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Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL replay updates, highlights from Week 8

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October 19, 2024

Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL replay updates, highlights from Week 8

Mark Champ
| Special to Austin American-Statesman

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

#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

#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.

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Flu cases are rising in Texas. Watch out for these symptoms

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December 22, 2025

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Flu cases are rising in Texas. Watch out for these symptoms

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Health officials urge Texans to take precaution as flu cases ramp up across the state.

Recent data from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) show an uptick in flu-related hospitalizations this season. Weekly emergency department visits have also increased by over 4,000 this month, reaching a high of 9,993 in mid-December.

Austin-based physician assistant Jordan Jones with Baylor Scott & White Urgent Care said she is seeing a large rise of the influenza A virus in the Texas area.

“We’re seeing quite a few patients that are coming in who either have known exposures or positive home tests, which are really great things to have on hand in this season,” Jones noted.

Compared to the rest of the country, Jones said Texas is seeing a moderate level of influenza, however public health officials expect cases to intensify through Christmas and New Years.

“We’re probably going to see a nice rise after the holidays, but we really can’t prepare for exactly when the actual peak will be,” Jones said.

It’s not just flu cases that are expected to spike after the holidays. Jones said Texans should be prepared for cases of other respiratory illnesses like RSV and Covid-19 to climb.

“We really want you to be careful if you are spending time with your family,” Jones said. “If you’re having any symptoms, let other people know so that they can choose: do we want to still plan the holidays together or not?”

What should you look out for?

When it comes to signs and symptoms of the most common flu strain right now, influenza A, Jones described it as feeling like “you got hit by a freight train.”

“That’s what I always tell patients is that all of a sudden you’re down for the count,” she explained.

Common symptoms include:

Fever
Body aches
Sore throat
Runny nose
Congestion

As for prevention, Jones recommends getting the flu shot, handwashing, and carrying antibacterial hand sanitizer if you plan to travel.

“It’s hard for your immune system to fight a virus if you are exposed to something. Allowing yourself rest and stress reduction is also going to help you stay healthy,” Jones said.

Jones recommends seeing a health professional within the first 48 hours of experiencing symptoms to be prescribed Tamiflu, an antiviral medication to treat influenza A.

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Billy Strings at Moody Theater in Austin, TX – Loud Hailer Magazine

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December 21, 2025

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Billy Strings at Moody Theater in Austin, TX – Loud Hailer Magazine

Bluegrass musician Billy Strings sold out Austin’s iconic ACL Live at The Moody Theater, where Strings closed his headlining North American tour.

Billy Strings, born William Apostol, is an American singer and songwriter from Michigan. Music has always been a big part of Strings’ life, but he started his music career seriously in 2012. He took on the name Billy Strings after his Aunt saw his talent on various traditional bluegrass instruments. Today, Strings tours with a handful of bluegrass musicians, including Royal Masat (bass), Alex Hargreaves (fiddle), Jarrod Walker (mandolin), and Billy Failing (banjo).

This past year, Strings and his band have been touring North America, concluding their tour with two shows in Austin, TX. The first being at the Moody Center and the second and final being at ACL Live at The Moody Theater. Billy Strings is no stranger to ACL Live and has previously recorded multiple episodes of the venue’s famous series. His debut aired in 202,1 and he went on to record another taping in 2024. In 2024, Billy Strings released his most recent album, Highway Prayers. The album explores themes of personal reflection, identity, and family.

Billy Strings didn’t have an opener and began his set at a little after 8 PM. He opened his set with a few classic bluegrass covers, some being “Riding the Midnight Train” by The Doc Watson Family and “Big Spike Hammer” by The Osborne Brothers. He also performed originals like “It Ain’t Before” from his latest album, Highway Prayers. The song is about feeling disadvantaged by societal systems that don’t work in your favor. The song blends traditional and modern bluegrass sounds, featuring a mouth harp in the original recording.

The band sped through some more classics while the audience on the floor cut up a rug. He performed a few more originals, such as “Gone a Long Time” from Highway Prayers and “These Memories of You” from his 2017 album Turmoil & Tinfoil. The latter was recorded with his stepfather, the one who introduced Strings to the genre. The song reflects on their sustained relationship.

Fans were surprised and delighted when Strings began “Cora Is Gone,” by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and The Foggy Mountain Boys. Strings and his band haven’t performed the cover since 2020. Ultimately, Billy Strings closed his set with Patty Griffin’s “We Shall All Be Reunited,” clearly implying that Strings will be back to commune with the locals of Austin.

Billy Strings will be back on tour soon enough. In February, he will kick off a tour in Georgia and finish towards the end of April in Indiana. Billy Strings has successfully kept an exceptional genre alive by sharing his and his band’s talent with the world.

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