Jerry’s “All-In” On 3-For-1 Free Agent Deals

In the words of Dak Prescott, “Here we go!!!”

NFL Free Agency kicks off Monday at 11 a.m. Dallas time.  That’s when teams can start negotiations with free agent players. 

So, we are about to find out what Jerry Jones means when he says he is “all-in” on making the Cowboys a better football team this year.  

We already have a pretty good idea what Jerry intends to do based on the bread crumbs he sprinkled on the floor of the Cowboys bus when he held his annual Scouting Combine “State of the Cowboys” press briefing in Indianapolis 10 days ago. 

“You could have a free agent,” Jones said, “and that free agent would cost you as much as three other players would cost you. Well, we’re going to be all-in with the three other players.”

To illustrate Jerry’s 3-for-1 all-in philosophy, take the case of 8-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Tyron Smith, who is getting a taste of free agency for the first time in his 14-year career.  

Let’s say Tyron gets an offer of $9 million per year from another team.  It sounds like Jerry would rather have 3 players who average $3 million per year.  

Those 3 players could be a 1st round draft pick (24th overall) like Amarius Mims of Georgia, who would carry a salary cap hit of just under $3 million, plus a veteran free agent OT like Donovan Smith, who made $3 million last year in Kansas City, plus a veteran free agent center like Evan Brown, who made $2.25 million last year in Seattle.

There is some logic in Jerry’s definition of all-in — especially in the case of 33-year old Tyron Smith, who has missed 55% (36 of 66) of the games the Cowboys have played the last 4 years.

So, that’s what we can expect from Jerry.  However, it will be intriguing how much money he is willing to spend on a running back.  There is much speculation linking Derrick Henry to Dallas. But that might make too much sense.

Another pressing issue this week is the status of WR Michael Gallup, who has been given permission to seek a trade.  Unless he takes a pay cut, the Cowboys are likely to cut Gallup with a post-June 1st designation which would save $9.5 million on the salary cap this year.  However, that cap money would not become available until June.

We will keep you posted on the comings and goings as they happen this week.  In the meantime, “Here we go!”

Here are the Cowboys 16 Unrestricted Free Agents:

RB Tony Pollard

RB Rico Dowdle

OT Tyron Smith

C Tyler Biadasz

OT Chuma Edoga

TE Sean McKeon

CB Stephon Gilmore

CB Jourdan Lewis

CB C. J. Goodwin

CB Noah Igbinoghine

S Jayron Kearse

DE Dorance Armstrong

DE Dante Fowler

DT Johnathan Hankins

DT Neville Gallimore

LS Trent Sieg

Perfect PESH Erases State Title Demon

30 years after the most devastating loss in school history when 2nd-ranked Plano East lost to eventual state champion Tyler John Tyler 48-44 in 1994, spoiling the greatest football comeback ever …

https://youtu.be/ZHkABO0VwCg?si=WCNYbeoz9eLEMEAE

Finally, Plano East has a State Champion! A 40-0 perfect basketball season!

The first state championship in any sport in school history was executed much like the other 39 wins this season. The Panthers play suffocating team defense and execute nearly flawlessly on offense. The bulk of the team has played together since grade school in Plano, and it showed in a 53-41 win over Round Rock Stony Point in the Class 6A State Championship game at the Alamodome on Saturday night.

Junior D. J. Hall, the only player on the team with a D1 scholarship offer, scored 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Jordan Mizell added 8 points and 8 boards, and 6-3 Senior Narit Chotikavanic is a name college coaches need to learn how to spell, and how to contact. He appears to be a heady player with athleticism and an all around game that translates to the next level.

DFW swept state titles in the 4 of the 6 classifications with #1 Lancaster dominating Killeen Ellison, 59-30, for the 5A title as 6-9 Dillon Battie, who will follow in his father Derrick’s footsteps at Temple and also wins state just like his dad did at South Oak Cliff three decades ago. Battie had 17 points and 19 rebounds and, at this rate, just might play 14 years in the NBA like his uncle Tony Battie did.

