THE THANKSGIVING holiday weekend delivers a host of sports from high school
football playoffs along with a healthy dose of basketball across the board. College
football is on the docket, but, as usual, the Cowboys will take center stage
on Thanksgiving Day.
WEDNESDAY: The day before Thanksgiving brings boys’ and girls’ basketball.
On the boys’ slate, Dickinson meets Spring Woods as part of RCSSports.
com’s annual Hoopsgiving Classic, which will be held at Houston Christian
High School. The clash between state-ranked teams tips off at 12:30pm. Stateranked
La Marque travels to Crosby and Clear Brook is at South Houston, with
each game starting at 1:00pm. La Porte is at Texas City beginning at 2:00pm.
The afternoon’s sole girls’ hoops contest will see Dickinson at Aldine starting at
1:00pm.
Rockets fans will be in a festive mood as they host the Pistons for a 7:00pm tip.
Houston enters the week at 8-7 overall and will bring a four-game winning streak
into the contest against Detroit, who will be making their only regular season
appearance this season to Toyota Center. AT&T Sportsnet Southwest will have
the coverage beginning with the pregame show at 6:30pm.
THURSDAY: It’s going to feel like old times for Cowboys fans, whose team hosts
the Redskins in a game that could give Dallas a share of first place in the NFC
East. The Cowboys, who have played on Thanksgiving every year since 1966,
lost the first meeting between the two teams this season when Washington held
on for a 20-17 home win on October 21. This will be the 51st time the Cowboys
have played on Turkey Day, where they sport a record of 30-19-1. Fox26 will
have the kickoff shortly after 3:30pm.
FRIDAY: It’s a Gator Nation Friday as Dickinson (10-1), the area’s sole high
school football team to advance to the second round of play, will have a tough
task against a state-ranked North Shore team (11-0) that has eliminated them
from the postseason in two of the last three years. Dickinson earned its trip to
the 6A, Region III, Division I area round contest with a 49-21 win over Pearland
on Friday, giving the Gators their fourth season of at least 10 wins in the past
five years. The game will be played at Galena Park ISD Stadium and will kick
off at 1:00pm.
Houston could clinch the American Athletic Conference West Division with a
win at Memphis beginning at 11:00. The Cougars (8-3) will be without explosive
quarterback D’Eriq King, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in last
week’s win over Tulane, leaving UH to turn to freshman Clayton Tune when
ABC13 begins its coverage.
After playing the role of hosts, the Rockets will be the guests of the Pistons as
Houston opens a three-game road swing beginning at 6:00pm. AT&T Sportsnet
Southwest will have the pregame show starting at 5:30pm.
SATURDAY: Longtime rivals Deer Park and Clear Creek will resume their boys’
basketball saga when the Deer roam into Wildcats territory at 3:00pm. Dickinson’s
boys’ basketball team takes on Dekaney as part of the two-day Texas
Jamboree, which will be held at Bellaire High School beginning at 4:00pm.
The Rockets make their way to Cleveland to meet a struggling Cavaliers team
that came into the week with the worst record in the NBA at 2-12 overall. Tipoff
begins at 6:30pm with AT&T Sportsnet Southwest launching the pregame show
at 6:00pm.
On the college football schedule, Old Domininon is at Rice starting at 12:00pm,
followed by Texas Southern at Prairie View at 1:00pm. Lamar at Northern Iowa
will begin at 4:00pm.
