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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, Texas — An Austin-based improv troupe is celebrating a major milestone with performances in Texas and on a national stage.
Jane Austin Improv celebrates third anniversary with Texas shows & a national NYC stage
Jane Austin Improv is marking its third anniversary with a series of shows, including a headlining performance at the Long Center’s Rollins Studio Theatre on June 6.
The award-winning group is known for blending Regency-era storytelling with improv comedy, bringing Jane Austen-inspired characters, costumes and courtship drama to life with quick wit and audience-driven humor.
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Following their Austin shows, the troupe will perform in New York City at the Del Close Marathon, one of the country’s premier improv comedy festivals.
Jane Austin Improv celebrates third anniversary with Texas shows & a national NYC stage
Jane Austin Improv has grown from local stages to performances across the U.S. and internationally, earning multiple nominations from the B. Iden Payne Awards, winning the 2023 Ethel Hinkley Award for Outstanding New Improv Troupe, and being named a “Best of Austin” finalist by the Austin Chronicle in 2025.
Organizers say the anniversary performances celebrate both the group’s growth and its mission to connect audiences through creative, accessible comedy.
Tickets for the June 6 performance at the Long Center can be found here: https://thelongcenter.org/events/janeaustinimprov/
After ranking as the third-best large U.S. city for starting a business last year, Austin took a surprising tumble into the 24th spot nationally for 2026.
WalletHub’s annual report, “Best Large Cities to Start a Business (2026)” compared 100 U.S. cities based on 19 relevant metrics across three key dimensions: business environment, access to resources, and costs. Factors that were analyzed include five-year business survival rates, job growth comparisons from 2020 and 2024, population growth of working-age individuals aged 16-64, office space affordability, and more.
Florida cities locked other states out of the top five best places in America for starting a new business: Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Hialeah, and St. Petersburg.
Austin’s business environment ranked 11th best in the country, and the city ranked ninth in the “access to resources” category. The city also tied with Boise, Idaho, and Fresno, California, for the highest average growth in the number of small businesses nationally.
Austin lagged behind in the “business costs” ranking, coming in at No. 80 overall. This category examined metrics such as the city’s working-age population growth, the share of college-educated individuals, financing accessibility, the prevalence of investors, venture investment amounts per capita, and more.
Earlier this year, WalletHub declared Texas the third-best state for starting a business in 2026, and several Houston-area cities have seen robust growth after being recognized among the best career hotspots in the U.S. WalletHub also ranked Austin on its top-10 list of the best U.S. cities to find a job. Entrepreneurial praise has also been extended to 15 Austin-based innovators that made Inc Magazine’s 2026 Female Founders 500 list.
Texas cities with strong environments for new businesses
Multiple cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex can claim bragging rights as the best Texas locales for starting a new business. Dallas ranked highest overall — appearing 11th nationally — and Irving landed a few spots behind in the 16th spot. Arlington (No. 23), Fort Worth (No. 30), Plano, (No. 35), and Garland (No. 65) followed behind.
Only six other Texas cities earned spots in the report: Houston (No. 26), Lubbock (No. 36), Corpus Christi (No. 39), San Antonio (No. 64), El Paso (No. 67), and Laredo (No. 76). Corpus Christi and Laredo also topped WalletHub’s list of the U.S. cities with the most accessible financing.
“From the Gold Rush and the Industrial Revolution to the Internet Age, periods of innovation have shaped our economy and driven major societal progress,” the report’s author wrote. “However, the past few years have been particularly challenging for business owners in the U.S., due to factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Great Resignation and high inflation.”
Austin, TX
‘I want to be louder’: Austin Drag King Bobby Pudrido refuses to be deterred by Texas ban
Jay Thomas grew up like any kid, laughing at silly things and making up funny names.
So in the ’90s, when Tejano superstar Bobby Pulido’s songs played on the radio, young Jay and his peers couldn’t help but rhyme his last name with the Spanish word pudrido (which means rotten in English).
“We grew up calling him that just because it was funny,” he told Austin Signal host Jerry Quijano.
When he was thinking of a name for his drag persona, Thomas created a list.
“I was thinking of some queer icons and some not queer icons,” he said. “This one just resonated because he is a Tejano star. And in the ’90s he was this really big heartthrob that everybody wanted to be or be with.”
And three years ago, Thomas became Drag King Bobby Pudrido.
He thought it would be fun to impersonate a masculine figure from the Latino community and perform for an audience attracted to that type of energy. He also wanted to bring his culture into his drag.
Pudrido’s name has new recognition these days: Tejano singer Pulido decided to retire from music and go into politics. He’s running for Congress in South Texas’ District 15 against incumbent Republican Monica De La Cruz.
Both in an out of drag, Pudrido is also politically vocal. He advocates for trans rights and against the drag ban that went into effect statewide in March. The law prohibits drag performances in public properties or in front of children. Venues that host these performances can be fined up to $10,000.
“As a drag artist, one of the things we need to do is get booked so we can pay our bills,” Pudrido said.
Even though it’s unclear whether the ban affects some venues, he said, he thinks certain business owners won’t book drag performers because of the risk of being fined.
But as a working-class artist, he doesn’t have the luxury to dwell on it.
“You have to go to work, because you need to pay your bills,” he said.
The law has taken an emotional toll on him, too.
“The way it chips away at a queer person to hear any type of anti-queer legislation pass is something that is really big for me,“ he said. “We are constantly — just as human beings — trying to maintain our mental health. “
But that doesn’t mean his love for performing has been diminished. In fact, quite the opposite is true.
“It has fueled me,” Pudrido said. “Right now I’m in the angry phase where I want to be louder.”
As a performer and producer, the drag king has put on shows in the Austin area and recently traveled back to his hometown in Laredo for a show.
“It’s hard for drag kings to get booked sometimes, so we are still far away from the perfect ideal world for [them],” he said. “But the fact that I have a platform at all is huge.”
Pudrido’s passion for performing comes from his drag ancestors, “who started the art form as a way of being political and of being against the systems that were oppressing queer people.”
Drag King Bobby Prudido is currently producing his second queer quinceañera, “Con Mucho Amor,” with an anticipated show date in the fall.
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