Texas High School football team scores 85 points in 2025 playoff opener

Canyon West Plains, only in 4th year playing varsity football, scored a school record in Class 4A Division I playoff game

Canyon West Plains' Reid Macon looks to throw during a playoff game against Glen Rose at Memorial Stadium in 2023. Macon was 7-for-7 passing with 3 touchdowns in a bi-district win on Nov. 13. / Naomi Skinner/Times Record News / USA TODAY NETWORK

Canyon West Plains made an emphatic statement to open the 2025 Texas high school football playoffs.

A state semifinalist last year in Class 4A Division I, the Amarillo school scored a school record in points during an 85-0 thrashing of El Paso Irvin on Thursday, Nov. 13 in Seminole.

The previous school record for points came in the program’s first year — 2023. The Wolves beat Perryton, 72-6, that season. 

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The win improved the Wolves to 10-1 overall and an area game showdown next week with Lampasas, 52-14 winners of San Angelo Lake View on Thursday.

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Scoring in bunches 

West Plains scored 55 points in the first half, 28 in the first quarter and 27 in the second quarter to lock up the win early.

Junior Slade Russell ran for a season-high 4 touchdowns and two of those came in the first quarter. He ran for two more touchdowns in the second quarter, which made it 35-0 and then 49-0, respectively. 

Russell had 8 carries for 118 yards, which was his ninth game of 100 yards or more — and sixth straight.

Russell was part of an 8-touchdown effort by the rushing attack of West Plains.

Juniors Seth Watson and Gianni Peck, sophomore Boston Hunt and freshman Ryann Monrreal also had 

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Macon perfect

Senior quarterback Reid Macon went over the 2,000-yard milestone this season in the game despite not playing much. It is the fourth year in a row for Macon to do that and he went over 3,330 in each of the past two seasons.

The win against Irvin featured his worst games across the board in terms of completion, attempts and yards — but statistically it was his best game.

Macon was 7-for-7 passing for 111 yards and 3 touchdowns. He threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Kade Schneider and a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jenks Phillips in the first quarter.

A 22-yard touchdown pass to Lawson Betancourt came in the second quarter.

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Other scoring

In addition to those standouts, the defense and special teams accounted for points

Sophomore defensive lineman James Walden had a tackle in the end zone for a safety in the second half, which made it 71-0.

The scoring in the first half ended on a 44-yard punt return for a score by freshman Paxton Chandler.

The defense had 15 TFL, 4 1/2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and one interception as well.