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Texas high school football: Austin-area UIL scores, highlights from Week 12 playoffs
The playoffs are here for Texas high school football. Pflugerville kicked things off on Thursday night for Central Texas with a 63-13 win over San Antonio Burbank, the Panthers’ first playoff win since 2012.
All of the top Austin-area schools are in action Friday night, including heavyweight programs Westlake, Lake Travis, Vandegrift, Cedar Park, LBJ, Liberty Hill and Bastrop.
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Follow this thread throughout Friday night for live updates and scores from playoff games throughout Central Texas:
On Georgetown’s first possession of overtime, Georgetown’s 2000+ yard ball carrier Jett Walker scored from 17 yards out as the Eagles regained the lead 42-35 lead over Burleson Centennial.
Angleton has ended Weiss’ season with a 35-28 win in the 5A-Division I bi-district win.
The Cavaliers have advanced to the Area Round with a 41-14 win over Round Rock at the Palace on Parmer in a 6A-Division 1 playoff opener.
Lake Travis faces San Antonio Johnson next week.
Georgetown marched the length of the field to tie Burleson Centennial 35-35 as Jett Walker scored his 2nd TD of the night, this one on a 4-yard run.
The game is heading to overtime.
Johnson is pounding Laredo United 31-0 in the 3rd quarter.
Dripping Springs is 35 points better than McNeil 49-14 in the final stanza.
JD Jackson has scored again, this from 6 yards out, for Vista Ridge but Westlake leads 46-17 midway through the fourth quarter.
LBJ has increased its lead to 32-14 over Fredericksburg in the 3rd quarter.
Cedar Park has scored for the first time since the second quarter, but the Twolves still trail Red Oak 35-15 with 7:26 left in the contest.
Following a punt, Centennial has shocked the Georgetown home crowd with an 86-yard TD pass with around 2 minutes left in the game. The Spartans lead the Eagles 35-28.
Reggie Hurley has taken a 36-yard pass from Garrett Marshall for Round Rock but Lake Travis still leads 41-14 with 2:58 left in the fourth quarter.
Westlake has scored its fourth TD of the second half as the Chaps lead Vista Ridge 46-10 with 9:17 remaining in the game.
Though down early, LBJ has rallied to take a 25-14 lead over Fredericksburg at the half.
Weiss is now tied with Angleton at 28 in the 4th quarter.
La Porte leads Anderson 28-21 in the final quarter.
Burleson Centennial has come all the way back as the Spartans marched 83 yards to tie Georgetown at 28 with about 5 minutes left in the game.
Vandegrift leads Austin High 49-7 in the fourth quarter.
Liberty Hill has extended its lead to 27-18 over SA Sam Houston early in the third quarter.
Bastrop is not having any problems as the Bears are whitewashing SA Lanier 42-0 in the third quarter.
Brody Wilhem just took a pass from Rees Wise for 43 yards as Westlake now leads Vista Ridge 32-10 in the third. That is two TDs in 2 possessions for the Chaps in the third quarter.
It looks like Lake Travis will advance in the 6A-Division I playoffs as the Cavs’ Chaston Ditta has scored from 2 yards out. Lake Travis leads Round Rock 38-7 lead late in the third quarter.
If the score holds up, Lake Travis will face SA Johnson in next week’s Area round.
Burleson Centennial is rallying as they now trail Georgetown 28-21 in the fourth quarter.
Josiah Thomas has hit the trifecta as he has hauled in a 23-yard throw from Chaston Ditta for his third TD of the night as Lake Travis leads Round Rock 31-7 with 9:20 left in the 3rd.
QB Jack Appl has not played yet in the 3rd quarter for Round Rock.
Grady Bartlett has scored on an 8-yard run for Westlake as the Chaps lead Vista Ridge 25-10 in the third quarter.
Red Oak has pushed its lead over Cedar Park 35-14 with 5:40 remaining in the third quarter.
Dripping Springs leads McNeil 21-7 in the third.
Vandegrift still leads Austin High 42-0 in the third.
Johnson is up on Laredo United 24-0 at the half.
Unofficially, Lake Travis’s Josiah Thomas has hauled in 5 passes for 161 yards and a pair of scores to lead the Cavalier offense. Defensively, USC commit Gus Cordova has 3 sacks of the Round Rock quarterback with a pair of pass deflections.
