What We Learned from Week 1 in High School Football across the Texas Panhandle

by Kale Steed

August 30, 2025

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Press Pass Sports Editor Kale Steed and KAMR/KCIT-TV Sports Director Clint Brakebill break down what happened in Week 1 of high school football across the Texas Panhandle. Steed and Brakebill discuss the Boys Ranch Roughriders first win nearly two years and Sanford-Fritch’s upset of River Road. The duo also talks about West Plains running back Slade Russell and his 170 rushing yards during the Wolves 33-10 win over Seminole and Dumas quarterback Colton Mills four touchdown game in a 48-0 blanking of Caprock.

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Kale Steed

Kale Steed has worked in media since 2002 and has covered sports full-time since 2010, when he joined KVII-TV as a weekend sports reporter and sports anchor. From 2010–2014, he covered high school and collegiate athletics across the Texas Panhandle before transitioning from television to print journalism. In 2014, Steed joined the Amarillo Globe-News as a staff sports reporter. In 2019, he launched Press Pass Sports, betting on himself to build an independent outlet dedicated to in-depth local sports coverage. Accolades: Lone Star Conference Kirk Hill Writer of the Year (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019), THSCA Putt Powell Award — Sports Writer of the Year (2018), TGCA Division I Sports Writer of the Year (2022)