No. 58 Highland Park advances to 3rd Round of Texas high school football playoffs

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Three-time defending Texas high school football champ Highland Park is one step closer to a four-peat. Thursday night, the Scots routed Magnolia 63-28 in the second round of the Class 5A Division I playoffs.

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Highland Park, ranked No. 58 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, was led by 4-star quarterback Chandler Morris, who earlier this month decommitted from Arkansas after his father Chad Morris was fired. Morris completed 16-of-24 passes for 281 yards and five touchdowns in three quarters of action.

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The win sets-up the possibility of a big High School Football America 100 head-to-head matchup next week. The Scots get the winner Friday’s game between Lone Star, ranked No. 44 in the High School Football America 100, and College Station.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.