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Month: September 2025
DISTRICT 10-2A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: Goldthwaite takes the Battle of the River
Goldthwaite 49, San Saba 34 — The Eagles quickly built a 35-7 halftime lead in the 108th “Battle of the River” before holding off a late San Saba rally attempt.
Aidyn Lee rushed or 119 yards, threw for 76 and accounted for five TDs to lead the Eagles, who improved to 2-1 with the win.
San Saba (1-2) was led by Luke Tharp, who rushed for 143 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
DISTRICT 14-2A DIV. I WEEK 3 REPORT: Armadillo rally falls short at Goldthwaite
Goldthwaite 49, San Saba 34 — The Eagles quickly built a 35-7 halftime lead in the 108th “Battle of the River” before holding off a late San Saba rally attempt.
Aidyn Lee rushed or 119 yards, threw for 76 and accounted for five TDs to lead the Eagles, who improved to 2-1 with the win.
San Saba (1-2) was led by Luke Tharp, who rushed for 143 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
DISTRICT 8-2A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: Santo runs for almost 500 yards in rout of Bruceville-Eddy
Santo 53, Bruceville-Eddy 13 — Colt Bridges and Jackson McKinnerney both topped the 100-yard rushing mark as the Wildcats ran for 486 yards as a team to bury the Eagles.
Bridges led Santo (3-0) with 128 yards and a touchdown on just eight carries, while McKinnerney had 123 yards and two scores on three attempts. Other producers for the Wildcats include Colt Howry (3-88, 1 TD), Justin Hollingsworth (6-80, 2 TDs) and Rylan Griffith (9-67, 1 TD).
DISTRICT 6-2A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: Munday stays unbeaten with win over Chico; Haskell wins by forfeit
Munday 26, Chico 18 — The Moguls remained the only undefeated team in this district with a two-score win over the Dragons.
Led by quarterback Haiden Bowman, Munday (3-0) stretched a12-0 second-quarter lead to 20 points before Chico finally got on the board.
DISTRICT 4-4A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: The entirety of District 4 is swept in Week 3
Brownwood 34, Glen Rose 28 — Judson Coalson threw for 174 yards and two scores to help the Lions (1-2) earn their first win of the season.
Brownwood led 34-7 late in the second half before holding off a Glen Rose rally attempt that saw the Tigers chart three straight TDs in the fourth quarter.
Ryder Ribitzki was the top weapon for Glen Rose, catching five passes for 78 yards and two scores.
DISTRICT 3-2A DIV. I WEEK 3 REPORT: Forsan rallies for first win against Stanton
Forsan 34, Stanton 33 — Coy Evans passed for 285 yards and a pair of touchdowns, hitting Hayden Bowlin seven times for 183 yards and both scores, to lead FHS to its first win of the season in this battle of Buffaloes.
Stanton, which got big games from Isaiah DeLeon (18-26-1—289, 1 TD passing), Travis Palomo (30-103, 2 TDs rushing) and Vayden Pastrana (15-247, 1 TD receiving), raced out to a 33-14 halftime lead. But Forsan (1-2) scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to rally for the victory.
DISTRICT 4-4A DIV. I WEEK 3 REPORT: Brownwood gets first win of 2025, Stephenville improves to 3-0
Brownwood 34, Glen Rose 28 — Judson Coalson threw for 174 yards and two scores to help the Lions (1-2) earn their first win of the season.
Brownwood led 34-7 late in the second half before holding off a Glen Rose rally attempt that saw the Tigers chart three straight TDs in the fourth quarter.
Ryder Ribitzki was the top weapon for Glen Rose, catching five passes for 78 yards and two scores.
DISTRICT 5-2A DIV. I WEEK 3 REPORT: Bangs rallies for first win; De Leon, Ballinger and Hico also victorious
Bangs 31, San Angelo Grape Creek 26 — Cason Tidwell ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns, while Hunter Withers found the end zone twice on the ground to lead the Dragons past the Eagles for their first in of the year.
