Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL replay, highlights from Week 1 (2024)

Mark Champ| Special to Austin American-Statesman

Week 1 of the Texas high school football season is in the books for Central Texas.

Things kicked off in the Austin area Thursday night with a pair of thrillers — Anderson's 57-40 win over McCallum in the Taco Shack Bowl and Weiss' 42-41 double-overtime win over McNeil — and Friday night was punctuated by blowout wins from Lake Travis, Georgetown and Wimberley, while the Vandegrift Vipers recorded a win in the game of the night, at home against Dripping Springs.

SCORE LIST: Texas high school football scores for Week 1

This was our thread for updates across Central Texas:

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How our Austin-area preseason top 10 teams fared

No. 1 Westlake: Riding a 43-game regular-season winning streak after Thursday's 35-14 win over Prosper. The Chaps haven't lost a regular-season game since Oct. 11, 2019, a 26-25 thriller to Lake Travis. Next week: San Benito

No. 2 Lake Travis: Opened with an impressive 51-12 win at Arlington Martin behind Vann Hopping's five touchdown runs. The Cavs went 11-3 last year, falling to District 26-6A rival Westlake in the Class 6A state quarterfinals. Next week: Rockwall

No. 3 Wimberley: The Texans blasted Canyon Lake 46-0, their 26th straight regular-season win. Wimberley hasn't lost in the regular season since Sept. 24, 2021, a 7-0 loss to Alamo Heights. The Texans were Class 4A DII state semifinalists last year. Next week: Fredericksburg

No. 4 Weiss: After spending the last two years in Class 6A, Weiss was moved back to Class 5A and opened Thursday night with a 42-41 double-overtime win over Class 6A McNeil. But the Wolves have a lot of work to do: starting QB Jax Brown, who's committed to New Mexico State, was lost for the season last week with an injury. Next week: at San Marcos

No. 5 Vandegrift: In the area's marquee matchup of the week, the Vipers cruised past Dripping Springs 35-14. It was Vandegrift's 20th straight regular-season win; the Vipers' last loss came to Dripping Springs in 2022 (23-20). Next week: at Cedar Park

No. 6 LBJ: The Jags, back in Class 4A, opened its season against San Antonio Houston. Next week: The Jags are off

No. 7 Liberty Hill: Not a great start to the season. The Texans, who lost a rare four games in 2023 before making a postseason run to the Class 5A DII state semifinals, opened with a 49-26 loss at Cibolo Steele. Next week: Rouse

RELATED: Lake Travis blasts Arlington Martin in season opener behind running back Vann Hopping

MORE: Vandegrift opens with impressive 31-14 win over Dripping Springs

No. 8 Dripping Springs: Another top-10 loss this week. The Tigers had a tough opening-week road trip — at Vandegrift. The Vipers dropped them 35-14. Next week: San Antonio Wagner

No. 9 Cedar Park: The Timberwolves, powered by 2023 Central Texas newcomer of the year Trae Hill at running back, opened at Harker Heights, one of three trips they'll make this season to Killeen. Next week: Vandegrift

No. 10 Georgetown: The Eagles opened with a blowout 54-14 win at home over Victoria East, powered by defense and costly Victoria East turnovers. Next week: at Belton

Central Texas Week 1 final scores, updated

We're almost done with Week 1 around Central Texas. Final scores:

Thursday's scores

Westlake 35, Prosper 14

Anderson 57, McCallum 40

Weiss 42, McNeil 41 (2 OT)

