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2017 Week 1 Highlights, Milestones and Rivalry Games

It Feels So Good to Be Back!

Week One of the 2017 Texas high school football season marked a return that sport we all love so very much. It began with over 200 teams having games canceled because of the effects of Hurricane Harvey but didn't stop  "the greatest sport in the greatest state" ™ from kicking off the annual spectacle around the state. While those directly affected dealt with the more important aspects of life, the rest of the state rallied around their often-opponents but always-respected-brothers with fundraisers, moments of silence and hands-on assistance with clean up.

With one week under the belts of most the state, we had a ton of interesting tidbits from week one:

  • There were 24 games in our Top 20/10 rankings cancelled due to Harvey
  • The UIL responded quickly with a waiver process for athletes displaced by Harvey
  • #1 Converse Judson 65, #6 Austin Lake Travis 45 -- Judson quarterback Julon Williams accounted for 489 yards of total offense and scored 5 touchdowns as LSG's #1 ranked team won this much anticipated season opener
  • #29 6A Rockwall 53, #8 5A Dallas Highland Park 49 -- There were 82 points scored in the 2nd half of this game. Rockwall trailed 49-38 but recovered an onside kick after scoring a touchdown to make it 49-46. Rockwall then scored a touchdown with 1:22 left in the game to earn a wild victory
  • #39 6A Duncanville 42, #70 6A Plano East 24 - Senior RB Keilon Elder rushed 23 times for 253 yards and five touchdowns.
  • #8 3A DI Wall 50, #4 4A DII Monahans 13 -- Wow! Wall looks very good. Monahans won this game 46-20 last year
  • #1 1A DI Happey beat #1 1A DII Richland Springs 96-74 in the match-up of #1 Class 1A teams. This ended Richland Springs 29 game win streak.
  • Denton Ryan 57, Lancaster 40 - Ryan's QB Spencer Sanders threw six touchdown passes and accounted for 487 total yards
  • Gilmer 58, Texarkana Liberty-Eylau 57 (2nd crazy game in row for them as Gilmer won last year 61-55)
  •  Longview 35, Lufkin 16 -- Longview now leads this  all time series 39-36-4 including a 5-4 edge in playoff games --  we have predicted that these 2 will play each other again this year in Bi-District play
  • Argyle 42, Lucas Lovejoy 21 - Argyle extended their opening game win streak to 14
  • Temple 38, Belton 31 -- Temple played in their 1,150 all-time game and won their 750th all-time win
  • San Antonio Churchill 48, Northside Clark 20 -- San Antonio Churchill now leads this  all time series 20-15-2 including a 2-1 edge in the playoffs in the Gucci Bowl
  • San Angelo Central 42, Abilene 28 -- San Angelo Central now leads this  all time series 44-43-5
  • Flower Mound Marcus 21, Arlington Bowie 16 --  Flower Mound Marcus won their 200th all-time game
  • Amarillo Tascosa 55, Amarillo Palo Duro 8 -- Amarillo Tascosa now leads this  all time series 29-25-1
  • Little River Academy 7, Rogers 6 --  Little River Academy  improved their record against Rogers to 21-64-2 all-time
  • San Antonio Johnson 31, Northside Brandeis 28 -- San Antonio Johnson played in their 100th all-time game
  • Corpus Christi Ray 40, Corpus Christi King 24 -- Corpus Christi Ray evened this all-time series 25-25-0
  • Corsicana 41, Red Oak 0 - Corsicana won their 700th all-time game
  • Edcouch-Elsa 24, Los Fresnos 21 -- Edcouch-Elsa played in their 800th all-time game
  • Iowa Park 49, Burkburnett 21 -- Iowa Park now leads this  all time series 48-31-2
  • Lamesa 43, Dimmitt 13 -- Lamesa played in their 950th all-time game
  • Lyford 48, Progreso 14 -- Lyford won their 375th all-time game
  • Mason 45, Goldthwaite 7 -- Mason improved to 9-12 in this series since 1996
  • Yoakum 33, Hondo 0 -- Yoakum Head Coach Bo Robinson earned his 150th all-time coachingwin
  • Anson 35, Hamlin 14 -- Anson now leads this  all time series 49- 39-3
  • Mesquite Horn 52, McKinney Boyd 34 -- Mesquite Horn Head Coach Mike Overton earned his 100th all-time win
  • Austin McCallum 48, Austin Anderson 28 -- McCallum wins the “Taco Shack Bowl”
  • Dumas 42, Perryton 7 -- Dumas evened this all-series at 39-39-1
  • A&M Consolidated 34, Copperas Cove 14 -- A&M Consolidated now leads this series 9-4
  • Fredericksburg 27, Lampasas 13 -- Fredericksburg improves to 23-29-4 all-time in this series
  • Jourdanton 33, Poteet 14 -- Jourdanton Head Coach Darrell Andrus earned his 100th all-time win

What did we miss? What did you witness?

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