A year ago, Julius Laine was well on his way to his first 1,000-yard rushing season when a non-contact injury to his right knee ended his junior year prematurely. It was a devastating blow for the ...

With only four starters returning on both sides of the ball among just 14 lettermen, the Tolar Rattlers will have a number of key questions to answer heading into the 2025 season. At ...

With only seven of 22 starters back from a year ago, one’s first inclination may be to say that the Brock Eagles will be taking a step back from last year’s 13-2 squad.

Since his arrival at Comanche in 2021, Jake Escobar has made a habit of proving people wrong —me being one of them. Replacing Stephen Hermesmeyer, who had resigned to take the job at ...

Tabbed to replace a successful coach who was let go in the offseason despite broad support by the Roscoe community, first-year Plowboys coach Daniel Loyd knew when he was hired that his first task ...

From the outside looking in, Graham’s decision to move Jace Gill from receiver to quarterback to replace multi-year standout Ty Thompson might look like a red flag. If you didn’t ...

Colton Buzzard saw some good things during his debut season at Bangs. But Buzzard also saw some missed opportunities as the Dragons finished with only two victories and went winless in District ...

Hired last June to take over the Clyde program, former Cooper offensive coordinator and Plainview head coach Johnathon Haddock had less than three months to get his staff filled and his team ready ...

In the two seasons he’s been on varsity, Mineral Wells defensive end Trent Yowell has been named his district’s Newcomer of the Year and Defensive Lineman of the Year. Blessed with an ...

Mineral Wells made a breakthrough in 2024, going 7-4 in coach Cody Worrell’s second season to snap a two-year playoff drought and claim the program’s first winning season since 2018.

After more than a decade of spreading the field and throwing the football (and one year of wing-T), the Eastland Mavericks are about to go prehistoric under new coach Matt Landers.

Craig Slaughter’s first year as Wall’s head football coach was a rousing success. The Hawks went 13-2 and pushed three-time defending state champion Gunter deep into the fourth quarter ...