Scots-Wylie Game Moved to Allen
With cold temperatures and wintry weather possibly in the forecast for later this week, Highland Park and Wylie have agreed to move their Class 4A Division I Region II final from frigid Southlake to balmy Allen.
OK, so perhaps the conditions won’t be very favorable one way or the other, but the game will still be played at 7:30 p.m. Friday, only now it will be at Eagle Stadium in Allen. That slot became available when Ennis and Mesquite Poteet decided to shift their game in Allen from Friday to Thursday.
“This stadium was actually our preferred venue, and it has just become available,” HPISD athletic director Johnny Ringo said. “With the possibility of inclement weather on Friday, Eagle Stadium’s location makes for easier travel, and its design offers better protection from the weather.”
Discounted tickets are available in advance at the Highlander Stadium box office this week. The ticket office will be open from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Advance tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. All tickets will be $10 at the gate, and parking will be $5.
The stadium might have been the preferred venue, but it has yielded opposite results this season for the two teams. The Scots suffered their only loss of the season there to Aledo by a 44-3 score on Aug. 31, while Wylie had their best offensive output of the season on the same turf in a 64-46 win over South Oak Cliff in the regional semifinals last week.
You are forgetting that we beat The Colony there in the first round of the playoffs.