The Pride of Brazosport’s drumline prepares to play during Friday’s non-district matchup against Vidor at Hopper Field in Freeport.
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Brazosport cheerleaders entertain the crowd during Friday’s non-district matchup against Vidor at Hopper Field in Freeport.
The Brazosport Exporters take the field prior to Friday’s non-district matchup against Vidor at Hopper Field in Freeport.
Brazosport High School students prepare to run with the flags prior to Friday’s non-district matchup against Vidor at Hopper Field in Freeport.
Brazosport Shipmates line the field prior to Friday’s non-district matchup against Vidor at Hopper Field in Freeport.
A scoreless first half and a three-touchdown third quarter were too much for Brazosport to overcome in Friday’s home opener to Vidor.
KATY — After rolling to victories in their first two games of the season, the wheels came off early Friday night for the Brazoswood Buccaneers.
WEST COLUMBIA — The Columbia Roughnecks never trailed in their season opener against Victoria East, but that didn’t mean they didn’t have a fight on their hands from start to finish.
BAY CITY — A soggy second half didn’t go well for the Sweeny Bulldogs as they opened the 2021 season Friday night with a 19-9 loss to Bay City.
STAFFORD — Jose Hernandez came up clutch for the Angleton Wildcats, kicking a short field goal with seven seconds remaining to give his team a 34-32 victory over Stafford in the season opener for both teams.
SEALY — It was a tough road trip for the Brazosport Exporters to start the season Friday as they fell to the Sealy Tigers, 43-14, at J.T. Mills Stadium.
Continuing onto the next level will be Angleton’s Anthony Jackson, one of the captains for the Wildcats this past season in football.
An icon of a man to many who knew him, former Freeport Lanier Wildcat head football coach Cottrell McGowan died recently while living in Nacogdoches.
Angleton defense huddle up on the sidelines to review plays during the first quarter as they host the visiting Terry at Wildcat Stadium on Wednesday.
The ball slips between Jordan Pickett's fingers as he receives a pass from (7) during the game against Terry at Wildcat Stadium on Wednesday. Pickett caught the ball before it hit the ground.
A Brazosport player exits the locker room Friday before the team faces Huffman-Hargrave in the Class 4A Region III Area round of playoffs in Splendora.
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Brazosport had only a sliver of hope that it could make it into the football playoffs, but the Ships tore through that narrow opening with a dominating performance Friday night at Griggs Field.
Angleton JROTC await to take the field for the playing of the National Anthem at the football game against Bellaire Episcopal at Wildcat Stadium on Friday.
Lumberton players take the field to play against Brazosport at Hopper Field in Freeport on Friday, September 25, 2020.
Brazosport football takes on Lumberton at Hopper Field in Freeport on Friday.
Columbia knew it had to be tougher against Wharton than they were in the opening week, and responded by handing the Tigers a beatdown Friday night.
Columbia running back Trinity Ward runs past Wharton's Ma'Kalen Cash on Friday night at Eddie Joseph Stadium in Wharton.
Columbia quarterback Cameron Ward looks for a receiver Sept. 27 against Bay City at Griggs Field.
The Sweeny cheerleaders form the letter “S” with their pom poms as they perform to the school’s fight alma mater Thursday at the start of Thursday’s game against Grand Oaks in Shenandoah.
Trayvon Brooks leads the charge as the Sweeny Bulldogs make their way onto the field to take on the Grand Oaks Currahee on Thursday at Woodforest Stadium in Shenandoah.
WEST COLUMBIA — Fourth-year head coach Brent Mascheck is looking for this team's tough mentality to take the Columbia Roughnecks into the state playoffs for the first time since 2016.
The Columbia Roughnecks prepare to take the field at Victoria East on Aug. 31 to open the 2018 season in Victoria.
Columbia's Dancin Dolls perform during halftime of the Columbia and Wharton football game on Sept. 7 at Griggs Field.
The Columbia Roughneck cheerleaders prepare to run onto Bulldog Stadium as the Roughnecks played at Sweeny in the annual rivalry of the Battle of the Bernard.
Columbia Roughneck students use their cell phones during the Battle of the Bernard rivalry at Bulldog Stadium on Sept. 14.
Columbia Roughneck band performs during a Roughneck football game this season.
Columbia twirlers perform along with the Roughneck band at halftime of the Sept. 21 encounter between Columbia and La Marque at Griggs Field.
Columbia cheerleaders prepare to start cheering before the Roughnecks take on Bay City at Blackcat Stadium last Friday.
Angleton Wildcats fans turned out for a pep rally Thursday at Wildcat Stadium. The rally was held to show support for their football team, which is headed to NRG Stadium in Houston today to play against the Manvel Mavericks in the Class 5A Division 1 state semifinal game.
Brazosport running back Ameer King breaks a tackle Friday night against Porter at Hopper Field.
Mathematical formulas weren’t necessary for the Columbia Roughnecks to earn a playoff spot as they controlled their District 12-4A Division I showdown with Sealy from start to finish and earned a 31-13 victory Friday night.
Wrapping up the season just the way they started, the Angleton Wildcats were all over the Calhoun Sandcrabs, winning their regular-seaosn finale Friday night, 35-17, at Sandcrab Stadium.
Wrapping up the season just the way they started, the Angleton Wildcats were all over the Calhoun Sandcrabs, winning their regular-seaosn finale Friday night, 35-17, at Sandcrab Stadium.
BAY CITY — The Brazosport Exporters couldn’t pull off the win as they fell 35-28 loss to the Blackcats Friday night.
Columbia’s playoff destiny is in the hands of other people now as the Roughnecks lost to Needville 17-14 in a District 12-4A Division I game Friday night.
DANBURY — The Danbury Panthers had a whale of a time trying to slow down Lyndon Hardin on Friday night. The Brazos junior running back racked up 295 rushing yards and five touchdowns, leading the Cougars to a 54-27 win at Humber Field.
Playing a state-ranked team to start the district season would seem to be a daunting task, but the Sweeny Bulldogs were undaunted Friday night.
Columbia came close to erasing a 21-point, third-quarter deficit, but Bay City put up 13 unanswered points to squelch the rally and hand the Roughnecks a 41-22 loss Friday night.
Erin Hawley was named Brazoswood’s homecoming queen Friday at Hopper Field in Freeport.
Mistakes were a killer again for the Columbia Roughnecks for the second straight week as they fell to state-ranked Stafford 48-7 in a District 12-4A Division I game Friday night.
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Behind a strong running game and solid defense, Angleton took care of visiting Terry, 56-30, in the District 27-5A opener for both teams Friday night at Wildcat Stadium.
Big plays on offense supported a stiff defense as the Columbia Roughnecks registered a historic victory over La Marque, 28-14, Friday night at Griggs Field.
DANBURY — The Ganado Indians rallied in the second half to spoil Danbury’s homecoming, beating the host Panthers 21-6 Friday night at Humber Field.
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In a thriller at Humber Field, the Danbury Panthers pulled out an 18-13 victory over Anahuac to up their record to 2-0 for the season.
Jordan Johnson of Sweeny tackles Elery Alexander Jr. of Van Vleck during the third quarter Friday night at Bulldog Stadium in Sweeny.
Jackson Millar of Brazoswood runs the ball downfield while scrimmaging against Junior Varsity during practice Tuesday at Slade Field in Clute.
Brazoswood’s Jacob Nimtz tackles a Clear Lake running back during last Friday’s scrimmage at Hopper Field in Freeport.
Angleton wide receiver Carey Thomas takes a break during practice at Angleton High School.
Wildcat Marlin White (3) waits on the football during punt-catching drills on at Angleton High School.
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