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It's week five of the TXHSFB season and Plainview/Hereford is suddenly a big matchup.  Plus, Panhandle and Wellington do battle to highlight the small schools.  Tascosa and Amarillo High play for the 67th time and this matchup just doesn't have the buzz of most meetings. WT goes on the road to take on UTPB in a crucial game for LSC positioning. Randall took down West Plains to cement themselves as...

WT shut out Midwestern at home for their first LSC win of the year as the Buff defense is very impressive.  Week 4 of the TXHSFB season is a wrap and weather shortened several games.  Hereford is impressive in win over Tascosa, Dalhart remains unbeaten, Gruver top Highland Park and Valley and Naz go to OT. WT Lady Buffs continue to roll in LSC action while high school volleyball saw Randall and We...

Randall grad Heston Kjerstad is headed to the big leagues as the Orioles have called him up.  The Sod Poodles won the second half Texas League title and head to the playoffs next week. Week 4 preview of the area football clashes including Hereford/Tascosa and Gruver/Highland Park plus all the games going on in the Texas Panhandle. Randall, West Plains, Canyon and Hereford all get District 4-4A win...

West Plains took their first Boss Bowl with a dominant victory over Canyon.  Tascosa and Amarillo High lost while Caprock grabbed their first win. Hereford, Highland Park and Dalhart are undefeated and Happy grabs a last second victory.  A full recap of week 3 in the Texas Panhandle on the gridiron. A recap of volleyball play as district action is now underway.  Class 4A is stacked at the top.

Jake Boesen, co-host of the Sports Nerds on 102.9 from 3-5, joins the show to talk about how he came to WT from Washington, DC, the WT media program and just talk sports with Kale and Craig. Week 3 of the high school football season is upon us as we review all the matchups across the Texas Panhandle.

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A look at week 2 of the high school football scene including Bushland/Canadian, Tascosa/Midland Legacy and Sunray/Stratford.  Plus, a really special game in Dalhart one year after tragedy struck. WT kicks off their season on the road in Gunnison against Western Colorado.  Who's starting at QB and who to look for under Josh Lynn in his first season. Nebraska set a record with over 90,000 in attenda...

Week one is in the books at Bushland and West Plains had a thriller.  Canadian, Stratford, and Wellington were dominate while Happy was upset.  All the news and notes from week one including great individual performances and key injuries. Tascosa went 4-0 to take the Randall volleyball tourney.

We look back the legendary wrestler and Canyon native Terry Funk who passed away yesterday at the age of 79.  Amarillo High and Randall play a five set thriller in volleyball that ends with the Lady Sandies on top.  Finally, the 2023 Texas high school football season is here and we look at the top games and storylines around the area.

It's our annual pigskin preview with hall of famer Lance Lahnert.  We take a look at every district involving area teams, how we think those districts may shake out, teams to watch for, players to see and games to attend.  It's a super sized preview show that you don't want to miss!

The first week of scrimmages are in the books.  We have news, notes and observations from around the area from Class 5A to six-man.  We also talk about the six-man players to watch for this year and what's coming to Press Pass Sports this week. Amarillo High has a custom cover for DCTF magazine and Canadian honors former head coach Chris Koetting. Amarillo High volleyball grabs a title in Corpus C...

Zach Thomas became the 370th member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  An excerpt from his speech as he becomes the first Texas Panhandle and Texas Tech player inducted. WT AD Michael McBroom sits down for a wide ranging interview talking about the latest at WT, is D1 an option, could tennis be a sport they add, the transfer portal, NIL and lots more.  WT fans don't want to miss this. Kale provide...

The 2023 high school football season kicks off today as area schools can begin practice.  What are some of the storylines and things to look for as we travel around the area.  At the LSC media day last week, WT was tabbed 5th in the pre-season rankings.  Zach Thomas of Pampa goes into the Pro Football HOF on Saturday.  Brendan Hausen made HOW MANY 3's in a row?