In Class 4A, Oak Cliff Faith & Family won its 3rd straight state title, 80-66, over Silsbee as Isaac Williams scored 32 points, connecting on all 14 of his field goal attempts.

Lipan won its 2nd straight Class 2A championship, 47-36, over Shelbyville as the coach’s son, Freshman Court Gaylor, scored 23 points, going 5-of-11 from beyond the arc.

The only area team to fall on Saturday was Class 3A Ponder, which had a 48-41 lead with 5 minutes left but was outscored 12-1 down the stretch and lost to Hitchcock, 53-49.

Here’s a recap of State Semifinal games in San Antonio:

6-5 Junior D. J. Hall led a balanced Plano East attack, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds as the unbeaten, #1 ranked Panthers beat Mansfield Lake Ridge, 61-45, in the Class 6A State Semifinals Friday night at the Alamodome. PESH will try to complete a perfect 40-0 season in the 6A State Championship game Saturday night against 2nd-ranked Round Rock Stony Point (38-1), which features 6-6 Josiah Moseley, the #1 ranked Senior in Texas who signed with Villanova. Stony Point’s only loss of the season came against Plano East, 55-50, in the championship game of the Whataburger Tournament on December 30. The stakes are quite a bit higher in this championship game.

Plano East is one of five DFW teams who will play in state title games on Saturday. In Class 4A, Oak Cliff Faith Family is looking for its 3rd straight state championship while Class 2A Lipan advanced to the finals after surviving an overtime game against New Home, in which a potential game winning buzzer beater was overturned after a video review.

6-9 Senior Dillon Battie scored 13 points Thursday night as #1 ranked Lancaster pulled away in the 4th quarter to defeat #5 Amarillo, 44-31, and advance to the Class 5A State Championship Game to be played Saturday afternoon in San Antonio against #10 Killeen Ellison. Battie, who will follow in his father Derrick Battie’s footsteps and play college basketball at Temple University, now tries to duplicate what his dad did at South Oak Cliff more than 3 decades ago — win a state championship. Dillon Battie’s uncle, Tony Battie, also played at SOC before starring at Texas Tech and playing 14 years in the NBA.

Class 3A Ponder advances to its 1st state title game in 10 years by defeating Holliday, 62-46, Thursday afternoon.

Top-ranked Plano East (38-0) tries to keep its perfect season going on Friday night in the Class 6A State Semifinals against Mansfield Lake Ridge. In Class 4A, #1 ranked Oak Cliff Faith Family plays its semifinal game Friday afternoon against Stafford. The Friday schedule tips off at 8:30am when 2nd-ranked Lipan meets New Home in a Class 2A semifinal.

