Friday Night Football: Week 1: Ennis v. Waxahachie

e e e this week on Friday Night Football it's week one of the Texas high school football season we've got one of the iconic rivalries in the history of the state the Anis Lions a preseason top 25 team in 5A division 2 head to walk aah hatchee for the 103rd meeting in the history of the battle of 287 in their 102 meetings so far they are awfully even waah hatchee has 53 wins Andis has 47 and they've tied twice this year will Mark the 86th consecutive time these two teams have played dating back to 1939 they've been playing this game since 1908 two key players to watch in this game first for Anis the Lions white receiver Grayson Harris is a stud three star recruit committed to go play SEC football at Oklahoma a year ago he played quarterback and receiver for the Lions this year in his natural wide receiver spot and ready to make plays and for waah hatchee it's running back Wade lemons a key piece a year ago for Shane tolson's team now lemons ascends to the Bellow role in the offense and we'll see the rock a bunch at Lumin Stadium on Friday night you can watch the game live for free Friday night at 7 on WFA plus download WFA plus to your TV using Apple TV Roku or Amazon Fire t TV good evening everybody and happy Labor Day weekend Friday Night Football tonight and the game that we are excited about the most here at WFA the Battle of 287 that's streaming tonight on WFAA plus that's the inis Lions versus the waah hatchee Indians at lumpin stadium in waah hatchee the game doesn't look bad temperature- wise we're we're great for this time of the year you can't ask for much better than that temperatures in the low to mid 80s kickoff at 7:00 very low chance for shower or thunderstorm by the way interesting stuff about this battle of 287 this is the 86th consecutive year these schools have played together the first ever game between them back in 1908 okay so there were some games in between 1908 and 86 years ago but that was the first game ever and our Friday night pregame show will begin at 6:50 on WFA plus which is available on Roku Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV other high school games across the area tonight are AR guyle Frisco that's going to be played at Frisco the Toyota Stadium there in Frisco on Main Street temperatures same thing not bad for this time of the year very low chance of rain kickoff at 7 p.m. we also have a game uh Hein Hawks versus Dallas Jesuit Rangers that will be at Rangers stadium in Dallas kickoff there at 7:00 temperatures low to mid 80s and finally another game Min games going on these are just a few of the many great games going on in north Texas tonight the Alo Bearcats versus the Denton guy Wildcats at CH Collin Stadium and Denton temperatures again not bad for this time of the year with a very low chance of rain enjoy your Friday evening this week on Friday Night Football it's week one of the Texas high school football season we've got one of the iconic rivalries in the history of the state the Anis Lions a preseason top 25 team in 5A division 2 had to walk aah hatchee for the 103rd meeting in the history of the battle of 287 in their 102 meetings so far they are awfully even wahatchee has 53 wins Andis has 47 and they've tied twice this year will Mark the 86th consecutive time these two teams have played dating back to 1939 they've been playing this game since 1908 two key players to watch in this game first for Anis the Lions wide receiver Grayson Harris is a stud three star recruit committed to go play SEC football at Oklahoma a year ago he played quarterback and receiver for the Lions this year in his natural wide receiver spot and ready to make plays and for waah hatchee it's running back Wade lemons a key piece a year ago for Shane tolson's team now lemons ascends to the bcow role in the offense and we'll see the rock a bunch at lumpin Stadium on Friday night you can watch the game live for free Friday night at 700 on WFAA plus download WFAA plus to your TV using Apple TV Roku or Amazon Fire TV good evening everybody and happy Labor Day weekend Friday Night Football ball tonight and the game that we are excited about the most here at WFAA the Battle of 287 that's streaming tonight on WFAA plus that's the inis Lions versus the waah hatchee Indians at Lumin stadium in waah hatchee the game doesn't look bad temperature- wise we're we're great for this time of the year you can't ask for much better than that temperatures in the low to mid 80s kickoff at 7:00 very low chance for a shower or thunderstorm by the way interesting stuff about this battle of 287 this is the 86th consecutive year these schools have played together the first ever game between them back in 1908 okay so there were some games in between 1908 and 86 years ago but that was the first game ever and our Friday night pregame show will begin at 6:50 on WFAA plus which is available on Roku Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV other high school games across the area tonight Argy Frisco that's going to be played at Frisco the Toyota Stadium there in Frisco on Main Street temperatures same thing not bad for this time of the year very low chance of rain kickoff at 700 p.m. we also have a game uh Hein Hawks versus Dallas Jesuit Rangers that will be at Rangers stadium in Dallas kickoff there at 7:00 temperatures low to mid 80s and finally another game many games going on these are just a few of the many great games going on in north Texas tonight the Alo Bearcats versus the Denton guy wild cats at CH Colin stadium and Denton temperatures again not bad for this time of the year with a very low chance of rain enjoy your Friday evening this week on Friday Night Football it's week one of the Texas high school football season we've got one of the iconic rivales in the history of the state the Anis Lions a preseason top 25 team in 5A division 2 head to waah hatchee for the3rd meeting in the history of the battle of 287 in their 102 meetings so far they are awfully even waah hatchee has 53 wins Andis has 47 and they've tied twice this this year will Mark the 86th consecutive time these two teams have played dating back to 1939 they've been playing this game since 1908 two key players to watch in this game first for Anis the Lions wide receiver Grayson Harris is a stud three star recruit committed to go play SEC football at Oklahoma a year ago he played quarterback and receiver for the Lions this year in his natural wide receiver spot and ready to make plays and for waah hatchee it's running back Wade lemons a key piece of year ago for Shane tolson's team now lemons ascends to the bcow role in the offense and we'll see the rock a bunch at lumpin Stadium on Friday night you can watch the game live for free Friday night at 7 on WFA plus download WFAA plus to your TV using Apple TV Roku or Amazon Fire TV good evening everybody and happy Labor Day weekend Friday Night Football tonight and the game that we are excited about the most here at WFAA the battle of 287 that's streaming tonight on WFA plus that's the inis Lions versus the waah hatche Indians at lumpin stadium in waache the game doesn't look bad temperature- wise we're we're great for this time of the year you can't ask for much better than that temperatures in the low to mid 80s kickoff at 7:00 very low chance for a shower or thunderstorm by the way interesting stuff about this battle of 287 this is the 86th consecutive year these schools have played together the first ever game between them back in 1908 okay so there were some games in between 1908 and 86 years ago but that was the first game ever and our Friday night pregame show will begin at 6:50 on WFA plus which is available on Roku Apple TV Amazon Fire TV other high school games across the area tonight Argy Frisco that's going to be played at Frisco the Toyota Stadium there in Frisco on Main Street temperatures same thing not bad for this time of the year very low chance of rain kickoff at 700 p.m. we also have a game uh Hein Hawks versus Dallas Jesuit Rangers that will be at Rangers stadium in Dallas kickoff there at 7:00 temperatures low to mid 80s and finally another game many games going on these are just a few of the many great games going on in north Texas tonight the Alo Bearcats versus the Denton guy Wildcats at CH Collins stadium in Denton temperatures again not bad for this time of the year with a very low chance of rain enjoy your Friday evening this week on Friday Night Football it's week one of the Texas High School football season we've got one of the iconic rivalries in the history of the state the Anis Lions a preseason top 25 team in 5A division 2 head to waah hatchee for the 103rd meeting in the history of the battle of 287 in their 102 meetings so far they are awfully even waah hatchee has 53 wins Andis has 47 and they've tied twice this year will Mark the 86th consecutive time these two teams have played dating back to 19 39 they've been playing this game since 1908 two key players to watch in this game first for Anis the Lions wide receiver Grayson Harris is a stud three- star recruit committed to go play SEC football at Oklahoma a year ago he played quarterback and receiver for the Lions this year in his natural wide receiver spot and ready to make plays and for waah hatchee it's running back Wade lemons a key piece a year ago for Shane tolson's team now lemons ascends to the bcow role in the offense and we'll see theck a bunch at lumpin Stadium on Friday night you can watch the game live for free Friday night at 700 on WFAA plus download WFA plus to your TV using Apple TV Roku or Amazon Fire TV good evening everybody and happy Labor Day weekend Friday Night Football tonight and the game that we are excited about the most here at WFA the Battle of 287 that's streaming tonight on WFAA plus that's the inis Lions versus the walks aache Indians at lumpin stadium in waah hatchee the game doesn't look bad temperature- wise we're we're great for this time of the year you can't ask for much better than that temperatures in the low to mid 80s kickoff at 7:00 very low chance for a shower or thunderstorm by the way interesting stuff about this battle of 287 this is the 86th consecutive year these schools have played together the first ever game between them back in 1908 okay so there were some games in between 1908 and 86 years ago but that was the first game ever and our Friday night pregame show will begin at 6:50 on WFAA plus which is available on Roku Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV other high school games across the area tonight AR guy Frisco that's going to be played at Frisco the Toyota Stadium there in Frisco on Main Street temperatures same thing not bad for this time of the year very low chance of rain kickoff at 700 p.m. we also have a game uh Hein Hawks versus Dallas Jesuit Rangers that will be at Rangers stadium in Dallas off there at 7:00 temperatures low to mid 80s and finally another game Min games going on these are just a few of the many great games going on in north Texas tonight the Alo bear cats versus the Denton guy wild cats at CH Collins stadium in Denton temperatures again not bad for this time of the year with a very low chance of rain enjoy your Friday evening this week on Friday Night Football it's week one of the Texas high school football season we've got one of the iconic rivalries [Music] [Music] there is no rivalry in north Texas with more history than this one they've been playing it since Teddy Roosevelt was president and today the Rivalry older than the road it's named after plays its 103rd installment as walks a hatchee host Andis in the Battle of 287 and with that we welcome you inside Lumin Stadium Mike Leslie and HEC Mah Harrison somewhere to be revealed here momentarily there we are hello and welcome to another season of Friday Night Football we are thrilled to be here tonight for truly hecma what is one of the very best rivalries in all of Texas high school football history they've been playing this since 1908 they have played every year since 1939 five state championships for Enis wah hatchee won a State title in '92 this is one of the real great ones that there is to ATT and we get to be here tonight oh it's it's an unbelievable and I you and I were talking about it and I'm like look for 103 years and this thing can be charted so many fathers Sons Brothers different communities guys have played in this game I mean it goes back obviously 103 years yeah it's it's truly wild um you mentioned Fathers and Sons that is one of the tethers that Sam Harold is for this rivalry he has coached fathers and uncles and Sons and nephews throughout his time at NIS going all the way back to 1994 one of the real question marks tonight is whether this is the final battle of 287 for Sam Harold we talked with them earlier this week I talked with them again today he said listen I certainly hope it's not he said if I can I'll coach until I'm 80 but he's got now his second bout with multiple sclerosis he said the way that I feel right now it could be he wouldn't go any further than could be he said I'm not making any uh commitments he told us that he wants to show these kids hey you don't just give up you don't quit and he said I'm trying to live that right now and he's hoping he's right back here in 2025 for another battle of 287 but it's also on the table as a possibility I can say this I mean you handled that question with care when you did I ask him that but the one thing about Coach Harold is he is a coaching institution and not only that the city of inis that Community they love him and so regardless if he continues or if he decides to hang it up at the end of the year he is cemented in Texas High School Football he really is one of the all-time great coaches in Texas high school football history show you a little bit of uh what he's done over the course of his career uh three state championships 22 2001 2004 since coming back in 2018 he's won 48 more games for this Ence Lions program they've done a lot here under Sam Harrell there's uh a look at what he's done over the course of his history and the thing that I love most about this is when he needed to go to Panama to get stem cell treatment to try and fight off multiple sclerosis the first time the town helped raise that $40,000 that he needed to travel down and I love when we talked to him Ben and you said look I I just want the want someone to love me as much as the city of V loves you and and he knows it and he kind of played it off and played it down but he he absolutely loves this city as well and owes everything to them and that's why he continues to come right back to the stadium and continues to coach these kids up it's for the love that he has of the game but also the love that he has for the city of hen tonight's about the kids that are going to play this evening though as well and there are a couple of key players to keep an eye on this evening let's start with our player to watch from the Anis lions and that is their stud wide receiver Grayson Harris depending on which recruiting service you look at either a three star or a fourstar recruit on his way to Oklahoma I tell you what he is a star and this kid is not only big physically as imposing as he is but man he has hands to go with it you know what coach Brett vinal in Oklahoma is getting himself a stud and this guy is going to fit in right with that OU DNA meanwhile for waah hatchee their running back Wade lemons ascending to the main role this year this kid is really Shifty really can make a def a difference and he's running behind a really good offensive line yeah he's going to have to make a difference for this team all season long in the district of Doom one of those guys very high character the coach just Raves about him as a player and look man it it's they they couldn't have picked a tougher opponent to start the season out against but they need him to be big time tonight his mom calls him Wy wavy's going to be running out there tonight for waah hatchee and Mom's hoping for a couple TDS as well Shane talison said this is not a two team rivalry this is a twoot town rivalry they have played it every year since 1939 and tonight another historic rendition in the Battle of 287 as Andis and walks a Hatchy square off it is coming your way next on Friday Night [Music] [Music] Football North Texas it's a hot one today if you're planning on taking the pups out make sure to protect their paws that asphalt is going to be hot thanks fon [Music] thanks delus possibly the most loved and hated man in north Texas whatever the weather brings we bring the delkus WFAA has a legacy of changing the system growing up in Houston I did not see a lot of people who look like me consistently wearing their hair natural on TV so being a voice has always been the goal through her reporting Tashara Parker raised awareness and elevated the conversation to help the crown act be signed into law prohibiting discrimination based on hairstyle and texture 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teams this year all of that's great to these two towns this is the game that matters more than anything that even might want happen in December yeah first of all there's bragging rights between these two towns at stake right now and this is you would you definitely know by the size of this crowd that this is a pretty big deal there's traffic on the outside of the stadium people just trying to make their way in through the traffic man this is this is going to be outstanding it will be Andis to have the football first walk aah hatchee will kick off and we are just about ready to Stir It Up here at lumpin Stadium this NIS offense an NIS football team that's coming off of uh couple of somewhat down years five wins and six wins the last couple of years but won 12 n and 11 games the three years prior to that 19-21 had a 10-0 regular season in 