I’ll be covering this game live so I thought I’d some research to get myself up to speed on these teams and share that research with you.

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Team Comparison

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Stratford	Team	Houston Heights
Spartans	Mascot	Bulldogs
(4-6)	(Record)	(6-4)
23rd	Playoff Appearances	28th
(33-22)	Playoff Record	(15-27-1)
Todd Rankin	Head Coach	Stephen Dixon
(53-35)	Record at School	(106-88)
(53-35)	Coach Career Record	(106-88)
30.5	2025 Point For Per Game	37.9
119	Class Rank	61
30.2	2025 Points Against Per Game	14.1
133	Class Rank	11
0.3	2025 Point Differential Per Game	23.8
130	Class Rank	29
	Rankings
Unranked	DCTF	Unranked
189	Maxpreps	181

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2025 Results

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Stratford Spartans

Heights Bulldogs

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Recent History

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2022 – Heights 25, Stratford 20

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The Stat Leaders

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Stratford Spartans

Chase Lanteime – 83 of 135 passing, 1681 yards, 21 TDs

Alejandro Casas – 50 carries, 354 yards, 6 TDs

Darius Jones – 34 catches, 889 yards, 13 TDs

Alejandro Casas – 146 tackles, 8 TFL

Kooper Walden – 89 tackles, 11 TFL, 4 sacks

Case Brown – 4 sacks

Darius Jones – 5 interceptions

Heights Bulldogs

Kobe Miles – 119 of 200 passing, 1919 yards, 29 TDs

Phelan Powell – 89 carries, 596 yards, 4 TDs

Kaden Cole – 33 catches, 770 yards, 13 TDs

Joseph Chavez – 71 tackles, 15 TFL

Isaiah Landor – 4 interceptions

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Projections /Picks For This Game

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Dave Campbell’s Computer (otherwise known as Jerry Forest of pigskinprep.com) favors Heights by 1.

Massey Ratings (masseyratings.com) projector favors Stratford by 1.

I’m taking Heights to pull this one out.

Antony is taking Stratford.

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What I Expect to See

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The last time these two played was in the bi-district round in 2022. Heights scored with 5 seconds left to win 25-20.

While I don’t expect such a dramatic finish, I do expect a close game determined by turnovers, special teams and big plays.

You can follow @txhsfb on Twitter (I’ll never calls it by that single letter name) for live game updates. Check Twitter (@txhsfb) and txhsfb.net on Friday for a photo gallery from the game.

Happy Football Y’all!