7-on-7 football

LEANDER -- Lufkin entered the Division I 7-on-7 state tournament undefeated and got six games deep into the weekend before losing its perfect mark.

LEANDER -- Whitehouse can no longer call itself undefeated in 7-on-7 this summer, but the Wildcats did what they had to do Friday to get to Saturday's championship bracket.

Two of the five teams East Texas sent to the Division I 7-on-7 state tournament will represent the region in Saturday's championship bracket.

LEANDER -- Lufkin and Whitehouse are championship bracket-bound, while Longview, John Tyler, and Tyler Lee are headed to the consolation bracket.

LEANDER -- Three of the five teams East Texas sent to the Division I 7-on-7 state tournament combined for only one win in nine games Friday afternoon.

LEANDER -- When your pool has a nickname before the tournament even starts, that's usually not a good sign.

LEANDER -- Canton lost one game Thursday by one point, then showed Friday why the Eagles came so close to winning their pool.

LEANDER -- After perfect 3-0 mark Thursday in pool play, Gilmer continued its winning ways Friday in the Division II championship bracket at the 7-on-7 state tournament.

LEANDER -- The wore the same uniforms and shoes and ran the same plays they ran during Thursday's 1-2 pool-play performance, but Carthage looked like a different team Friday.

LEANDER -- Three of East Texas' seven teams at the Division II 7-on-7 state tournament failed to qualify for Friday's championship bracket.