Celina-Ferris opener is set
<br>According to Celina head football coach and athletic director Butch
Ford on Thursday night in Denton, the Bobcats will open their 2009
football season ... on a Thursday night in Denton.<br>
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Ford says the eight-time state-champion and 2008 state runner-up
Bobcats will take on the Ferris Yellowjackets on Thursday, August 27 at
the University of North Texas' Fouts Field, in the 2009 Fellowship of
Christian Athletes Kickoff Classic.<br>
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Celina typically opens its football season on a neutral field, mainly
because it's doggone hard for the Bobcats to find somebody willing to
play them home and away. Last August, they drove to Temple for a 66-0
rout of Lytle, which begged out of a return match "for budgetary
reasons" (my emphasis).<br>
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Ferris had an open date to fill after playing a California school, Sutter Union, in the
same spot last year in Mesquite.<br>
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Ford made the announcement during Celina's 13-2 baseball
victory over Lake Worth in five innings in Game 1 of the Class 3A Region II playoffs at Ryan High School.<br>