2021 this is a program that is used to success under Sam harrold and they're going to try and find some more of that this year they're expected to be one of the top two teams probably in District 65a division 2 this season yeah well one thing that you know from any anytime you see the inis Lions line up they are going to have a run heavy team even though coach Harold says look we're trying to get away from that we want to pass this ball around a little bit so this walks Hatchi defense is going to be tested early Ethan guen to kick it away drives Grayson Harris back into his own End Zone and it will be a Touchback Andis will start at their own 25 and out comes the junior quarterback Xander Hinton new starting quarterback here for 2024 in number 11 coming up from JV hasn't had any Varsity experience before tonight certainly a big spot heck before him this evening as he takes over this Anis offense they had two quarterbacks two wide receivers really playing the quarterback position a year ago Grayson Harris as well as wand May Davis who's now at utap this year number 11 there at the middle of your screen he takes over and he's more of a traditional pass the football down the field style QB well first thing I'm going to be looking at at Xander H Hinton is does he have the Jitters first time Friday Night Lights where how big are his eyes going to be and so right now handling the ball you see that first hand off he goes to the wrong side but look he's going to have to work those things out early here in the first quarter it's far SE to Marquez fary who takes the hand off the diminutive seniors 56 142 replacing Jeremy Brown head coach Sam Harold told us earlier this week Jeremy was a good one they're uh they're disappointed to lose him to graduation but farc they really like what he can do he is so tiny he can kind of hide behind the offensive line picks up two on the first play he'll get the hand off again here on second down and eight and tries to lower his shoulder into the pile and picks up a couple more it's going to be third and six well you say diminutive one but hey he lowers his shoulder trying to pick up some more yards so he doesn't know that he's small in stature but you're right when we talk with Coach Harold he was just still glowing about uh Jeremy Brown and just saying man he was our Bell cow he was the guy that we got behind and now it's a new day we have a guy that we consider to be a scatback and definitely can go from zero to 100 that was a screen they tried to set up for Grayson Harris and he got blown up before the ball even got there Kade pointer the senior defensive end there to blow it up and it's fourth down and six and Anis will have to punt if Kade if Kade Porter had his head on a swivel he may have been able to pick that ball off and head to the end zone and so he was just alignment and assignment right there not thinking about even making the play on the ball but man he that was bang bang bang so three and out for Andis on the first possession of the football game one minute even into the into the game and Hinton their quarterback also their punter will punt it away Line Drive punt up the near sideline and waah hatchee will let it bounce Michael Esparza was deep to return Grayson Harris will down it and waah hatchee will take over with the football first and 10 at their own 27 there is a flag down on the play and one of the early things that I'm looking at Mike is obviously special teams always struggles early in the season I mean it's just not something that you can practice at length looks like it's an unsportsmanlike conduct against Andis so that is going to give wah hatchee terrific field position right out of the gates yeah chippy right away right so don't tell me that these Community there not there's nothing at stake right now even though inis being 5A and wah hatchee 6A these are two teams and two towns that are going to compete until that final buzzer uh sounds in the fourth quarter what's at stake tonight is who has bragging rights tomorrow at ATB like that that's really what this is going to come down to is which town gets to talk trash a 15yd penalty on Andis on the punt instead of at their own 27 wa aachi takes over at their 42 and here is the sophomore quarterback Jerry Meyer III transferring in from Nevada where last year as a freshman he threw 58 touchdown passes to set a state record first play of the game a handoff to lemons he gets out the back door and picks up a first down and I tell you what you see it right away from Wy if his mama call him Wy I'm going call him Wy but Wy lemons man he is so special seeing the way that he gets around that edge and gets positive yards for a first down that is exactly what you want to do with the sophomore quarterback get in the rhythm of this running game and make short throws and easy things for the young man until you open this offense all the way up this walks the Hatchy team is an experienced group seven starters back on both sides of the ball went 12 games last year two rounds deep into the playoffs N9 and3 under now fourth year head coach Shane talison who feels like he's building something something here Lemons with the carry again picks up seven on the play he's the former defensive coordinator at Denton Ryan so he knows a thing or two HMA about leading a state championship program that's what he's trying to build here in the toughest District in all of Texas high school football with Duncanville and doto just up the road but he's got something working down here in [Music] waahi Flags before the snap and is pointing at the waah hatchee offensive line start about 600 of you with us right now on the WFA YouTube channel let us know where you're tuning in from who your favorite player is on either one of these two teams let us know who you think's going to win tonight in the 103rd Battle of 287 second down and eight after the penalty walks a hatchee a year ago averaged 27 a game under offensive coordinator Scott Reynolds now a timeout and his calls the timeout prior to that second down and eight thanking you for holding the roope America Legacy these are two of the more historic programs in all of Texas High School Football certainly Andis with their five championships let's take you back to 2001 the best team in NIS Lions history the perfect 16-0 state champions of 01 led by Graham Harold Sam son just a sophomore that year here hitting BR Jones on a 52-yard touchdown pass he had two touchdown passes this touchdown run the NS defense pitched a shut out and the Lions capped off a second straight state championship with a 21 nothing win over Bay City they would win three in five years 2201 and 2004 five state titles in total in their history out of the timeout second down and a quick throw near side that one's in and out of the hands of the intended target Trenton kid and another scenario hecma whereare if the defender saw it could have been a pick yeah guys got to get their head turned around and look for the ball that is a great play on the outside there but boy lucky to get that one back uh is the sophomore quarterback but I want to go back to something you were saying earlier uh about coach toson and in our interview with him man he's just a great guy to talk to I'll wait to after this play third down and eight key spot here for the Zen's defense trying to get off the field Meyer looking sideline complete first down Christian Gardner sorry about that that's a beautiful ball uh but coach Tolson he comes in from Denton Ryan and he knows all about building a culture and I think that was the main thing that he wanted to do with his incoming freshman he's like look guys we have to build something because we're in a district that no one is giving us a chance and so we have to level our level of play up to be able to match the likes of the doto and the Duncanville in our in our district first and 10 there you saw the kid Meyer the quarterback who threw 58 touchdowns a year ago lad Lake me in Nevada to a state championship here hits Cohen Brown over the middle for another first down inside the 15 wow and I love that route run right there by Cohen Brown just a simple Crosser but even better by Jerry Meyer the third being able to recognize that coverage and find his wide receiver in in an open zone so first and 10 for waah hatchee at the NS 13 yd line just a little over 3 minutes in and the Indians are threatening lemons cutting to the outside breaks The Tackle to the five got to credit Mason Jones right there on the solo tackle man these guys are going to have to try and get to the ball to get a stop here because I tell you what this offensive line they're doing a good job of sealing these guys off on the back side Dan Ship saying he's watching from fville North Carolina tonight we appreciate you tuning us tuning in Dan Chip says Indians will keep that 287 sign again their defense needs to come up with a stop here here second down and two at the five lemons again driving End Zone short oh they got him right at the one yd line looked like he was able to get his body across there at the last minute but the referee right on it they signal him down at the say let's call it the one foot line inside that one for sure and it is first and goal for waah hatchee [Applause] straight eye behind Meyer pushing driving driven back the NIS defense and Kingston Parker and a loss of a yard or two for lemons well you got to love that right there from number 42 the Kingston Parker is sitting out there he's not going to lose contain but he's also not going to get pushed back into the end zone that's a great job by the guy that they call the leader of their defense Big King Parker 63 263 lbs big big play by Parker moved in a few years ago from Arkansas Sam Harold said he can really run for his size really athletic kid makes a huge play there to give the NS defense a chance lemons again and again the NIS defensive front in the back field hand out to L J jaryan wford lead leading the charge on the tackle and it's third and goal wford getting in the back field quickly getting in between these offensive linemen and how about this the bow up here from the Lions not allowing the Indians to get an easy score here in the first [Music] quarter third and goal from the one a little wild cat here with lemons taking the direct snap looking for a hole and he's got one touchdown waah [Applause] [Music] hatchee and that's worth the price of admission right there when you see the wild cat come on and Wade lemons does everything but he didn't get into the end zone right there and the score is open here by the walks ahash Indians with a little step there at the End by wavy lemons scored eight touchdowns a year ago on the ground he's got his first here in 2024 little swinging gate formation will they indeed go for it they will go for two hand off here to Cohen Brown he's going to try and get the edge flips it backside and it's incomplete he had Tristian Gardner in the back corner of the end zone creative play design doesn't quite pop for him oh man it's hard to throw that football on the Run six nothing walks a Hatchy mid first quarter on Friday Night Football first quarter the score is W 6 and zero you need a team you can trust to prepare you for the day we are making sure that you have all the information you need looking out for you so we do have the heat advisory and the air quality alert in effect for today bold reporting reporting from Plano Red Flag Warning in place Dynamic coverage live from Addison original content we are staying on top of this story of course be safe out there on the roads it's going to be a great time I am up with Daybreak what about [Music] you wah hatchee won a state championship in 1992 their fans dreaming of the chance quarterback Lamont Moore ran for three touchdowns in the game including this 47 y in the third quarter to give waah hatchee a 14-10 lead and they went 16-0 that year back out of the break and there was a penalty on the pat that waah hatchee failed on so they ultimately decide to wipe out that try go for just the one and they punch through the pat so now 7 nothing waah hatchee after the 2-yard touchdown run from Wade lemons to open up the score so they thought better of the decision that they originally went with and went for the Pat I like that I mean if life was just that gentle to give you a do over the NIS band ready to take the field here in a quarter and a half time we will bring you the Friday night football halftime show the NS High School Marching Band under the direction of Gary Goodwin the NS High School lionet dance and drill team will take the field too after that the spirit of waah hatchee Indian band and the Cherokee Charmers the 2022 National Champion drill team from waah hatchee all that to come on the Friday night football halftime show waah hatchee opening this football game with a touchdown on their opening possession Wade lemons carrying the ball several times on the drive also a couple of key hookups by the the sophomore quarterback Jerry Meyer Jane talison said it he's not your average sophomore and we saw him make a couple of nice strikes on that drive to move the chains and get them deeper into Anis territory and the Indians pay it off Mike I love what I saw from him he was very calm and composed didn't seem like everything it was too he is too big uh small In This Moment he finds a way to compete finds open receivers and again I I love the composure uh from the transfer in from Nevada so now Anis has to find themselves an answer this is a team as we talked with Sam Harold earlier this week that the this rivalry has changed through the years it used to be that these two towns were very very similar and that fed the Rivalry wahatchee has grown in a way that Andis hasn't grown quite the same way now wahatchee is this big 6A School playing in one of the biggest the biggest District in the state and Andis is a 5A division 2 program they're very different programs at this point but it's a game that means so much to both of these towns they still play it even though there's become a bit of an a competitive imbalance through the years and it's though trying to battle through that they've won in recent years there have been some games that have gotten signways wah haty won a game of few years back 42-2 but they have played some tight ons as well and Andis has gotten some wins recently too they're trying to get one tonight here on the road as Hinton on second down and nine goes to the air near side looking for Grayson Harris the over the shoulder catch and a flag first down in waah Hatchy territory at the 40 yeah somebody may want to queue in Grayson Harris about you know in his being a smaller school because that was a big time play by Harris fade route ball lands in his hands perfectly what a throw right there from Xander H Hinton and that's the kind of confidence you want to give your first time Varsity player the penalty was a hold on waah hatchee so the play stands and that's a huge hit from De Marian Cooper the 116a newcomer of the year in 2023 obliterates demarquez fary I I'm telling you I could not wait to get to the stadium to see de Maran Cooper when you watch this kid the highlights from last season you know why he won newcomer of the year he plays with a wless abandon second down and a dozen after the loss to the air again pressure Hinton able to get away still looking downfield fires and completes it nice catch by lamarian McGowan in traffic and Andis with a first down on second and a dozen man but a gamble here by Xander Hinton he thought he was going to run for it he throws that ball into traffic there is a Defender right there Micah cook has an opportunity to make a play on the ball I think Mah cook was even surprised that he threw it I'm impressed with Xander hinton's confidence in his own ability to throw the football cuz he did throw that into a tight window this time chased down from behind and it's Cooper again this time getting the sack and it'll be second down in 13 and Cooper is just a junior right Jester Jr 6 foot 190 pounds this kid is gonna get bigger but Mike all night keep your eyes on 21 he is sideline to sideline in a sure tackler Hinton the junior coming up from JV second and 13 pressure in his face again able to dance away and he'll pick up a yard or two but Micah sparza there to end the play and you can tell Hinton is keeping his eyes up the field he's one of these guys he doesn't want to run the ball he still wants to try and find his receivers wide open you know what you what you don't want to do is lose yardage like that because look this Indians defense man they're starting to clamp down the closer they get to that end zone Sam Harold told us he's a true quarterback he wants to throw the football down the field he said coming up from JV though can he deal with the speed of the game that's a big question mark in his very first Varsity start and Hey kid come playing our biggest rivalry game tough spot trying to step up looks over the middle and it's picked off intercepted up the near sideline by Eli Thompson Thompson's got a convoy across Midfield Eli Thompson chased from behind but will not be caught touchdown walks a [Applause] Hatchy there is a flag down at the 48 yd line and Eli Thompson he's just sitting back out here in this deep third area man and that is a bad throw for Xander hiton he puts it out into an area where there are there is no one to stop it that is a score uh for the Indians unless there was some type of blocking in the back it does look like they are walking back the flag sitting at the 48 yd line on waah hatchee side of the field ah and being a former defensive guy that just sucks man because you know what you you want those moments man for a pick six house call come on now I mean they these guys practice this but man it's a hard thing to turn that that defense in your head off man inter inter and that's