Week 3 of the Texas high school football season is here.<\/p>\n
Check out the Star-Telegram\u2019s five games to watch:<\/p>\n
Aledo vs. Euless Trinity, 7 p.m. Friday at Pennington Field<\/p>\n
It has been 21 seasons since Aledo (0-2) has lost three consecutive games and the Bearcats will hope to avoid that on Friday against Euless Trinity (1-1) on the road.<\/p>\n
In 2005 Aledo opened the season with a win over Forney, but then dropped a 37-27 decision to North Crowley, suffered a 19-9 defeat at the hands of Abilene Wylie before losing 31-14 to then defending state champion Ennis.<\/p>\n
Aledo went 5-5 during that regular season, but went four rounds deep in the playoffs to finish 8-6. Aledo opened 2026 with a 26-0 loss to Class 6A No. 3 North Crowley<\/a> and, in Week 2, suffered a 28-21 setback against Waco Midway.<\/a><\/p>\n Trinity began 2026 with a win over Richardson Berkner, but took it on the chin 35-10 against Class 6A No. 15 Austin Westlake last week. This will be the final tune up for both schools before district play begins.<\/p>\n The Trojans get the week off next week before starting District 8-6A play. Aledo, which has a 135-game district winning streak, will play its first district game in Class 6A when the Bearcats begin District 3-6A play in Week 4 at Granbury.<\/p>\n Allen vs. Southlake Carroll, 7 p.m. Friday at Dragon Stadium<\/p>\n Southlake Carroll (1-1) has had as tough a non-district schedule as any team in the state and will continue that against Class 6A No. 4 Allen (2-0) on Friday night at home. Carroll dropped from No. 6 in Class 6A to No. 18 in the latest Dave Campbell\u2019s state poll after dropping a 40-10 decision to No. 3 North Crowley.<\/p>\n The Dragons squeaked past Oklahoma perennial power Jenks to open the season. Carroll will likely need to continue to lean on quarterback Hudson Tomcheck (175 yards passing last week) and a quality corps of receivers including Blake Gunter (6 receptions, 146 yards last week) and Brody Knowles.<\/p>\n Allen, ranked No. 10 in the country according to MaxPreps, has dominated two power-house Texas programs in 6A No. 16 Duncanville (26-7) and previously 5A-DI No. 1 DeSoto (50-6) to start the season. The Dragons will have to try to slow down Allen\u2019s dynamic, 4-star, sophomore quarterback Ty Snell.<\/p>\n Houston Summer Creek vs. North Crowley, 7 p.m. Friday at Crowley ISD Stadium<\/p>\n Class 6A No. 3 North Crowley (2-0) is another team that has played a stout non-district slate. The Panthers face their third consecutive Class 6A team in Dave Campbell\u2019s Class 6A Top 25 in No. 17 Houston Summer Creek.<\/p>\n The North Crowley run defense, and defense overall, has been stellar allowing minus-17 yards on 40 carries against then 6A No. 16 Aledo in a 26-0 win, as well as stifling then No. 6 Southlake Carroll\u2019s rushing game last week to help in a 40-10 victory.<\/p>\n Summer Creek opened the season with a loss to 6A No. 15 Pearland Shadow Creek to open the season before thumping Houston Strake Jesuit 36-6 last week.<\/p>\n Graham at Paradise, 7 p.m. Friday<\/p>\n A battle of lower classification power houses will take place on Friday as Class 3A Division I No. 3 Paradise (2-0) will host Class 4A DII No. 10 Graham (2-0). Both teams have faced and defeated Godley with Paradise taking a 50-29 win last week and the Steers winning 42-12 to open the season.<\/p>\n Graham jumped into the state rankings after blasting Fort Worth Eagle Mountain 48-0 last week. The Panthers will be pressed to contain Graham quarterback Cooper Corley and running back Dylan Cox.<\/p>\n Paradise opened the season with a 42-32 win over Ponder. Quarterback Ayden Olalde and running back Elijah Jennings had big games for the Panthers in the win over Godley last week.<\/p>\n Duncanville vs. DeSoto, noon Saturday at Cotton Bowl<\/p>\n A pair of tradition-rich schools that sit only 8.5 miles apart in southern Dallas County get together, this time in a non-district game as Class 6A No. 16 Duncanville (1-1) takes on DeSoto (0-2) in the inaugural Roland Parrish Classic at the Cotton Bowl.<\/p>\n There will be a double header at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday as Class 5A Division II No. 1 and defending state champion South Oak Cliff (0-1) will take on 6A No. 2 Houston North Shore (2-0), the defending 6A DI champ, at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n DeSoto, the reigning Class 6A Division II state champion, dropped down a classification to Class 5A DI, but has still played a tremendously difficult schedule. The Eagles faced two teams ranked in the top ten in the nation according to MaxPreps in No. 1 Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas, a 38-14 loss, and No. 10 Allen, a 50-6 setback.<\/p>\n DeSoto was ranked No. 1 in Class 5A DI to start the season and even remained No. 1 after the loss to St. Thomas Aquinas, but the Eagles dropped out of the top ten after the blowout loss to Allen, which is No. 4 in Class 6A in Texas. DeSoto couldn\u2019t overcome numerous miscues, turnovers and big plays against Allen and failed to get 4-star running back and Texas Tech commit SaRod Baker going.<\/p>\n Duncanville opened the season getting drubbed by Allen 26-7 before bouncing back with a 34-7 win over Cedar Hill last week. Quarterback Maximus The Great Denson and receiver Trenton Yancy provide most of the offensive punch for the Panthers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 3 of the Texas high school football season is here. 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