Nacogdoches, Lufkin Among Teams with Longest Road Trips

Who's ready for some high school football?  Believe it or not, we're about 6 weeks away from the first kickoffs on August 28. Earlier this year, the Texas University Interscholastic League released the new district realignments. For some schools, there wasn't much change to their district landscape. But for others, the adjustments were significant.

Lufkin will be playing teams that have never been district rivals, such as Baytown Goose Creek Memorial and La Porte. Nacogdoches will play many familiar district foes such as Marshall and Whitehouse, but newcomers Greenville and Terrell will bring the Dallas Metro into their district.

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With new districts now in play, which teams will have the longest bus rides? I took a look at the district schedules for area squads and then consulted Google Maps to see which games would result in the most round-trip miles and time spent travelling. Here's a look at the top ten district games that will require the longest bus rides for Deep East Texas area teams.

Nacogdoches at Greenville, October 30

• Round trip miles - 314, Total travel time - 5 hours, 32 minutes

Chester at Union Hill, October 30

• Round trip miles - 310, Total travel time - 5 hours, 28 minutes

Burkeville at Leverett's Chapel, October 30

• Round trip miles - 296, Total travel time - 4 hours, 52 minutes

Lufkin at La Porte, November 6

• Round trip miles - 276, Total travel time - 4 hours, 26 minutes

Lufkin at Baytown Goose Creek Memorial, October 23

• Round trip miles - 274, Total travel time - 4 hours, 26 minutes

Lufkin at Baytown Sterling, September 18

• Round trip miles - 272, Total travel time - 4 hours, 26 minutes

West Sabine at Sabine Pass, October 16

• Round trip miles - 238, Total travel time - 4 hours, 14 minutes

Colmesneil at Sabine Pass, October 2

• Round trip miles - 200, Total travel time - 3 hours, 30 minutes

Corrigan at Leon Jewett, October 2

• Round trip miles - 194, Total travel time - 3 hours, 14 minutes

West Sabine at West Hardin, October 30

• Round trip miles - 190, Total travel time - 3 hours, 18 minutes

Keep in mind, there could be some slight variations to the total miles and travel time depending upon traffic and just how fast (or slow) the bus is traveling.