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Anderson, McCallum Set To Kick Off Season At The Taco Shack Bowl

The high school football season kicks off on Aug. 27, meaning there are six days remaining until the Taco Shack Bowl kicks off the football season in the Austin area.
The Taco Shack Bowl is the unofficial kickoff for Austin football, as rival schools McCallum and Anderson face off at House Park on the first Thursday of the regular season.
The game is usually exciting, even if the two teams won’t be competing for district titles. It is also a back-and-forth rivalry. Anderson won the 2014 matchup, but McCallum won the game in 2013. The two teams are now in different classifications, but the excitement for both schools remains.
The Class 6A Anderson Trojans went 3-7 last season. Class 5A McCallum rebounded from the loss in the season-opener to Anderson to go 7-2 down the stretch and make the playoffs.
The Knights enter the game as the favorite but need to replace most of last year’s offensive production. Quarterback Carter Fowler and running back JoJo Hardeway need to step up to replace that production on offense. JB Faught is a small, but talented sophomore who can make plays. Miguel Avila doesn’t have the typical size of an offensive lineman, but he is a hard-nosed player with talent.
Anderson won two more games in 2014 under first-year head coach Jeff Rhoads than it had in 2013. Even with that improvement and a win over McCallum to start the 2014 season, the Trojans couldn’t make a run in District 14-6A, which includes powers like Lake Travis and Westlake.
The Trojans are expected to be strong on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Defensive lineman Evan Williams and offensive lineman Michael Onuahu are two of the team’s best players.
High school football shouldn’t always be about wins or trophies. Not being a state or district champion doesn’t mean disappointment at every school in the state. High school football is about tradition and passion.
The opening-game matchup between Anderson and McCallum is a testament to the latter. And once again, the two teams announce the arrival of football season in the area when the two teams kickoff the Taco Shack Bowl inside House Park.

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