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.

Friday Night Lights Live

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.