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BRYAN — The seasons change, the scores stay the same for China Spring.
CORSICANA — West flipped the field in a hurry in its Class 3A bi-district de-feathering of Fairfield’s Eagles.
BULLARD — Chilton racked up 560 yards of total offense in a Class 2A Div. II bi-district blistering of Simms Bowie on Thursday night.
EUSTACE — Mart’s men on a mission took their first convincing playoff step with a blowout win over Clarkesville in Class 2A bi-district action.
The way China Spring coach Brian Bell hugged his assistant coaches and congratulated his team late Friday night, it was apparent this was no o…
McGREGOR — In a win-or-go-home volleyball match, emotions can run high from the first serve.
All year long, the No. 5 China Spring Cougars have turned back every team that has come at them, usually by a wide margin. The Salado Eagles, …
TRAVIS — The Cougars couldn’t quite keep pace with visiting Holland in a hard-fought District 12-2A battle.
At JJ Kearns Stadium, Reicher raced to a big halftime lead and finished off its first win of the season, 49-0.
It didn’t take long for wide receiver Drew Estrada, a graduate transfer from Dartmouth, to realize Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. game against No. 19 BYU is special.
The fifth-ranked China Spring Cougars just aren’t showing very many weaknesses these days.
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In Travis, Rosebud-Lott bounced back from its first loss of the season by outlasting Thrall in an offensive shootout.
The Aquilla Cougars got big efforts on both sides of the ball on their way to a big win — their first of the season.
Tre Wisner did all he could for Connally, but it wasn’t quite enough to take down Palestine in a 31-22 road loss for the Cadets.
Reed Michna had three touchdown runs and the Lorena Leopards made big plays on offense, defense and special teams in a 49-16 romp over Madisonville.
In a fun, back-and-forth clash, the 10th-ranked West Trojans picked up a clinching fumble recovery on Rogers’ final fourth-quarter drive to clinch another win, 35-28.
It didn’t go down as a win, but Waco High found something in its District 11-6A opener: The Lions made things very interesting and kept scrapping to the end in a 34-28 loss to Mansfield.
Ground and pound: The fourth-ranked Crawford Pirates forged a sharp effort in all three phases in stuffing Holland to stay unbeaten.
Heavy hitters: The No. 1-ranked Mart Panthers came up with some big plays on both sides of the ball to cage up the Whitney Wildcats in a 49-13 win.
The Marlin Bulldogs let a first-half lead slip away, as Lexington exploded in the second half, outscoring them, 19-0, to close the game to cap a run of 33 unanswered points.
The efficient Abbott Panthers remained undefeated with a mercy-rule dispersal of Bellville Faith on Thursday night.
Two years ago, the Lampasas Badgers played in the state semifinals. This season, it may be the China Spring Cougars’ turn to go that deep (or even deeper).