The Spartans take their first trip to Texas in the nation's top game of the week.
Video: (1) De La Salle vs. Euless Trinity - high school football preview
MaxPreps breaks down the nation's biggest game of the week.De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) at Trinity (Euless, Texas)Why
it's big: De La Salle has six national championships since the
mid-1990s and plenty of wins over big-time teams from outside California, but
this is its first test against Texas. The Spartans are the preseason
No. 1 team in California and also tops in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25.
This
is Trinity's first regular-season game since 2000 without retired head
coach Steve Lineweaver, who guided the program to three state titles and
national prominence. Not to worry, the Trojans' vaunted power rushing
attack looked like business as usual in a preseason scrimmage last week,
racking up over 200 yards in a 31-19 win against Guyer (Denton).
Names to watch: Senior
Devin Asiasi
(6-foot-5, 260 pounds), rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports, gives De La Salle a
tough and athletic presence at tight end and defensive end. Fellow
four-star
Boss Tagaloa (6-3, 295) anchors the offensive and defensive lines. The Spartans' top skill player is three-star running back
Antoine Custer, who ran for nearly 2,000 yards and averaged over 10 yards per carry last season.
Led by four-star defensive tackle
Chris Daniels (6-3, 299) Trinity is well-fortified up front, as usual. Its top offensive threat is three-star running back
Ja'Ron Wilson.
Photos by MaxPreps photographers / Graphic by Ryan Escobar
