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Even high school football pep rallies are bigger in Texas

Allen High School (Texas) flashes pyrotechnics, light show at raucous homecoming rally on Friday before win over Plano
Andy Buhler|
Allen High School puts on a halftime performance during a Texas high school football matchup with Cedar Hill in Sept. 2024.
Allen High School puts on a halftime performance during a Texas high school football matchup with Cedar Hill in Sept. 2024. | Photo by Michael Horbovetz

In Texas, even high school football homecoming rallies are bigger.

That's at least the case at Allen High School in the Dallas area, which put on a head-turning pep rally ahead of its game against Plano on Friday.

While high schools across the nation build traditions around one special home football game a year, especially Allen, which has well over 5,000 students enrolled.

From the stands to the court, school personnel and students packed Allen Public Schools Gymnasium on Friday for a rally that included pyrotechnics, a light show and a raucous band.

Even the players' lockers were decorated for the occasion.

Allen's football is off to a 4-0 start and is ranked No. 20 in Texas across all classifications.

Junior Jaden Hambric turned 11 carries into 96 yards and two rushing touchdowns and sophomore Lyndon Springs had two more TD runs, which helped the Eagles pull away for a 38-21 win.

Allen faces McKinney next on Friday at 7 p.m.

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-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx

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ANDY BUHLER

Andy Buhler is a Portland, Oregon-based sportswriter with more than nine years of experience covering high school sports across the country. He's covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason, served on state tournament seeding committees and launched the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a journalism degree from Gonzaga.

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