Six-man

MEXIA — Damiyne Durham came diving in from the offense’s left side, hoping to get a piece of the kick from Abbott’s Cade Ramsey. All Durham got was a helmet directly into his knee after running into the holder, and as the Oakwood star quarterback and defender lay writhing on Blackcat Field in pain, the dream season that the Panthers had hoped for all year slowly slipped away.

They may not play by the same rules as everyone else, but six-man football in Texas has a certain charm to it. There are web sites, message boards and even documentaries about the state's smallest classification of high school football.