DFW powers keep losing to national private schools. Here's the value in those losses

When Mater Dei (Calif.) rolled into Dallas as the nation's No. 1 team last August and beat Duncanville 45-3, head coach Reginald Samples could only...

September 12, 2022
3:00 AM

When Mater Dei (Calif.) rolled into Dallas as the nation's No. 1 team last August and beat Duncanville 45-3, head coach Reginald Samples could only say 'sorry.' 'I had to apologize,' Samples said. 'They wasted a trip. They could have just stayed home and scrimmaged.' After Allen's Week 1 loss against St. John Bosco (Calif.), the No. 1 team in the country according to MaxPreps, head coach Lee Wiginton said the two teams were in a different playing field for a variety of reasons. Allen, the sixth-ranked team in The Dallas Morning News' area 6A poll, lost 52-14.

Shawn McFarland