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Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL highlights from Week 4

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Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL highlights from Week 4

Week 4 of the Texas high school football season has seen three schools take over our No. 1 spots in the Central Texas Class 6A, Class 5A and Class 4A polls. Those teams now are Lake Travis, which beat San Marcos 78-0 on Thursday night; Georgetown, which is off this week; and LBJ, which knocked out Wimberley last week and plays a Dallas private school this week.

Westlake at Cibolo Steele, Johnson at Dripping Springs, Converse Judson at Bowie and Round Rock at McNeil headline our top games tonight. Follow this thread throughout the evening as we update scores and games across Central Texas:

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Pflugerville players take the field at, well, The Pfield ahead of Thursday night's win over Navarro. The Panthers improved to 4-0 on the season. — Pflugerville players take the field at, well, The Pfield ahead of Thursday night’s win over Navarro. The Panthers improved to 4-0 on the season.

Hutto cuts Manor lead in half

Hutto’s Kaden Stefek scored on a 1-yard keeper as the Hippos now trail the Mustangs 29-22 midway through the 3rd quarter.

Reese Wise hit Brody Wilhelm from 11 yards out for 6 and now Westlake has opened a 27-10 lead over Steele midway through the 3rd quarter.

You want scores? We got scores.

Bowie 21, Judson 10 (half)

Temple 38, Austin High 7 (half)

Westlake 20, Steele 10 (half)

Elgin 29, McCallum 6 (half)

Dallas Parish Episcopal 20, LBJ 18 (half)

Travis 7, Luling 0 (half)

Regents 54, Brownsville St. Joseph 14 (final)

Manor 29, Hutto 15 (3rd)

Stony Point 28, Vista Ridge 19 (3rd)

Round Rock 35, McNeil 14 (34d)

Cedar Ridge 28, Westwood 14 (3rd)

Dripping Springs 35, Johnson 20 (half)

Liberty Hill 35, Connally 10 (half)

Weiss 42, Lehman 0 (half)

Hendrickson 25, Lockhart 3 (half)

Hays 14, Cedar Creek 10 (half)

LaGrange 14, Taylor 0 (2nd)

Central Texas scoring updates

Brentwood Christian is all over Manor New Tech racing out to a 40-0 lead in the second quarter.

Comfort is still clinging to its 7-0 lead over Johnson City in a tilt that has reached the half.

In a 5A District 11 Division II contest, Liberty Hill leads Connally 14-7 in the first quarter.

Waco Live Oak has pitched a shutout so far and leads Hill Country 21-0 in the second quarter.

Thorndale is not having any trouble as the Bulldogs lead Achieve 47-0 in the second quarter.

Austin-area score updates

∙ La Grange has reached paydirt as the Leopards lead Taylor 7-0 in the first.

∙ Lampasas has rallied to take a 14-7 first quarter lead over Wimberley at home.

∙ Rockdale is up on Giddings in the opening stanza.

∙ LBJ has scored twice, the last one an Ali Scott-to-Louis HIckman Jr. 47-yard scoring pass. So Dallas Parish Episcopal leads 20-18 with 1:44 left in the half.

∙ And they have reached half in Cibolo. Westlake leads Steele 20-10.

Score updates: A kick catch interference leads to a Hutto TD

Manor leads Hutto 22-15 at halftime, but the Hippos got back into the game after a kick catch interference penalty gave them new life and Jaiden Fields hauled in a 15-yard pass from Kaden Stefak for a touchdown with less than a minute before the break.

Parish Episcopal has reached the end zone on all three possessions in taking a 20-6 lead over LBJ with 7:37 before intermission.

Westlake has taken a 13-10 lead over Cibolo Steele as Grady Bartlet scored on a 9-yard run.

Updates: Vista Ridge opens up 10-point lead

Vista Ridge has scored 10 unanswered as the Rangers lead Stony Point 17-7 in the second.

Cedar Ridge has rallied to tie Westwood 14-14 in the second.

Parish Episcopal leads LBJ 13-6 with more than 11 minutes left in the first half.

Austin-area updates: Westlake trails

Scores:

Steele leads Westlake: After Westlake’s field goal knotted the score, Oklahoma commit Jonathan Hatton burst free for a 75-yard scoring run as Cibolo Steele now leads the Chaps 10-3 late in the opening quarter.

