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It's week 10 of the TXSHFB season with several matchups to watch for including Tascosa hosting Abilene High, Dalhart taking on Shallowater, Randall and West Plains squaring off and will the rain impact games.  Regional XC results saw Canyon and Gruver girls and Perryton boys take team titles while several area athletes finished at the top.  TAPPS State XC saw Holy Cross grab a state title, a first...

West Texas A&M hammered Western New Mexico for homecoming and West Plains alum Reid Macon starred late for the Buffaloes.  Week 9 of the TXHSFB season saw Randall top Canyon, Canadian thump Childress and Tulia run all over Hale Center.  We cover all the games from the week with news, notes and stats.  Randall captured their third state team tennis title in five years as Darby Norman has built a po...

The UIL had their fall legislative council this week and a number of items were passed including the introduction of the shot clock, home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs and girls flag football.  Week 9 of the TXHSFB season is here and number of strong district matchups are on the horizon including Canyon/Randall, Canadian/Childress and Lubbock Estacado/Lubbock Cooper Liberty. ...

Week 8 of the TXHSFB season was littered with big games and it delivered.  Amarillo High took control of District 2-5A DII, West Plains wins a slugfest with Canyon and Shallowater tops Bushland.  Palo Duro's defense dominates Wylie and Panhandle uses a big 4th quarter to win.  Randall is headed back to state in Team Tennis as they down Canyon in the Regional Finals.  District XC and volleyball res...

The landscape for week 8 of the TXHSFB season is littered with big games including AHS/Abilene High, Canyon/West Plains, Bushland/Shallowater and many more.  We preview all of the games across the area with news, notes and what to look for in each game.  WT and ENMU in the Wagon Wheel game that lacks any luster this year.  Amarillo High, Randall and Canyon moved on to the Regional Semifinals in Te...

District action got started in most districts across the area and Abernathy, Tulia, and Farwell all pull off upsets.  Gruver held on to win a thriller against Stratford and CISD went 3-0 in district action.  WT lost another one at home as they are now 1-5.  Team tennis playoffs saw six area teams advance to the Regional Semis.  Plus, district volleyball recaps.

Booker has relieved David Biddler of his head football coaching duties but kept him on as AD.  Week 7 of the TXHSFB season is here as we preview all the district action that kicks off headlined by a top five showdown between Gruver and Stratford.  Plus, Lubbock Estacado has a big one with Perryton.  Tascosa, AHS, Randall, Canyon, Hereford and Lubbock Cooper Liberty all advance in the Team Tennis p...

It was an interesting week 6 of the TXHSFB season as we review all the area scores.  Amarillo High may be the best team in District 2-5A DI while Palo Duro rolls Abilene Cooper in DII.  Dalhart looks good in upsetting Canadian and Gruver looks like a juggernaut in taking down Panhandle.  WT gave up a 21 point lead to fall to the Hoggies while Tech continues to not show up in the first half.  Plus,...

Week 6 of the TXHSFB season is here as almost 39% of the teams in the state are on bye.  Games that are going on includes district action in Class 5A with Palo Duro and Abilene Cooper as the DCTF Game of the Week. Amarillo High and Tascosa battle it out, Gruver and Panhandle should be a good one plus all the news and notes for games across the area.  WT goes on the road to take on Kingsville in a...

WT dropped a home game to Midwestern St. as the defense couldn't slow the visitors down.  Colby Carthel is the winningest coach in SFA history and Tech looks off.  Week 5 of the TXHSFB season saw PD roll, Tascosa hold on to beat Frenship, Canyon rallies over undefeated Sanger and Gruver uses a strong fourth quarter to take their matchup with Wellington.  Jason Culpepper won his 900th game as Bushl...

Tascosa stopped Amarillo High's 74 game district winning streak with a stunner at home Tuesday night while district started across most volleyball districts.  It's week 5 of the TXHSFB season and we have a preview with news and notes for all games around the area.  District action starts in 5A, several 4A schools have intriguing matchups with teams from down south and Gruver travels to Wellington...

WT wins on the road and notched their first road win against Angelo St. since 2018 while Tech survives a two-point conversion against Houston.  Week 4 of the TXHSFB season is in the books as Liberty and Randall survived late to pick up impressive wins at Happy State Bank Stadium.  Wheeler, Ropes and Stratford look good in wins as 16 teams remain undefeated.  Plus, we look at district volleyball ac...