Bangs (1-2) only had 212 yards of total offense, but that was enough, as the Dragons outscored Grape Creek 20-6 over the final 12 minutes to rally for the victory.
Coahoma 51, Kermit 0 — Coahoma rushed or 126 yards and two scores and Austin Joslin threw for 178 yards and three TDs to help the Bulldogs improve to 3-0 on the year.
DISTRICT 5-3A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: Rice leads Tolar to convincing win over Millsap
Tolar 42, Millsap 18 — Britton Rice passed for 171 yards and four touchdowns, and Kelvin Murray ran for 126 yards and a score to lead the Rattlers to a comfortable win over the Bulldogs.
Leading just 7-6 after one quarter and 14-6 at halftime, Tolar (2-1) outscored Millsap 14-6 in each of the final two periods to pull away.
DISTRICT 7-2A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: Albany, Winters and Hamlin notch Week 3 wins
Albany 69, Seymour 6 — The Lions rushed or 399 yards as a team, led by Bennett Neece’s 155 yards and three TDs on only six carries.
Lyle Wheeler led the Lion passing game with 101 yards and three scores to help push Albany to 3-0.
Trailing 62-0 with seven minutes to play, Seymour notched its only score of the evening on a 45-yard rushing TD by Slade Tucker.
DISTRICT 3-4A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: Graham, Mineral Wells and Brock victorious as league goes 4-2
Graham 35, Whitesboro 7 — Jace Gill passed for 202 yards and a touchdown and ran for 72 yards and two more scores to fuel the Steers to a blowout win over the Bearcats.
Dylan Cox (8-41 rushing) also had two rushing touchdowns for Graham, which was led in receiving by Brodie Martin (3-57, 1 TD), Parker Hale (4-51) and Walker Bennett (2-48).
DISTRICT I-4A DIV. II WEEK 3 REPORT: Snyder falls to Lubbock high; Seminole, Greenwood cruise
Lubbock High 48, Snyder 21 — Zach Reyna passed for 236 yard and four touchdowns, hitting three different targets with scoring passes, to lead the Westerners to a comfortable win over the Tigers.
Easton Blakely (2-88, 1 TD receiving), Denzel Robins (5-59, 2 TDs) and Isaac Lagasse (1-7, 1 TD) all caught TD passes for Lubbock High, which also got rushing scores from Bo Davis (8-84 rushing) and Anthony Boyd (5-46).
DISTRICT 3-4A DIV. I WEEK 3 REPORT: Big Spring overcomes five turnovers to beat Borger
Big Spring 34, Borger 12 — Xander Garza ran for 133 yards and four touchdowns, and the Steers defense put together a dominant performance to overcome a 5-1 turnover disadvantage in a three-touchdown win over the Bulldogs.
Big Spring (2-1) limited Borger to just 160 total yards, including 105 on the ground, to help the Steers build a 20-12 halftime lead, before closing out the win with a second-half shutout.
DISTRICT 4-2A DIV. I WEEK 3 REPORT: Hawley, Anson and Cisco pick up victories
Hawley 51, Merkel 34 — This was projected to be a shootout and those in attendance were treated to exactly that.
Jesse Nieto threw for 249 yards and five TDs to lift Hawley (2-1), which held off the Badgers after building a 37-13 third-quarter lead. Brycen
Stofel was another key contributor for Hawley with 170 yards rushing on 20 carries.
DISTRICT 3-3A DIV. I WEEK 3 REPORT: Indians notch first win of the season behind Smith
Comanche 42, Eastland 14 — Ladanian Smith rushed for 102 yards and two scores and Zaden Tello rushed or 72 yards and two more TDs as Comanche (1-2) earned its first win of the year.
The Mavericks dropped to 0-3 with the loss.
Eastland trailed 28-14 at the break before Comanche put things away with a pair of second-half touchdowns.