the thing you can't they can't be any legal crack backs or crack back blocks or anything like that so they take all that away from the defensive guys man it negates a 94 yd pick six for Eli Thompson and it will bring the football back let's see where they'll spot it the flag dropped at the 48 it looks like they will ultimately determine that the infraction happened at the 50 so the ball will come to the 35 and waah hatchee offense will get back to work the interception for Thompson of course does stand and waah hatchee takes over thanks to the pick and here comes Jerry Meyer in this offense again and Xander Hinton he he dodged the bullet right there because that would have been a critical error error right there for your Junior you know he just put that ball In Harm's Way and it's a learning process with this first game so first and 10 from the 35 for Meyer over the middle complete Christian Gardner breaking away across Midfield Christian Gardner gets a big block that's going to draw another flag flag they took that hit out of the game Gardner's down inside the five but that Blind Side block they took that out of the game to try and protect these football players you can't do that anymore it used to be that was hey what a play you got to see this is a huge highlight what a great play it's not part of football anymore and look it's one of those things where you're protecting players and we were just talking about it on that interception that was a house call you cannot do this anymore Callin is you know a defenseless player so you got to teach that different ladri Daniels the offending party blowing up jaquarius Malone so waah hatche now with two 15 yd penalties that have negated one sure touchdown and another near touchdown to again bring the football back to we'll see exactly where they determined maybe the 37 would be my guess and it's just so hard in the moment to teach football players not not to go after a potential tackler in that way the same as the Block in the back the crack back on [Music] defense that's tough and this crowd here does not agree with it I think they don't like it I think if you have eyes you saw that it happened there's no question about it it was an infraction that's not it's just not part of the game anymore now I understand the old heads that may be like whoa whoa whoa this this is how we played back in the day I hear you it's not how we play anymore if you want the game listen you're raising your hand I am set Ohad but I'm a broadcaster so I got to play it safe I just well it's just listen do we want the game to still exist in 50 years we do that's that's why look at this from Trenton kid breaking away waah hatchee is picking up yardage with ease here in this first quarter down inside the 30 well the one thing that I'm noticing right now is this sophomore Jerry Meyer III is really a cool customer he sitting back there he's reading this defense and he's picking these guys apart finding his guys in are areas where they can make a play out on the ball after the catch so first and 10 for waah hatchee at the 26 yd line Shane tolson's team 9 and three a year ago lost a tight one against rock wall 46 43 in the playoffs a year after they beat rock wall in that round and went a a round deeper in the playoffs Meer that's got to be a hold I would think and yes the flag does drop incomplete the pass is but that's going to be pass Gavin Ford just protecting his quarterback not allowing the defender to get a free relief free releas free hit on his quarterback it goes down as basically the same net result as a sack and arguably maybe a half measure better cuz you save the down yeah so why not protect your quarterback and if you're beat that badly there is some logic to just taking the holding [Music] penalty now let me ask you this you being a former quarterback you see this young man Jerry Meyer come on and and obviously Southmore he's hitting his guys in stride there was some question marks about him coming into this game I think after just a few minutes all those question marks have gone away listen he the the level he was playing in Nevada is very much not 6A Texas High School Football however as a freshman he threw 58 touchdown passes and led him their first state championship ever the kid can spin it and he is shown that here in the early going he's the real deal he made a big impression as lemons is taken down be pardon it's not lemons this time it's Bryson laner their other running back taken down for a short gain second down and 17 for a third in 17 forth coming he made a big impression on his very first day as still a freshman technically this last spring moving in from Nevada went around and introduced himself to every kid in the program talked about the days that he goes and throws if they want to join up if they want to come out with him and start to develop a rapport he came in and was a leader from the word go impressed these coaches and one over this program flips it near side somehow that ball is caught hauled in by ladri Daniel even though he was closely covered by jarian wford and it's close to a first down it's going to be fourth down and two and it's going to give wah hatchee a chance here and I'm trying to figure out wford is right there in the Hip Pocket of the receiver Daniels and how Daniels comes down with that ball is is man that that was an amazing play right there for woo Lam Daniels it did say it was third down and 17 now somehow it's third down two something was wrong evidently the officials have corrected it third and two hand off to way Wade lemons and he's got the first down just outside the 10 yd line yeah right now I'm enjoying what's happening up front this offensive line for the walks haty Indians man they are taking it to this front and guys like Kingston Parker up front they've got to figure out a way uh Jamarcus dick uh Dickerson all of this beef that they have up front they've got to find a way to kind of stop this running attack from the Indians because they're having their way and as you see them right there pick up that crucial first down in the Red Zone final 30 seconds of the opening quarter here on Friday Night Football Meyer hands off to lemons burrowing into the chest of Noah Barry [Music] [Applause] it'll be second down and five when we start quarter number two here in waah hatchee on Friday Night [Music] Football right now in Terrell and in Dallas your your heat index is 107 everyone in McKenna is dead it's hot in McKenna we'll fix that probably possibly the most loved and hated man in north Texas whatever the weather brings we bring the doas discover WFAA plus a live 24-hour stream of WFAA news and exclusive digital content all completely free now available on Apple TV Roku and Fire TV download WFAA plus today right now WFAA Sports to us it's about so much more than Indian football they stand ready to assist you stay for Friday Night Football half time show by Golden Chick Golden Chick is the perfect postgame destination come in and see why we say one taste and you're golden at Golden Chick we will have the NS High School marching band The NS high school lionet at halftime along with the spirit of waah hatchee Indian band under the direction of Rich Armstrong and the Cherokee Charmers that and more coming your way at halftime halftime stats halftime highlights and more in 12 minutes worth of game time here on Friday Night Football yeah so far in this first quarter loving the way that walks of hatches come out and they're just obviously very aggressive sometimes overly aggressive but that is going to serve them well as you go forward those are things that I'm sure that when you go back and Coach to us and he looks at the tape he's going to be like look guys if we take these couple of things out maybe we're up by 21 points in the first quarter how can Andis get a stop here yeah they just got to Bow up they've got to find a way to get a stop I mean obviously they're going to turn around and get this ball to Wade lemons and they've got to get a stop on this running back that's having his way with them Meyer the sophomore QB looking near side as they change the play End Zone shot open back corner Cohen Brown got a foot in no incomplete oh I can't wait to see the replay on that because coren Brown looked like he was right there as you see the ball going to the corner and we're looking for oh ah that was close that is really close oh that was close well there's no replay there's no replay into the State title so like no way of going back and and reversing that but man that looked good from where we were man it it's really close cuz that one foot that was still on the ground before he stepped on the sideline did he have the ball yet before that toe came up I'm not certain third down and five lemons looking backside wide open incomplete Meyer had lemons open but overshot him and that's I think when the Southmore goes back and looks at this play if he could just be a little bit more patient right there and I'm saying be patient but he has Kingston Parker in his face so that's the only reason why he rushed to throw otherwise that's an easy touchdown and that is a pick sequence here for this NIS defense to get a couple of consecutive stops on second and third and five and force walks a Hatchy to attempt the field goal Ethan guen will come on for a 24 y Nolan Bernard the holder that could have been a false start no flag flies the field goal is no good wide to the left and it will stay 7 nothing waah hatchee Andis and their defense and special teams get away with one here yeah you got to feel good about that obviously you don't want to give up points there but the way that your defense is playing obviously on the other side for the Indians it's been a lot of self-inflicted wounds and there's two ways to look at that we're beating ourselves here in the first half relax okay go out there do what we doing what we practice because they have guys running wide open right now and Jerry Meyer just the third just needs to settle in and find these open receivers waah hatche was looking at a 14 nothing lead a penalty on the pick six from Eli Thompson negated that The Blind Side block on the Deep downfield completion to Tristian Gardner negated that play that would have had them first and goal at like the four multiple penalties on that drive negating big chunks of yardage for waah hatchee and then the missed field goal and all that ends up going for not that is huge pop pass over the middle here to start The Possession for Enis and straight up the middle of the field goes Aiden Jones and he's got the ball stripped from behind walks a Hy football jquan Snell the Superstar sophomore comes away with the recovery and the Indians take it back Aiden Jones is running for what feels like forever and man what a complete hustle play by jquan snail chasing the ball down and stripping it at the last minute that is heads up and just a baller play right there from the sophomore jquan Snell was just named a fourstar recruit by 247 Sports he's one of the top 10 players in the state of Texas in the sophomore class and he just showed you why right there that is an outstanding play he did the chase down he got the strip he made the recovery did it all by himself and completely wiped out the biggest play of the game yet for Andis now the completion here on the first play of The Possession four walks a Hatchy to Cohen Brown and he is swallowed up but not before he moves the chains man this Scott Jeremiah I third I am starting to see some really cool things from this kid he's not under a ton of pressure but what he is doing is keeping his eyes up the field making his reads he's not staring down wide receivers but every time he finds these guys they're in between Defenders he's not trying to make those tight throws he's getting the ball right into those guys in the comfortable place first and 10 at the 38 Meyer with a little pocket pass here right up the middle helmet ripped off they're going to blow this play dead and for good reason his Trenton kid did not have any protection any longer after what was clearly a face mask ripped his helmet clear off his head yeah I think that's a that's an indication that that's a face mask penalty you see his head rip around here goodness yeah good thing there's no head in that helmet the way that he spun around [Music] I'll say this too if I'm Shane talison or somebody on the walk aache coaching staff I may say hey Trenton come here Buckle that thing up a little tighter would you please goodness gracious it shouldn't come off that easy well look the way that he got yanked around there Mike I'm just saying like you a face mask is a face mask but when you get yanked around you have to change the whole trajectory of Direction you're going in that's serious yeah he got hog tied yeah first and 10 at the 39 in NIS territory after the penalty Meyer setting up the screen Gardner with blockers makes a man miss another flag two more Flags oh disc credit the offensive coordinator because that was a beautiful play setting up that screen and I think it caught the Lions off balance it be a holding penalty here boy haven't we seen a bunch of self-inflicted penalties and just unfortunate events you see that fumble there from in their first self-inflicted uh wound uh so to speak here in the first half [Music] because that looked like that was supposed to be a touchdown and they fumble obviously it's been documented what waah hatchee has done here in the first half to take points off of the board somebody's going to settle in and go ahead and take command of this game this is high school football in August this is this is why coaches have gray hair week one is going to lead to uh some issues like this where you just don't have all the Kinks worked out after the penalty first down in 16 Meyer throwing against his body bobbled and did somehow Tristan Gardner catch that football yes he did first down walks a hatchee are you kidding me yeah how Tristan Gartner comes down with this he bobbles once not twice but three times in between three Defenders and comes down with the ball he loses his shoe it's the only thing he does loses his Sho Chris Trent the junior corner for Anis has got to be feeling how did I not pick that football off as it was right there in his lap but Gardner squeezes it the transfer from mosquit horn moves the chains first and 10 walks a hatchee at the 28 and don't forget that he played at Dallas Lincoln for his freshman in South too so did you know a thing or two about Lincoln a thing or two over the middle ripped down from behind is Trenton kid tell you number 44 cash Hendrick he has been a safety valve over here on defense for if not for a couple of his touchdowns man it would have been easy excuse me a couple of his tackles it would have been easy [Music] touchdowns about 1100 of you with us right now on the WFA YouTube Channel please click the like button click the share button and send this stream out to all your friends in the Anison waah hatchee communities let them know we're broadcasting game tonight first and 10 at the 177 hand off to Wy right up the middle big hole bouncing off tacklers and it's first and goal this is a dangerous combination of pass and run and it's lanir on the run my apologies not Wade lemons and he is punishing hey they look a lot Al light they run with that low center of gravity and they do know how to deliver a lick when they get there lemons 59 190 lanir 58 180 twins it's lanir now tried to make cash Hendricks missing the back field and could not sometimes you need a linebacker to do exactly what cash Hendrick does he reads his keys comes downhill and makes the stop cash Hendricks another one of those guys who's playing for Sam Harold after his father played for Sam Harold back in the day I'm sorry his uncle played for Sam Harold he cousins with Ryder Newman who also plays on this team whose father played for Sam Harold back in the 90s second down and goal Meyer flushed chased [Applause] trouble he's out of the pocket but does he get it back to the line of scrimmage there's going to be a discussion and they will drop a flag here for for intentional grounding on the sophomore Jerry Meyer maybe the only mistake we've seen Meer make tonight yeah and listen Shane tal talison said it to us earlier this week there's going to be moments where he is a sophomore he's going to do some sophomore things honestly he was running for his life from Kingston Parker so I don't blame him but you'd love to at least try and get it back to the line of scrimmage I think if he had tried to throw it away a second earlier if he had made the decision that half a beat faster than you could have avoided the uh the intentional grounding penalty uh this is a loss of down penalty so it's now going to be third down and goal from all the way back at the 21 yd line well let me ask you this coach toson when we talked to him he he basically was talking about a sophomore quarterback and it wasn't that he he was doubting it just felt like there were questions that he was looking for tonight to be answered right until you see it in a game you don't know for certain I think they're very high on what this kid can do but hey now go do it on the field he's going to try to here on Third and goal looking End Zone just Beyond his intended target ladri Daniels at it's fourth down trying to drop that one in a bucket just not able to get it to number five ladrick Daniels woo on the fade route so we saw wah hatchee miss a field goal from shorter a 24 yard or a little bit ago this one would be from 38 and it looks like they will bring Ethan Guan out to try from the left hash well this is going to be big time if Guan is able to get this one to go 3 y the snap from Paris feaster the hold from Nolan Bernard from 38 in the left hash oh plenty of leg no good wide to the left this time our vantage point is so bad because I really