Texas High School Football News

Every football fan knows offense scores points and defense wins games. Put them both together, and you're in pretty good shape.

In a wild-and-crazy shootout like no other this playoff season, Johnny Manziel accounted for nine touchdowns and Kerrville Tivy used a 21-7 scoring burst in the fourth quarter to overtake Hendrickson 63-56 Friday night in a Class 4A second-round game.

Pilot Point defeated Gunter, 28-14, at Frisco Memorial Stadium in the Class 2A Division I regional semifinals, but it seemed much closer than a two-touchdown margin.

Denton Guyer's highly touted offense proved to be too much for third-year program Mansfield Legacy as the Wildcats defeated Legacy 42-21 Friday night in a Class 4A Division I area-round game at Dragon Stadium.

Brazoswood players Chris Franklin and Scott Bailey celebrate after the Buccaneers beat North Shore 7-3. Share Share Resources Sorry, your version of Flash doesn't support this video.

Nick Palmer's third-quarter touchdown stood up after Melissa stopped Prairiland's two-point conversion in the fourth quarter as the Cardinals defeated the Patriots, 7-6, in a Class 2A Division II Region II bi-district game at Homer B. Johnson Stadium on Friday night.

HOUSTON A star running back at Worthing High School was shot and killed in a carjacking Thursday night, Houston police said.

When the Friendswood Mustangs were coming off back to back district losses earlier this season, head coach Steve Van Meter called senior Beau Barnes into his office.

Clemens High School quarterback Bryce McCoy was listed in stable condition this week after surviving a car accident near the Bexar County line over the weekend.

It's uncertain whether Hereford will go into this week's Class 4A Division II area-round playoff game against El Paso Parkland with senior quarterback Parker Bridwell healthy.

Steele running back Malcolm Brown describes the storage container as larger than a shoe box, smaller than a crate.

This week's top three questions of the football playoffs: 1. Who will win the Skyline-DeSoto game? 2. Who will win the Allen-Southlake Carroll game? 3. How long does it take to drive from SMU's Ford Stadium to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington? The third question is the easiest to answer.

A row of framed photos lines a corridor leading to a crowded trophy case inside Southlake Carroll's football headquarters.

Ball High did everything in its power to weather the perfect storm it was facing Saturday afternoon.

The expectations were there for the Iraan Braves, the previous season's 13-1 record both pushing them during the summer workouts and hanging over their heads in preparation for the 2009 campaign.

All might not be lost after all. In a season characterized by devastating injuries and blowout losses, the football team accomplished something it can hang its hat on.

A year ago, the Friendswood Mustangs knocked off defending Region III-4A champion Lamar Consolidated.

Once Skyline received an invitation to the prestigious Nike 7On football tournament in Oregon last summer, receiver Mike Davis figured the Raiders would return home with a trophy.

For the teams still alive, Thursday's opening night of the high school football playoffs was just like the first day of practice three months ago.

The Texans and Cowboys played to a 7-7 tie Tuesday morning. The back-and-forth contest took place in the middle of the Ball High weight room.