Rejoice, high school football fans, because we are so back!

There couldn’t be a better way to kick off Labor Day weekend than with some thrilling Friday Night Lights action. And a bit of Saturday madness, granted most of that came 400 miles away.

Some points were certainly proven. New contenders emerged. The next wave of stars made their first marks on their programs.

Here are my takeaways from an eventful Week 1.

Statements were made at the top

The top three teams in the Daily Southtown’s rankings all emerged from tough opening games unscathed and certainly showed they are worthy of the hype.

We’ll start with Mount Carmel, which made the seven-hour bus ride to Ironton, Ohio, and took part in an absolute classic against nine-time state champion Moeller from Cincinnati.

Moeller took

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