Boys High School Basketball

STATE FINALS

Class 6A

#1 Plano East (40-0) 53, #2 Round Rock Stony Point (38-2) 41

🏀PESH: D. J. Hall 18 Stony Point: Josiah Moseley (Villanova) 18🏀

Class 5A

#1 Lancaster (30-5) 59, 10 Killeen Ellison (35-6) 30

🏀Lancaster: Dillon Battie 17 points, 19 rebounds🏀

Class 4A

#1 Oak Cliff Faith Family (25-11) 80, #6 Silsbee (29-10) 66

🏀F&F: Isaac Williams 32, Doryan Onwuchekwa 19 points, 14 rebounds🏀

Class 3A

#1 Hitchcock (34-3) 53, #6 Ponder (37-7) 49

🏀Ponder: Max Hutcherson 19🏀

Class 2A

#2 Lipan (36-4) 47, #13 Shelbyville (29-8) 36

🏀Lipan: Court Gaylor 23🏀

Class 1A

#2 Jayton (38-3) 60, #3 Benjamin (24-2) 53

STATE SEMIFINALS

Class 6A

#1 Plano East (39-0) 61, #14 Mansfield Lake Ridge (32-7) 45

🏀PESH: D. J. Hall 15, Jordan Mizell 13, Lake Ridge: Amir McMillian 18🏀

#2 Round Rock Stony Point (38-1) 54, #9 Beaumont United (34-4) 46

🏀Stony Point: Josiah Moseley 19, Uzziah Buntyn 19🏀

Class 5A

#10 Killeen Ellison (35-5) 59, #2 San Antonio Veterans Memorial (40-2) 47

#1 Lancaster (29-5) 44, #5 Amarillo (33-5) 31

🏀Lancaster: Dillon Battie 13, Deontrell Barrett 13🏀

Class 4A

#6 Silsbee (29-9) 75, #3 Canyon Randall (34-4) 68

#1 Oak Cliff Faith Family (24-11) 59, #11 Stafford (25-7) 40

🏀Faith Family: Isaac Williams 19, Jazz Henderson 13🏀

Class 3A

#6 Ponder (37-6) 62, #8 Holliday (34-3) 46

🏀Ponder: Carter Eddy 18, Max Hutcherson 15🏀

#1 Hitchcock (33-3) 57, #3 San Antonio Cole (32-10) 40

Class 2A

#2 Lipan (35-4) 40, #17 New Home (31-8) 39 (OT)

🏀Lipan: Court Gaylor 27🏀

#13 Shelbyville (28-8) 67, Thrall (30-6) 52

Class 1A

#3 Benjamin (24-1) 75, #8 Gordon (21-7) 58

#2 Jayton (37-3) 65, #12 Fayetteville (32-6) 26

Southlake Soccer Sensation Turns Pro

Two years ago, Kennedy Fuller was the leader of the Southlake Carroll “Fab Five Freshmen” who all started for the State Champion Lady Dragon Soccer team.  Fuller scored a hat trick in the state title game, earning MVP honors.

Fast forward 23 months, and on Wednesday in Los Angeles, 16-year old Kennedy Fuller became a professional soccer player, signing a 3-year contract with Angel City FC of the National Women’s Soccer League.

https://youtu.be/WFIhfb1BSGw?si=JUuRMOCd2QuDkvNk

It’s the culmination of a two-year period that has seen Fuller emerge as the #1 ranked young women’s soccer star in the United States.

Fuller was the Captain of the U.S. Youth National Team, scoring 8 goals in a run to the U-17 CONCACAF Tournament Championship last month, winning the Golden Boot Award.

Two years ago, Fuller scored 9 goals as the top player on the U-15 CONCACAF Tournament Championship team, the Golden Ball and Golden Boot winner.

In between, Fuller earned Gatorade National Player of the Year honors as a Sophomore, scoring 55 goals playing alongside her sister, Kamden, on a Southlake Carroll team that fell short of the state tournament.  

The Lady Dragons fell short only because Fuller and teammate Zoe Matthews were unable to play for their high school team in the UIL regional tournament.  That’s because they were representing their country, playing for the U-16 Youth National Team that won the prestigious Mondial Montaigu Tournament in France, in which Fuller earned MVP honors.

By this time a year ago, Kennedy Fuller’s soccer career was racing warp speed ahead.  She committed to play collegiately for 21-time NCAA Champion North Carolina.  She won ECNL All-America honors playing for Dallas-based Solar SC, the #1 soccer club in the nation.  

Having played internationally in places like The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and the Czech Republic, her days of playing for the Carroll Lady Dragons in places like Keller, Trophy Club, Haslet, Burleson, and Cleburne became numbered.

Kennedy re-classified to the graduating class of 2024, signing with North Carolina a year early, in November.  And, upon signing an NIL deal with Nike last fall, she decided to graduate from Carroll Senior High in just 2 ½ years.

Thus, Kennedy was able to spend the first part of this “semester” leading the U-17 USYNT to the CONCACAF title in Toluca, Mexico. She has also spent time the past year training with professional teams in the NWSL and attended the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia with her family last summer.

All of that in preparation for the decision announced this week.  Kennedy Fuller elects to forego her college career and go straight from 2 ½ years of high school to the pros with Angel City FC, which begins its season next week.

“Graduating in two and a half years, I wouldn’t have even thought about that as a freshman,” Kennedy told me Wednesday from her hotel room in Los Angeles, where she spent the latter part of the day furniture shopping with her dad. 

“God’s timing is always right, and He led me to my decision.  And the support from Southlake and Solar, and my family and friends has been awesome.”