I thought that was money from where we are there was plenty of leg on it I I don't blame Shane Alison and his coaching staff for believing that he could go out there and hit it cuz clearly he's got enough leg to hit from probably 45 the way that that thing sailed past the uprights from 38 but that's now two big walks of Hatchy possessions where they've had some great offensive plays where they've done a lot of really good things and worked their way down into either goal to goal to go or darn close and both times they come up empty and it stays 7 nothing here 4 minutes and 16 seconds into the second quarter I tell you what when you're looking at these this offensive and defensive coordinator the Father and Son Duo of Paul and Chase Willingham they've got to be telling their guys look we're in this game guys we just need something to happen for us and it doesn't matter if it happens on special teams offensive or defensive we just got to get some momentum going right now they have no air in their C and they're completely playing on the defensive a loss of a yard there for Xander H6 they need to try and get Grayson Harris the senior on his way to Oklahoma involved Sam Harold told us earlier this week said we listen we don't usually have kids that are at his level that Oklahoma wants to say hey come play for us he said that's not normal for us at Enis he's a special kid and they need to find a way to get zero the football they try to here but there's nowhere for him to go and it's de Maran Cooper again and you can tell why Oklahoma has come knocking because of the kind of athlete he is out on the outside but that is just a beautiful tackle and I told you this guy number 21 dearia Cooper he has some speed to go with it himself third down and 13 in a blink and what do you dial up here for Xander Hinton who has been struggling a little bit here in the first half you talk about a guy that needs a jolt of confidence and that's your Junior quarterback anderw Hinton this offense scored 30 a game a year ago but nowhere for Hinton to go crumpled up in the back Back Field and it's Fourth Down Kate Porter comes around that corner and I'm telling you Xander Hinton somebody should have yelled look out because his Corner comes literally unblocked off the edge Shane talison said it to us earlier this week I just hope they don't figure him out yet talking about Kade pointer he said he's he's special we really like what this kid can do he said he felt like he was still a little bit of a secret though from the rest of the area that nobody really knew yet what he can do make and plays like that the area is going to figure it out so now Andis is going to have to punt from their own End Zone Hinton the quarterback this one less of a line drive than earlier bounces at the 40 and out of bounds and waah hat is going to take over with great field position in and his territory and one thing about it what I'm going to be watching for for this Lions defense is are these guys getting tired they have been on the field for a lot of this first half and man having to put up with a walks hatchee Indian offense that's giving them all that they can handle from a running game and also in the air Sam Harold the head coach of the NS Lions coaching from the booth tonight the legendary three-time state championship winning head coach coach from the booth a year ago doing so again this year one of the all-time Legends of Texas High School Football we mentioned it earlier that he certainly hopes this is not his final year he feels like you know the way that he feels right now it's on the table but he said listen I'm trying to show these kids you don't quit big hit breaking through it though his kid Trenton kid able to get to the outside and that's going to draw a flag as he got spun around out of bounds and another unforced error this time on walk on Andis yeah that's a kind of a bonehead play right there by number 24 Mason Jones gets a hold of number one there the well I'm sorry that wasn't Mason Jones that's number 55 uh Damen baser that whipped him down out of bounds and positive yards for this walks a hatchee Indians offense but like I said this defense they've been playing a lot of reps here in this first half and hey it's a beautiful afternoon 86 degrees in wah hatchee I don't know where summer went all of a sudden but I'll take it better than 105 okay it is much more comfortable tonight than it has been in other week ones of the Texas high school football season in recent years there have been years where we've had to push kickoffs back an hour to be able to give these kids a little bit of a reprieve not necessary tonight first and 10 at the 21 for Meyer handoff lemons nowhere to go yeah Kingston Parker is having himself a night playing disciplined sometimes man at playing that in position you're always in a mode where you want to rush the passer and get up the field that's a great way great read right there by Kingston Parker just staying down the line of scrimmage and getting that tackle based goon in the YouTube comments goon evidently a fan of waah hatchee says we're beating Duncanville this year all right the confidence is high in waah hatchee let's go Gotta second down and nine they're going to try this play again on the reverse this time some Running Room up the near sideline Whit down on the sideline on that reverse is Micah cook not quite enough for the first down it's going to be third down and two yeah trying to get behind that speed of Michael cook like you said this is the second time that they've come back to that little little reverse they're trying to get him out of that back door because they know this in Lions defense is pursuing that's a good job staying at home on the backside and getting that stop but this is going to bring up a third and manageable for sure for walks aah hatchee third and manageable but we have seen them fail on third Downs now a few times down deep here and have to settle for field goals that they have missed they've got to get to the 11 for a first down Lemons with a defender on his back drags Kingston Parker for the first down wow and that's exactly what he did was drag Kingston Parker because wavy just knows where the marker is and he's just trying to get there to get that first down Shane talson said it to us earlier this week he said when you see Wade lemons you got to walk up to him and say what's up wavy and he said I promise you he will grin ear to ear and sure enough before the game we did exactly that and he started smiling big I think he really got a kick out of that he gets the hand off again and he crashes his way inside the five second down and goal for waah hatche at the four you got to watch this the senior center 6' 280 Ty Campa is down there got he has the he has the stadium smelling like an IHOP right now some pancaking going on there is an IHOP like right over there too is that what I'm smelling second down and goal from the four Wy again looking for a crease he's got another Wade Lemons with his second touchdown run of the Year watch the hatches In The End Zone again and look at the patient right patience right here from wavy recognizing that things are clogged up it's look no no sense putting my head up in that in that traffic I'm going to find a way outside he sees it open up and he runs straight to pay dirt and the score I'm telling you this in his Lions defense they're exhausted 310 left in the half Again The Swinging gate here we'll see if they go for it again they will Meyer Endzone did he cross the plane yes indeed more Bryson lanir on the receiving end and it's 15 nothing walks a Hatchy late second quarter on Friday Night [Applause] [Music] Football WFAA Sports to us it's about so much more than a highlight wins or losses it's the heart that makes up the game the Triumph of human spirit it's agony and victory die hards in day ones it can't divide or unify communities we give you the stats but inspire you with the stories the unpredictable Unforgettable and incomparable we bring it to you all because Sports 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the third quarter well I tell you what this right now this Indian defense has really giving the Lions all that they can handle changing up coverages and confusing the first time VAR quarterback and Xander Hinton Xander just needs to Cal down make some adjustments here at halftime and just trust what he's seeing a lot of times man guys have a hard time trusting their eyes when they get into live action we'll see what he can do here with 3 minutes and 10 seconds left again he's got weapons on the outside and they do feel like this year with Hinton playing quarterback more of a traditional throw it down the field style quarterback that they can get Grayson Harris the football they can get lamari and mcgallen and kylin Johnson and Aiden Jones the football they can push the ball down field this is a spot where they would certainly like to Hinton flushed out of the pocket big hit racing forward to annihilate the quarterback is Jordan Tolbert no gain on the play man I tell you what Jordan Tolbert he drops back into coverage because he is over the top of Grayson Harris but how about coming up and delivering the boom right there for number 14 so second down and 10 off the play action fake downfield behind Harris nearly intercepted then nearly a spectacular catch by Harris he tried to go obj on that one inom complete hey that would have been a spectacular catch if he was able to come down with it but man he wasn't able to get his hand back and come down with that ball he is an athlete but you see the way that the Indians are playing defense on their Brack hitting him off they are going to get lit everyone victimize them except for number zero third down and 10 can Hinton get something going stepping forward in the pocket been pressured all night over the middle complete for the first down diving to make the catches Kaden Griffin boy nobody just gave a sigh of relief like Xander Hinton on that one throw right there even though it was a bad ball it was low all right but nonetheless it's a first down they move the chains 2 minutes and 12 seconds left here in this second quarter hand off for farsy rather W Darius Jones on the carry give him four on the play but this final two minutes here in the first half I'm looking for the Lions to try and get something positive to happen if they can go into halftime Mike with at least a field goal I think this changes the dynamic of the way they feel about each other in the way that they performed here in the first half timeout called by waah hatchee let's take you back to the most controversial play in the history of this rivalry 2001 andison waah hatchee squaring off in a wild gritty back and forth Affair waah hatchee had the lead in the fourth quarter thanks to this touchdown run their fans loving every moment of it but on the final NIS Drive gram Harold a sophomore that Year Sam sun takes off on the Run looking for a game-winning touchdown ball punched out at the goal line walks a hatchee jumps on top touchdown Andis no he you tell me that's a fumble did he fumble before he crossed the goal line that's a fumble clearly or no oh this is revisionist history I know what you're doing to me I was it it was was ruled a touchdown it was ruled a touchdown it was ruled a touchdown and and is won that game 2115 still to this day debated down here in Ellis County out of the time out Jones slung down for a loss of a yard it's going to be third down and six they have talked about that play here along 287 for now 23 years and there's still plenty of disagreement was in the house that night our photographer got that shot oh that was close even Sam Harold when he told me this story three or four years ago and we came down to do a story about rivalries in north Texas and we named this rivalry the greatest rivalry in all of North Texas high school football and he told us that story he said even when he saw the replay he was like uh I mean I'll take the win but never admit yeah no no never ever Hinton doesn't want to let go of it throws it short second guessing whether he could Unleashed that one for Grayson Harris and it's fourth down and that's the one thing that you don't want to see is a quarterback pump faking that mean look he's just not sure in what he's seeing right now and obviously like I said at halftime is going to do him well to be able to sit down make some adjustments right now with a minute and a second left here in the first half but one thing this in his defense has to do is not allow a score out of this first half because Enis is going to do I would say the smart thing here and punt the football away on Fourth and six at their own 39 yd line that's too deep in your own territory to take a risk here so Hinton a line drive punt trying to keep it away from Micah sparza and does a really nice job of that this is a terrific punt that will be down at the 13 yd line a good job there by Anis to pin walk aah Hatchy D with 53 seconds left yeah great decision to punt that ball away but also pending pinning uh walks a Hatchy deep in their territory right now your defense again 53 seconds left try and get a stop and get back into the locker room the 103d meeting all time in the Battle of 287 this is the 86th consecutive year that they have played this game going all the way back to 1939 every single year they've played this game tonight the third installment and waah hatchee has got a 15 nothing lead two Wade lemons touchdown runs and they are in control as of right now again they will have the football to start the third quarter too we'll see if they try and do anything here on this final possession Meyer rolling left short throw kid complete they will stop stop the clock out of bounds 46 seconds and right now again the in his line staying aggressive on the outside and they have been spread out the 3x one formation making them play coverage here late in the first half the way that things have gone in the first half I think you'd be hesitant to kick a field goal but still Ethan Guan has shown that he has range maybe if you could get in range for a 45 y it would be worth a try at the very end of the half that ball is complete on the sideline first down walks a hatchee this is man this is a heck of a drive and how about this from Meer finding his guy at the sideline to stop the clock that's a great throw from a sophomore quarterback against his body hitting a another young player in Cohen Brown the Jun who you see limping off here this is a kid that I certainly hope he's okay because he has seen his recruiting blow up of late ran a 108 in the 100 meter and all of a sudden everybody went whoa Cohen Brown let us come see you bud he has blown up lately Shane talison was telling us all about how his recruiting has exploded of late makes a nice catch there but did have to go off we'll hope to see him back on the field here very shortly this time Meyer throws it away on First and 10 33 seconds left yeah great decision there by the Southmore live the fight another day how many times have you seen a young guy just try and make a play and make a critical era a response to one of the comments on the YouTube feed yes we will carry the halftime show from both bands both drill teams here on Friday Night Football the Golden Chick halftime show coming your way here in 33 seconds worth of game time second down and 10 near side complete again for k good form tackle on the near Side by Kiki Taran yeah good job by Kiki Taran but best thing that he does is keep him in bounds clock winds 209 Meyer the sophomore LED Lake me to a title a year ago in Nevada transferred in the starter is a sophomore this time flings it out of play it'll be fourth down and puts it to the track but I so impressed with him I had a bunch of question marks myself after after our interview with the head coach and look I know that they were trying to discover a lot about this guy and I think they are going to be settled in and really Pleasant not surprised at all I think they had an opportunity in the offseason in the spring to see what he has but man he's definitely solidified himself as the Shire starter here in waah hatchee fourth down and six they're going to go for it because time will likely expire anyway over the course course of this down Meyer trying to set up a deep shot fires lots of Enis Lions back there it falls incomplete and that is how the first half will come to an end Wade Lemons with a pair of touchdown runs in this first half Heckman Harrison and waah hatchee with a 15 nothing halftime lead yeah it looked like it was anyone's game for a few there in the first quarter obviously wah hatchee had a few big plays called back by really the unsportsmanlike and the fouls but man they kind of settled in they got another score they went for the two-point conversion and that's why they're up 15 to zero I'm looking at in this right now and I'm saying look guys you're not out of it you just got to get something going offensively a lot of times on their drives they G they've gone three and out quite a bit uh they haven't had any sustained drives is what I'm reaching for and that's exactly what they're going to have to do here in the second half when we return the Friday night football halftime show both bands both drill teams taking the field here momentarily we will bring you their performance after this on Friday Night Football North Texas it's a hot one today if you're planning on taking the pups out make sure to protect their paws that asphalt is going to be hot thanks d [Music] thanks delus possibly the most loved and hated man in north Texas whatever the weather brings we bring the delus WFAA has a legacy of changing the system growing up in Houston I did not see a lot of people who look like me consistently wearing their hair natural on TV so being a voice has always been the goal through her