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Father and son face off as nationally-ranked Westlake shoots for Texas state championship Saturday
12 January
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Westlake High School football does it again, ranking No. 4 in MaxPreps' Top 25 rankings as the team prepares to face off against Southlake Carroll High School this weekend in the Texas 6A Division 1 title game.
<p>Westlake is the highest-ranked out of four other Texas high schools on the list, followed by No. 7 North Shore High School in Houston, No. 9 Ryan High School in Denton and No. 10 Southlake Carroll High School in Southlake. </p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1eee49c6031c3ec662a49adada045683" id="2f833"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p>And in MaxPreps Texas rankings, Westlake is at the top after a five-point jump, followed by Carthage High School in second place after a one-point jump and Carroll in third, after an eight-point jump.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e1e3c6a4b3b99b32ffce126a6812fb12" id="0c04b"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p>The announcement comes just days before Saturday's game, which is slated to be a more-than-interesting battle between Westlake and Southlake Carroll High School, but not for the obvious reason.<br/></p><p>The game will be a showdown between Westlake Head Coach Todd Dodge and his son Riley Dodge, head football coach at Carroll, his alma mater. The game has been dubbed the "Dodge Bowl" in anticipation.<br/></p><p>The two had already planned to face off against each other at the AT&T Stadium this season but the game was canceled due to COVID-19. It would have been the first time the two have ever competed against each other.</p><p>Now, the very same teams will meet for the 6A Division I state championship game after making it there fair and square. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m Saturday, Jan. 16. Either way, the Dodge family will get a win.<br/></p>
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