There is a season for everything...now is the season for high school football

  • ANTELOPES Ian Vergara watches from the sidelines, after an injury has sidelined the player since the Forsan game . His return to the team for the Abernathy game was uncertain as of press time. | ABIGAIL RODRIGUEZ PHOTO
    ANTELOPES Ian Vergara watches from the sidelines, after an injury has sidelined the player since the Forsan game . His return to the team for the Abernathy game was uncertain as of press time. | ABIGAIL RODRIGUEZ PHOTO
  • EAGLES Southland Senior Rey Flores scored a touchdown for the Eagles last against the Lorenzo Hornets. | RON FRANCIS PHOTO
    EAGLES Southland Senior Rey Flores scored a touchdown for the Eagles last against the Lorenzo Hornets. | RON FRANCIS PHOTO

    We are five weeks away from high school football, Texas’s most popular interscholastic sport. With a few exceptions, Texas is the only state that uses NCAA rules for football. In 2024, like the NFL, UFL, and NCAA, Texas will allow the two- minute warning once the place ends and up to two minutes remain in the half.

    Texas uses a 45-point mercy rule to stop a game only in six-man football. There is n…