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High School Football Desk
East Texas high school football, week by week: previews and recaps of the games we are actually at, with the drives that decided them.
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Previews
Gilmer vs. Pleasant Grove: The Receipt From Sunnyvale Is Due
Pleasant Grove at Gilmer, Friday night in the District 8-4A-II opener. The Buckeyes come off a bye with a falsifiable marker on the table. This is the Friday it either grades out or it doesn't.
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Rewinding Gilmer 49, Sunnyvale 28 With Pleasant Grove On Deck
A week after holding Sunnyvale to 28, Gilmer sits 4-1 heading into the Pleasant Grove district opener. The defense left a receipt. Now it needs a trend.
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Gilmer 49, Sunnyvale 28: The Preview Said Hold Them Under 30. They Did.
The Buckeyes closed non-district play 4-1 with a home win over a 4-0 Sunnyvale team that came in averaging 45 a game. Zade Taylor missed one throw all night. The defense finally showed up, and it did not happen by accident.
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Gilmer vs. Sunnyvale: Hold Them Under 30 or We Own It
The Buckeyes drew a line at 30 points allowed after Sulphur Springs. Sunnyvale — the team that ended the 17-year playoff streak — is here to test it.
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Gilmer 48, Sulphur Springs 38: Seven Drives, Seven Touchdowns, One Stop All Night
The Buckeyes go 3-1 on the road at Sulphur Springs behind Zade Taylor's 254 total yards and three scores. A real win, and a reminder of what has to tighten up before December.
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Gilmer at Sulphur Springs: Friday One of Two
The Buckeyes travel to Sulphur Springs on Friday for the last non-district tune-up. The tackling problem the fan base identified last week doesn't get an easier test than this.
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Gilmer 64, Kilgore 50: We Won the House. We Did Not Defend It.
411 rushing yards, Zade Taylor’s best night of the year, and payback for 66-6. Also 50 points surrendered to a team that had scored seven all season.
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Gilmer vs. Kilgore: Defend the House
Jeff Traylor never lost a district game inside this stadium. Four visiting teams won here last season. Friday is Gilmer's first home game of 2026.
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Gilmer 54, Chapel Hill 31: Buckeyes Get Right, But the Scoreboard Is Doing Some Work
Three non-offensive touchdowns and a plus-three turnover night carried it. Eighty-three points allowed in two games did not go away.
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Gilmer at Chapel Hill: Two 0-1 Teams, One Gets Off the Mat
Both the Buckeyes and the Bulldogs opened with road losses on Aug. 27. Friday night in Tyler, one of them stops the bleeding.
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Gilmer at Pine Tree: Buckeyes open 2026 on the road up 259
Friday-night lights are back in East Texas. Gilmer opens the season at Pine Tree in a Longview-market road trip that ought to tell us a lot in about two hours.
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