Georgetown looks like it will be playing next weekend as the Eagles lead Burleson Centennial 28-0 lead in the third quarter.
Red Oak is doubling up Cedar Park 28-14 in the third.
La Porte has taken a 20-14 lead over Anderson in the third.
Angleton has rallied to tie Weiss 21-21 in the third quarter.
Liberty Hill 14, SA Sam Houston 12 (2nd)
Bastrop 28, SA Lanier 0 (2nd)
Elgin 24, SA Jefferson 10 (half)
Fredericksburg 7, LBJ 3 (2nd)
Canyon Lake 14, Travis 2 (2nd)
Somerset 28, Taylor 0 (2nd)
La Vega 42, La Grange 0 (2nd)
Lago Vista 35, Bandera 3 (2nd)
Llano 27, Crystal City 7 (2nd)
Thrall 23, Tidehaven 14 (half)
Thorndale 21, Riesel 21 (3rd)
Vandegrift 42, Austin High (half)
Lake Travis 24, Round Rock 7 (half)
Dripping Springs 14, McNeil 7 (2nd quarter)
Westlake 18, Vista Ridge 10 (2nd quarter)
Johnson 10, Laredo United 0 (2nd quarter)
Georgetown 28, Burleson Centennial 0 (half)
Red Oak 21, Cedar Park 14 (half)
Highland Park 34, Rouse 0 (half)
Weiss 14, Angleton 7 (half)
Anderson 14, La Porte 14 (half)
Weiss has taken a 14-7 lead over Angleton at intermission in a 5-A Division I tilt.
Aiden Archer returned an interception 55 yards and a touchdown as Lake Travis extended its lead over Round Rock to 24-7 with 1:08 left in the half.
Vista Ridge has kicked a field goal to narrow the Westlake lead to 8, 18-10 in the second quarter.
Red Oak has scored 14 unanswered taking a 21-14 lead over Cedar Park with 2:22 left in the half. Red Oak’s Kingston McAdams scored on a two-yard run while Jacque Overton has scored on a 37-pass.
SA Sam Houston has taken a 12-7 lead over Liberty Hill in the second quarter.
Westlake has cashed in a Vista Ridge turnover as Rees Wise called his own number on a one-yard power run over the left side. The Chaps lead 18-7 in the second quarter.
Liberty Hill leads San Antonio Sam Houston 7-6 in the opening quarter.
Highland Park is dominating Rouse 27-0 in the second quarter in a 5A-Division 1 playoff match up.
Granger leads La Pryor 28-0 in the second quarter.
Thorndale has reached half as the Bulldogs are tied with Riesel at 21.
Thrall leads Tidehaven 16-14 in the second quarter.
Johnson leads Laredo United 7-0 in the opening quarter.
Elgin and San Antonio Jefferson are tied 10-10 in the second quarter.
La Vega is up 21-0 over La Grange in the first quarter.
Llano leads Crystal City 13-7 in the second stanza.
Vandegrift leads Austin High 21-0 in the second quarter. in a 6A Division II bi-district affair.
La Porte leads Anderson 14-7 in the second quarter.
Georgetown leads Burleson Centennial 14-0 in the second in a 5A-Division I playoff opener.
Bastrop leads SA Lanier 14-0 in a 5A Division II bi-district championship tilt in the opening quarter.
After converting on a fourth down, Grady Bartlett scored from 2 yards out to give Westlake the lead back 12-7 with 11:51 left in the opening half.
Cedar Park has regained the lead as Jamal Porter is on the receiving end of a 39-yard scoring pass. The Timberwolves lead Red Oak 14-7 with 7:41 left before intermission.
In 6A-Division I, Vista Ridge leads Westlake after 1 7-5. Using a 58-yard return the Chaps are knocking on the door looking to regain the lead.
Round Rock has scored as Jack Appl evades the Lake Travis rush to score. The Cavs still lead the Dragons 10-7 with 9:24 left in the half.
Braydon Doane has kicked a 27-yard field goal to give Lake Travis a 10-0 lead over Round Rock with 11:51 left in the second quarter.
At Westlake, Vista Ridge has intercepted a Rees Wise pass and returned it deep into Chap territory and JD Jackson has cashed in the turnover hauling in a 8-yard pass to give the Rangers a 7-5 lead with 1:58 left in the first quarter.
