{"id":397805,"date":"2026-08-04T22:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397805\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T22:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:56:15","slug":"aledo-football-set-to-play-sam-houston-at-choctaw-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397805\/","title":{"rendered":"Aledo football set to play Sam Houston at Choctaw Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FTW_AledovsRedOakhsfb19.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Aledo head coach Robby Jones talks with one of his staff on the sidelines in a Conference 5A Division 1 UIL Regional football playoff game at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Oct. 24, 2023.\" alt=\"Aledo head coach Robby Jones talks with one of his staff on the sidelines in a Conference 5A Division 1 UIL Regional football playoff game at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Oct. 24, 2023.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Aledo head coach Robby Jones talks with one of his staff on the sidelines in a Conference 5A Division 1 UIL Regional football playoff game at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Oct. 24, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>                Bob Booth<\/p>\n<p>            Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>Twelve-time state champion Aledo is set to play a regular-season contest at Choctaw Stadium, the previous home of the Texas Rangers, REV Entertainment announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Aledo will face Arlington Sam Houston at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the Bearcats\u2019 final regular-season road game. The contest was made possible by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article316311677.html\">2026 UIL realignment<\/a>, which placed Aledo in District 3-6A with Arlington ISD Class 6A schools as well as Granbury and Weatherford.<\/p>\n<p>Aledo will play its first game as a Class 6A school on Aug. 28 when it takes on North Crowley at Crowley ISD Stadium. The Bearcats will also face Waco Midway and Euless Trinity in non-district play.<\/p>\n<p>According to REV Entertainment, Choctaw Stadium has hosted nearly 80 UIL football games since the 2020 season. In 2025, the stadium hosted 20 games, including four playoff matchups.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article282258573.html\">Aledo last played at Choctaw Stadium<\/a> in 2023 in a regional final ahead of a Class 5A Division I <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article283063788.html\">state championship victory.<\/a> The Bearcats did not win a title in the 2024 or 2025 season \u2014 the first time they didn\u2019t win a title in consecutive seasons since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>See the full 2026 schedule for Choctaw Stadium\u2019s regular-season slate:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Aug. 28 \u2014 North Mesquite vs. Arlington Sam Houston<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Sept. 4 \u2014 South Grand Prairie vs. Arlington Bowie<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Sept. 11 \u2014 Haltom vs. Arlington Bowie<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Sept. 18 \u2014 Arlington vs. Arlington Sam Houston<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Sept. 25 \u2014 Granbury vs. Arlington Bowie<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct. 8 \u2014 Arlington Martin vs. Arlington Sam Houston<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct. 16 \u2014 Arlington Lamar vs. Arlington Sam Houston<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct. 23 \u2014 Arlington vs. Arlington Bowie<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct. 30 \u2014 Aledo vs. Arlington Sam Houston<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Nov. 5 \u2014 Sam Houston vs. Arlington Bowie<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published August 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785884175_752_Charles_Baggarly (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Charles Baggarly\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aledo head coach Robby Jones talks with one of his staff on the sidelines in a Conference 5A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-397805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}