The San Marcos High School football team, which finished the 2009 season with a 3-6 record, still placed 15 players on All-District 27-4A teams due to the individual skills of the players and the overall competitiveness of the ball club.

The football teams at San Marcos High School and San Marcos Baptist Academy will try to close out their seasons with wins at home Friday night, while the Wimberley Texans would win their district with a victory at Fredericksburg.

The opening high school football game at Bastrop Memorial Stadium Friday night ended with lightning in the area and numerous frustrations for people who then tried to leave the stadium parking lot. San Marcos coach Steve Van Nest said his kids showed they were ready to play in the 19 minutes of game action, but the game was cancelled and will not be made up.

The San Marcos Rattlers enter a new high school football season attempting to clear away all the distractions, including the most insidious one of all. Last year.