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Permian High School (TX)



By //Justin Newkirk //

Permian High School is in Odessa, Texas, which is near Fort Worth, Texas, and they are about 250 miles away from each other. This High School is an outstanding football school and they have made state for consecutive years now, and won many of them. Permian High School is so successful that they have a website and it has anything and everything you can imagine, from staff to cheerleaders to things anyone can buy. The book //Friday Night Lights// was based on this school and is a true story. There are 2 or 3 other schools around the area of Odessa and Permian’s rivals are the Midland Lee Rebels. Since the town of Odessa is very poor and many people are losing jobs they go to all the Football games and when "Permian is the away team they try to beat the size of the home crowd" (Kylgrafx). The reason that many people come to the games is because they want to support the team, normally when teams have support they start to feel good about things and come together as one unit instead of hating each other because of the different races on the team. This explains why they have become such a successful football team in the High School 5A Division 2.

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=Robert E. Lee High School (Midland, Texas)=

By //David Waller//

Midland Lee High School, also known as (Robert E. Lee) is public secondary school that is located in Midland, Texas. The school holds 10th through 12th graders, there is a separate school, which hold all the freshman students. Midland Lee is primarily known for its football program. Midland Lee won three straight state championships near the end of the 1990’s and the early years of the 2000’s. The Rebels are a very successful 5A team, and these days they still hold a very strong rivalry against the Permian Panthers from Odessa. Just a fun fact from Midland Lee, The First Lady Laura Bush graduated form here in 1964. This school is rich on football tradition, “It was built in 1961” (Robert E. Lee High School (Midland, Texas). Midland Lee high School is built around there football, program, and they have there own football web page that entails any details that are needed. Coming up soon the school is having a “meet the players day” just so the city can know the athletes, which will play for them. The rivalry between Odessa and Midland is very extreme, and the game that happens at least once per year is the focal point of the two seasons. Midland Lee is a focal point to the book Friday Night Lights, and it feeds the cities needs to watch a real intense football game.

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