The Melissa High School varsity football team is headed to the FOX 4 PLUS spotlight this week. The Cardinals’ matchup against Rockwall High School on Thursday, Sept. 10, has been selected as the FOX 4 PLUS High School Football Game of the Week presented by Sonic.
The Cardinals will travel to Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium in Rockwall for the highly anticipated matchup, with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast live across North Texas as part of FOX 4 PLUS’ inaugural High School Football Game of the Week series, which features marquee matchups from some of the top high school football programs in the area throughout the 2026 regular season.
Cardinal fans who can’t make the trip to Rockwall can watch the game live on FOX 4 PLUS, available through Spectrum/Frontier, DIRECTV/DISH, YouTube TV and Fubo. The game will also be simulcast for free on the FOX LOCAL app, available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Android TV, Vizio and smartphones. Viewers can select Dallas-Fort Worth in the app and navigate to FOX 4.
Tickets for the game can be purchased by visiting www.melissaisd.org/tickets.
Whether you’re making the trip to Rockwall or cheering from home, Cardinal fans won’t want to miss Thursday night’s matchup. Go Cards!