All of this prior to her 17th birthday, which is Saturday.  So, how will she spend it?

“We have a couple of scrimmages, so I’m hoping to score a couple of birthday goals!”

Should be simple enough for this Southlake teenage soccer sensation who has far surpassed every goal she has ever set before.

New Dad Dak Set To Become NFL’s Highest Paid Player

Dak Prescott has lots of reasons to be thankful!

On Monday, not only did he reveal he’s now a Dad (daughter MJ’s a Leap Year Baby born last Thursday, February 29), but he also said he’s “definitely confident” that he will have a new contract soon.

That’s because both he and Jerry Jones know it needs to get done for the Cowboys to do business when the NFL’s new year starts next Wednesday.

Something has to happen with Dak’s $59 million cap hit, and the easiest way to fix that, coming off the best year of Prescott’s career in which he threw a league leading 36 TD passes, is to go ahead and make him the highest paid player in NFL history. Something to the tune of a 5-year, $285 million extension ($57 million average per year) is what to expect.

That is a $2 million per year increase over the last “highest paid player of all-time” signing last September — Joe Burrow.

Here are the most recent QB mega-million dollar signings:

• 9/7/23 — Joe Burrow, Bengals — 5 years, $275 million ($55 million per year)

• 7/26/23 — Justin Herbert, Chargers — 5 years, $262.5 million ($52.5m)

• 5/4/23 — Lamar Jackson, Ravens — 5 years, $260 million ($52m)

• 4/18/23 — Jalen Hurts, Eagles — 5 years, $255 million ($51m)

• 9/1/22 — Russell Wilson, Broncos — 5 years, $245 million ($49m)

Denver is now biting the bullet on Wilson’s deal, cutting the 35-year old 9-time Pro Bowler after two seasons in which he had an 11-19 record. The Broncos are now absorbing an $85 million salary cap hit over the course of the next two years for their mistake.

Wilson’s contract is an example of the risk involved in committing this kind of money to one player. But it’s the price of doing quarterback business in the NFL. And, if Jerry Jones is committed to being “all in” in 2024, the Dak deal needs to be done now so that the Cowboys can do business next week.

Duncanville, Frisco Liberty Strike Gold Again

The Duncanville Pantherettes won their 12th Girls Basketball State Championship and 5th in the last 12 years with a 59-41 win over South Grand Prairie in a game marred by 47 foul calls, 24 of them in the 1st half. SGP led, 18-17, at the half but Duncanville took control of the game in the 3rd quarter as Mariah Clayton scored 19 points with 9 rebounds.

In Class 5A, Sophomore Jacy Abii scored 30 points and grabbed 12 boards as 2nd-ranked Frisco Liberty won its 2nd straight state title, coming from behind in the 2nd half to knock off top-ranked Mansfield Timberview, which finished the season with a 40-2 record.

Semifinals: South Grand Prairie Junior Taylor Barnes continued her torrid postseason pace, scoring 24 points with 12 rebounds, as SGP beat San Antonio Brennan, 53-42, on Friday night at the Alamodome to advance to the Class 6A Girls Basketball State Championship game against Duncanville.

The Pantherettes, in search of their 12th girls hoops state title, needed overtime to beat Houston Summer Creek, 39-31, as Mariah Clayton led the way with 18 points.

So, it will be an All-DFW Championship Game in both Class 6A and 5A on Saturday in San Antonio. The 5A title game figures to be an epic clash between the top two ranked teams in the state, #1 Mansfield Timberview and #2 Frisco Liberty, the defending 5A state champ led by Sophomore sensation Jacy Abii, the top ranked 2026 recruit in Texas, if not the nation.

