Here are five storylines to watch as we head into Week 10 of the high school football season.
One week to go
With week 10 here, that means there is officially one week left in the regular season of Texas high school football. Some teams will finish their regular season this week, and many more next week. Get ready for things to heat up as teams make their final push for district titles and playoff berths.
Multiple tiebreakers in 5A
There are 10 districts in the area where multiple teams have undefeated district records. Five of those districts are in Class 5A and three of them will have tiebreakers this week.
In District 3-5AI, Fort Worth Brewer (7-1, 5-0) hosts Justin Northwest (6-2, 5-0) at 7 p.m. Friday.
District 6-5AII will see Kimball (6-1, 6-0) host South Oak Cliff (7-1, 6-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kincaide Stadium. The big matchup of the week will be in District 8-5AII with two of the true undefeated teams in the area: Ennis (8-0, 5-0) and Royse City (8-0, 5-0).
Garland QB approaches milestone
South Dakota pledge Cergio Perez is 251 yards short of surpassing 3,000 passing yards this season. If Perez can remain consistent against Rowlett this week, he’ll be the first quarterback in the area to reach the milestone this season.
Perez, the leading 6A passer in the area with 2,749 yards passing and 42 touchdowns, is averaging about 343 yards and 5.25 touchdown passes per game this season. He recently threw for 414 yards and eight touchdowns in Garland’s 61-24 win over North Garland this past week.
The senior quarterback has helped Garland to an 8-0 record, 5-0 in District 9-6A.
District 8-6A title on the line
Grand Prairie has been to the playoffs once over the last decade. It’s been almost four years since then and the Gophers now have a chance to clinch both playoff spot and the district title in the same season when it hosts Arlington Martin this week.
Grand Prairie (6-3, 5-0) and Martin (6-2, 4-0) are the only undefeated teams remaining in their district. While Martin still has an extra game left to play, this week’s matchup between the pair will mark Grand Prairie’s regular season finale.
The Gophers are coming off of a close 42-40 win against Arlington Bowie this past week, a team Martin defeated 68-14 before entering its bye week.
Championship rematch
Parish Episcopal, the No. 1 TAPPS DI school in the area, hosts Fort Worth Nolan Friday in a rematch of the 2020 TAPPS DI state championship game that Parish won 42-28.
During the regular season last year, Nolan beat Parish 31-14. So far this season, Parish is 7-1 overall and 5-0 in district. Nolan is 3-5, 3-2 after having to forfeit three wins.
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