2026 Wk 1 playoffs preview

The high school football season has reached the playoffs. Tonight's slate of local action includes a battle of two of our better Class 6A programs. Fox 7 Sports anchor Cliff Thornton has a preview. Fox 7 Friday football has reached the postseason. Week one gives us several first-round area matchups. The headliner this week is in Dripping Springs. No surprise that 8-1 Dripping Springs comes into the postseason as a district champ. They were heavy favorites to do so. The team they're hosting has been one of the biggest surprises in our area. Cedar Ridge was picked to finish fourth in District 25-6A. They end up finishing second, only behind district champion Westlake. Raiders finished 9-1 on the season. As for DRIP, they look to continue what's been a recent stretch of deep playoff runs. Tigers have made it to the fourth round of the postseason in three of the last four years. Right now, you're trying to get to practice on Thanksgiving. And then if you can do that, you're trying to win the region. And if you can do that, you're trying to get to AT&T. And so it's just kind of... One day at a time, one step at a time. We've got to have that mindset of, you know, the season's 39 days left. Thank you very much. And so that's, you know, we're in a 39-day season. We're having fun with this group. They're exciting and they're excited. And they're, you know, they love to come to practice, which is good. You know, we had senior night, but, you know, to have an extra home game, extra game for our community to come to and rally around on Friday night, I think that's a big deal.