The 5th Annual Jerry Jones Classic, for the first time, featured a team from West Texas during the Aug. 30 football game.
Odessa Permian made the nearly 6-hour trek to the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco. Plano secured a 27-17 win over the Panthers during the game.
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Permian is the school featured in a 1990 book written by H.G. Bissinger, called “Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream.”
The 1990 book actually focused on the Permian Panthers’ 1988 season, which ended with a loss to Dallas David W. Carter High School in the semifinals…