When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Harry B. Orem Stadium
Records: Hays 8-1 5-1 27-4A; Heights 8-1, 6-0
Last week: Hays 49, Champion 46; Heights 27, Clemens 14
Last meeting: Alamo Heights 17, Hays 14 (2011)
Alamo Heights offense: Multiple
Alamo Heights defense: 3-4
Hays offense: Multiple
Hays defense: 3-4
What they’re saying: “Our goal all along was to win the district championship, and this is our chance to do it,” Hays head coach Blake Feldt.
Players to Watch:
Hays: QB Caleb Kimbro, WR Granger Studdard, RB Marco Solis, RB Beau Reed, OL/DL William Trevillion, OL Reed Darragh, Slot receiver/RB Taven Mayberry, WR Shawn Leerssen, DE Kyle Cox, LB Devin Jennings, CB Christian Rodriguez, CB Jared Rodriguez, LB Colin Hubert, DE Daniel Minor, LB Aaron Johnson, LB Brandon Poole.
Alamo Heights: RB Byron Proctor, QB Kalen Brockwell, WR Robert Schuler, WR Cole Bailey, WR Christian Biedenharn, LB Blake Klumpp, LB Nick Uretsky, DB Matt Kelley, DB Blake Rosenthal
Intangibles: It all comes down to Friday night’s game at Alamo Heights as Hays tries to make team history. Never before has any Rebel football team won consecutive district titles. The task will be tough. Heights QB Brockwell has thrown for 1,349 yards, with 16 touchdowns and only three interceptions. Running back Byron Proctor has rushed for 907 yards and six touchdowns. Receiver Cole Bailey has hauled in 10 touchdown passes. Heights has reeled off eight straight wins after losing its opening game of the season to O’Connor. Hays has a few question marks heading into the game against the Mules, as Champion was obviously able to put up a lot of points on a Rebel defense that had been rock solid all season. Also, just when it looked like Hays receiver/running back Taven Mayberry might break the school’s single-game rushing record, he suffered an ankle injury. Mayberry’s status is uncertain and the Rebel offense will be much less potent if he can’t play. Hays QB Caleb Kimbro, who has accounted for more than 2,100 total yards and 24 touchdowns this season, will have to have one of his best games of the season. The Rebels will be out to not only win a district title but to avenge their only district loss of 2011, which came against the Mules at Shelton Stadium.
Hays Free Press prediction: Alamo Heights 24, Hays 21
