Friday Night Lights
Class 5A Top 10 coming into focus after big Week 7 matchups
Matt Malatesta
Oct 18, 2018, 5:00 am
Originally Appeared on Vype
This came into focus this weekend in the Class 5A ranks.
There were some hotly-contested, city-wide slugfests around the Greater Houston-area. Previously No. 2 Crosby, No. 4 Friendswood and No. 8 Lamar Consolidated took tumbles in close games against great competition.
Crosby lost to Port Neches-Groves in an instant classic, Foster knocked off Friendswood 28-20, while Lamar Consolidated hung tough against A&M Consolidated in a losing effort.
How about a big win? New Caney beat state-power Port Arthur Memorial 38-21.
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Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.
Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.
Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.
Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.
After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.
Asked if this calf injury feels worse than the one he sustained on Sunday, Jake Meyers looked toward a team spokesman and asked "do I have to answer that?" He did not and then politely ended the interview.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) July 10, 2025
Lack of imaging strikes again!
The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.
The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.
The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?