{"id":474608,"date":"2026-10-23T16:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474608\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:44:33","slug":"fort-worth-arlington-heights-football-still-undefeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474608\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Arlington Heights football still undefeated"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arlington<\/p>\n

Arlington Heights Head Coach Curtis James watches the game against Cleburne from the sidelines on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026 at Farrington Field in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

Abigail Dollins<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

FORT WORTH<\/p>\n

The Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets (8-0, 4-0 District 4 5A-1) continued their dominant season Thursday night, overwhelming the Trimble Tech Bulldogs (4-3, 2-2 District 4 5A-1) 72-0 to remain undefeated.<\/p>\n

The win sets up a clash against Fort Worth Wyatt, also undefeated, in Week 10. The game, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Farrington Field, could determine the district champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t really look at the record; we keep our head down and keep climbing,\u201d Arlington Heights head coach Curtis James said.<\/p>\n

Both teams opened the game with strong defensive efforts, trading hard hits and forcing stalled drives early. Arlington Heights broke through with 5:25 remaining in the first quarter when Jack Evans scored the game\u2019s first touchdown to give the Yellow Jackets an 8-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Arlington Heights quickly added to its advantage. Carson James found the end zone with 1:53 left in the opening quarter, extending the lead to 16-0. The Yellow Jackets carried that momentum into the second quarter as James scored again, and Isaiah Schuman added the extra point to push the lead to 23-0 with 10:04 remaining in the half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing that we do is that we work hard, and we believe in our hard work,\u201d coach Curtis James said.<\/p>\n

Trimble Tech continued to battle defensively, but Arlington Heights\u2019 offense proved too much to contain. James appeared to break free for a long touchdown run midway through the quarter, but the play was wiped out by a penalty. The setback was short-lived, as James scored again with 4:09 before halftime to give the Yellow Jackets a commanding 30-0 lead at the break.<\/p>\n

The second half was more of the same. James added another touchdown with 9:17 remaining in the third quarter to make it 37-0. Carlos Harris followed with a touchdown run at the 6:43 mark, extending the lead to 44-0. Harris scored again later in the quarter, giving Arlington Heights a 51-0 advantage entering the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

The Yellow Jackets continued to pour it on in the final quarter. James scored once more early in the quarter, and Jordan Cooper added a touchdown run to increase the lead to 65-0. Arlington Heights capitalized on a Trimble Tech turnover moments later when quarterback Drake Morton found the end zone, capping the scoring and sealing the runaway victory.<\/p>\n

James led a balanced Arlington Heights attack with multiple touchdowns as the Yellow Jackets controlled all phases of the game from start to finish.<\/p>\n

\u201c[This game] keeps us in shape, get us ready and lets us know what we need to fix and where we need to fix it,\u201d Carson James said.<\/p>\n

Trimble Tech will return to Scarborough-Handley Field Oct. 29 to take on Brewer.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: This story was produced by members of FW Southwest High School\u2019s advanced media program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arlington Heights Head Coach Curtis James watches the game against Cleburne from the sidelines on Thursday, Sept. 3,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-474608","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\/474608","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=474608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}