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Aledo rallied to beat Denton Ryan 42-27 in a Week 6 Texas high school football showdown between ranked foes on Friday night.

The Bearcats rattled off 34 unanswered and pulled away late after Denton Ryan opened with a 27-8 lead as far into the game as the late second quarter.

Ryan entered the game as the No. 11 ranked team and Aledo is No. 15 in Texas. A full replay can be viewed on the NFHS Network (subscription required).

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-- INTERCEPTION! Kamron Hall picks off junior QB Quin Henigan and the Bearcats regain possession up two scores late.

-- Ryan junior tight end Jose Melendez catches a pass downfield for a first down as the Raiders continue to march.

-- What a catch. Senior wideout gets the ball dumped off to him from Braeden Mussett on third and a few, and he hauls it falling down in double-coverage to pick up the first down. What an athletic play.

-- Reminder: Denton Ryan led 27-8 in the second quarter. Aledo has scored 34 straight points.

-- Kaydon Finley with a phenomenal catch over the middle draped in coverage. Then Kaden Winkfield takes a handoff up the middle as Denton Ryan advances into Aledo territory.

-- TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Aledo goes to the air and Ryan's Simmons crashes into the rout to stuff the Bearcats on fourth down to take ovver with a one-score game.

-- INTERCEPTION! Aledo's Owen Henderson picks off a Ryan pass intended for Lorenzo Hill and the Bearcats have the lead and continue to stack momentum plays.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Aledo! Raycine Guillory blasts through the defensive resistance for a touchdown. (Aledo, 35-27 | 1:20)

-- Aledo is inside the five-yard line after a long run fron Kaden Winkfield! The junior running back gains a hefty number of yards after contact to get the Bearcats to the doorstep.

-- FUMBLE! Warmate fumbles a handoff on fourth and short after nearly converting a long third down. Aledo recovers with under four minutes left in the quarter.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Ryan! Braeden Mussett finds Lorenzo Hill on a short pass and the UTEP commit explodes into the open field for a 58-yard touchdown as the Raiders add to their lead. (Ryan, 20-8 | 6:44)

-- FIELD GOAL, Aledo! Cole Crawford boots through a 36-yarder and the Bearcats are within one late in the opening quarter. (Ryan, 6-5 | 3:02)

-- SAFETY, Denton Ryan! Backed up to its own goal line, Aledo forces Tre'Vaughn Reynolds down in the endzone on a handoff for a safety and the Bearcats' defense puts them on the board. (Aledo, 6-2 | 5:39)

-- INTERCEPTION! Ryan's Trae Williams steps up and picks off a Gavin Beard pass deep in the red zone and Aledo's scoring opportunity turns sour.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Ryan! Defensive lineman Uzziah Warmate takes a handoff on fourth and inches and explodes for a 53-yard touchdown run to open up the scoring. The PAT, however, is blocked by Aledo. (Ryan, 6-0 | 10:28)

Aledo brings a whopping 122-game district win streak into Friday. The two-time defending 5A Division I state champs already saw its impressive 30-game win streak end in a Week 1 loss to Denton Guyer.

Ryan has held offenses to 28 yards per game in 2024. That's no joke for an Aledo team dealing with injuries on its offensive line.

Denton Ryan stars Ty Haywood, a 5-star offensive lineman committed to Alabama.

Ray Guillory (486 rush yards, 9 TDs), 4-star junior running back, went for 1,236 yards and 21 TDs as a sophomore and was the No. 43 most important player in the state entering the season. Kaydon Finley has 28 receptions for 489 total receiving yards (17.5 yards per catch) and eight TDs. Junior Gavin Beard has completed 37 for 53 passes for 610 yards and nine TDs opposite two picks.

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Last month, as Detonites geared up to celebrate “31 Days of Halloween,” a city-wide program curated by the City of Denton, it was announced at a city council meeting that Denton would temporarily change its name to “Halloween” starting Oct. 1.

Denton mayor and university alumnus Gerard Hudspeth released an official proclamation on Sept. 17, stating Denton “is committed to becoming the premier regional, state, and national destination for Halloween events and entertainment.”

“The city staff looked and we talked about what we can do that’s unique for Denton,” Hudspeth said. “You have Grapevine nearby that does a Christmas celebration, so we said, ‘Hey, we have this great Day of the Dead festival and we have all these great things going on. Let’s become the city for Halloween in Texas,’ and so that’s our goal. If you want to celebrate Halloween, you’re gonna want to go to Halloween, Texas.”

While towns changing their names for holidays isn’t a new concept, Mayor Hudspeth believes Denton is the first city in Texas to do it for Halloween. However, other towns around the country, like Conway, South Carolina have also changed their name to “Halloween” for October.

“Staff have talked directly to Conway and they’ve been fantastic,” Hudspeth said. “They've had a lot of success, and so they've been a great partner and a great mentor in this way to help us. It’s helped shorten the learning curve so we can learn from what they’ve done. It’s been really great to have a partner like that.”

As part of the festivities, the city has opened a new website called DentonHalloween.com to help promote “31 Days of Halloween.” The website currently features more than 100 events taking place in October, including movies in Quakertown Park, glow-in-the-dark pickleball and a seminar on how to properly clean a gravestone.

