Texas School Cancels Game, Citing Mexican Cartel Threat

There will be no Friday night lights in Portland, Texas, this week.

Administrators at Gregory-Portland High School, located near Corpus Christi along the east side of the state's southern tip, called off the game earlier this week fearing the potential for violence related to Mexican drug cartels. G-P's scheduled opponent, Mexico's Monterrey Tech, backed out of a game with Stony Point High School in Round Rock, Texas, on Sept. 9, claiming that an anonymous caller (possibly a member of a Mexican cartel, authorities said) demanded $30,000 for the team to cross the American border.

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