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Football, Alumni 12 Sep 2010
Scott Farrell
Alumni: Stafford suffers injury by Scott Farrell Comment (10)
Matthew Stafford's status for the next game is uncertain after he left Detroit's season opener against Chicago with a right shoulder injury following a blindside sack by the Bears' Julius Peppers.
 
Stafford watched from the sideline with his right (throwing) arm in a sling during the second half. Shaun Hill started the rest of the way.
 
The Lions would not say if he had X-rays. Stafford said he will go through tests this week and is not sure if he'll be ready for the Lions' next game against Philadelphia. Early reports are he could miss about six weeks of action.    
 
"I don't know, we'll see,'' Stafford said. "I will try, though.''

Football 9 Sep 2010
Scott Farrell
Football: JV directions to Burleson by Scott Farrell Comment (3)
For the JV Gold football parents making the road trip to Burleson tonight, here are the directions. For what it's worth, the two longest road trips to watch any HP football team at any level are today and tomorrow. The JV Gold's trip to Burleson Centennial measures at 51 miles, just short of the 59 miles the HP varsity will go to play at Sherman on Friday night.
 
At least you'll get to Burleson prior to rush-hour. The JV Gold kicks off  at 5:30 p.m. The HP varsity kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
 
Here are the directions to Burleson Centennial, a new high school in Burelson ISD that only has freshmen and sophomores this year. 
Directions: Take I-20 West.  Exit 35W going South.  Exit Renfro, take a Left at the light and the school and field will be on your Left. 
Football 7 Sep 2010
Scott Farrell
Football: HP holds at No. 6 in state by Scott Farrell Comment (1)
The Scots maintained their No. 6 ranking in this week's Associated Press state football poll, though they lost six votes in their point total from a week ago. Austin Lake Travis (2-0) continues to sit atop the poll, as has the state's top matchup this week as it takes on No. 2 Aledo on Friday. How big is the game? It's being played at UT's Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin instead of campus sites.
 
The top nine teams stayed in place from last week, and Cedar Park (2-0) moved into the top 10 for the first time at No. 10. Two interesting notes concerning local teams - Waxahachie (1-1) drubbed Carter but lost all five votes its had in last week's poll. Texarkana Texas also won but lost its one vote from last week's poll.  There are only three teams from Region II-4A receiving votes in this week's state poll - No. 6 HP, No. 9 Tyler and No. 17 Whitehouse.
 
There were not 20 teams receiving votes in the poll this week, so the list has been shortened to only those that gained at least one vote from the statewide press. 
 
Associated Press
Class 4A Poll, Sept. 7
Team (first place votes)(record) - (points)
1. Austin Lake Travis (24) (2-0) - 249
2. Aledo (1)  (2-0) - 223
3. Brenham  (2-0) - 194
4. Denton Ryan (2-0) - 169
5. Kerrville Tivy (2-0) - 145
6. HP (2-0) - 112 
7. Smithson Valley (2-0) - 96
8. Friendswood (2-0) - 73
9. Tyler J. Tyler (1-1) - 34
10. Cedar Park (2-0) - 27
11. Stephenville (1-1) - 26
12. Hewitt Midway (2-0) - 14
13. Angleton (1-1) - 4
14. Killeen (2-0) - 3
15t. Gregory-Portland (2-0) - 2
15t. Everman (1-1) - 2
17t. New Braunfels Canyon (1-1) - 1
17t. Whitehouse (2-0) - 1 
Football 31 Aug 2010
Scott Farrell
Football: Scots jump up to 6th by Scott Farrell Comment (0)
HP (1-0) took advantage of two losses by teams ahead of them in the state poll, and moved up three spots to No. 6 in this week's Associated Press Class 4A poll.
 
The Scots (1-0)  doubled their vote count from the preseason poll, garnering 118 votes and are now the highest-ranked team in Region II-4A. Here is this week's top-10 poll, which ScotSports.com has expanded into a top 20 based upon other teams receiving votes.
 
Associated Press
Class 4A Poll, Aug. 31
1. Austin Lake Travis (25) (1-0) - 250
2. Aledo  (1-0) - 223
3. Brenham  (1-0) - 197
4. Denton Ryan (1-0) - 173
5. Kerrville Tivy (1-0) - 133
6. HP (1-0) - 118 
7. Smithson Valley (1-0) - 89
8. Friendswood (1-0) - 58
9. Tyler J. Tyler (0-1) - 30
10. Stephenville (0-1) - 29
11. Cedar Park - 20
12. Hewitt Midway - 14
13. Angleton - 9
14. Corpus Christi Calallen - 7
15t. Everman (0-1) - 5
15t. Waxahachie (0-1) - 5
17. Dayton - 3
18t. Austin Travis - 2
18t. Denton - 2
18t.  Hutto - 2
18t. Killeen - 2
 
Also receiving votes: San Antonio Alamo Heights (1), Texarkana Texas (1), Whitehouse (1), Wolfforth Frenship (1).
Football 28 Aug 2010
Scott Farrell
Football: JV Gold smashes Rockwall by Scott Farrell Comment (0)

The JV Gold Scots scored touchdowns on their first two possessions and ran two kickoff returns back for touchdowns in a 60-7 dismantling of Rockwall in their season opener at Highlander Stadium. Jet Tuma ran for two touchdowns and threw for another in the first half, and 10 different players scored for HP.  

