By Travis Stewart // TexasFootball.com
Notice an absence of East Texas flavor this week? You should — roughly half of the state was enjoying a bye week in Week 5, meaning this round's small-school spotlight will be looking primarily out West and down South, where a number of talented teams found themselves playing crucial district matchups or facing last-minute tuneups against the small-school ranks' elite.
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