HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL (Houston area)

In Houston, Texas Football is the shinning lights on Friday after noon. It is the event for your Friday evening in the fall. The Lamar High School Redskins in Houston, Texas made it to the State Finals last year , but would get beat by the Allen Eagles in the State finals game. This season the Redskins had something to prove since there trip to state last season.

The  Lamar redskins have kicked off the season to an excellent start with a 4-0 record. (Minus the matchup between Aleif Elsik). Their dominance did not change  as they took on their first district game of the season. On September 27 against the Westbury Rebels. Over all the match-up of the Redskins and Rebels was a sight to see. The redskins started  the game off with an astonishing 41 points gained in the first quarter. The redskins didn’t just lead on the score board, they also gained 8 1^st  downs with quarterback, Darrell Colbert, leading the way, throwing for over 109 yards. Other stand out players in the game included  running back Levy Whitening, who rushed for over 102 yards, and leading the redskins on the defensive side of the ball was Ira Lewis and Kyran Mitchell, who both received  4 tackles a piece. This was  one worthy of watching as the redskins continued to lead the game to a Lamar victor, ending in a shut out of 55-0. The next match-up of the redskins came on October 11^th as they took on the Westside wolves. The wolves came into the match-up 4-1. The redskins would end the first half with complete control of the ball game, out scoring the wolves 34-14 in the first half. Their dominance would carry over to the second half , as they would win the ball game 71-21. Important offensive players were Darrell Colbert with 130 yards passing and Nicholas Turner with 67 yards receiving. On the ground offensive player Ronnie Wesley would play a big role in the win with 83 yards on the ground. Key defensive players were Trevion Duncan and John Plattenburg. The Redskins would advance to a 5-0 on the season.