TXHSFB 2023

[Dave609]

I'm legit surprised no one created this topic. 

This season has been real hectic as we get down to the final 2 in each divison for Football. Some things I wanted to note-

- China Spring was knocked out of the playoffs by Anna HS. Anna faces off against 2021 4A Divison 1 State Football Champion Stephenville HS this week, and I highly recommend you watch the game!

- Dallas South Oak Cliff is looking to add their third straight title this year, and already knocking out favorites such as Melissa HS and Midlothian Heritage HS, this season is shaping to look like they can. This week they face Love Joy HS, this game will be a very good one!

- Forney HS is back in the top 8 for the first time since '02. Big congratulations to them!

- This year, we could be seeing many repeat champions, or possible champions that could return from the past! Definitely be watching for who comes out on top this weekend!

Games to watch-

- Stephenville HS VS Anna HS- 4A Divison 1

- Gilmer HS VS Carthage HS- 4A Divison 2

- Dallas South Oak Cliff HS VS Love Joy HS- 5A Divison 2

 

Best of luck on the rest of the season to all who are still in it!

[Dave609]

Well, the UIL Football season is almost over, but we still have one more round to go, the State UIL Football Championships being held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX! Below you will find who will be competing and of course when they were last at the State Contest-

1A D1- Westbrook (13-1) VS Gordon (14-0) (Final: Gordon 70 - Westbrook 20)
1A D2- Benjamin (14-0) VS Oglesby (13-0) (Final: Benjamin 82 - Oglesby 34)

2A D1- Tolar (14-1) VS Timpson (15-0) (Final: Timpson 49 - Tolar 7)
2A D2- Albany (15-0) VS Mart (15-0) (Final: Albany 28 - Mart 10)

3A D1- Malakoff (15-0) VS Franklin (14-1) (Final: Malakoff 14 - Franklin 7)
3A D2- Gunter (15-0) VS Tidehaven (14-0) (Final: Gunter 30 - Tidehaven 14)

4A D1- Anna (14-1) VS Chapel Hill (13-2) (Final: Anna 26 - Chapel Hill 0)
4A D2- Gilmer (12-3) VS Bellville (15-0) (Final: Gilmer 28 - Bellville 26)

5A D1- Aledo (15-0) VS Smithson Valley (14-1) (Final: Aledo 51 - Smithson Valley 8 )
5A D2- South Oak Cliff (13-2) VS Port Neches-Groves (14-1) (Final: Port Neches-Groves 20 - South Oak Cliff 17)

6A D1- Duncanville (13-1) VS North Shore (15-0)
6A D2- DeSoto (13-0) VS Summer Creek (14-1)

 

Here is each teams last appearance-

Reigning State Champions Returning-

1A D1- Westbrook HS (3rd State Appearance and going for title #3)
1A D2- Benjamin HS (2nd State Appearance and going for title #2)
2A D2- Albany HS (9th State Appearance and going for title #4)
3A D1- Franklin HS (5th State Appearance and going for title #3)
3A D2- Gunter HS (6th State Appearance and going for title #4)
5A D1- Aledo HS (14th State Appearance and going for title #12)
5A D2- South Oak Cliff HS (3rd State Appearance and going for title #3)
6A D1- Duncanville HS (6th State Appearance and going for title #3)
6A D2- DeSoto HS (3rd State Appearance and going for title #3)

Returning to UIL Football State-

1A D1- Gordon HS (3rd State Appearance and going for title #3)- Last Appearance- 1999
2A D2- Mart HS (15th State Appearance and going for title #8)- Last Appearance- 2022
3A D1- Malakoff HS (2nd State Appearance and going for title #1)- Last Appearance- 2018
3A D2- Tidehaven HS (3rd State Appearance and going for title #3)- Last Appearance- 1980
4A D1- Chapel Hill HS (4th State Appearance and going for title #3)- Last Appearance- 2011
4A D2- Gilmer HS (9th State Appearance and going for title #4)- Last Appearance- 2021
4A D2- Bellville HS (3rd State Appearance and going for title #1)- Last Appearance- 1977
5A D1- Smithson Valley (4th State Appearance and going for title #1)- Last Appearance- 2004
5A D2- Port Neches-Groves HS (8th State Appearance and going for title #4)
6A D1- North Shore HS (7th State Appearance and going for title #6)

