From the 2023 summer edition of Dave Campbell's Texas Football: my feature on Duncanville's Reginald Samples, and a career of remarkable achievement and inconceivable heartbreak.
Now free to read. I hope you'll check it out. I'm proud of it.
#TXHSFB
So far at
#UILState
:
-The 1st female player to score
-A comeback down 21-0
-A 5-foot-3 MVP
-A 40-game win streak ended
-A 53-49 classic
-Coach with a double-lung transplant winning a title
-Player who beat bone cancer taking the final snap
We still have one more day.
#TXHSFB
There are 88 UIL Texas high school football teams that didn’t get to sleep in on Thanksgiving because they had to go to practice, and 1,162 teams that wish they could.
#TXHSFB
I think it is a great show of sportsmanship that both the entire Rangers team AND Astros teams went out to home plate to congratulate Adolis Garcia on his grand slam, we need more of that ❤️❤️❤️
I’m admittedly biased because I’m married to a teacher and the son of a teacher, but when teachers express concerns about opening schools, I think we should listen to them and find solutions instead of saying “IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, QUIT.”
Teachers are not disposable.
Henry Hanes Tepper checked in at the scorer’s table at 5:13pm on Monday, December 3.
-8 pounds, 3 ounces
-21.5 inches
-10 fingers, 10 toes
-Full head of hair
-Hasn’t laughed at any of my jokes
Mom and Hank are doing great. It’s early, but he seems pretty cool.
This is one half of the stadium at a Texas high school football game featuring two teams with a combined enrollment of 427.
#TXHSFB
forever, y'all.
(Thanks to
@BirchumRyan
for the picture)
Next week is the first round of the Texas high school football playoffs.
There are 352 win-or-go-home games.
It’s the largest elimination round of any sport anywhere in the world.
Happy holidays.
#TXHSFB
Say a prayer or hold a thought for Newton coach W.T. Johnston — heard he’s struggling right now.
You may remember him from his unforgettable postgame interview after his Eagles’ state championship win.
#TXHSFB
#UILState
This is one of the most powerful postgame messages you'll ever hear.
Newton Eagles Head Coach W.T. Johnston puts sports in perspective after claiming a Texas High School Football State Championship.
#UILonFOX
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@uiltexas
I'm not afraid to admit that when Altuve led off the 9th with a solo homer to cut the lead to 11-4, I imagined all the ways the Rangers were about to blow an 8-run lead.
It was controversial at the time, but Nick Saban’s strategy to recruit the best players at literally every position for the past six years is paying off.
Ole Miss ran for 390 yards against Texas A&M tonight, the most rushing yards surrendered by the Aggies since Texas — led by Cedric Benson and Vince Young — ran for 393 yards at Kyle Field in 2003.
Max Grafeman Tepper checked in at the scorer’s table at 2:28 a.m. on Sunday, December 5.
-8 pounds, 1 ounce
-19.5 inches
-10 fingers, 10 toes
-A full head of blond hair
-Loves his mom and his big brother Hank, lukewarm on his dad
Mom, Max and Hank are doing great.
Hello, I’m the managing editor of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, and we will not recognize this ruling. UMHB is the 2016 national champion forever. Thank you.
Matthew Stafford (Highland Park) is the third different Texas high school football product to QB his team to Super Bowl win in the last five years (2019, Patrick Mahomes, Whitehouse; 2017, Nick Foles, Austin Westlake).
#TXHSFB
The NFL is in a tough spot. On one hand, they have to cancel this game, no question. There’s no other hand, that’s the whole tweet, thanks for reading.
Allen QB Kyler Murray, 2014 (16 games):
6,213 total yards, 78 total TDs
Mission Veterans Memorial QB Landry Gilpin, 2018 (13 games):
6,383 total yards, 79 total TDs
#TXHSFB
If you’re a Baylor fan who’s disappointed that Matt Rhule left for the NFL, I get it.
If you’re a Baylor fan who’s *angry* that Matt Rhule left for the NFL, I don’t get it.
Via the fine folks over at
@WacoTribSports
: the West Trojans have uniforms that say "The Comma."
As in "West, Texas"
Not "West Texas"
Absolutely brilliant.
#TXHSFB
I know I sound like a broken record, but:
If you have the means, do yourself a favor and come out to AT&T Stadium for at least one day of the Texas high school football state championship games this week.
It’s a singular event. A sports bucket list item.
#TXHSFB
#UILState
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that, contrary to popular demand,
@FOXSportsSW
renewed my contract and I will be back on your television for an eighth season, starting Friday.
#TXHSFB
3pm Saturday, Duncanville-North Shore game will be the first UIL Texas high school football state championship game with two Black head coaches (Reginald Samples, Willie Gaston).
