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Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school state rankings, Feb. 12

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February 12, 2024

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Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school state rankings, Feb. 12

A look at the Texas high school basketball state rankings from the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches State Rankings

Feb. 12, 2024

BOYS

CLASS 6A

1. Plano East (32-0); 2. Stony Point (31-1); 3. North Crowley (29-3); 4. Atascocita (28-6); 5. SA Brennan (27-4); 6. FB Clements (29-0); 7. Seven Lakes (32-2); 8. Shadow Creek (28-2); 9. Beaumont United (29-3); 10. Allen (29-5); 11. Duncanville (17-9); 12. Waxahachie (20-10); 13. Keller (25-5); 14. Mansfield Lake Ridge (26-6); 15. Austin Westlake (26-7); 16. Lake Travis (28-5); 17. New Braunfels (29-4); 18. South Grand Prairie (28-6); 19. Houston Bellaire (26-6); 20. TW College Park (30-4); 21. Schertz Clemens (25-8); 22. Cypress Falls (25-4); 23. Buda Johnson (25-7); 24. Frenship (26-4); 25. South Houston (27-6)

CLASS 5A

1. Lancaster (22-5); 2. SA Veterans Memorial (34-1); 3. FB Marshall (30-2); 4. EP Chapin (29-4); 5. Amarillo (29-4); 6. Leander Rouse (26-7); 7. Mansfield Summit (25-7); 8. Frisco Lone Star (28-3); 9. Dallas White (23-5); 10. The Colony (26-5); 11. Killeen Ellison (28-5); 12. Boerne Champion (29-4); 13. SA Southwest (29-3); 14. Waco University (26-6); 15. Palo Duro (21-5); 16. Longview (29-3); 17. Mt Pleasant (26-7); 18. Colleyville Heritage (26-5); 19. Mansfield Timberview (25-8); 20. CC Veterans Memorial (23-8); 21. South Oak Cliff (19-10); 22. SA Wagner (20-10); 23. Killeen Shoemaker (26-8); 24. Dallas Kimball (18-12); 25. Edinburg Vela (29-5)

CLASS 4A

1. FW Eastern Hills (25-4); 2. Faith Family (17-10); 3. Randall (28-3); 4. Dallas Carter (27-4); 5. Houston Washington (21-3); 6. Silsbee (22-9); 7. Iowa Colony (19-14); 8. Krum (29-3); 9. Estacado (21-7); 10. Bishop (25-9); 11. Stafford (27-6); 12. Boerne (28-5); 13. Kennedale (25-4); 14. Canyon (18-9); 15. Chapel Hill (24-4); 16. Hamshire Fannett (25-7); 17. Sinton (17-14); 18. West Plains (20-9); 19. Hudson (28-4); 20. La Vernia (30-1); 21. Dallas Lincoln (15-15); 22. Burkburnett (22-8); 23. Hirschi (13-11); 24. Mickey Leland (17-9); 25. Dallas Pinkston (17-15)

CLASS 3A

1. Hitchcock (27-3); 2. Shallowater (25-2); 3. SA Cole (26-9); 4. MP Chapel Hill (30-1); 5. Hooks (27-1); 6. Ponder (30-6); 7. Brock (26-8); 8. Holliday (28-2); 9. Orangefield (30-4); 10. Kountze (29-5); 11. Dallas Madison (17-11); 12. Poth (17-5); 13. Franklin (14-4); 14. Westwood (22-7); 15. Paradise (22-11); 16. Mexia (23-11); 17. Tatum (22-9); 18. Trinity Leadership (17-16); 19. Childress (23-8); 20. City View (17-10); 21. Lorena (22-9); 22. Northern Oaks (19-12); 23. Marion (21-8); 24. London (20-13); 25. Life Oak Cliff (24-10)

