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Abilene High School's football team is ranked 41st in the nation in the latest ESPNRise.com Fab 50 poll.

ESPNRise.com is a Web site devoted to high school athletics across the nation.

AHS (6-0) rose from No. 45 last week. Euless Trinity sits atop the poll. Eight Texas teams, including Odessa Permian (No. 30) are ranked.

FOOTBALL: Tech's Harrell wins player of week

Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.

Harrell completed 38-of-51 passes and threw six touchdown passes, including three to wide receiver Lyle Leong, a former Abilene High School standout in a victory over Kansas State. Harrell also rushed for a score, and threw for 454 yards.

Harrell passed Kliff Kingsbury on the Texas Tech career passing yardage list with 12,709 yards and eclipsed the career total offense record with 12,537 yards.

BASEBALL: Astros pitcher arrested in wedding reception fight

HOUSTON -- Astros pitcher Brandon Backe was among 10 people arrested during a brawl with police at a weekend wedding reception in a Galveston hotel bar.

The hotel is being used as a command center for emergency workers after Hurricane Ike went through Galveston Island on Sept. 13.

The 30-year-old Backe, a member of the wedding party, ignored police orders to back away from the fight, and struggled with officers who attempted to handcuff him, according to police reports.

One officer said he hit Backe twice in the face before handcuffing him.

Both the officer and Backe sustained minor injuries during the fight, according to the police report.

Backe was charged with interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest, said Joel H. Bennett, Galveston County assistant criminal district attorney. He was released on $1,500 bond.

FOOTBALL: Warner contemplating retirement

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, 37, says that after this season he will take his closest look yet at retiring from the NFL.

The scary injury to teammate Anquan Boldin, combined with other factors, has led him to give more serious consideration to leaving the game.

"I'm definitely considering retirement more than I ever have before," Warner said Monday, "but that doesn't mean it's more than 50 percent or anything like that. I'm just going to consider it."

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