Girls High School Basketball

STATE FINALS (Alamodome)

Class 6A

#5 Duncanville (35-4) 59, #7 South Grand Prairie (32-4) 41

🏀Duncanville: Mariah Clayton 19 points, 9 rebounds SGP: Taylor Barnes 14🏀

Class 5A

#2 Frisco Liberty (34-7) 60, #1 Mansfield Timberview (40-2) 51

🏀Liberty: Jacy Abii 30 points, 12 rebounds, Timberview: Emilee Jones 23🏀

Class 4A

#2 Waco La Vega (32-11) 45, #8 Canyon (30-7) 36

STATE SEMIFINALS (Alamodome)

Class 6A

#5 Duncanville (34-4) 39, #3 Humble Summer Creek (35-4) 31 (OT)

🏀Duncanville: Mariah Clayton 18🏀

#7 South Grand Prairie (32-3) 53, #6 San Antonio Brennan (32-4) 42

🏀SGP: Taylor Barnes 24 points, 12 rebounds🏀

Class 5A

#2 Frisco Liberty (33-7) 66, #5 Richmond Randle (30-9) 31

🏀Liberty: Jacy Abii 17 points, 18 rebounds, 8 assists🏀

#1 Mansfield Timberview (40-1) 67, Cedar Park (27-12) 45

🏀TView: Kamryn Wilson 13 points, 12 rebounds, Brooklyn Terry 13 points🏀

Class 4A

#2 Waco La Vega (31-11) 65, #9 Dallas Lincoln (30-4) 60 (2OT)

#8 Canyon (30-6) 53, #5 Boerne (34-5) 39

Rangers Rookie Evan Carter: Playing With A Peace, A Passion, & A Purpose

Back in early September, the Rangers 2023 playoff hopes were circling the drain.   The team had fallen to 3rd place in the American League West after being swept 3 games at home by the 1st place Astros by a combined score of 39-10.

That’s when, out of desperation, 1st year Rangers GM Chris Young called up 21-year old Evan Carter from the minor leagues.

What a genius General Manager move!

“I was the one holding off,” Young said. “I thought it would be a little unfair to Evan to call him up with the team struggling so much.  If he didn’t do well, was that going to put too much pressure on Evan?”

Did Evan ever do well!  In 23 regular season games, Carter hit .306 with 5 home runs and 10 extra base hits.

In the playoffs, Carter hit .300 with a major league record 9 postseason doubles while hitting 3rd in the batting order in the World Series.

“Unbelievable.  At 21, I couldn’t cook a meal,” said 33-year old veteran journeyman Travis Jankowski. “He’s going out there in a World Series with a month of service time under his belt and helping us win games.  That shows you the type of player he is.  He’s going to make a name for himself in this game for sure.”

“I don’t think I’ve seen anyone like Evan,” said Rangers 3rd base coach Tony Beasley, who has spent 35 years in professional baseball. “To be so disciplined at a young age and to have his life in order at such a young age, and to be able to let that translate on the baseball field.”

Just as impressive as his play on the field was how Carter handled the potential distractions off the field.  Showing maturity beyond his years, Carter was even the choice of the Rangers media relations department to handle many of the pre-game press conferences during the playoffs.

“Evan has a slow heartbeat in all situations,” Beasley said, “and there’s no scenario that he’s been put in thus far that he hasn’t answered the call.”

Carter believes his inner peace comes from keeping things in perspective.

“Everything in life is bigger than baseball,” Carter said, “I’m getting to play a game that I love for a job. It doesn’t get much better than that. Where’s the pressure? There shouldn’t be any. You should be out there having fun, playing with your friends, playing for your teammates. No matter the stage, it doesn’t change. 

“That doesn’t take away from me wanting to win. I always want to win, and I always want to be the best that I can be. But at the same time there are more important things going on in your life with family and faith.”

Evan doesn’t just speak about his faith.  He wears it on his T-shirt.  The “Jesus Won” T-shirt he wore all season became a phenomenon during the Rangers postseason run.  It turned into an outreach project for his hometown of Elizabethton, Tennessee.

“Gosh, my wife (Kaylen) came up with that,” Carter said. “It’s still going on.  We’ve raised over $100,000 and that’s straight from T-shirt sales.  We’re getting to help my local church, helping kids get meals and providing clothes and toys at holidays.  We got to help the FCA. We helped to build a batting facility at our high school that the whole county will get to use.  It’s been a really good thing.”

Another really good thing in Elizabethton came in November when the town of 14,000 celebrated their World Series hero on “Evan Carter Day”.

