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Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL live updates from Week 1
Finally, it’s Week 1 of the Texas high school football season. Things kicked off around Central Texas with a pair of thrillers in the Austin area — Anderson’s 57-40 win over McCallum in the Taco Shack Bowl and Weiss’ 42-41 double-overtime win over McNeil. But tonight is the first Friday night of the season and there’s a full slate of games.
Follow this thread tonight for updates across Central Texas:
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Thrall 29, Thorndale 22
Lake Travis 17, Arlington Martin 10
Georgetown 47, Victoria East 0
Cedar Park 17, Harker Heights 7
Vandegrift 31, Dripping Springs 7
Glenn 7, Medina Valley 0
Rouse 36, Connally 3
Pflugerville 33, Leander 14
Hondo 29, Blanco 14
Lago Vista 14, Burnet 12
Victoria West 14, Lockhart 0
Johnson City 14, Granger 14
Round Rock Concordia 24, Leander Founders Classical 22
… and some 2nd quarter scores:
Cibolo Steele 35, Liberty Hill 14
Giddings 14, Jarrell 0
Marble Falls 29 Crockett 0
Travis 7, Akins 0
∙ Georgetown’s Jett Walker scored from 47 yards out to increase the Eagles’ lead over Victoria East to 47-0. Georgetown has scored on all seven possessions. Walker has rushed for 102 yards in the opening half on just seven carries.
∙ New Braunfels Canyon and Austin High are level at 14-14.
∙ They have reached the half at Vandegrift, as the Vipers hold a 24-point edge over Dripping Springs 31-7.
∙ Cedar Park leads Harker Heights 14-7 in the first.
From Jay Plotkin, who’s covering the Lake Travis-Arlington Martin game tonight. First-half update:
Walker Moore’s interception late in the second quarter kept the Cavs leading Martin at the half. Moore’s interception of Brooks Brigance and 80-yard return set up a short Braydon Doane field goal to give the Cavaliers a 17-10 lead. Martin’s Brigance kept the Lake Travis defense on its heels early, but the Cavaliers’ secondary found its footing in the second quarter. After starting out 4-of-5 for 61 yards and a touchdown, Brigance finished the half completing just one of his final six throws for no yards and and interception.
Vann Hopping has rushed for both Lake Travis touchdowns.
∙ Marble Falls has raced out to a 14-0 lead over Crockett in the first.
∙ Regents leads Lorena 9-0 in the second stanza.
∙ Austin High has taken a 14-7 lead over New Braunfels Canyon in the second quarter.
∙ Travis is up 7-0 over Akins in the second.
∙ Lake Travis answers an Arlington Martin touchdown with a touchdown of its own as Vann Hopping ran 19 yards up the middle for his second score of the night as the Cavs lead Martin 14-10.
∙ LBJ now leads San Antonio Houston 27-0 with 2:16 in the first.
∙ Hays leads Elgin 10-0 in the first.
∙ At Vandegrift, the Vipers have expanded their lead over Dripping Springs to 28-7 in the second quarter.
∙ Lago Vista is up 14-6 over Burnet in the first.
More Austin-area updates:
∙ Playing its first game as a Class 4A squad after two years in Class 5A, LBJ leads San Antonio Houston 14-0.
∙ The opening quarter up in Georgetown can’t end soon enough for Victoria East. There’s still 55 seconds to play and the Eagles have expanded their lead to 37 points after Max Muniz’s improbable touchdown catch off teammate Xavier Warren’s back at the goal line. (The Eagles had been called for an illegal formation penalty on their 41-yard field goal try on the previous snap, which forced them to go for it on fourth down.)
∙ Austin High and New Braunfels Canyon are tied 7-7 in the first.
∙ Rouse leads Connally 29-0 in the second quarter, while Glenn is leading Medina Valley 7-0 also in the second.
∙ Rouse has jumped out to a 15-0 second quarter lead over Connally.
∙ Victoria West leads Lockhart 7-0 in the second quarter.
∙ Johnson City leads Granger 7-0 in the first.
∙ In a rivalry game, Thorndale has jumped out to a 15-8 lead over Thrall.
∙ Lago Vista strikes first as the Vikings lead Burnet 7-0 in the first.
∙ Cameron Yoe is up 7-0 over La Grange.
∙ Vandegrift has taken a 14-0 lead over Dripping Springs. That game’s at Vandegrift.
∙ In Arlington, Tristan Naifeh’s 38-yard field goal has pulled Arlington Martin to within 7-3 of Lake Travis toward the end of the opening quarter.
∙ Georgetown is rolling Victoria East 30-10, having forced three turnovers in the first three minutes.
