What We Learned from the opening round of the High School Football playoffs across the Texas Panhandle

by Kale Steed

November 15, 2025

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Press Pass Sports Editor Kale Steed and KAMR/KCIT-TV Sports Director Clint Brakebill talk about all the action that unfolded in the bi-district round across the Texas Panhandle on Thursday and Friday.

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Palo Duro and Tascosa opened with blowout playoff wins while Amarillo High fell in a heartbreaker 77-76 to El Paso El Dorado. District 2-4A Division I that includes – West Plains, Randall, Dumas, and Canyon – made it a clean sweep in the first round by outscoring El Paso Irvin, El Paso Ysleta, El Paso Austin and El Paso Riverside by a combined 283-48.

In the small schools, Panhandle opened the playoffs taking down Post, 35-18, and Bovina stunned Hale Center 36-24 in a UIL Class 2A Division II bi-district matchup.

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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)