CLASS 2A

1. Lipan (28-4); 2. Martins Mill (27-4); 3. Beckville (21-6); 4. Reagan County (25-6); 5. Thorndale (28-3); 6. Hawkins (28-1); 7. Mumford (26-10); 8. North Hopkins (24-6); 9. New Home (25-6); 10. Honey Grove (26-4); 11. Nocona (22-11); 12. Poolville (27-5); 13. Shelbyville (22-7); 14. San Augustine (18-8); 15. LaPoynor (21-10); 16. Sam Rayburn (22-9); 17. Grapeland (23-10); 18. Evadale (22-12); 19. Marlin (16-4); 20. Farwell (22-9); 21. Timpson (10-6); 22. Tolar (14-14); 23. SA Stacey (19-8); 24. Olton (18-10); 25. Plains (28-3)

CLASS A

1. Graford (27-4); 2. Jayton (30-3); 3. Benjamin (16-1); 4. Texline (26-4); 5. Perrin Whitt (30-4); 6. Brookeland (24-7); 7. Huckabay (21-11); 8. Gordon (16-5); 9. Dodd City (24-7); 10. Nazareth (16-11); 11. Slidell (24-7); 12. Fayetteville (26-4); 13. Calvert (16-8); 14. Knox City (25-2); 15. Rocksprings (22-3); 16. Wildorado (27-4); 17. San Perlita (14-9); 18. McMullen County (25-8); 19. Irion County (20-8); 20. Electra (26-5); 21. Eula (25-4); 22. Laneville (21-13); 23. Garden City (22-9); 24. Coolidge (18-6); 25. Penelope (24-3)

TAPPS 6A/SPC 4A

1. Bellaire Episcopal (27-8); 2. San Antonio Antonian Prep (28-6); 3. Dallas St. Mark’s (26-7); 4. Houston St. John’s (26-7); 5. Houston Christian (28-8); 6. Plano John Paul II (25-9); 7. Addison Greenhill (29-4); 7. Dallas Parish Episcopal (24-10); 9. Plano Prestonwood Christian (18-13); 10. Addison Trinity Christian (21-13)

TAPPS 5A/SPC 3A

1. Austin St. Michael’s (32-1); 2. Midland Christian (28-6); 3. Houston Second Baptist (25-7); 4. Grapevine Faith Christian (27-9); 5. The Woodlands Christian Academy (23-7); 6. Austin St. Andrew’s (21-8); 7. The Woodlands John Cooper (18-14); 8. San Antonio Christian (29-7); 9. Fort Worth Southwest Christian (22-12); 10. Fort Worth Christian (20-14)

TAPPS 4A

1. St. Thomas’ Episcopal (21-8); 2. Lubbock Trinity Christian (31-5); 3. Arlington Grace (23-9); 4. Prince of Peace (24-10); 5. Colleyville Covenant (22-7); 6. McKinney Christian (23-10); 7. Austin Brentwood Christian (20-10); 8. Boerne Geneva (22-6); 9. The Woodlands Legacy (17-3); 10. Austin Hill Country (24-4)

TAPPS 3A

1. St. Francis Episcopal (23-10); 2. Lubbock Christian (24-6); 3. Westbury Christian (18-15); 4. Tyler Bishop Gorman (28-4); 5. New Braunfels Christian (22-8); 6. Marble Falls Faith (23-10); 7. Waco Live Oak Classical (29-5); 8. Waco Bishop Reicher (24-7); 9. Houston Lutheran North (13-10); 10. Bryan Brazos Christian (16-5)

TAPPS 2A

1. Ft. Worth Bethesda Christian (27-8); 2. Dallas First Baptist (21-9); 3. Amarillo Ascension Academy (19-0); 4. Crowley Nazarene Christian Academy (19-7); 5. Lubbock All Saints Episcopal (24-4); 6. Ft. Worth Christian Life Preparatory (15-7); 7. Galveston O’Connell (20-10); 8. Bulverde Bracken Christian (25-8); 9. Wylie Preparatory Academy (12-4); 10. Red Oak Ovilla Christian (14-9)

