But all looked right for the Cavs (2-1-1, 1-0) — still the No. 1 team in the American-Statesman’s weekly Class 6A power rankings — at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, and this week and next will tell us a lot about that 25-6A race. Westlake’s home game with 3-1 Midland Lee, which has already beaten Plano and Liberty Hill, is coming off the Chaps’ 49-40 loss to Prosper last week. They open district next week with a doozie: the Round Rock Dragons.
That Westlake-Midland Lee game is one of several that we’re watching tonight as we barrel into the halfway point of the 2026 high school football regular season around Central Texas. Week 5 has several Austin-area districts in full swing, including Hutto-East View and Rouse-Vista Ridge in 24-6A, Hays-Johnson in 26-6A, Georgetown-Glenn in 12-5A DI and Anderson-Boerne Champion in 13-5A DI.
We’re staffing two games, both in 26-6A. Colby Gordon is writing out of the Hays-Johnson game at Bob Shelton Stadium and Shaun Chornobroff is at Bowie vs. Austin High, where he’s getting his first look at Bulldogs RB Rhys Moreno. They’re also providing live coverage out of those Hays-Johnson and Bowie-Austin High games.
Follow these updates throughout the night for games involving Austin-area schools.