Photos courtesy of Mike Reed
When the 2025 Texas high school football season comes to a close next month, some 1,151 educational institutions will have played a homecoming game this fall.
None of the principals or fans of any of those schools will have celebrated theirs as vociferously — or gratefully — as will the Gordon Longhorns when they play host to Gorman at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Nearly six months after a devastating tornado descended on the tiny Big Country town, taking precise aim at the burgh’s only high school and all its sports facilities, the ‘Horns are finally — literally — coming home.