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Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL replay updates, highlights from Week 8
As expected, Lake Travis dispatched Dripping Springs and Westlake throttled Bowie in a pair of marquee matchups Friday night in District 26-6A, setting up next week’s area showdown between the Cavaliers and Chaparrals.
Those were the highlight victories from Week 8 of the Central Texas high school season, which also saw Cedar Park rally past Glenn, Liberty Hill hold off Pflugerville and Hutto beat Stony Point.
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This was our thread Friday night as we updated games and scores from across Central Texas:
Tomball Concordia Lutheran 62, St. Dominic Savio 6
Vandegrift 56, Manor 6
Cedar Park 34, Glenn 28
Rouse 53, Killeen Chaparral 7
Georgetown 58, East View 14
Regents 42, Brentwood Christian 14
Bellville 63, La Grange 20
Somerville 32, Granger 15
Blanco 51, Thrall 21
Wimberley 42, Jarrell 8
Hutto 35, Stony Point 21
Round Rock 37, Westwood 7
Anderson 59, Cedar Creek 14
Vista Ridge 29, Cedar Ridge 19
Weiss 42, Lockhart 0
Converse Judson 55, San Marcos 3
Bastrop 70, Navarro 0
Lake Travis 49, Dripping Springs 21
Austin High 49, Akins 7
Elgin 84, Crockett 0
Hyde Park 31, Dallas Bishop Dunne 6
San Saba 36, Thorndale 28
Lampasas 42, Burnet 38
Holland 45, Johnson City 14
Stephenville 63, Marble Falls 0
Lake Belton 29, Leander 15
Liberty Hill 35, Pflugerville 28
Liberty Hill inches ahead
Liberty Hill has gone ahead of Pflugerville 21-20 in the third quarter at The Pfield.
Connally continues to lead McCallum, 42-33 in the 3rd.
Weiss is blanking Lockhart 42-0 in the final stanza.
Westlake’s 48-7 win over Bowie sets up a possible 26-6A showdown of unbeatens. Lake Travis leads Dripping Springs 49-14 in the fourth.
Austin High leads Akins 35-7 in the 3rd.
Elgin is waltzing past Crockett 77-0 in the 3rd.
Wimberley rips Jarrell 42-8
Blanco pasted Thrall 51-21.
Somerville dumped Granger 32-15
Bellville trounced La Grange 63-20.
Timberwolves take first lead; holds on for win
Cedar Park has taken its first lead, 34-28 over Glenn with under 4 minutes left in the contest.
On the ensuing kick off, Cedar Park forced a fumble and has taken over on the Grizzlies’ 36.
Anderson is not having any problem as the Trojans lead Cedar Creek 59-7 in the 4th.
Liberty Hill and Pflugerville are even at 14 at half.
Vista Ridge leads Cedar Ridge 29-19 in the 4th.
Hutto is up by 14, 35-21 over Stony Point in the final quarter.
Round Rock is 30 better than Westwood 37-7 in the final quarter
Vandegrift dumped Manor 56-6.
Ross Sorrell has picked off a Glenn 4th-and-14 to go pass as Cedar Park rallied to take the district 8-5A contest 34-28.
Georgetown leads East View 58-14 with just over 3 minutes remaining.
Lake Belton leads Leander 27-15 in the 4th.
Rouse finished off a 53-7 win over Killeen Chaparral.
Bowie dents scoreboard
Cruz Tello hits Rowen Wells for a 16-yard scoring connection for the Bulldogs. Westlake still leads 28-7 in the third quarter.
They are deep in the fourth quarter and Glenn and Cedar Park are all even at 28.
Westlake has responded as Rees Wise hits Cal Livengood with a 16-yard scoring pass. Chaps 35, Bowie 7.
Chaston Ditta connected on a 35-yard scoring pass as Lake Travis leads Dripping Springs 35-7 early in the 3rd.
Gordon puts Glenn back up
Keaton Gordon has scored from 5 yards as Glenn has reclaimed the lead 28-21 over Cedar Park with 3:33 left in the 3rd.
