Corsicana —  Riesel at Wortham

7:30 p.m. Friday

Bulldog Field



RECORDS: Class 1A Div. I Riesel 1-0. Class 1A Div. II Wortham 1-0

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Riesel: RB Ty Marshall, RB Dylan Smith, LB Justin Watson; Wortham: RB/CB Chris McDaniel, FB/LB Chris Perez, TE/OLB Brandon Lansford, LB Vernon Busby

UPDATE: Last week the Riesel Indians beat Snook 46-0 in Snook’s first varsity football game since the 1950s ... Wortham had four players with more than 60 yards rushing in their 21-13 win over Blooming Grove in their season opener ... When the teams faced off last year, the Indians came out ahead 15-6 in a close contest ... Riesel lost 14 seniors off its quarterfinal playoff team of last year but are returning many skill players ... one returner is the senior Marshall, who had 651 yards on 89 carries last season with seven touchdowns ... Wortham senior Hance Spencer lead the team in tackles in 2009 with 72 ...  Outside linebacker Brandon Lansford is evolving into an impact player on defense.



— Sandy Young



Hubbard

at Scurry-Rosser

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Asby Field



RECORDS: Class 1A Hubbard is 0-1.  Class 2A Scurry-Rosser is 1-0.

PLAYERS TO WATCH:  Hubbard: RB/S Jamel Jones, WR/S Michael Kesen, WR/LB Johnathan Maxwell, OL/DT Shelby Shoeneberg.  Scurry-Rosser: WR/DB Christian King, WR/DB Seth Farmer, QB/DB Rydge Patton, RB/LB Carlos Cruz.

UPDATE: The Hubbard Jaguars are looking to turn things around after a disappointing performance last week against Bosqueville, losing 0-54.....Junior QB Cole Hill is looking to bounce back after throwing three interceptions last week, one of which was returned for a touchdown.....The Jags are still looking for their first score of the year, and they will be looking to senior WR Kesen and junior RB Ben Morris to breach into the end zone.....The Scurry-Rosser Wildcats dominated all aspects of their opening game against Malakoff Cross Roads last week.....The Wildcats more than doubled Cross Roads’ total yards, 531 to 245 ... Senior RB Cruz ran the ball for 240 yards and four touchdowns with an average of 9.6 yards per carry

 — Lindsey Coffman

Rice

at Itasca

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Patton Field



RECORDS: Class 1A Rice is 0-1.  Class 1A Itasca is 1-0.    

PLAYERS TO WATCH:  Rice:  QB/LB Michael Bustamante, WR/DB Shaquille Fields, RB/LB Ragan Henderson, OL/DB Matt Williams.  Itasca:  RB Shakeal Mozon, LB BJ Jackson, WR Oppie Mayberry, DT Martell Wallace.

UPDATE:  Itasca beat the Bulldogs 51-15 in Week 1 last year and leads the all-time series 9-1 … Itasca beat Ranger 18-6 to open the season, while Rice lost 28-7 to Class 2A Rio Vista … After giving up 28 points in the first half, the Rice defense pitched a shutout in the second half … Rice running back Ragan Henderson rushed for 87 yards and scored on a 35-yard touchdown, also adding a sack on defense … Shaquille Fields led the Rice defense with 11 tackles.  On offense, Fields added three receptions … Senior FB Levi Plunkett notched 86 yards rushing for the Bulldogs … Itasca has qualified for the playoffs in all three seasons under head coach Craig Horn, who has a 28-6 record … The Wampus Cats held Ranger to only 98 yards rushing …

— Jim Pitts

Mildred

at Palmer

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Bulldog Stadium



RECORDS: Class 2A Mildred is 0-1. Class 2A Palmer is 1-0

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Mildred: QB/CB Nic Shimonek, OL/DL Noah Pennell, OL/DL Thomas Finigmow, WR/DB Rody Seilheimer. Palmer: QB Judge Wolfe, DL/OL Christian Ramirez, RB/LB Luke Price, WR/DB Cord Langthorn.  

UPDATE: Palmer is coming off a 49-21 victory against Mildred district-mate Red Oak Life … defense was a challenge for the Bulldogs in ‘09, as they gave up an average of more than 40 points a game … QB Wolfe ran for five touchdowns and threw for one more in last week’s win … the last meeting between both teams, occuring in 2005, resulted in a 56-49 victory for the Eagles … Mildred will be without pre-season All-Golden Circle WR Daniel Folsom, who is currently in California attending his brother's boot camp graduation … the Eagles will look to improve their running performance after putting up just 15 total yards of rushing in last week’s 24-21 loss to Teague ... Shimonek threw for 281 yards last week, 194 going to junior WR Daniel Donoho.

— Taylor Linex

Frost at Lakehill Prep

7:30 p.m. Friday

Roger L. Perry Campus



Records:  Frost is 1-0.  Lakehill Prep is 1-0.  

Players To Watch:  Frost:  OL Luke Clayton, DL Luis Cabrerra, DT Colton McGill, TE/LB David Rios.  Lakehill Prep:  C Beau Bunger, DE John Godbey, RB Yoo-Jin Park, LB Stephen Thompson.

UPDATE: Lakehill Prep went 6-4 last year playing 6-Man.  This year the Warriors will compete in TAPPS Div. IV – District 2 (a district that features TAPPS Div. IV 2008 and 2009 State Champs Richardson – Canyon Creek).

... The Polar Bears beat Krum last week 25-22.  In the game, RB Danial Steels and FB Philip Page combined for 306-yards rushing.  Steels ran for 147-yards on 23 carries including a 27-yard touchdown run.  Page averaged 9.3 yards per tote gaining 159-yards on 17 carries with 52-yard and 6-yard touchdown runs… Lakehill Prep defeated Savoy 33-12 last week ...  RB Charles Burch ran 190-yards on 18 carries with 55-yard and 45-yard touchdown runs … Highland Park transfer QB Tyler Wertz completed  two of nine passes for 57-yards with two interceptions.  

— Dan Lunsford



Blooming Grove

at Rio Vista

7:30 p.m. Friday

At Eagle Stadium



RECORDS: Class 2A Rio Vista 1-0.  Class 2A Blooming Grove 0-1

PLAYERS TO WATCH: Rio Vista: RB Douglas Wood, RB Russell Atchinson, FB Kenneth Dickerson. Blooming Grove: QB Jayd Kirby, WR/DB Landon McGraw, FB/LB Ty Chambers, OL/DL Salvador Carpio

UPDATE: Rio Vista is coming off of a 28-7 win over Rice l last week ... Blooming Grove lost a heartbreaker 21-13 at Wortham ... Blooming Grove will look early and often their young and potentially lethal passing game with sophmore QB Jayd Kirby ... Kirby threw for 178 yards and ran for 48 and two touchdowns against Wortham ... McGraw caught six balls for 84 yards to lead all Lion receivers ... the Blooming Grove defense will need try stop the Rio Vista ground game, which ran for 431 yards against Rice ... RB Wood had 239 of them, and Atchison ran for 135 more ... A win by Blooming Grove will be a big momentum booster for the young Lions to build on... Next week Blooming Grove will entertain Rice for Homecoming.   

-- Joey Snowden