[DFG]

Why is a US high school football team playing a game against a team from Mexico?

[liberalh8ter]

To further blur the line (border) between the U.S. and Mexico.

[LibertarianInExile]

Why not? If they’re willing to pay to come here, who cares if the U.S. team plays them? It’s not any different from cross-state border teams or cross-division teams playing. I don’t think it counts toward anything.

[BohDaThone]

US teams , especially near borders, play "foreign teams" on occasion. Canada has some quite good HS basketball teams, which contribute players to the NCAA and play american teams. See, e.g.,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Commerce_Collegiate_Institute

Here is their 06-07 schedule, with games in 5 us states:

http://www.maxpreps.com/local/team/schedule.aspx?schoolid=4ad6f597-ebf3-4569-9fc8-7ac285214d50&ssid=a00a56fa-aab7-4640-8640-53e948da806a

Sometimes visiting teams even from, e.g., Australia come over and play pre-season games.

[Cen-Tejas]

..........my son attended Marine Military Academy in Harlingen for 3 years and graduated from it, an amazing school. That said, each year, his football team played at least one Mexican team from south of the border. It was always a good hard fought game with both teams being about equal and good fun was had by all with great sportsmanship demonstrated on both sides.

And, I can assure you that it would have never occurred to General Glasgow (the retired Marine General that ran the place back then) to cancel a game due to some anonymous threat called in by some anonymous punk.

[mad puppy]

Wait a minute...they cancelled a High School football game? In Texas?

[spankalib]

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[Arrowhead1952]

Why is a US high school football team playing a game against a team from Mexico?

This has been happening for years. Each year one or two Texas schools play one or two schools from Mexico.