TAPPS A

1. DeSoto Canterbury Kingdom Collegiate (13-6); 2. Alamo Macedonian (31-2); 3. North Prosper Prestonwood Christian (15-6); 4. San Angelo Cornerstone (16-3); 5. Spring Founders Christian (20-11); 6. Edinburg Harvest (19-8); 7. Kingwood Covenant Preparatory (16-6); 8. Amarillo Holy Cross (20-3); 9. Lake Jackson Brazosport Christian (20-3); 10. Longview Christian Heritage (11-5)

GIRLS

CLASS 6A

1. DeSoto (23-5); 2. Lewisville Hebron (31-2); 3. Summer Creek (30-2); 4. SA Clark (29-2); 5. Duncanville (28-4); 6. SA Brennan (27-3); 7. South Grand Prairie (26-3); 8. Pearland (31-4); 9. Cypress Springs (27-2); 10. Cibolo Steele (27-8); 11. Ft. Bend Hightower (27-3); 12. Crowley (26-6); 13. Ft. Bend Austin (30-2); 14. Converse Judson (28-6); 15. Southlake Carroll (28-5); 16. FW Boswell (31-5); 17. Austin Westlake (25-5); 18. Edinburg (34-2); 19. Frenship (31-3); 20. Seven Lakes (27-8); 21. CE King (27-6); 22. Royse City (29-4); 23. Garland Sachse (22-9); 24. Langham Creek (28-5); 25. Hurst Bell (29-4)

CLASS 5A

1. Mansfield Timberview (34-1); 2. Frisco Liberty (27-7); 3. SA Wagner (24-5); 4. Amarillo High (32-4); 5. Richmond Randle (25-8); 6. Leander Glenn (31-2); 7. Lubbock Monterey (29-5); 8. McKinney North (26-10); 9. Liberty Hill (33-2); 10. Denton Ryan (28-7); 11. Pflugerville Hendrickson (26-7); 12. Argyle (30-5); 13. Comal Pieper (27-6); 14. Ft. Bend Willowridge (27-8); 15. White Settlement Brewer (28-4); 16. Killeen Chaparral (25-6); 17. Amarillo Tascosa (23-6); 18. SA McCollum (30-2); 19. Dallas White (28-3); 20. Georgetown (26-6); 21. Lamar Fulshear (24-7); 22. Manvel (29-6); 23. SA Harlandale (30-6); 24. Frisco Memorial (24-11); 25. Kerrville Tivy (23-7)

CLASS 4A

1. Glen Rose (29-3); 2. La Vega (28-8); 3. Levelland (32-2); 4. Sunnyvale (33-2); 5. Boerne (30-5); 6. Seminole (29-4); 7. Decatur (28-5); 8. Canyon (24-6); 9. Dallas Lincoln (25-3); 10. Fredericksburg (27-5); 11. Hardin Jefferson (24-10); 12. Silsbee (27-3); 13. Canton (28-5); 14. Cuero (32-3); 15. Godley (25-8); 16. Navasota (30-3); 17. West Plains (23-8); 18. Canyon Randall (22-8); 19. Krum (26-8); 20. Bishop (29-8); 21. Madisonville (27-5); 22. Brownsboro (26-7); 23. El Paso Riverside (29-1); 24. Bridgeport (24-11); 25. West Oso (26-8)

CLASS 3A

1. Fairfield (30-2); 2. Tuscola Jim Ned (30-2); 3. Emory Rains (31-2); 4. Winnsboro (30-6); 5. Hitchcock (23-4); 6. Idalou (28-6); 7. Tatum (27-1); 8. Lytle (26-7); 9. SA Cole (30-7); 10. Wall (23-7); 11. Franklin (31-6); 12. Brock (24-9); 13. Comanche (28-3); 14. Lorena (28-6); 15. Ponder (30-7); 16. Hallettsville (28-4); 17. Malakoff (30-3); 18. Littlefield (23-6); 19. Paradise (25-8); 20. Rice (21-5); 21. Poth (25-9); 22. Huntington (30-6); 23. Hooks (27-6); 24. Spearman (24-5); 25. Jourdanton (27-8)

