The second week of the Texas high school football playoffs began with a blowout win and a shocking loss Thursday night for Austin-area teams in the area round of the postseason. Vandegrift blew past San Antonio Sotomayor at the Alamodome 51-0, but LBJ, which had the looks of making a deep run in the Class 4A Division I field, fell to La Vernia in Seguin.
Friday night brings the rest of Central Texas into the playoff fold, with Westlake, Lake Travis, Georgetown, Liberty Hill, Pflugerville and Bastrop all in action as well as others across Classes 6A, 5A, 4A and 3A.
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After being down 45-7 in the second quarter, Reedy has rattled off 35 unanswered points and now trail Georgetown 45-42 with 8 minutes to go in the game.
This is a week after Georgetown raced out to a 28-0 first half lead before surviving a double-overtime thriller with Burleson Centennial 48-42.
Lake Travis continues to pour it on as the Cavs lead 48-7 late in the third quarter.
Brenham has scored its second TD in the final quarter to take a 30-20 lead over Liberty Hill at The Pfield.
Opening the third quarter, Lake Travis leads SA Johnson 41-7.
Westlake has advanced to the third round of the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season with its win.
In the third quarter, SA Harlan continues to lead Dripping Springs 21-10.
Granger is steamrolling into a Regional matchup with Shiner as the Lions lead La Villa 51-21 in the fourth quarter.
Refugio has ended Thorndale's playoff run with a 51-14 win.
Liberty Hill is hanging on to a 20-15 lead entering the fourth quarter over Brenham in a 5A Division II Area tilt.
Westlake has advanced with a 24-7 win over SA Brennan.
The Chaps, 11-1, ended the 10-game winning streak of the Bears and will now face the winner of tomorrow's Johnson - Los Fresnos tilt in the Regional round.
Reedy has taken its opening drive 63 yards for a score and cut the Georgetown lead to 45-28 with 11 minutes left in the third quarter.
SA Brennan has scored and Westlake still leads 24-7 with 9:06 remaining in the contest.
Fort Bend Marshall has opened a two touchdown lead on Bastrop 24-10 at half.
Liberty Hill's second field of the third quarter has given the Panthers a 20-15 lead with 2:39 remaining in the third quarter.
SA Harlan continues to lead Dripping Springs 14-3 at a game that has reached intermission.
Lago Vista is shutting out Port Isabel 21-0 at half.
They have played three quarters at Burger Stadium and the Chaps lead Brennan and are on the Bear 6 looking to extend the lead.
Granger leads La Villa 29-7 in the second quarter.
Refugio is going to end Thorndale's season as they lead 441-14 in the fourth quarter.
Karson Bye's 20 yard field goal has given Liberty Hill a 17-15 lead with 7:41 left in the 3rd stanza.
Rees Wise capped Westlake's opening drive of the second half, plunging in from two yards out as the Chaps lead Brennan 21-0.
With the way the Westlake defense is playing, Brennan will have a difficult time coming back as they only amassed 21 yards and 2 first downs in the opening half.
Lake Travis is cruising with a 34-0 halftime lead over SA Johnson.
Lampasas has advanced with a 55-21 win over Dumas.
After falling behind 45-7, Reedy has scored two six-pointers in the last two minutes in the half to narrow the Georgetown lead to 45-21 in a game approaching half.
They have reached the fourth quarter and it looks like Lampasas will be advancing as the Badgers lead Dumas 55-21.
The Badgers will meet the winner of the West Plains - Brownwood in the Regional round of the 4A Division I playoffs.
Trailing 15-7, Liberty Hill ran it 18 straight times on a 92-yard drive that concluded with Bryce Muchaw punched it in from a yard out with 45 seconds remaining in the first half. The Panthers eschewed a two point conversion attempt. With the extra point Brenham leads 15-14.
Jett Walker scored his second TD of the contest and now Georgetown leads Reedy 45-7 with 2 minutes left in the first half.
Vann Hopping has scored his second TD of the game, this time from 39 yards as Lake Travis has extended its lead to 17-0 over SA Johnson.
Westlake has reached halftime with a 14-0 lead over SA Brennan.
In a 6A Division II game, SA Harlan leads Dripping Springs 14-3 in the opening quarter.
Lago Vista has a 14-0 lead over Port Isabel midway through the game.
Brenham continues to lead Liberty Hill 15-7 in the second.
Bastrop and Fort Bend Marshall are knotted at 7 in the second.
Richmond Randle is dominating Elgin 42-0 in the second.
Vann Hopping dashed 31 yards as Lake Travis leads SA Johnson 10-0 with 6:05 remaining in the opening quarter.