Bowie on top: Bowie has reclaimed the lead as the Dawgs lead Judson 14-7 in the first.

LBJ pulls even: Ali Scott’s 6-yard keeper has brought LBJ to a 6-6 tie with Dallas Episcopal Parish.

Travis leads: Travis leads Luling 7-0 in the first.

Hutto closes to within 6: Hutto has capitalized on a short field to narrow the gap 15-9 in the second quarter. But Manor then converted on a third-and-26 play and Camden Huff hit Jahmir Johnson up the seam to give Manor a 22-9 lead with less than 5 minutes left in the half.

Central Texas first-half updates

∙ Comfort leads Johnson City 7-0 in the second quarter.

∙ Unbeaten Jarrell is leading Llano 14-7 in the second quarter.

∙ Manor has responded to Hutto’s field goal. Camden Huff hit Jordan Clark for a 23-yard scoring pass. Clark scored on the 2-point conversion and the Mustangs lead the Hippos 15-3 in the second quarter.

∙ Cibolo Steele scored first on a 26-yard field goal, but Westlake has evened the score on their own field goal with 1:53 in the opening quarter. It’s a 3-3 game.

∙ Dallas Episcopal Parish leads unbeaten LBJ as Sawyer Anderson hit Marcus Hanish from 7-yards out, but the extra point was no good, so it is 6-0 in the first.

In a battle of two 0-3 teams, Westwood takes the lead

∙ Westwood has taken a one-score lead as the Warriors lead Cedar Ridge 14-7 in the second quarter. Both teams are 0-3 to start the year.

∙ Stony Point has pulled even with Vista Ridge 7-7 in the opening quarter.

∙ And after suffering its first defeat in 27 regular season games last week, Wimberley leads unbeaten Lampasas 7-0 in the first quarter.

Hutto field goal puts Hippos on the board

∙ Manor’s defense stiffened after Hutto reached the Mustangs’ 10-yard line and the Hippos called on kicker Carlos Sorto to hit a 27-yard field goal. Manor leads 7-3 with less than a minute left in the opening stanza.

∙ Bowie is looking to stay unbeaten and the Bulldogs have scored first to take a 7-0 lead over Converse Judson at Burger Stadium.

∙ Thorndale is blanking Achieve 35-0 in the second quarter.

Updates from District 25-6A

∙ Vista Ridge has jumped out in front of Stony Point 7-0 in the opening quarter.

∙ Westwood and Cedar Ridge are deadlocked at 7 in the first.

∙ Jordan Clark’s 25-yard punt return set up a short scoring drive as Manor has taken a 7-0 lead over Hutto in Manor.

∙ Camden Huff hit Jonathan Behendwa on a 10-yard toss to give the Mustangs a lead.

TAPPS halftime scores

Hyde Park 44, San Angelo TLC Academy 0

Regents 42, Brownsville St. Joseph 7

Devine-to-Patson score adds to Regents lead

Jack Devine hit Roman Patson for the second time tonight, this time from 53 yards out as Regents has answered the Brownsville St. Joseph score and the Panthers lead the Bloodhounds 35-7 with 58 seconds remaining in the opening half.

Brownsville St. Joseph’s narrows the gap

Claudio Torres has scored on a 59 yard pass as the Bloodhounds have cut the Regents lead to 28-7 with just over 3 minutes left in the opening half in a matchup of two TAPPS ranked Division II squads.

Unbeaten area teams look to stay that way

There are 10 teams that remain unbeaten after the first three weeks of the high school football season. What they’re facing to move to 4-0:

∙ Last night Lake Travis and Pflugerville both earned their fourth wins. LT coasted past San Marcos 62-13 in a game that saw the Cavs’ starters on offense only run 22 plays before calling it a night in the third quarter. Those 22 plays were productive as QB Chaston Ditta hit 9 of 14 passes for 190 yards and 3 TDs, two of which were to WR Patrick Colby, who finished with 7 catches for 167 yards. Lake Travis will be looking to go 5-0 next week when the Cavs tackle unbeaten Bowie at Burger.

∙ Speaking of, Bowie will be looking to stay untarnished as the Dawgs host Converse Judson tonight.

∙ Pflugerville won for the fourth week in a row, slamming Navarro 73-0 in the District 11-5A DII opener last night. The Panthers will look for their fifth win next Friday taking on the Wildcats at Elgin.

