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Frisco Liberty running back Jay Ajayi is lighting up the scoreboard.

In just two games, the Boise State commit has scored 10 touchdowns, good for the most in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Class 4A. Only Flower Mound’s Hunter Lee (14) and Mansfield’s Damon Bullock (11) have scored more, but they’ve both played in three games.

Ajayi has 391 yards on the year on just 29 carries, meaning he’s scoring on average every third time he touches the ball. He’s scored on runs of 35, 62 and 33 this year.

The running back’s play has upstart Liberty (2-0) rolling in nondistrict play as the Red Hawks have pummeled Greenville (59-14) and Denison (56-20).

Liberty hopes to build on its breakout 2009 season, when the Red Hawks went three rounds deep in the playoffs in just their second year as a varsity program.

Liberty plays at Royse City (0-3) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

Six area players will represent the North in tonight’s 66th Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Basketball Game at San Antonio’s Bill Greehey Arena on the campus of St. Mary’s University.

Tipoff is 7:30 p.m.

Area players include:

*Travis Dykman, a 6-2 guard from Crandall.

*Scott Greg, a 6-6 post from Ponder.

*Kristapher Gulley, a 6-7 forward from Dallas Madison.

*Brandon Jefferson, a 5-10 guard from Lewisville.

*Tanner Milson, a 6-2 guard from Cedar Hill.

*T.J. Taylor, a 6-3 guard from Denison.

The South team will be led by Houston Yates guard Joseph Young, who is bound for Providence College.

The North will be coached by Coppell’s Brad Chasteen along with his assistant coaches, Jon Ziaer and Pat Hernandez.

Monday is the first full day of THSCA’s annual convention. Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall, Oregon football coach Chip Kelly and Xavier basketball coach Chris Mack are today’s featured speakers.

The THSCA football all-star game will be played Tuesday night.

The debate between Texas and Florida over which state plays the best high school football will be put into sharper focus with the “Texas vs. Florida High School Football Showcase’’ this fall.

Four teams have been chosen from Texas to meet teams from Florida on Sept. 10-11 at Eagle Stadium in DeSoto.

There will be a Texas vs. Florida trophy presented to the winner.

The Friday night match-up is particularly appealing. Abilene is the defending Class 5A Division II state champion and Cocoa won the 2A title in Florida last season.

In 2007, Miami Northwestern defeated Southlake Carroll, 29-21, in a nationally televised meeting of the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 teams.

The plan of the organizer, C&B National Sports Marketing Group, is for four Texas schools to travel to Florida for four games in 2011.

Sherman and Denison formally appealed the UIL’s realignment this week, citing excessive travel times related to facing its new district opponents.

The two schools were played in District 13-4A with Sulphur Springs, Mount Pleasant and Texarkana Texas High. They are currently grouped with McKinney and Frisco schools and were grouped with Denton schools before that.

“There’s another solution that makes more sense,” Denison athletic director Cody White said. “Kids are going to have to get out early. They’re going to have to go school after getting home at 2 a.m.”

In the letter of appeal, Sherman and Denison suggested swapping places with Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath, which were grouped in District 10-4A with McKinney and Wylie schools.

And while Sherman and Denison’s travel distance to Mount Pleasant and Texarkana isn’t too much farther than Rockwall’s, the travel time is much greater as Rockwall would have a straight shot down I-20 while Sherman and Denison would take U.S. Route 82, a slower two-lane highway.

The UIL will hear appeals on Feb. 18, but White doesn’t expect the ruling to be overturned.

“I doubt anything is going to happen, but at least we let them know there should be better solutions,” White said.

Denison running back D.J. Jones will take his elusive running style to Texas A&M in 2010, as the senior signed with Aggies on Wednesday morning.

The three-year starter rushed for 2,262 yards and 30 touchdowns in 2009, guiding the Yellow Jackets to a berth in the Class 4A Division II state semifinals.

Quarterback Jordan Taylor signed with Rice as an athlete. He threw for 2,472 yards and 27 touchdowns while rushing for 1,356 yards and 23 touchdowns.

Defensive end Jaqwaylin Arps and linebacker Jimmay Mundine both signed with Kansas.