BANGS – With the runner-up spot from District 5-2A Division I on the line, the Harris Ratings Weekly No. 9 Coleman Bluecats dominated the Bangs Dragons from start to finish in a 47-0 decision Thursday night at Memorial Stadium.

With the loss, the Dragons (6-4, 4-2) will be the third seed from District 5 in the playoffs and face District 6 second seed Nocona (8-2, 3-2) – which knocked off Alvord, 31-28, Thursday night – in the bi-district round of the playoffs.

“Coleman and Tolar are two of the best teams in the state and we’re going to stay positive because we’ve got bigger things ahead of us,” said Bangs head coach Kyle Maxfield. “The third spot is a good spot to be in coming out of our district. We told the kids we don’t have time to feel sorry for ourselves and get down, we have a lot of positive stuff ahead and the first thing is to go win a gold football next week.”

Meanwhile, Coleman (8-2, 5-1) clinched the No. 2 playoff seed and will battle Alvord (6-4, 3-2), which slipped to the third seed with its loss, in opening round action.

“We’re for the most part healthy for this time of year and that’s important,” said Coleman head coach John Elder. “We’ve got some momentum going in, we’re playing well so I feel like we’re hitting on all cylinders at the right time.”

Details on both playoff match-ups were not available after Thursday night’s games, two of more than 200 than were moved up a day due to the threat of severe thunderstorms across the state Friday evening.

See more photos and game stats at this link to Brownwoodnews.com, by sports writer Derrick Stuckly.