Allen's quest for seventh-straight 10-0 season leads MaxPreps Texas Top 5 high school football Games of the Week

By Randy Jennings Oct 30, 2019, 10:30am

Fast-improving Prosper playing at its new $53 million stadium would like to halt Eagles' regular-season streak at 73.

Video: Texas Top 5 Games of the Week
Allen continues its quest for a seventh straight 10-0 regular season.

Prosper's new 12,000-seat, $53 million Children's Health Stadium will be the site of this District 9-6A showdown. Allen (8-0, 5-0 in 9-6A) is two wins away from its seventh consecutive 10-0 regular season. The streak of regular-season wins is at 73 dating back to 2012.

Prosper (7-1, 4-1), in only its second season in the top classification, has had no difficulty adjusting to the competition, compiling a record of 16-4.

Here is a preview of this week's top games. (MaxPreps Texas Top 25 ranking included).



Top 5 Texas high school football Games of the Week
Blaine Green, Allen
Blaine Green, Allen
Photo by Neil Fonville
No. 4 Allen at Prosper
Friday, 7 p.m., Children's Health Stadium

Top players

Allen: QB Raylen Sharpe (5-8, 152), RB Celdon Manning (5-9, 177), WR Blaine Green (6-2, 195), WR Bryson Green (6-2, 201), LB Jaden Healy (5-11, 190).

Prosper: QB Jackson Berry (6-0, 190), RB TJ Lane (5-11, 190), WR Hayden Metcalf (6-1, 175), WR Tyler Bailey (6-0, 180), FS Joshua Graham (6-2, 195).

In the space of just 10 years, Prosper has grown from a 3A school with an enrollment of 657 to a 6A school with 2,975 students. Prosper still has some growing to do to catch Allen and its enrollment of 6,664. In Prosper's first season at the 6A level, Allen at home came away with a 54-21 victory.

Alice at Calallen (Corpus Christi)
Friday, 7:30 p.m., Wildcat Stadium

Top players

Alice: QB Isaiah Aguilar (6-0, 175), WR Waylon Moore (6-0, 185), WR Jacob Guzman (5-10, 170), DL Sergio Sandoval (6-0, 230), DB Jessie Sanchez (5-7, 165).

Calallen: QB Jarrett Garza (5-11, 180), RB Charles Hill (6-1, 190), RB Jeremiah Earls (5-8, 165), LB Colten Calloway (5-11, 190), DB Brent Green (6-0, 170).

No surprise that the state's all-time winningest coach, Phil Danaher, has his Calallen team at 8-0 going into this District 15-5A-2 matchup against 7-1 Alice. In Danaher's time-tested system that has produced 466 victories, quarterback Garza is four times more likely to run than pass. Alice quarterback Aguilar is productive runner, too, but has also thrown for over 1,300 yards.



No. 14 Highland Park (Dallas) at Lancaster
Friday, 7:30 p.m., Beverly D. Humphrey Tiger Stadium

Top players

Highland Park: QB Chandler Morris (6-0, 178), DL Prince Dorbah (6-4, 230), RB Will Anderson (5-9 180), WR Ben Smith (5-8, 150), IR Case Savage (5-10, 170).

Lancaster: QB Glenn Rice (5-11, 175), RB Tre Bradford (6-1, 195), WR LaTrell Caples (6-0, 173), CB Lorando Johnson Jr. (6-2, 190), DE James Grace (6-1, 210).

Each comes in with a 7-1 season record and a 5-0 mark in District 6-5A-1. Lancaster has reeled off seven straight wins since losing its opener to Duncanville, the state's top-ranked team. Highland Park, going for a state championship four-peat this fall, lost in Week 3 to Lone Star (Frisco). Highland Park, on its home field, won last year's encounter, 39-14.

La Vega (Waco) at Brownwood
Friday, 7 p.m., Gordon Wood Stadium

Top players
La Vega: QB Ara Rauls (5-9, 163), RB Jar'Que Walton (5-9, 170), LB DeMarrquese Hayes (6-2, 190), DE De'Treveon Thompson (6-0, 200), OL Robert Allen (6-3, 295).

Brownwood: RB Reece Rodgers (5-9, 165), QB Drew Huff (6-1, 190), WR A.J. McCarty (5-11, 180), FS Zach Strong (6-5, 200), OL Brad Robinson (6-0, 255).

The outcome will decide the District 5-4A-1 title. La Vega (7-1, 2-0 in district), is the defending state champion in this classification. Brownwood (8-0, 2-0), a legendary program from decades past, is having a rebirth after being picked to finish fourth in a five-team district.



El Campo at Bay City
Friday, 7:30 p.m., Memorial Stadium

Top players

El Campo: RB Charles Shorter (5-10, 158), QB Cullen Braden (6-0, 170), LB Nathan Willis (5-9, 180), LB/OL Matthew Van Gorp (5-10, 195), OL/DL Devon Earls (6-0, 275).

Bay City: RB/SS Rodney Mitchelll (6-0, 250), DB Marcus Edwards (6-0, 162), WR Carlos Lara (5-9, 150), DB Avery Smith (5-11, 171), OL/DL Ivan DeWitt (6-1, 248).

This is the annual renewal of the state's longest continual rivalry. El Campo (7-1) and Bay City (0-8) have met each season since 1920. A year ago, Bay City ended a 12-year losing streak to its rival with a 31-24 victory and has not won since, dropping nine in a row. El Campo is tied for second in District 13-4A-1 with a 3-1 record.