GRIDIRON GRADES: WEEK 4

With three weeks of the 2024 Texas high school football season in the books, check out the current records, Week 3 scores & Week 4 schedules for Class 3A, 2A & 1A teams across the Heart of Texas region

Across the Heart of Texas, the Class 3A, 2A and 1A six-man football shined during the third weekend of the 2024 Texas high school football season with excitement and surprises under the Friday night lights. So with that in mind, check out the current team records for football programs across the 10-county Heart of Texas region, along with last week’s scores and the upcoming Week 4 schedule.

Moving into the fourth week of the 2024 Texas high school football season, six Heart of Texas squads remain among the state’s Top 10 teams in Class 3A, 2A and 1A, where 42 regional teams battle in 16 districts across the three classifications.

Heart of Texas teams entering Week 4 among the state’s best include Class 2A, DII’s top-ranked Mart Panthers (2-1), moving up one spot with an impressive 69-2 win over Bartlett coupled with previously No. 1-ranked Stratford’s 31-14 loss to Sunray. Elsewhere, Class 3A, DI’s eighth-ranked Grandview Zebras (1-2) dropped out of the rankings after a 38-21 loss to the Class 4A, DII Waco Connally Cadets (3-0).

Teams ranked in the six-man football Top 10 include Class 1A, DI’s second-ranked Abbott Panthers (3-0) and sixth-ranked Jonesboro Eagles (2-1), along with Class 1A, DII’s fourth-ranked Iredell Dragons (2-1) leaped two spots with their 51-6 victory over the previously undefeated Class 1A, DI Walnut Springs Hornets (2-1), hoping over fifth-ranked Oglesby Tigers (1-2), while sixth-ranked Sidney Eagles (2-0) moved up two spots with a 58-12 victory over Stephenville Faith.

CLASS 3A

CLASS 2A

CLASS 1A: SIX-MAN

Once again this season, THE SPORTS BUZZ will provide award-winning coverage of the 2024 Texas high school football season, focusing on Class 3A, 2A and 1A schools in the 10-county Heart of Texas region — which includes Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan and Somervell counties.

Don’t forget to check in with THE SPORTS BUZZ every Monday morning for the Gridiron Grades standings for all high school football teams in the Heart of Texas.