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WT dropped a home game to Midwestern St. as the defense couldn't slow the visitors down.  Colby Carthel is the winningest coach in SFA history and Tech looks off.  Week 5 of the TXHSFB season saw PD roll, Tascosa hold on to beat Frenship, Canyon rallies over undefeated Sanger and Gruver uses a strong fourth quarter to take their matchup with Wellington.  Jason Culpepper won his 900th game as Bushland stormed pas Dalhart plus all your volleyball highlights from Saturday district action.

Tascosa stopped Amarillo High's 74 game district winning streak with a stunner at home Tuesday night while district started across most volleyball districts.  It's week 5 of the TXHSFB season and we have a preview with news and notes for all games around the area.  District action starts in 5A, several 4A schools have intriguing matchups with teams from down south and Gruver travels to Wellington for a top ten matchup. WT welcomes Midwestern St. for a big home game and the UIL establishes the neutral site for state semifinal games.

WT wins on the road and notched their first road win against Angelo St. since 2018 while Tech survives a two-point conversion against Houston.  Week 4 of the TXHSFB season is in the books as Liberty and Randall survived late to pick up impressive wins at Happy State Bank Stadium.  Wheeler, Ropes and Stratford look good in wins as 16 teams remain undefeated.  Plus, we look at district volleyball action from Saturday and Canyon girls XC take a team title in Austin.

It's a loaded week 4 of the TXHSFB season as West Plains and Lubbock Cooper Liberty headline a schedule littered with big games.  Randall trys to take down Canadian, Panhandle tangles with Ropes, Spearman and Stratford battle it out and many more.  We've got everything you need to know about this week's games.  Plus, Randall took down West Plains in another five set thriller while Randall tennis reigns supreme agains over Canyon.

We have a full recap of week 3 of the TXHSFB season. Palo Duro made a statement in their win over Tascosa, Slade Russell is unstoppable, Shallowater rallied for a big win and Dimmitt and Vega stay unbeaten.  Laney Jones leads Canyon to big five set win over West Plains and we have the AISD XC meet results headlined by Ascension Academy's Roman Martinez.

It's week 3 of the TXHSFB season and we take a look at the big games and intriguing matchups including Tascosa vs. Palo Duro, Seminole at West Plains and Dalhart at Panhandle.  A full look at all the games going on in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.  Plus, a volleyball recap as AHS continues their district winning streak and Canyon's Laney Jones shows out.

Week 3 of the TXHSFB season was littered with big games. Tascosa survived in the final seconds against Canyon, Lubbock Cooper Liberty rolled Frenship, Panhandle made a statement against Stratford and McLean rallies for a big victory.  We've got all the news and notes from around the area.  WTfell to Grand Valley State while Texas Tech did what it had to do to beat ACU.

Week 2 of the #TXHSFB season is here as Amarillo High draws another big matchup.  Can Palo Duro bounce back after last weeks loss?  The small school schedule is loaded with big matchups including Stratford/Panhandle and Gruver/Spearman.  WT hits the road for another tough matchup agains Grand Valley St..  Plus, tons of news and notes in volleyball including a Lubbock Cooper Liberty bounce back win and Karli Morrison getting her 400th coaching victory.

Week one of the 2026 Texas high school football season is in the books and we take a look at all news and notes that came out of the first week.  Amarillo High stuns Palo Duro, Canadian looks good again, Stratford and Nazareth dominated and Randall gets a good win in New Mexico.  WT fell in their season opener and the road doesn't get easier.  Plus volleyball and team tennis notes.

It's the 2026 football preview show with hall of famer Lance Lahnert.  We look at every district from 5A to 1A across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.  Does Palo Duro have what it takes to make a deep playoff run, who wins a wide open District 2-4A DI, can Canadian or Idalou make it to the state title game, 2A may be the strongest classification in the area and can a 1A team overtake Whiteface and Motley County in Region I.  Everything you need to know about the upcoming football season and an episode you don't want to miss!

Memphis is making the move to Six-Man for this season due to low turnout numbers.  Two a days are officially underway and Kale Steed talks about what he saw traveling the area and watching teams practice.  What did we see in scrimmages last week plus 40 players to watch for across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.  Also, volleyball tournament action recap, team tennis, Coors Tournament of Champions and more!

Season 10 of the Press Pass Podcast begins as we recap all the news from the summer including a look back at the Korn Ferry tournament, coaching news with Trevor Johnson heading to an admin role, player news and Hedley closes their high school.  Plus, players playing at the hightest level, what is the Wet Bulb Global Thermometer and what came out of the UIL Executive Committee.

Our final Summer Spotlight Series is on Texline head boys basketball coach Coby Beckner.  An outstanding interview with the charismatic coach as we talk about his road to Texline and why he may be the most interesting coach in Texas.  He's got a great story of how a coach can impact a player and he tells what Run As One and The Line means.  This is a can't miss episode!

We continue our summer spotlight series with long time coach Stacy Ward.  Coach Ward talks to us about his career in coaching, coaches who influenced him along the way, his special relationship with Bryan Welps, life after coaching and more.

Our summer spotlight series continues with new West Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kevin Bleil.  Bleil comes to WT after a two year stint at Pittsburg St.  Bleil talks about his coaching path through college football, what brought him to WT, the influence of his dad and his relationship with Colby Carthel.  Be sure to tune in every Monday in June for our summer spotlight series.