CLASS 2A

1. Lipan (30-3); 2. Tenaha (30-5); 3. Farwell (29-3); 4. Martins Mill (29-4); 5. New Home (24-7); 6. Shiner (29-2); 7. Panhandle (25-6); 8. Goldwaithe (28-3); 9. Nocona (29-3); 10. Wellington (24-6); 11. Clarendon (27-2); 12. Christoval (27-7); 13. Bremond (26-1); 14. Ozona (29-5); 15. Cisco (25-4); 16. Muenster (26-6); 17. Lovelady (22-7); 18. Jewett Leon (26-5); 19. San Saba (27-5); 20. Flatonia (28-5); 21. Douglass (23-6); 22. Falls City (26-5); 23. Hamilton (22-9); 24. Frost (25-7); 25. Normangee (27-6)

CLASS A

1. Turkey Valley (30-2); 2. Newcastle (28-1); 3. Rocksprings (30-4); 4. Eula (30-4); 5. Nazareth (21-10); 6. Whiteface (28-4); 7. Richland Springs (29-6); 8. Gordon (25-8); 9. McMullen County (26-5); 10. Whitharral (25-5); 11. Gorman (29-5); 12. Borden County (28-5); 13. Graford (26-6); 14. Throckmorton (24-4); 15. McLean (25-3); 16. Neches (24-7); 17. Eden (24-6); 18. Harrold (22-2); 19. Dodd City (22-8); 20. Jayton (23-10); 21. Menard (23-5); 22. Irion County (22-8); 23. Robert Lee (25-8); 24. Texline (25-7); 25. Saltillo (25-7)

TAPPS 6A/ SPC 4A

1. San Antonio Antonian (32-7); 2. Dallas Ursuline (19-9); 3. Dallas Bishop Lynch (23-12); 4. Bellaire Episcopal (29-5); 5. Houston Kinkaid (29-3); 6. Plano Prestonwood Christian (26-6); 7. Plano John Paul II (18-17); 8. Houston The Village (24-11); 9. Tomball Concordia Lutheran (25-8); 10. Addison Greenhill (22-8)

TAPPS 5A/SPC 3A

1. San Antonio St. Mary’s Hall (31-3); 2. Grapevine Faith Christian (30-2); 3. Houston Second Baptist (25-9); 4. Argyle Liberty Christian (19-15); 5. Fort Worth Southwest Christian (18-8); 6. Brownsville St. Joseph (23-9); 7. San Antonio Christian (21-8); 8. Austin St. Dominic Savio (21-9); 9. Flower Mound Coram Deo (21-11); 10. Fort Worth All Saints (13-14)

TAPPS 4A

1. Geneva School of Boerne (26-3); 2. Grace Prep (Arlington) (24-7); 3. Lake County Christian (Fort Worth) (26-6); 4. Bay Area Christian (League City) (19-6); 5. Brook Hill (Bullard) (26-8); 6. Incarnate Word Academy (Corpus Christi) (31-6); 7. Trinity Christian (Lubbock) (17-13); 8. Trinity Christian (Willow Park) (17-12); 9. Legacy Prep (Woodlands) (19-11); 10. Dallas Christian (Mesquite) (14-6)

TAPPS 3A

1. Lubbock Christian (27-8); 2. Rosehill Chrisitan-Tomball (29-3); 3. San Jacinto Christian-Amarillo (25-8); 4. Brazos Christian-Bryan (24-8); 5. Bishop Gorman Catholic Tyler (17-13); 6. Lutheran-San Antonio (17-16); 7. McKinney Cornerstone (15-2); 8. Lutheran North-Houston (9-12); 9. Live Oak Classical-Waco (19-10); 10. Yavneh Dallas (13-7)

