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The Ingrams' impact on Carthage's football team is felt in many different areas on the Bulldogs' quest to win back-to-back championships.

Tim Russell still smiles, and has led Harmony to the playoffs with an undefeated record.

After going 37-0, the Ladycats have their sights set on a bigger prize.

Teammates, friends and family from Texarkana and beyond will never forget the Texas High star.

CARTHAGE -- Defense wins championships. It's one of the most tired clichés in sports, but there is a reason the same sayings are repeated year after year. They're at least partially true. Carthage (12-2) still has one final hurdle standing in the way of its fifth state championship since 2008, but without the Bulldogs' superb performance on defense during the playoffs, the season would have been o

Before Jamie Driskell took over the football program, Malakoff was mostly known by motorists traveling from Tyler to Waco as a "speed trap." But now, the Tigers are on the precipice of high school football immortality. A win Friday night over Yoakum would send Malakoff to the Class 3A Division I state championship game...

It was one of those moments every coach loves to be a part of: seeing his team win on a last-second play.

When things start to click at the right time, it doesn't matter what a football team's record is.

Carthage knows what it's like to be in close games this season. Coming into last week's bi-district game against Silsbee, the Bulldogs had already played in six games decided by 16 or less points, and four by 10 or less.

Whitehouse entered its final game of the regular season needing a win against rival Lindale, and the Wildcats were coming off four consecutive games that were decided by 10 or less points.