Stony Point 28, East View 22

Hendrickson 14, Belton 0

Friday's scores

Vandegrift 31, Dripping Springs 14

Lake Travis 51, Arlington Martin 12

Georgetown 54, Victoria East 14

Pflugerville 54, Leander 28

Hutto 63, San Marcos 8

Austin High 45, N.B. Canyon 35

Round Rock 22, Killeen Shoemaker 14

Waco Midway 43, Westwood 7

Cibolo Steele 49, Liberty Hill 26

Victoria West 30, Lockhart 7

Vista Ridge 31, Killeen 21

Johnson 28, Cedar Ridge 14

Bastrop 41, Alvin 6

Rouse 57, Connally 10

Manor New Tech 14, LASA 13

Glenn 21, Medina Valley 7

Gatesville 42, Taylor 28

Wimberley 46, Canyon Lake 0

Jarrell 20, Giddings 14

Llano 47, Lytle 0

Lago Vista 23, Burnet 20

Johnson City 34, Granger 20

Lampasas 40, Fredericksburg 21

Thrall 50, Thorndale 29

Final scores are starting to roll in

Vandegrift 31, Dripping Springs 14

Glenn 21, Medina Valley 7

Georgetown 54, Victoria East 14

Johnson 28, Cedar Ridge 14

Lake Travis 51, Arlington Martin 12

Bastrop 41, Alvin 6

Hondo 49, Blanco 40

Jarrell 20, Giddings 14

Johnson City 34, Granger 20

Lago Vista 23, Burnet 20

Victoria West 30, Lockhart 7

Thrall 50, Thorndale 29

NB Christian 63, Achieve 0

Central Texas finals, area updates

Georgetown slams Victoria East: Georgetown ended up playing five quarterbacks as the Eagles coasted to a 54-14 win. The town was set early; the host Eagles scored 30 points before the Titans even ran their second offensive play. Georgetown (1-0) is at Belton next week.

Johnson knocks off Cedar Ridge: No details yet, other than the score — 28-14. Johnson hosts Stony Point next week in a matchup of 1-0's; Cedar Ridge will be at Waco Midway.

Other updates:

∙ Vandegrift is still comfortably ahead of Dripping Springs, leading 31-14 in the fourth quarter.

∙ Travis is shutting out Akins 17-0, also in the fourth.

∙ Cibolo Steele has extended its lead over Liberty Hill to 42-14.

∙ Waco Midway is trouncing Westwood, 43-7.

∙ Round Rock is holding a one-score lead over Killeen Shoemaker, leading 14-7 in the third quarter.

∙ Bowie is leading Manor 37-14.

∙ In the fourth, it's Vista Ridge 24, Killeen 21.

∙ Cedar Park holds a slim 17-14 lead over Harker Heights in the third quarter.

∙ Thrall has opened up a two-score lead over Highway 79 rival Thorndale, up 43-29 in the fourth.

Lake Travis RB has scored 5 touchdowns: area updates

In Arlington, Lake Travis now leads Arlington Martin 51-12 behind running back Vann Hopping, who has picked up his fourth and fifth touchdowns of the night. He's now looking to match Thursday night's performance of Anderson QB Max Gerlich, who accounted for eight total touchdowns against McCallum. After gaining 24 yards on his first eight carries, Hopping has amassed 157 yards in his last five runs.

Also:

∙ San Antonio Houston has gotten on the scoreboard, but LBJ still has a commanding 47-6 lead with six minutes left in the game.

Vann Hopping scores again for Lake Travis: area updates

In Arlington, Lake Travis has added another score as Chaston Ditta hit Josiah Thomas for a 9-yard scoring pass. The Cavs lead Arlington Martin 31-10 with 5:43 left in the 3rd quarter. Vann Hopping scored before that from 34 yards out, his third touchdown run of the game.

In Georgetown, the Eagles have forced their fourth turnover on Andrew Turbin's fumble recovery, and then Jett Walker scored from 62 yards out for his second touchdown of the night. The Eagles are up 54-7 late in the third.

∙ Hutto leads San Marcos 42-8 at the half.

∙ La Grange leads Cameron Yoe 28-20 in the 2nd.

Halftime scores!

Thrall 29, Thorndale 22

Lake Travis 17, Arlington Martin 10

Georgetown 47, Victoria East 0

Cedar Park 17, Harker Heights 7

Vandegrift 31, Dripping Springs 7

Glenn 7, Medina Valley 0

Rouse 36, Connally 3

Pflugerville 33, Leander 14

Hondo 29, Blanco 14

Lago Vista 14, Burnet 12

Victoria West 14, Lockhart 0

Johnson City 14, Granger 14

Round Rock Concordia 24, Leander Founders Classical 22

... and some 2nd quarter scores:

Cibolo Steele 35, Liberty Hill 14

Giddings 14, Jarrell 0

Marble Falls 29 Crockett 0

Travis 7, Akins 0

Central Texas score updates

∙ Georgetown's Jett Walker scored from 47 yards out to increase the Eagles' lead over Victoria East to 47-0. Georgetown has scored on all seven possessions. Walker has rushed for 102 yards in the opening half on just seven carries.

∙ New Braunfels Canyon and Austin High are level at 14-14.

∙ They have reached the half at Vandegrift, as the Vipers hold a 24-point edge over Dripping Springs 31-7.

∙ Cedar Park leads Harker Heights 14-7 in the first.

