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Texas high school football: Top 10 Austin-area QBs include TCU recruit, Wimberley senior

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1 year ago

August 28, 2024

Texas high school football: Top 10 Austin-area QBs include TCU recruit, Wimberley senior

With the 2024 Texas high school football season fast approaching, the American-Statesman is revealing our top 10 players at every position.

Today high school reporters Colby Gordon and Rick Cantu highlight the area’s quarterbacks.

Led by Central Texas offensive Player of the Year Cody Stoever of Wimberley, the area’s elite include Ali Scott of LBJ, Cole Taylor of Pflugerville and Jax Brown of Weiss.

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Top 10 quarterbacks in the Austin area

(Players listed in alphabetic order)

Ty Blair, East View

Blair emerged as one of the top passers in Central Texas as a junior by throwing for 2,411 yards and 24 TDs.

Jax Brown, Weiss

A New Mexico State pledge, Brown passed for 3,014 yards and 33 touchdowns for a team that finished 9-2.

MORE ON BROWN AND CO: Why Weiss is No. 4 in our preseason top 10

Luke Dunham, McCallum

One of the top dual-threat QBs in the Austin area, Dunham contributed 2,651 combined passing and rushing yards and 32 touchdowns.

Max Gerlich, Anderson

A recent UTSA pledge, the 6-3 Trojan should emerge as a top QB in the region after missing much of 2023 with an injured knee.

Logan Mitchell, Leander

The dual-threat QB combined for 2,745 total yards and 29 touchdowns during his junior campaign.

London Morgan, Rouse

The leader of the Raiders offense returns after contributing 2,670 passing yards and 25 touchdowns as a sophomore.

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Weston Nielsen, Bastrop

Despite missing half his freshman season with a knee injury, Nielsen impressed by averaging 238 yards passing a game while throwing 13 TDs. He’s a four-star recruit with offers from Nebraska, Miami, Houston, Baylor and TCU.

Ali Scott, LBJ

The Jaguar senior threw for 2,083 yards and combined for 40 passing and rushing touchdowns for a team that finished the year 8-4. UNLV, Grambling State and Bethune Cookman are among the universities interested in his services.

Cody Stoever, Wimberley

The 2023 All-Central Texas offensive player of the year accounted for 73 touchdowns while leading the Texans to a 14-1 record and a spot in the Class 4A DII state semis. He’s being recruited by Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin-Simmons University and Howard Payne University.

EXPECTATIONS OF PERFECTION: Why the Wimberley Texans are No. 3 in preseason countdown

Cole Taylor, Pflugerville

The leader of the Panther offense had a breakout sophomore year, passing for 2,381 yards and 16 touchdowns.

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Southwest Airlines establishing new crew base in Austin

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December 12, 2025

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Southwest Airlines establishing new crew base in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that Southwest Airlines will establish a new pilot and flight attendant crew base in Austin.

Abbott joined the Austin mayor at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to make the announcement today.

The expansion to Austin will lay the groundwork for future operational growth in Texas. It is expected to generate 2,000 jobs in Austin by mid-2027. In addition to the pilots and flight attendants, Austin will now also be home to managerial and support staff. The new crew base will have an average salary of $180,000 a year, the Governor’s Office says.

The state is extending a $14 million Texas Enterprise Fund to the airline, as well as a $375,000 Veteran Created Job Bonus.

“Southwest Airlines was born and raised in Texas and has been a core element of the economic growth we have seen in our state,” said Governor Abbott. “We are excited to announce that today Southwest Airlines will add over 2,000 high paying jobs right here in Texas. We are the home of economic opportunity for our fellow Texans more than any other state in the United States, and we know a key reason for that is because of everything Southwest Airlines provides. We are proud to partner with everybody connected with Southwest as well as the City of Austin on such a huge announcement for our state.”

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Fire destroys abandoned E Austin auto shop

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20 hours ago

December 12, 2025

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Fire destroys abandoned E Austin auto shop

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin firefighters battled their second major fire Thursday afternoon, responding to an abandoned East Austin auto shop engulfed in flames.

Crews responded to 3100 Manor Road around 4 p.m., AFD said.

No injuries were reported and no one was inside the building.

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The incident was called in as a first alarm. The building is a total loss, according to officials.

CBS Austin has a crew on the way to the scene.

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Earlier in the afternoon, firefighters extinguished a three-alarm fire in north Austin.

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Austin road rage suspect identified, charged with criminal mischief: affidavit

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December 11, 2025

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Austin road rage suspect identified, charged with criminal mischief: affidavit

AUSTIN, Texas – The suspect in a violent road rage incident on the Capital of Texas Highway has been identified and charged, according to court paperwork.

The altercation was caught on camera.

What we know:

34-year-old Ian Kevin Brinkmeyer has been charged with criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor, in connection with the Dec. 5 incident.

At around 2 p.m. that day, officers responded to a call for service on Capital of Texas Highway, where they spoke with Brinkmeyer and another man.

The affidavit says Brinkmeyer “engaged in a road rage” with the other man while traveling north on Capital of Texas Highway. Brinkmeyer drove around the other man, changed lanes in front of him and cut him off before stopping his car.

Brinkmeyer then allegedly got out of his vehicle holding a “steel knife sharpening rod”, walked over to the other man’s car and struck the driver’s side door window with the rod, shattering the entire window.

The affidavit says Brinkmeyer then quickly walked back to his car and drove off.

The entire incident was caught on video by other drivers and posted on social media.

The affidavit says that the repairs to the shattered window cost about $480, making this a case of criminal mischief with a value between $100 and $750.

What’s next:

A warrant has been issued for Brinkmeyer’s arrest. As of 12 p.m. Dec. 11, he is not in custody.

The Source: Information in this report comes from court paperwork and previous reporting.

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