Before M.L. King High School's homecoming victory over Douglass on Friday, some M.L. King fans and parents injected a Saturday football tradition into their high school football outing.

They tailgated.

While waiting for their Lions to play in the 8 p.m. game at Hallford Stadium in Clarkston, eight M.L. King fans grilled out and played Monopoly in the parking lot, something that is usually seen before college football games on Saturdays.

Clad in M.L. King's maroon and black, Curtis Little and Gerald Davis, the grandfather and father of M.L. King lineman DeAndre Davis, and Cowdrey Francis, ??parent of ??? M.L. King junior running back Chris Francis cooked hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill.

Francis said they just wanted to do something a little different.

"You know the homecoming game is real special," he said. "We just decided to come out early, put a little something on the grill."

Oct. 3 Scores
Buford 42, Avondale 0
Cedar Grove 57, Druid Hills 7
McNair 32, Clarkston 0
Columbia 40, Towers 12
M.L. King 21, Douglass 7
Redan 42, Newton County 36
Luella 21, Stephenson 14 -- McKenzie Jackson © 2008 CrossRoadsNews