AREA ROUND PLAYOFF INFO:
WHO: Cypress Creek (25-10) vs. Cinco Ranch (20-14)
WHERE: Katy Taylor High School
WHEN: Friday 7:30pm

Class 5A Area Round Matchups/Bi-District Scoreboard
Class 5A Playoff Bracket
Cinco Ranch and Cy Creek--Schedule/Results and Playoff Histories

Battle of Cougars
Cinco and Cy Creek will meet for the 2nd time ever in the postseason.  Cinco defeated Cy Creek 54-40 in the 2006-2007 playoffs in the bidistrict round.  Cy Creek is the number four seed out of 17-5A, which is one of the more rugged districts in the Houston area.  Cy Creek defeated Aldine Nimitz on Monday night, 57-44. 

Area Round Regulars
Cinco Ranch has never lost a bi-district playoff game. The longest active streaks of advancing to the Area Round in Region III:

• Bellaire---12
• CINCO RANCH---10
• North Shore---9

Cougars are battle tested
Cinco Ranch has faced possibly the toughest schedule in the state of Texas. 13 out of 17 non-district opponents have qualified for the state playoffs. Below is a look at these opponents (state rank, team, W-L record). Teams that are still alive in the playoffs have a combined record of 303-80 (.791).  Teams in bold are still alive in the playoffs.

• #3 Clear Springs (34-2)
• #4 Bellaire (29-3)
• #7 Manvel (32-3)
• #14 The Woodlands (28-7)
  #24 Clear Falls (27-8)
• Pearland (24-8)
• Fort Worth THESA (36-9)
• Klein Collins (30-6)
• Corpus Christi Carroll (26-6)
• Mansfield Summit (22-12)
• Fort Bend Bush (20-7)
• Westside (20-13)
• Aldine Nimitz (19-15)
• LaPorte (11-23)