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Allen players take the field before a nondistrict football game against Duncanville at Eagle Stadium on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Allen.<\/p>\n
El\u00edas Valverde II\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n
A look at the notable games around the Dallas area in Week 1 of the Texas high school football season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n
Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n
Where: 7\u00a0p.m. Friday at Eagle Stadium<\/p>\n
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Five-time state champion Allen is coming off an impressive 26-7 win over Duncanville<\/a> \u2014 then ranked No. 10 in the nation \u2014 in a game in which Allen\u2019s defense allowed just 163 yards of total offense and had eight sacks and 13 tackles for loss. Four-star sophomore quarterback Ty Snell threw two touchdown passes, Lyndon Spriggs ran for 61 yards and two touchdowns and star sophomore wide receiver Zach Williams had seven catches for 68 yards and a touchdown in his Allen debut after transferring from Bishop Lynch. Allen will try to back up that win when it faces a DeSoto team that has won three state titles in four years. DeSoto opened its season with a 38-14 loss at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)<\/a>, then ranked second in the nation by MaxPreps. Allen will have to find a way to slow down DeSoto four-star running back SaRod Baker, a Texas Tech pledge who ran for 3,096 yards and 45 touchdowns last year. This is the teams\u2019 first meeting since 2023, when DeSoto won 39-7.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Allen 28, DeSoto 21<\/p>\n Spotlight on<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Southlake Carroll at North Crowley<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Friday at Crowley ISD Stadium<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Illinois pledge Brody Knowles led Southlake Carroll\u2019s amazing comeback in a season-opening 34-33 win over Jenks (Okla.)<\/a> by catching seven passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns as Carroll rallied from a 27-0 second-quarter deficit and shocked the 18-time Oklahoma state champion. Quarterback Hudson Tomcheck threw for 322 yards and two touchdowns in his first varsity start for Carroll but will now face a North Crowley defense that allowed just 180 total yards (including minus-10 rushing yards) in a 26-0 win over 12-time state champion Aledo<\/a>. New North Crowley starting quarterback Jacob Torres threw for three touchdowns, and Kade Smith and four-star junior Damarion Mays combined for 11 catches for 214 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Southlake Carroll 35, North Crowley 31<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Coppell at Waxahachie<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Friday at Lumpkins Stadium<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Waxahachie, ranked No. 1 in the Dallas area and in the state, is coming off a 72-14 rout of rival Ennis<\/a> in which three-star South Carolina pledge Jerry Meyer III threw for 313 yards and five touchdowns. Jashawn Crayton, a move-in from Nevada, had a sparkling debut for Waxahachie, as the sophomore caught seven passes for 193 yards and three touchdowns. Four-star Coppell junior Carter Zingelmann, rated the ninth-best quarterback in the nation in the Class of 2028, threw for 297 yards and three touchdowns in a 40-10 season-opening win over Hebron<\/a>. Jackson Echols had eight catches for 145 yards and two touchdowns for Coppell. Coppell beat Waxahachie 28-27 in overtime two years ago in a game in which Meyer threw for 282 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Waxahachie 38, Coppell 28<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Mansfield Timberview at Denton Ryan<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Thursday at C.H. Collins Complex<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Timberview was one of the most dominant teams in the Dallas area in Week 1, posting a 69-7 rout of a West Mesquite team that was an 11-win regional semifinalist last year<\/a>. Steven Hall threw for 326 yards and six touchdowns and three-star Tulsa pledge Trysten Shaw caught six passes for 132 yards and three touchdowns for an offense that amassed 492 yards of total offense. Denton Ryan held off Northwest Eaton 30-27<\/a> as new starting quarterback R\u2019mani Benjamin threw two touchdown passes and Rontavian Brown ran for 107 yards. Ryan beat Timberview 20-12 last season and 28-0 in 2024.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Mansfield Timberview 31, Denton Ryan 28<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Denton Guyer at Melissa<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Friday at Coach Kenny Deel Stadium<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Guyer has one of the area\u2019s best defensive lines, led by four-star Oregon pledge Zane Rowe and three-star Texas Tech pledge Khyren Haywood. Haywood had a 14-yard touchdown run in a 45-20 win over Rockwall-Heath<\/a>. Melissa ran for 495 yards and averaged 10.5 yards per carry in a 63-21 rout of Pulaski Academy (Ark.).<\/a> Jeremiah Tabor ran for 201 yards and four touchdowns, and transfer quarterback Turner Wilkie, a move-in from Nebraska, rushed for 157 yards and a score.