Former Palo Duro and Oklahoma St. star Micheal Cobbins sits down in a wide ranging interview.  The star big man is now in Italy playing for Germani Bresica as he talks about his Euro League experiences.  He talks about the impact Jeff Evans had at PD, the origin of the finger wag at OSU and missiles flying over head while he played in Israel.   Bovina has a new head coach and high school football...

We are back with Season 7 of the Press Pass Sports podcast.  Kale and Craig take a look at what happened while we were gone.  Perryton and Matador were devastated by tornadoes as both communities rallied around each other.  There was a  ton of coaching news from Kyle Lovorn and Cory Hamilton stepping down to Marquis Loftis taking over at PD.  Jalin Conyers and Hesston Kjerstad are making a name fo...

Randall advanced to the Regional finals looking to punch a ticket to Round Rock while Nazareth beat May to make their straight trip to the state tourney while looking for their first state title. More coaching news and notes including Cole Underwood taking the helm at Perryton. The 2023 Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame class is loaded as Fred Cooper, Rick Cooper, Kori Cooper Clements, Ziggy Hood and...

New Caprock head coach Rowdy Freeman joins the show to talk about what a crazy week he's had, building relationships with students, taking the reigns of his own program and his grandad, Stocky Lamberson. Randall and Wildorado grabbed state golf titles this past week as we rundown their performance. Randall, Bushland and Nazareth all look to keep moving forward in the baseball playoffs as we previe...

Dan Sherwood has been hired as the next head coach at Randall, Kurt Haberthur takes over in Gruver, Booker goes six-man and tons more coaching and player news and notes. Randall, Bushland and Nazareth are still alive in the baseball playoffs. Villanova guard and AHS grad Brendan Hausen talks about his first year at Nova, what's ahead for next year, the play of his brother Braden and lots more.

After 23 seasons at Palo Duro, Jeff Evans has resigned to pursue other opportunities at the collegiate level. Evans leaves huge shoes to fill for AISD plus Jeff Smith heads to WT High and Boys Ranch has a new football coach. State track last week produced a number of outstanding performances from area athletes.  We look at the key moments from each day in Austin.  Also, the state girls golf meet i...

Lots of coaching news as Gaylon Selman has retired from Randall after 23 years, Lee Brandon resigns at Gruver while Gruver baseball head coach Khris Kelp suffers a heart attack before their playoff game and Jeff Lofton returns to West Plains. District 4-4A dominates the softball playoffs as all four teams move on and now face each other for the right to go to state. District 4-4A baseball is almos...

Trouble broke over the weekend with Bushland softball as their head coach was arrested.  The latest on what happened, the school's quick response plus a positive note from UT's Brock Cunningham. Andy Cavalier was named the head coach for Canadian replacing Chris Koetting. Canadian girls basketball coach Aaron Marks joins the show to discuss the West Texas Basketball Coaches Clinic including a star...

Regional track meets were held on Friday and Saturday from 5A to 1A.  Ke'Mauri Pinkard and Sierra Cornell impressed in 5A.  Canyon girls and Randall boys grab team titles in 4A while Abree Winfrey continues to dominate the competition.  In 3A, Bushland and Childress girls relays turn in great performances while Bushland's Jessie Fowler shows her dominance and the Bushland boys sprint relay team se...

Coaching news as Kyle Timmons is out at Follett and Sarah Allen is the new girls basketball head coach at Bushland.  Brenen Thompson is headed to OU plus other portal news. Former Spearman star Morgan Glaspie joins the show to talk about landing the job as a first time head coach at a brand new school, her mentors and more. State tennis saw Amarillo High and Hereford grab golds as the area players...

After 31 years in the education field, Canadian HC Chris Koetting is retiring.  We look back at his career and bring in Ben Arbuckle, a former player and now Washington St. OC, and Kyle Lynch, the Canadian HC who hired Koetting in 2003.   Regional golf results as several area teams have qualified while others are on day two and trying to punch a ticket. News and notes from football, baseball and s...

The transfer portal has several local names in it including Brenen Thompson, Mason Jones, King Doerue and Shahada Wells.  Thoughts on this news and the impact of the portal. Tennis regional roundup, golf regional outlook and area track meet results. Baseball and softball highlights