Two Weeks Left: Allen Keeps Hanging Sixty-Plus, Waxahachie Grabs the Edge in 11-6A, and Dallas ISD Wraps Up Week 9 on Saturday

By Coach Terrence Booker, RF Sports Radio DFW High School Football voice

DFW high school fans, Week 9 is in the books, Saturday's games are final, and the calendar is not your friend anymore. There are two weeks left in the regular season, and the district races around the Metroplex are starting to separate the contenders from the hopefuls.

The facts

Start in District 6-6A, where Allen beat Dallas Jesuit 77-14. Per HS Football Nation's Week 9 recaps, the Eagles entered 7-0 with wins over Duncanville, DeSoto, Southlake Carroll and Prosper, and they have scored 65 or more points in four straight district games. Prosper routed McKinney Boyd 64-7 on Thursday. Allen closes at McKinney Boyd on Friday, Oct. 30, and against Prosper Walnut Grove on Thursday, Nov. 5, with the district title in its own hands.

In District 11-6A, Waxahachie's 35-28 win over Duncanville avenged last December's 35-27 regional final loss, per HS Football Nation. The Indians built a 35-14 halftime lead behind quarterback Jerry Meyer III, then held on after Meyer left the game injured and a final Hail Mary was tipped away. The win puts Waxahachie in position for a top seed behind unbeaten North Crowley, which beat Dallas Skyline 75-3 on Thursday. Duncanville is now in a fight just to stay in the district's top four.

Saturday's Dallas ISD finals, per the Dallas scoreboard compiled from On3 results: Kimball beat North Dallas 41-0, Lincoln beat Emmett J. Conrad 51-0, Wilmer-Hutchins beat Carter 35-0, Hillcrest outlasted Poteet 47-36, and James Madison beat Scurry-Rosser 36-28. Earlier in the week, W.T. White beat Bryan Adams 50-15, Samuell beat Thomas Jefferson 54-0, Spruce beat Roosevelt 51-39, Lake Highlands beat Plano 38-21, and South Oak Cliff shut out Adamson 52-0. Per that scoreboard, Dallas teams went 12-9 for the week.

Under UIL rules, the top four teams in each 6A district make the playoffs, with the two largest schools by enrollment going to Division I and the two smallest to Division II.

RF Sports Radio's take (opinion)

My take: Allen is the best team in the state until somebody proves otherwise. Sixty-five points four straight weeks in a district is not running up the score. That is depth on both lines, and depth is what wins in December.

Waxahachie is the team that worries me, in a good way and a bad way. That first half was as good as anybody in the area has played. But if Meyer's injury is serious, a 21-point cushion nearly disappearing tells you how much this offense leans on him. Keep an eye on his status this week.

And Hillcrest hanging 47 in a shootout on a Saturday? I love it. That is the kind of game kids remember.

My call: Allen and North Crowley stay unbeaten through the regular season, and Duncanville sneaks into the 11-6A top four. That is a prediction, not a report.

What to watch next

Week 10 kicks off Thursday, Oct. 29, with district titles and playoff seeds on the line. Watch Meyer's status in Waxahachie and Allen at McKinney Boyd. For Friday night's Lewisville comeback, read our Oct. 24 high school column on Lewisville's late comeback, and follow the DFW High School Football page every week.

Radio question: is anybody in DFW beating Allen this year, or is the 6A Division I title already a two-team race?

Sources: HS Football Nation - Texas High School Football Week 9 Recaps; Dallas High School Football Scoreboard: Week of Oct. 23 (On3 results); High School On SI - Texas high school football final scores, Oct. 23.