After two and a half months of highly-competitive and exciting regular season action, the 2025 Texas high school football playoffs have finally arrived.
The Lone Star State’s best high school football teams punched their tickets to the postseason and battled through the first four rounds of the playoffs with their sights set on the 2025 UIL Football State Championships on Dec. 17-20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, where 12 new state champions will be crowned.
But now the Big Country and Abilene area’s top teams are set to kick off the regional finals round of the UIL playoffs on Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 4-6, with the winners securing spots in the regional finals next week.
Here’s a closer look at every matchup featuring Big Country teams competing in the third round of the 2025 UIL Football Playoffs:
This post will be updated throughout the week with scores!
2025 UIL Football Playoffs – Big Country UIL state semifinal playoff pairings, scores (Dec. 11-13)
CLASS 4A DIVISION I
Stephenville Yellow Jackets (14-0) vs. Celina Bobcats (14-0), 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, at Knight Stadium in Fort Worth
Complete 4A DI UIL Football Playoffs bracket.
CLASS 1A DIVISION I
Gordon def. Union Hill 69-20
Complete 1A DI UIL Football Playoffs bracket.
CLASS 1A DIVISION II
Jayton def. Klondike 64-19
Richland Springs def. Strawn 66-20
Complete 1A DII UIL Football Playoffs bracket.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Big Country football UIL state semifinal matchups, scores (Dec. 11-13)
Reporting by Andrew McCulloch, Abilene Reporter-News / Abilene Reporter-News
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