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Gore started 9 sophomores and 2 juniors last season. Return all 11 starters on both sides of the football. 8-1 and playing in the 3rd round against a tough west team who gave Cashion some trouble last year isn't something to be ashamed of. The boys in Green can play. They are all juniors and 1 senior this season (lost one to a move), so class A has to deal with them for the next 2 seasons. 

Of the teams on this list Ringling, Tonk, Woodland, and Morrison I know have multiple state titles wins or runner ups Morrison has 17, Ringling has 11, Tonk has 9, Woodland has 8. Cashion also has 8 but traditionaly is maybe viewed as having a weaker history than the other teams. Tradition is important but programs can be built. I think Gore has a shot to be great but only time will tell. I still think Cashion is the bset team in the state. Is there no love for OKU? Nowata is very bad but I think OKU has something going.

It's not just Gore. Really its all the teams in that district that gore is usually in has always been historically bad. Talihina is the only team to really come out of that area in Class A and actually be a contender in like the last 30 years. Every year come playoff time that district used to always be the one everyone would pick for all 4 playoff teams to lose in the first round. Tyler is a good coach but he doesnt have the the type of talented players like he did at Vian. Vian is still sending players to D1 colleges. He will never get those type of players at a place like Gore. Ringling, Cashion, Thomas, Wynnewood, Woodland, Morrison, Tonkowa and even Talihina for a couple years all have those type of players most years. That's why they have been successful for so long. Gore has to rely on fundamentals, a little bit of luck and not making any mistakes to be able to hang with those teams deep in the playoffs. We can argue about this all day but IMO Gore will need a Will Amos type of player to come in there before I ever believe they will ever be a contender.

They had a good record every year Brandon Ellis was there to. They were 8-2 in the regular his last year there in 2010. Won the district played wynnewood who was the 4th seed that year in the 1st round and lost 46-10. From 2008 to 2011 they went 8-3 every year but they also lost in the 1st round every one of those years. Only differnce with Tyler is they have made it to the 2nd round and that's because their not stuck with having to play another tough district in the 1st round like they did in years past.

Like that year CHA goes 4th in A-3 and gets to the championship before falling to Tonkawa

Technically they was if they are the 4th seed cause some teams will tend to underestimate the 4th seed

Yet last year you said pretty much said was a fluke. Though in all honesty there were a bunch of teams last year that shouldn't have been in the playoffs, My Panthers being one of the many teams

3. One went to Air Force, 1 to OSU and another walked on at OU.

Look, I'm sure Gore is a solid team. They have zero chance of winning state. Or making the semifinals. Please save this post. In the second round they will likely have to play one of Hominy, Morrison, Pawnee, or Woodland. If they are able to survive that, it will probably be Cashion or Tonkawa in the quarters. Or maybe a Mooreland or Hooker.

I admit I do not know much about Gore, but after following Class A for three decades, there are clearly some areas of the state and districts that consistently underperform in playoffs. The poster that said something similar is correct. I'm not exactly sure why that is, although I have some theories. That being said, I was also super skeptical about Afton a few years ago for some of the same reasons. Then I saw Wil Amos in person. That dude is legitimately probably the fastest white guy I have ever seen. The northeast now has a gold ball that they can look at until they when another one in maybe 25 years.