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Fort Worth Eastern Hills Head Coach Devvin Anderson during a high school football game against Fort Worth Polytechnic at Clark Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, August 28, 2026. Eastern Hills won 62-0.<\/p>\n
Ezequiel Calixto<\/p>\n
FW Southwest HS Advanced Media<\/p>\n
FORT WORTH<\/p>\n
The Fort Worth Eastern Hills Highlanders opened the season in commanding fashion Friday night, cruising to a 62-0 victory over the Polytechnic Parrots at Clark Stadium.<\/p>\n
The victory marked Eastern Hills\u2019 highest-scoring shutout in more than a decade and provided an impressive start as the Highlanders look to take the next step as a program. They are expected to compete for the District 5-4A Division I title this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are just trying to gear up to take the next steps forward so we can be the next-tier team,\u201d Eastern Hills head coach Devvin Anderson said.<\/p>\n
For Anderson, the season opener provided an opportunity to see how well the team\u2019s offseason preparation translated to game action.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just wanted to come out and execute, get everything going, and see if the things we\u2019ve been working on, we\u2019ve been working on the right way,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n
The Highlanders quickly proved those preparations had paid off.<\/p>\n
Eastern Hills dominated from the opening kickoff. Quarterback Jakayden Wright set the tone early, scoring on a touchdown run and adding a two-point conversion to give Eastern Hills an 8-0 lead within the first four minutes of the contest.<\/p>\n
Running back Chris Johnson added the second touchdown of the game with 5:35 remaining in the first quarter, extending the lead to 14-0. Johnson continued his standout performance in the second quarter, finding the end zone three more times and helping the Highlanders build a commanding 34-0 advantage with 3:40 left before halftime.<\/p>\n
Eastern Hills\u2019 Chris Johnson (2) celebrates a touchdown during a high school football game against Fort Worth Polytechnic at Clark Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, August 28, 2026. Eastern Hills won 62-0. Eli Flowers FW Southwest HS Advanced Media <\/p>\n
Eastern Hills closed the first half in style when Highlander running back, Cameron Rembel, scored on a touchdown run, sending the Highlanders into the locker room with a commanding 42-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Eastern Hills\u2019 Cameron Rembel (0) celebrates a touchdown during a high school football game against Fort Worth Polytechnic at Clark Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, August 28, 2026. Eastern Hills won 62-0. Eli Flowers FW Southwest Advanced Media <\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to let the kids be aggressive and get the season started out good,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n
Rembel picked up where he left off after halftime. Just 42 seconds into the third quarter, he returned the opening kick-off 85 yards for a touchdown, pushing the score to 50-0.<\/p>\n
The Highlanders continued to pile on points in the third quarter. Wide receiver Dorian Gilland added another touchdown with 3:14 remaining in the quarter, extending the advantage to 56-0.<\/p>\n
Rembel capped off the scoring with another kickoff return touchdown late in the game. His score with 44 seconds remaining set the final margin at a 62-0 shutout.<\/p>\n
Eastern Hills will look to build on its momentum when it faces the Wichita Falls Legacy Leopards on Sept. 4 at Scarborough-Handley Field. Polytechnic will travel to face the Nimitz Vikings on the same night.<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s note: This story was produced by members of FW Southwest High School\u2019s advanced media program.<\/p>\n
Fort Worth Eastern Hills Head Coach Devvin Anderson during a high school football game against Fort Worth Polytechnic at Clark Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, August 28, 2026. Eastern Hills won 62-0. Ezequiel Calixto FW Southwest HS Advanced Media <\/p>\n
This story was originally published August 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Eastern Hills Head Coach Devvin Anderson during a high school football game against Fort Worth Polytechnic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-420061","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\/420061","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=420061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}