Vista Ridge leads Cedar Ridge 19-16 in the 3rd.
Hutto leads 28-21 in the 3rd.
Round Rock leads Westwood 20-7 in thee 3rd.
Vandegrift leads Manor 56-6 in the 4th.
Cougars up on Hawks
Defending 5A Division I state champs College Station leads Hays 24-12 in the second quarter.
Bastrop leads Navarro 35-0 in the second while Anderson is blanking Cedar Creek 28-0.
At the half, Lake Travis is three scores better than Dripping Springs 28-7.
Westlake is dominating Bowie 28-0 at half. Jay Plotkin has stated that the punting unit of Bowie has been abject disaster. Here are the first 4 Bowie punt attempts:
5-yard punt
4-yard punt
snap hits personal protector
blocked punt
Scores
Georgetown 45, East View 7 (half)
Weiss 7, Lockhart 0 (half)
Austin High 21, Akins 0 (2nd)
Anderson 28, Cedar Creek 0 (2nd)
Bastrop 35, Navarro 0 (2nd)
Elgin 42, Crockett 0 (2nd)
McCallum 18, Connally 15 (2nd)
Regents 21, Brentwood Christian 14 (half)
Hyde Park 17, Dallas Bishop Dunne 6 (half)
Lago Vista 7, Smithville 0 (2nd)
Blanco 38, Thrall 14 (half)
Stephenville 42, Marble Falls 0 (2nd)
Bellville 28, La Grange 14 (2nd)
San Saba 21, Thorndale 0 (half)
Lampasas 21, Burnet 14 (2nd)
Wimberley 27, Jarrell 8 (half)
Rouse 30, Killeen Chaparra 0(half)
Glenn 14, Cedar Park 14 (half)
Lake Belton 20, Leander 15 (half)
Judson rockets to an early lead
Judson leads San Marcos 21-0 in the second.
Weiss leads Lockhart 7-0 at the half.
Pflugerville leads Liberty Hill 14-7, while Connally leads McCallum 15-10 in the second.
Westlake’s Rees Wise scored form 6 yards out as the Chaps now lead Bowie 28-0 in the second.
25-6A scores
Vandegrift 42, Manor (half)
Cedar Ridge 12, Vista Ridge 10 (half)
Hutto 21, Stony Point 21 (2nd)
Round Rock 13,, Westwood 7 (2nd)
Georgetown reaches into its bag of tricks
Georgetown uses trickeration to move up 32-7 over East View. Kaden Scherer, the left tackle, took a backward pass 11 yards to paydirt to score. The scoring drive was set up by a second Eagle interception of Ty Blair.
After forcing a punt, Georgetown responded with a long drive capped by an Xavier Warren run as the Eages now lead 39-7.
Westlake now leads Bowie 21-0 early in the second as Brandon Clark returns an interception for 6.
Meanwhile Lake Travis’ Vann Hopping has found the end zone a second time as the Cavs lead Dripping Springs 21-0
Westlake up early
Westlake has struck quickly on Grady Bartlett’s 7-yard scoring run and the Chaps lead Bowie 7-0 in the first.
Chaston Ditta’s TD’s pass gives Lake Travis a 7-0 lead over Dripping Springs with 7:12 left in the opening quarter.
Jett Walker has scored again and now Georgetown leads East View 25-7 early in the second.
Walker jets 10 yards for 6
Georgetown’s junior stalwart Jett Walker took a handoff 10 yards up the middle has Georgetown responded with a 70-yard scoring drive to take an 18-7 lead over East View.
Leander leads Lake Belton 8-7 at the end of one.
Stony Point leads Hutto 21-14 in the second.
Connally leads McCallum 7-0 in the opening quarter.
Rouse leads 8-0; Timberwolves pull even
In district 8-5A action, Rouse has taken an 8-0 lead over Killeen Chaparral while Cedar Park responded to Glenn’s opening score with a long drive of its own as it is now 7-7 late in the opening stanza.