“The main thing has been getting the word out through social media,” Hudspeth said. “I really like the rollout and gradual buildup we’ve been doing. Now you have the octopus in City Hall West, the graveyard out front [of City Hall] and the skeletons and the pumpkins along the roads.”

Despite most planned activities being run by city organizations like Denton Parks and Recreation and Denton Public Library, one of the goals laid out in Hudspeth’s proclamation for the event is being able to boost local economic development.

“Denton’s a great city if I can get you here and I think once you get here, you really like it,” Hudspeth said. ”Hopefully, it brings more visitors that maybe come for Halloween, but then they say ‘I really liked that restaurant we went to. Let’s go back to Denton.’ So, increasing those trips to support businesses. If we’re investing a lot in marketing dollars, then businesses can ride that wave and not have to spend as much but get a greater return.”

One of the event's activities, the “BOO-tique Shopping Crawl,” highlights local businesses. Shoppers who spend $25 at participating stores on the square will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Denton Main Street Dollars eGift Card. Stores include The Palm Tree Boutique, Patchouli Joe’s Books & Indulgences, Susie’s Snack Shop and more.

“It’s great to be included in the events,” said Diane Mayes, who owns Patchouli Joe’s Books & Indulgences with her family. “We’re excited that we get to participate in the event and we’ll also be doing Halloween activities here, including having authors. We’re just hoping that it’s a good event and that it attracts visitors to our business.”

Sunny Knight has worked for Discover Denton for more than a year and is the director of the Discover Denton Visitor Center. According to Knight, the visitor center will be heavily involved in the activities for the “31 Days of Halloween.” Beyond hosting events, the Discover Denton Visitor Center sells exclusive merchandise for the “31 Days of Halloween.” Items include shirts, stickers, posters and more.

“There’s going to be a lot of activities going on at the visitor center and we’ll be able to help people that might have questions about the event,” Knight said. “Discover Denton is very excited to be involved with “31 Days of Halloween. We’ve already had to order a second shipment of the event merchandise for the store.”

The inaugural “31 Days of Halloween” officially began on October 1 with a ribbon cutting at the Discover Denton Visitor Center featuring the North Texas Ghostbusters and will continue until October 31.

“We’re having all the city departments coming out [October 1] and there will be lots of festivities and family fun,” Hudspeth said. “If everything goes well, hopefully, we’ll be able to do it annually and have it grow each year and continue to find new things to do. We really want to make this a city-wide event.”

The two best teams in Texas in the 5A ranks square off on Friday in a heavily-anticipated matchup.

ALEDO, Texas — The two best 5A football teams in Texas square off on Friday night, as the No. 2 ranked Aledo Bearcats, the two-time defending 5A-Div. I State Champions, host No. 1 Denton Ryan. And you can watch the game live for free on Friday Night Football on WFAA+.

Aledo has not lost a game against a district opponent since Oct. 5, 2007. By the time Friday comes along, that will be a span of 6,209 days. The Bearcats intend to see the streak reach 6,210 days and beyond. Denton Ryan has a chance to make history.

You can watch the game live on our streaming platform WFAA+, which is available on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV. You can also watch the game right here on WFAA.com, or our WFAA YouTube channel.

This is likely the first of two meetings between the state powers. A Regional Final matchup in early December is quite likely. But Friday night is our first chance to get a feel for how these two teams stack up.

Denton Ryan comes in at 4-0 on the year and with an offense that averages 47.3 points per game behind new starting quarterback Quin Henigan. Henigan threw for seven touchdown passes last week against Granbury and has multiple weapons on the outside, led by senior Braeden Mussett. Nemo Warmate and Tre'Vaughn Reynolds are the primary ballcarriers for Ryan, running behind a terrific offensive line. Left tackle Ty Haywood is a five-star prospect committed to Alabama, and his right tackle counterpart Marcus Garcia is a four-star prospect committed to Texas A&M.

They'll face an Aledo defense that brings back just four starters from last year's state championship winning squad. But there are still plenty of playmakers for the Bearcats defense, led by defensive end Cooper Cyphers and linebackers Ben McElree and Chase Wilburn. Kamron Hall and Adrian Fuller lead the secondary.

The Bearcats offense is almost an entirely new-look unit, with only three starters back from 2023. But while many familiar faces like Hauss Hejny are gone, there are two big names back this year — wideout Kaydon Finley and running back Raycine Guillory. Finley is the son of former Packers tight end Jermichael Finley. He's also a superstar in his own right - a four-star prospect with 29 scholarship offers, and the ability to score on any given play. Guillory is the main ballcarrier, already amassing 486 yards and nine touchdowns in just five games this season.

The Ryan defense is stout, giving up just 13.8 points per game this year behind junior defensive end Errol West, defensive tackle Uzziah 'Cookie' Warmate, and linebacker Dillon Arkansas. They'll have the unenviable task of trying to slow down Finley and Guillory.

Our Friday Night Football pregame show will begin at approximately 6:50 p.m., with kickoff to follow at 7 p.m. Join Mike Leslie and Hek'ma Harrison on the call, for Week 6 of the Texas high school football season.

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