{"id":440418,"date":"2026-09-18T22:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440418\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T22:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:26:27","slug":"fort-worth-area-high-school-football-week-4-games-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440418\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth-area high school football: Week 4 games to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Colleyville<\/p>\n

Colleyville Heritage\u2019s Head Coach Robby Desanto watches the action against Timberview during a UIL football game at Mustang-Panther Stadium on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.<\/p>\n

John Rowland<\/p>\n

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

Week 4 of the Texas high school football season is here.<\/p>\n

Check out the Star-Telegram\u2019s five games to watch:<\/p>\n

North Crowley at Duncanville, 7 p.m. Friday<\/p>\n

North Crowley (3-0) starts District 11-6A play, but the road continues to be a rough one though the Panthers of Fort Worth have plowed through it unscathed. North Crowley, ranked No. 20 nationally by MaxPreps and No. 3 in the state in Class 6A according to Dave Campbell\u2019s Texas Football, has defeated then 6A No. 16 Aledo (26-0), then 6A No. 6 Southlake Carroll (40-10) and then 6A No. 17 Houston Summer Creek (41-20).<\/p>\n

Up next is perennial power and last season\u2019s Class 6A state finalist Duncanville (1-2) who comes in at No. 75 nationally and No. 23 in the state, but the Duncanville Panthers fell from No. 36 in the nation and No. 16 in the state after losing last week to South Dallas rival DeSoto and dropping its opener to No. 4 Allen 26-7.<\/p>\n

The Duncanville defense will have to try to slow down North Crowley\u2019s offense which has averaged 425 yards per game despite the tough competition. Duncanville\u2019s defense has only allowed 54 points so far this season and an average of 287 yards per game, but will have to slow down North Crowley running back Kiante Ingram (354 rushing yards) and quarterback Jacob Torres who has hit 70 percent of his throws (33 of 47 for 496 yards and three touchdowns).<\/p>\n

The problem for Duncanville is, however, that North Crowley has only allowed 30 points this season and Duncanville quarterback Maximus The Great Denson and the rest of the offense has struggled. Duncanville averages 264 yards per game with Denson hitting just 58 percent (28 of 48) of his passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns thus far.<\/p>\n

Colleyville Heritage vs. NRH Richland, 7 p.m. Friday at Birdville FA\/AC<\/p>\n

It will be quite a final tune up for district play for both schools on Friday night at the Fine Arts\/Athletics Center. North Richland Hills Richland (3-0) comes in at No. 9 in the state in Class 5A Division I and No. 2 in the Star-Telegram Class 5A rankings.<\/p>\n

Colleyville Heritage (2-1), a 5A Division II school, dropped its season opener to 5A DII No. 4 Anna, 49-31, but bounced back with solid wins over Midlothian Heritage and Mansfield Legacy. The Panthers come in at No. 3 in the Star-Telegram 5A rankings.<\/p>\n

It should be a close, shoot out as both offenses had success last week. Colleyville Heritage quarterback Lane Vargas threw for 293 yards and five touchdowns completing 19 of 22 passes. Panther receivers Trevi Preische (5 receptions-129 yards, 2 TDs) and Lucas Sunwall (6-100, 1 TD) feasted on Vargas\u2019 success.<\/p>\n

Brett Kates threw for 213 yards and a touchdown for Richland last week with Benjamin Sanders catching six throws for 114 yards. Royals\u2019 running back Jayshon Gibson rushed 18 times for 106 yards and three scores.<\/p>\n

Richland will begin District 6-5A Division I play next week when the Royals visit Carrollton Creekview. Colleyville Heritage will have another tough test next week as District 3-5A Divison II play begins with the Panthers hosting 5A DII No. 9 Lucas Lovejoy.<\/p>\n

DeSoto vs. Burleson Centennial, 7 p.m. Friday at Burleson ISD Stadium<\/p>\n

Burleson Centennial (3-0) will get quite a test for that undefeated record as the Spartans start District 8-5A Division I play hosting the defending Class 6A Division II champion DeSoto Eagles (1-2), who dropped down to 5A Division I after this past realignment.<\/p>\n