At 7pm, DeSoto-Humble Summer Creek will be the second (Claude Mathis, Kenny Harrison).
#TXHSFB
Shout-out to teachers, who are busting their rear-ends, using technology they just got a crash-course on last week, to give kids an education and also a sense of relative normalcy. MVPs.
China Spring beat Carthage, West Orange-Stark, Cuero and Gilmer in consecutive weeks to win the 4A Division II state championship — four teams that combine for 19 state titles and 36 title game appearances. Incredible.
#TXHSFB
#UILState
I guess the word is out: I’m deeply honored and grateful to be named the Putt Powell Sportswriter of the Year by the Texas High School Coaches Association (
@THSCAcoaches
).
#TXHSFB
Coming tomorrow on Texas Football Today: my interview with new Texas Tech coach
@JoeyMcGuireTTU
.
On his quick rise, his relationship with Sonny Cumbie, leaving Baylor, if he's thrown a tortilla, and carrying the flag for
#TXHSFB
coaches.
#WreckEm
Step 1: College football gets canceled in the fall.
Step 2: U.S. military insists the service academies play.
Step 3: ARMY-NAVY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
And so, it is done — my 9th season with
@DCTF
, and my 7th season with
@FOXSportsSW
is a wrap. It is the great joy of my life to work with such wonderful, passionate people, and cover a sport like Texas high school football. Thanks for reading and watching. You are loved.
#TXHSFB
@celebrityhottub
Our 4-year-old told me he was hungry, and this powerful wave of warm, radiating energy washed over me, as if the sun had finally broken through the morning fog and shone directly on me, as I gleefully told him that I’d never met anyone named Hungry and that I was named Dad.
It's South Dallas Saturday at AT&T Stadium.
11 a.m. — South Oak Cliff vs. Port Neches-Groves
3 p.m. —Duncanville vs. North Shore
7 p.m. — DeSoto vs. Summer Creek/Cibolo Steele
#TXHSFB
Hi! I see you’ve made a Tweet about Lubbock, which is larger than the capitals of Washington, Kansas, Illinois, New Mexico, Delaware, Missouri, Maine, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Kentucky, Alaska, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Vermont.
Coming from a small city, not many people knew about Wolves rookie Jarrett Culver until Texas Tech’s tournament run.
Allow us to formally introduce you:
#UILState
games set:
5A DI: Highland Park v. Manvel
4A DI: Kennedale v. Carthage
4A DII: Pleasant Grove v. WO-S
3A DI: Brock v. Rockdale
3A DII: Gunter v. Newton
2A DI: Mart v. Refugio
2A DII: Muenster v. Tenaha
1A DI: Borden Co v. Jonesboro
1A DII: Balmorhea v. Strawn
#TXHSFB
Saw a very bad tweet that I’m not going to signal-boost, but here’s this:
I work in football alongside a lot of women. They are all wildly talented, exceptionally knowledgeable and supremely professional. If that bothers you, the problem’s on your end. Women belong in sports.
Plano East (5-0) at Allen (5-0), 7 p.m. Friday
The schools combine for 12,006 students (6,664 students for Allen, 5,342 for PESH), making this the largest game by combined enrollment in Texas high school football history.
#TXHSFB
Deeply saddened to hear about the death of Reba Campbell, the wife of
@dctf
founder and editor-in-chief Dave Campbell. Reba and Dave were married for 70 years, and Dave always says that he couldn’t have done what he did without her. Hold a thought or say a prayer, please.
A Texas high school football team — in Class 4A, mind you, the state’s third-largest classification — used a freakin’ helicopter to reveal their new uniforms.
#TXHSFB
, y’all.
Deeply grateful to the Texas High School Coaches Association (
@THSCAcoaches
) for this truly overwhelming honor. I promise I’ll try to live up to this lofty standard.
#TXHSFB
Head Coach Gary Joseph of Katy HS driving the bus to get his team to the scrimmage tonight. Having 11 buses taking the entire program to go play he goes above and beyond to make it happen. No job is too small for him.
How about this: Texas School for the Deaf — playing its first season of six-man football — is headed for the TAPPS Division I state championship game. Remarkable season for coach coach John Moore and the Rangers.
#TXHSFB
To the guys who want to be dads but are unable, have experienced miscarriage, are struggling to conceive, et al: you are not alone. It sucks, and days like today can be tough, but there are many, many more of us that have been through it than you may realize. Thinking of y'all.
As the 2018
#TXHSFB
season comes to a close, I know I speak for everyone
@DCTF
(and I think I speak for everyone who covers this sport) when I say:
Texas high school football coaches are the real MVP. We couldn’t do what we do without them. Thank y’all, truly.
#txhsfbMediaMafia