GRIDIRON MATCHUPS: WEEK 9

Moving into Week 9 of the 2024 Texas high school football season, check out the complete schedule for Class 3A, 2A & 1A teams under the Friday night lights around the Heart of Texas

Here’s the complete Class 3A, 2A & 1A schedule on Week 9 of the 2024 Texas high school football season for teams in the Heart of Texas region where 42 regional teams battle in 16 districts across the three classifications. Be sure to check back for up-to-the-minute scores throughout the weekend.

On location in Clifton Friday night, THE SPORTS BUZZ On The Air features the Class 3A, Division II Clifton Cubs (2-0 in district, 5-2 overall) returning home to host the pre-season District 5-3A, DII favorite Tolar Rattlers (2-0, 6-1) in a battle for first place at 7 p.m. Friday at Cub Stadium in THE SPORTS BUZZ Game of the Week.

And in another THE SPORTS BUZZ Game of the Week, the Meridian Yellowjackets (1-3, 1-6) will be fighting for survival when they host the Class 2A, DII’s top-ranked perennial powerhouse Mart Panthers (4-0, 6-1) in a District 10-2A, DII matchup at 7 p.m. Friday at Jacket Stadium.

New this season, THE SPORTS BUZZ On The Air will present one of its weekly 15-minute highlight and interview segments every Sunday at approximately 3:40 p.m., sponsored exclusively by Clifton Feed & Service Center, before the 4 p.m. matinee movie at the historic and beautifully-renovated Cliftex Theatre in Clifton, the longest continuously running movie house in Texas, showing films on the silver screen since 1916.

The Sports Buzz On The Air segment will replay every Thursday at approximately 6:40 p.m. prior to the 7 p.m. feature film at The Cliftex Theatre in Clifton.

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.