“Oh gosh.  It was really cool just to see people I grew up with, people who had supported me.”

But Evan is not the most famous athlete who’s come out of Elizabethton, Tennessee.  That honor belongs to former Dallas Cowboy 11-time Pro Bowler Jason Witten.

Evan says he met Jason a long time ago when Witten was inducted into the Elizabethton High School Hall of Fame, alongside Evan’s father, Jason Carter.

The connection between Witten and Carter doesn’t stop there.  Witten says Jason Carter played football at Elizabethton High School for Dave Rider, the former Cowboy’s grandfather.  And, before focusing on baseball, Evan played football for Elizabethton Head Coach Shawn Witten, Jason’s brother.

“I’m pulling for him,” Witten said. “Great player, but what’s even more special is everything I hear about him, he’s just a first class person as well.”

You have a feeling that some day Evan Carter will be joining his Dad and Witten in the hometown hall of fame.  Evan was a pitcher and outfielder for the Class 2A State Semifinalist Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones five years ago.

Carter is cut from the same cloth as Witten, who made his Cowboys debut at age 21, playing 16 years in Dallas and earning NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year honors in 2013 for his work in the community.

Evan is already investing in the North Texas community.  Before departing for spring training, he conducted a youth baseball camp at Fort Worth Christian School and spoke about his faith in front of over 2,000 men at Prestonwood Baptist Church in January.

Evan said, “I was probably more nervous talking in front of them than I was actually playing.”

“Number one, he has his life in order,” Beasley said.  “He’s one of those guys as well that professes his faith publicly. He’s a believer and I just think there’s a foundation there that he knows exactly who he is.” 

Carter explains, “When God puts a passion on your heart, to be able to use that passion to spread what you believe in. That’s what it’s all about.  Especially with the playoffs, there wasn’t a bigger platform in sports at that moment, and I was just super thankful that I got to share.” 

At the tender age of 21, Evan Carter made the most of his 1st major league moments, and Rangers fans are super thankful for that.  

He now embarks on a blossoming big league career that appears to have no limit,  So, what does he do for an encore in 2024?

“We’ve got to do it again. It’s a rare thing to do it again, but everybody looked at us last year and said, ‘Well, there’s no way.’ So, why not do it again?” 

https://youtu.be/ApHGNqCOcMA?feature=shared

DFW Boys Hoops Playoff Results/Schedule

Boys High School Basketball

STATE FINALS

Class 6A

— 8:30pm, Saturday, Alamodome

Class 5A

#1 Lancaster (29-5) vs #10 Killeen Ellison (35-5) — 3:00pm, Saturday, Alamodome

Class 4A

— 7:00pm, Saturday, Alamodome

Class 3A

#1 Hitchcock (33-3) vs #6 Ponder (37-6) — 10:00am, Saturday, Alamodome

Class 2A

— 2:00pm, Saturday, Alamodome

Class 1A

#2 Jayron (37-3) vs #3 Benjamin (24-1) — 8:30am, Saturday, Alamodome

STATE SEMIFINALS

Class 6A

#1 Plano East (38-0) vs #14 Mansfield Lake Ridge (32-6) — 7:00, Friday, Alamodome

#2 Round Rock Stony Point (37-1) vs #9 Beaumont United (34-3) — 8:30, Friday, Alamodome

Class 5A

#10 Killeen Ellison (35-5) 59, #2 San Antonio Veterans Memorial (40-2) 47

#1 Lancaster (29-5) 44, #5 Amarillo (33-5) 31

🏀Lancaster: Dillon Battie 13, Deontrell Barrett 13🏀

Class 4A

#3 Canyon Randall (34-3) vs #6 Silsbee (28-9) — 1:30, Friday, Alamodome

#1 Oak Cliff Faith Family (23-11) vs #11 Stafford (25-6) — 3:00, Friday, Alamodome