Red Oak has responded to Cedar Park’s opening score with one of its own.
Billy Middleton hits Brayden Robinson on a 29-yard scoring pass with 3:48 remaining in the opening quarter.
Westlake has extended its lead to 5-0 over Vista Ridge after a punt pinned the Rangers on the one-yard. One play later, Westlake’s defense swarmed the Vista Ridge running back for a safety.
Cedar Park’s Cameron Graham has scored from 19-yards out as the Timberwolves lead Red Oak 7-0 with 4:42 remaining in the opening stanza.
Meanwhile in Round Rock, Lake Travis draws first blood Josiah Thomas took a short pass from Chaston Ditta 46 yards for a score. The Cavs lead Round Rock 7-0 with 4:21 left in the opening quarter.
After holding Vista Ridge on a fourth down, Westlake took over and marched into the red zone but had to settle for a 28-yard Nolan Barkley field goal. Barkley’s third three-pointer of the year gives Westlake a 3-0 lead over Vista Ridge in the opening quarter.
Round Rock and Lake Travis are scoreless midway through the first as is Cedar Park and Red Oak.
After an initial first down on its first play from scrimmage pushed the ball into Vista Ridge territory, the Ranger defense held and took over as Westlake quarter back Rees Wise was sacked on fourth down.
Vista Ridge, 6-4, takes over near midfield.
Taking its opening possession
The Statesman’s Caleb Yum is at the Cedar Park – Red Oak 5A Division I Bi-district game where there are reports that Cedar Park running back Trae Hill’s season has been cut short due to an injury suffered during the regular season.
Round Rock hosts Lake Travis at Kelly Reeves
In a 6A-Division I matchup, Lake Travis (9-1) heads north into Williamson County as the Cavaliers take on Round Rock (8-2) in a Bi-district tussle.
Offensively, Lake Travis is led by the duo of qb Chaston Ditta and running back Vann Hopping. Ditta has thrown for 2096 yards with 20 TDs, while Hopping contributes 1041 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Round Rock counters with signal caller Jack Appl and a 2-headed monster at running back of Joaquin Maldonado and Moose Garlington. Appl has thrown for just over 1400 yards with 14 scoring throws. He has also added 8 scores on the ground.
Maldonado and Garlington have combined for over 1300 yards and 11 TDs.
The winner will face Johnson SA Johnson in the Area Round next week.
Panthers, Texans and Badgers roll into Area round
Pflugerville, Wimberley and Burnet all scored convincing wins in the Bi-district round of the state playoffs last night.
Pflugerville, the fourth-place qualifier out of 11-5A Division II, stunned 12-5A Division II champ San Antonio Burbank 63-13 at the San Antonio ISD Athletic Complex.
The Panthers, who upped their season record to 8-3, await the winner of the Iowa Colony – Killeen Ellison match-up in next week’s Area round.
Wimberley, 9-2, ran its winning streak to seven as the Texans whitewashed Pearsall 69-0 in the opening round of the 4A Division II playoffs.
The Texans will face the winner of the King vs. Rockport-Fulton in next week’s second round.
Lampasas routed Pecos 53-14 in the 4A Division I Bi-district round to advance to next week’s Area Round.
With the win, the 9-2 Badgers advance to the Area round where they will face the winner of the El Paso Austin – Dumas clash.
Manor New Tech was steamrolled by San Antonio Davenport 91-0 in the 4A Division I Bi-district round to conclude a 3-8 season.
Burnet, 5-6, saw the curtain fall for the season after dropping its fourth consecutive game, 35-21 to Andrews in the 4A-Division I playoff opener.
In the opening round of the 3A Division II playoffs, Van Vleck edged District 13 winner Blanco 48-41.
The Panthers end their season with a 7-4 mark.