∙ Johnson closes out non-district play tonight taking on former 6A district rival Dripping Springs. The Jaguars host San Marcos opening District 29-6A play next Friday.

∙ After starting last year 0-3, Round Rock has flipped the script starting 3-0 this fall. The Dragons look to stay on top of the District 25-6A standings tonight as they face McNeil.

∙ Georgetown is idle tonight and the Eagles will kick off District 8-5A DI play next Friday facing Leander at Bible Stadium.

∙ LBJ remains unbeaten after downing previously unbeaten Wimberley last week, but the Jaguars have a big task in front of them tonight as they take on private school powerhouse Dallas Parish Episcopal.

∙ Also unbeaten in 4A, Lampasas faces familiar foe Wimberley tonight.

∙ Jarrell is the last of the area Class 4A unbeatens. The Cougars travel to face the Yellowjackets in Llano this evening.

∙ And after blasting Eastside 56-0 last Friday, Thrall travels to face fellow 3-0 Troy tonight.

Some early TAPPS updates

Hyde Park is rolling: With 8:44 remaining in the second quarter Hyde Park is steamrolling San Angelo TLC Academy 44-0. Hyde Park evened its season record last week with a 46-3 win over St. Dominic Savio.

Regents shutting out Brownsville St. Joseph: In the second quarter, Regents is pitching a shutout as the Knights are dominating the Bloodhounds 28-0. Regents is looking to improve its record to 3-1.

District 25-6A standings and schedule

After one week, here are the district standings:

Hutto 1-0

Round Rock 1-0

McNeil 1-0

Vandegrift 1-0

Vista Ridge 0-1

Stony Point 0-1

Westwood 0-1

Cedar Ridge 0-1

Manor 0-0

Here are this weekend’s matchups:

Round Rock (3-0, 1-0) at McNeil (1-2, 1-0), 7 p.m.

Hutto (2-1, 1-0) at Manor (0-2), 7 p.m.

Westwood (0-3, 0-1) at Cedar Ridge (0-3, 0-1), 7 p.m.

Stony Point (1-2, 0-1) at Vista Ridge (1-2, 0-1), 7 p.m.

The Statesman’s top 5 area teams in Class 4A/others

This week’s Central Texas Class 4A/others top-five rankings:

No. 1 LBJ (2-0) hosts Dallas Parish Episcopal. Last season the Panthers beat the Jags 26-12.

No. 2 Lampasas (3-0) hosts 2-1 Wimberley in one of the area’s top matchups. The Badgers are averaging just under 51 points a game.

No. 3 Wimberley (2-1) is at Lampasas. The Texans look to rebound after having their 27-game regular-season winning streak was snapped last Friday by LBJ.

No. 4 Thrall (3-0) travels to take on unbeaten Troy.

No. 5 St. Michael’s (3-0) heads south on I-35 taking on 1-2 Antonian Prep.

The Statesman’s top 5 area teams in Class 5A

This week’s Central Texas Class 5A top-five rankings:

No. 1 Georgetown (3-0) is idle this week before opening up District 8-5A DI play next Friday at Leander.

No. 2 Pflugerville (4-0) crushed Navarro 78-0 last night in the District 11-5A DII lid-lifter. This is the first time this century that the Panthers have opened the season 4-0.

No. 3 Liberty Hill (2-1) hosts Connally in the District 11-5A DII opener. After falling to Class 6A Cibolo Steele in the opener, the Panthers have averaged 53 points in wins over Rouse and El Paso Eastlake.

No. 4 Anderson (2-1), after being doubled up by College Station last week 34-17, will get back into action next week hosting A&M Consolidated in a District 12-5A DI matchup.

No. 5 McCallum (2-1) hosts winless Elgin tonight to open the District 11-5A DII slate. McCallum has scored 42 and 71 points in the two victories since the season-opening Taco Bowl loss to Anderson.

The Statesman’s top 5 area teams in Class 6A

This week’s Central Texas Class 6A top-five rankings:

No. 1 Lake Travis (4-0) blasted San Marcos 62-13 last night to close non-district action. The Cavs open District 26-6A play next Friday against Bowie at Burger Stadium.

No. 2 Westlake (2-1) takes on 3-0 Cibolo Steele as the Chaps hope to avoid their first two-game regular season losing streak since September 2013 when they lost to Steele and Bowie in successive weeks.

