Why an 0-10 Texas high school with a 57-game losing streak is in the playoffs
Houston Scarborough coach Ajani Sanders understands there are people who don’t think his 0-10 team with a 57-game losing streak should be in the Texas high school football playoffs.
And he isn’t worried about what the score might be against perennial postseason contender West Orange-Stark on Thursday night.
Sanders talked to his players about winning this week. Just like he does every week.
“They’ve asked me … ‘Coach, you just got beat 66-6. Why are you so excited?“’ Sanders said. “All I want in life is an opportunity. Hey, this week is opportunity No. 11.”
The possibility of Texas having what is believed to be its first winless playoff team was set in motion earlier this year when Scarborough was placed in a five-team district by the state’s governing body of public high school sports. Not long after, one of the schools was almost shut down before being spared — but without athletics.
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'cause it'd be Scarborough Joe. 
