The regular season is over and many Oklahoma State commits will compete for state titles while a few will turn their attention to Stillwater with their HS playing days behind them Stephen Rusnak Jersey. I'm convinced that the saying "it's the most wonderful time of the year" actually refers to high school football playoffs. Oklahoma may only have three rounds, but the Texas HS football playoffs are six rounds, culminating the weekend before Christmas every year. Check out last weeks' results and the path ahead for our playoff-bound future Cowboys.Garret Rangel, QuarterbackFrisco Lone Star saved the toughest for last. The Rangers capped off the regular season with an 8-2 record following a 7-6 loss to district rival and defending 5A-I state champion Denton Ryan last week.Rangel had a tough night facing what is basically a Division I defense. He completed 9-of-20 passes for 55 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. He added three carries for 15 yards. The Denton Ryan defense includes Texas commit CB Austin Jordan, Army commit DL Mason Davis, 2023 five-star linebacker Anthony Hill, and 2023 Division I recruits Kaden Kelly and MarQuice Hill. Lone Star ranks No. 5 in the state for 5A-I, but that doesn't mean the Rangers have an easy road. They could face No. 2 College Station in round two, No Tate Hallock Jersey. 3 Highland Park in round three, and a rematch with No. 1 Ryan in round four. Survive that and Lone Star could face DJ McKinney and No. 4 Colleyville Heritage in the state semifinals while the winner of No. 7 Manvel and No. 8 Katy Paetow is the likely opponent in the state championship game. In other words, Heritage should breeze through Region I, and the bracket for Region III and Region IV aren't particularly strong either. Meanwhile, Lone Star has to go through a murders' row of opponents to survive Region II. The encouraging news is they just played the No. 1 team in the state within a point. It can be done!Here's a neat little mini-feature made for social media on Rangel from Sports Stars of Tomorrow. Lone Star opens the playoffs against Dallas Adams at the Ford Center in Frisco at 7 this Thursday night.Lone Star High School quarterback Garret Rangel shares some words of wisdom that he would give his younger self Michael Donovan Jersey. They take on Abilene Cooper at Mustang-Panther Stadium in Grapevine in round one at 7 on Friday night. No. 4 Heritage is the only state-ranked team in 5A-I Region I and will have to beat Mansfield Summit in round four to get to the state semifinals. Then No. 1 Ryan or No. 5 Lone Star await in the state semifinals should Heritage make it that far.ATH Cameron Epps and Chaminade took down Fort Zumwalt South 42-12 last week. Epps finished with 15 carries for 154 yards and three scores. Chaminade is currently in the playoffs, and they're playing in the Class 5 District 3 Championship Gamewhich is not the State Championship Gameagainst Fort Zumwalt North on Friday. Not entirely sure how the Missouri HSFB football playoffs work so... this may or may not be Chaminade's last game?