Every fall in East Texas, thousands of people descend upon the local high school football stadiums to root for the home team! They dress up in team colors, bring along cow bells and bottles full of pebbles to show their excitement for their team! Whether their team wins or loses they are always proud of their guys (and sometimes girls), who gave it their all while on the field.
Before the games
It happened during a game last Thursday near Amarillo. Chris Leanos left the field under his own power, but collapsed on the sideline and ended up in a coma at the hospital.
In a report from ESPN's "Outside The Lines," San Antonio area football coach Mack Breed admitted he had instructed his players to attack a referee for apparent bad calls and racial slurs.
The Gladewater Bears head into the Battle On The Border Friday night looking awesome thanks to their huge win over the Pittsburg Pirates last Friday night.
The Whitehouse Wildcats kick off another great season of high school football tonight in Texarkana. The Wildcats are facing off against the Texas High Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Texarkana beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The practices began in the middle of August when it was one hundred degrees preparing for games with one goal in mind - the state championship title game! A couple of East Texas teams have reached that goal and are one win away from gaining that title. The Daingerfield Tigers and Gilmer Buckeyes are playing in their final games today at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
Round three of the high school football playoffs happened last weekend and quite a few East Texas teams survived and are moving one step closer to playing in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington for the state titles. Currently East Texas has 12 teams still in the playoffs.