2016 Week 8 Games

CORSICANA -- Josh Thompson caught a 23-yard strike from Noah Hildebrand with 17 seconds remaining to force overtime in a battle for a share of the top spot in District 17-5A, but Corsicana made the Dragons pay for only getting a field goal in the extra period. Corsicana won the game, 24-20, and remained in a first-place tie with Ennis in the league standings. The loss demoted Nacogdoches into a tw

HALLSVILLE -- Maliq Owens scored two touchdowns, including one from 95 yards out, to give Pine Tree a 22-17 win over Hallsville on Friday night in a District 16-5A matchup.

MESQUITE -- Mesquite running back Chance Fisher pulled in a 46-yard touchdown on fourth down with 42 seconds left and then caught a two-point conversion to hand Tyler Lee a 57-56 loss Friday at E.H. Hanby Stadium. The meeting was a battle of two teams seeking their first win within District 11-6A and, with the loss, the Red Raiders fell into the eighth and final spot in the standings with three ga

LUFKIN -- With a pair of electrifying quarterbacks exchanging play after play, Beaumont West Brook's sophomore L'Ravien Elia made the last one.

MESQUITE – Gaylon Wiley and Jaylin Brown connected three times and the Longview defense held off a big-play North Mesquite offensive unit in a 49-35 road win for the Lobos Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

TEXARKANA —Liberty-Eylau rushed for 350 yards and thwarted North Lamar in the second half, claiming a 38-14 win Friday at Harris Field.

ENNIS -- In the final analysis, Ennis had just too much Tycen Thompson and Kyre Holloway for the Lindale Eagles to overcome, as the Lions held off a spirited effort from the visitors to earn a 41-28 District 17-5A win Friday night.

WHITEHOUSE -- Jacksonville quarterback Cameron High ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns -- including the game-winner -- Friday night as the Indians defeated the Whitehouse Wildcats, 18-14, at Wildcat Stadium.

ATHENS — It was a cruel game for the Athens Hornets on Friday against the Terrell Tigers at Bruce Field.

TYLER -- John Tyler officially jumped back into the District 11-6A championship race Friday with a 48-0 win against Rockwall-Heath at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium. It was as convincing a victory as the score indicates. The Lions' defense, challenged to stop an unorthodox single wing offense with no quarterback, passed Heath's tests with flying colors. It held the visiting team to 5