2015 East Texas Football Playoffs

CLASS 5A DIVISION II AREA Dallas South Oak Cliff Bears (8-3) vs. Marshall Mavericks (10-1) 3 p.m. Saturday Eagle Stadium, DeSoto Coaches South Oak Cliff: Jason Todd Marshall: Clint Harper Last week South Oak Cliff: def. Mansfield Timberview, 17-14 Marshall: def. Lindale, 21-17 Next week Winner faces winner between Forney and Frisco Lone Star, regional semifinals

ROYSE CITY -- It seemed like Liberty-Eylau had squandered two golden opportunities to stun Sanger out of the gate and roll to an easy win in Thursday's Class 4A Division I area round contest at Royse City ISD Stadium following Ke'Mon Freeman's 29-yard strike to Decorian Meadows 1:09 into the game. Liberty-Eylau reached the the 8-yard line its next drive and fumbled. Then the unit turned the ball o

LONGVIEW, Texas—John Tyler quarterback Bryson Smith piled up more than 400 yards of offense and accounted for four touchdowns as John Tyler throttled past Texas High in the second half to claim a 48-21 Class 5A Division I bi-district win Saturday at Longview's Lobo Stadium. The Lions (8-3) take an 8-game win streak into the area round and a matchup against Mansfield Lake Ridge (11-0). The Tigers f

HALLSVILLE – Bullard coach Shannon Wilson said his team had trouble finding the right fits when it played Atlanta on Saturday. The two main areas the Panthers struggled to find were run defense and gaining yards on the ground themselves...

LONGVIEW -- Ryan Taylor smashed a defensive front that had kept him in check all day with back-to-back-to-back gains of 10, nine and eight yards down to the 13-yard line with less than six minutes to play. Facing a third-and-2 and then fourth-and-2, however, Marshall's defense bowed up to hold Lindale's Tayton Williams and Taylor for no gain on consecutive plays...

MOUNT PLEASANT -- Pleasant Grove had one main mission this season. It wanted to show the world it wasn't 43 points away from being a state championship caliber team whenever its end came. The Hawks accomplished that objective. Big time. But the door was open for more. Gilmer, last season's state champion, committed seven of the 11 turnovers in Friday's Class 4A Division II bi-district playoff game

LONGVIEW -- It was a game right out of a movie. There were tears and smiles on Van's side of the field. Depending on the player, Thursday's Class 4A bi-district playoff game was a complete failure or a great triumph against the odds. The Vandals lost. Liberty-Eylau won, 48-41, despite giving up 20 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and then allowing Van all the way to its 36-yard line on a po

CLASS 3A DIVISION II BI-DISTRICT REGION II Leonard Tigers (6-4) vs. Alba-Golden Panthers (8-2) 7:30 p.m. Friday Royse City ISD Stadium, Royse City Coaches Leonard: Shane Fletcher Alba-Golden: Ron Callahan Last week Leonard: lost to Howe, 34-12 Alba-Golden: def. Lone Oak, 21-6 Next week Winner faces winner between Paul Pewitt and Winona, area round Did you know? Alba-Golden is trying to aveng

CLASS 4A DIVISION I Bi-District Playoff Game Van Vandals (6-4) vs. Liberty-Eylau Leopards (9-1) 7 p.m. Thursday Pine Tree's Pirate Stadium, Longview Coaches Van: Jared Moffatt Liberty-Eylau: Steve Wells Last week Van: lost to Kaufman, 42-30 Liberty-Eylau: def. Princeton, 46-21 Next week Winner plays Sanger-Springtown winner, area round