It’s time for the 25th annual Dave Campbell’s Texas 7-on-7 State Championships. The tournament, featuring 128 teams, will start Thursday with pool play and wrap-up on Saturday in College Station.
Six teams (No. 15 DeSoto, No. 31 Westlake, No. 167 Dripping Springs, No. 177 Lake Travis, No. 200 North Crowley, No. 208 Shadow Creek, No. 287 Byron Nelson) that finished 2022 ranked in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football, are in Division 1. There are two HSFA 300 teams — No. 232 Carthage and No. 241 China Spring — in Division 2.
DeSoto, which won the ‘22 Class 6A Division II state crown in December, is the defending Division 1 champ. The Eagles also won the 7-on-7 crown in 2011.
2022 Division 2 champ Hitchcock and Division 3 champ Miles are also back to defend their titles.
The top two teams in each Division 1 pool will go into the championship bracket that will be played on Saturday. Divisions 2 and 3 will play their single-elimination championship bracket on Friday.
Below is each pool.
Division 1
Pool A – Jordan (Katy), Lake Dallas, Odessa, Weiss (Pflugerville)
Pool B – Cy Falls, PSJA North, San Marcos, Timber Creek (Keller)
Pool C – Abilene, Clear Springs, Rudder (Bryan), Round Rock
Pool D – Bryan, Midlothian Heritage, Waller, Weslaco
Pool E – Arlington Seguin, College Park (Woodlands), Corpus Christi Miller, DeSoto
Pool F – Lake Belton, McAllen Rowe, McKinney, Pearland Dawson
Pool G – Barbers Hill, College Station, Everman, Marcus (Flower Mound)
Pool H – Byron Nelson (Trophy Club), Coppell, Hightower (Fort Bend), Vista Ridge (Cedar Park)
Pool I – A&M Consolidated, Crandall, Eaton (Haslet), Klein Cain
Pool J – Arlington Lamar, Houston Lamar, PSJA, Wylie East
Pool K – Manvel, North Crowley, San Antonio Johnson, Westwood (Round Rock)
Pool L – Buda Johnson, Cy Creek, North Forney, United South, Laredo)
Pool M – Eastlake (El Paso), Red Oak, Tompkins (Katy), Westlake (Austin)
Pool N – Eastwood (El Paso), Lake Travis, Shadow Creek (Alvin), Wakeland (Frisco)
Pool O – Arlington, San Antonio Jay, Sherman, Willis
Pool P – Coronado (Lubbock), Dripping Springs, Pearce (Richardson), The Woodlands
Division 2
Pool A – Bay City, Pleasant Grove, Somerset, Springtown
Pool B – La Feria, Lubbock Christian, Sulphur Springs, West Orange
Pool C – Brownwood, Davenport, Hitchcock, Sunnyvale
Pool D – China Spring, Needville, Ponder, Snyder
Pool E – Cameron, Carthage, Decatur, Graham
Pool F – Anna, Dumas, Goliad, Silsbee
Pool G – Celina, Clyde, Hamshire-Fannett, Lorena
Pool H – Jasper, Midland Christian, Panther Creek, Taylor
Division 3
Pool A – Childress, Eastland, Groveton, Three Rivers
Pool B – Albany, Ganado, Harmony, Sudan
Pool C – Elkhart, Hawley, Sonora, Sunray
Pool D – Daingerfield, Tidehaven, Tioga, Wink
Pool E – Dilley, Gunter, Lexington, Stamford
Pool F – Jacksboro, Miles, Poth, Rogers
Pool G – Brazos, Chilton, Henrietta, Merkel
Pool H – East Bernard, Goldthwaite, Hearne, Milsap
Past Texas 7-on-7 Division I Champs
*From 1998 to 2006, all teams competed in one division
2022 – DeSoto
2021 – Hebron
2020 – No tournament because COVID-19
2019 – A&M Consolidated
2018 – College Station
2017 – Lake Travis
2016 – The Woodlands
2015 – Westlake
2014 – Seven Lakes
2013 – Southlake Carroll
2012 – Plano
2011 – DeSoto
2010 – Lake Travis
2009 – Round Rock Stony Point
2008 – Richland
2007 – Georgetown
2006 – Colleyville Heritage
2005 – Baytown Lee
2004 – Tyler Lee
2003 – Odessa Permian
2002 – Katy Cinco Ranch
2001 – Baytown Lee
2000 – Celina
1999 – North Mesquite
1998 – Southlake Carroll
Past Division II Texas 7-on-7 State Champs
2022 – Hitchcock
2021 – Kaufman
2020 – No tournament due to COVID-19
2019 – Sunnyvale
2018 – Midlothian
2017 – Graham
2016 – Kaufman
2015 – Navasota
2014 – Graham
2013 – Graham
2012 – Celina
2011 – Melissa
2010 – Brownwood
2009 – Celina
2008 – Crane
2007 – Celina
All-Time Division III 7-on-7 Champs
2022 – Miles
2021 – East Bernard
2020 – No tournament due to COVID-19
2019 – Poth
2018 – Gunter