No. 3 Bowie (3-0) hosts Converse Judson (1-2) in the Bulldogs’ non-district finale. Bowie’s seeking to start 4-0 for the first time since 2022.

No. 4 Round Rock (3-0) faces 1-2 McNeil in a District 25-6A tilt. The Dragons trounced Vista Ridge 33-7 last week while the Mavericks posted their first win, a 35-14 triumph over Westwood.

No. 5 Johnson faces Dripping Springs (2-1) in the final non-district tilt for both teams. The Jags open District 29-6A play next week taking on San Marcos, while Dripping Springs kicks off 26-6A play on Thursday when the Tigers travel across 290 to face Akins at Burger Stadium.

2 of the Austin area’s top 2025 recruits aren’t playing tonight

Weiss’ Adrian Wilson, an Arizona State commit, leads the Wolves with 226 yards on 10 catches and 3TDs through 3 games. Weiss (2-1, 0-1) is at Lehman (0-3, 0-1) tonight in District 11-5A Division I play.

Anderson’s multi-sport standout Ed Small, a TCU commit, has hauled in 22 passes for 368 yards and 6 TDs. The Trojans (2-1, 0-1) are off tonight.

Gus Cordova, a USC commit, led the Lake Travis defense last night in the Cavaliers’ 62-13 non-district win over San Marcos last night.

Thursday night’s scores from the Austin area

District 11-5A DII

Pflugerville 78, Navarro 0

Bastrop 69, Crockett 6

Non-district

Akins 53, Northeast 8

Lake Travis 62, San Marcos 13

Blanco 35, Ingram Moore 0

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas high school football scores, Tx updates Week 4

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Flesh-eating screwworm may be moving closer to Texas on its own, ag commissioner says

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Flesh-eating screwworm may be moving closer to Texas on its own, ag commissioner says

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AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas agency is concerned that the flesh-eating New World screwworm could be getting closer to Texas without commercial livestock movement.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is sounding the alarm again for livestock owners to remain vigilant in watching for signs of the parasite in their animals.

Screwworm sighting near Texas

The latest:

Miller said in a Thursday release that a screwworm had been detected in a cow in González, Tamaulipas, a little more than 200 miles from the southern Texas border.

According to the commissioner, the cow had no reported history of movement outside Tamaulipas, and is the third active case reported there.

Officials in Mexico have not reported a known population of the worm in Tamaulipas. They’re working with U.S. authorities to investigate further into the new case.

What they’re saying:

“The screwworm now may be moving closer on its own, with no apparent link to commercial animal movement,” Commissioner Miller said. “Texas producers must act now—stay informed, stay vigilant, and prepare immediately. We cannot drop our guard for even a moment.”

Inspect livestock for screwworm

What you can do:

Miller urged immediate action from ranchers along the Texas border.

“Inspect your animals daily,” Miller said. “Check every open wound. If anything looks suspicious, report it right away. Better a false alarm than a delayed response—early detection and rapid reporting are our strongest defenses against this devastating pest.”

U.S. plan to fight screwworm in Texas

Big picture view:

The threat to cattle has been deemed so potentially devastating to the U.S. food supply that the federal government is committing $850 million to fight it.

Most of that money will be spent on building a sterile male fly production facility near the border.

The facility will produce 300 million sterile male flies a week to be dropped into target areas where the screwworm is now. Those male flies help to reduce the population size through mating without reproducing.

A much smaller portion of the funding will be used for screwworm detection technology.

In addition, the federal government has already spent $21 million on a sterile fly production facility in Mexico.

What are New World screwworms?

Dig deeper:

The insect gets its name because it’s only found in the Americas.

It lays its eggs in the open wounds of animals, and its larvae become parasites, threatening livestock, domestic animals, and even people.

The screwworm was mostly eradicated in Texas and the rest of the United States in the 60s. But now, it’s moving north up from Panama and has a known presence a little over 300 miles south of the Texas-Mexico border.

The Source: Information in this article comes from Sid Miller.

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LD Systems expands Texas Footprint with Austin Location and welcomes ILIOS Productions — TPi

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LD Systems expands Texas Footprint with Austin Location and welcomes ILIOS Productions — TPi

For over two decades, ILIOS Productions has been a key part of the live events community in Austin, TX, transforming spaces and audience experiences with a vast range of lighting and video design, as well as event production services across a diverse client portfolio. Now, with the backing of parent company Clair Global, LD Systems, a Houston-based premier provider of audio, video, and lighting for event production and installed technology solutions, is welcoming ILIOS Productions to the team, marking the group’s fourth location in Texas. ILIOS Productions will now operate under the LD Systems brand.