Thursday night finals
Pflugerville 63, San Antonio Burbank 13
Davenport 91, Manor New Tech 18
Andrews 35, Burnet 21
Wimberley 69, Pearsall 0
Lampasas 53, Pecos 14
Van Vleck 48, Blanco 41
Westlake, Georgetown, LBJ finish atop regular season Statesman’s Fab Five rankings
6A
#1 Westlake (9-1) hosts Vista Ridge
#2 Vandegrift (9-1) hosts Austin High
#3 Lake Travis (9-1) hosts Round Rock
#4 Round Rock (8-2) visits Lake Travis
#5 Dripping Springs (7-3) hosts McNeil
5A
#1 Georgetown (9-1) hosts Burleson Centennial
#2 Weiss (8-2, 5-2) visits Angleton
#3 Bastrop (8-2) hosts San Antonio Lanier
#4 Liberty Hill (8-2) hosts San Antonio Sam Houston
#5 Pflugerville (8-3) beat San Antonio Burbank 63-13 last night
4A/Others
#1 LBJ (10-0) face Fredericksburg
#2 Wimberley (9-2) beat Pearsall 69-0 last night
#3 Lampasas (9-2) beat Pecos 53-14 last n
#4 Regents (9-1) – TBA
#5 St. Michael’s (9-1) – TBA
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On a warm March night, alternative-indie rock band, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, thrilled eager fans with their return to Austin, TX.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise is known for their eclectic influences and unique sound. They are made up of musicians Ela Melo (vocals), Darrick “Bozzy” Keller (guitar/vocals), Ethan Goodpaster (guitar), and Jess Haney (drums). They have been making music since 2013, and their most recent release was a single titled “Sixteen.” In total, they have five studio albums and are hopefully working on another.
Opening for Rainbow Kitten Surprise is Southern California-based band Common People. The band consists of members Nicky Winegardner (vocals/guitar), Konrad Ulich (vocals/bass), Cormac Cadden (drums), Asher Thomson (guitar), and Sam Belzer (guitar). Their garage-rock sound caught the eyes of Red Light Management, and in addition to Rainbow Kitten Surprise, they have opened for big-name artist Cage The Elephant. Their debut single “Thank You” gained traction last year, in 2025. Since then, they have released a few more singles, but fans are still eagerly waiting for an EP or debut album.
Common People came onto the stage with great energy. They performed their song “Ready or Not,” along with a few other originals. Mid-set, they took a second to thank and praise Rainbow Kitten Surprise for having them join them on tour. Sadly, Austin will be their last stop on Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s tour. Following, they performed an awesome cover of The Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” At around the 40-minute mark of their set, they closed with their newest single, “Dear Worry.”
Rainbow Kitten Surprise opened their set with “Hell Nah” from their most recent album, bones (2025), and “Our Song,” a single from 2020. Many fans at the barricade held signs that applauded the band. They also waved LGBTQ+ and Transgender Pride flags. Ela announced to fans that this would be the last stop on their 2026 bones Tour before they took a well-deserved break. At the end of May, Rainbow Kitten Surprise will pick back up their tour in Europe and before returning to the US for a few more shows. Their set continued, and they played songs such as the newer 2025 single “Espionage” and the throwback “All’s Well That Ends.”
Before beginning their latest single, “Sixteen,” Ela introduced it as the most emo song they’ve ever made. Towards the end of their show, they performed a quick three-song acoustic run of “Texas Hold’em,” “Bare Bones,” and “First Class.” As the night came to an end, Rainbow Kitten Surprise shut it down with an encore of the closing track from bones, “Tropics” and “It’s Called: Freefall,” their 2018 top-hit from the album How To: Friend, Love, Freefall.
Fans can expect their favorite band to come to Austin sometime soon, as it seems Rainbow Kitten Surprise tours here pretty regularly.
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A 104-Year-Old Woman Sold Them Their Austin Bungalow. Now, It’s Ready for Another Century.
Holly Beth Potter and her husband Matt, 35, an entrepreneur, admired the historic Rosewood neighborhood of Austin, Texas, for years until they finally purchased a 1930s-era Victorian-style bungalow that was owned by a 104-year-old woman.
“She lived in the house for more than 70 years, and her ‘kids’—who are in their 80s—sold it to us instead of a developer because we told them we loved the character of the house and wanted to restore it,” said Holly Beth Potter, 33, a former EMT who’s now an interior designer. When the Potters purchased the house in 2019, they hoped to have children and now they have three—ages four, three and seven months.
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“We knew the house needed work, especially since not all of the plumbing was functional,” Potter said. Once they brought in Side Angle Side Architects, however, it was clear they faced a full-blown renovation. “After the project started, they discovered rotting wood, broken windows and a dysfunctional roof structure, plus when we pulled off the skirting under the house it revealed that we needed a new foundation and new framing.”
