High School Sports

Three Words That Can Doom a Texas HS Student’s Varsity Dreams

Inside the state appeals process for UIL students who've been suspended from varsity sports because they transferred "for athletic purposes."

By Jeff Miller

Inside Texas’s State High School BBQ Championship, from Fire Management to Flirting

These teens are the future of Texas barbecue, and they all landed in Llano to compete for scholarship money and recognition as the best young pitmasters in the state.

By Jennifer Simonson

Sabbath Conflict for Jewish HS Basketball Team’s Tournament Game

The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools has refused to let Beren Academy, an Orthodox Jewish day school, reschedule its semifinal playoff game from Friday night, which falls during the Jewish Sabbath.  

By Jason Cohen

Dave Stephenson

If you think high school sports are too slick, too big-time, or too professional, just wait. When this Ohio transplant has his way—and he will—they’re going to get slicker, bigger, and much more pro. Stephenson, the former president of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, founded Titus Sports Marketing in 2003. The

By Texas Monthly

Shoot a Basketball

With high school basketball playoffs just around the bend, our thoughts turned to the mechanics of the game—and so we called head boys coach Robert Hughes of Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, whose lifetime record of 1,082-192 makes him the fourth-winningest coach in the country. A two-time All-American at

By Evan Smith

Of Mats and Men

At the 1995 state high school wrestling championships, pinning wasn’t everything. It was the only thing.

By Dan Cichalski

Hero Worship

By Texas Monthly

Halftime Heroes

The bright-eyed, pink-cheeked cream of Texas youth aren’t scrambling on the football field. They’re playing in the high school band.

By W. L. Taitte