Looking back at Week 0 in HS football

Some trivia and minutia from Week 0…

The biggest margin of victory among Houston-area 5A teams? The Chavez Lobos defeated the Jones Falcons, 49-0, for the most lopsided beat-down of the weekend. Of course, Jones is a 4A school, but they’ve been a pretty fair 4A program in recent years. I doubt anyone would’ve thought that they would suffer such a lopsided loss.

The largest margin of defeat by a 5A team went to the Cy-Fair Bobcats—36 points. The Bobcats had the misfortune of opening their season against the Woodlands Highlanders, who—by many accounts—are going to be a formidable contender in Region II this season. They did nothing to assuage any of those opinions, as they racked up over 300 yards of total offense in their 42-6 win before basically shutting things down after three quarters. The Highlander defense held Cy-Fair to 186 yards of total offense.

Speaking of total offense, Cypress Falls posted 622 yards on offense on Friday night. Of that total, QB Jacob Poole accounted for 409 yards by himself (190 rushing, 219 passing) and accounted for seven TDs. That would have to qualify as a better-than-average first start. David Raffield’s team of unknown commodities won a track meet with Bryan, 52-42. No one knows much about the 2009 Golden Eagles, but you may have to keep an eye on them if they put up another game or two like that.

Tomball’s defense held Morton Ranch to just 35 yards total offense in their 28-0 win over the Mavericks. But, with all the turmoil that Morton Ranch has been through over the last couple of weeks, you can almost give them a free pass in their opener. Head coach Dave Meadows was hired just four days before his first game, and the kid who was supposed to be their starting QB was wearing a Hastings uniform on Friday night.

The Oak Ridge War Eagles’ defense was perhaps as impressive, if not moreso, in holding Caney Creek to just 95 yards of total offense in their Week 0 matchup. The Eagles, whose games will be broadcast at Legacy Sports Network’s site throughout the 2009 season, won the game 34-0.

The best record by a district in the first week of play might surprise you—it belongs to HISD’s District 20-5A. All six schools were in action, and five of the six won their opening games. Only Bellaire, who dropped a 24-8 decision to a pretty good Alief Taylor team, was unable to pull out a victory. Chavez (see above), Westside, Lamar, Madison and Milby all picked up victories to start their seasons.

And yes, technically, District 23-5A fared better, going undefeated last week. But the only 23-5A team in action was Hightower, who defeated Eisenhower, 21-0, on Saturday night. So, can you really call that a district’s success?

Final note: the TexasFootball.com statewide polls are out for Week 0. You can see them here.