TAPPS 2A

1. Dallas First Baptist (26-3); 2. Lubbock Southcrest (21-5); 3. Bryan St. Joseph (18-4); 4. Red Oak Ovilla (18-6); 5. Hallettsville Sacred Heart (17-8); 6. Conroe Covenant (20-12); 7. Shiner St. Paul (17-8); 8. Austin Waldorf (17-7); 9. Muenster Sacred Heart (16-14); 10. Bryan Allen Academy (9-9)

TAPPS A

1. Edinburg Harvest Christian (36-1); 2. Prosper Prestonwood North (23-12); 3. Sherman Texoma Christian (18-8); 4. Longview Christian Heritage (19-6); 5. Amarillo Accelerate (14-8); 6, San Angelo Cornerstone (8-9); 7. Amarillo Holy Cross (16-8); 8. Fredericksburg Heritage (10-4); 9. Cypress Covenant (11-4); 10. Conroe Calvary Baptist (11-6)

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More severe weather possible in North Texas on Friday

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March 5, 2026

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More severe weather possible in North Texas on Friday

Severe storms are moving across North Texas Wednesday night with strong winds and hail in parts of Kaufman and Wise counties. A brief break arrives on Thursday before a higher threat for large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes returns Friday.

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Democrat James Talarico wins Senate primary in Texas

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March 4, 2026

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Democrat James Talarico wins Senate primary in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — James Talarico did not mention Donald Trump when he greeted exuberant supporters at his primary night celebration.

But the newly minted Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Texas is now a front man for the political opposition to the Republican president, not just in his own state but around the country. With his victory over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, the state lawmaker from Austin will test whether a smiling message of unity and change is enough to answer voters’ frustrations amid discord at home and now a war abroad.

READ MORE: What to watch in the consequential Senate primaries in Texas

“We are not just trying to win an election,” Talarico told supporters in the Texas capital early Wednesday. “We are trying to fundamentally change our politics, and it’s working.”

The campaign provided “Love thy Neighbor” signs to people in the crowd.

The question for Talarico as he heads into the general election campaign is whether he can generate enthusiasm from voters who opted for Crockett because they saw her as the more aggressive fighter against Trump. Crockett conceded to Talarico on Wednesday morning, saying that “Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person.”

Talarico will need all the help he can get in a Republican-dominated state where Democrats have gone decades without winning a statewide race. He will face either U.S. Sen. John Cornyn or state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who advanced to a Republican runoff on Tuesday.

Conventional political wisdom has it that Talarico was the stronger Democratic candidate in November, especially if Republicans nominate Paxton, a conservative firebrand who has weathered allegations of corruption and infidelity over the years.

WATCH: What’s at stake for Democrats and Republicans in the Texas Senate primaries

Although Democrats are often choosing between moderate and progressive candidates in primaries, they faced a largely stylistic choice in Texas.

Talarico, 36, is a Presbyterian seminarian who quotes Scripture and rarely raises his voice. Crockett, 44, is an unapologetic political brawler who hammers Trump and other Republicans with acidic flourish.

Both have been reliably progressive votes in their current roles and telegenic faces across cable news and social media. Both represent generational change for a party with aging leadership. Each called for a more equitable economy and society. Each talked about bringing sporadic voters into their coalitions.

But Talarico’s broader argument is one that he could have made regardless of whether Trump was in the White House. Talarico’s campaign, he said often, is about addressing a country whose fundamental divide is not partisan but “top vs. bottom.” He regularly assails the rise in Christian nationalism. A former teacher, he has advocated for public education –- and against Texas conservatives’ policies to restrict curriculum and reshape how U.S. history is taught.

“He’s just a good friend and he’s a serious advocate for the disenfranchised and a serious policymaker,” said Lea Downey Gallatin, 40, an Austin resident who became friends with Talarico when they interned together for a congressman.

Crockett promised Democrats that she could increase turnout within the party’s base, while Talarico campaigned on the theory that he could pull new people into the party’s tent.

“I can’t tell you how many have come up to me, whispering that they’re not a Democrat,” Talarico said as he campaigned in San Antonio in the closing days of the primary campaign. “I can’t tell you how many young people have said it’s the first time that they’ve ever voted, and that they are participating for the first time.”

