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Texas high school football experts predict winners of top DFW games for Week 8

The top high school football minds in the state of Texas are teaming up with the Star-Telegram to offer up their predictions for some of the best games in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex each week of the 2021 season.

Our esteemed cast of prognosticators

Brian Gosset - The Star-Telegram’s Prep Sports Editor

Greg Tepper (defending champ) - Managing editor at Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and Bally Sports Southwest high school football analyst

Matt Diggs - High school football Analyst, Writer for The Old Coach

Ashley Pickle - Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Video Producer

Jason Howell - Senior Recruiting Analyst for TexAgs.com

Kenny Matthews - Friday Night Glory Analyst

Tarrance Johnson - Friday Night Glory Analyst

Payton Peterson - Friday Night Glory Analyst

Matthew Davidson - The Top Texas Prospects Show Analyst

Marc Henry - The Top Texas Prospects Show Analyst

Nolan Ruth - High school sports writer for The Community News and Founder of Nolan and Company Sports

Stephen Peters - High School Sports Freelancer Extraordinaire

Derek Johnson - Texas Redzone Report

Mike Alexander - Bally Sports Southwest Photographer

Ward Fasold - Inside High School Sports Producer

Season Record

D. Johnson 55-15

Peters 54-16

Peterson 53-17

Diggs 52-18

Ruth 51-19

Matthews 51-19

Alexander 51-19

Pickle 51-19

Fasold 50-20

Howell 50-20

Henry 49-21

Davidson 49-21

Gosset 43-27

T. Johnson 40-30

Tepper 38-12

Games

DeSoto vs. Cedar Hill

Guyer vs. Allen

Mansfield Summit vs. Colleyville Heritage

Timber Creek vs. Keller

Braswell vs. McKinney

Weatherford vs. Boswell

Richland vs. Birdville

Little Elm vs. McKinney Boyd

Benbrook vs. Western Hills

Nolan Catholic vs. All Saints

Picks

Brian Gosset, @gosset41: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Richland, Boyd, Benbrook, Nolan

Greg Tepper, @Tepper: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Weatherford, Richland, Boyd, Benbrook, Nolan

Matt Diggs, @ProfessorDiggs: DeSoto, Allen, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Richland, Boyd, Western Hills, Nolan

Jason Howell, @Jason_Howell: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, McKinney, Boswell, Richland, Boyd, Benbrook, Nolan

Kenny Matthews, @KennyMatthews: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Weatherford, Richland, Boyd, Benbrook, Nolan

Ashley Pickle, @ashley_pickle12: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Richland, Little Elm, Western Hills, Nolan

Tarrance Johnson, @The_RightCall: Cedar Hill, Allen, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Weatherford, Richland, Boyd, Benbrook, Nolan

Matthew Davidson, @MDZgo: DeSoto, Guyer, Summit, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Birdville, Boyd, Western Hills, Nolan

Marc Henry, @Marchen44: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Richland, Boyd, Western Hills, Nolan

Nolan Ruth, @RealNolanRuth: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Weatherford, Richland, Boyd, Western Hills, Nolan

Stephen Peters, @iamspeters: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Richland, Little Elm, Western Hills, Nolan

Derek Johnson, @derekraydj: DeSoto, Allen, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Weatherford, Richland, Boyd, Benbrook, Nolan

Payton Peterson, @paytpeterson1: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Richland, Boyd, Western Hills, Nolan

Mike Alexander, @MikeAMVPSports: DeSoto, Allen, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Weatherford, Richland, Boyd, Western Hills, Nolan

Ward Fasold, @TheWizord: DeSoto, Guyer, Heritage, Keller, Braswell, Boswell, Richland, Little Elm, Benbrook, All Saints

This story was originally published October 13, 2021 at 7:56 AM.

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Brian Gosset covered high school sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram until 2023. He graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in journalism before coming to Texas in 2014.
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