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5 thoughts from Week 5 of the Texas high school football season.<\/p>\n
SportsDay Staff<\/p>\n
Arlington Martin in the driver\u2019s seat<\/p>\n
When\u00a0Aledo was slotted into District 3-6A after moving up from Class 5A Division I, the question was whether or not the program with the most state championships in Texas would continue its historic run through district.<\/p>\n
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Well, that run ended tonight with a 35-21 loss to Arlington Martin<\/a>, snapping a 136-game district win streak\u00a0Aledo had going back nearly 20 years. Martin is also now 5-0 after winning seven games combined the last two seasons and missing the playoffs both times. Javian Jones-Priest leads the team with 541 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns, averaging 6.5 yards per carry with quarterback Chase Devoll tallying 942 yards through the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n The back-to-back district champions, Arlington Bowie, are 2-0 in district after a 41-35 win over newcomer Granbury <\/a>and beating Arlington Lamar last week. Bowie gets its shot at Aledo next week before playing Martin on Oct. 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rockwall\u2019s offense is back<\/p>\n Don\u2019t look now, but head coach Trey Brooks has Rockwall\u2019s<\/a> offense back on track.<\/p>\n After averaging less than 400 yards per game and under 300 yards passing in 2025,\u00a0Rockwall has the most productive offense in the Dallas area \u2014 in terms of yards \u2014 averaging 545 yards per game. This year, they\u2019re getting it done with a balanced attack. While only averaging 255 yards passing, running back Kayden Castro has 776 yards on the ground with seven touchdowns. Quarterback Collins Jones threw for 232 yards in a 49-42 win over North\u00a0Forney <\/a>and has over 1,277 yards on the season with 18 touchdowns.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Last season, Rockwall scored 40 or more points three times, and through just five games, they\u2019ve already scored more than 40 points four times.<\/p>\n Denton Braswell’s historic start<\/p>\n Who had Denton Braswell<\/a> as unbeaten through five weeks of the season?<\/p>\n In head coach Justen Evans\u2019 first season, he\u2019s proving why he had such success at Corpus Christi Miller. He has\u00a0Braswell at 4-0 for the first time in program history. Braswell beat Flower Mound, 37-23<\/a>, in a game that gave Braswell the upper hand in the District 5-6A race, now tied for first with Lewisville. Both teams were unbeaten heading into the matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n Next week is a big-time clash against rival Denton Guyer.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Lovejoy is starting to round into shape<\/p>\n Todd Dodge wasn\u2019t going to stay down for long.<\/p>\n After going 6-5 last year \u2014 only the fourth time since 2000 that Dodge has won single-digit games \u2014 Lovejoy is 5-0 after an impressive 38-35 win over Colleyville Heritage<\/a>. The team also had a nondistrict win over Fort Worth All Saints last week. Quarterback Nixon Slaughter\u2019s 1,430 yards and 15 touchdowns have led the offense, with Coleman Reaugh (730 receiving yards) as his primary target. Slaughter ranks fourth among Class 5A passing leaders in the area<\/a>. Reaugh leads all 5A receivers in yards.<\/p>\n Right now, District 3-5A Division II is taking shape with Lovejoy tied with Argyle and Nevada Community, all at 1-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n Top defenses in the area<\/p>\n Coppell quarterback Carter Zingelmann gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so, but Coppell\u2019s defense is putting in a lot of work so far this season. So far, Waxahachie is the only team to score more than 14 against them, and they\u2019re also holding teams to just 232 yards of total offense per game.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n In Class 5A,\u00a0Frisco\u2019s defense is allowing less than 10 points per game so far and has allowed just one touchdown the last two weeks. They\u2019ll face their toughest challenge yet next week in Anna, which boasts one of the top offenses in the area with over 445 yards per game and averaging 48 points.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5 thoughts from Week 5 of the Texas high school football season. 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