Joe Kinsey
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It’s a joyous day across Texas as high schools in 1A through 4A divisions are allowed to start practice for their fall seasons that will start August 27; 5A and 6A will start playing September 24. Austin-are high schools will have to wait until September 8 to get started due to a city ordinance, but the rest of the state is a go for pigskin in the crazed football state.
As of last week, 37 states were scheduled to play fall football while six have decided to play spring football (including California) and another seven states had yet to determine when a season would be played.
In Texas, the 1A-4A state championships will be held December 16-19; 5A and 6A state championships will be decided in January.
Day 1 of #txhsfb pic.twitter.com/cPJr6TW8Vl
— Emily Giangreco (@EmilyGiangreco) August 3, 2020
In Ohio, high school practice started Saturday, but the public school systems in Cleveland and Toledo have either postponed or canceled fall sports. Arkansas is another state where players are back to practice and Governor Asa Hutchinson is encouraging players to “Grab your helmet and be ready for practice. Then after practice, grab your mask.”
High schools across Tennessee started practice today. “God I’ve missed this!” one player was heard saying, according to Chattanooga Times Free Press Sports Editor Stephen Hargis. Well said, kid. No go out and have some fun.
Stop 5 Boyd Buchanan where practice just ended and 2 players are rolling 200 yards for missing an earlier practice. Bucs made a HUGE turnaround last season. After going winless in 2018, Jeremy Bosken took over and guided them to 8 wins and climbed as high as #2 state ranking. pic.twitter.com/WSQbTldL7S
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) August 3, 2020
Stop 2 Soddy-Daisy. As the team jogs onto the field one kid yells out “God I’ve missed this!” Trojans coach Justin Barnes “we’ve got to cram about 9 weeks of info into 3 weeks before our first game with a whole lot of new kids and young starters.” pic.twitter.com/iyOUGaY8WN
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) August 3, 2020
Texas high school football is back, folks! First day of practice for 1A-4A teams today. It’s starting to smell a bit more like fall https://t.co/YuMXKEa56A
— Mary Kate Hamilton (@MaryKateHamilt1) August 3, 2020
Hey Joe,
Thanks much…nice to see a bit of normalcy returning. The kids need it for sure.
We broadcast the 6 man football game of the week on our radio station. It’s so awesome to have football back in Texas!!