| General, Football, Boys Sports | 15 Jun 2010 |
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| Football: Title games at Cowboys Stadium by Scott Farrell |
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Dallas, uh, make that Arlington, will host the UIL state championship football games in December, as the UIL made it official today that the Class 5A-3A title games will be played at Cowboys Stadium. The 2010 season marks the first time all conference championship football games will be played at a pre-determined location. The Class 2A and 1A games will be played down the road in Mansfield, and the six-man title games will be in Abilene.
The UIL's goal is to rotate the sites of its state championships games among Texas' three premier facilities - Cowboys Stadium, Reliant Stadium in Houston, and the Alamodome in San Antonio. Reliant and the Alamodome have hosted the Class 5A title games since the UIL went to a single-site for 5A in 2006. The UIL tried to have the 5A games at Cowboys Stadium last year, but a college basketball game between Texas and North Carolina was already scheduled.
For HP's purposes, the Class 4A Division II game is at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17. The 4A Division I game is at Noon on Saturday, Dec. 18. HP is likely to be in the Division II bracket as the sixth-largest school in District 10-4A in terms of enrollment.
"We're excited about hosting great high school football games at some of the premiere venues in the state," said UIL director of athletics Cliff Odenwald said in a news release. "We look forward to working closely with all the venues in creating a first-class championship experience for the schools, fans and students involved in the games. We are so grateful to be able to create an incredible experience for our student-athletes."
If any area teams advance to the title games, the state record for one-game attendance could be threatened. The 1977 Class 4A title game between Plano and Port Neches-Groves owns the record when 49,953 filed into Texas Stadium.
Here is the UIL's posted schedule for the championship games:
(at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington)
Fri., Dec. 10, 2010
Class 3A Division I - 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 10, 2010
Class 3A Division I - 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 17, 2010
Class 3A Division II - 4 p.m.
Class 4A Division II - 8 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 18, 2010
Class 4A Division I - 12 p.m.
Class 5A Division II - 4 p.m.
Class 5A Division I - 8 p.m.
(at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene)
Sat. Dec. 11, 2010
Class 1A 6-Man Division II - 2 p.m.
Class 1A 6-Man Division I - 7 p.m.
(at Vernon Newsom Stadium in Mansfield)
Fri., Dec. 17, 2010
Class 1A Division II - 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 18, 2010
Class 1A Division I - 12 p.m.
Class 2A Division II - 4 p.m.
Class 2A Division I - 8 p.m.