Luke Holley’s long interception return has put Georgetown deep into Eastview’s territory and the Eagles kicked a field goal to extend its lead to 11-0 in the first.
Blanco leads Thrall 13-7 in the opening stanza.
Holland is shutting out Johnson City 22-0 in the opening quarter.
Even in Hutto
After Hutto raced to a 7-0 lead on its first possession, Stony Point responded with a score and the score is 7-7 in the first.
Ortiz gives Glenn the lead
JJ Ortiz plunged 5 yards up the middle as the Grizzlies took advantage of a Cedar Park fumble as Glenn has taken a 7-0 lead at Monroe Stadium.
Georgetown has jumped out to an early 8-0 lead over Eastview at Birkelbach Stadium. Xavier Warren hauled in a 75-yard pass from Kaleb McDougle on the second snap of the game.
4-4A Division I Standings
Burnet 1-0
Lampasas 1-1
Stephenville 0-0
Brownwood 0-1
Marble Falls 0-1
13-4A Division I Standings
Taylor 3-0
LBJ 3-0
Travis 2-1
Eastside 2-2
Northeast 1-2
Manor New Tech 1-3
Achieve 0-4
11-4A Division II Standings
Bellville 1-0
Giddings 1-0
Madisonville 1-0
Sealy 0-1
Caldwell 0-1
La Grange 0-1
13-4A Division II Standings
Wimberley 2-0
Jarrell 2-1
Lago Vista 2-1
Gonzalez 1-1
Salado 1-2
Geronimo Navarro 1-2
Smithville 0-2
13-3A Division I Standings
Llano 2-0
Marion 2-0
Universal City Randolph 1-1
Ingram Moore 1-1
Florence 0-2
Luling 0-2
13-3A Division II Standings
Lexington 1-0
Blanco 1-0
Comfort 0-0
Rogers 0-1
Thrall 0-1
14-2A Division I Standings
Mason 1-0
Holland 1-0
San Saba 1-0
Johnson City 0-1
Harper 0-1
Thorndale 0-1
13-2A Division II Standings
Granger 3-0
Somerville 3-0
Burton 2-1
Bartlett 2-1
Iola 1-2
Milano 1-2
McDade 0-3
Snook 0-3
8-5A Division I Standings
Cedar Park 3-0
Leander 3-0
Georgetown 2-1
Lake Belton 2-1
Rouse 1-2
East View 1-2
Killeen Chaparral 0-3
Glenn 0-3
12-5A Division I Standings
A&M Consolidated 5-0
College Station 4-1
Weiss 4-1
Hays 2-2
Lockhart 2-2
Anderson 2-2
Hendrickson 2-4
Cedar Creek 0-4
Lehman 0-5
11-5A Division II Standings
Liberty Hill 3-0
Bastrop 3-0
Elgin 2-1
Pflugerville 2-1
Connally 1-2
Navarro 1-2
McCallum 0-3
Crockett 0-3
Entering week 8 of the high school football seasons, the push for the playoffs has begun.
Here are the district standings
25-6A Standings
Vandegrift 4-0
Round Rock 4-1
Cedar Ridge 3-2
Vista Ridge 2-2
Hutto 2-2
McNeil 2-3
Westwood 1-3
Manor 1-3
Stony Point 1-4
26-5A Standings
Dripping Springs 3-0
Westlake 2-0
Lake Travis 2-0
Bowie 1-2
Austin High 1-2
Del Valle 0-3
Akins 0-3
29-6A Standings
Cibolo Steele 3-0
NB Canyon 2-0
SA East Central 2-1
Johnson 2-1
Schertz Clemens 1-3
Judson 0-2
San Marcos 0-3
Thursday night results
A&M Consolidated 55, Hendrickson 15
LBJ 72, Achieve 0
Travis 48, Manor New Tech 0
Eastside 42, Northeast 14
Johnson 42, Schertz Clemons 21
Area teams among state-ranked teams
Several area teams are ranked in the latest polls of Texas high school football.
