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🏆 As we near the end of the 2025-26 school year, @HoustonChron is honoring the best of Houston high school athletics! We have launched voting for our inaugural Athlete of the Year, Coach of the Year and Community All-Star awards.

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📰 Here’s a look at the story in today’s @HoustonChron sport section. I spoke with high school quarterbacks and coaches about how the transfer portal and NIL have changed things, and also just the responsibility and pressure that comes with playing the position. #txhsfb

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🏈 NEW: Why high school quarterbacks face tougher recruiting landscape in transfer portal era: “Not everybody’s going to go to Texas. But that doesn’t mean you’re not going to play college football. So they’ve got to understand that, and you have to be honest and up front with them.” https://t.co/0Q7K4QSj1Q

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🚨 NEW: Texas is one of five remaining states that does not allow high school athletes to profit from NIL. While state leaders prepare for that to potentially change, their focus is protecting athletes and their families by pushing for statewide and national registries for NIL agents. https://t.co/jSG44uoKqF

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🚨 NEW: Transfers and high school sports: UIL confident system is working in a majority of cases, but Houston-area coaches still have concerns: “For a guy who coaches at a place where we do not get transfers, it is hard to go into a season and say we want to compete for championships when the teams you have to play are not playing by the same rules.” https://t.co/j5cvXhglKj

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🚨 NEW: Texas high school coaches, athletes adjusting to newly-mandated Wet Bulb Globe Temperature rules: “Our coaches, athletic trainers and athletic administrators have done an unbelievable job of taking care of kids over the last three years, working with our recommendations.” https://t.co/S460U3w1Lm

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📰 Today’s @HoustonChron sports section features our Athletes of the Year, @cj_sampson7 from @tomball_bsball and @MacieBryant12 from @bh_softball. Also, stories on our Community All-Stars from @RoyalFalconAth and @WFHS_Gators and the full list of our 100 athletes.

✅ Read here: https://t.co/pNDEUcqpNN

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Texas high school football: See which Houston-area records could be broken this season https://t.co/V98sZrZtgI

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📰 Today’s @HoustonChron sports section features the All-Greater Houston softball awards and teams, led by state champions Macie Bryant of Barbers Hill and Ella Kate Smith of Katy. @MacieBryant12 @bh_softball @Katysoftball1 @eksoftball2026

✅ Full teams here: https://t.co/gV9vEd9Py3

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All-Greater Houston softball teams: State champions Macie Bryant, Ella Kate Smith earn top honors https://t.co/SBzKzBgZyA

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📰 Today’s @HoustonChron sports section features the All-Greater Houston baseball awards and teams, led by Tomball’s C.J. Sampson and Memorial’s Grant Sperandio. @cj_sampson7 @GrantSperandio @tomball_bsball @MustangHardball

✅ Full teams here: https://t.co/qEWHNNaKzO

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All-Greater Houston baseball: C.J. Sampson, Grant Sperandio earn top honors after runs to state https://t.co/W8LyF3sBxT

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🚨 It doesn’t get any better than this offer — only 99¢ for 6 months of full access to https://t.co/poctWe4s8F. For high school football fans, this will take you all the way through the end of the 2026 season. That’s access to all of my coverage (previews, features, enterprise stories, etc.), as well as access to the Houston HSFB record book and voting for our 2026-27 Athlete of the Week program. Not to mention the rest of our sports coverage (college football, Texans, Astros, Rockets, etc.).

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The list of 100 includes 74 combined Athlete of the Week winners and 26 additional athletes who had a special season. Subscribe to the Chronicle and help us celebrate Houston’s exceptional athletes. https://t.co/xJUva5ZB7h

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The Houston High School Sports 100 is the culmination of a year spent highlighting local athletes who impacted their team in a major way through our Athlete of the Week program. https://t.co/hbxHV9Igvl

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Macie Bryant is the Houston Chronicle’s inaugural Girls Athlete of the Year.

Bryant put an exclamation point on a sensational junior season with a perfect game as her Barbers Hill Eagles claimed their first state title since 2021. Read more about Bryant and see who made the full Houston High School Sports 100 list here: https://t.co/afPAc6yuWL

Video courtesy of @chrisbasaperformance

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Houston high school sports produced no shortage of memorable performances in 2025-26. From Athlete of the Week winners to other standout stars, we're celebrating 100 athletes who helped define the year across the region.

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C.J. Sampson is the Chronicle’s inaugural Boys Athlete of the Year.

Sampson has been a four-year starter at Tomball High School and has grown into one of the top high school baseball players in the country. Read more about Sampson and see who made the full Houston High School Sports 100 list here: https://t.co/3ida5f7k6E

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🚨 NEW: The @HoustonChron Community All-Star Award was created to recognize two student-athletes who have made a difference in the lives of those around them. West Fork’s Kayli Heine and Royal’s Bradon Douglas are our winners, and these are their stories. https://t.co/uJl0GXhrBD

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🚨 NEW: After leading a historic turnaround season, Cory Laxen was voted by @HoustonChron readers as our Coach of the Year: “They’ve seen how good they could be.” @corylaxen @CEKing_Football https://t.co/F5gtSaROhm

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🚨 NEW: After leading Barbers Hill to a softball state title, Macie Bryant was voted by @HoustonChron readers as our Girls Athlete of the Year: “I’m just so proud of them, and this is just an amazing experience.” @MacieBryant12 @BH_Athletics @bh_softball https://t.co/EInGd8bcL7