GAME REPORT: San Angelo Central rallies past Cooper for 40-35 win
SAN ANGELO — Cooper led by two scores on three occasions Friday, but a late surge by San Angelo Central was enough to lift the Bobcats to a 40-35 win at San Angelo Stadium.
Trailing the Cougars 28-17 with just under four minutes to play in the third quarter, the Bobcats scored 23 points in less than 10 minutes of game time to go up 40-28 and held off Cooper late for a hard-fought win.
The loss dropped Cooper to 1-2 with Lubbock Coronado coming to town next week to close out nondistrict play.
GAME STORY: Abilene High can’t keep pace with Permian in 38-21 loss
A 36-minute scoring drought proved too much for the Abilene High football team overcome Friday, as the Eagles saw an early 7-0 lead become an 24-7 deficit before rallying in vain in the fourth quarter of a 38-21 loss to Odessa Permian.
AHS started fast on both sides, following a quick three-and-out defensively with its first touchdown drive just 2 minutes and 11 seconds into the game. But the Eagles wouldn’t score again until the 9:43 mark of the fourth quarter, allowing the Panthers to build a three-score lead in the interim.
The loss dropped Abilene High to 2-1 on the season with a road trip to Midland Legacy set to close out its nondistrict schedule next week.
BIG COUNTRY PREPS GAME OF THE WEEK: Wall defense sets the tone in 24-0 win over Jim Ned
TUSCOLA — With all the press coverage garnered by the Wall offense in recent weeks, the Hawks dished out a stark reminder during Friday’s Big Country Preps Game of the Week: They can play a little defense too.
Handing Jim Ned a 24-0 loss on its homefield, the third-ranked Class 3A DII Hawks limited the Indians to 153 total yards (including 20 yards rushing on 26 carries) and just eight first downs to get the win.
GAME STORY: Wylie hammers Lubbock Coronado for 70-14 homecoming win
Any way you slice it, Friday night’s homecoming game at Hugh Sandifer Stadium could not have gone any better for the Wylie football team.
Coming off a tough three-point road loss to Lubbock Monterey last week, the Bulldogs did whatever they wanted to on offense in a 70-14 throttling of Lubbock Coronado.
The Bulldogs converted eight of 12 third downs, and when they got stopped, they converted on fourth down.
SIX-MAN LOOKAHEAD: Clash between rivals Gordon, Strawn headlines this week’s slate
Week 3 is upon us, and it’s time to take a look at what the area six-man schedule has in store for us in this week’s “Six-Man Lookahead” column.
Rivals Gordon and Strawn take center stage as this week’s Game of the Week, but that’s far from the only good matchup on this week’s docket.
We hope you enjoy this peek at the weekend’s schedule and invite you to check out our Six-Man/Class 1A Central page for standings, schedules and results for your favorite team.
FEATURE: Wall’s wide receivers excelling in spread offense
When Craig Slaughter took over at Wall less than two years ago, he knew what needed to happen.
The Hawks had some special players coming through their football program. And Slaughter wanted those guys to get the ball in space.
While quarterback Landon York has generated his fair share of headlines, York has benefitted from a strong collection of receivers led by seniors Reid Robertson, Kellen Oliver and Hagyn Barbee.
FEATURE: Santo fullback-linebacker trio giving the Wildcats a leg up on the competition
SANTO — Any football coach who utilizes the triple option (and any coach trying to defend against it) will tell you that the fullback is the key.
And in Class 2A, one good fullback is generally worth his weight in gold.
So at flexbone-based Class-2A Santo, an effective three-man combination at fullback in Jackson McKinnerney (5-9, 190, Jr.), Colt Bridges (5-10, 175, So.) and Justin Hollingsworth (6-0, 175, Sr.), is not only rare, but potentially devastating.
FEATURE: Abilene High’s do-it-all senior Henry happy to be back, making major impact for Eagles
If Brayden Henry was a baseball player, he’d be a home run hitter.
An electrifying athlete with the speed to take any play to the house, the Abilene High senior is a true game-breaker any time he steps on the field.
