In 2025, a Santo team with just four seniors fought through one of the state’s toughest Class 2A districts to snap a two-year playoff drought. With the bulk of that roster back and call-ups ...

When one sees Merkel’s Easton “Moose” Malone standing on the sidelines for the first time, they may assume he’s an offensive or defensive lineman. At 5-foot-10 and ...

After suffering through an 0-10 campaign in his debut as Eastland’s head football coach last season, Matt Landers has kept is nose to the grindstone. His effort to rebuild a winning culture ...

With an average of just over nine wins per season over the past four years, including district championships in 2023 and 2025, the Jacksboro football program has been consistently successful under ...

On the surface, what the Winters Blizzards accomplished on the football field last fall was pretty nondescript, save for a magical evening in late September when they did a lot of things right en ...

Last year, with quarterback Tyler Jackson and fellow senior Cole Heutzenroeder carrying the bulk of the on- and off-field leadership load for Hico, Tyler Hunt was able to shine in a supporting ...

The name of Blueford has become nearly synonymous with Sweetwater athletics over the years. And the latest members of that family are currently on the Sweetwater football ...

To say that the Hamilton Tigers had very little football history prior to coach Ryan Marwitz taking over in 2022, is an enormous understatement. Oddly enough, the Tigers have ...

When Cross Plains coach Jared Sanderson hired former Eastland coach Bobby Schuman to be his defensive coordinator, he knew he’d be getting an excellent athlete in Schuman’s son, ...

When Blake Mouser looked at Tolar’s head coaching opening after its 2023 state championship appearance, he knew the Rattlers had a quality senior class returning. But the then-Vandegrift offensive ...

At 5-foot-9 and 155 pounds, Rylan Griffith isn’t the biggest quarterback around. Nor is the fastest or strongest. But there’s no one Santo coach Devon Mann would rather go to battle ...

The dean Big Country coaches is back at it again. Every year since 1987, Albany’s Denney Faith has guided the Lions through two-a-days, scrimmages and eventually the ...