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Texas High School Football State Championship Schedule, Scores, Recaps - December 17, 2025

Follow the action from the first day of the 2025 UIL state championship games

Cody Thorn

Klondike’s Trenton Thixton unsuccessfully attempts to pull Jayton’s Lorenzo Vargas away from the goal line during the Class 1A Division II state semifinal six-man football game at Wolf Stadium in Colorado City Friday Dec. 5, 2025. Final score was 64-19, Jayton.
Klondike’s Trenton Thixton unsuccessfully attempts to pull Jayton’s Lorenzo Vargas away from the goal line during the Class 1A Division II state semifinal six-man football game at Wolf Stadium in Colorado City Friday Dec. 5, 2025. Final score was 64-19, Jayton. / Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

ARLINGTON, Texas - The 2025 Texas high school football state championships begin on Wednesday at AT&T Stadium.

The first day features the 1A Six-Man Division 1, 1A Six-Man Division 2 and 2A Division 1 championships.

The 1A Six-Man Division 1 championship features the Gordon Bulldogs, who aim to claim their third consecutive state title.

In 1A Six-Man Division 2, Jayton is looking to repeat as champion. Richland Springs last won a championship in 2019.

Class 2A Division 1 will have a new champion in either Hamilton and Joaquin. Hamilton won a championship as Richardson Hamilton Park in 1961. Joaquin has not won a state championship.

This page will be updated with live scores and final recaps throughout the day. Refresh the page for the latest update.

Texas High School Football UIL State Championship Schedule, Scores, Recaps - December 17, 2025

CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION I

FINAL: Gordon 69, Rankin 22

Nearly seven months to the day after a tornado destroyed Gordon's football field, the Longhorns dominated Rankin on their way to a third consecutive state title and fifth overall, capping off a season in which they played no home games.

Wednesday's state championship ended via the Six-Man classification's 45-point mercy rule with 6:46 left in the third quarter when Air Force commit Stryker Reed walked it off with a 44-yard touchdown run to give Gordon its 44th consecutive win.

Reed was named the offensive MVP of the game, finishing with 160 yards and four touchdowns on just seven carries, averaging 22.9 yards per carry.

With the win, Gordon became just the third Six-Man program in Texas high school football history to three-peat, and the first to do so since Richland Springs accomplished the feat 2010-2012.

CLASS 1A SIX-MAN DIVISION II

FINAL: Jayton 99, Richland Springs 54

Jayton defeated Richland Springs in an offensive shootout to win its second consecutive state title on Wednesday, but if anyone remembers only one thing about the game, it will almost certainly be the name Bode Ham. 

The 5-foot-10 senior didn’t just stand out. He put on a performance for the ages. 

Ham set two new Texas UIL state championship records, finishing with 10 rushing touchdowns and throwing for three more to become the first player to ever account for 13 touchdowns in a state title game. He also finished with 430 rushing yards, which is second all-time.

The defensive storyline of the game? That, too, was Bode Ham.

Ham finished with eight tackles and one pass breakup. For his combined efforts on both sides of the ball, he was named the game's offensive and defensive MVP.

2A Division 1
FINAL: Hamilton 21, Joaquin 7

The Hamilton Bulldogs scored a touchdown in each of the first three quarters to secure the school's first title late Wednesday night.

Joqauin (11-4) jumped ahead first with a touchdown by Trenton Runnels but it was all Hamilton (14-2) after that.

The Bulldogs tied it late in the first quarter and went ahead on the first of two touchdowns by Halston Haile. He finished with 93 yards and two scores.

Joaquin dominated the time of possessions with 35:08, but struggled with four fumbles, three of them were recovered by Hamilton.

The three scoring drives for Hamilton accounted for 9 minutes of the team's 12:52 time of possession.

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Cody Thorn
CODY THORN

Cody Thorn is a veteran journalist who covers high school sports across the state of Texas and Missouri. He is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and has covered sports and news since 1999.