High school football 2010 kicks off this week!

Football season kicks off this week and the LSN is the place to be to hear or watch many of the top teams in the state in Week 0 and all season long!

This week, Legacy Sports Network premieres its expanded presence in statewide sports and eleven state-ranked teams in the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football preseason polls can be heard on the LSN, including three huge opening-week match-ups between Top 10 teams.

The second season of FabEnCo The 1560 Game of the Week presented by First Community Credit Union kicks off on 1560 the Game in Houston on Friday with a battle between the Class 5A No. 3 Katy Tigers and the Class 5A No. 9 North Shore Mustangs.

Katy came close two winning a third-consecutive state title in 2009, losing to Abilene in the Class 5A Division 2 championship game. With Donovann Young and Brooks Haack leading the offense and Colt Atwood and Grant Clifton leading the defense, they appear poised to make another run at a state championship.

North Shore did not win a district title for the first time in years in 2009, losing at Durley Stadium in Beaumont in Week 10 of the 2009 season to West Brook. The Mustangs then made an uncharacteristic early exit from the playoffs, losing in the area round to Brazoswood.

But North Shore returns seven starters on each side of the ball in 2010 and, led by Miketavius Jones, Derrick Mathews and junior Paul Lewis, the defense should be especially good this year.

The key to Friday’s game may come down to North Shore’s ability to move the ball on offense against a very disciplined Katy Tiger defense.

Saturday’s matchup between the Class 5A No. 5 Allen and No. 7 Cedar Hill highlights our new partnership with the great folks at Champion Sports Radio.

Allen is just two years removed from winning the 5A Division 1 state championship in 2008 and many observers believe that the only question to be answered on offense for the Eagles is who will take the snaps to get the football to a trio of talented running backs and highly-regarded receiver Jonathan Lee. Saturday’s game will go a long way toward answering that question.

Meanwhile, Cedar Hill went into the 2009 season as one of the favorites to make the state championship game and went through the season undefeated before falling to the eventual Division 2 state champ Abilene in the regional semifinal round.

The Longhorns return some key players on offense and will look to complete some unfinished business.

The icing on the Week 0 cake may be the game that all of central Texas is buzzing about, as Westlake and Lake Travis faceoff in an LSN-TV presentation on Saturday night.
Westlake is ranked No. 4 in the DCTF Class 5A poll and Lake Travis is everyone’s No. 1 in Class 4A. Westlake lost a heartbreaker to Euless Trinity in the 5A Division 1 championship last year while the Cavaliers won their third straight state championship in Class 4A.

Lake Travis hasn’t lost a game of any kind since the second game of the 2007 season, a 46-game span. The last team to beat them? The Westlake Chaparrals beat them, 28-21, in that second game of 2007.

From that point, behind junior QB Garrett Gilbert, the Cavs reeled off 14 wins in a row to win the 4A D-2 championship. Then, behind Gilbert in 2008 and junior QB Michael Brewer in 2009, Lake Travis posted back-to-back 16-0 seasons.

Brewer is back for his senior season and, until someone knocks them off, the Cavs are the heavy favorites to repeat for the fourth consecutive year. Saturday’s game in Austin should provide an electric, playoff-style atmosphere.

The 5A No. 6 team, the Stony Point Tigers, who barely missed playing for the 5A D-1 championship last year, will call the LSN home for all their broadcasts this year. Stony Point lost to Euless Trinity, 35-28, in the state semifinal last December and DCTF Magazine predicts that the Tigers will defeat Katy this December for their first state championship.

LSN’s coverage of Stony Point football begins Thursday night as the Tigers host Los Tigres de Universidad de Nuevo Leon from Monterrey, Mexico.

The La Porte Bulldogs and Deer Park Deer also join the LSN family for the 2010 season, as we become the broadcast home for everyone of their games this season. La Porte hosts Fort Bend Clements and Deer Park hosts the Dickinson Gators this week.

In the Houston area, Oak Ridge and St. Thomas return to the LSN for the 2010 season. St. Thomas plays their traditional opener against Strake Jesuit this week, while Oak Ridge hosts Magnolia West.

The Golden Triangle will be well-represented on the LSN this year, too, as the Golden Triangle Friday Night Experience comes to Legacy. The Nederland Bulldogs and the Port Neches-Groves Indians will have their games broadcast each week on the network.
DCTF Magazine

lists PN-G as one of their Class 4A dark horses, stating “(PN-G) didn’t earn preseason rankings. But you (and their district opponents) would be foolish to ignore them.”

The Indians open their 2010 season in San Antonio in the Dave Campbell Football Classic against Gregory-Portland. The game will be one the week’s LSN-TV presentations.

Nederland will be trying to rebound from a 5-6 season in 2009. Their 2010 season, though, will not get off to an easy start. The Bulldogs host Class 3A No. 9 West Orange-Stark in their opener on Friday. The game will also be broadcast in the Golden Triangle area on 560-AM KLVI.

It may be impossible to top Week 0 from week to week, but LSN, along with partner groups KMAC Sports and Champion Sports Radio, will provide plenty of opportunities for fans from all across the state to follow the very best in high school football through the regular season and playoffs all the way to the state championships in Arlington.

From the start, we’ve said we’re building a legacy one game at a time. Now we’re bringing you more games to build that legacy just a little quicker.