reporting Tashara Parker raised awareness and elevated the conversation to help the crown act be signed into law prohibiting 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communities we give you the stats but inspire you with the stories the unpredictable Unforgettable and incomparable we bring it to you all because Sports lives in all of us thanks for watching the Friday Night Football Halftime Show sponsored by Golden Chick second half ready to get underway here in just about a minute and a half time hagma Harrison the waah hatche Indians with a 15 nothing lead at the break Wade Lemons with a pair of touchdown runs waah hatchee has looked at points like they might be able to run away and hide from Andis but they didn't in that first half Andis able to come up with some key defensive stops a couple of key Miss field goals and they're still here in it yeah and it looked like to me in that first half if it were not for those self-inflicted wounds or injuries there from from the waah hatchee Indians they'd be up by more than just 15 here one of the things that I absolutely love though of the first half and any narrative that you write is going to be Jerry meia III has arrived at walks aache and I'm telling you he is showing that he is really good and man you're going to have some three years of some some Superior quarterback play he is willing and Dylan getting the ball to his receivers in spots but also Wade lemons man he is doing an awesome job of allowing this this offense to continue to move the ball and stay balanced that is the one thing that I really enjoyed about the way that the walk satche Indians played there in the first half there is something building here for Shane tson down here in waah hatchee the former defensive coordinator at Denton Ryan High School want a state championship with that program back in 2020 one of the very best Texas high school football programs we have ever seen But now here he is in waah hatchee playing in the Battle of 287 coaching against San harell a coach by the way that he played against back in the 90s when he was a linebacker himself at coracana high school just down the road now he's leading this waah hatchee program they've got a 15 nothing lead at the break and they are looking to build that state championship caliber program down here in Ellis County that Sam Harold built so many years ago just down the road in Enis now it looks like waah hatchee has got something at least percolating they're they're not to level yet they've still got a they've got Duncanville and dto weeks one and two of District play right out of the gate so hello that challenge there's still a mountain to climb but it look it seems like they're climbing yeah and Shane Tolson he really does have a healthy respect for this rivalry like you said he has been in it for a number of years and he is a great admirer of Coach Sam Harold and he says look man it's only for one game that I don't like him and he's I I can deal with that in this as soon as that game is over with I am back to loving everything that he is about as a coach and as a man so it will be waah hatchee football to start the second half Jerry Meyer the third the sophomore quarterback Wade Lemons with his 70 first half rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns and they will look to add to the field add excuse me add to the lead here as they take possession at the start of this third quarter shout out to grip fast films on the YouTube comments oh that's my sister-in-law my little brother's new bride commenting from up and Upstate New York as Andis kicks it off line drive kick into the end zone for a Touchback and out comes this waah hatchee offense 27 points a game a year ago the spread offense under offensive coordinator Scott Reynolds but this year with the new quarterback Meyer moving in from Nevada they looked pretty good Heckman in that first half no they really did and Reynolds he continued to dial it up and I think those screens he was allowing him his offense to keep this inis Lions defense off balance man he mixed it up really well but again I love the way that he also move the pocket with Jerry Meyer the third we saw a couple of times there with Cohen Brown he was running those reverses again he's making this Lions defense Chase sideline to sideline and that's why at the end of the first half I kept saying man maybe these guys are getting a little tired and glad they held on and didn't give up a score knowing that the Indians were getting the ball to start the second half Lemons with the first Carry of the second half crashes his way through Jarius Malone for a pickup of four you look at the first half stats waah hatchee with that 15 nothing lead lemon 70 carries 70 yards on 15 carries wa aachi doubling up Andis in total yards but also doubling them hekma in penalties and that's part of why this is is only 15 nothing walks a Hatchy yeah it is definitely the penalties that's telling the story and on the other side for the inis Lions it's the turnovers that's telling the story for them 87 yards rushing may not seem like much but it has been a big part of this ball game uh in the first half near side it's kid with the handoff and he gets planted at the 30 yd line cash Hendrick the junior third down and four a gain of two on the play but kid paid for those two yards say cash Hendricks I I talked about it earlier he had some touchdown saving tackles in the first half he is one of those guys that once he gets to you he is bringing everything with him as you saw right there his kid 1,400 of you with us right now on the WFA YouTube Channel please click the like button click the share button we will bring you a game every week here on Friday Night Football flags at the snap here on third down and four call it third and three officially both Lines Moving and that's where you see the sophomore really getting in his bag when he's starting to change up the Cadence and get guys to cut off sides I was reading the lips of the line judge that came in from the far side though saying I had the receiver this might be on the walk aah hatchee offense they're still debating we'll see what they come out with they will say that this goes against Denis yeah look it looked clear that that was going to go against Kingston Parker on the outside that he jumped a little bit early but like I said that's Jerry Meer II just obviously the general out there of that offense and when you can get a cheap one like that and also pick up the first down man that's love first and 10 at the 37 wise Beyond his years is Jerry Meyer flushed fires downfield across his body kid blown up and it's incomplete Kiki Taran making sure that was incomplete but look at Kiki Taran he's right now he's reading this play it's coming right to from left to right on him he's already camped out over here on the right side I'll tell you what there is zero crisis of confidence in the mind of Jerry Meer III that kid will throw against his body back across the field and put it on a dot yeah very has no lack of confidence hey man kind of unconventional you pointed it out before when he was rolling to his right it's excuse me rolling to his left and he throws it back over to his right that's some skillful stuff there from your quarterback lemons right up the gut waade lemons across Midfield into the secondary and dragging a tackler down to the 35 and that was all his offensive line look at this big hole opened up between that Center and guard man that a gap and wavy just makes his way up the field and again this running game is starting to pay dividends for the Indians a young man who broke his leg the Thursday before the Battle of 287 his sophomore year heartbroken by that getting a chance to play tonight as a senior already with two touchdown runs on the night and this time he leads the Indians offense into Anis territory he'll get the tote again and pick up four yeah this offensive line again for the walks hatchee Indians they're doing a really good job these guys up front you got some big bodies up front with Parker basar dickon and the other basar at 55 man but they are just doing a wonderful job of opening up these holes and allowing number two weade lemons to run through him the one 103d meeting all time in the Battle of 287 this game matters to these two football teams it might matter to the towns even more the ones who get to brag tomorrow around Ellis County on the line that could have been another face mask no flag may have gotten him up high on the shoulder pads twisting through it was laner the backup running back and he's got enough to move the chain and now look you were confused in the first half of between laner and lemons and there I was about to call that a wait lemons run and I was going to say look you can't tell if that's a face mask or not from how hard lemons is running but that's lenir they both have a similar running style like in addition to being similar physically they both just say either get out of my way or I'm moving you out of my way it's lanir again across the 15 keeps his feet inside the 10 first and goal walks a hatchee you know they like to call the two back offense thunder and lightning I'm just going to call this thunder and thunder both of these guys embody the same thing and how about the balance right there from number zero and and also delivering a a lick when he gets there crashing through Mason Jones to get to the 8 yd line and set up first and goal we saw waah hatchee on two occasions in the first half get deep into Anis territory struggle to finish a drive and have to settle for a field goal and both times they missed they did pay off finally that Drive Midway through the second quarter to make it 15 nothing can they pay this one off here to start the third quarter if I'm not mistaken that's deari and Cooper your linebacker in running back okay I just want to make sure I'm looking at this right you're you're not looking at it incorrectly that's the linebacker Cooper getting the carry he's replaced Now by Wade lemons but Cooper gets a stray carry and twisted both our brains there for a half a beat God this guy what doesn't he do I say he's been putting in work on the defensive side coach said you know what you've earned a carry second and goal from the five wildcat look lemons following kid to the end zone Wade Lemons with a hattick in the Battle of [Applause] 287 what a special run there by Wy look at him taking his time here here he's just setting up his blocks setting up his blocks peace sign I'm gone right to the end zone good job by number two for the third touchdown of the evening 21 nothing WS a hatchee and Wade lemons has all three touchdown runs [Music] [Music] extra point is up and through for Ethan guen Wade lemons 112 yds on the night and three touchdown runs and walks a hatchee with a 22 nothing lead in the Battle of 287 trying to say the sign stays with us tonight on Friday Night Football you need a team you can trust to prepare you for the day we are making sure that you have all the information you need looking out for you so we do have the heat advisory and the air quality alert in effect for today bold reporting reporting from playo Red Flag Warning in place Dynamic coverage live from Addison original content we are staying on top of this story of course be safe out there on the roads it's going to be a great time I am up with Daybreak what about you right now in Terell and in Dallas your your heat index is 107 everyone in mcken is dead it's hot in McKenna we'll fix that probably possibly the most loved and hated man in north Texas whatever the weather brings we bring the [Music] doas back on Friday Night Football 22 nothing the score in favor of waah hatchee Wade Lemons with all three touchdown runs tonight for the Indians and they are in in control as they get ready to kick it away Midway through this third quarter guen sending it deep for Grayson Harris over the head of the return team for Andis and it will be a Touchback and back out comes the junior quarterback Xander Hinton new starting quarterback for 2024 coming up from JV leading an NIS offense that a year ago he my average 30 plus points a game almost 31 points per game but they were playing with two wide receivers at the quarterback position Hinton more of a traditional pass the football down the field style QB did complete four of six passes in the first half 103 yards did have the one interception that was certainly not the throw he was looking for in that moment but he did show some ability to press the football down the field and maybe open up this inis offense a little bit yeah he's just not trusting his eyes right now Mike and everything he's sometimes the kid starts to see ghosts out there especially when the coverage changes on First and 10 he'll go to the air quick throw Far Side he's got Grayson Harris who is able to wiggle his way for a first down they need to get zero the football more that's just his second Catch of the Day for the young man that's on his way to Oklahoma and Chase Willingham just says no matter what the coverage is you go back and you throw the ball over here to Grayson Harris no matter what there's cover three cover two you get the ball out to number zero looking near side this time quick throw to lamary and McGowen who makes two guys miss nearly lost the football and picks up the first down in Midfield how about that from mwan making the first guy Miss and getting some positive yards aim the first down and just like that the lions come out and they get two first downs that's got to Galvanize this offense and give these guys an injection of confidence it's hard not to wonder what this game might look like if not for the Strip by jquan Snell on the Deep ball down they're going to try deep this time going up and Hauling it in up the far sideline is Harris one onone with Eli Thompson and gives him a little look afterward too he got to love that right there said gives him the year to small signal and man EMT Jones the receivers coach one of the best receivers coach in receivers coaches in college football is getting himself a Dandy of a of a wide receiver first and goal at the 10 and flags at the snap and it's guilty of a false start man what a catch by Grayson Harris you said it the game plan should be for Chase Willingham 0 0 zero zero more zero and no matter no matter what no matter what the coverage is you go back there and you get the ball out to to Grayson Harris but he had a step on his Defender the ball is slightly underthrown he's still able to come back yeah and get that and catch that ball that's a great job so now first and goal from the 15 for Hinton looking near side pressure in his face firing Endzone making an adjustment and Hauling it in lamarian mcgaan with the touchdown grab Andis on the board in a blink 1 minute 26 seconds later Lions say hey we got some life and Mike what did I tell you this kid Xander Hinton all he needed was a halftime he needed a halftime to go in and sit down and regroup that's a great ball on the outside getting it to only the place where your receiver can get it and score two now the two-point conversion as well for Andis 228 just like that another look at it here is Hinton fired into the end zone it's mcgallen again on the receiving end and Andis just like that heck Mah Harrison kind of back in this football game and if nothing else a big dose of confidence and that's all it is and that's exactly what they needed their confidence was at an alltime low in that first half and their defense was just trying to save them obviously if it were not for the penalties they would be behind by more but man coming out here in the first in this first in the second half finding a way to get on the board let's take you back real quick before this kickoff to 2018 the B at 287 this was Sam Harold's first game back on the sidelines after being gone for 9 years retired in 2009 due to complications with Ms went to Panama got stem cell treatment came back to the program in 2018 and here is quarterback Dylan Santos took off for the touchdown run Anis ran for 350 that night but waah hatchee got the win with Sam son Zack as the offensive coordinator for waah deanii Richardson who's now with the Panthers by the way ran for 161 and three scores waah hatchee won it in 2018 5432 the final but more than anything else that was the night welcome back Sam Harold even the fans from waah hatchee had welcome back coach Harold signs that night great to have Sam Harold back on the sidelines in Texas high school football right up the gut on the kickoff return and out to the 37 yd line is Bryson lanir and that's where waah hatchee will take over that lanir does it all not only run the ball but he also brings back kick and this guy is a big body returner you see him get up there and almost look for a quick second like this was going to be a house call good job by the coverage team getting in and getting a stop that is jamarquez far fary with the stop farsy the small running back getting in there making a play on special teams that's not nothing Midway point of this third quarter 14-point game can Andis get a stop and get back in this one complete over the middle lots of Running Room and breaking away is Cohen Brown there's that 10 800 met speed house call for the junior Cohen Brown touchdown walks a [Applause] Hatchy a flag after the play I think that's going to be on the celebration we'll check with the officials here in a moment but that flag came in very late I think after the play look at the speed there's the play action right there but man this is just a simp this is simply just a simple catch and pass that's that 108 speed showing up right there in a hurry I don't think anybody even got a hand on I don't think so 63 yards God man I mean he delivers that pass right on right at the hash mark but that's the reason why his recruiting is blowing up is because when you run