Unbeaten Lone Star leads four Frisco ISD teams into the playoffs, with two home games at the Ford Center

Four Frisco ISD football teams start the Class 5A playoffs this week, and two of the four bi-district games will be played at Frisco's Ford Center, according to the bracket published by NBC 5.

Thursday

Frisco Lone Star (10-0) vs. North Richland Hills Birdville (7-3), 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Ford Center. Lone Star is the only Frisco ISD team to finish the regular season without a loss and opens in Region II of Class 5A Division I.

Friday

Frisco (7-3) vs. Colleyville Heritage (6-4), 7 p.m. at the Ford Center, Region I of 5A Division II.
Frisco Reedy (6-4) at North Richland Hills Richland (9-1), 7 p.m. at the Birdville Fine Arts/Athletics Complex, Region II of 5A Division I.
Frisco Panther Creek (7-3) at Argyle (9-1), 7 p.m. at Argyle ISD Stadium, Region I of 5A Division II.

Who else is in the hunt

Frisco High and Panther Creek share a bracket with Celina, which opens at Lucas Lovejoy on Friday, and with unbeaten Anna, which hosts The Colony. In the Division I bracket, Lone Star and Reedy are in the same region as McKinney North, which plays at Highland Park, and Melissa, which hosts Garland Naaman Forest.

The two Frisco teams on the road both face opponents that went 9-1 in the regular season.

Frisco ISD's other high schools did not appear in the bi-district brackets published for Class 5A or 6A.

Sources

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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