Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020— PLAY-OFFS: Lindale 56 over Kilgore 42; Graham (to face Gilmer) 23 over Celina 21; Gilmer 38 over Caddo Mills 14; Windthorst 30 over Muenster 20; Dallas Christian 34 over Grapevine Faith 6; Waco Reicher 34 over First Baptist 10.
DISTRICT: Ft. Worth Nolan over Ft. Worth All Saints 35—31; Plano West (to meet Allen) over Plano 31—24; Lewisville (to meet McKinney Boyd) over Hebron 70—20; Coppell (to meet Denton Guyer) over Flower Mound 51—28; Southlake Carroll (to meet Haltom) over Keller Fossil Ridge 45—21; Prosper (makes play-offs) over McKinney Boyd 29—28; Garland over South Garland 34—27; Hillcrest (makes play-offs) over Spruce 56—28; Mesquite Poteet (to meet Everman) over Kimball (will meet Mansfield Timberview) 40—14; Bryan Adams (makes play-offs) over Samuel 33—0.
Monday, Dec. 7, 2020— (DMN) Area PLAYERS of the WEEK—Prosper’s Jackson Berry, Sr. QB, Offensive Player of the Week vs. McKinney Boyd—Denton Ryan’s Mason Davis, Jr. Defensive Tackle, Defensive Player of the Week vs. Frisco Lone Star.
Defensive Honorable Mentions: Phillip Baze more, Rockwall; Kevin Hays, Highland Park; Cason Malone, Princeton; Shemar Turner, DeSoto.
Offensive Honorable Mentions: Jake Taylor, Jesuit; Will Pettijohn, Highland Park; Antoine Murphy, Bryan Adams; Cedric Harden, Jr., Cedar Hill; Taylen Green, Lewisville; Billy Bowman, Denton Ryan.
FINAL AREA FOOTBALL RANKINGS—5A: #1 Denton Ryan, #2 Ennis, #3 Highland Park, #4 Lancaster, #5 Frisco Lone Star, #6 Lovejoy, #7 NORTH FORNEY, #8 Frisco, #9 South Oak Cliff, #10 Mansfield Timberview, #11 Colleyville Heritage, #12 Red Oak, #13 Midlothian, #14 Mesquite Poteet, #15 Royse City, #16 Kimball, #17 Grapevine, #18 Frisco Liberty, #19 Frisco Independence—Mansfield Summit—W. T. White (tie).
6A: #1 Duncanville, #2 Cedar Hill, #3 Allen, #4 DeSoto, #5 Rockwall, #6 Flower Mound Marcus, #7 Southlake Carroll, #8 Arlington Martin, #9 Denton Guyer—Euless Trinity (tie), #11 Lake Highlands, #12 Prosper, #13 Rockwall-Heath, #14 Arlington Bowie, #15 South Grand Prairie, #16 Lewisville, #17 Jesuit, #18 Northwest Eaton, #19 Garland Naaman Forest, #20 Coppell.
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020—**Keller wins with 24 seconds kick-off return TD, 38—35 over Keller Timber Creek, but Timber Creek wins a 3-way tie-breaker for the play-off berth! **Coin toss gives play-off berth to Frisco Independence, while the Colony and Frisco Reedy (defeated by the Colony to force flip) are eliminated!
AP Poll weekly High School Football Rankings— 5A, Div. I: #1 Denton Ryan, #2 Highland Park, #3 Lancaster, #4 Cedar Park, #5 Manvel, #6 Lubbock Coronado, #7 Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial, #8 Longview, #9 Magnolia, #10 Colleyville Heritage.
5A Div. II: #1 Ennis, #2 Aledo, #3 Ft. Bend Marshall, #4 Huntsville, #5 Texarkana Texas High, #6 Lubbock Cooper, #7 Liberty Hill, #8 Lovejoy, #9 Wichita Falls Rider, #10 Frisco.
6A: #1 Galena Park North Shore, #2 Duncanville, #3 Austin Westlake, #4 Allen, #5 Lake Travis, #6 Katy Tompkins, #7 Cypress Bridgeland, #8 Cedar Hill, #9 Katy, #10 Cy-Fair.
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020—Headline: “Capacity limits set for state title games”—(include general and reserved seats with maximum of 17,000 fans at AT&T Stadium)
Final Area High School FOOTBALL LEADERS— Class 5A: PASSING— Glenn Rice, Jr. of Lancaster; Jaylond Police of Mesquite Poteet; Joe Veracruz of Royse City.
RECEIVING—Ketron Jackson of Royse City; Majik Rector of Lancaster; Kam Allen of North Forney; Gavin Champ of Princeton; Laylon Spencer of Ennis.
RUSHING—D. Q. James of Lancaster; Christian Johnson of Wylie East; Champ Petty-Dozier of Royse City; Chris Abron of Crandall; Ty Collins of North Forney; De’ago Benson of Midlothian; Jon’Richard Washington of Forney.
SCORING—D. Q. James of Lancaster; Ty Collins of North Forney; Devin Peoples of Princeton; Majik Rector of Lancaster; Maurice Moore of Lancaster.
Statistics posted in DMN: There have been at least 141 football games cancelled or postponed in the Dallas area for COVID 19 reasons, and 30 involved a school from Dallas ISD. 24 of those 30 games were cancelled by a DISD school. By comparison, Frisco ISD’s 10 high schools had a combined 8 games cancelled, and 3 were by a Frisco school!
DISD—providing “voluntary rapid” COVID-19 tests to all athletes in their high schools, but a parent’s permission is required. Hopes to make the testing available to all students and staff in the District.
Friday reports, Dec. 11, 2020—Duncanville 60— 14 over Killeen Harker Heights; DeSoto 57—32 over Killeen Shoemaker; Rockwall 47—7 over Wylie; Highland Park 56—21 over New Caney; Frisco Independence 58—10 over Woodrow Wilson; Frisco Lone Star 61—15 over W. T. White; Aledo 77—13 over Hillcrest.
And, I stayed up to hear it on the late sports news: Leading 32—10 early in the 4th quarter, the North Forney Falcons (0-7-18-7—32) held off a late Denison (3- 0-7-15—25) come-back to move on in the play-offs. The winning “moments” came when the Falcons stopped the Dennison Yellowjackets on 4 straight rushing plays as they were moving towards a tying or winning score.
Saturday reports, Dec. 12, 2020—South Grand Prairie (underdog) defeated Lake Highlands, 38—14; Lancaster (to play Longview next) defeated Frisco Wakeland, 29—6; Arlington defeated Jesuit, 49—37 in match close to the end; Skyline (to face Duncanville next) over Sachse 21—14; Allen 34 over Plano West 13; Lewisville 48 over McKinney Boyd 24; Cedar Hill over Bryan, 27—0; Rockwall-Heath 42—14 over Garland; Temple 38 over Waxahachie 0; Ennis 49 over Frisco Liberty 0; Mansfield Timberview over Kimball 49—7; Denton Ryan 69 over Bryan Adams 6; Everman (too strong rushing) 7-14-13- 7—41 over Mesquite Poteet 7-0-13-13—33; Frisco 52 over Royse City 9; Lovejoy 45 over Greenville 30;
South Oak Cliff wins by COVID forfeit over Arlington Seguin and will next play Frisco.
Sunday reports, Dec. 13, 2020—Prosper 38 over Flower Mound Marcus 19; Denton Guyer 52 over Coppell 24.
“Edinburg school officials kept team from postseason after viral hit on referee.”
Dallas Christian 42 over Ft. Worth Southwest Christian 0; Tyler Legacy 14-0- 0-6—20 over Garland Naaman Forest 0-0-7-7—14.
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