Centennial will be tasked with stopping Swiss Army Knife athlete SaRod Baker, a Texas Tech commit, who is a four-star running back, but who took over at quarterback in DeSoto\u2019s 21-20 win over South Dallas rival Duncanville last week.<\/p>\n

Baker rushed for 120 yards on 20 carries and three touchdowns and threw for 85 yards, completing 8 of 13 passes, but tossed three interceptions last week. Running back Wyatt Davis also packs a punch for the Eagles, rushing for 130 yards on 18 carries against Duncanville.<\/p>\n

After DeSoto dropped a couple of lop-sided games to top-ten, nationally-ranked opponents (No. 1 Ft. Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas 38-14 and No. 10 Allen 50-6), the Eagles somehow fell out of Dave Campbell\u2019s Class 5A Division I state rankings.<\/p>\n

But after defeating Duncanville, No. 36 nationally at the time, DeSoto re-appeared at No. 7 in 5A DI this week. The Eagles also come in at No. 66 in the nation according to MaxPreps.<\/p>\n

Lucas Lovejoy at FW All Saints Episcopal, 7 p.m. Friday<\/p>\n

Fort Worth All Saints (3-1) will once again take on a quality foe as coach Todd Dodge will bring his Lucas Lovejoy (3-0) squad to Fort Worth for a battle with the Saints. All Saints come in as the No. 1 team in the state in Dave Campbell\u2019s private school poll and No. 1 in the Star-Telegram private school rankings.<\/p>\n

Lovejoy, No. 9 in the state in Class 5A Division II, will have to try to slow down All Saints quarterback Brailon Davis who threw for 224 yards (14 of 25) and three touchdowns last week. Running back Brayden Boults also had 136 yards rushing on 11 carries and two scores for the Saints.<\/p>\n

The game will likely be a high-scoring affair as Leopards\u2019 quarterback Nixon Slaughter has averaged 295 passing yards per game and has tossed 11 TD passes. Luke Gahan is a force at running back with 357 yards on 44 carries and 11 touchdowns so far this season.<\/p>\n

Coleman Reaugh is Slaughter\u2019s favorite target, averaging 151 yards per game (22 catches, 453 yards) and has scored four TDs.<\/p>\n

Arlington vs. Arlington Sam Houston, 7 p.m. Friday at Choctaw Stadium<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll get to see what Arlington Sam Houston (3-0) is really made of when the Texans host Arlington (2-1) to begin District 3-6A play. Sam Houston is undefeated, but has played a relatively easy schedule thus far with its opponents sporting a combined 1-8 record.<\/p>\n

But the Texans will try to ride the winning wave into a victory over Arlington, which comes in at No. 9 in the Star-Telegram Class 6A rankings. Colts\u2019 wide receiver Gray Cambron picked up 102 yards on six catches and a TD last week in a 52-47 shootout win over Red Oak.<\/p>\n

Crowley Nazarene Christian at FW Covenant Classical, 7 p.m. Friday<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t help but add an extra game this week as two Tarrant County schools that are a pair of the best six-man squads in the state square off at Covenant Classical School on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Covenant Classical (3-0) is the No. 2 team in the state in TAPPS Six-Man Division I according to SixManFootball.com. Crowley Nazarene Christian (3-0) comes in at No. 2 as well in the TAPPS Six-Man Division II rankings.<\/p>\n

Covenant Classical\u2019s rating is 316.87 and Nazarene\u2019s is 313.55. Those ratings would both be in the top 16 of the UIL Six-Man Division I ratings and both would be in the top 5 of the UIL Six-Man Division II ratings.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published September 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colleyville Heritage\u2019s Head Coach Robby Desanto watches the action against Timberview during a UIL football game at Mustang-Panther…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-440418","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\/440418","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=440418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}