Triple threat? DCTF selects 3 county teams for playoffs

    by Quinten Boyd
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    The 2017 edition of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football is now available. This year’s edition has University of Texas head coach Tom Herman on one portion of the cover and Corpus Christi Calallen head coach Phil Danaher – the coach with the most wins in Texas high school football history – on the other.


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