Titans Football: Season Opener Win Against Dunbar 28-19

The T.C. Williams Titans won their season opening game, 28-19, against DC’s Dunbar High School Saturday on a steamy hot afternoon, when temperatures soared into the 90s. The Titans will face the Oakton Cougars next Saturday in another home game. The Cougars won their game Friday night against the Madison Warhawks, 16 to 14.

Here’s the upcoming schedule for the Titans for the rest of the season:

• Sept. 13 — vs. Oakton, 1 p.m.
• Sept. 19 — at Langley, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 26 — at W.T. Woodson, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 2 — vs. Annandale, 3:45 p.m.
• Oct. 10 — at South County, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 18 — vs. Lee, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 24 — at Lake Braddock, 7:30 p.m.
• Nov. 1 — vs. West Springfield, 1 p.m.
• Nov. 7 — at West Potomac, 7:30 p.m.

Would an evening game for the season opener have seen cooler temperatures? Will the high school get its “Friday Night Lights”? A feasibility study recently completed concluded:

Installation of lights at Parker-Gray Stadium is technically feasible. It can be accomplished consistent with applicable recreational lighting standards and Alexandria City ordinances, although in one area, some light spillover mitigation
measures such as additional plantings and/or fencing may be required. In addition, the installation of lights at the Stadium would require an amendment, through the usual City process, to an existing DSUP condition which currently prohibits installation of permanent lighting there.

Next up: The Alexandria School Board will discuss operational issues such as usage policy and maintenance plans at its meeting on Sept. 18. According to ACPS, a community engagement meeting is set for Sept. 24 at T. C. Williams. The final review of T. C. lights will occur on Oct. 3.