{"id":419149,"date":"2026-08-28T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419149\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:00:20","slug":"fort-worth-area-high-school-football-week-1-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419149\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth-area high school football Week 1 predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arlington<\/p>\n

Arlington Heights funning back Carson James (1) heads upfield for 33 yards during the first half of a UIL football game between Arlington Heights and South Hills at Herman E. Clark Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.<\/p>\n

Bob Booth<\/p>\n

Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Week 1 of the high school football season is here.<\/p>\n

See Star-Telegram high school sports editor Charles Baggarly and reporter Darren Lauber\u2019s predictions.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s games (Aug. 27)<\/p>\n

Southlake Carroll vs. Jenks (OK), 7:30 p.m. at Cotton Bowl<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Southlake Carroll<\/p>\n

Lauber: Southlake Carroll<\/p>\n

Arlington vs. Trophy Club Byron Nelson, 7 p.m. at Northwest ISD Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Byron Nelson<\/p>\n

Lauber: Byron Nelson<\/p>\n

Arlington Bowie vs. Frisco Rock Hill, 7 p.m. at Children\u2019s Health Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Rock Hill<\/p>\n

Lauber: Rock Hill<\/p>\n

Plano West vs. Keller Central, 7 p.m. at Keller ISD Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Keller Central<\/p>\n

Lauber: Keller Central<\/p>\n

Rowlett vs. Hurst L.D. Bell, 7 p.m. at Pennington Field<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Hurst L.D. Bell<\/p>\n

Lauber: Hurst L.D. Bell<\/p>\n

FW Arlington Heights vs. Mansfield Legacy, 7 p.m. at Newsom Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: FW Arlington Heights<\/p>\n

Lauber: FW Arlington Heights<\/p>\n

Dallas Lincoln vs. FW Wyatt, 7 p.m. at Clark Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Lincoln<\/p>\n

Lauber: Wyatt<\/p>\n

NRH Richland vs. Frisco Wakeland, 7 p.m. at Ford Center<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Richland<\/p>\n

Lauber: Richland<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s games (Aug. 28)<\/p>\n

Aledo vs. North Crowley, 7 p.m. at Crowley ISD Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: North Crowley<\/p>\n

Lauber: North Crowley<\/p>\n

Arlington Martin vs. Mansfield, 7 p.m. at Anderson Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Martin<\/p>\n

Lauber: Mansfield<\/p>\n

Burleson Centennial vs. Weatherford, 7 p.m. at Kangaroo Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Centennial<\/p>\n

Lauber: Centennial<\/p>\n

Saginaw at FW Boswell, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Boswell<\/p>\n

Lauber: Boswell<\/p>\n

Denton Ryan vs. Haslet Eaton, 7 p.m. at Northwest ISD Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Ryan<\/p>\n

Lauber: Ryan<\/p>\n

Keller at Burleson, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Keller<\/p>\n

Lauber: Keller<\/p>\n

Keller Timber Creek vs. South Grand Prairie, 7 p.m. at Gopher-Warrior Bowl<\/p>\n

Baggarly: South Grand Prairie<\/p>\n

Lauber: South Grand Prairie<\/p>\n

Haltom at FW Brewer, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Haltom<\/p>\n

Lauber: Brewer<\/p>\n

Crowley at Cedar Hill, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Cedar Hill<\/p>\n

Lauber: Cedar Hill<\/p>\n

Mansfield Lake Ridge vs. Prosper Walnut Grove, 7 p.m. at Children\u2019s Health Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Lake Ridge<\/p>\n

Lauber: Walnut Grove<\/p>\n

Mansfield Summit vs. Red Oak, 7 p.m. at Humphrey Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Mansfield Summit<\/p>\n

Lauber: Mansfield Summit<\/p>\n

Anna vs. Colleyville Heritage, 7 p.m. at Mustang-Panther Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Anna<\/p>\n

Lauber: Anna<\/p>\n

Decatur at FW Eagle Mountain, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Decatur<\/p>\n

Lauber: Decatur<\/p>\n

Joshua vs. Alvarado, 7 p.m. at Head Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Alvarado<\/p>\n

Lauber: Alvarado<\/p>\n

West Mesquite vs. Mansfield Timberview, 7 p.m. at Newsom Stadium<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Timberview<\/p>\n

Lauber: Timberview<\/p>\n

Burkburnett vs. FW Western Hills, 7 p.m. at Scarborough-Handley Field<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Burkburnett<\/p>\n

Lauber: Western Hills<\/p>\n

Argyle Liberty Christian at FW All Saints Episcopal, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Fort Worth All Saints<\/p>\n

Lauber: Fort Worth All Saints<\/p>\n

FW Dunbar at Wilmer-Hutchins, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Dunbar<\/p>\n

Lauber: Dunbar<\/p>\n

Springtown at Brock, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Brock<\/p>\n

Lauber: Brock<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Christian at Dallas Christian, 7:30 p.m<\/p>\n

Baggarly: Fort Worth Christian<\/p>\n

Lauber: Fort Worth Christian<\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
\n <\/a><\/p>\n

Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

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":"Arlington Heights funning back Carson James (1) heads upfield for 33 yards during the first half of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-419149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419149","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=419149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}