It's a loaded week 4 of the TXHSFB season as West Plains and Lubbock Cooper Liberty headline a schedule littered with big games.  Randall trys to take down Canadian, Panhandle tangles with Ropes, Spearman and Stratford battle it out and many more.  We've got everything you need to know about this week's games.  Plus, Randall took down West Plains in another five set thriller while Randall tennis r...

We have a full recap of week 3 of the TXHSFB season. Palo Duro made a statement in their win over Tascosa, Slade Russell is unstoppable, Shallowater rallied for a big win and Dimmitt and Vega stay unbeaten.  Laney Jones leads Canyon to big five set win over West Plains and we have the AISD XC meet results headlined by Ascension Academy's Roman Martinez.

It's week 3 of the TXHSFB season and we take a look at the big games and intriguing matchups including Tascosa vs. Palo Duro, Seminole at West Plains and Dalhart at Panhandle.  A full look at all the games going on in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.  Plus, a volleyball recap as AHS continues their district winning streak and Canyon's Laney Jones shows out.

Week 3 of the TXHSFB season was littered with big games. Tascosa survived in the final seconds against Canyon, Lubbock Cooper Liberty rolled Frenship, Panhandle made a statement against Stratford and McLean rallies for a big victory.  We've got all the news and notes from around the area.  WTfell to Grand Valley State while Texas Tech did what it had to do to beat ACU.  

Week 2 of the #TXHSFB season is here as Amarillo High draws another big matchup.  Can Palo Duro bounce back after last weeks loss?  The small school schedule is loaded with big matchups including Stratford/Panhandle and Gruver/Spearman.  WT hits the road for another tough matchup agains Grand Valley St..  Plus, tons of news and notes in volleyball including a Lubbock Cooper Liberty bounce back win...

Week one of the 2026 Texas high school football season is in the books and we take a look at all news and notes that came out of the first week.  Amarillo High stuns Palo Duro, Canadian looks good again, Stratford and Nazareth dominated and Randall gets a good win in New Mexico.  WT fell in their season opener and the road doesn't get easier.  Plus volleyball and team tennis notes.

It's the 2026 football preview show with hall of famer Lance Lahnert.  We look at every district from 5A to 1A across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.  Does Palo Duro have what it takes to make a deep playoff run, who wins a wide open District 2-4A DI, can Canadian or Idalou make it to the state title game, 2A may be the strongest classification in the area and can a 1A team overtake Whitefac...

Memphis is making the move to Six-Man for this season due to low turnout numbers.  Two a days are officially underway and Kale Steed talks about what he saw traveling the area and watching teams practice.  What did we see in scrimmages last week plus 40 players to watch for across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.  Also, volleyball tournament action recap, team tennis, Coors Tournament of Cham...

Season 10 of the Press Pass Podcast begins as we recap all the news from the summer including a look back at the Korn Ferry tournament, coaching news with Trevor Johnson heading to an admin role, player news and Hedley closes their high school.  Plus, players playing at the hightest level, what is the Wet Bulb Global Thermometer and what came out of the UIL Executive Committee.

Our final Summer Spotlight Series is on Texline head boys basketball coach Coby Beckner.  An outstanding interview with the charismatic coach as we talk about his road to Texline and why he may be the most interesting coach in Texas.  He's got a great story of how a coach can impact a player and he tells what Run As One and The Line means.  This is a can't miss episode!

We continue our summer spotlight series with long time coach Stacy Ward.  Coach Ward talks to us about his career in coaching, coaches who influenced him along the way, his special relationship with Bryan Welps, life after coaching and more.  

Our summer spotlight series continues with new West Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kevin Bleil.  Bleil comes to WT after a two year stint at Pittsburg St.  Bleil talks about his coaching path through college football, what brought him to WT, the influence of his dad and his relationship with Colby Carthel.  Be sure to tune in every Monday in June for our summer spotlight series.

We kick off our Summer Spotlight Series with retiring Randall XC Coach Rebekah James.  Coach James will retire after 44 years with CISD and let's us know what's next for her, who she's passing the torch to and her love for dogs.  Be sure to listen every Monday in June for a new interview with an area coach.