A BLUE, CRIMSON AND PURPLE MATCHUP: Yesterday evening the freshman, junior varsity and varsity football teams played in a three-way scrimmage against the Austin High Maroons and the LBJ Jaguars at Nelson Field. Given that it was a rare matchup of three schools at one time, the coaches creatively planned the games as follows. The freshmen and JV teams played at the same time, splitting the 100-yard football field into 50-yard half sections which allowed all teams to play each other in ten minute increments of individual offense and defense. The field was expanded back to regulation size for the varsity game where each team played in 15 minute increments. Splitting the game into periods for purely the offensive or defensive players to take the field allowed for each of the three teams to play each other in every possible matchup.
The Knights entered the varsity game prepared from many weeks of practice, holding 6A Austin High to zero touchdowns. The McCallum defense was also able to se...