Westlake Opens the Texas Playoffs Thursday Night: the Chaps Host Buda Hays at Chaparral Stadium
The road to AT&T Stadium starts in Austin on Thursday night. Westlake, 9-1, hosts Buda Hays at 7 p.m. in a Class 6A Division II bi-district game, the first of the Austin area's playoff weekend.
AUSTIN - The Texas high school football playoffs open Thursday night, Nov. 12, and Austin gets one of the first kickoffs in the state: Westlake (9-1) hosts Buda Hays Consolidated (6-4) at 7 p.m. at Chaparral Stadium in a Class 6A Division II, Region IV bi-district game, according to Dave Campbell's Texas Football's playoff schedule. It is a scheduled game, not a result - the Sports Desk files tonight's final after the game, inside Friday's high school roundup.
Westlake is one of the headliners of the UIL's opening night. HS Football Nation's bracket coverage counts 19 games across Texas on Thursday, led by Allen (10-0), defending champion North Shore (9-1) and Westlake (9-1) - company that tells Austin readers exactly where the Chaps sit in the state's opening-round picture. Win Thursday, and Westlake moves to the area round next week; lose, and a 9-1 season ends on its own field.
The rest of the Austin area's bi-district weekend plays Friday. Lake Travis meets Buda Johnson at 7 p.m. Friday at Cavalier Stadium in Class 6A Division I - Dave Campbell's lists Lake Travis at 5-3 and Johnson at 4-6 - while Austin Vandegrift travels to meet Bridgeland at 7 p.m. Friday at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium and Austin Bowie hosts Round Rock at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Burger Stadium, according to the bracket pages read this cycle.
The bi-district round runs through Saturday, and the postseason ends where it always ends: AT&T Stadium, on Dec. 16-19, on the UIL state schedule. For Westlake, that road runs through Chaparral Stadium first, under Thursday-night lights. Kickoff is 7 p.m.
