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Week 17 State Championship Week
Wednesday, 3rd January 2024 - 4:11PM
Week 17 State Championship Week:
Wednesday, December 13th-16th:

Class 1A, Division I: (State Championship Week)
Wednesday, December 13th, AT&T Stadium

Gordon 70 Westbrook 20

Class 1A, Division II:

Benjamin 82 Oglesby 34

Class 2A, Division I:

Timpson 49 Tolar 7

Thursday, December 14th:

Class 2A, Division II:

Albany 28 Mart 10

Class 3A, Division I:

Malakoff 14 Franklin 7

Class 3A, Division II:

Gunter 30 Tidehaven 14

Friday, December 15th:

Class 4A, Division I:

Anna 26 Chapel Hill 0

Class 4A, Division II:

Gilmer 28 Bellville 26

Class 5A, Division I:

Aledo 51 Smithson Valley 8

Saturday, December 16th:

Class 5A, Division II:

Port Neches-Groves 20 South Oak Cliff 17

Class 6A, Division I:

Duncanville 49 Galena Park North Shore 33

Class 6A, Division II:

DeSoto 74 Humble Summer Creek 14
East and Central Texas State Championship Game Results (1920-2012)
Wednesday, 3rd January 2024 - 4:05PM
Most State Championships (State Record, Celina-8):

(East and/or Central Texas)

9-Carthage, 2008-2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022
8-Mart, 1956, 1969, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2018. 2019
7-Waco High, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1939
6-Daingerfield, 1968, 1983, 1985, 2008, 2009, 2010

State Championship Game Appearances/Scores:

1922-Waco High 13 Abilene 10
1923-Abilene 3 Waco High 0
1924-Dallas South Oak Cliff 31 Waco High 0
1925-Waco High 20 Dallas Forest Avenue 7
1926-Waco High 20 Dallas South Oak Cliff 7
1927-Waco High 21 Abilene 14
1930-Tyler High 25 Amarillo 13
1932-Corsicana 0 Masonic Home 0
1933-Greenville 21 Dallas Tech 0
1935-Amarillo 13 Greenville 7
1937-Longview 19 Wichita Falls 12
1943-San Angelo 26 Lufkin 13

Click "more" for the rest of the state championship appearances.
Smoaky.com's "Weekly H.S. Football Pick 'Em Contest!"
Monday, 21st August 2023 - 6:12AM
Here is the link to our weekly high school football "Bubba's 33 Pick 'Em Contest" on Smoaky.com. The games are selected based on Jerry Forrest's Pigskin Prep website and the elite games based on his statewide weekly rankings.

H.S. Football Pick 'Em Link.

The weekly winner will receive a gift card from Bubba's 33 our newest sponsor with Smoaky.com!

Thank you for your time!
Dear Coach, by David Smoak...
Wednesday, 3rd January 2024 - 4:06PM
Dear Coach,

I've been fortunate enough to have played the game of football in this state, and yes, before you smirk, many years ago (late-70's) at Universal City Randolph.

As a military brat, I played for three high schools in four years with my senior year being in north San Antonio at Randolph High.

I loved the "Ro-Hawks" tradition and history. The program had one coach for nearly three decades, Bob Mickler, Sr.

Click here to read the entire article...
Smoaky with Earl Campbell, "His Greatest Win in Life"
Friday, 24th August 2012 - 9:52PM
I recently recorded a lengthy interview with a true Texas Legend, the great Tyler Rose, Earl Campbell.

I've been fortunate enough to interview Earl on many occasions, but this is perhaps as upfront and raw as he's ever been about his battle against additions with painkillers and beer.

I hope you enjoy it.

Smoaky with Earl Campbell
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Hughes Springs

Plain Talk

Posted 2018-02-20 04:51:13, Post Count: 1819
Vol.XX No.VIII Pg.4
October 1983

No Works, No Law?

Robert F. Turner

I'm surprised that some brethren haven't started a "movement" in which they affirm their "freedom" from having to work; a "liberty" that allows them to do nothing. After all, didn't Christ himself say, "Work not for the food that perisheth..."? (Jo. 6:27).

And, how long will it be until we hear brethren questioning the need to be baptized and basing their contention upon 1 Cor. 1:17, "Christ sent me not to baptize..."?

Now most students would know how to answer anyone who seriously used these verses to teach such things. The emphasis in these texts isn't on the phrases after the word "not." Our Lord didn't teach "work not at all," but rather the need to be concerned about working for another type of "food" — "...but for the food which abideth unto eternal life." Nor did Paul say that baptism is unnecessary. He was emphasizing his work as an evangelist when he said, "...but to preach the gospel."

It is strange, therefore, to hear some brethren affirm their so-called "freedom" from law and works by citing "ye are not under law" (Rom. 6:14) and "not by works" (Tit. 3:5) in order to justify their claim. Why is it that some so easily see the misinterpretations of Jo. 6:27 and 1 Cor. 1:17 and then so badly misinterpret Paul's statements?

"Not under law" and "not by works" are not even the point of emphasis in these verses, much less a denial of law and works. The statements in both texts which follow the word "but" are what the writer is emphasizing: "...but under grace" and "...but according to his mercy." Just as working for food and being baptized were not being minimized, being "under law" and having "works" to do aren't being excluded either.

Under law? Certainly we are. But there is a difference between being under a system of law (and seeking justification by that law) and being "under law to Christ," (1 Cor. 9:21). It isn't law as such that Paul had in mind when he speaks of "the curse of the law," (Gal. 3:13), but a system requiring perfect obedience, (Gal. 3: 10-12). We are not under that kind of system but we are under law, for "...where there is no law, neither is there transgression" (Rom. 4:15).

Works to do? Yes. But there is a difference between works that are an attempt to earn salvation, and works that are an expression of faith and an attempt to do God's will. Rom. 4:45 illustrates this well. "Him that worketh" is not the man seeking to please God through obedience, but one seeking to work perfectly so that he can earn salvation, God owing it to him as a debt. "Him that worketh not" isn't one who does nothing, but one whose attempts at obeying God are imperfect.

Grace and mercy are needed as we submit ourselves to God's will or "law" for we imperfectly seek to do the "good works" we were "created in Christ Jesus" for (Eph. 2:10). It is this of which Paul speaks in Rom. 6:14 and Tit. 3:5.

David Smitherman

2024-2026 District 8-3A Football

Hughes Springs

3AD1 state championship Franklin vs Malakoff

? Aledo Bearcats football 2024 ⚫

Posted 2023-12-23 05:25:12, Post Count: 38

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