Texas High School Football Playoffs Open Thursday: Westlake Hosts Buda Hays, Cedar Park Gets Waller at Gupton
The UIL bi-district round runs Thursday through Saturday. Westlake and Cedar Park headline the Austin area's Thursday openers, and Friday brings Lake Travis, Bowie against Round Rock, Vandegrift, Hutto and Dripping Springs.
AUSTIN — The Texas high school football playoffs open Thursday, November 12, and two Austin-area powers start a night early. Westlake (9-1) hosts Buda Hays (6-4) at 7 p.m. Thursday at Chaparral Stadium in Class 6A Division II, and Cedar Park faces Waller at 7 p.m. Thursday at Gupton Stadium, also in 6A Division II.
The area's third Thursday game takes Georgetown East View to Richmond, where it faces Fulshear at 7 p.m. at Scherer Stadium. Across the state, nineteen bi-district games kick off Thursday, headlined by unbeaten Allen (10-0) against Hebron and defending 6A Division I champion North Shore (9-1) against Deer Park.
Friday's Austin-area slate is full: Lake Travis hosts Buda Johnson at 7 p.m. at Cavalier Stadium; Austin Bowie meets Round Rock at 7:30 p.m. at Burger Stadium; Austin Vandegrift, the 2024 6A Division II state champion, plays Bridgeland at 7 p.m. at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium; Hutto faces Cypress Ranch (9-1) at 7 p.m. at A&M Consolidated's Tiger Stadium; and Dripping Springs hosts Round Rock Cedar Ridge at 7 p.m. at Tiger Stadium.
The bi-district round runs through Saturday, November 14. Winners advance to the area round on November 19–21, and the road ends with the state championship games December 16–19 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
