KILGORE -- The Kilgore Bulldogs did what they do best: run the football and play defense. And that's exactly what it took to deliver them the "District of Doom" championship Friday night.
GLADEWATER -- A Spring Hill win, a 21-point fourth quarter and a Daylon Mack game-winning 3-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds left propelled Gladewater over Henderson 49-42 Friday night at Jack V. Murphy Stadium and clinched a playoff berth for the Bears.
ROCKWALL – Longview put up 20 first-quarter points en route to a 41-7 win over Rockwall, capping an undefeated run through District 12-5A on Friday night at Wilkerson Sanders Stadium in Rockwall.
HUGHES SPRINGS -- The Waskom Wildcats are well known for their ability to run the football. The Hughes Springs Mustangs are well known for stopping opposing offenses.
PALESTINE – The No. 6 Fairfield Eagles held the Palestine Wildcats to just 27 yards of total offense and used a pair of defensive scores to accentuate a dominating 54-0 win at Wildcat Stadium on Friday night.
ATHENS – The Athens Hornets made a little history Friday night, beating the Brownsboro Bears, 56-13, to complete the first undefeated regular season in school history.
TATUM -- Tatum running back Devon Boyd ran for three touchdowns and the Eagles finished 10-0 for the eighth time in school history with a 35-23 win over Harmony on Friday night at Eagle Stadium.
PARIS -- Paris sophomore quarterback Quez Allen ran for 203 yards and three touchdowns to go with 81 passing yards as the Wildcats rolled to a 48-20 victory over the Liberty-Eylau Leopards in the District 13-3A championship game at Wildcat Stadium in Paris.
JACKSONVILLE – Corsicana quarterback Devontay Bell ran for 385 yards and five touchdowns Friday as the Tigers drove the final nail into Jacksonville’s winless season with a 48-31 win at the Tomato Bowl.