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Wall Quarterback Gunnar Dillard to sit out 2024 football season
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — As we sit just two weeks from the start of the 2024 high school football season in Texas, Wall Hawk quarterback Gunnar Dillard has opted to sit out the season. Dillard, who has been the quarterback for the Hawks the last two seasons, is committed to the University […]
UIL leaders address recently released changes to playoff realignment – July 22, 2024
"This is a monumental announcement in trying to maintain competitive equity and the fairest playoff bracket that we can... This is as big of an announcement as the UIL has had in quite some time."
Look: Map of Texas Shows Nearly 1800 High School Logos
Get pumped for football season with this map showing nearly 1800 Texas High School logos. I guess you could use it to get pumped for any sport, but come on, this is Texas. Football is a religion in this state. I will caution you, though. Trying to make out all...
Vote for the top QB in West Texas ahead of the 2024 Texas high school football season
Please consider a subscription. Much of the 2024-25 season coverage will be exclusive to subscribers. The high school football season is almost here. The eight-month wait for high school football ends with...
West Texas 100: Ranking the top West Texas high school football players before 2024 season
Fall practice is nearly one week out as the sounds of pads crashing and whistles blowing awaken from an eight-month slumber. Earlier in the offseason the Standard-Times highlighted some top high school football players to watch at each position group — quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs, offensive linemen, defensive backs, defensive linemen, and linebackers ahead of the 2024 football...
West Texas Huddle: Central football with a clean slate under new coach Mark Smith
Please consider a subscription. Much of the 2024-25 season coverage will be exclusive to subscribers. The Standard-Times will be previewing area high school football teams throughout July and August as part of the West Texas Huddle series. For previous stories in the series go to gosanangelo.com. ...
40 Texas high school football teams in Preseason HSFA 300
Texas has the second most teams in the Preseason High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. Florida leads the way with 46 teams in our national rankings that are created with our proprietary algorithm. Florida – 46 Texas – 40 Georgia – 32...
Ben Kelly (1931-2014)
Benjamin Franklin Kelly made history on September 19, 1953, when he became the first African American to play at an all-white college in Texas, San Angelo College (later Angelo State University, ASU). His San Angelo College debut came eight months before the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education decision overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine.
Texas A&M commit Landon Rink ranked as the top defensive tackle prospect in Texas
Not all recruiting rankings are the same, and that’s good. No matter what many of us see with our own eyes when watching high school prospects, 247sports, Rivals, and On3 have their own opinions when ranking each prospect at every position. In the 2025 recruiting class, the defensive line cycle is borderline elite, in my humble opinion. The prospect that constantly sticks out is a 4-star defensive lineman and Texas A&M commit, Landon Rink, who is heading into his senior season at Cy-Fair HS in Cypress (TX). Within 247Sports’ 2025 DL rankings, Rink is currently the 30th-ranked defensive line prospect in the...
Texas high school football: Key dates for the 2024 season
As August approaches, so too does the start of Texas high school football. The first practices of the upcoming season are less than two weeks away. Here are some key dates for the 2024 UIL Texas high school football season. When is the first day of UIL Texas high school football practice? ...
THSCA wishes NCAA would leave Friday night football to the high schools
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (BCH Sports) – Texas high school coaches are gathered in San Antonio this week for the Texas High School Coaches Association convention. It’s also known as Coaching School. THSCA Executive Director Joe Martin spoke on several subjects in his media conference. One of those subjects...
Koetting, Maxfield inducted into THSCA Hall of Honor
SAN ANTONIO (KFDA) - The Texas High School Coaches Association inducted Chris Koetting and Mel Maxfield into their Hall of Honor. If you’ve heard about how dominant Canadian is in high school football, Coach Koetting is probably the reason why. Koetting is arguably the most successful high school football...
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