Week Zero, Anything But A Zero
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August 23, 2007
There are basically two types of fans in Six-Man.
The first kind is the be true to your school fans. For instance, let’s say the folks out in the far west part of the state in Sierra Blanca are fans of the Vasqueros. By the way, that has to be the best mascot name in the state.
The second kind is reserved for folks that just love the game of Six-Man. They don’t really care who it is playing. Just turn the lights on, wind the clock, huddle up, and git’ er done.
Starting Thursday August 30th, both kinds of fans should be able to satisfy their thirst for pigskin spectating. Week Zero officially starts the new season of high school football. The “be trues” will follow their teams wherever they go, home or away. Got to love it.
The “just love the gamers” have to pick and choose where they will be to kick off the new season. There are kick off classics that will have multiple games like at Richland Springs and Jayton. You probably couldn’t go wrong attending either one of those.
You can look up and down the schedule on Granger’s board and find several good match ups to open the season. I suspect as far as just single game venues in Week Zero one of the very best games should be the tussle between the # 6 ranked Rankin Red Devils and the # 11 ranked Robert Lee Steers.
If you are into the multi game venues then you might want to consider the goings on over at Richland Springs on Saturday September 1st. There you will find the # 1 and # 5 teams in the state taking on each other in Richland Springs and Happy.
If you are still looking for a little more bang for your bucks then there is one more place to consider. That would be HICO. Since 2004, the folks in Hico have been putting on the Six-Man Super Saturday. This year is no exception. For $5.00 a game or $10.00 for an all day pass you can enjoy some fine Six-Man football.
The fun and games begin when the gates open at 10:00 AM. The first of FIVE games begins at 11:00 AM when Lometa takes on Grand Falls. 1:30 PM is the scheduled time for the second game that features Garden City against Calvert. Strawn and Valley go at each other at 4:00 PM. Come 6:30 PM, Throckmorton and Trinidad will knock heads. Finally, at 8:00 PM Iredell and Jonesboro will do battle.
There is more to it than just football at HICO. Walt Garrison and Burton Lawless, a couple of “real” Cowboys, are scheduled to appear as is World Champion All-around Cowboy Cody Ohl. There will also be some of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders on hand.
There will be plenty of food, fun, and fellowship Six-Man style. Come and go or come and stay, a great time will be had by all. Check it out at www.hico-tx.com
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