With the start of preseason practice just around the corner, Permian High School, ranked No. 97 in the High School Football America Preseason 100, is looking for a new head coach. The Odessa American is reporting that Blake Feldt has…
On August 24, ESPN Films will spotlight the 1988 Dallas Carter High School football program in a documentary called What Carter Lost. Even if you’re not a Texas high school football fan, you may recall that Carter is the team…
Gary Gaines, the head coach at the center of Permian Panthers (Odessa, TX) and MOJO in Buzz Bissinger’s book Friday Night Lights about the 1988 season in west Texas, is hoping that his diagnosis of early on-set Alzheimer’s disease will help raise…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach The Week That Was: Gary Gaines, #TXHSFBCHAT, Fellowship and more No more January blues around Chapman. The kids are amped-up and the coaches have a new sense of energy….
by Jeff Fisher One of the great parts of being in the business of high school football sports journalism for 40 years is you get to meet a lot of great people along the way. Chris Hughes, the founder of…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach After six solid days of practice and work, Sunday called for a day off. It felt odd waking up knowing there was no football for the day. Fortunately for…