Well, today marks the official start of high school football training camp right here in Texas. Yeah. KPRC2 sports director Randy Makavoy joins us live now from Willeridge High School. Randy, team ready for another season of Friday Night Lights. Hey, it’s going to be here season 20 by the way for the Friday football frenzy end of the month.
We’re fired up. We’re going to have a big celebration of that starting August 29th. As you mentioned, we’re live from Willeridge High School. In fact, the Eagles are right here behind me their first day of practice.
They opened just about 20 minutes ago to get things started.
And here’s the catch, though. It’s a big day every August here in Texas. It’s when programs can officially start their training camps and get ready for the regular season. Here’s the catch, though. Only schools that did not hold spring practice can actually start today.
Rest of the schools that did hold spring ball, uh, they’re going to have to wait one more week to get things started. But these Eagles are very excited to be out of here on the practice field. We roll some of the video. We made some calls around the greater Houston area uh last night and again today to find out who indeed was going to be on the field. Schools like not only Willidge but schools like Episcopal the Knights and defending state SBC champion Concaid Falcons.
They also worked out along with several schools in Clear Creek ISD.
Most though have delayed until late this afternoon like Willowidge. The Eagles uh deciding to skip the early morning and the middle of the day heat to work out. While football drills are a priority, protecting these athletes in hot conditions is the number one focus for all the districts. Fort Ben ISD, one that puts a premium on heat guidelines, keeping kids hydrated, watching for any signs of cramping or exhaustion, heat stroke perhaps as well.
I spoke with Willidge coach Kendra Pinson a few minutes ago about that topic.
Our uh trainers uh they’ll do they do a great job out here. uh our administration as far as uh you know, Dena and Amy at Williams over at uh administration, they take good care of us. They give us the good rules. I always tell them, you know, hey, car can’t go without gas.
So, hey, we we try to put a little gas in the in the guys, get them hydrated, get a little water.
Of course, we have water breaks, but uh you know, out here at Willidge, they can go when they want to, but uh when we work, we work. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Come on. Yeah. And they are working right now. Again, we’re live here at Willeridge. The Eagles putting in the drills on day one.
They’ll be here until about 7:00. Keith and Daniela, many choose the early morning route. Clear Springs in Clear Creek ISD. They started at 6:15 this morning, but they were done by 8:15. Anything to beat the heat.
We’re live at Willeridge High School. Randy Mackoy, KPRC2 Sports. All right, Randy, thank you. Well, Texas leads the nation in heat stroke related deaths. Although expected rain may help keep temperatures down, it’s still really important to be aware of the health risks associated with heat.
Right now on our website click2 houston.com we have an article that explains how to recognize heat related symptoms and how to stay.
