Only a year removed from running a ground-based flexbone option attack, the Wall Hawks have managed to put that approach in the distant past with a remarkable effort through the air in 2024.
And who would have thought that making that difficult transition could have happened so quickly?
Now, having committed to a full-blown spread attack under new coach Craig Slaughter, the Hawks have already accumulated nearly 3,000 passing yards, placing them near the top in that category among Big Country teams.
Goldthwaite 62, Center Point 6 — The Eagles (1-1) raced out to a 29-point first-quarter lead and were never threatened after that.
While we normally try to share the love in our Big Country Preps Player of the Week column, five district titles in one week isn’t easy to sidestep. 
As if the Big Country’s collection of softball catchers wasn’t already “scary-good,” the area can count a worrisome new addition to its ranks: Colorado City freshman Bryanna Munoz, our Big Country Preps Player of the Week for the week ending March 2.
SAN ANTONIO — The key stat in Friday’s 54-43 Class 2A state semifinal win for Martin’s Mill over Goldthwaite nearly required a double take to spot. 
SAN ANTONIO — It took one of the Big Country’s own to finally end the dramatic postseason run for Westbrook. 
It’s been more than 20 years since a Goldthwaite girls basketball team last played in a state tournament. 
WESTBROOK — The unranked Westbrook girls basketball team has been too busy fighting for its playoff survival to worry about the next step in the ladder. 
It may be a little too early to label Anson freshman softball pitcher Kayme Elrod as a star in the making. But our Big Country Preps Player of the Week is off to a pretty good start.
BUDA — The eighth-ranked Goldthwaite girls basketball team is headed to the state tournament for the third time in program history and first since 2000, after knocking off archrival San Saba 54-50 in the Region IV-2A championship game Saturday at Buda Johnson High School. 
WOLFFORTH — Prior to Saturday’s Region I-3A championship game with Shallowater, the Jim Ned Lady Indians were 35-2, they had won 22 straight games and had not lost to a Class 3A team all season. 
WOLFFORTH — Just how dominant was the Jim Ned defense in Friday’s 42-21 Region I-3A semifinal win over Idalou? 
WOLFFORTH — It was a tale of two halves in the first of two Region I-3A semifinal games on Friday at Frenship High School, with Shallowater turning the tables on Brock in a 49-36 win. 
GRAHAM — If one were to rely on the “eyeball test” prior to Tuesday’s Region II-2A girls quarterfinal between 15th-ranked Cisco and No. 9 Nocona, one may have surmised that a far bigger Cisco team would be favored to eliminate the Lady Indians. 
ABILENE — Just three days after the Jim Ned girls used a stifling defense to eliminate high-powered Eastland in the area round, the Lady Indians repeated that effort in a 48-24 win over Comanche in a Region I-3A quarterfinal. 
Merkel senior Kooper Darby picked the right time to post the best all-around game of his high school career. 
ABILENE — Already considered an underdog against high-flying Comanche, the Merkel Lady Badgers were facing even longer odds in Friday’s 3A area round game with the Maidens. 
ABILENE — Defensive stops have long been a key element in the success of the Jim Ned girls basketball team and heading into Friday’s 3A area round clash with Eastland, the Lady Indians had a key member of EHS to apply that tradition to. 