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Denton Guyer 28, Melissa 24<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Cedar Hill at Duncanville<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Friday at Reginald Samples Field at Panther Stadium<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Duncanville will try to get its offense going after a 26-7 season-opening loss to Allen. Four-star wide receiver Trenton Yancey had five catches for 80 yards and a touchdown, but the rest of the offense managed just 83 total yards. Cedar Hill lost 21-14 to Crowley in its first game<\/a> since five-star defensive lineman Jalen Brewster \u2014 the nation\u2019s No. 1 recruit \u2014 transferred to Buford (Ga.)<\/a>. Cedar Hill had just 60 passing yards.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Duncanville 42, Cedar Hill 14<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Highland Park at Rockwall-Heath<\/p>\n Where: 7 p.m. Friday at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium<\/p>\n Highland Park quarterback Buck Randall, an SMU pledge, threw for 327 yards and accounted for three touchdowns and James Flowers had 104 receiving yards and scored two rushing touchdowns, but it wasn\u2019t enough in a 56-42 loss to Lewisville<\/a>. Highland Park\u2019s defense allowed 428 total yards. Rockwall-Heath beat Highland Park 52-49 last year, even though Randall threw for 400 yards and five touchdowns.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Highland Park 45, Rockwall-Heath 35<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Prosper at North Forney<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at Better Life Stadium<\/p>\n Tyler Albert threw for 250 yards and five touchdowns in Prosper\u2019s 56-37 win over Rockwall<\/a>, and Hudson Bowman ran for 160 yards and two scores for the area\u2019s eighth-ranked 6A team. No. 10 North Forney, which will be playing its first game of the season, is coming off a 10-2 season but must replace star quarterback Legend Bey, who is now at Ohio State.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Prosper 35, North Forney 21<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Trophy Club Byron Nelson at Lewisville<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Friday at Max Goldsmith Stadium<\/p>\n Lewisville got a spectacular performance from new starting quarterback Laykon Brassfield, who threw five touchdown passes in a 56-42 win over six-time state champion Highland Park. He is a transfer from Edmond North (Okla.). Running back Derrick Martin accounted for 192 total yards and three touchdowns for Lewisville, showing why he\u2019s one of the top athletes in the area. Without four-star defensive lineman George Toia, who moved to Florida for his senior year,<\/a> Byron Nelson allowed 38 points in the second half in a 38-22 loss to Arlington<\/a> and gave up 200 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Lewisville 41, Trophy Club Byron Nelson 21<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Argyle at Terrell<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Friday at Terrell Memorial Stadium<\/p>\n Argyle didn\u2019t have four-star wide receiver Julian Caldwell<\/a> in its 27-26 loss to Oak Ridge (Calif.)<\/a> but still got 367 passing yards and three touchdowns from new quarterback Hayes Hackney, a move-in from Prosper Walnut Grove. Terrell ran for 350 yards in a 49-41 win over Arlington Seguin<\/a>, paced by 196 yards from Antwian Thomas and 95 yards from Julian Ashley.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Argyle 31, Terrell 28<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Colleyville Heritage at Midlothian Heritage<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07 p.m. Friday at Midlothian ISD Stadium<\/p>\n Colleyville Heritage got 346 passing yards and two touchdowns from Lane Vargas in a 49-31 loss to area No. 4-ranked Anna<\/a>. Vargas saw limited playing time last year but is now the starter for a team ranked No. 17 in the area.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Colleyville Heritage 30, Midlothian Heritage 24<\/p>\n Notable Dallas-area games to watch in Week 2<\/p>\n Demetrio Teniente<\/p>\n Argyle Liberty Christian at Celina<\/p>\n Where:\u00a07:30 p.m. Friday at Bobcat Field<\/p>\n Liberty Christian, the Dallas area\u2019s top-ranked private school<\/a>, takes on nine-time UIL state champion Celina. Liberty Christian is coming off a 38-35 win over No. 2-ranked Fort Worth All Saints<\/a>, ending a 29-game winning streak for All Saints as Kansas State pledge Correll Buckhalter Jr. ran for 110 yards and three touchdowns and Jace Johnson had nine catches for 157 yards and a score. Celina will have to deal with five-star Oklahoma pledge Cooper Witten, a Liberty Christian senior who is rated the third-best athlete in the nation in the Class of 2027.<\/p>\n Riddle\u2019s pick: Argyle Liberty Christian 28, Celina 21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allen players take the field before a nondistrict football game against Duncanville at Eagle Stadium on Friday, Aug.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[300,27,29,28,89283],"class_list":["post-423891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-football","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-all-schools-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423891","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=423891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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