LD Systems will further resource ILIOS’ existing Austin operation to include additional services such as audio and rigging for live events, as well as integration solutions and services. This addition helps round out LD Systems’ ability to locally serve major metropolitan areas across Texas, including Houston, San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin and reflects Clair Global’s continued focus on offering global resources while maintaining strong local-market expertise and responsiveness.

ILIOS Productions’ experience spans the concert and festival sector, corporate and activations, and high-end private, philanthropic and charitable events. The company’s commitment to critical event delivery has established trust with major brands including Lollapalooza, SXSW, Austin City Limits, Google, YouTube, the University of Texas System and many more.

Founder, President & Sr Ops Manager of ILIOS Productions, Bryan Azar, said: “After many years of working alongside LD Systems in Austin and beyond, we are delighted to be joining their world-class organisation. This is an exciting new chapter for a bolder future together.”

Zach Boswell, General Manager, ILIOS Productions, added: “We are passionate about the work we do, and the community and business culture found at LD Systems is the ideal next step for our dedicated employees to progress as a united workforce.“

LD Systems co-founder and President, Rob McKinley commented: “We are delighted to amplify our service offerings in Austin with the addition of Bryan and his exceptional team of technology professionals. They have made a significant difference to many Texans with the work they undertake, and LD Systems is proud to welcome both their talent and ethos to the company.”

Building on this momentum, LD Systems also announced plans to expand its San Antonio facility into a new location in January 2026. Together with the addition of ILIOS Productions in Austin, this investment reinforces the organisation’s long-term investment in Texas and its dedication to meeting growing client demand with enhanced capacity and infrastructure.

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Austin airport one step closer to major expansion that will add 32 new gates

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Austin airport one step closer to major expansion that will add 32 new gates

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is one step closer to getting a major makeover after finalizing lease agreements with airlines that will support future renovations, including the addition of 32 new gates.

The airport on Wednesday announced the completion of Airline Use and Lease Agreements and Signatory Cargo Agreements with several major airlines and cargo companies, including Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, FedEx and UPS.

According to a press release from the airport, the use-and-lease agreements allow companies to commit funding to the project through rent and fees “generated under the agreements’ cost-recovery structure, supporting the airport’s ability to deliver projects that expand capacity, strengthen resiliency, and improve the passenger experience.”

The agreements will support the following projects at Austin-Bergstrom over the next 10 years:

The addition of Concourse B, which will add 26 new gates, including 18 for Southwest Airlines and five with United Airlines.
Concourse M, adding six new gates, a bus to transport travelers to and from the Barbara Jordan Terminal, new concessions, restrooms and passenger amenities.
Enhanced seating and amenities, increased space and modernized concessions in Concourse A (home to all international flights). Delta Air Lines will have 15 gates, American Airlines will have nine, Alaska Airlines will have one and there will be eight common-use gates.
Updates to HVAC systems, electrical system, IT and telecommunications, storm drainage, water quality and de-icing infrastructure.

In a statement, District 2 Councilmember Vanessa Fuentes applauded the future job creation that’s to come out of the project.

“This expansion program represents a tremendous economic opportunity for Austin—not only through the trades and construction jobs created during the buildout, but also through long-term jobs in concessions, airport operations, and airline services after the program is complete,” Fuentes said.

“This agreement reflects years of partnership, thoughtful negotiations, and shared vision with our airline partners. Their commitment provides the financial foundation we need to modernize our facilities, transform customer experience, and build the infrastructure needed to support Central Texas’ continued growth for generations to come. AUS would not be where it is today without the collaboration and investment of our airlines, and we are deeply grateful for their trust and partnership as we shape the future of air travel in Central Texas,” said Ghizlane Badawi, CEO of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

The final cost of the project is still under development, but is anticipated to grow from an estimated $4 billion to $5 billion. According to the airport, funding sources include airport cash reserves, airport revenues, bond proceeds and grants from the Federal Aviation Administration.

“No local Austin taxpayer dollars are used to fund the airport’s expansion program,” the release said.

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