a 10800 but not only just track speed it also is field speed as you see it right there man that was big time the first touchdown pass of Jerry Meyers waah Hatchy career after 58 of them a year ago go extra point no good wow so it will stay a 20-point game that extra point could wind up mattering and wahe has missed some kicks tonight two field goals and now a pat as well but the first touchdown pass in Jerry Meyers waah hatchee career is a 63 y to Cohen Brown and waah hatchee has got a 28 to8 lead mid thir quarter here on Friday Night Football WFAA Sports to us it's about so much more than a highlight wins or losses it's the heart that makes up the game the Triumph of human spirit it's Agony and victory die hards in day ones it can divide or unify communities we give you the stats but inspire you with the stories the unpredictable Unforgettable and incomparable we bring it to you all because Sports lives in all of us [Music] the 12yd touchdown catch a live broadcast of every play of the biggest high school football games next week Duncanville at South Oak Cliff stream the broadcast free next Friday night at 7 on WFA plus welcome to the big time Jerry Meyer yeah he has been really sharp tonight and you mentioned it earlier there were question marks not because anybody didn't think the kid was good but just okay let's see it in Texas we saw you do it in Nevada 58 touchdown passes LED Lake me do a state championship in small school Nevada football all right you want to come play Big School Texas football let's see what you can do um check check and check yeah man I tell you what he's doing also he is checking all the boxes with his weapons as well guys like trinton kid ladri Daniels they've got to feel really good about the quarterback position reverse here to Harris on the kickoff return trying to find some space Harris across Midfield and to the 48 in waah hatchee territory and is trying to take advantage of the field position with waah hatchee kicking off after the 15yd penalty they flip it to Harris he wasn't quite able to break it but still pretty good and that's the dangerous thing about that unsportsmanlike that unsportsmanlike penalty on a touchdown what it does is it victimizes your your kickoff team puts them in a bad position and man that was almost Grayson Parris taking it to the [Music] house so we saw Anis move the football in the last possession Xander Hinton can you do it again he found zero and two quite a bit they give it here to when Darius Jones strung out and driven back a loss of a yard man this J jquan snail number four we saw him make a play earlier obviously the strip was really important but look at where he's how he does this from the safety position at 6385 lbs he is all downhill and when you got a safety that can do that man that's a really special thing to see a guy come in and close out like that just showing range as a safety when Darius Jones the ball carrier a little dinged up on the play had to limp off jquan Snell is a heat seeking missile coming up from the safety position that kid plays Smashmouth football no he absolutely does he's he's like the avoid Mayhem guy in the insurance commercial you know it's always running into something second down and 11 pressure on Hinton gets away this kid's got some scoots able to turn what should have been a sack into maybe half a yard gain he's got some quick feet in the back field no he really does and telling you what he's moving a lot faster than he was in the first half also still trying to keep his eyes up the field but if he takes that sack man that's going to be a loss of some big yardage a big third and 11 here for Andis can you find Harris or mcgallen and move the chains Hinton Blitz in his face runs past it fires downfield leaping to make the catches McGaw for the first down lamarian mcgaan at the Apex sometimes it's better to be lucky than good and there a lot of luck associated with that duck that was thrown that thing is quacking on its way down but man Hinton stands in the pocket and he takes a lick he's limping ah they're going to get him off I don't know if he's if he's cramping Stills kind of humid out here we had seen a lot of guys go down with cramps we've done this long enough part that we've always seen in The First beginning of the Season guys on the on the carpet with cramps Hinton has to limp his way off Grayson Harris the wide receiver is also their backup quarterback he played some quarterback last year in a platoon with wand Davis I talked with Harris before the game I said you know I know you played quarterback last year is the plan for you to still take some snaps this year and it was kind of a uh maybe you know we we we'll how this kind of developed they've got a package they've got some you know whatever but I think it was a little bit and this is kind of me inferring from what he said it felt like kind of depends on how Xander plays and he didn't say that let me be a th% clear here that that was not I'm I'm inferring here on on my side of the table um but it kind of felt like hey you know what if Xander goes out there and balls out I think we're going to roll with this and cuzz they've got players like mcgan and Harris on the outside that can go downfield and make some plays for him and we saw that on that last Drive well it's good to see right now Xander H look like he's coming back outto the field and they call a timeout so that he doesn't have to stay on the sidelines for a play a worthwhile timeout seems to be moving okay they're going to Blitz him to make sure oh my goodness they had the play wats a Hatchy called timeout I'm not sure if that was talison or defensive coordinator lawen Willam somebody just saved the waah hatchee defense cuz they want whoa whoa whoa whoa we don't like this look time out time out time they stopped everything down because that was about to be six no right before the snap they call that timeout that is lucky right there because they had man on man on the outside and I think that's the coverage that they've been looking for and where Xander hiton hasn't been able to hit they had Grayson Harris up top for a 34 yd touchdown pass that really would have put some life into this one and it's looking to score on back-to-back possessions after they were held scoreless in the opening half JC is a proud supporter of the whs quarterback club and Indian football then his team that a year ago went five and seven did go two rounds deep in the playoffs they lost their uh the majority of their non-district games but went four and three in District play made the playoffs lost in the second round against a very good Lovejoy team this year bringing back five starters offense and defense Grayson Harris certainly the Crown Jewel amongst those returners oh absolutely they feel like they've got something here they're expected to be either the best or maybe second best team in 65 ad2 they're going to be a Challenger for a district Championship this year especially if Xander Hinton continues to develop hand off here for farc they've been able to move the throwing it they have not been able to run the ball yeah they cannot find the combination of you know trying to get into some type of Rhythm and the in the running Department I just feel like the Indians man they are crowding the line of scrimmage and a running back of farsy stature is not going to be able to get downhill on these guys second and 11 they cycle Harris back into the back field here to the left little pot pass and red brilliantly by the defensive front from waah hatchee Kade toison that's the sophomore linebacker the coach's son saw this coming in a blink so too did uh Gavin warsing at the bottom of the pile yeah Gavin warsing is just sitting right there at the nose guard position and he's like wow this is this is Christmas coming early when he sees that pop pass now he's the one who's down on the field though the Anis athletic training staff EJ Harriston Jeff hooks out to take a look at him he kind of made that tackle awkwardly he had his leg underneath them but that's a good job also recognizing from Kate toison a guy that's coming has some good jeans and future star here for the walks Hatchi Indians his father Shane we mentioned earlier played at corana back in the 90s still to this day the all-time leading tackler at corana high school played against Sam Harold coached Den his team's back back in the '90s played against waah hatchee back in the 9s now his son a sophomore starting outside linebacker should excuse me I should say inside linebacker they play kind of a 425 base concept with Jordan tolberg kind of in a Rover spot so tson one of those two inside linebackers alongside de Maran Cooper who's made a number of plays already tonight the biggest thing that coach toson talked about though with his son he said he's got all that pressure on him cuz he wants to go out there and and do the things that that I did in my playing chiss son you're playing 68 football and you're a sophomore take a little bit of pressure off yourself and just go out there and see ball get ball Hinton on third and 13 looking downfield trying to find somebody has to just dirt it and it's fourth down I tell you what I will take that from Xander hon under pressure at least he doesn't make him a mistake with the football trying to PR you know trying to press trying to fit a ball into a spot that he can't get it in to look throw it in the ground live the fight another day you know it's fourth down and and it definitely looks like it but like looks like they're going forward but going back to K Tomlinson you know look he has had himself a fantastic night as well uh doing a good job here as a South in action here on varsity they will quick kick it sometimes we'll see if they actually go for it here they will to the air goes Hinton deep ball from a gallan they they were not on the same page and it's a turnover on Downs he was looking for mcgallen mallan ran more of a post route and he looked further up the sideline yeah somebody had fade and somebody else had post maybe he went to the wrong side of the field but maau has been you know a bit of a lucky charm for him but he was open in the post man if he had got that ball to him the americ is a proud supporter of the I like the decision to go for it at this point in the game you got 14 minutes and change left to work with your running out of possessions you got to make something happen and why not dial up a deep ball to one of your two main weapons on the outside Harrison Mallen but just not on the same page and waah hatchee takes over now in control of this football game up three scores and with the football at their own 37 Meer oh look at that so pretty moving up in the pocket shuffling his feet recognizing he doesn't have anything there and throwing it to the sideline I love this kid this is beginning to look like more of a coronation than anything for Jerry is it I mean you're seeing Jeremiah III just really be cool and calm for a sophomore quarterback and I don't think these lights are too bright for him and I know look this is the 103d meeting between these two teams so he knows the history behind it trust me I can't wait to see him on Down the Line because he's going to have some big time games you and I talked about it earlier this week if he is what they think he can be as the handoff here goes up the middle for lemons and he pushes the pile for six if Jerry Meyer can be what they hoped he could be coming off 58 touchdown passes a year ago State title in Nevada they've got weapons on the outside we've seen what Cohen Brown can do we've seen what this is Wade lemons Who's down after the play kind of twisted up maybe trying to stretch out a cramp you hope that that's all this is but we have seen yeah that's what okay that's oh and a visceral reaction to the cramp oh I hate that feeling man I feel you Wy I really really do that is not a fun feeling um they've got weapons on the outside they've got Trenton kid and ladri Daniels and Cohen Brown and the transfer Tristian Gardner that yes last year played at mosquite horn but prior to that played at Dallas Lincoln Jerry Meer slinging around a little bit we have seen that tonight he's real like he there was this like hey is Jerry me is this a thing is this a it's a thing it's a thing now and if it's a thing they're interesting okay so I'm not going to go beyond interesting I'm not going to go hang on a second hang on a second hang on a second I was wondering I am not I am not a stupid man I know what's up on Camp Wisdom I know what's up F Eagle Drive I'm not going there hang on now I'm not going there that's what I was going to ask you I'm like look you're saying all these good things I want to know is that where you were leading were you leading into you know what I'm saying as Meer draws them off sides earns himself a free play looking downfield and incomplete I think what I am saying is I want to see yeah September 20th walks a hatchee at Duncanville I'm intrigued to see how it goes now yeah I'm intrigued to see how it goes you and I did the uh Duncanville doto game last year yes and we said in the open there are two teams in the entire state that can beat Dunville and it's doto and norshore that's it I will still stand on that platform so I do not expect as good as I think wah hatchee has looked tonight I do not expect for waah hatchee to beat Duncanville or doto who right now doto is the standard Bearer in the State winning 682 a year ago and beating 6 A1 Champion dunan that is a ridiculous mountain to climb and I don't know that waah hatche is quite ready to scale that mountain that's a totally different ask however I'm curious to see how those two games go because if this is who walks a Hatchy can be maybe they go eight and two okay that seems plausible Le let's let's pump the brakes though because between now and Duncanville dto they've got two really good non-district games toell and that are very interesting tests we we we will learn more about this team before they even get to those those two District openers those first two weeks of District play there's still time to learn more about this team but I'm intrigued I'm I'll leave it at that for right now they set up the screen here on second and 10 and a lot of running room here for lanir inside the 40 finally pushed Out of Bounds at the 35 another first down for the Indians offense and this is one of the things that I completely love about this offensive coordinator and the way that he's keeping this offense so balanced when he mixes in these long passes these short passes and then these screens he really has kept this defense off balance all night long but I tell you what Mike I was listening to you just a second ago and I'm like he's about to jump out the cake oh he's about to jump out the cake listen there's a comment here from TXS guo in the comments he said Duncanville and doto are going to spank waah hatchee I will stand right here in wah hatchee and absolutely allow for that possibility cuz that's how good Duncan Ville and doto are up the middle goes lanir again twisting his way across the 25 and another first down as the Indians offense continues to move the champ that is absolutely a possibility CU that's how good those programs are that this wahe team that looks to be quite good is probably not on that level because nobody's on that level yeah they I tell you what I've seen they are better than advertised and when you couple in what the expectation was on Jerry Meyer you're starting to see man that these guys can make some noise oh look at that meeting in the hole between cash Hendrick and Bryson laner that is football it's a two-yard game that's football and it's finest right there at this man on man oh man and and I'll tell you who's not litting up that's cash Hendrick and he is going to make sure that he gets lir down on the ground what a tackle and this guy Cass Hendricks has been doing this all game long what this does do is it puts the rest of these teams in 6A on notice as well in this District hey Lancaster you want to make playoffs that's going to be a game the Cedar Hill waah hatchee Lancaster Trio battling for those other two playoff spots is going to be a war November 1st that's going to be a game yeah yeah that's going to be a game that and going up going all the way up here to the Cedar Hill yeah that's going to be I mean so it's I think the way that you look at the District of Doom for the last couple of years is Duncanville D soda then this the rest of the guys right but I think waah hatchee is showing you right now that they're trying to separate themselves from the rest of those guys and they got a quarterback to go with it it certainly looks like it through three quarters wah hatchee looking sharp Jerry Meyer leading his team Wade lemons too let me not forget 288 the score in favor of waah hatchee in the Battle of 287 as we head to the fourth on Friday Night Football you need a team you can trust to prepare you for the day we are making sure that you have all the information 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been playing in some form or fashion since 1908 Teddy Roosevelt was president when this series began that is a difficult concept to wrap your brain around that is it really is yeah now these two towns man and don't forget about corana cuz they throw themselves in this fight also now they want to know hey you put 287 in there man waah hatchee and inis have been going at it for a long time and these these cities are not separated by many miles de Marian Cooper getting another carry and showing that he has some ability he says Hey run it back give me another one give me another one coer Cooper sniffing the end zone right now now that's that linebacker mentality he's like man in between the tackles I don't want to try and show the speed on the outside I'm a big body I want to get up in there with the big