Scots Hit Practice Field

With the season opener against Red Oak a mere 19 days away, the Highland Park Scots opened football practice Monday morning at Highlander Stadium.

Head coach Randy Allen was pleased with what he saw from the roughly 145 players who reported for practice.

“I thought they reported in good condition and they seemed to retain a lot from the spring,” Allen said. “We put everything on them and they remembered it.”

The Scots will practice without shoulder pads until Friday. Allen said they will have an intrasquad scrimmage at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. HP, which went 15-1 last season, will also scrimmage at Plano West on Aug. 22. The Scots will then try to become the first team in Texas high school football history to win 700 games when they face the Hawks in the Tom Landry Classic on Aug. 30 at SMU.