Saturday’s state college capsules – Erick Taylor
NCAA DIVISION III
AUSTIN (TEXAS) COLLEGE AT HENDRIX
WHEN 1 p.m.
WHERE Young-Wise Memorial Stadium, Conway
TV None
STREAMING FloCollege
RECORDS Austin (1-6, 0-2 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference); Hendrix (4-2, 1-1)
COACHES Tony Joe White (7-29 in fourth season at Austin, 42-50 in 10th season overall); Buck Buchanan (66-64 in 14th season at Hendrix and overall)
SERIES Hendrix leads 9-6.
LAST MEETING Hendrix sprinted to a 44-6 win Sept. 26 in Sherman, Texas.
NOTEWORTHY Jake Blice was 14-of-18 passing for 307 yards with 5 touchdowns when Hendrix won the earlier meeting in September. Noah Jackson ran for 108 yards and Brooks McGee caught three touchdown passes in the victory. … Austin has lost five straight games and is coming off a 26-23 loss at Centenary (La.) last week. Despite losing, the Kangaroos held a 209-yard advantage in total offense and held the ball nearly 12 minutes more than the Gents. … Hendrix senior Clay Brandenburg is the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Character and Community Male Student Athlete of the Week. … While Hendrix has two regular-season games left after Saturday, Austin has just one.
TEXAS LUTHERAN AT LYON
WHEN 4 p.m.
WHERE Bad Boy Mowers Stadium, Batesville
STREAMING None
TV None
RECORDS Texas Lutheran (5-1, 1-0 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference); Lyon 2-4, 1-0)
COACHES Neal LaHue (26-21 in fifth season at Texas Lutheran and overall); Chris Douglas (12-46 in seventh season at Lyon, 72-122 in 21st season overall)
SERIES Texas Lutheran leads 4-0.
LAST MEETING Texas Lutheran pulled away in the second half for a 34-12 victory Oct. 3 in Seguin, Texas.
NOTEWORTHY When the teams met three weeks ago, Texas Lutheran outscored Lyon 18-2 in the second half after leading 16-10 at halftime. … Lyon, which is coming off a bye, didn’t have starting quarterback Grayson Johnson available in the teams’ first meeting with Texas Lutheran. After battling an injury, Johnson returned two weeks ago and threw three touchdowns to help the Scots end a three-game losing streak. … The Bulldogs swept Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors. James Garza (offensive), Malik Johnson (defensive) and Ethan Breeden (special teams) all won awards. … The Scots have lost all four meetings with the Bulldogs by an average of 37.5 points.
NAIA
ARKANSAS BAPTIST AT WAYLAND (TEXAS) BAPTIST
WHEN 4 p.m. Central
WHERE Greg Sherwood Memorial Stadium, Plainview, Texas
TV None
STREAMING Urban Edge Network
RECORDS Arkansas Baptist (2-6, 2-3 Southern Athletic Conference); Wayland Baptist (5-2, 4-1)
COACHES Richard Wilson (19th season at Arkansas Baptist, 14-48 in fifth season at NAIA level); Marcos Hinojos (17-19 in fourth season at Wayland Baptist and overall)
SERIES Wayland Baptist leads 3-0.
LAST MEETING Wayland Baptist scored 45 straight points to win 45-8 on Oct. 25, 2025, in Little Rock.
NOTEWORTHY Wayland Baptist has won all three times it’s faced Arkansas Baptist, including a 45-6 win when they last played in Plainview, Texas, during the 2024 season. … In last week’s 24-12 loss to Oklahoma Panhandle State, Arkansas Baptist led 6-3 at halftime before giving up 21 straight points. … The Pioneers have won three consecutive games since losing to Howard Payne (Texas) on Sept. 19. Wayland Baptist got 291 yards passing from Aidan Crawford in last week’s 41-7 rout of Langston (Okla.). Donte Hurt also had 5 catches for 137 yards and 1 touchdown in the victory. … On the season, Arkansas Baptist has thrown four touchdown passes and 12 interceptions.
Erick Taylor is the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s high school sports coordinator and lead reporter for Division II, Division III and NAIA football. He has been involved in sports journalism for 25 years.