The Potters pulled back from that renovation to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on the property, a two-bedroom, two-bathroom house they lived in while the main house was rebuilt. Now the ADU serves as a guest house for friends and family.
“They basically had to take apart the main house piece by piece and put it back together, but they saved as much as they could of the wood and trim and reused it,” Potter said. “It probably would have been easier to tear it down, but we wanted to preserve the character as much as we could. They reconfigured the original house on the same footprint, moving the kitchen between the living room and dining room on one side of the hallway, with the primary bedroom and a second bedroom on the other side.”
The dining room has the original shiplap from the old house and original wood pocket doors. The new kitchen and living room are open to each other, with a hemlock wood ceiling overhead. The architects took some space from the central hallway to create a mudroom, closet and pantry.
An addition, which doubled the living space from 1,800 square feet to about 3,600 square feet, includes an office, a family room with a loft and the children’s bedrooms.
“Our goal with the addition was to deliberately design it in a different architectural style,” Potter said. “Sometimes people ask me if this is one house or two.”
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The Potters declined to comment on how much the renovation and addition cost. Construction took about 21 months.
The collaboration between Potter and Side Angle Side Architects on the house was so successful that her company, HB Studio, is now part of Side Angle Side.
Potter and the Side Angle Side team offered more insight into the renovation process:
I would describe the aesthetic as… “timeless,” Potter said. “I chose furniture that felt contemporary, while also leaning into tones and patterns that were warm and romantic to create an overall feeling of timelessness.”
My advice to others… “is to let the old house tell you what to do,” said Annie-Laurie Grabiel, co-founder of Side Angle Side Architects. “In this case, it was important to let the original home be the star of the show. We figured out that the best way to add onto the house without compromising its integrity was to essentially build a separate building next to it and connect the two as minimally as we could. The new addition almost stands alone and connects to the old house with a lower roof that just tucks under the existing roof eave.”
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My favorite post-renovation feature is… “the way we embraced indoor-outdoor living,” Potter said. “We preserved this big tree in the backyard and built the courtyard and pool area around it. We can open all the doors and windows around it, so you feel like you’re outside even when you’re indoors.”
The biggest challenge… “was working with the existing house,” said Arthur Furman, a co-founder of Side Angle Side Architects. “The clients loved the character of the old home, and we were determined to keep it as a central aspect of the new design. However, the wood framing was compromised from water damage and rot. In the end the house had to be reframed, but we matched the original footprint and proportions. We salvaged and reinstalled as much of the interior woodwork as we could, including the wood floors, interior doors, window trim and base boards.”
The most dramatic change was… “the new kitchen,” Grabiel said. “The original kitchen was small and dark and didn’t have a strong connection to the outdoors. We relocated [it] to the heart of the interior and opened it up with access and views to the back porch and pool deck.”
The biggest surprise was… “that some of the best elements weren’t part of our pre-construction plans,” Furman said. “When the roof was being reframed, we looked up at the treetops through the rafters and we thought how nice it would be to open up a skylight and experience the natural light right when you enter the home. Also, we had always planned the kids’ loft area, but then one day the clients had the idea to add the netting to extend the loft space and create more connectivity between above and below.”
Favorite materials we discovered during the process… “include the natural materials for the walls, floors and bathrooms,” Potter said. “In the living room we installed a hemlock wood ceiling and a plaster fireplace wall, and we used quartzite counters in the kitchen and bathrooms.”
AUSTIN, Texas — Rodeo Austin and the Travis County Sheriff’s Office cleared up confusion after a scare in the rodeo’s carnival area Tuesday night.
Deputies and multiple law enforcement agencies working off-duty at the event received reports of shots fired around 9:20 p.m. after a large crowd began running and dispersing from the carnival area. Investigators found no guns, no evidence of gunshots and no injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
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The incident was later determined to have started as a physical altercation between minors.
In a statement, Rodeo Austin said on-site law enforcement responded quickly to defuse the situation:
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“On Tuesday night, during the $2 Tuesday promotion, a disturbance occurred in the carnival area, which caused confusion for attendees. Rodeo Austin’s on-site law enforcement responded quickly to help defuse the situation and ensure all guests were safe. There is no evidence of any gun shots fired at the event. We will continue to work diligently with law enforcement and our full safety team to ensure Rodeo Austin is a safe environment for all attendees,” a spokesperson said.
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