Fort Worth-area high schools make changes to football schedule prior to Friday’s rain
More than 25 games involving a Fort Worth-area high school football team has made changes to their game this week in preparation for Friday night’s inclement weather.
The forecast in the Dallas-Fort Worth area calls for 40% chance of rain with scattered thunderstorms around kickoff at 7 p.m. It’s predicting that it will rain in DFW with thunderstorms all of Friday, starting at 4 a.m.
It’s 93% chance of rain with thunderstorms at 4 p.m.
The weather should start clearing up by 10 p.m. Friday night.
It’s Week 11, which means the final regular season games for area high school football teams. It means teams are pushing for playoff spots and district championships.
As of Wednesday morning, 28 total games with a Fort Worth-area team have made changes, with 25 of them moving from Friday to Thursday night.
Two other games with teams in a Fort Worth-area district have also moved to Thursday with Denton/Lake Dallas and Dallas Parish/Plano Prestonwood.
There will be a double-header for Fort Worth ISD teams with Friday games moving to 5 p.m. Thursday. The originally scheduled 7 p.m. Thursday games have been pushed back an hour to an 8 p.m. start.
Six games have major playoff, seeding or championship implications, including district title games between Midlothian/Everman and Red Oak/Midlothian.
Here are updated game times for Thursday:
Grapevine vs. Trimble Tech, 5 p.m., Farrington Field
Saginaw vs. South Hills, 5 p.m., Clark Stadium
Western Hills vs. Diamond Hill-Jarvis, 5 p.m., Scarborough-Handley Field
Boswell at Chisholm Trail, 7 p.m.
Keller vs. Haltom, 7 p.m., Birdville Stadium, Haltom City
Justin Northwest vs. Denton Ryan, 7 p.m., Little Elm Braswell HS
Brewer at Aledo, 7 p.m.
Azle vs. Burleson Centennial, 7 p.m., Burleson ISD Stadium
Red Oak vs. Midlothian, 7 p.m., Midlothian ISD Stadium
Dallas Molina vs. Richland, 7 p.m., Birdville Fine Arts/Athletics Complex
Carrollton Creekview vs. Argyle, 7 p.m., Eagle Stadium
Wyatt vs. Colleyville Heritage, 7 p.m., Mustang-Panther Stadium
Mansfield Summit at Ennis, 7 p.m.
Burleson vs. Arlington Seguin, 7 p.m., Wilemon Field
Midlothian Heritage at Everman, 7 p.m.
Eastern Hills at Lake Worth, 7 p.m.
Carter-Riverside at Castleberry, 7 p.m.
Ferris at Glen Rose, 7 p.m.
Benbrook at Godley, 7 p.m.
Merkel at Millsap, 7 p.m.
Fort Worth Christian at All Saints, 7 p.m.
Grapevine Faith Christian at Dallas Bishop Dunne, 7 p.m.
Temple Christian at Dallas First Baptist, 7 p.m.
Crowley vs. North Crowley, 7:30 p.m., Crowley ISD Stadium
Brock vs. Pilot Point, 7:30 p.m., Massey Stadium
Weatherford vs. Paschal, 8 p.m., Farrington Field
North Side vs. Arlington Heights, 8 p.m., Scarborough-Handley Field
Polytechnic vs. Southwest, 8 p.m., Clark Stadium
