Week One observations

Good morning sports fans. Got home fairly late from Thorne Stadium - a lack of Internet to post my story and photos didn't help - and there was a lot to do here with everyone else's stories (not to mention a little straightening up around here) so blogging took a back seat. Anyway ...

North Shore is, well, North Shore. Eisenhower looked much better than last week against Hightower, but the Mustangs are just that good. They'll make a lot of teams look bad this year. Tracy Woods is the real deal, as is position mate Deandre Jones; both easily broke 100 yards last night and Woods got the glory with two touchdowns. Now it's on the Berry Center next Friday to try for that 73rd straight regular-season win. And even though Cypress Falls is 0-2, that one could be entertaining too.
That'll be one of the games we dissect in our Week Two primer, coming Wednesday.

Other observations:
- I wasn't at The Woodlands last night, so my jaw and those of everyone else at Thorne dropped when I gave the P.A. announcer news of the Highlanders' 40-0 lead against Katy. Wow. As smoothly as everything went for Katy last year, everything seems to be going that bad right now. Quarterback Parker Ray broke his hand, which likely means Michael Stojkovic will take the reins for a while. They hadn't lost this bad in 21 years, when Langham Creek beat them 49-0.
Can't think of a team that needs a week off more right now.
That said, there had to be a few inner smiles around the area last night, considering how many lopsided wins Katy has rung up in recent years.

- You knew Russell Shepard wouldn't be held in check for long. The Cypress Ridge ran for two touchdowns and threw two more, accounting for almost 400 yards of offense as the Rams beat Klein 51-21. This is the Cy Ridge team we all expected. Welcome back.

- Turnovers continue to kill Cy-Fair. They outgained Klein Collins Thursday night only to lose 17-9.

Tonight I'm off to Pridgeon Stadium for Memorial-Jersey Village. Chad's at Cypress Creek-Klein Oak and Ignacio Salazar will have Cypress Woods' first-ever varsity game covered; they get A&M Consolidated at the Berry Center.
Chad and I will record our weekly podcast after tonight's games; that will be posted late tomorrow night. Enjoy the games!