Katy Cinco Ranch Stays Undefeated

The Katy Cinco Ranch Cougars had to score 31 points in the 4th quarter and kick a field goal with no time remaining on the clock to stay undefeated (5-0) as The Woodlands College Park gave them all they could handle last night.

Carroll vs. North Shore on TV

FOX Sports Southwest announced Monday afternoon that it will carry the the matchup between Southlake Carroll (4-0), ranked #1 in class 5A by our site, and Galena Park North Shore (only loss 9-7 to Katy) live from Corsicana at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The broadcast in the Houston area will be on FOX Sports Plus (Comcast Cable Channel 76) due to the Houston Astros game on FOX Sports Houston. Satellite customers can watch the game on DirecTV Channel 676 and Dish Network Channel 416.

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Are Special Teams Important?

Are special teams important? Not so much if you listen to Pulaski Academy Bruins Coach Kevin Kelley, who reports that he stopped punting in 2005 — after reading an academic study on the statistical consequences of going for the first down versus handing possession to the other team, plus reading Tuesday Morning Quarterback’s relentless examples of when punting backfires, but going for the first down works.

Pulaski hasn't punted since 2007 when it did so as a gesture of sportsmanship in a lopsided game. This article from Sports Illustrated tells about the philosophy of the Bruins head coach.

De-Cleater of the Week

Check out this hit in the Lake Highlands-Garland from week 2, courtesy of inside highschool football.com.


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Weather Update

Rain finally starting to move away from the Houston area as Katy gets set to take on Bellevue, Washington, while there has been a steady rain all day at Pennington Field in Bedford, where Euless Trinity will take on Cedar Hill at 7:30 in a matchup of class 5A #1 and 2 (AP). The good news is there is little lightning with this rain, which should allow the games to be played.

Shead Loses Ground

Cayuga's game against Dawson was cancelled in the second quarter last night with the Wildcats leading 20-0. Running back Traylon Shead, who is in pursuit of Kenneth Hall's national career rushing record had over 100 yards in the first quarter, but it was all wiped out by severe thunderstorms, leading to cancellation of the game. Shead has 459 yards and 5 TDs on the season and stays at 8,055 for his career.

Grand Prairie Forfeits to Arlington High

In an unusual move, Grand Prairie conceded to Arlington in a forfeit 2-0 due to the weather. The game would have been replayed today, but Gopher coach Gary Bartel stated half the kids on his team work and he didn't feel that he wanted to play with a large number of players missing.
Grand Prairie Forfeits to Arlington High

Headlines From Friday Night

Weather again caused numerous delays and cancellations across the state Friday night. In class 4A, four top ten teams were knocked off, while Denton Ryan quarterback Scotty Young tied the state record (which was just tied last week by Birdville QB Josh Dorman) with 8 touchdown passes in a 70-63 win over McKinney.

Young is off to a torrid start with 1,167 yards and 20 TD passes in his first three games.

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Weather Delays

Weather is a factor again in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. The Garland-Lake Highlands game is delayed. If the game is cancelled it would be two weeks in a row that Garland has lost a game.

Rare 1-2 Matchup Coming in Class 5A

According to the AP, this week's top two teams in class 5A will meet at Pennington Field in Euless Saturday night as Cedar Hill jumped to #1 in the wake of Katy's loss to The Woodlands, while Euless Trinity moved up to #2.
AP Top 10 poll for week of Sept. 7

Week One Musings

The class 5A Katy Tigers, who were ranked #1 by some pollsters last week, lost to The Woodlands 31-27, but they're actually in better position this year than last. They turned the tables on Galena Park North Shore in the season's first game, edging them 9-7, after losing to them 10-6 in 08'. In 2008 The Woodlands embarrassed the Tigers 47-0 before Katy went on to win a second consecutive state title.

A couple games involving top ten teams crossing class lines this week when class 4A Wolfforth Frenship meets class 3A Abilene Wylie and class 2A Arp takes on class 1A Alto. Expect the upper classes to teach the junior classes a lesson in each contest.

Weather has caused numerous cancellations the first two weeks of the season and it looks like the forecast again calls for thunderstorms to rumble across the state this weekend.

Full Day at The Palace Outside Dallas

Fox Sports will be broadcasting four games tomorrow from the new Cowboys Stadium beginning at 10:30 a.m. The most anticipated game will be the first one that features "The Battle of the Hakas'" as Euless Trinity takes on Bingham from Utah.


Euless Trinity vs. South Jordan Bingham (Utah)
Saturday, September 7th, 10:30 a.m. Fox Sports SW
Colleyville Heritage vs. Irving MacArthur
Thursday, Sept. 7th, 1:30 p.m. Fox Sports SW
Mansfield Summit vs. Mansfield Timberview
Thursday, September 7th, 4:30 p.m. Fox Sports SW
Klein Oak vs. Sherman Oaks (Cali.)
Thursday, September 7th, 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports SW

Cayuga RB Moving Up

Cayuga RB Traylon Shead passed Bradley Stephens of McAllen this past weekend with 290 yards rushing and 3 TDs to move in to 8th place on the all-time career Texas schoolboy rushing list.

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Weather Delays Again

As was the case last week, lightning is a factor in some Thursday night games. Duncanville and Garland are delayed by lightning in the second quarter with Duncanville leading 3-0. Storms also are in the panhandle and in the Houston vicinity.