But after having his junior campaign cut short by a torn ACL in his left knee, Henry considers being on the field at all a blessing. And with just one more year to play for coach Mike Fullen and the Eagles, the athletic playmaker is looking to make the most of each and every opportunity he has out there this fall.
FEATURE: Freshman QB Feagan has turned Anson’s biggest question mark into strength
Coming off an 8-4 2024 season that represented the best campaign at Anson in nearly a decade, Tigers’ coaches, players and fans alike were cautiously optimistic that an even better fate might lie ahead this fall.
The 2025 team, after all, was set to return a bevy of talented skill players and all but two of the starting offensive linemen that helped Anson surge two rounds into the playoffs last December. Just as noteworthy: Every projected returning regular in the defense started at one point a season ago.
There was just one question with which the Tigers were expected to grapple, but it was a huge one: How was Anson going to fare sans the team’s best player, Corey Layne?
Big Country Preps’ Pick ‘Em Panel (Week 3)
Each week here at Big Country Preps, we’ll post our picks for all of that week’s 11-man games, in addition to the results of our weekly fan polls for each matchup.
For those interested in voting, polls go up on Sunday night each week and close Thursday evening.
Disagree with our picks or the fan poll consensus? Let us know in the comments section below.
BIG COUNTRY PREPS GAME OF THE WEEK: Wall takes on Jim Ned in battle of unbeatens
LAST WEEK: 53-15, .780
SEASON TOTAL: 107-29, .787
This week’s Big Country Preps Game of the Week, Wall at Jim Ned, has a checkmark in most of the key boxes.
A high-profile game? Check. A battle of unbeatens? Check. A rivalry game? Check. A game of importance? Check, yes, check —even for a non-district game. Is a large crowd expected? Check.
So even during a week where there are multiple matchups of interest in our area, the spotlight game was relatively easy to select.
Here’s this week’s Big Country Football Forecast. I’ll see you on the road.
PHOTO GALLERY: San Angelo Central-Wylie volleyball (50 images)
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PHOTO GALLERY: Jim Ned-Clyde volleyball (32 images)
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GAME STORY: Wylie snaps short losing streak with home sweep of San Angelo Central
Coming off a rocky week that saw it drop matches to Clyde last Tuesday and Midland High on Friday, the Wylie volleyball team entered its home match against San Angelo Central on Tuesday looking to get back on track.
By the end of a hard-fought nondistrict contest, it was mission accomplished for coach Shay Cox’s squad, which swept the Lady Cats 27-25, 25-23, 25-14 at Bulldog Gym.
Led by Kiki Bolden with 17 kills and Haddie Mock with 10, the Lady Bulldogs posted a .182 hitting percentage against a strong Central defense, fighting through a few lulls in the first two sets to close out the Lady Cats in three.
GAME STORY: Clyde knocks off Jim Ned in thrilling opener to District 6-3A play
CLYDE — When Clyde and Jim Ned meet on the volleyball court, records can always be thrown out the window as the two squads tend to be part of a three-way battle with Wall for the District 6-3A championship.
Tuesday night’s affair at Bulldog Gym between the Lady Indians and Lady Bulldogs was nothing short of spectacular.
When all was said and done, it was the hosts who claimed a thrilling 25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22 win to start district play.
SIX-MAN REWIND: Richland Springs rout of May in Game of the Week sets tone for Week 2 slate
Week 2 didn’t feature as many competitive outcomes as expected, particularly in the slate’s most high-profile games, but the results nonetheless served to give us a clearer picture of what we can expect form the area six-man scene this year.
And while most of the matchups previewed in last week’s “Six-Man Lookahead” column featured lopsided final scores, there were a few thrillers mixed in as well.
You can find all of last week’s results on our Six-Man/Class 1A Central page, but let’s dive into some of the most head-turning ones in this week’s “Six-Man Rewind” column.
BIG COUNTRY PREPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Big Spring quarterback takes the top spot
Our Big Country Preps Player of the Week is seldom an easy choice and this week was no exception. But Big Spring senior quarterback Marcus Rios had the numbers to snag the top spot in a brilliant performance against Lubbock High on Friday.
