Everyone in these parts figures to load up the playoff buses and head out next weekend. They're all going.

  Port Arthur Memorial and Beaumont West Brook are top seeds in Class 5A. Port Neches-Groves is an undisputed 4A league champion. Nederland amazingly has battled through to its customary Division 1 playoff berth. Beaumont Central may be poised for another deep playoff run. Bridge City is back in the 3A post-season where it belongs with a familiar playoff name known as West Orange-Stark. East Chambers is an undisputed 2A league champ and Evadale is too in 1A.

  To go to the head of the class, one should turn a shade of PN-G purple after the Indians would splash together a remarkable 10-0 regular season for the first time in 32 years.

  Brandon Faircloth and the Indians still had to rejoice on Saturday after a 25-22 double-overtime rescue mission at Beaumont Central last Friday night.

  "It certainly was great for the kids to be a part of something historical like that," the first-year Indians' coach said. "The players fought back and they hadn't been down by nine points all year."

  Now here's the problem with the post-season. None of the opponents care about your favorite team's regular-season accomplishments.

  "Everybody's 0-0 right now," Port Arthur Memorial first-year head coach Kenny Harrison said. "But I'm happy and proud that all our teams around here were able to win and make it to the playoffs."

  Harrison is right to an extent, except that Nederland, Memorial and PN-G all may feel as if each is 1-0, not 0-0. Those Friday night road victories felt as if they were playoff-type atmospheres for the Bulldogs, Titans and Indians.

subhed: PN-G/Barbers Hill

  PN-G gets to turn around and begin its post-season the same way as its regular season -- against Barbers Hill.

  The Indians get to be the home team again and they even play on home-like field turf when they meet the Eagles (5-5) on Friday night in Baytown's Stallworth Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

  Faircloth's group should be able to focus this week, because Barbers Hill would play PN-G a closer final score -- one point (21-20) -- than any of the Indians' 10 opponents in the season opener. Coach Don Price's Eagles went 4-3 in District 19-4A, producing a balanced offense. Barbers Hill ran for 1,875 yards and threw for 1,942 in 10 games.

  Ticket prices for PN-G's bidistrict game will be $7 at the gate with pre-sale prices of $4 for students and $6 for adults. Faircloth was not certain in regard to pre-sale ticket plans Saturday afternoon, but the tickets will be available during the week at PNGISD administration office.