Class 3A

#6 Ponder (37-6) 62, #8 Holliday (34-3) 46

🏀Ponder: Carter Eddy 18, Max Hutcherson 15🏀

#1 Hitchcock (33-3) 57, #3 San Antonio Cole (32-10) 40

Class 2A

#2 Lipan (34-4) vs #17 New Home (31-7) — 8:30am, Friday, Alamodome

Thrall (30-5) vs #13 Shelbyville (28-7) — 10am, Friday, Alamodome

Class 1A

#3 Benjamin (24-1) 75, #8 Gordon (21-7) 58

#2 Jayton (37-3) 65, #12 Fayetteville (32-6) 26

Regional Finals

Class 6A Region I

#1 Plano East (38-0) 76, #13 Keller (30-6) 60

🏀PESH: D. J. Hall 31🏀

Class 6A Region II

#14 Mansfield Lake Ridge (32-6) 48, Rockwall (21-15) 39

Class 5A Region I

#5 Amarillo (33-4) 51, #4 El Paso Chapin (34-5) 40

Class 5A Region II

#1 Lancaster (28-5) 42, #9 The Colony (31-6) 39

🏀Lancaster: Dillon Battie 22 points, 10 rebounds🏀

Regional Semifinals

Class 6A Region I

#13 Keller (30-5) 63, Lewisville (31-5) 52

🏀Keller: Steven Ramirez 26🏀

#1 Plano East (37-0) 57, Haslet Eaton (26-9) 30

🏀PESH: D. J. Hall 18🏀

Class 6A Region II

Rockwall (21-14) 51, Aldine Nimitz (25-13) 39

🏀Rockwall: Mason Shephard 17🏀

#14 Mansfield Lake Ridge (31-6) 68, Cypress Ranch (26-12) 56

Class 5A Region I

#5 Amarillo (36-4) 56, #7 Mansfield Summit (27-9) 35

#4 El Paso Chapin (34-4) 48, Colleyville Heritage (29-7) 41

Class 5A Region II

#9 The Colony (31-5) 60, #17 Longview (32-5) 58

🏀The Colony: Jakari Spear 31🏀

#1 Lancaster (27-5) 74, #8 Frisco Lone Star (32-4) 51

🏀Lancaster: Dillon Battie 23 points, 19 rebounds🏀

Regional Quarterfinals

Class 6A Region I

#13 Keller (29-5) 71, #3 North Crowley (32-4) 66

🏀Keller: Steven Ramirez 28, North Crowley: Kamoni Sieber 18 🏀

Lewisville (31-4) 63, Dallas Jesuit (24-10) 59

🏀Lewisville: Rakai Crawford 22, Landon Brown 18, Jesuit: Michael Grant 25🏀

Haslet Eaton (26-8) 57, #25 Wolfforth Frenship (28-6) 54 (OT)

#1 Plano East (36-0) 79 #10 Allen (32-6) 52

🏀PESH: D. J. Hall 17, Xavier Miller 17🏀

Class 6A Region II

Rockwall (20-14) 54, Wylie East (19-9) 51

🏀Rockwall: Mason Shephard 21, D’Von Turner 15, East: Parker Overstreet 16, A. J. Overstreet 15🏀

Aldine Nimitz (25-12) 44, Grand Oaks (23-16) 42

#14 Mansfield Lake Ridge (30-6) 78, #12 Waxahachie (23-11) 63

Cypress Ranch (26-11) 59, #20 The Woodlands College Park (33-5) 52

Class 5A Region I

#5 Amarillo (32-4) 61, El Paso Andress (20-13) 32

#7 Mansfield Summit (27-8) 50, Denton Ryan (22-10) 28

🏀Summit: Theo Brannan 13, Derrick Brown 13🏀

#4 El Paso Chapin (33-4) 30, #15 Amarillo Palo Duro (23-7) 29

Colleyville Heritage (29-6) 40, White Settlement Brewer (30-6) 39

Class 5A Region II

#9 The Colony (30-5) 61, #11 Dallas W. T. White (25-7) 59

🏀The Colony: Dakari Spear 21, Brice Dixon 20, White: Jonathan Price 16🏀

#17 Longview (32-4) 50, Crandall (20-16) 49

#8 Frisco Lone Star (32-3) 54, 20 Dallas South Oak Cliff (18-11) 45

#1 Lancaster (26-5) 75, Nacogdoches (24-12) 52