First Appearance at UIL Football State-

1A D2- Oglesby HS
2A D1- Tolar HS
2A D1- Timpson HS
4A D1- Anna HS
6A D2- Summer Creek HS

 

Some things to note- 

 

• 2A Divison 1 has 2 teams making their first State Appearance! This will be a very cool experience for both teams and one of the teams bands appeared at the State Military Contest back in October!

 

• Bellville HS is making their 3rd state appearance, but the last time they played was back in 1977, which is the longest time between appearances for any team playing at state this season!

 

• We are seeing 3 rematches- Duncanville VS Galena Park North Shore, Dallas SOC VS PNC in the 5A Divison 2 Game and Albany VS Mart in the 2A D2 Game!

 

• This will be the 5th time that we see North Shore and Duncanville face off in the State Championship for football!

 

• 4A is the only conference where neither Divison 1 or 2 have a returning team or returning State Champion from 2022

 

• Finally 5 teams are making their first State Appearance, and one of the teams, Anna HS, is coming in defeating the teams that won the State Championship in 2021 and 2022 for Divison 1, that being China Spring HS and Stephenville HS.

 

Best of luck to anyone who may be at one of the games!

 

[ViewFromTheBox]

Hey, stop me if you've heard this one before: Duncanville and Galena Park North Shore will play for the 6A DI state title. Third-straight year and fifth time in six years. Simply incredible run these two programs are on.

[Dave609]

14 minutes ago, ViewFromTheBox said:

Hey, stop me if you've heard this one before: Duncanville and Galena Park North Shore will play for the 6A DI state title. Third-straight year and fifth time in six years. Simply incredible run these two programs are on.

They put on really good games and I expect nothing different here! Probably one of the best rivalries in Texas!

[ViewFromTheBox]

State championships are underway with the 1A DI title game between Westbrook and Gordon. Six man is a wildly different game than the normal 11 man game, and I kind of like it.

[Dave609]

12 minutes ago, ViewFromTheBox said:

State championships are underway with the 1A DI title game between Westbrook and Gordon. Six man is a wildly different game than the normal 11 man game, and I kind of like it.

Can't wait to see who walks out as Champion!

[Dave609]

1A Divison 1:

FINAL-

Gordon 70 - Westbrook 20

Congratulations to Gordon HS out of Gordon, TX for taking the first State title of the day and capping off an amazing season! This marks their third title, with their last one being in 1999, almost three decades ago! 

Gordon HS finishes the season 15-0 and end's their season defeating 2 time reigning State Champion Westbrook HS out of Westbrook, TX. Congratulations to both teams on making it to the State Championship, and congratulations once again to Gordon HS on getting their third Football State Title!

[ViewFromTheBox]

Forgot to mention that six man has a 45-point mercy rule in the second half. Rare mercy rule win for Gordon in the state title game. Also, the Longhorns are a young team, so expect to see them back in the title game next year.

[ViewFromTheBox]

1A D2 - End 1Q: Benjamin 28, Oglesby 20

These officials are ... something. Lot of questionable calls going Benjamin's way at the moment.

[Dave609]

1A Division 2:

FINAL-

Benjamin 82 - Oglesby 34

Congratulations to Benjamin HS out of Benjamin, TX for winning their 2nd State Title! They are the first Team to successfully defend their State Title from the year before!

 

Benjamin HS finishes their season 15-0 and ends their season defeating Oglesby HS out of Oglesby, TX. Congratulations to both teams on making it to the State Championship, and Congratulations again to Benjamin HS on their 2nd State Title!

