Welcome to Football Friday: High School Games Kick Off Labor Day Weekend

Nightcaps arrives as your daily fix for the biggest sports, news, and culture stories you might have overlooked while staring at a computer screen. It runs Monday through Friday on OutKick.com. Today marks our first Football Friday of 2026? Buddy, say no more! Who has it better than us? Nobody. Imagine not living in America today. It must be just miserable. Sure, it is only high school football, but I do not care. Give me the bands and the pageantry. The cheers. The obnoxious horn that goes off in the middle of a play because some sophomore is working the scoreboard and does not know what he is doing.

I want it all. I have missed it. We have high school football tonight. We get college football next weekend. Then comes Labor Day weekend, otherwise known as the most underrated holiday weekend on the calendar. I can feel it in my bones. We are about to kick it up a notch, boys and girls. Let us lock it in and then have ourselves a big weekend. Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps, the one where Brittany Mahomes works in a lift during a dominant day at the gym before the second week of the NFL preseason.

What else? I have an absolute specimen toting the rock for Peyton Manning's kid, another WNBA sex toy scandal, and let us check in on the middle school football scene in Tennessee. Wait till you see this hit. Better yet, wait till you see who delivered it! OK, I have a big two-year-old birthday party on deck tomorrow that I have to get this house ready for, so let us get this class going. I have a big day ahead. Grab whatever you need to get you though the final few hours of the week, and settle in for a Friday Cap!

Football is back, Part I! We are hosting about 30 people tomorrow for my kid's birthday party, which seems just absurd but that is not an argument I will ever win. It is happening, and my yard is in shambles. It has rained here all week. I have had no window to mow it. We have 30 folks coming over in the morning and it looks like we live in the Everglades right now. So, it is gonna be a quick class. No hemming and hawing. Let us get to it.

First up? As I said, football is BACK across this great country. We had high school football last night (which we will get to in a minute). We have more tonight. So, let us spin the football wheel and head out to Tennessee, where one middle school player got absolutely demolished earlier this week ... by a 16-year-old girl ... who wasn't even a player!

Football is back, Part II! Goodness gracious! What a hit. The kid obviously did not see it coming. Nobody did, except 16-year-old Addison Hunnicutt, who told News Channel 5 in Nashville that she is the sister of a player who she claimed was being bullied all night long on the field. "That's when I started to be like, no, I'm done watching this," Addison said. "I wasn't going after this kid just to go after him. That wasn't my intention at all." What a twist.

Addison, by the way, has since been charged with assault and disorderly conduct, according to the Sheriff's Office. She is also been permanently barred from ever setting foot on any Franklin County School System properties again. Seems a bit harsh to me, given the context. Perhaps some community service will do the trick? Don't know that we need to ruin a kid's life over this. Where were the parents? Maybe start there. Regardless, I am thinking some crosstown high school football team with a hole at linebacker may be making a call today. Just a hunch.

Next? You know who that team ain't gonna be? Baylor School in Chattanooga. They do not need any extra help. Don't believe me? They have a Manning under center, and, apparently, the next Derrick Henry behind him to carry the rock. And I mean CARRYING THE ROCK:

Football is back Part III & the WNBA has a new (old) headache! Lordy. They did not make 'em like that when I played high school football. What a specimen!

David Gabriel Georges hasn't been on my radar until last night, but that five-star commitment from Tennessee is now impossible to ignore. He refuses to go down. I recall watching old Derrick Henry clips from his days at Yulee, and this reminded me of him instantly. I do not say that lightly. It was incredible. I could watch those Henry-Yulee highlights all day long without getting bored. They are truly mesmerizing.

By the way, did anyone see who caught Marshall Manning's first pass? That was a young player named Cornbread Adams. God, I love this country. We are the best. Let us speed up this Friday class into a big weekend immediately. First up is football returning, Part III.

Brittany Mahomes has officially clocked in for the NFL season. She is back. One final tuneup in the gym remains before it goes off to the races. I think we are all sleeping on the Chiefs this season, by the way. It is hard to believe that many people do not care about them. Everyone talks about the Patriots, Broncos, and Chargers in the AFC right now. They are obsessed with the Texans defense. The Bengals look like a sexy pick at this moment. The Bills have a new stadium and the same stud quarterback.

We seem to have forgotten the Chiefs exist entirely. Patrick Mahomes is coming off an ACL injury. Travis Kelce is old. Rashee Rice is a ticking time bomb. I do not care one bit. They are about to remind everyone who runs the AFC. Believe me, I am no Chiefs fan.

Before we head into the weekend sunset, let us check in on the big Dream-Sparks game from last night. Yes! For those who thought the WNBA serial sex toy thrower was dead and gone, think again. He is back in some form. Remember that month last summer when fans were launching these items onto the court during games? It got so bad sports books started posting odds on what the next color would be. Two people were ultimately arrested. It was pure anarchy.

Angel Reese was stunned by a sex toy thrown onto the court recently. This happened on a random Thursday night in late August. The league is strange. That is it for today and this week. Good work, everyone. Happy first Football Friday of the season. Stay fearless on the go. Take Tomi Lahren with you. Download the TLIF podcast now. Many more stories are to come. See you Monday. Click here to download the Fox News app.

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