Corsicana —  Blooming Grove at Wortham

7:30 p.m. Friday

Bulldog Field



RECORDS: Class 2A Blooming Grove was 2-7 in 2009. Class 1A Wortham was 5-5 in 2009.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Blooming Grove: WR/DB Devante Starling, LB/RB TY Chambers, LB/RB Stewart Chambers; Wortham: RB/LB Hance Spencer, QB Cooper Warren, FS Chris McDaniel

UPDATE: Lions will try to avenge a 29-27 upset loss to the Bulldogs in 2009 ... WR Starling moves outside after playing QB for the last half of last season ... Ty and Stewart Chambers will carry the load in the backfield with the injury to RB Matt Bayer in 7-on-7 this summer ... Lion sophomore QB Jayd Kirby makes first varsity start ... Lions are returning five starters on each side of the ball Wortham is smaller up front this year with loss of all-state linemen Blake Ridge and Spencer Thornton, as well as losing the Golden Circle’s leading rusher, Jake Jones ... Spencer, McDaniel and Trace Shirley will lead the Bulldogs’ three-headed rushing attack ... Coach Young says he will adjust defense to account for matchups at all times ... Bulldogs return eight defensive starters.

— Joe Zigtema

Teague

at Mildred

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Asby Field



RECORDS: Class 2A Teague was 1-9 in 2009. Class 2A Mildred was 6-5 in 2009.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Teague: RB Larry Busby, WR/CB Jurante Carter, WR/CB Casey Samuels, OL/DE Trae Bell. Mildred: WR/S Daniel Folsom, RB/LB Logan Shelton, WR/S Daniel Donoho, RB/DE Corbin Russell.

UPDATE: Josh Finney will be making his Teague Lions coaching debut after a successful tenure at Maud (38-12) … Teague dropped from 4-7 in 2008 to 1-9 in 2009 … Bell is an up-and-coming sophomore with good speed and size, and will be asked to play several roles … the Lions have an abundance of talent in the lineman positions, including Jake Pickens, Cory Chistle, and Wade Venable … Mildred has been dealt a devastating blow with the loss of preseason All-Golden Circle pick Beau Jenkins (L, 6-3, 285), who suffered a season-ending torn ACL during the preseason … the Eagles look to utilize Folsom’s speed and quickness at WR; experienced sophomore Nic Shimonek (6-3, 180) will start at QB … the defense returns seven starters

— Taylor Linex

Kerens

at Edgewood

7:30 p.m. Friday

At I.T. James Memorial Stadium



RECORDS:  Class 1A Kerens wa 6-5 in 2009; 2A Edgewood was 7-3

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Kerens : WR/P Ryan Leerskov. QB Jayveon Williams. RB Michael Jordan. OL Cody Roberts. LB Trey McGowan.  Edgewood: QB Ethan Rutter. Tre Wright OL/DL. WR/DB Clay Halton. WR/DB Colten Hinton

UPDATE: The Kerens Bobcats are coming in to this game with a wealth of talent on both sides of the ball. The Bobcats were Bi-District finalist a year ago and will look to build on that record for perhaps a much deeper playoff run this year...The Bobcat offense will be led by senior RB/WR Micheal Jordan... Jordan accounted for over 1,000 yards of total offense for the Bobcats last year and hit paydirt 14 times... McGowan had back-to-back seasons of 134 and 135 tackles. Bobcats junior QB Ethan Rutter hit the airways as a sophmore by throwing for over 2,000 yards in his first season ... Kerens will try to gain momentum with a win this week going into a matchup with Dawson next week.

— Joey Snowden

Hubbard

at Bosqueville

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Bulldog Stadium



RECORDS: Class 1A Hubbard was 3-7 in 2009.  Class 1A Bosqueville was 6-5.

PLAYERS TO WATCH:  Hubbard: OT/DT Shawn McKinney,OL/DE Roderick Williams,C/DT Dae'Voddrick Williams, RB/LB Ben Morris. Bosqueville: DL Dakota Park, OL Taylor Barnes, TE D.J. McCormick,RB Michael Carpenter

UPDATE: Bosqueville won last years match-up with Hubbard 38-12 ...  The Bulldogs turn to sophomore QB JT Antis after Cody Feight graduated last year ... Bosqueville’s head coach is depending on defensive lineman Dakota Park to lead this year’s defense ...  The Jags’ Cole Hill, will take over the QB role after Lance McClain graduated ...  With an average  of 287 pounds and a combined weight of 860 pounds, McKinney, Roderick Willams and Dae’Voddrick Williams will be playing on the offensive and defensive lines ...  The Jags newest member, the transfer Morris, will take over as the team’s running back.

 

— Lindsey Coffman





Krum

at Frost

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Joe Parum Field



Records:  Frost was 3-7 in 2009. Krum is a new program  

Players To Watch:  Krum:  RB Reed Flores, OL/DL Nathan Silva, RB/DE Tony Solis, WR Blake Vest.  Frost:  C/DE Mark Jackson, FB/LB Philip Page, RB/S Danial Steels, OL/DL Gary Woods.

Update:  This game will be the Bobcats’ first varsity action since 1922…the 5-time state basketball champs passed a bond issue to build a field in 2007…Coach Gary Robinson resurrected football at the junior high level two years ago… Krum added a junior varsity schedule last year …this year the Bobcats will play an independent schedule with six varsity games…Polar Bears’ Coach Clark Moore must replace eight seniors from last year’s squad that started the season snapping a 22-game losing streak by winning three in a row…Steels rushed for 889 yards and 6 touchdowns en route to District 21-A Newcomer of the Year honors last year…clearing his path will be 2ndTeam All-District honoree Woods…Page, an All Golden Circle TE last year, will move to FB…he also led the Bears with over 100 tackles last year.

— Dan Lunsford

Dawson

at Axtell

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Ellison Field



RECORDS: Class 1A Dawson was 8-1 in 2009. Class 2A Axtell was 3-7 in 2009.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Dawson: RB/LB Alex Shaw, RB/DB Michael Vaughn, QB/DB Trey Tennison, OL/DE Kirk Williams. Axtell: WR Jay Helleck, FB Brandon Bordovsky, OL/DE Chris Krolczyk, OL Jeremy Riser.

UPDATE: Dawson is experienced and very talented in 2010, especially at their skill positions … the Bulldogs got sweet revenge on Axtell the last two seasons after suffering a string of lop-sided losses at the hands of the Longhorns from 2004 to 2007 … über-talented senior RB Shaw (5-8, 180) is coming off his second consecutive 1,500-plus rushing season … in last year's 34-8 victory over the 'Horns, Shaw rushed for 178 yards and a score … senior RB Vaughn (6-3, 175) posted 127 rushing yards and two scores of his own in that meeting, and could again keep Axtell's defense reeling … not to be outdone, dual-threat QB Tennison (5-11, 170) scored on the ground and through the air in the win, and has only improved heading into his senior year.



— James Ratliff