The start of the high school football season is this week as all teams strive to make its record 1-0.
All five Montague County teams play, with all but Gold-Burg playing on the typical Friday night. The Bears are scheduled to play on Thursday night.
For Bowie, the Jackrabbits open the season at home playing a fellow 3A team Callisburg. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-6 season where they finished fourth in the district to earn a playoff spot.
For Nocona, the Indians are hosting Lindsay. The Knights are coming off a 5-6 season where they finished fourth in the district to earn the final playoff spot.
The team graduated only one starter on both sides of the ball and is expected to build on it, picked to finish second in its district.
They are ranked 15th in the state in 2A division II.
For Saint Jo, the Panthers are hosting Fort Worth THESA. It stands for Texas Home Educators Sports Association.
The Riders went 5-6 last year and finished third in their district to advance to the playoffs.
They advanced far enough before losing one round short of the state championship game.
For Gold-Burg, the Bears get one less day to prepare for their first game at Perrin-Whitt.
The Pirates are coming off a 2-8 season, but just missed the playoffs. Gold-Burg won last year’s game easily 64-16, but things are a bit different with both teams this season.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 at Perrin-Whitt.
For Forestburg, the Longhorns are playing Savoy this week. The Cardinals went 3-7 last year, but one of those wins came in district play to finish third in district.

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