High School Football in Texas is king. and this year my high school (where I teach) was almost at the top of the heap. We competed in the State semi-finals on Saturday. Had we won, we would have been playing for the state championship at reliant Stadium in Houston. Unfortunately, we lost by 2 points, due to a score with 1:38 left in the game.

Today, students are visibly upset. Some are blaming the refs (I wasn't at the game, so I can't comment--although several papers across the state did cite examples of some missed calls--one even said that if high school had instant replay, we would have won the game). I'm sad I missed out, but I was at a speech and debate tournament. Had we won, I wouldn've been able to go to the State Championship game. Oh well.

Overall, this is the best showing we've ever had. Last year, I blogged about how happy I was with the new football coach becasue he actually made athletes responsible. This time I can blog about how successful he is and how he's earning his giant salary (the largest in the Central TX area).

If you want to know more, read this ESPN article about our team. It was written before we lost in the semi-finals.

We might have lost this Saturday, but the school still feels like it won just by how hard we played.