Who’ll be the tougher opponent Friday night as Central Texas football teams begin to navigate the second half of the 2026 high school season: their district foes they’re playing or the Austin-area weather they’ll be playing in?
A welcome Pacific cold front pushed into the Central Texas area Thursday, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall with it that turned conditions soggy for the two area games that were scheduled. Westlake beat Round Rock 38-17 in an important District 25-6A game at Chaparral Stadium and Smithson Valley pounded Lehman 77-3 in their District 13-5A Division I matchup. But there are more rains coming Friday and all those fields across Central Texas were already saturated from Thursday.
The top matchups for this week as area schools all are in their district schedules include the Cedar Park Timberwolves (5-0, 1-0) trying to stay undefeated against Rouse (3-2, 1-0) in District 24-6A, Georgetown hosting College Station in an important District 12-5A DI game, and the first-ever matchup between Liberty Hill and LHISD sister school Legacy Ranch.
We’re at two games. Colby Gordon is providing live coverage of Hutto vs. Vista Ridge and Shaun Chornobroff is providing live coverage at Liberty Hill-Legacy Ranch.
There are 22 games scheduled for Friday night; 23 teams were already using Week 6 as their bye week.
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Follow this string throughout tonight for our scores updates from games involving Austin-area schools.
Central Texas football: Updates from Week 6
Friday’s schedule
Class 6A
District 24-6A
Rouse (3-2, 1-0) at Cedar Park (5-0, 1-0)
East View (2-3, 0-1) at Vandegrift (2-2, 0-0)
Vista Ridge (2-3, 0-1) at Hutto (4-1, 1-0)
District 25-6A
McNeil (0-5, 0-1) at Cedar Ridge (5-0, 1-0)
Westwood (1-4, 0-1) at Stony Point (1-4, 0-1)
District 26-6A
Austin High (0-4, 0-1) at Hays (4-1, 1-0)
Johnson (1-4, 0-1) at Dripping Springs (3-1, 1-0)
Akins (1-4, 0-1) at Del Valle (0-4, 0-0)
Class 5A
District 12-5A DI
Connally (1-3, 0-3) at Hendrickson (2-2, 1-1)
College Station (4-1, 2-1) at Georgetown (3-2, 2-1)
Glenn (1-4, 0-3) at Killeen (3-1, 2-0)
District 13-5A DI
Seguin (1-4, 1-2) at Anderson (3-1, 1-1)
McCallum (1-3, 0-2) at Cedar Creek (2-3, 0-3)
Boerne Champion (5-0, 3-0) at Lockhart (3-1, 1-1)
District 13-5A DII
Legacy Ranch (3-2, 1-0) at Liberty Hill (3-2, 1-0)
Class 4A/Others
District 13-4A DI
Fredericksburg (3-1, 1-0) at LBJ (1-3, 0-1)
Northeast (2-2, 0-1) at Travis (1-3, 0-1)
Canyon Lake (1-2, 0-1) at Taylor (4-0, 1-0)
District 14-4A DII
Manor New Tech (3-2, 0-0) at Austin Achieve (1-4, 0-0)
District 13-3A DI
Smithville (1-4, 0-1) at S.A. Cole (2-3, 0-1)
District 13-2A DI
Thorndale (5-0, 1-0) at Moody (1-4, 0-1)
Granger (3-2, 1-0) at Hearne (1-3, 0-0)
A good week to have off
Friday night’s possible rain and weather issues come at a convenient time for nearly two dozen Central Texas schools that already have off weeks.
Off this week: Lake Travis, Bowie, Leander, San Marcos, Weiss, Bastrop, Pflugerville, Crockett, LASA, Navarro, Manor, Eastside, Marble Falls, Giddings, Lampasas, Elgin, Wimberley, Jarell, Lago Vista, Burnet, Thrall and Florence
Thursday’s games
Class 6A
District 25-6A
Westlake 38, Round Rock 17
Class 5A
District 13-5A DI
Smithson Valley 77, Lehman 3
This article originally published at Austin-area high school football Week 6 scores: District games and rain take center stage.
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