Friday Night Lights: The Axe Game.

Those in my readership who are not in or from North Texas might not really believe the passion for high school football in Texas, and even if they saw the movie Friday Night Lights they would assume that it's pretty much hyperbole.

Just wanted to let you know that the hype is real. There are three high schools in our community with enrollment over 2,000 students...the cut off for 5A, the largest classification in Texas (why Alabama has 6A I can't imagine).

Anyway, the first rivalry game in our area is one in which Flower Mound High School is the newest high school and their natural rivalry would be with Marcus. They played The Mound Showdown last weekend, with the Jaguars winning the 2nd year in a row 27-26. Only 9,900 (capacity at FMHS) were there.

On Friday night, some 18,000 people attended The Battle for the Axe against rival Lewisville (the high school that's been here 100 or so years). Marcus won 16-13 in a thriller, allowing them to keep The Axe (really) for the 2nd year in a row. Normally, in years when both of these teams have more at stake, the crowd will get around 30,000.

Pretty amazing stuff...and belated congratulations to my Jaguar readership and congatulations to the Marauders for defending their Axe.

Maybe the Fighting Farmers could get some sort of trophy for the Jaguar game, beat them, and then everybody wins a rivalry game this year.