[ViewFromTheBox]

Second game to end with the 45-point mercy rule for six man. Grayson Rigdon now has three state titles ... as a junior — back-to-back with Benjamin and one with Strawn. And apparently that's par for the course for the Rigdon family.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/rigdon-family-six-man-football-benjamin-high-school/

[Dave609]

The final game of the evening is underway! A new champion is being crowned tonight, Will Tolar HS or Timpson HS come out on top in 2A Divison 1? 

[ViewFromTheBox]

You can probably say goodnight to this one. Timpson up 14-0 early in the second quarter, and Tolar is struggling to do anything with the football. That and Timpson has Terry Busey, who is basically a cheat code in 2A.

[Dave609]

2A Divison 1:

FINAL:

Timpson 49 - Tolar 7

Congratulations to Timpson HS out of Timpson, TX on winning their FIRST UIL State Football Championship in School History! They are the first team of the 2023 Championships to do so!

Timpson HS is ending their season 16-0 and ends their season Defeating Tolar HS out of Tolar, TX. This is only the beginning for these programs and I'm sure we will see them make returns in the future! Congratulations to both teams for making it to the State Championship and Congratulations to Timpson HS on their FIRST Championship!

Also wanted to wish the best of luck to Tolar HS as they are moving up to the 3A Divison in 2024.

 

This concludes Day 1 of the UIL Football State Championships! Tomorrow we will see 2A Divison 2, the Rematch between Albany HS and Mart HS, 3A Divison 1 between Franklin HS and Malakoff HS, and 3A Divison 2 between Gunter HS and Tidehaven HS.

[ViewFromTheBox]

How dominant was Timpson last night? Well, Terry Bussey had a 97-yard touchdown pass to Dacorian Johnson (longest in state championship history in any classification), ran for a 93-yard touchdown (longest in 2A state championship history) and finished with 566 combined passing and rushing yards and six total touchdowns. Talk about putting your name into the UIL state championship history books!

(Also, Timpson when 58-3 in the Terry Bussey era. Finally got over that last hurdle to win it all.)

[ViewFromTheBox]

Got a defensive slugfest here in the first game of the day. Mart leads Albany 3-0 after one quarter in the rematch.

[ViewFromTheBox]

2A DI Half time: Albany 21, Mart 3 - Albany really starting to take control of the game towards the end of the first half. Really have a hard time seeing Mart getting back into this one.

[Dave609]

2A Divison 2:

FINAL:

Albany 28- Mart 10

Congratulations to Albany HS out of Albany, TX on winning the first Title of the day and their 4th State Title! They are the 2nd team to successfully defend their State Football Title from the year before, joining Benjamin HS from 1A D2.

Albany HS finishes their season 16-0 and end the season by Defeating Mart HS out of Mart, TX in the 2A Divison 2 rematch. Congratulations to both teams on making it to the State Championship and congratulations to Albany HS on winning their 4th State title!

[ViewFromTheBox]

3A D1 - End 1Q: Malakoff 7, Franklin 0. Franklin was driving to tie the game, but a fumble in the endzone brings a painful ending to a promising drive.

[ViewFromTheBox]

3A DI - Half time: Malakoff 7, Franklin 0. Eat your heart out, defensive coordinators. It's a struggle out there for points today.

[Dave609]

3A Divison 1:

FINAL:

Malakoff 14 - Franklin 7

Congratulations to Malakoff HS out of Malakoff, TX for winning their FIRST UIL Football State Title! They are the second team to Win their first State Football Title this year, joining Timpson HS from 2A Divison 1. This is their second appearance at state, with their last one being in 2018. 

Malakoff HS ended their season 16-0 and ends the season by Defeating Franklin HS out of Franklin, TX. Congratulations to both teams on making it to the State Championship and congratulations again to Malakoff HS on winning their 1st State Title!

[Dave609]

3A Divison 2:

FINAL:

Gunter 30 - El Maton Tidehaven 14

Congratulations to Gunter HS out of Gunter, TX on winning their 4th UIL Football State Title! They join Benjamin HS and Albany HS on successfully defending their title from the year before!

