Be sure to save the date for Sachse Mustang football at third Cotton Bowl Stadium Prep Showcase when they take on the Euless Trinity Trojans. The Mustangs’ game is Sept. 8 at 1:30 p.m. The Mustangs had an extraordinary 2017 season and made it to the quarter-final round of the playoffs.
Eight of the top Dallas-area 6-A football programs will play in the Cotton Bowl Stadium Prep Showcase, with six of the eight having been playoff teams in 2017. Some of the state’s top recruits will be showcased, including TCU commit Donavann Collins and Oklahoma State commit Xavier Ross of Cedar Hill and Notre Dame commit Hunter Spears of Sachse.
Tickets will be available at each participating school and on game day at Cotton Bowl Stadium. Presale ticket prices at each school will be $6.00 for students and $8.00 for adults. Day of game tickets bought at the Cotton Bowl will be $10.00 each for all ages. More information for the 2018 Cotton Bowl Stadium Prep Showcase is available by visiting www.cbsprepshowcase.com.
Schedule*
Mansfield Lake Ridge vs. Waco Midway Friday, Sept. 7 5:00 p.m.
Cedar Hill vs. Denton Guyer Friday, Sept. 7 8:30 p.m.
Lake Highlands vs. Plano East Saturday, Sept. 8 10:00 a.m.
Sachse vs. Euless Trinity Saturday, Sept. 8 1:30 p.m.
*Tickets purchased for Friday good for both games on Friday; tickets purchased for Saturday good for both games on Saturday.
About: The reverence with which football fans view the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium is only matched by the pride and passion upon which Texas high school football fans shower their favorite teams. When the Friday night lights are flipped on, that fervency overflows throughout the small communities and large metropolises that dot the Texas landscape, and everywhere in between.
On Friday, Sept. 7, high school football returns to the iconic home of so much football glory. Not only will the two-day showcase usher in another frenzied fall of devotion and new season of intrigue and anticipation for high school football fans across Dallas and surrounding communities, but it will do so in the confines of the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium, a palace of rich football history that was once the home of the Dallas Cowboys, SMU Mustangs, the legendary Cotton Bowl bowl game and the annual Red River Showdown, pitting the Texas Longhorns against the Oklahoma Sooners.
In addition to NFL and college football players who have turned in legendary performances inside Cotton Bowl Stadium, others who have graced the hallowed field include baseball greats Ty Cobb and Dizzy Dean and entertainers Elvis Pressley, the Rolling Stones, U2, the Eagles and Eric Clapton to name a few.