∙ In private schools, New Braunfels Christian leads Austin achieve 7-0 in the opening stanza.
Remember when Georgetown was up 8-0. We’re still not even through the first quarter and the Eagles are up 22-0 over Victoria East. Georgetown has scored three touchdowns, and after the first two touchdowns the Eagles then recovered fumbles on the kickoffs.
How bad of a start is this for Victoria East? There’s 2:12 left in the opening quarter and the Titans have yet to run an offensive play.
Lake Travis punched in its opening possession, a 1-yard TD run by Vann Hopping. Chaston Ditta was 4 of 5 on the drive, completing short passes on the 47-yard drive. With 8:34 left in the 1st quarter, it’s Lake Travis 7, Arlington Martin 0.
Facing a third-and-21 on Georgetown’s own 29-yard line, Xavier Warren electrified the home crowd as he took a pass from Caleb McDougall 71 yards for a touchdown against Victoria East. With 10:56 left in the first quarter, Georgetown is up 8-0.
For the third consecutive season, Lake Travis will be opening the season with Arlington Martin. The Cavaliers will be looking to get their passing attack back on track after struggling throwing the ball last season (or at least struggled by Lake Travis standards).
The Cavs are coming off an 11-3 season in 2023 that included an upset over an undefeated Vandegrift squad in the area round of the Class 6A playoffs before bowing out of the postseason with a 21-14 loss to Westlake in the state quarterfinals. Here’s our preseason team glance, including three big questions the Cavs are facing this season.
Staff-wise, we all picked the Cavs this week.
Where Austin-area/Central Texas teams are ranked in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine preseason state rankings:
Class 6A: No. 5 Westlake, No. 8 Lake Travis, No. 24 Vandegrift
Class 5A DI: No. 11 Weiss, No. 18 Cedar Park
Class 5A DII: No. 8 Liberty Hill
Class 4A DI: No. 8 LBJ, No. 17 Lampasas
Class 4A DII: No. 5 Wimberley, No. 25 Lago Vista
Class 3A DII: No. 12 Blanco
Class 2A DII: No. 18 Granger
Anderson tops McCallum again: In a game that saw Anderson QB Max Gerlich throw for 7 TDs and run for another, Anderson outlasted McCallum 57-50 in the annual Taco Shack Bowl at House Park. Gerlich threw for 308 yards and added 138 on the ground, including the TD as the Trojans took their third straight Taco Shack win. We were there; here’s Rick Cantu’s game story.
Weiss survives McNeil without Brown: Playing without New Mexico State QB commit Jax Brown, Weiss edged McNeil 42-41 in overtime. Brown was lost for the season after suffering a season-ending injury in last week’s scrimmage against Waco University.
A shutout for the Hawks: Hendrickson posted its first shutout since 2019, as the Hawks clipped Belton 14-0.
Eight in a row: Stony Point opened its season with its eighth consecutive season opening win as the Tigers edged East View 28-22.
Westlake’s opening statement: Westlake, our No. 1-ranked preseason area team, trailed Prosper 14-13 at halftime before reeling off 22 unanswered points in the second half as the Chaps notched their 43rd consecutive regular-season win, 35-14. Here’s our takeaways from the game.
Tonight’s Austin-area high school football schedule
These are all nondistrict matchups tonight.
The best game around tonight: Dripping Springs at Vandegrift, 7 p.m. These are both top-10 area preseason teams heading into the season, and both have hopes and expectations of a district title and playoff run. The Vipers probably have the edge, but this should be a good one.
The second-best matchup: Liberty Hill at Cibolo Steele, 7:30 p.m. Too bad this one’s not at Liberty Hill. Both programs are traditional playoff powers, so this is a great first-week pairing. It’ll give us the first look at the Panthers’ rebuilt running game.
Other games on the schedule. We’ll publish finals as we get them later:
Lake Travis at Arlington Martin, 7
Victoria East at Georgetown, 7
Leander at Pflugerville, 7
Bowie at Manor, 7:30
San Marcos at Hutto, 7
New Braunfels Canyon at Austin High, 7:30
Killeen Shoemaker at Round Rock, 7:30
Waco Midway at Westwood, 7
Hays at Elgin, 7:30
Killeen Chaparral at Lehman, 7:30
Lockhart at Victoria West, 7
Vista Ridge at Killeen, 7
Johnson at Cedar Ridge, 7:30
Travis at Akins, 7:30
LBJ at San Antonio Houston, 7
Bastrop at Alvin, 7
Connally at Rouse, 7
Crockett at Marble Falls, 7:30
Navarro at Eastside, 7:30
Northeast at St. Andrew’s, 7:30
LASA at Manor New Tech, 7:30
Cedar Creek at Del Valle, 7:30
Cedar Park at Harker Heights, 7:30
Glenn at Medina Valley, 7
Gatesville at Taylor, 7:30
Canyon Lake at Wimberley, 7:30
Giddings at Jarrell, 7:30
Smithville at Rockdale, 7:30
Llano at Lytle, 7
Fredericksburg at Lampasas, 7:30
Troy at Salado, 7:30
Thorndale at Thrall, 7
Nixon-Smiley at Luling, 7:30
Florence at Rosebud-Lott, 7:30
Central Texas scores from Thursday night
Westlake 35, Prosper 14
Anderson 57, McCallum 40
Weiss 42, McNeil 41 (2 OT)
Stony Point 28, East View 22
Hendrickson 14, Belton 0
Austin, TX
Appeals court rules Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in class
DALLAS (AP) — Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools.