uglies he's going to stay out there for another snap second down and four from the seven gets the carry again and deari and Cooper's got the end zone he wanted that so bad and he's got it and waah hatchee builds the lead that is look how about that man deari Cooper's just saying look give me the ball I don't want to show any speed I'm not trying to go with a sweep or anything like that I this is a gap only and I know I'm going to score a seveny touchdown carry and he is still fired up on the near sideline he ain't going to forget that wah hatchee offense has looked sharp tonight 3 finally on the board that's the first one since 7even nothing wow no I'm sorry they hit one for 22 it was the Miss field goals they missed the pat after they scored the touchdown pass to coh Brown but another Pat is through and it is 35 to8 in favor of waah hatchee the seveny touchdown run for de Maran Cooper and with 1123 to play Anis now finds themselves in a very very big hole there was a moment and it scored to make it 22 to8 if they could have gotten a stop there and gotten the football back maybe they could have started to turn this game around instead the very first snap of that possession was the 63 yd touchdown pass from Meyer to Cohen Brown and uh that took a little wind out of the saes of Sam Harold's team well what you what you got coming out of halftime was a was a sign of Life uh from inis and I think with that sign of life you said look this offense is starting to you're starting to see that there's some big play potential if they can just get the ball out to guys like Grayson Harris and lamarian mwan uh but those passes started to go arai again what did they do they changed their coverage confuse their quarterback and look he's look he's seeing ghosts again what he's got to do is just continue to trust himself get the ball out to his Playmakers and no matter what man just try and find a way to move the change and chains and get positive yardage we've seen that he came out got that first first down the second first down and the confidence just went through the roof then after that we hadn't seen that confidence again I'm curious 3/4s in what do you think of the battle of 287 it is for Real it is legit okay I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to get out of here that's the biggest question how do I get out of here because it is jam-packed we got people down all in the track kickoff return here for Andis crashing his way to the 20 ydd line is when Darius Jones May your pardon that's farc his backfield mate on the return yeah farc he might be a small guy but he is not scared he is going to stick his head up in there and he runs like a much bigger back than what he is what he call that little man syndrome hey he's got a case of it is that what it is man he somebody need to tell this guy he's not 63 250 that he will run up in there I'm me telling you I'm excited about inis as well just to see what they're going to do in 5A you talk about what they did last season that was a tough team and a tough out for a lot of a lot of teams they don't want to see in in the first round of the playoffs cuz it's going to be a dog fight on First and 10 quick swing pass out to The Far Side when Darius Jones pushed down out of bounds I went to look this up over the course of this week it's the Battle of 287 they've been calling it that for forever they've been playing this game since 1908 287 didn't exist until 1935 so I do wonder what did they call it before that but uh the the Rivalry itself predates the road well they probably played it a lot earlier back then for lighting reasons all right but uh I don't know just two teams that just probably had a disdain for each other and said look why don't we settle this on the on the football field man it's just great to be a part of it it's also great you know Mike to have these opportunities to talk to these legendary coaches I mean obviously being somebody that has been in Texas High School Football as long as I have and know the history of certain coaches having an opportunity to sit down and talk to coach Sam Herold was really going to be one of the highlights of my broadcasting career to be a to just sit down with somebody and talk to them and you know they have a wealth of knowledge about the game and can talk intelligently about how the game is changed and my number one question to him was how has the game changed and he's like look the kids haven't changed the kids are just kids he's like I think the Social Media stuff is really kind of phones he say phones have changed everybody got a phone everybody got a phone he said but these kids are still the same they're still eager to learn and come to work and and try and get to the next level and he says all you got to do is just love on these kids and pour into them and this is a big time fourth and one Whatever chance Andis has left rides on this fourth and one here and they're going to call a timeout prior to this fourth and one we talked about Harold and his battle with Ms had to retire in 2009 went to Panama to do stem cell treatments and he said he and I talked a little bit earlier today in addition to our phone call earlier this week I went up and visited with him in the Press Box before kickoff and he said Mike I had eight or nine years where I was basically symptom free he said I was the poster child for stem cell treatment and he said it's just been in the last two years or so that it has started to come back and he's now back coaching from the Press Box he put coach from the Press Box last year he will this year as well um but I was really impressed with and honestly inspired by what he said to the two of us on the phone when we spoke with him earlier this week he said he's trying to teach his kids when life gets tough you got to get tough you don't want to give up and just quit and he's not doing that and neither is his football team here on fourth down and one from their own 30 yd line keeping it himself is Harris and he's got the first down still twisting his way across the 35 to the 38 yd line first down Andis and the Lions whatever life they have they still have and maybe that was the twinkle in his eye that you saw for Grayson Harris when you were asking him about playing quarterback that he knew they had that package and he didn't want to give that away so I can't tell Mike I can't give that up I know right yeah there was a little bit of like well you know that was the hesitation that you saw that was it because he knew that they had that package yeah another player down after the play it is a walk aah hatche Indian and more cramps looks like it I think it's Eli Thompson their senior Corner somebody that Shane toson says has been a great leader for this program dealing with a cramp as we have seen a little bit of tonight we saw Wade lemon's dealing with one as well beg your pardon it's jquan Snell the sophomore this kid I'll tell you what number four for waah hatchee dealing with a cramp right now trying to walk it off that dude can go yeah you want somebody to keep an eye on over the course of the next few years as his recruiting is going to blow up already has 16 offers as a high school sophomore Shane talison said I he said I see big things for this kid no he's he he's a baller and you see it it's it's been for four quarters this kid has been playing like this and again all downhill and also great things and coverage from this guy a lot of range and a ball Hawking ability out there for number four but great Harris with a move look at Grayson Harris across Midfield and another first down look at him split these two Defenders that's just quickness right there oh he makes Cooper and another Defender run to each other oh my [Music] God I need to give Chase Willingham the offensive coordinator for Manis a phone call dude zero 0 z0 Z that is the game plan fantastic man he going to simplify his Playbook deep ball looking up the sideline for mwan oh my are you kidding me what a catch lamarian mwan what wow this ball hangs in the air he has a foot and these guys are hand fighting all the way down the sideline but Lamar mwan goes up for it and that's all heart right there than hustle he caught the back half of the football yeah that was unbelievable first and 10 from the 12 nowhere to go in the running game for the NIS lions at least in the middle you saw the one run from Grayson Harris a moment ago as he got to the outside but it has been tough sledding for farsy who carried there and for when Darius Jones they have not been able to find any sort of running now fary is a tough customer I'm telling you I call a cad little man syndrome he's just tough you know and he doesn't back down and he and with his size you ask yourself I me he's willing to put his head up in there and he's trying to Bow over uh Defenders but he has a touch of speed to him as well I want to see this kid trying and bounce one out Hinton with pressure over the middle Harris makes a man Miss Grayson Harris fighting free yardage Grayson Harris down at the one gosh that's just all he's going to continue the battle look at him battling here man he has Defenders on him dragging on him pulling on him doesn't lose the ball but and he is trying to take these guys into the end zone is they're tearing his jersey off of him first and goal at the one yd line Grayson Harris listen Andis is down 27 I get it but Grayson Harris can play we have seen that on full display tonight he's a special talent yeah fade ball to the out you know EXA that's where you go with the ball of course a flag on the play but I think the timeout from waah hatchee came prior to the flag no flag is 724 in the fourth Wade Lemons with three touchdown runs tonight to lead the way for waah hatchee well over 100 rushing yards as well as the Indians LED 15 nothing at halftime LED 22 nothing early on in the third quarter finally the NIS offense got rolling isander Hinton hit lamary and mcgallen for the touchdown pass with the 601 left in the third quarter to get the off and that offens that drive was impressive for Andis and was really the first sign of life from this Lions offense here in 2024 but waah hatchee on the very next play from scrimmage had the 63 yard touchdown pass from Meyer to Cohen Brown and then waah hatchee is added another score on top of that the Cooper touchdown run from Seven yds out Andis with a nice drive here had the fourth down conversion hgma they're trying to cap it off here and cut it back down to a three-score game but they definitely have their work cut out for them down 27 with 724 to play yeah this just offense just hasn't been able to move the ball as efficiently as you would like especially in the situation like this to be you're going to have to if you were on the comeback you'd have to get some quick scores we just hadn't seen them look like they have the capability to be able to do that another flag comes out there on the far side fary driven back will check the flag a loss of three on the play on the [Music] play they're signaling false start which should have just killed the play there shouldn't even be right like the referee's looking at the waah hatchee sideline they going to repeat the down clearly yeah no well I think the the confusion there at least for me is that's a false start that's a pre- snap penalty there is no play right so there is no decision for Shane talison whether you want to accept the penalty or not the decisions made for you so I'm a little confused as to why the referee was looking near side to ask for tolson's decision it will be first and goal from the six Aiden Jones the motion man looking backside wide open for the touchdown for Andis is Ryder Newman and that's great that's a great play design they come out with a bunch formation everybody in tight and Newman and at the tight at the tight end position he just leaks out and an easy pass and catch for Newman the 6-y touchdown hookup 652 here in the fourth Andis coming out with their own swinging gate here Grayson Harris looks like he's going to take the direct [Music] snap okay and just try and run straight forward and reaches they're going to SA short just barely short Harris trying to argue that he stretched it out across the line another look at it here well this is two on Five I don't know how this one is going to be successful uh he oh that looked good I'm not sure he didn't get there yeah that looked good man that was awfully close it will stay 3514 again no Replay in Texas high school football and until we get to the state championship games so the ruling on the field is what will stand student council buying treat for the game located [Music] 1107 3514 our score we got to imagine some sort of onside kick is coming here one more look at the two-point conversion to see if Grayson Harris got in twisting is his knee down oh they going I don't think anything was down elbow knee until he reached that out that that looks like a two-point conversion to me 354 though our score be a surprise on sided here not that it would be much of a surprise waah hatch's got nine guys within oh yeah hand a 10 yard space from the 50 to the 40 yeah hands team they will kick the onside kick squibs right into the belly of Tristian Gardner and it's Indian football yeah just the way they designed it Tristan Gardner right there with hands team and securing the ball on the onside kick with 651 and you ask yourself do the Indians keep their foot on the pedal cuz to me it just feels like they have this Victory secured with the way that the defense has been playing yeah that big offensive line of the wah hatche Indians Elijah Mendoza Justin Williams Ty Campa Daryl Martin Gavin Ford Malik dmuk out there right now the sophomore 63 260 they got some beef up front and that's something that thalson really felt like hey that's part of why we might be able to make a jump this year is because of the size that they have they run the reverse here and look at all the Running Room up the near sideline for desan Curley that's Jeremy Curley's son the old New York Giant taking off running just a sophomore they like this kid's Talent too and what his future looks like and a lot of speed on that misdirection getting itself around that edge we've seen that play three times here tonight first and 10 I think that's the biggest gain we've seen so far on that play first and 10 walks a hatchee at the 23 comment here from Mr Nash 1959 said he's an NIS fan I'm sure based on what the conversation I've been seeing him having in the YouTube chat as the hand off here goes to lemons and he hops out of bounds he got sideways with something yeah another CR I think his look like his shoe almost fell off but yeah it might just be another Crown yeah these guys are going to be fighting the crowns man it's yeah yeah he just told one of the athletic trainers he was good um the comment here for Mr ntion I feel like this is a a salian point he said we can't judge our season on winning tonight if we do we in trouble that's a very fair point this is a 5A D2 program playing a big 6A school that went to the 6A D1 playoffs a year ago it's not that's that's a really nice play by Kingston Parker to take down laner for no gain maybe a loss of a yard coming off the edge for number 42 again this guy's been playing like lights out the entire game just look man this game has gotten away from him and not much impact there for number 42 but to that point you put Grayson Harris and the talent that they have on the outside lamarian mcgallen and give a little bit more experience to Xander Hinton in 58 D2 and 658 D2 in District play Oh yeah this is an N team that's going to have a pretty good season I think yeah they're going to be a challenge for a lot of people in down goes Meyer sacked from behind Xavier Collins he's a young man who's going to be the leader of this Anis defense this year their the defense hadn't had a great night but this kid can play no he absolutely can and you see him come on the blitz and finally some pressure gets through I mean this this offensive line for waah hatchee has been Stonewall in this entire game these guys up front have played magnificent and finally Xavier Collins the guy that we came in anticipating was going to have a big night tonight finally gets through and gets a stop tackle for a loss he had a Paras sacks a year ago he's got one there of Jerry Meyer and it's fourth down and 17 they've got to get to the 13 yd line to move the sticks well out of field goal range they're going to take a shot look at the laser over the middle first down and then some inside the 10 yd line for Cohen brown ladies and gentlemen oh my Jerry Meyer sophomore quarterback kid can sling it yeah that's uh that's good money right there we've been seeing it this whole time him just finding those little spots in the zone and delivering it man this this kid has a really high football IQ and that's the one thing that I love about seeing him not only that when we go back and look at the tape his footwork is impeccable the way that he man in the pocket and look I know I was trying to get you to say something earlier I will just say this okay I think he's going to surprise a lot of teams and there may be a big upset in the district of Doom not calling out anybody I'm just saying it may be a big upset up the middle and Wade lemons has number four he had eight last year he's halfway to that total after week one well you did touchdown waah hatchee you did it again because that's lanir oh no oh my goodness oh no Grayson lanir I am so sorry my friend did it again his first touchdown run of the Year Bryson lanir you're a fantastic Runner yourself oh my goodness I am so sorry it's all good Wayne lemons and Bryon lanir y'all are twins my man just same guy tearing up this defense and just got me Twisted sideways hey no way to tell one from another and Mike I'm telling you know just the number on the back of his jersey