The third quarter provided three highlight plays in Anthony Vallera's 89-yard kickoff return to open the second half, Michael Thomas' 52-yard quarterback keeper in the third quarter, and Hayden Greer's 87-yard kickoff return. Parker Van Dyk, one of eight Scots who ran the ball in the game, scored the Scots' final touchdown on a 33-yard run.

The JV Gold's next game is at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday back at Highlander Stadium against Jesuit. 

Football 26 Aug 2010
Scott Farrell
Football: JV Blue wins opener, 22-6 by Scott Farrell Comment (0)

The JV Blue team made up of varsity reserve players beat Everman tonight, 22-6, in their season-opener at Highlander Stadium. Alex Keeton scored on HP's first play from scrimmage on a 34-yard run. Hardy Davis made it 9-0 with a safety after sacking the Everman quarterback in the end zone.

Charles Hubbard caught a nice 8-yard fade pass from Scott Ellerman for a 15-0 lead, and Keeton added a one-yard plunge in the third quarter to account for the Blue's scoring. Sam Hayward kicked two extra-points for the Scots - the other was blocked.

The JV Blue plays at Jesuit next Thursday at 7 p.m. 

 

Football, Alumni 21 Aug 2010
Scott Farrell
Alumni: Nice column on Stafford by Scott Farrell Comment (1)
I was running through the Rangers boxscore during a timeout in HP's football scrimmage, and came across this very well-written column on Matthew Stafford. It seems our former Scots quarterback has grown quite a following on Detroit, and the Lions are readily accepting his leadership even though he's only a second-year player.
 
It might have something to do with him coming off the bench with a near-separated shoulder to throw a game-winning touchdown pass last season. That grittiness, which we already knew he had, is giving fans in Motown hope, which has been a rare commodity up there. 
 
It's a great read, so check out the link:
 
Dan Wetzel column on Yahoo! Sports. 
Football 21 Aug 2010
Scott Farrell
Football: Scrimmage update by Scott Farrell Comment (0)
I just got back from the scrimmage, where the Scots played even with Plano West. It was a starting-quarterback debut for Jake Howeth, who was sharp from the outset. The senior hit eight straight passes during the first portion of the controlled scrimmage, and connected on 8 of his first 9.
 
William Morris turned a normal out-pattern into a 46-yard touchdown to put HP into the end zone on their first possession.
 
It's hard to qualify a scrimmage where each team runs only 10 plays, and unsuccessful third-down plays return the ball to a team's 30-yard line to start a new possession. But in terms of readiness and conditioning, the Scots performed well and appeared ready for next week.
 
I'll have a full account of the scrimmage on the home pages soon.

Football 20 Aug 2010
Scott Farrell
Football: Scrimmage information by Scott Farrell Comment (0)

I'm heading out to the scrimmage at Clark Stadium.

 One last reminder for anyone going as well:

The two freshman teams will be scrimmage on the grass fields immediately south of Clark Stadium. Both teams will scrimmage beginning at 5 p.m.

The JV Gold team (sophomores) will scrimmage at 5 p.m. in Clark Stadium.
The JV Blue team (juniors) will scrimmage at 6 p.m. in Clark Stadium.

The varsity scrimmage is set for 7 p.m., or immediately following the JV Blue scrimmage. 

 

Football, Alumni 13 Aug 2010
Scott Farrell
Alumni: HP duo face each other on TV by Scott Farrell Comment (0)

Now that the Cowboys are done with their first two preseason games, here's a note regarding another NFL topic that's close to home.

Stafford poseSepulveda mugHP has two alumni who are playing in the NFL right now, and they'll face each other tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. CST. Matthew Stafford begins his second season with the Detroit Lions playing at the Pittsburgh Steelers, where Daniel Sepulveda has the punting job anchored down for another season.

Stafford may not play much, but we would expect Sepulveda to perform on each punt since the Steelers don't have any other punters on the roster.

The NFL Network will carry a tape-delayed broadcast of the game at 9 a.m. Sunday; 6 a.m. Monday, and 3 p.m. Tuesday. If anyone has Sirius satellite radio, Sirius Channel 121 will air the game live. 

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