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It sets up a potential clash at the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue in the future.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said in the decision that the law did not violate the First Amendment, which protects religious freedom and prevents the government from establishing a religion.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, called the ruling “a major victory for Texas and our moral values.”
“The Ten Commandments have had a profound impact on our nation, and it’s important that students learn from them every single day,” Paxton said.
Organizations representing the families who challenged the law, including the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement that they were “extremely disappointed” by the decision.
“The court’s ruling goes against fundamental First Amendment principles and binding U.S. Supreme Court authority. The First Amendment safeguards the separation of church and state, and the freedom of families to choose how, when and if to provide their children with religious instruction. This decision tramples those rights,” the statement said.
The law is among the pushes by Republicans, including President Donald Trump, to incorporate religion into public schools. Critics say it violates the separation of church and state while backers argue that the Ten Commandments are historical and part of the foundation of U.S. law.
The ruling, which reverses a district court’s judgment, comes after the full court heard arguments in January in the Texas case and a similar case in Louisiana. The appeals court in February cleared the way for Louisiana’s law, requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 12-6 to lift a block that a lower court first placed on the law in 2024.
Texas law took effect on Sept. 1, marking the largest attempt in the nation to hang the Ten Commandments in public schools. About two dozen school districts had been barred from posting them after federal judges issued injunctions in two cases against the law but went up in many classrooms across the state as districts paid to have the posters printed themselves or accepted donations.
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Waymo self-driving car navigating city traffic, San Francisco, California, August 20, 2024. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is launching a new authorization system for companies looking to operate automated motor vehicles.
A new goes into effect next month that requires companies using automated vehicles to be authorized by TxDMV with the following requirements:
- Complies with all applicable Texas traffic and motor vehicle laws
- Is equipped with a recording device
- Uses an automated driving system that complies with federal law
- Can achieve minimal risk condition in the event of a system failure
- Has a proper title and registration
- Maintains motor vehicle insurance
The process allows companies to submit their applications online through the Texas Motor Carrier Credentialing System.
The new laws outlined in Senate Bill 2807 go into effect on May 28.
Automated vehicles in Texas
The backstory:
Autonomous driving services are already operating in major Texas cities. Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio are all serviced by the driverless ride-share company Waymo.
In Austin, the service has received dozens of complaints about vehicles stalling, speeding and crashing.
There have also been complaints of vehicles illegally passing school buses.
In March, Swedish company Einride announced plans to bring autonomous freight trucks to Central Texas.
The Source: Information in this article comes from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and previous FOX Local reporting.
AUSTIN, Texas – A man was charged with intoxication manslaughter after a crash in East Austin.
The backstory:
According to an arrest affidavit, on April 17, around 1:31 a.m., officers responded to a crash in the 2800 block of East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
An investigation revealed the driver, Jalen Carter, 32, was driving a 2026 white Nissan at an estimated speed of 100 mph in a 45 mph zone. The car “bottomed out” at a train crossing and lost control. The car then hit a utility pole, hit a bus station, and five parked cars before finally coming to a stop.
A passenger in the car, Carter’s mother, suffered a serious hand injury.
One witness told an officer that Carter had been smoking marijuana about 30 minutes before driving and was acting “abnormal and paranoid.” An officer described Carter’s eyes as bloodshot and glassy.
An officer said he also “exhibited cyclic behavior” and was alternating between grabbing his mother and falling unconscious.
When officers tried talking to Carter, they said he was uncooperative and combative. They also said he ignored verbal commands and had to be removed from his mother.
Carter and his mother were taken to a local hospital. His mother lost her thumb and required emergency surgery.
At the hospital, Cater was so aggressive that it took about 10 people, including four security guards, to hold him down. He was eventually sedated and intubated.
Carter was later charged with intoxication assault.
The Source: Information from an arrest affidavit
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