lufkin panthers

We're only into the second week of high school football across the Pineywoods and we've already had a number of great games.  Tonight, should be no exception.

It's only the first week of high school football season and already there are some marquee match-ups going on.  In fact, ETSN.fm has pegged the game between Longview and Lufkin as the East Texas Game of the Week.

In the words of Dory from 'Finding Nemo', "Just keep swimming", and that's exactly what the Lufkin Swim Team has been doing for the past several months, and with great results.

JaBryce Taylor played his last football game for the Lufkin Panthers over 8 months ago, but he still had one more 'high school' game to play before moving on to play college ball at SMU.

Lufkin is all abuzz as the Panthers are now 3 rounds deep in the high school football playoffs.  In fact, all this excitement has caused the formation of that great new singing sensation - the Lufkin Panther Chipmunks (NOT pictured above).

Every week, Ford Motor Company honors the Built Ford Tough Texas High School Players of the Week, and for this past weekend a couple of East Texans received the honor. Lufkin quarterback Tyler Stubblefield received the 5A award and Center running back KJ Garrett took the honors in Class 3A.

For the 73rd time, the Panthers and Lobos will be meeting on the high school gridiron tonight.  Lufkin holds a slight lead in the all time series, but as is usually the case, you can expect a great game tonight at John Outlaw Memorial Field as these two 5A powerhouses meet.

It was a huge night of firsts at the Lufkin - Tyler Lee game Friday night. It was the first win of the season for the Pack, as well as the initial win as Panther head coach for Todd Quick.  It was also the first game played on the newly named John Outlaw Field.

The wait is over. High school football gets underway this week across East Texas, and although district action is still a few weeks away, there are already some marquee match-ups in this first week.

The Lufkin Panthers are just one week out from kicking off the regular season.  Every game is big, district games are even bigger, but for nearly the past decade, one game has been the deciding factor of who has taken the district championship.

What are the top 25 high school football match ups for the upcoming year? Which volleyball teams are doing well so far? How are the area districts shaping up? The answers can be found at ETSN.fm.

The Panther Nation has lost one of our finest this morning. Head Coach John Outlaw passed away earlier today, collapsing after a morning jog. Even though he amassed over 300 wins as a head coach, he was proud to be more of a mentor than a coach.  You had to play hard to play for Coach Outlaw, but his players knew that he would always be there for them, and no coach could ever love his players more