Coahoma 63, Anthony 0 — Austin Molina caught a 30-yard touchdown pass, ran 56 yards for a TD and had a 61-yard punt return score to fuel the Bulldogs to a blowout win over the Wildcats.
Coahoma (5-2, 2-0) also got two touchdowns passing and another rushing from Austin Joslin, while Aiden Rodriguez added a pair of rushing scores.
Stanton 77, Anthony 0 — Karter Barrera (4-105 rushing), Vayden Pastrana (6-95) and Nicholas Isemann (5-75) all ran for two touchdowns to lead a 539-yard rushing effort as the Buffaloes blasted the Wildcats to open league play.
Eight different players ran for at least 40 yards for Stanton (2-4, 1-0), which also got rushing TDs from Hagan Hale (3-60), Zekeriah Trevino (3-51), Luis Anaya (6-41) and Jett Rivas (2-19) in the win.
Post 37, Stanton 0 — The Buffaloes ran for 252 yards on just 36 attempts, but an interception and a pair of lost fumbles proved costly in a shutout loss to the Antelopes.
Leading just 3-0 after a quarter, Post outscored Stanton 20-0 in the second period to take control by halftime and never looked back after that.
Wink 36, Coahoma 13 — Layne Lusby passed for 195 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 164 yards and two more scores to fuel the undefeated Wildcats to a comfortable win over the Bulldogs.
Behind the talented quarterback, Wink outgained Coahoma 481-219, limiting the Bulldogs’ potent rushing attack to just 49 yards on 16 attempts.
Stanton 28, Iraan 26 — Mason Martinez ran for 94 yards and a touchdown and Jayden Hinojosa threw a 65-yard scoring pass to fuel the Buffaloes to an upset win over the Braves on Iraan’s homecoming.
Hagan Hale added 92 yards rushing, and Luis Anaya and Josiah Hall each added scoring runs for Stanton, which ran for 274 of its 339 total yards.
It’s still too early to say, but 2026 could be the year of the quarterback in the Big Country. At least it has been that way through three weeks, with Clyde senior Devan Wright taking our latest Big Country Player of the Week award after another eye-popping performance from an area signal caller.
In the wake of Haskell’s Haegan Pinkerton winning our first two awards with two huge performances in Week 1 and Week 2, Wright followed those up with one of his own in a 57-21 win over Comanche on Friday.
Helping Clyde improve to 3-0, Wright connected on 12 of 18 throws for 194 yards and four scores. He also rushed nine times for 116 yards and three more TDs, giving him a direct hand in seven touchdowns.
Coahoma 34, Kermit 20 — Aiden Rodriguez ran for 192 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to a two touchdown win over the Yellow Jackets.
Masen Pierce added 62 yards and a TD rushing on just three attempts, while Austin Joslin passed for 152 yards and a score, hitting Lanson Moore six times for 74 yards and that TD.
We prefer to not have the same athlete win our Big Country Preps Player of the Week award in successive weeks, given that it is our aim to share the love. But every now and then, the numbers simply make that impossible.
So here we have it: Haskell’s Haegen Pinkerton has won our accolade twice in as many weeks, and deservedly so after leading the Indians to a 62-44 win at Bangs on Friday.
Coahoma 37, Brownfield 0 — Austin Joslin passed for 304 yards and three touchdowns, hitting Austin Molina five times for 110 yards and two of those scores, to lead the Bulldogs to a blowout win over the Cubs.
Coahoma (1-1) also ran for 165 yards, led by Aiden Rodriguez, with 47 yards and a TD on 15 attempts, while Tyler Rechichar (3-51 receiving) added a touchdown catch in the win.
Wall 55, La Joya 14 — The Hawks went up three classifications and handed the Coyotes a lopsided loss, amassing 482 total yards in a dominating effort.
Gunner King passed for 222 yards and five touchdowns, while Gunner Garza added 127 yards and a TD rushing on just 10 carries and Evan Boehle received for 77 yards and two scores.
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Crane 21, Odessa Compass 14 — The Golden Cranes kicked off the Cannon McWilliams era with a victory, never trailing in an impressive win over the Cougars to keep the district from going winless in Week 1.
After scoring first in the second quarter to take a 7-0 lead into halftime, Crane watched Compass rally to tie the game on a 24-yard pass early in the third quarter. But the Golden Cranes answered with a pair of TD passes of their own to go up 21-7 in the fourth quarter before holding on down the stretch to make a winner out of the former Big Spring coach.
After a week of highlighting area playmakers, we wrap up our eight-part preseason position rankings series with the Big Country’s best signal callers.
To complete our look at the area’s top players, we’ve ranked our top 15 quarterbacks with a list of others to watch in 2026.
We hope you enjoy this list and that you’ve enjoyed our position rankings as we get set to kick off a new season.
BIG SPRING — With a combined eight turnovers and 150 penalty yards between the teams, Thursday night’s season opener between Coahoma and Forsan wasn’t a game either coach will be citing as model of desired execution.
