Regional Outlook
A year ago Lindale surprised some (not this guy) by taking home the Region III title and once again the teams out of East Texas in 9-4A Division I expect to be in the mix for the regional title. Chapel Hill, who finished in fourth place a year ago and made a run to the regional semifinals may be poised to overtake a Lindale squad that took heavy losses at the skill positions. Kilgore, who fell to Lindale in the regional finals a year ago has a new coach and suffered some big graduation losses, but the Bulldogs should get third over an underrated Palestine squad.