Star Local Media recaps its live coverage slate from a busy Thursday night on the high school gridiron.

Matt Welch looks back on a high-profile season opener between Flower Mound Marcus and Arlington Bowie, followed by Taylor Raglin on an overtime showdown for Plano East vs. Hurst LD Bell (8:10) and Bryan Murphy on Frisco vs. Woodrow Wilson (19:16.)

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Star Local Media previews a few of the week's marquee high school football games, including our reader-voted Game of the Week: Allen vs. Cedar Hill.
 
Matt Welch, Taylor Raglin and Devin Hasson break down Friday's headliner in the Tom Landry Classic between the Eagles and Longhorns (3:10), followed by a student-athlete spotlight interview with Allen defensive lineman Elijah Fisher (19:16).
 
Previews and predictions follow for Coppell vs. Sachse (24:13), McKinney vs. McKinney North (27:40), Plano Senior vs. Hebron (30:30) and Mesquite Poteet vs. Denton Ryan (33:28).

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Star Local Media concludes its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead on the gridiron in District 6-6A.

Matt Welch and Taylor Raglin break down what to expect this season in 6-6A for Flower Mound (2:58), Hebron (7:28), Lewisville (10:28), Coppell (14:28), Marcus (17:15) and Irving ISD (21:20), as well as the district's marquee game to watch (24:03) and projected playoff teams (26:40).

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Star Local Media continues its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead on the gridiron in District 9-6A.

Matt Welch, Bryan Murphy, Kendrick Johnson and Taylor Raglin break down what to expect this season in 9-6A for Prosper (3:51), McKinney (9:00), Plano Senior (11:30), McKinney Boyd (17:30), Allen (21:16), Plano West (26:46), Plano East (35:36), as well as the district's marquee game to watch (41:12) and projected playoff teams (46:26).

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Star Local Media continues its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead on the gridiron in District 7-5A Division II.

Matt Welch and Devin Hasson break down what to expect this season in 10-6A for Sachse (2:15), Rowlett (7:10), plus a potential Garland ISD dark horse (8:55), the district's marquee game to watch (10:35) and projected playoff teams (12:50).

The staff re-racks and does the same in 11-6A with a look at the upcoming seasons for Mesquite (10:25), Mesquite Horn (18:28) and North Mesquite (21:38), plus the power duo of Longview and Rockwall (23:42), plus Mesquite ISD's marquee game to watch (27:52) and projected playoff teams (29:45).

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Star Local Media continues its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead on the gridiron in District 7-5A Division II.

Bryan Murphy and Taylor Raglin break down what to expect this season from Lake Dallas (2:55), Frisco (9:30), Lovejoy (11:15), Denison and Princeton (16:35), Frisco Memorial and Lebanon Trail (21:05), and Frisco Reedy (23:30), marquee games to watch (29:05) and projected playoff teams (37:00).

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Star Local Media continues its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead on the gridiron in District 7-5A Division I.

Matt Welch, Kendrick Johnson and Devin Hasson break down what to expect this season from Mesquite Poteet (2:40), McKinney North (5:05) and West Mesquite (10:25), followed by a look at a couple of the other district playoff contenders (13:55), two marquee games to watch (18:10) and projected playoff teams (21:20).

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Star Local Media continues its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead on the gridiron in District 5-5A Division I.

Bryan Murphy and Taylor Raglin discuss the parity-filled race for postseason spots under The Colony and Frisco Lone Star last year and the similar nature of the league this season (2:15), the season ahead for Liberty under new head coach Matt Swinnea (2:40), the difference between programs in the district bringing back quarterbacks and those that aren't (4:00), Little Elm taking a step forward in its second trip through a Frisco-heavy district (5:30), Frisco Independence's chances for another postseason showing (10:15), Wakeland's overall competitiveness and need for an injury-light campaign (12:20), the race for a district title between top teams The Colony and Lone Star (14:30), and Murphy's predicted order of finish in the league (21:35).

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Star Local Media continues its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead on the gridiron in District 4-5A Division I.

Bryan Murphy and Taylor Raglin discuss the division between the postseason teams and non-postseason teams in the league (2:00), Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD's run of bad luck with district alignments (3:00), the 2019 outlook for Carrollton Newman Smith (4:10), Denton Ryan's Drew Sanders and his two-way dominance (7:45), and what's on the horizon for Carrollton R.L. Turner (8:30) and Carrollton Creekview (14:10).

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Star Local Media continues its preview of the upcoming football season by discussing what’s ahead for Argyle, Celina and Sunnyvale on the gridiron.

Bryan Murphy, Taylor Raglin and Devin Hasson discuss the rivalry between Celina and Argyle (1:30), Argyle bringing back talent across the board in its quest for another deep postseason run (2:30), Celina's chance to get back on track after a No. 4 seed in District 7-4A DI last season (7:00) and Sunnyvale's continued rise toward being one of the area's premier 4A programs (10:05).

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