Bring your umbrella to watch the Scots play at Bryan Adams

by Kirk Dooley

   Highland Park football fans who were at the Frisco Lone Star game last Thursday are still hyperventilating.
   The few who stayed for the rain-soaked, lightning-delayed marathon against Mesquite Horn two weeks ago are still wet. Or at least their clothes are. 
   But nobody is complaining. The Scots are 3-0 in pre-district play, topping three very good teams and earning the ranking of the number two 5A team in the state.
   Playing 0-3 Bryan Adams this Friday might won’t be as challenging for the Scots in many ways but it will be difficult in one key area: Playing the game at all.
   There is rain in the forecast Thursday night, Friday morning, Friday afternoon and Friday evening. Then around game time there is an 80 percent chance of heavy thunderstorms. That’s the kind of rain that includes lightning and we know what that means. Dozens of Dallas-area high school games have been moved up from Friday to Thursday.
   If the game does get cancelled after several lightning delays, there’s several great restaurants I can recommend that are on the way back to the Park Cities. The burgers at Goodfriend Beer Garden (Peavy and Garland Road) are among the best in Dallas. Next door to Goodfriend is Twenty Feet Seafood Joint, which has the best lobster rolls in town. On the other side of Goodfriend is Hello Dumpling, a noodle place that also carries Wild About Harry’s custard. Tex-Mex? Try El Vecino at the corner of N. Buckner Blvd. and Northcliff Drive.
   But what if the game takes place as scheduled? The Scots are 3-0 and the Cougars are 0-3. HP is favored. 
   Through the first three games. BA quarterback Morgan Spears has completed 16 of 45 passes for 164 yards with one touchdown and six interceptions. Running back Kenvodrick Shaw has rushed 53 times for 177 yards. And the Cougar’s leading receiver, DaQuan Bell, has caught nine passes for 129 yards and two TDs. Bryan Adams has lost its three games by the scores of 32-7, 33-7 and 37-7. After much thought, I have deducted that the Cougars are averaging seven points per game. They were district champions last year and were D1 area finalists, so they are proven winners. In the new district realignment the Cougars landed in the same district with Highland Park, Lancaster and two difficult Mansfield teams. Tough sledding.
   The one statistic that stands out to me is that Bryan Adams has scored three touchdowns so far this season while Finn Corwin has scored four.
   Forester Field is named after the grandfather of 1972 HP captain Mike Forester. I hope there’s a good HP crowd there Friday night, but to quote the President of the United States, Friday night’s storms will be “wet”.