2016 ETSN.fm Preseason Poll

It's going to be hard for any East Texas school to catch up to Tenaha this decade. The Tigers' boys athletics program already has five straight trips to the regional championship game or better in football and three total trips to the regional championship game or better in basketball. Just when Tenaha seemed ripe for a letdown with massive senior losses in May of 2015 plus the losses of both team

The Mineola Yellowjackets are in the midst of an historic run, unprecedented in its program's existence. Since the beginning of the 2014 season, Mineola is 26-5, having played for a state title and reached the state semifinals in each of the last two years...

District 11-2A Division I makes an almost irrefutable argument as the state's best Class 2A district. Alto is going to lead the group by opening the season from the No. 2 spot in ETSN.fm's Class 2A/Private Schools Poll. But it's not going to be an easy road to the district crown with No. 6 San Augustine, No. 7 Shelbyville and No. 9 Joaquin also boxed into the league.

Few programs in all of East Texas have the successful track record the Newton Eagles possess. And with several key impact performers returning from last season's regional semifinalist team, Newton is poised to have yet another championship-caliber season...

You may have noticed Tyler Grace Community has already been referenced quite a few times in the buildup toward the 2016 season. The Cougars will begin the season ranked third in the ETSN.fm Class 2A/Private Schools Poll. We're also prepared to admit head coach Mike Maddox's squad is the highest-ranked of the four East Texas private schools participating in TAPPS football.

Everything was looking bleak at the start of the 2015 season for Arp, which dropped five of its first six games. But the Tigers rebounded by traveling three rounds deep in the playoffs. With 16 starters returning from last year's strong-finishing group, Arp is expecting a significant jump this season...

  You talk to players on the 2016 Bullard Brook Hill roster, last season was just an aberration. It won't happen again for as long as it took for it happen. We tend to believe the Guard, who had not missed the playoffs since their first year of competition in 2005 until last season. We see them back in the mix for a playoff spot one year removed from a 5-5 campaign that ended with them playing the

Waskom has won back-to-back state championships, 31 consecutive games, and is 46-2 since the start of the 2013 season. Where do the Wildcats go from here? One thing is for sure: the expectations remain as high as ever for Waskom, which checks in at No...

Since head coach Jamie Driskell's arrival in 2009, the Malakoff Tigers have transformed from a downtrodden program to a perennial playoff participant. And with several key pieces coming back in 2016, Malakoff has its sights set on a big season...

Bishop Gorman's method of winning ballgames the past few years has been airing it out between a great quarterback and some explosive receivers. Then forcing a few stops on defense. Is the party over with Michael Goodwin, that decorated quarterback, taking his talents to Trinity University in San Antonio? He reached well beyond 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 yards each of the past two seasons. We do