Stepp's Ten Thoughts from Week 3 of the TXHSFB Season

Weather impacts for the second straight week
For the second straight week, Mother Nature had quite the impact on Texas high school football and forced a slew of games scheduled for Friday night along the coast to get moved to Thursday night. The entire Corpus Christi area saw its games played Thursday, including my scheduled Friday game pitting George West at Goliad.

There was a large slate of games in the Rio Grande Valley that were moved to Thursday as well. There were also a few cancellations, most notably El Paso Del Valle-Hutto and Converse Judson-Harlingen. The DFW area which bore the brunt of weather impacts last week was expected to be spared of the rough weather, but there were impacts and several games called early, most notably Allen-Coppell.

Newton handles West Orange-Stark in Golden Triangle showdown
As mentioned earlier, West Orange-Stark is off to a 1-2 start on the year, partly due to the dominance of Class 3A Newton who has staked its claim early on as the state’s best pound-for- pound team after an impressive 21-7 win over 4A WOS Friday night. Newton got big plays in the win from its trio of TCU commits and the defensive unit rose to the occasion on a sloppy track down in Orange. The Eagles won the game without head coach W.T. Johnston on the sidelines as he missed the game to receive medical treatment. The Eagles have a chance to make another major statement in two weeks when they host another 4A powerhouse in Gilmer.