But in terms of passion, effort, will to win and, ultimately, intrigue, the annual Howard County Bowl was a masterpiece worthy of the Louvre.
After enduring an almost-hour and a half lightning delay before kickoff, the teams battled to a stalemate through four quarters before Forsan, which had tied the game with 31.6 seconds remaining in regulation, sealed a 22-20 victory with a stop on a two-point conversion try in overtime, setting off a wild on-field celebration fitting of both the thrilling nature of the game’s finish and the intensity of the rivalry between the teams.
As we wind down our eight-part preseason position rankings series, we arrive finally at the Big Country’s top ball-carriers.
After breaking down this year’s crop of receivers and tight ends earlier today, we move now to the area’s top backs, ranking our top 15 with a list of others to watch in 2026. Don’t forget to check in tomorrow when we conclude our series with the top 10 area quarterbacks.
We hope you enjoy this list and encourage you to check out the other position groups, which are linked below.
We’re approaching the final stretch of our eight-part preseason position rankings series, and it’s time to look at the Big Country’s top receivers.
After starting the offensive portion of our series with the linemen, we now shift our attention to the playmakers on the perimeter, ranking our top 15 wideouts/tight ends with a list of others to watch in 2026.
We hope you enjoy our list and encourage you to check out the other position groups, which are linked below.
With the defensive and special teams rankings behind us, it’s time to look at the area’s top offensive players. And we’ll start with the foundation of any productive offense: the offensive line.
For the fifth installment of our eight-part preseason position rankings series, we turn our attention to the trenches, ranking the Big Country’s top 15 offensive linemen with a list of others to watch in 2026.
We hope you enjoy reading through our rankings.
After recognizing the top defensive players throughout the Big Country over the past three days, it’s time to honor the specialists.
We continue our eight-part preseason position rankings series by naming our top 10 kickers and top three punters to watch this fall.
We hope you enjoy this list and that you have enjoyed our position rankings as we get set to kickoff the 2026 season.
After starting with the linemen and linebackers, we turn to the defensive backfield to complete our look at the top defenders in the Big Country.
For the third installment in our eight-part preseason position rankings series, we shift our focus to the secondary, giving our list of the area’s top 15 defensive backs and others to look out for in 2026.
We hope you enjoy our list.
After taking a look at the Big Country’s top defensive linemen last night, it’s now time to examine those who will backing them in 2026.
Continuing with Big Country Preps’ eight-part preseason position rankings series, here’s our top 15 linebackers to watch this fall, as well as a list of the others we’re expecting big things from.
We hope you enjoy our list.
With the start of football season around the corner, it’s time to take a look at the players who will be making the biggest impact in 2026.
For the first installment in an eight-part series that will cover all position groups, we’ll be taking a look at the area’s top defensive linemen, ranking our top 15 with a list of others to watch this fall.
As with any such list, these rankings are subjective. We hope you enjoy reading through them.
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The time has arrived for us to make our Big Country predictions, district-by-district.
Several weeks of research and two solid months of summertime labor have gone into this, so we’re more than ready to post it.
With that please dive in and study our take on the upcoming season, along with the more than 80 preseason stories we posted earlier today. Enjoy! We’ll see you on the road!
When the 2025 season began, the plan for Austin Joslin was to make the full-time switch from quarterback to wide receiver.
With four-year starter Boyd Cox set to return for his senior year, Coahoma coach Chris Joslin wanted to get his son on the field in a place he could contribute and didn’t think it was fair to ask him to bounce back and forth between positions.
It took all of one game, though, for those plans to fall by the wayside.
Cox injured his knee in the Bulldogs’ opener, forcing Austin back to the position he’d grown up playing. And all he did from there was calmly and confidently lead CHS to a 9-3 campaign that ended in the area round with a loss to perennial power Canadian.
A year ago, the Coahoma football team overcame an early season-ending injury to standout quarterback Boyd Cox to post a 9-3 record.
In the process, the Bulldogs secured their best two-year win total since 2000-01 and extended their run of .500 or better campaigns to four consecutive seasons, pushing their ledger to 28-16 over that stretch.
This year, coach CHS will look to continue that run of success with a youthful squad that will feature six new starters on both sides of the ball. But after getting a lot of those young players playing time in reserve roles last fall, coach Chris Joslin feels his team has the talent to compete for its first district title since 2001 in a new league that no longer includes defending state champion Wall.
Here are our second-team selections for the 2026 All-Big Country Preps baseball team. For the rest of this year’s selections, click the links below.
Here are our second-team selections for the 2026 All-Big Country Preps baseball team. For the rest of this year’s selections, click the links below.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to release our 2026 All-Big Country Preps baseball teams.
Here, you will find our Rising Stars Team honoring the top freshmen and sophomores in the Big Country.
For the rest of this year’s baseball selections, please click the links below.
Here are our first-team selections for the 2026 All-Big Country Preps softball team. For the rest of this year’s selections, click the links below.