The Desoto-Cedar Hill game, which is Thursday at 7 p.m. at DeSoto’s Eagle Stadium, will be televised live on ESPN2. The Battle of Beltline was also nationally televised in 2009, when an ESPN audience watched another classic. In that game, … Continue reading
Former Pinkston football players dismissed from New Mexico team for ‘pattern of attitude that keeps us from winning’
Former Pinkston football players Paytron Hightower and Tre’Von Roy have been dismissed from the New Mexico football team. Coach Bob Davie dismissed the players for, according to the Albuquerque Journal, “an accumulation and a pattern of attitude that keeps us … Continue reading
Allen 4th, DeSoto 8th, Skyline 18th, Southlake Carroll 22nd and Cedar Hill 25th in composite national football rankings
Allen is at No. 4, DeSoto is at No. 8 and Skyline (18th), Southlake Carroll (22nd) and Cedar Hill (25th) are the other Dallas-area schools in this week’s composite national football rankings put together by MaxPreps. The rankings are a … Continue reading
Lutheran football team ends 28-game losing streak, is latest area team to end long skid
Lutheran’s football team ended a 28-game losing streak with a 14-13 win over Garland Christian on Friday. Lutheran’s last victory had come on Oct. 21, 2011, when it beat Irving The Highlands 40-28. “It’s been a long rebuilding job but … Continue reading
Despite loss to Southlake Carroll, Euless Trinity showed why it will be a scary playoff opponent
Euless Trinity was on the goalline, with a chance to win, at a stadium where undefeated Southlake Carroll has lost only three times in the last 13 years. That alone should tell you that Euless Trinity is a very good … Continue reading
Friday’s statewide Texas high school football scores
PREP FOOTBALL CLASS 6A Abilene 30, Odessa Permian 13 Aldine Davis 40, Aldine MacArthur 14 Alief Taylor 45, Fort Bend Kempner 30 Arlington Houston 75, FW Paschal 19 Arlington Lamar 51, Arlington 21 Arlington Martin 33, Arlington Bowie 21 Austin … Continue reading
Remembering the last time Southlake Carroll and Euless Trinity met as unbeatens: the epic matchup of 2006
Euless Trinity vs. Southlake Carroll. Or, if you prefer, Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity. Friday’s matchup again brings together two of the titans of high school football in the last 12 years. Both teams are undefeated, and Friday’s matchup at … Continue reading
Dallas-area football players who might be hidden gems for recruiters
As part of a story I’m writing for Thursday, I asked coaches about some of the high school seniors in the Dallas area who they think should be more highly recruited. Here are some of the players mentioned by their … Continue reading
Allen 4th, DeSoto 10th, Skyline 19th, Cedar Hill 25th in composite national football rankings
Allen is at No. 4, DeSoto is at No. 10 and Skyline (19th) and Cedar Hill (25th) are the other Dallas-area schools in this week’s composite national football rankings put together by MaxPreps. The rankings are a combination of four … Continue reading
Inflatable Mania 2014: The bracket is built for tunnel supremacy, vote now
Inflatable Mania 2014 is in full swing after a wild opening round where thousands of fans flooded the polls and the free response sections to give us our final field of 32 teams. Like last year, we have a regional … Continue reading
Katy, Tyler John Tyler move on to Corbett Smith’s Associated Press state football ballot
Not a ton of movement on my Associated Press Texas football ballot, given that only three Top 10 teams lost in Week 7 (and one of those losses, Class 2A’s Shiner, was against the state’s top-ranked team in that classification, … Continue reading
Allen stays at top of Associated Press 6A poll, but DeSoto picks up first-place vote
Here’s this week’s Associated Press Texas state football poll: Class 6A †School Total Points Prv † 1. Allen (16) (7-0) 240 1 † 2. DeSoto (8) (6-0) 227 2 † 3. Southlake Carroll (6-0) 165 3 † 4. Euless Trinity … Continue reading
Watch Hebron’s tricky onside kick from Friday’s game with Allen
Hebron knew it was going to have a tough time with Allen, the No. 2 6A team in the area. So in Friday’s game, Hebron tried to recover three separate onside kicks to keep the ball out of quarterback Kyler … Continue reading
Mesquite Horn senior WR Trey Taulton dies in his sleep Sunday morning
Mesquite Horn senior wide receiver Trey Taulton died at his home on Sunday morning of apparent natural causes, according to Mesquite ISD athletic director Steve Bragg. Coach Mike Overton met with his team yesterday, later Tweeting: Our thoughts and prayers … Continue reading
Saturday’s statewide Texas high school football scores
CLASS 6A Arlington Bowie 35, North Crowley 28 Fort Bend Kempner 43, Fort Bend Dulles 28 Houston Langham Creek 31, Cypress Fairbanks 21 Pasadena Dobie 24, Pasadena South Houston 13 CLASS 5A Aledo 38, Everman 17 Azle 35, Wichita Falls … Continue reading