MaxPreps' weekly preview of the top 10 high school football games across the nation begins with the first regular-season clash of two of Texas' top programs this millennium.
Southlake Carroll and Euless Trinity – located about 15 minutes apart – are finally playing in the same district. Both Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex stalwarts make almost annual deep playoff runs and own a combined eight state championships since 2002, but even in the postseason the teams met just three times.
Action involving ranked teams this week includes a pair of key Trinity League confrontations in Southern California with No. 7 St. John Bosco trying to hand JSerra Catholic its first loss of the season and No. 11 Mater Dei taking on No. 25 Servite. In Georgia, all eyes will be on No. 13 Colquitt County's visit to fellow unbeaten Valdosta. The winner will take sole possession of first place in 6A Region 1.
As we cross the midway point of the season, Jamie DeMoney has a slim lead in our season-long predictions contest. DeMoney went 6-4 last week, improving his overall record to 53-27. Stephen Spiewak and Leland Gordon, each only one game behind the leader, share second place. Mitch Stephens and Kevin Askeland are tied in fourth place, just four games off the pace. Colin Ward-Henninger continues to bring up the rear, a full 10 games out of first place.
Here's a look at this week's Top 10 games along with predictions by MaxPreps staff writers and contributors Mitch Stephens, Stephen Spiewak, Kevin Askeland, Leland Gordon, Colin Ward-Henninger and Jamie DeMoney.
MaxPreps Top 10 Football Games of the Week
Trinity (Euless, Texas) at Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
Southlake Carroll vs. Euless Trinity is the top game to watch for this week.
Photos by George Walker/Jim Ricketts - Graphic by Ryan Escobar
The outright lead in the District 7-6A standings will go to the winner of Friday night's game. Trinity (7-0) outscored its first three district opponents by a combined score of 103-3. The Trojans' physical running game looks as good as ever with junior running back
Ja'ron Wilson leading the way. Wilson, rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports, ran for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries in a 48-3 rout of Bell (Hurst) last week,
according to the Star-Telegram. On the other side, an emerging star in Carroll's always-explosive offense is running back
lil'jordan Humphrey. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound junior ran for a career-high 233 yards and three touchdowns in last week's 38-0 shutout of Richland.
Follow live scoring of this game on QwixcoreJust the facts: Trinity beat Carroll in last year's state playoffs after losing to the Dragons in 2006 and 2012. … Carroll is No. 1 and Trinity is ranked third in the
CalPreps.com Texas Dynasty rankings since 2003.
Mitch Stephens: Carroll 28, Trinity 27
Kevin Askeland: Carroll 35, Trinity 14
Jamie DeMoney: Carroll 30, Trinity 24
Stephen Spiewak: Carroll 21, Trinity 20
Leland Gordon: Trinity 28, Carroll 27
Colin Ward-Henninger: Trinity 21, Carroll 20
