DeSoto won in 2012, 2016 and 2023 — on the way to a Class 6A Division 2 title. Southlake won in 2017, 2018 and 2019. A win would send DeSoto to its fourth state finals and they have won in all 3 appearances. Southlake has been to the finals 11 times and are 8-3 in those games, but lost in last year’s finals to Austin Vandegrift.

Four Austin-area Class 6A teams are still alive, and two of them face off against each other. Vandegrift and San Marcos meet in a 6A-DII Region IV semifinal at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Guyer has been able to break through to make two state championship appearances, in 2019 and 2021, but hasn’t won a state title in Class 6A. Still, Guyer has a really talented and deep program. With the stars aligned and a few individual stars, the Wildcats have a program that could definitely compete for titles in the future.

Coppell will start the opening drive of the game at the 25-yard line. Coppell punts on its opening drive. North Crowley will start its first drive at the 35-yard line. FUMBLE RECOVERED BY COPPELL! Coppell’s Anthony Lewis stripped Pryce Demerson in the ...