Lake Travis sits at #6, while 26-6A district foe Westlake sits at 8. If both teams win tonight, next week’s Battle of the Lakes will be a meeting of top 10 teams.
Out of district 25-6A Vandegrift and Round Rock check in at 21 and 25 respectively.
In the Class 5A rankings, Weiss in entrenched in the 6th spot, while Liberty Hill holds down #9.
Weiss travels to face Lockhart tonight before hosting College Station on Halloween. Liberty Hill brings its vaunted slot-T to The Pfield taking on Pflugerville in a matchup of likely playoff qualifiers.
LBJ holds down the top spot in 4A, while Lampasas sits at #10.
Statesman’s Fab Five rankings
6A
#1 Lake Travis (6-0, 2-0) at Dripping Springs
#2 Westlake (5-1, 2-0) hosts Bowie
#3 Vandegrift (5-1, 4-0) at Manor
#4 Dripping Springs (6-1, 3-0) hosts Lake Travis
#5 Round Rock (6-1, 4-1) at Westwood
5A
#1 Weiss (6-1, 4-1) at Lockhart
#2 Liberty Hill (5-1, 3-0) at Pflugerville
#3 Georgetown (5-1, 2-1) hosts Eastview
#4 Pflugerville (5-1, 2-1) hosts Liberty Hill
#5 Cedar Park (4-2, 3-0)
4A/Others
#1 LBJ (7-0, 3-0) beat Achieve 72-0 last night
#2 Lampasas (6-1, 1-0) at Burnet
#3 Wimberley (4-2, 2-0) at Jarrell
#4 Regents (6-1, 3-0) hosts Brentwood Christian
#5 St. Michael’s (5-1, 2-1) hosts San Antonio Central Catholic
Top games of the night
Despite losing to Dripping Springs the last two years, Lake Travis looks to remain unbeaten as the 6-0, 2-0 Cavaliers travel to face the 6-1, 3-0 Tigers.
In a 11-5A Division II clash, Liberty Hill (5-1, 3-0), whose slot-T offense amassed over 700 yards rushing in its win over Elgin last week, ventures to The Pfield to take on Plugerville.
Gerlich picks up multiple honors
After Anderson quarterback Max Gerlich threw for 413 yards and 5 touchdowns in the Trojans win over Hendrickson last week, Gerlich was named Dave Campbell Texas High School Magazine’s 5A quarterback of the week. Gerlich also topped the Statesman’s list of the midseason top 50 players of Central Texas.
AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) — The records in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s divorce case have been unsealed.
Judge Robert Brotherton, who is presiding over the case, signed an order Friday morning allowing the records to be made public. The decision came after Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, announced that they had come to an agreement late Thursday to unseal the documents.
Tyler Bexley, an attorney for a group of media organizations fighting for the records to be released, celebrated the decision as a win for transparency.
“We’re certainly pleased with the result,” Bexley said after the hearing.
The move was an abrupt about-face for the couple, who had fought to keep the records secret. It’s unclear exactly what brought on the change.
The records were released before noon. They show the Paxtons have entered mediation, and their blind trust had doled out $20,000 to each of them to pay for their attorneys. The documents also show that earlier this month, Angela Paxton asked her husband to produce records pertinent to the case. They also show multiple judges recused themselves from the case before it was given to Brotherton, a visiting judge based in Wichita Falls.
The Texas Newsroom previously published copies of several records — including Paxton’s general denial of his wife’s divorce petition — before they were sealed.
The records did not shed more light on the couple’s financial situation, division of assets or the alleged affair that led to the divorce — but additional filings will be made as the case continues. Bexley said the media organizations agreed to redactions only of personal information like Social Security numbers and home addresses.
State Sen. Angela Paxton filed for divorce in July alleging adultery. Soon after, she asked for the court record to be sealed. A previous judge handling the case agreed and put all of the records under seal. Ken Paxton initially supported the decision, filing a court document that accused the press of attempting to unfairly invade his personal life.
