Saturday, September 3, 2011

Saturday Morning Blitz

Friday night action was highlighted by the top two team in Class 2A going down and Class 1A Canadian losing to an out of state opponent. In Class 5A, Euless Trinity showed off their new Nike Pro Combat uniforms in a 34-17 win over Abilene, while Txprepsfootball.com class top ten 5A teams DeSoto (#4) and Denton Guyer (#6) play Monday at Cowboys Stadium in the Kirk Herbstreit Classic.

In Class 4A, Kerrville Tivy QB Parks McNeil is filling the shoes of the departed Johnny Manziel nicely as he accounted for over 400 yards of offense and seven TDs in a 48-7 route of a San Antonio Madison team that gave Cibilo Steele a test last week. Also in class 4A, Aledo running back Johnathan Gray continues his assault on the record books as he is only two scores away from Traylon Shead’s career mark of 146 touchdowns. The Bearcats face #1 Lake Travis next week in Aledo, and speaking of Lake Travis, QB Baker Mayfield has stepped in for the injured Colin Lagasse and the Cavaliers haven’t missed a beat.

In class 3A, #1 Tyler Chapel Hill won a wild one over class 4A Whitehouse Thursday night (59-49) and defending champ Carthage went down to Lindale, 33-21.

In 2A action, #1 Daingerfield and #2 Tatum both lost big to class 3A opponents Atlanta and Gilmer respectively by scores of 37-6 and 34-0, while Idalou beat Littlefield 27-6 in a battle of top ten teams.

In class 1A football, #1 Canadian lost 24-18 to Meade, Kansas. Meade is one of the top 2A teams in Kansas, but the Wildcats mauled them 36-6 last season.

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