As he strolled through the city, Talarico posed for pictures and greeted the singer of a Tejano band playing nearby. He later spoke to hundreds of people at the historic Stable Hall, a 130-year-old circular structure built for showing horses and now a converted event center. Hundreds more, unable to get into the full event, wound around the corner and along the sidewalk for blocks.

Inside, Lori Alvarez, a 39-year-old who works for a disaster relief nonprofit, said she supported Talarico because “he really listens to what we need.”

“I think he’s going to be able to make change in Washington for us,” said the married mother of three young girls.

Yet that was not what attracted so many voters to Crockett.

Troy Burroughs, a 61-year-old Navy retiree, called Crockett “rugged” and “the only one I see fighting for us.”

He added: “I like how she doesn’t back down from anybody.”

Burroughs said some voters probably saw Talarico as more electable because he is more soft-spoken. But, he said, “We’ve got to get into the gutter with these folks, because that’s where they are.”

Talarico, meanwhile, keeps fighting his own way.

“Tonight, the people of our state gave this country a little bit of hope,” he said Tuesday, “and a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.”

Barrow reported from Atlanta, Figueroa from Austin, Texas, and Beaumont from San Antonio.

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Big top, bigger mission: Inclusive Omnium Circus makes Texas debut in Garland

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March 4, 2026

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Big top, bigger mission: Inclusive Omnium Circus makes Texas debut in Garland

Garland is about to witness a different kind of big top spectacle when Omnium Circus’ new show “I’m Possible” rolls into town for its first Texas performance on March 16 and 17 at the Atrium in Garland.

This inclusive circus was founded in 2020 by founder and executive director Lisa B. Lewis. She is no stranger to the circus world. Lewis grew up attending the circus with her grandfather, who was a Shriner. She would then later begin her own circus career at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Clown College.

A performer in a black suit rides inside a cyr wheel
against a stage lit in red. The letters of the OMNIUM
sign are in the background.

The idea for an inclusive circus came to her during one of her first experiences working as a clown. Lewis says that during her performance, she saw a row of grumpy teenagers.

“They had their arms folded like they were mad and grumpy, and then my partner, whom I was working with, began telling jokes in sign language,” Lewis said. “How he knew they were deaf, I don’t know. The group of teenagers immediately started laughing, and the energy of the entire section shifted.”

Lewis said that in that moment, something clicked in her head, and she realized the power of inclusion.

She would then go on to spread joy through the art of circus to special-needs kids. And then later, she created Omnium Circus.

“Circus elevates our belief in ourselves; it allows us to see the best of what humanity has to offer,” Lewis said.

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between them is a large bubble with... — A female with blue hair facing a man with a red hat
between them is a large bubble with smaller bubbles
inside of it. There is a golden light coming from
behind the bubbles.
Maike Schulz

Omnium is a Latin word meaning of all and belonging to all. The circus’ mission is to create joy and entertainment for all no matter the body you inhabit or the skin that you’re in.

The hour-long show in Garland will feature many inclusive acts, such as deaf singer-songwriter Mandy Harvey, an America’s Got Talent finalist and Golden Buzzer winner.

The show will feature two ringmasters: deaf ringmaster Malik Paris will conduct the sign-language portion of the show, while ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson will handle the vocal portion. Iverson is the first Black ringmaster for a major U.S. circus, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

A juggler wearing red and black gazes at his pins in
the air while cast members around him... — A juggler wearing red and black gazes at his pins in
the air while cast members around him look on in
amazement. The letters of the OMNIUM sign are in
the background behind the performers.

The show will also feature the six-time Paraclimbing World Cup champion, the world’s fastest female juggler, clowns from Dallas, plus more.

Details: March 16 at 7 p.m. and March 17 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.at the Atrium, 300 N. 5th Street, Garland. Tickets are $21.99 for youth and $27.19 for adults.

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