Eight media organizations and a nonpartisan nonprofit opposed the sealing. The media group argued Paxton’s divorce records should be public because he is an elected official running for office who has faced repeated allegations of corruption. The attorney general’s finances, which are a subject of the divorce case, have been central to the misconduct allegations against him. While he has been charged with multiple crimes during his decade in statewide office, Paxton has never been convicted.
Paxton is now challenging John Cornyn in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
Laura Roach, one of Ken Paxton’s lawyers, said after the Friday hearing that the attorney general had always wanted the record to be unsealed.
“Mr. Paxton has always wanted us to actually unseal it,” she said. “Attorneys get on a path and we think that that’s the right way to go and we were finally able to get everybody on the same page.”
When asked why he initially opposed it so strongly, she added, “that’s just legal stuff. … His attorneys said that.”
Angela Paxton had asked the records be sealed because doing so would “not have an adverse affect on the public health or safety.” Her representatives declined to respond on Friday.
Michael Clauw, the communications director for the nonprofit Campaign for Accountability that also sought the release of the records, said he does not believe Ken Paxton actually wanted them to be made public.
“It’s ridiculous to believe that Ken Paxton ‘always wanted’ his divorce record to be unsealed,” he said. “Only when it became apparent he likely would lose in court did he change his tune.”
Roach said she expects the case to be resolved amicably soon. Neither Ken Paxton nor Angela Paxton appeared at the court.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at www.texastribune.org. The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans – and engages with them – about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
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Australia mass shooting: Brother of Texas rabbi injured in attack speaks at Austin ceremony
AUSTIN, Texas – In the wake of the Australia attack on Bondi Beach, Jewish community members flocked to join Governor Greg Abbott in the annual Hanukkah tradition, which looked different this year.
The traditional lighting of the menorah at the Capitol is typically held outside. However, with the recent attack, everyone piled into the Governor’s reception room for security reasons.
The backstory:
There was a weight in the air you could almost feel as members of the Jewish community gathered for the annual Texas Capitol Menorah Lighting Ceremony.
The celebration comes only days after two gunmen killed 15 people and injured about 40 others at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia.
“We have enhanced security, making sure celebrations will take place peacefully and respectfully,” said Governor Greg Abbott.
The terror attack hits home for many. One of the victims is a fellow Texan, Rabbi Liebel Lazaroff, who remains in the ICU fighting for his life.
“An attack on Jews anywhere is an attack on us.”
Rabbi Liebel Lazaroff and his father.
Liebel’s siblings drove in from College Station, and his brother, Rabbi Menachem Lazaroff, spoke about his brother’s heroic actions on Bondi Beach.
“[Liebel] saw, close by, an Australian police officer who was injured and critically bleeding,” said Rabbi Menachem Lazaroff. “He ran over to him, took the shirt off his back, and applied a tourniquet and saved the man’s life.”
Liebel was shot twice while trying to save the Australian police officer. All of this unfolded as Liebel’s boss and mentor died right next to him. He was identified as Rabbi Eli Schlanger.
“[Liebel] said, ‘I could’ve saved the rabbi,’” said Rabbi Menachem Lazaroff. “[Liebel] said ‘Rabbi Schlanger has a family, a wife and children. I’m just a young boy. I could have done something, and I wish I would’ve done more.’”
The 20-year-old rabbi has undergone several surgeries and has more ahead of him before he can begin what will be a long road to recovery.
“He’s a good man, and he’s tough, but it definitely made me emotional for sure, and I’m proud of him,” said Rabbi Menachem Lazaroff. “I’m proud of who he is and what he represents.”
During the eight days of Hanukkah, one candle is lit each night until all eight are burning. On Thursday night, the fifth candle was lit, the symbolic transition of there being more light than darkness.
The Lazaroff family is seeking donations to cover Liebel’s medical bills. Here’s a link if you would like to help.
The Source: Information from statements at the Texas Capitol Menorah Lighting Ceremony and previous FOX 7 Austin coverage
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