Lake Travis halftime update

From Jay Plotkin, who's covering the Lake Travis-Arlington Martin game tonight. First-half update:

Walker Moore’s interception late in the second quarter kept the Cavs leading Martin at the half. Moore’s interception of Brooks Brigance and 80-yard return set up a short Braydon Doane field goal to give the Cavaliers a 17-10 lead. Martin’s Brigance kept the Lake Travis defense on its heels early, but the Cavaliers' secondary found its footing in the second quarter. After starting out 4-of-5 for 61 yards and a touchdown, Brigance finished the half completing just one of his final six throws for no yards and and interception.

Vann Hopping has rushed for both Lake Travis touchdowns.

More updates from around the area

∙ Marble Falls has raced out to a 14-0 lead over Crockett in the first.

∙ Regents leads Lorena 9-0 in the second stanza.

∙ Austin High has taken a 14-7 lead over New Braunfels Canyon in the second quarter.

∙ Travis is up 7-0 over Akins in the second.

Lake Travis takes 14-10 lead: area updates

∙ Lake Travis answers an Arlington Martin touchdown with a touchdown of its own as Vann Hopping ran 19 yards up the middle for his second score of the night as the Cavs lead Martin 14-10.

∙ LBJ now leads San Antonio Houston 27-0 with 2:16 in the first.

∙ Hays leads Elgin 10-0 in the first.

∙ At Vandegrift, the Vipers have expanded their lead over Dripping Springs to 28-7 in the second quarter.

∙ Lago Vista is up 14-6 over Burnet in the first.

LBJ, Georgetown, Rouse all up big early: updates

More Austin-area updates:

∙ Playing its first game as a Class 4A squad after two years in Class 5A, LBJ leads San Antonio Houston 14-0.

∙ The opening quarter up in Georgetown can't end soon enough for Victoria East. There's still 55 seconds to play and the Eagles have expanded their lead to 37 points after Max Muniz's improbable touchdown catch off teammate Xavier Warren's back at the goal line. (The Eagles had been called for an illegal formation penalty on their 41-yard field goal try on the previous snap, which forced them to go for it on fourth down.)

∙ Austin High and New Braunfels Canyon are tied 7-7 in the first.

∙ Rouse leads Connally 29-0 in the second quarter, while Glenn is leading Medina Valley 7-0 also in the second.

More Austin-area updates

∙ Rouse has jumped out to a 15-0 second quarter lead over Connally.

∙ Victoria West leads Lockhart 7-0 in the second quarter.

∙ Johnson City leads Granger 7-0 in the first.

∙ In a rivalry game, Thorndale has jumpedout to a 15-8 lead over Thrall.

∙ Lago Vista strikes first as the Vikings lead Burnet 7-0 in the first.

∙ Cameron Yoe is up 7-0 over La Grange.

Austin-area updates

∙ Vandegrift has taken a 14-0 lead over Dripping Springs. That game's at Vandegrift.

∙ In Arlington, Tristan Naifeh's 38-yard field goal has pulled Arlington Martin to within 7-3 of Lake Travis toward the end of the opening quarter.

∙ Georgetown is rolling Victoria East 30-10, having forced three turnovers in the first three minutes.

∙ In private schools, New Braunfels Christian leads Austin achieve 7-0 in the opening stanza.

Georgetown is rolling past Victoria East

Remember when Georgetown was up 8-0. We're still not even through the first quarter and the Eagles are up 22-0 over Victoria East. Georgetown has scored three touchdowns, and after the first two touchdowns the Eagles then recovered fumbles on the kickoffs.

How bad of a start is this for Victoria East? There's 2:12 left in the opening quarter and the Titans have yet to run an offensive play.

Lake Travis goes up early in Arlington

Lake Travis punched in its opening possession, a 1-yard TD run by Vann Hopping. Chaston Ditta was 4 of 5 on the drive, completing short passes on the 47-yard drive. With 8:34 left in the 1st quarter, it's Lake Travis 7, Arlington Martin 0.

Third-and-21? For Georgetown, no biggie

Facing a third-and-21 on Georgetown's own 29-yard line, Xavier Warren electrified the home crowd as he took a pass from Caleb McDougall 71 yards for a touchdown against Victoria East. With 10:56 left in the first quarter, Georgetown is up 8-0.