Gunter HS finishes the season 16-0 and end's their season Defeating Tidehaven HS out of El Maton, TX. Gunter HS represented Grayson County in this game! Congratulations to both teams on making it to the State Championship and congratulations again to Gunter HS on winning their 4th State Title!

 

That concluded Day 2 of the UIL Football State Championships. Today we get to see 4A Divison 1, the match-up between first time advancer Anna HS going up against Tyler Chapel Hill, 4A Divison 2 with Gilmer HS facing up against Bellville HS, who is advancing to the state championship for the first time in over 40 years, and the 5A Divison 1 match-up between Aledo HS and Smithson Valley. Best of luck to all the teams competing! 

 

Also wanted to mention that there has been a trend with this Championship where a new winner is crowned in Divison 1 and the reigning champion takes the win in Divison 2. it will be broken today though since neither 4A divisions have their reigning champion. 

[Dave609]

4A Divison 1:

FINAL:

Anna 26 - Tyler Chapel Hill 0

Congratulations to Anna HS out of Anna, TX on winning their FIRST UIL Football State Title! This was their first time at the Championship and they now join Timpson HS on winning in their first State Appearance for the 2023 season! They also join Timpson HS and Malakoff HS on winning their first State Titles!

Anna HS finishes the season 15-1 and end's it by Defeating Chapel Hill HS out of Tyler, TX in a Shut-Out game at the State Championship. Anna would get to the State Game by defeating some notable opponents including 2021 and 2022 State Champion China Spring HS, Panther Creek HS, and 2021 State Champion Stephenville HS. Anna would have a rematch with Decatur HS to advance to the State Championship. Congratulations to both teams on advancing to the UIL Football State Championships and congratulations to Anna HS on winning their 1st State Title and joining the winning circle in Collin County!

 

Best of Luck to Anna HS next year as they will be moving up to the 5A Divison

[Dave609]

4A Divison 2:

FINAL:

Gilmer 28 - Bellville 26

Congratulations to Gilmer HS out of Gilmer, TX for winning their 4th UIL Football State Title! 

Gilmer HS finishes the season 13-3 and ends the season by Defeating Bellville HS out of Bellville, TX in what I would consider to be the best game of the State Championship so far! Gilmer HS would get to the State Championship by beating out one of their rivals, Carthage HS. Congratulations to both Teams on making it to the State Championship and Congratulations again to Gilmer HS on getting Title #4!

Fun Fact- Gilmer finishes with the lowest record for this season with a 13 win to 3 lose ratio.

[Dave609]

5A Divison 1:

FINAL:

Aledo 51 - Comal Smithson Valley 8

Congratulations to Aledo HS out of Aledo, TX on winning Title #12 and keeping the title of High School with most Football State Championship wins!

Aledo HS finishes their season 16-0 and ends the season by Defeating Smithson Valley HS out of Spring Branch, TX. Aledo showed dominance in this game and were able to get their 12th game and become the 4th team this season to successfully Defend their title, joining Benjamin HS, Albany HS, and Gunter HS. Aledo HS would get to the State Championship by defeating teams such as Red Oak HS, Abilene HS, and Forney HS to make it to their 14th State Football appearance. Congratulations to both teams on making it to the State Championship and Congratulations to Aledo HS on winning their 12th State Football Title!

 

This concludes Day 3 of the UIL State Football Championships. Tomorrow will be the 4th and Final Day of the State Championships and we will be in for a real treat! 5A Divison 2 will see the rematch between Dallas South Oak Cliff HS and Port Neches-Groves HS in what should be a fun game to watch! The game everyone should watch will be happening in the 6A Divison 1 State game as we will be seeing Duncanville HS taking on Galena Park North Shore HS in the 5th Re-match in the last 5 of 6 years. And to Finish off the State Championships, we will be seeing DeSoto HS taking on Summer Creek in their first State Appearance in the 6A Divison 2 game! Best of luck to all competing Tomorrow!