Texas high school football: Defending state champions Aledo, Anna and DeSoto involved in monster opening week matchups, full scoreboard

Defending state champions Aledo, Anna and DeSoto will kick off the 2024 high school football season in Texas this week with compelling matchups. Those are just part of a monster opening weekend that will include over 650 games involving teams from the Lone Star State.

Aledo, which has won 30 in a row entering the 2024 campaign and captured the Class 5A Division I title a year ago, will go on the road Friday to face Class 6A heavyweight Denton Guyer. Aledo won last year's matchup 48-45, one of its only close calls during an unbeaten season where it won by an average of 34 points per game.

Reigning Class 4A Division I champion Anna is welcoming Tennessee powerhouse Oakland (Murfreesboro) to Texas in another Friday night matchup. The visiting Patriots, who already have a 35-0 win over Independence (Thompson's Station, Tenn.) under their belt, won three state titles from 2020-22 and another in 2018 under head coach Kevin Creasy. Anna is 28-2 over the past two seasons and expects to keep riding high behind junior quarterback Ziondre Williams, who threw for 2,930 yards and 39 touchdowns as a sophomore.

Finally, nationally-ranked DeSoto – No. 5 in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 – takes on Creekside (Fairburn, Ga.). While the Seminoles have a history of trekking around the country to take on powerhouse programs, they will have to be on their game to hang with the loaded Eagles, who have won 23 in a row.

Read on for a look at the rest of our top 10 games of the week. Click here for this week's complete statewide scoreboard. Top 10 games of the week