Sept. 21 posting: 8-5A, Division II—Prediction to begin season with last year’s records—(1) Ennis, 12-2….. (2) Royse City, 9-3…..(3) North Forney, 7-3…..(4) Corsicana, 7-4…..(5) Greenville, 6-5…..(6) Crandall, 10-3…..(7) Forney, 2-8….. (8) Sulphur Springs, 1-9 **Player to watch: Senior Tight End, Kameron Allen, of North Forney.
Sept. 22 posting DMN “High School Sports Day” 5A Preseason Rankings: #3 Ennis, #14 Royse City, #16 North Forney, #17 Corsicana.
Sept. 23 DMN Sportswriters predicted that neighboring Sachse in District 9-6A and Rockwall in District 10- 6A will win their Districts.
OUR TEAMS finally had their first games of this “very different season,” as the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc with traditional schedules and practices.
The North Forney FALCONS opened their season in a fantastic way (Sept. 24), knocking off favored 5A—Division 1 and 2nd ranked in the State Frisco Lone Star, and they did it at Frisco! They opened a big lead, 21—3, in the 2nd quarter and then let the defense take over while scoring 13 more points the rest of the way to come out victorious, 34—31, over a “game” but shocked Rangers football team. Falcon total yardage was 356 compared to 237 for Lone Star, which made the game close with a touchdown near the end but could not recover their onside kick with under two minutes remaining in the
game.
That same Thursday night, Frisco defeated favored Frisco Independence (17—14), Lake Highlands defeated Mesquite Poteet (49—20), Springtown defeated Midlothian Heritage (24—17), and North Mesquite defeated Fort Worth Trimble Tech (20—6).
On Sept. 25 the Forney High JACKRABBITS ran into “rough sledding” against highly regarded Whitehouse. Our guys led early in the 2nd quarter (7—6), but the Wildcats took over after that for the next four tallies to make it 31—7, before the Rabbits pushed across a final TD run and then the run for PAT to bring the final score to 31—15 in favor of visiting Whitehouse. Total yardage looked to be in favor of Whitehouse (178—126). That same Friday night,
Royse City defeated Frisco Centennial (55—38), Waco defeated West Mesquite (32—23), Rockwall defeated Denton Braswell (59— 40), Mount Pleasant defeated Wylie East (49—6), Pilot Point defeated Peaster (53—30), Corsicana defeated The Colony (28—21), and close neighbors Crandall defeated Jacksonville (38—25), Terrell defeated Carrollton Ranchview (44—0), and Kaufman defeated Anna (24—21).
Van Alstyne defeated Farmersville (42—41), Dallas Christian defeated Argyle Liberty Christian (56—14), and Midlothian defeated Fort Worth Brewer (35—17).
Another area game of interest was Ennis vs. Red Oak, both highly respected and ranked area teams. Ennis came out on top (52—21), but not until after a hot contest early!
Monday, Sept. 28 posting in DMN’s Defensive Player of the Week: RODERICK BOWN of North Forney, 6’ 1” 265 lb. defensive lineman, recovered late onside kick and often disrupted the passing game…..2 sacks, 3 tackles for losses, 6 quarterback hurries, and 6 tackles. According to his coach, “He dominated the line of scrimmage!” (North Forney’s victory over Frisco Lone Star)
Area 5A high school football rankings: #2 Ennis, #8 North Forney, #15 Royse City, #17 Corsicana
Thursday, Oct. 1—Upcoming recommended area games of note or importance: Little Elm (14) vs. North Forney (30), Frisco (31) vs. Frisco Reedy (0), Rockwall-Heath (57) vs. Southlake Carroll (72), Sachse (35) vs. Coppell (42), Mesquite (26) vs. South Grand Prairie (28), Lake Dallas (15) vs. Frisco Centennial (38), Melissa (21) vs. Argyle (48), Ferris vs. Bridgeport, Denton Ryan (23) vs. Denton Guyer (20), Corsicana (31) vs. Frisco Lebanon Trail (34), Wylie (15) vs. Lewisville (48), Rockwall (60) vs. Jesuit (38), Frisco Liberty (39) vs. Greenville (20), Bowie (21) vs. Pilot Point (52), Garland (48) vs. Richardson (28), Frisco Lone Star (32) vs. Aledo (34), West Mesquite (13) vs. Mesquite Poteet (40), Midlothian (49) vs. Forney (13), Longview Pine Tree (63) vs. Crandall (28), Spruce (6) vs. Samuell (8), Maypearl (19) vs. Madison (35), Whitehouse (22) vs. Royse City (20), Highland Park (14) vs. Childress (58) (Some results included above.)
All the area sportswriters who posted upcoming high school “picks” had unanimously picked North Forney to defeat Little Elm, Southlake Carroll to defeat Rockwall-Heath, Argyle to defeat Melissa, Rockwall to defeat Jesuit, Mesquite Poteet to defeat West Mesquite, Corsicana to defeat Lebanon Trail, Frisco to defeat Frisco Reedy, and all but one picked Madison over Maypearl! In the list of 5A Area
Leaders, North Forney Falcon, KAM ALLEN, is in the “Top 15 Receiver” ranks.
Thursday, Oct. 1—Little Elm at NORTH FORNEY: North Forney (5A and coming off an impressive “knock off” of Frisco Lone Star) took on 6A Little Elm, who impressed previously by beating Hurst L. D. Bell, 37—0. One professional sports writer picked North Forney by 28—17. Fan Don Themer predicted a victory for the Falcons by a tally of 34—13. (These two predictions were recorded prior to the game; I promise.)
Thursday, October 1, 2020. The undefeated North Forney Falcons won at City Bank Stadium by a score of 30—14 over the previously undefeated Little Elm Lobos. Scoring by quarters was Little Elm, 0—6—0—8 (14) and North Forney, 16—7—0—7 (30). North Forney had a total of almost 400 yards offense, compared to Little Elm’s approximately 250. North Forney won in 1st downs 20—13.
Friday, October 2, 2020. The Midlothian Panthers defeated the Forney Jackrabbits by a score of 49—13, coming back to win after the Rabbits had opened up a quick first quarter lead of 13—8. Midlothian outrushed Forney approximately 175 yards to 70 and wore down the visitors by the game’s conclusion.
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