Rios hit 11 of 19 throws for 261 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-27 win. But that’s just the beginning.
WEEK 3 FAN POLLS … Pick this week’s 11-man winners!
Each week here at Big Country Preps, we offer fans the chance to pick the winners of all games involving our local and area football teams. The results of these weekly polls, which will close at 5 p.m. each Thursday, will be included in our weekly Pick ‘Em Panel.
Here are the games for Week 3:
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BIG COUNTRY PREPS NOTEBOOK: Wall, Jim Ned have “value game” approaching
Some people like to write off the non-district portion of their football schedules, labeling it as meaningless. Some people even like to refer to it as “preseason.”
Well, that’s a misnomer. Preseason games are known as scrimmages.
Nondistrict games count on your official record, they are part of players’ season statistics, they contribute to our state records, they influence statewide rankings and like it or not, many of them are quite important.
I’ll give you a prime example.
Friday in Tuscola, our Big Country Preps Game of the Week will feature the Wall Hawks (2-0) facing Jim Ned (2-0) in a contest that doesn’t mean a thing in terms playoff seeding. Yet it will mean a great deal for both teams to prep for what they hope will be lengthy playoff runs.
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DISTRICT 2-5A DIV. I WEEK 2 REPORT: AHS joins Tascosa, Monterey and Amarillo High in win column
Abilene High 34, Cooper 13 — Trailing 7-0 after Jaden Carrillo hit Tayvious Collier for a 36-yard touchdown pass on the game’s opening possession, the Eagles outscored the Cougars 34-6 the rest of the way to pull away for a three-touchdown win in the Big Country Preps Game of the Week.
Brayden Henry ran for 76 yards and two touchdowns, passed for 119 yards and a score and received for 36 yards to lead Abilene High (2-0), which also got 148 total yards (3-70 rushing; 3-78 receiving) and two total TDs from M’Aujehl Aboso.
DISTRICT 2-5A DIV. II WEEK 2 REPORT: Wylie, Cooper fall in otherwise strong week for league
Lubbock Monterey 24, Wylie 21 — Jonah Reed overcame an early-pick six to pass for 196 yards and a touchdown while adding another TD on the ground to lead the Plainsmen past the Bulldogs in a hard-fought matchup.
Legin Williams added 82 yards and a touchdown on the ground and Cam Taylor had 123 yards and a score receiving to help Monterey, which outgained Wylie 346-222.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Abilene High-Cooper football (64 images)
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DISTRICT 14-2A DIV. I WEEK 2 REPORT: San Saba falls to Junction in Week 2; Goldthwaite now awaits the Armadillos
Junction 20, San Saba 6 — The Eagles improved to 2-0 with a dominating defensive effort, limiting San Saba to 155 yards in total offense.
Jason Everett led San Saba (1-1) with 76 yards rushing and one score.
DISTRICT 8-2A DIV. II WEEK 2 REPORT: Santo runs wild in blowout win over Valley View
Santo 48, Valley View 0 — The Wildcats ran for 352 of their 399 total yards while holding the Eagles to just 56 yards of offense in a blowout win.
Rylan Griffith led the ground attack with 103 yards and a touchdown on just nine carries, while Dillan Branham (7-87, 1 TD), Colt Bridges (6-74, 2 TDs), Justin Hollingsworth (8-43, 2 TDs) and Jackson McKinnerney (4-19, 1 TD) also found the end zone on the ground for Santo (2-0).
DISTRICT 6-2A DIV. II WEEK 2 REPORT: Munday takes care of Winters; Haskell falls to Quanah
Munday 49, Winters 0 — Ja’Riyis Williams had a big day on the ground, and the Moguls defense was dominant in a rain-soaked matchup with the Blizzards.
Munday held Winters to just 180 total yards, intercepting Coy Martinez twice in the victory while also forcing and recovering a fumble.