener.
Head coach Todd Rodgers and company
There are several positives with this
District 7-4A Division I lineup that includes
programs in the state that can match
learned they would join a revamped
the likes of Anna, Carrollton Ranchview, Kaufman, Melissa, Paris,
and Terrell. The news was
released during the University Interscholastic League’s
biennial reclassification and realignment day on February 3.
The new district lineup is for
the 2020-22 school years and is only for football. 32 | ARGYLE LIVING
| March 2020
new lineup. For starters, there are few talent with the Eagles, who played in
For starters, there are few programs in the state that can match talent with the Eagles...
three straight state title games between 2013 and 2015,
winning it all in 2013. The back-
to-back region finalists have not
lost a regular-season game since 2015 and will be an easy pick to
win the district outright next fall. In its previous district, Argyle beat Celina, Anna, Melissa,
Paris, Paris North Lamar, and Sanger
by an average margin of 33.16 points. Quarterback Bo Hogeboom threw for 3,719 yards and 57 touchdowns. Another benefit is that there is plenty of familiarity with a few of those opponents. Melissa, Paris, and Anna were all district bunkmates with Argyle last season. Ranchview has also played Argyle in recent years, as has Kaufman. But only Ranchview is less than 50 miles away. “It is what it is and you really have no say in it,” Rodgers told the Denton RecordChronicle on realignment day. “We know there will be strenuous travel because we have to go across the metroplex in the heart of traffic. It doesn’t make sense to me how they can put us in a region one district against the same people, but I just had it rationalized, but that doesn’t mean I’m right. I’ll get over the shock of it and move on.” As previously mentioned, the district above is only for football. Sports such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball and softball will compete in the new District 7-4A with Bridgeport, Decatur, Krum, Lake Worth, River Oaks Castleberry, and Springtown. Argyle is incredibly competitive in all sports, as both its baseball and girls basketball teams are coming off state title wins from a year ago. www.ArgyleLivingMagazine.com