Lake Travis opens in Arlington

For the third consecutive season, Lake Travis will be opening the season with Arlington Martin.The Cavaliers will be looking to get their passing attack back on track after struggling throwing the ball last season (or at least struggled by Lake Travis standards).

The Cavs are coming off an 11-3 season in 2023 that included an upset over an undefeated Vandegrift squad in the area round of the Class 6A playoffs before bowing out of the postseason with a 21-14 loss to Westlake in the state quarterfinals. Here's our preseason team glance, including three big questions the Cavs are facing this season.

Staff-wise, we all picked the Cavs this week.

Central Texas in the state rankings

Where Austin-area/Central Texas teams are ranked in Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine preseason state rankings:

Class 6A: No. 5 Westlake, No. 8 Lake Travis, No. 24 Vandegrift

Class 5A DI: No. 11 Weiss, No. 18 Cedar Park

Class 5A DII: No. 8 Liberty Hill

Class 4A DI: No. 8 LBJ, No. 17 Lampasas

Class 4A DII: No. 5 Wimberley, No. 25 Lago Vista

Class 3A DII: No. 12 Blanco

Class 2A DII: No. 18 Granger

What happened Thursday night

Anderson tops McCallum again: In a game that saw Anderson QB Max Gerlich throw for 7 TDs and run for another, Anderson outlasted McCallum 57-50 in the annual Taco Shack Bowl at House Park. Gerlich threw for 308 yards and added 138 on the ground, including the TD as the Trojans took their third straight Taco Shack win. We were there; here's Rick Cantu's game story.

Weiss survives McNeil without Brown: Playing without New Mexico State QB commit Jax Brown, Weiss edged McNeil 42-41 in overtime. Brown was lost for the season after suffering a season-ending injury in last week’s scrimmage against Waco University.

A shutout for the Hawks: Hendrickson posted its first shutout since 2019, as the Hawks clipped Belton 14-0.

Eight in a row: Stony Point opened its season with its eighth consecutive season opening win as the Tigers edged East View 28-22.

Westlake's opening statement: Westlake, our No. 1-ranked preseason area team, trailed Prosper 14-13 at halftime before reeling off 22 unanswered points in the second half as the Chaps notched their 43rd consecutive regular-season win, 35-14. Here's our takeaways from the game.

Tonight's Austin-area high school football schedule

These are all nondistrict matchups tonight.

The best game around tonight: Dripping Springs at Vandegrift, 7 p.m. These are both top-10 area preseason teams heading into the season, and both have hopes and expectations of a district title and playoff run. The Vipers probably have the edge, but this should be a good one.

The second-best matchup: Liberty Hill at Cibolo Steele, 7:30 p.m. Too bad this one's not at Liberty Hill. Both programs are traditional playoff powers, so this is a great first-week pairing. It'll give us the first look at the Panthers' rebuilt running game.

Other games on the schedule. We'll publish finals as we get them later:

Lake Travis at Arlington Martin, 7

Victoria East at Georgetown, 7

Leander at Pflugerville, 7

Bowie at Manor, 7:30

San Marcos at Hutto, 7

New Braunfels Canyon at Austin High, 7:30

Killeen Shoemaker at Round Rock, 7:30

Waco Midway at Westwood, 7

Hays at Elgin, 7:30

Killeen Chaparral at Lehman, 7:30

Lockhart at Victoria West, 7

Vista Ridge at Killeen, 7

Johnson at Cedar Ridge, 7:30

Travis at Akins, 7:30

LBJ at San Antonio Houston, 7

Bastrop at Alvin, 7

Connally at Rouse, 7

Crockett at Marble Falls, 7:30

Navarro at Eastside, 7:30

Northeast at St. Andrew's, 7:30

LASA at Manor New Tech, 7:30

Cedar Creek at Del Valle, 7:30

Cedar Park at Harker Heights, 7:30

Glenn at Medina Valley, 7

Gatesville at Taylor, 7:30

Canyon Lake at Wimberley, 7:30

Giddings at Jarrell, 7:30

Smithville at Rockdale, 7:30

Llano at Lytle, 7

Fredericksburg at Lampasas, 7:30

Troy at Salado, 7:30

Thorndale at Thrall, 7

Nixon-Smiley at Luling, 7:30

Florence at Rosebud-Lott, 7:30

Central Texas scores from Thursday night

Westlake 35, Prosper 14

Anderson 57, McCallum 40

Weiss 42, McNeil 41 (2 OT)

Stony Point 28, East View 22

Hendrickson 14, Belton 0

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