2017 Week 5 Games

GILMER -- Gilmer quarterback Aaron 'Poppy' Brown threw for 468 yards -- 401 in the first half -- and three touchdowns, and the Buckeyes held off Nacogdoches, 51-49, in the final non-district game of 2017 on Friday night.

Pittsburg overcame a 28-6 halftime deficit.

MESQUITE -- Garrett Gilcrease scored three touchdowns and Dallas Christian jumped on Tyler Grace early en route to a 35-17 win on Friday night in the teams' TAPPS Division II District 2 opener.

ALTO – It was being billed as the Cherokee County Shootout, and the sold-out fans in attendance at Cameron Matthews Stadium witnessed a penalty-filled game that Rusk won against Alto, 43-21.

John Tyler rebounded from its humbling district-opening loss with a 44-7 rout of North Mesquite on Friday night.

THE WOODLANDS -- Riding a three-game winning streak headed into the District 12-6A opener, the Lufkin Panthers had been clicking on all cylinders. On Friday night, the offense hit a roadblock in being held under 300 yards.

Trae Hall finished with four touchdowns in the Lion victory.

TEXARKANA — Pleasant Grove scored 24 points off turnovers and routed Liberty-Eylau, 51-14, to spoil the Leopards’ Homecoming Friday at Harris Field.

Here is the live scoreboard, powered by America's Car Mart, for Week 5 of the 2017 East Texas high school football season.