Georgetown has extended its lead over Reedy to 38-7 as Xavier Warren scored on a 15-yard run and Alex Wilson returned an interception 57-yards with 8 minutes remaining in the half.
The Eagles have scored 21 points in the first 4 minutes of the second quarter.
The Badgers have reached halftime with a 41-14 lead over Dumas.
Lake Travis is leading SA Johnson 3-0 in a 6A Division I matchup.
Granger now leads La Villa 22-0 in the second quarter.
Refugio has extended its lead to 37-7 over Thorndale in the second.
Brenham has jumped back into the lead vs. Liberty Hill as Cartelle Brown hauled in a 22-yard scoring pass. The two-point conversion was good as the Cubs lead 15-7.
Westlake took 3 points off the board after a Brennan roughing the holder penalty as Rees Wise scored on a keeper to give the Chaps a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.
Lago Vista leads Port Isabel 7-0 in the second quarter.
Granger has jumped out to a 15-0 lead over La Villa in the second frame.
Refugio is up on Thorndale 30-7 in the opening quarter.
Kaleb McDougle has thrown his second TD pass as the sophomore signal caller hit Jake Miloch on a 18-yard scoring toss. early in the second quarter. The Eagles lead Reedy 24-7.
Taking advantage of Hayes Brodhead's punt block that put the ball inside the Brennan 2, Westlake scored as Rees Wise found Cullen Devine all alone in the end zone to give the Chaps a 7-0 with 00:30 seconds left in the opening quarter.
Richmond Randle leads Elgin 14-0 in the first.
Liberty Hill did not take long to tie the game with Brenham after Dylan Belinga scored from 3 yards out. The scoring run was set up by Jack Pitchford who raced 80 yards on the Panther's opening snap.
Georgetown has scored a pair of touchdowns to take a 17-7 lead over Reedy.
First, Jett Walker scored from 4 yards out and after the Eagle defense forced a punt, Kaleb McDougle found Xavier Warren for a 48-yard scoring pass.
Brenham's Cartelle Brown took a short pass 74 yards down the sidelines as the Cubs lead the Panthers 7-0 with 11:11 left int he opening quarter.
Reedy has scored a touchdown and has taken a 7-3 lead over Georgetown.
Georgetown's Christopher Mashburn has given the Eagles an early 3-0 lead over Frisco Reedy in a 5A Division 1 contest.
Lampasas has extended its lead to 35-14 as Tripp Stinnett hit Haegan Oncken on a 45-scoring toss with a minute prior to intermission.
Lampasas' Jerome Reed has thrown his 3rd TD pass, this one a 40-yarder to Bryson Roberts has given the Badgers a 28-14 lead over Dumas.
Westlake starts on offense as the Chaps look to move into the 6A Division I third round against San Antonio Brennan.
On the second play from scrimmage Rees Wise's pass was tipped at the line and Brennan has picked it off.
Both schools are 10-1 on the season.
Lampasas quarter back Jerome Reed has connected with Ty Johnson for the second scoring pass of the evening as the Badgers now lead Dumas 21-14 with 9 minutes left in the half.
Reed scored on a 4-yard run as the Badgers drew even with Dumas 14-14 early in the second quarter.
Reed opened the scoring as he hit Johnson with a 14-yard scoring strike early in the opening stanza.
With the goal of practicing on Thanksgiving in its sight, Vandegrift ran its winning streak to 10 as the Vipers crushed San Antonio Sotomayor 51-0 in last night's Area round 6A Division II playoff matchup.
Vandegrift, 11-1, will take on the District 29 champs, Cibolo Steele, next Friday afternoon in the Regional semi-finals at the Alamodome. The Knights have reeled off eight straight wins since being pounded by Westlake 41-16 in week 4 of the regular season.
Wimberley punched its ticket to the 4A Division II regional semis with a dominant 62-21 win over Rockport-Fulton.
The Texans (10-2), winners of eight straight, will face the winner of the Cuero - Geronimo Navarro tilt.
On a side-note, Cuero is coached by former East View Head Coach Jarod Fikac
In a battle of contrasting styles, La Vernia came back from a 7-3 halftime deficit to knock off previously undefeated LBJ 13-10 in a 4A Division I Area round game in Seguin last night.
The Bears' ferocious defense limited 10-1 LBJ to just a 4th quarter field goal.
In a 4A Division I tussle, Dumas has jumped out to a 14-7 first quarter lead over Lampasas.
The 9-2 Badgers are looking to advance to the third round for the first time since the 2019 season which ended with a 49-42 loss to Carthage in the state Semi-finals.