that's it it's just the same running style these guys run with it's easy to confuse those two I didn't want you to look up and just say oh my God that's lir it's all right oh goodness hey I gave you I gave you credit with being in mid-season form I going to take that back oh my yeah not quite my man not quite hey the referees the band everybody's trying to get get inform formed here it's going to be a long season we're going to be doing aot lot of these oh goodness Bryson laner with the touchdown run and waah hatchee has opened this thing up now 424 to score with 419 to play in the fourth quarter I tell you I'm a big fan of Coach Tolson after our conversation with him man just knowing that he's a dad of a Texas high school football player and hey we kind of had a meeting of the minds in that conversation because he knows that as I told him I said look I I got a son that's playing varsity wide receiver and man hey I I my my quote was I'm going to pray for you you pray for me because I know it's probably just as hard being a coach and and having your son on the same team and man he imparted some great wisdom to me that I think I took the heart I wrote it down and I want to make sure that I do that as well and he's just like he's one of those great guys man and his words to me uh was look man I just want to make sure that I have more in common with my son than just football and I thought that that resonated that resonated with me as a dad because man I'm you know after you know playing division one ball and having a son that aspires to do the same thing the it's a pressure cooker they always eager to please and and and letting you know that look they're working just as hard but the thing about it is these are these are young men at the end of the day and and obviously this game uh is a lot of pressure uh to play it I just want to be able to meet him where he is to make sure that I'm answering all of those questions for him as a dad and not as someone that has expectations uh of him as a player so like I said I'm a big fan of Shane tulson because he's levelheaded and and and look as a dad first you know he's able to lead these men but also keep uh perspective on everything on First and 10 hit and throwing near side incomplete passing from number 13 Johnson some backups on the field for both teams at this point in a 28-point game to that end do we have a score update on copell saxi I know your son is playing tonight I I haven't looked I I haven't looked I haven't looked I'm I'm trying to to to stay away right now I'm trying to focus on where I am keep my feet where they are but listen I I hear you but you and I are both battling that right now because you're trying to worry about your son playing his first uh varsity game tonight for uh for saxi heck I might have a son somewhere in the next 48 to 72 hours I'm waiting on that phone call so we don't know boy or girl but uh heck I might be following you and Coach Tyson down that path sometime in the not too distant future so both of us are a bit uh got to get our antennas up man it's a lot going on I think you know what in just being fair I think you got a lot more pressure on you than me so yeah so Mrs Leslie we're praying for you and good luck oh that ball came out I think he was already down there it's recovered by Enis oh he's down Xander Hinton does stay down after the play after he was twisted to the ground yeah twisted around he's back on his feet looks to be okay I saw that looked bad I saw uh excuse me kylin Johnson get up and start like signaling hey come here come here come here and I was worried that there was something really wrong he was signaling to Jackson Johnson one of the other wide receivers um I saw that too I was like well he's he's he's pointing towards the wrong bench bench is the other way Hinton does come off for a play at the very least Grayson Harris is going to take this snap from quarterback third down and 11 and he'll look to go to the air fires near side just beyond the grasp of the intended target Kaden Griffin and it's fourth down and that may be and that may be a wrinkle also for the inis lines that they have to switch things up and get Grayson Harris involved at the quarterback also to make make uh defenses back up a little bit Yeah they will have Kaden Griffin punt this one with Hinton on the sideline Hinton is on his feet on the far side but getting looked at low snap nice job by Griffin to be able to catch it and get the punt away it'll bounce Out of Bounds at the 48 yd line and waah hatchee will take over there looking ahead for these two teams Andis plays Midlothian and burles Centennial in non District play over the next two weeks then in District they are in 65 ad2 this year year with Kaufman Midlothian Heritage Greenville Terrell Crandle mosquit potit and corana in that order this year for the Anis lion schedule that NIS at Midlothian Heritage game just a little further up 287 in uh 4 weeks time September 27th that may well be your District championship game in 6582 that looks to be your two top teams in the district obviously you know Terrell may have some things to say about that maybe Crandle um but it looks to be at least preseason like that's your top two teams in that District they run this little reverse once again this time again it comes to Curley that ball came out at the end of the play popped up over the head of another Indian ladri Daniels pick up of seven on the play three minutes left in this one make sure to flip over to WFA tonight at 10:15 for high school game night as part of the 10:00 news Joe Tran is up at the ARG Frisco Lone Star game tonight a battle of top 10 teams in 5A division 2 line Michelle Montaine our new reporter out at the Dallas Jesuit this is testing my memory Hein game Dallas Jesuit Hein game tonight she'll have highlights from that one Joe's got the highlights of his game and some others around the area I'll jump on and do some highlights of this game tonight in uh a little over a half an hour's time penalty here on waah hatchee prior to Second down and four so it'll be second and nine looking ahead for waah hatchee we mentioned they n districts late Capel and forny the next two weeks Duncanville and doto their first two District games on the 20 and 27th before their bye then mosqu horns Cedar Hill Skyline Lancaster and mosqu up the middle on the run a first down for a waah Hatchi well I couldn't help but look at the Dallas Morning News and it looks like uh saxi is losing 24 to 10 to 2410 yeah so yeah long season ahead lot of time for L heck heck M Harrison J to go out there and make some plays for saxi this year at the wide receiver spot yeah playing opposite by the way one of the best wide receivers in the country absolutely oh my that kid is a treat to watch and khik Lockett five star everything that the University of Texas commit and if memory serves khle Lockett who we're talking about the number two wide receiver in the state only behind Mo Dori and Moore at Duncanville yeah Andor Mo going to the University of Oregon little bit of a surprise that commitment that came down earlier this summer yeah big time Big Time commits man these wide receivers here in North Texas man so much talent we're going to go man we're going to see so many great quarterbacks this year get an opportunity to see we're at what Duncanville next week man there is just a lot of great talent that we are going to cover here on WFA looking forward to the schedule we started it off with a bang for sure Nolan Bernard in there a quarterback here for waah hatchee getting some experience late in a four touchdown game throwing deep and intercepted Kiki tarant with the pick and he'll look to return here Taran out across the 20 some speed across the 30 and it's it's Bernard the quarterback who threw the pick who makes the tackle to end the return for KiKi Taran give you a look ahead 10x week you mention it Duncanville and South Oak Cliff oh I beg your pardon this is this is looking back one more time this is the uh waah hatchee state championship from 1992 let's go ahead and give you a look at this because this is something the waahi fans certainly would love to relive certainly would love to hope that maybe Shane tolson's building a program that can go do this kind of thing again four touchdown three touchdown runs that day for quarterback Lamont Moore the touchdown run late from Sammy Overton gave them the lead 28-24 coming back to beat the defending Champion A&M Consolidated that year for the title in 1992 and that waah hatchee team went 16 and0 the best team in program history and they have a plaque right outside here at lumpin Stadium celebrating that program this year's team will start one and0 undercut on the run is Desmond Johnson if this team goes 16 and0 well they are going to they are going to be Legend der here in waah hatchee and they have so much tough opposition on that schedule but I know you got to trust that this is a team that can deal with it one of the things that I'm definitely confident in is their quarterback Jerry Meer III ladies and gentlemen welcome him to Texas High School Football he put on a show here today he absolutely did as did this waah Hatchy team as a whole and the Indians start the year one and with a 4214 win the sign will stay in waah hatchee the Battle of 287 goes to the Indians once again and this time in dominant fashion Shane talison has got himself per something percolating down here in Ellis County well not only the offense and I mean I can go on and on and on about WBY and the way that he played he's so tough as an inside Runner he has a running mate with him as well Bryson lanir can't tail him apart guys on the outside really do a good job Cohen Brown showed me his speed on that one score again he takes a ball 60 yards untouched on just a simple five five yd route but the other part to me that I think is so important is that defense as you see the 287 Sign Making its way around the track and uh that's basically say yeah that's basically saying this thing is here to stay it's going to be right here on our campus Jacob Irvin the senior defensive tackle went and planted that thing on the waah Hatchy side where it has been now for a couple years they will keep the sign here in waah hatchee for one more year 4214 the final score tonight Wade Lemons with three touchdown runs Bryson lanir and dearion Cooper both with touchdown runs Jerry Meyer with his first touchdown pass as a waah hatchee Indian to Cohen Brown and a very impressive showing from Shane tolson's Club as they will start the year one and0 Andis gets a couple of touchdown passes from their new quarterback the junior Xander Hinton lamarian mcgallen and Ryder Newman on the receiving end of those two it looks like Andis has got something building themselves this year again they're punching up a couple weight classes tonight this rivalry has been Sam Harold sent me a text earlier today just to kind of illustrate the the way that the towns have changed the numbers within the two football programs now very different than it was Once Upon a Time waah hatchee has well over 400 players within their football program Andis has 152 431 for waah hatchee Andis has 152 and that's not to make any excuses or or what and he's not trying to do that either but it's just to illustrate waah hatchee as a town has really grown in the last certainly 10 years maybe even beyond that Andis hasn't grown with the same fervor and it's now a 5 A2 program Andis or waah hatchee rather is now this big 6A they're very different programs at this point all of that to say Andis losing 42 to 14 tonight is not necessarily indicative of the Season they're going to have they've gotten some Talent out there we saw Grayson Harris and lamary and mwan make some serious plays tonight there's something that Sam and his team have got to work with going forward yeah and it's location location location for walks at AE and this is a talk about a program and a school and School District that's thinking about incorporating another high school that's how many kids that they have here uh at their school but here here's my my point I I think that waah hatche came in with the pressure on them as a 6A school if they gave up any ground or show that they were inferior in talent I think the ears go up of everybody else in in 6A they they treated this team exactly the way that they needed to they had to show up and show that they were a Powerhouse team in this District in 6A uh and deal with them accordingly they put them to bed early right and you love to see that from a team that obviously is trying to make the next step to be taken and put into the same breath as the Duncanville and the Doos they have a lot of tough games ahead your next game is against a Capel team that has a great quarterback back a great defense and a great uh excuse me Great Wide receiving group and after that you got forny forny is a great team as well and so there's going to be some opposition that's going to come up down the road that you're going to be tested but right now as I'm looking at it they have all the all the Playmakers and on that defense I was trying to mention the guy in Jordan Tolbert uh but also jquan Snell the softmore as you talked about that kid man he is lights out K Porter the secret we won't talk about him but I will say this he is a player that I think the secret is out that look you got to get somebody out there to deal with a kid like that but last but not least Jeremiah III I I mean look if there was any questions in the conversation that we had with Coach Tolson um they've all been answered tonight no question about it looking ahead to next week Duncanville and South Oak Cliff two of the standard Bearer programs in Texas High School Football Duncanville the the defending champs in 681 sock has played for a title each of the last three years winning two of them they certainly want to get back and reclaim what they believe is rightfully theirs both these two teams giving each other a test one week from tonight right here on Friday Night Football I just got to say this I'm so torn about this game I'm torn in half I don't I don't know how I feel about it you know I got my brother Jason Todd on one side and it's almost like I got my dad on the other side Reginal sample so look I it's a family affair uh next Friday and I'm just oh man that's going to be a good one you talk about the that those two teams um Duncanville Winning State last year South Oak Cliff missing by a call last year at AT&T Stadium look Jason Todd is is unrelenting in his Pursuit for state titles he has the talent to get back and that's look that's another one of those five 68 games where you think look the 68 team should be able to handle their opponents and I tell you what South o Cliff has a lot of talent and a lot of speed to be able to compete in that game a few years ago those games were like 59 to3 they keep getting closer and closer and closer so South Oak Cliff's got something working we'll see if they can uh if they do that they'd shock the state they would as good as South Oak Cliff is that would be shocking give you a look at our complete season schedule going forward cuz we got some bangers coming as this SE season rolls on backto back weeks with number two versus number one in the state 5 ad1 Denton Ryan at Alo on October the 4th and the biggest public high school football game in America in 2024's regular season Duncanville at doto on October the 11th those two games just by themselves are worth the price of admission and there's some really good ones on here as well that we are very excited for forny rock wall to me is a sneaky exciting game that I'm looking forward to being out there for cville Heritage AR guy two teams in the top 10 and 5 ad2 I'm intrigued certainly by next week and the other non- District game that we've got Denton guy North Crowley there's a lot of really interesting football games to come this season November 1st and November 8th still TBD we'll figure that out as the year goes along I got I got a couple games I know right we've already kind of like yeah you know there's there's a couple that work um we try to spread the love as best we can but I know I'm picking up what you're putting down and and yeah walk a hatchee Lancaster on November 1st looks like it might be a pretty good football game that's got uh my radar up if nothing else yeah North carow and that D Guy game Chris Jimerson at North at North Crowley Ray Gates man he is building something after being eliminated by Duncanville last year in the semi-finals they're getting closer and closer out out in what do they call Goon Crowley or goon go goon Worth or what are they calling it out there but at goon City excuse me goon City and it's north Crowley versus everybody it's not just a name it is a lifestyle Denton guy's got a quarterback too by the way Kevin Sperry played at uh Prosper Rock Hill if memory serves then went to Oklahoma for a year now he's back to Texas transferred into Denton guire he's going to be the quarterback for the Wildcats if he's as good as everybody says he is and he was really good when he was a freshman in sophomore at Rock Hill guy might be better than the 38th best team in the state in 6A and that game might be more interesting than everybody thinks it is today today here in waah hatchee though it is the waah hatchee Indians that get the win Andis Falls to 0 and one to start the year waah hatchee keeps the Battle of 287 sign right here in waah hatchee a 424 1 win to cap it off way Lemons with three touchdown runs to lead the way and the Indians start the year one and0 for our entire Friday night football team our director clay Marshall our photographers Graham rer and Cody prior HEC Mah Harrison alongside I'm Mike Leslie thanks so much for tuning in tonight for the season premiere of Friday Night Football so much more to come this season e for