The Elite 11
from Fort Worth Star-Telegram
 Would you expect anything but excellence from Texas? This year's Elite 11, the Star-Telegram's list of the state's top recruits, is highlighted by two of the nation's top quarterbacks. More
Allen Shocks No. 1 Euless Trinity
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
No turnovers on offense, big plays on defense and a touchdown scored on special teams. Then, to finish it off, a long scoring drive that drains the clock and breaks the opponent's back.
All the ingredients Euless Trinity used in its 27 straight wins were on display at Texas Stadium. But it was Allen that used them to cook up an upset in the Class 5A Division I Region I final.
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Lake Travis One Win Away from Perfection
from Austin American-Statesman
Chad Morris knew he walked into a good situation when he was hired Feb. 5 to become the new head football coach at Lake Travis High.
Coming off the school's first state football championship, the Cavaliers had become a Class 4A giant under former coach Jeff Dicus. Lake Travis had a good nucleus of players returning for another year, including a quarterback who will rewrite the University of Texas record book someday.
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Angelo State Cranks Out More High School Football Coaches Than Any University in Texas
from San Angelo Standard Times
Make no mistake about it, Angelo State University is widely respected for many things. It was the first Texas university to offer a degree in computer science, its physics and agriculture departments are among the tops in the nation, and it has the fourth-largest college planetarium in the country. One area where ASU tops every other college in Texas, however, is in producing football coaches, and it's not even close. More
State Championship Game has Home Feel for Katy, Hightower
from Houston Chronicle
When Houston hosts the 5A Division I and Division II state championship games, it also will welcome a pair of local teams. Katy will play Wylie in the Division II state title game at 2 p.m. at Reliant Stadium; Hightower will face Allen at 7 p.m., also at Reliant. More
High Schools Tackle First Football Practice
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
HSGameTime.com staffers visited football practice fields around the DFW area as Class 5A and 4A teams that held spring practice began workouts for the 2008 season. More
SAISD Athletic Director Looks Back on 1988's Famous Coin-flip
from San Angelo Standard Times
Doug McCutchen flipped over his 15 minutes of fame as a football coach 20 years ago tonight. Even though he took part in the most famous coin flip in the history of Texas high school football, it's not a memory McCutchen cherishes. He lost, leaving the veteran coach with a feeling he compared to the death of a family member. "It took quite a while for me to get over it," McCutchen said. "It took me well, it's been 20 years, and I still don't like to relive it. It was devastating." McCutchen, the Bronte High School football phenom from the late 1960s and later a starting running back for Texas Tech, is in his first year as athletic director for the San Angelo Independent School District. Twenty years ago, though, he was head coach of the Midland High Bulldogs. More
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