It’s official; the first week of high school football is in the books. High school football stadiums filled up this week as entire towns closed down to watch their beloved teams take the gridiron. The great thing is, we still have another 15 weeks of this leading up to the state championship games at Cowboys Stadium.
This past Friday night saw the John Tyler Lions play host to Plano, beating the Wildcats 30-12. Meanwhile, the Robert E. Lee Red Raiders played host to Fossil Ridge, losing to the Panthers 48-26.
This upcoming Friday night, the Lions will travel to Longview to take on the Lobos while the Red Raiders will travel to Lufkin to take on the Panthers. Then the two teams will return home for the battle of the rose city on Friday, September 12 when they go head-to-head at Trinity Mother Francis Rose Stadium.
If you’re planning on catching just one and only one high school football game at Rose Stadium this season, that might just be the one to see as the rival of Tyler continues yet another season.
With the realignment having officially kicked in this year, the state of Texas officially added District 6A and Tyler Lee is the only 6A school in East Texas.