One of the country's top teams will put its national ranking to the test against an instate foe on Friday when Austin Westlake and Atascocita clash in a Texas high school football battle.

Even though we are still more than seven months away from the start of the 2025 football slate, that's not stopping us here at the Austin American ... Vandegrift? Westlake? Need a break?

“Jake Ehlinger’s legacy will live on forever in Westlake Football. His pure toughness ... to comfort the family when they arrived in Austin. "I mean just, it's just heartbreaking, you know?

Among the area players who signed athletic scholarships on National Signing Day was American-Statesman offensive Player of the Year Cody Stoever.

Austin Allen Eis, 26 ... Then he drove to an area outside Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks and hit Welling and three other students while driving a sedan at a high rate of speed, authorities ...

Despite all the football talent in Lone Star State, the state never had a starting quarterback in a Super Bowl until former Austin Westlake star Drew Brees led the Saints to a win over the Colts ...

TCU dipped into its Austin pipeline and landed two premier defensive linemen prospects for the Horned Frogs' 2026 recruiting class. Westlake defensive ... All-Central Texas football team Flynt ...

there will be at least one Austin-area product playing for the College Football Playoff national championship. Westlake graduate Jaden Greathouse made seven catches for 105 yards and a touchdown ...

Flynt is a standout at Austin Westlake, which reached the UIL Class 6A-Division state championship final against North Crowley. Flynt had 65 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 14 quarterback hurries ...

UIL high school football is several months away but it's never too early to see where Lake Travis, Vandergrift and Westlake land in our area rankings.