Games of the day
Vandegrift (3-0) vs. Hendrickson (2-0) 7 p.m. Friday, The Pfield, Pflugerville
Quarterbacks: Dru
Dawson has been terrific in three starts for Vandegrift, completing 34 of 52 passes (.654) for six touchdowns and one INT. ... Hendrickson’s Blaine
Barker was the leading rusher on a team that gained 372 yards on the ground in last week’s 64-14 victory over Westwood. EDGE: Vandegrift Other offense:
Vandegrift’s Isaiah
Smallwood has already rushed the football 65 times in three games, gaining 261 yards with three TDs . ... Hendrickson has averaged 60 points in its victories over Texas High and Westwood.
Timieone Jackson was among five rushers who gained more than 65 yards against the Warriors. EDGE:
Hendrickson
Defense: Led by LB Jax McCauley and FS Tyler Mongauzy, the Vipers have limited their three opponents to 12, 13 and 14 points . ... Hendrickson’s defense was largely responsible for helping them gain a 51-0 halftime lead against Westwood. The Warriors finished with 221 total yards. EDGE: Hendrickson
Special teams: PK Tim Barney kicked a 33-yard FG in OT last week as the Vipers edged Cedar Ridge. Lukas Jasinski averaged 42 yards on five punts . ... Hendrickson’s Michael Skiles kicked a 25-yard FG against Westwood but
the Warriors missed two PATs. Hendrickson did not punt last week. EDGE: Vandegrift
Intangibles: After opening up the past two seasons 0-2, Vandegrift is 3-0 this fall. The Vipers have reached the state playoffs five straight years. ... Hendrickson went 10-4 last year, going four rounds into the playoffs. The Hawks have outscored their two opponents 120-21. EDGE: Hendrickson — RICK CANTU
LBJ (2-1) vs. McCallum (2-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nelson Field, Austin
Quarterbacks: Firstyear McCallum starter Cole
Davis has thrown for 429 yards and run for another 238 yards while accounting for six total touchdowns . ... LBJ’s Brian Batts has taken over behind center and gives the Jags one of the best dual threats in the area with 11 total touchdowns.
EDGE: LBJ
Other offense:
McCallum’s Jalen Sutton has 391 yards rushing, and
Darius Lewis gives the run-oriented Knights some balance with 10 catches for 161 yards . ... LBJ spreads the ball around; Ed Thompson and David Jones are among nine players have caught at least one pass, and five other players besides Batts have at least 20 yards rushing. EDGE: McCallum Defense: Defensive lineman Alvino Carbajal anchors a strong front seven, but the Knights have allowed almost 26 points per game . ... Junior DB Sean
Fresch, who played at St. Andrew’s his first two years of high school, has given a talented LBJ secondary a lift, and Josh Jackson had a pair of sacks in a 20-17 win over Class 4A state-ranked Waco La Vega last week. EDGE: LBJ
Special teams: A late safety on a bad punt snap cost McCallum in a 30-26 loss to Glenn last week, but the return game led by Sutton is a strength . ... The combination of Fresch, Jaleel Scott and Latrell McCutchin gives LBJ one of the top return units in
Central Texas. EDGE: LBJ
Intangibles: Since 2004, the winner of this rivalry game has claimed at least a share of the district title
. ... LBJ dominated the early part of the series, which began in 1974, but McCallum has won nine if the past 14 games . ... Both McCallum’s Tom Gammerdinger and LBJ’s Jahmal Fenner are in their first seasons as head coach. EDGE: Even
— THOMAS JONES Austin High (2-1) vs. Westlake (2-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday, Chaparral Stadium Quarterbacks: Austin High sophomore Charles
Wright is the leading passer in Central Texas, averaging 299 yards a game to go with 11 touchdowns . ... Chaparral senior Taylor Anderson has been steady, averaging 127 yards passing and 57 yards rushing. He has eight combined TDs in three games. EDGE: Austin High Other offense: Maroon RB Grayson Dawson is the leading Class 6A rusher in Central Texas, averaging 117 yards a game. Senior Sawyer Berry (18 catches, 252 yards, 2 TDs) is the team’s top wideout. ... Westlake RB Tripp
Graham averages 116 yards a game and has scored four touchdowns. The WR tandem of Penny Baker and Mason Mangum has combined for 26 catches, 341 yards and six TDs. EDGE: Even
Defense: The Maroons are allowing opponents 35 points per game. Luckily, Austin High’s offense averages 46 points per game. .... Led by DE David
Neil (22 tackles, 3 sacks) and LB Ben Pankonien
(19 tackles, 3 for loss of yardage), the Chaps are limiting opponents to 14 points per game. EDGE: Westlake
Special teams: Austin High’s Jonathan Bryant has made 15 of his 16 PAT attempts. Maroons averaged 51 yards a punt in a loss to Westwood . ... Westlake’s Mangum is a threat on punt returns, averaging 22 yards an attempt. PK Gabriel
Lozano has made all 16 of his PATs but is still looking for his first successful field goal. EDGE: Westlake Intangibles: Austin High has reached the playoffs four straight years under
coach Mike Rosenthal. The Maroons are coming off a 47-14 victory over Lehman . ... In the last four games they faced each other (2012-15) — all Westlake victories — the average score is 49-6.