Tag: District 7–5A Division I

Pirate Stadium has hosted Crandall football since 1968. The district's rapid growth is now testing its limits. Crandall football moved into Class 5A Division I for the 2026 season.

When the UIL redrew the lines for Class 5A Division I this cycle, it dropped eight programs into the same district and handed them almost no consensus about who's actually good.

Crandall's 2026 schedule includes two Class 6A opponents, a rematch with one of the state's top Class 5A Division II programs and a run...

Crandall enters its first season in Class 5A Division I with a real chance to win a district championship. The Pirates aren't the preseason...

The offensive side of District 7-5A Division I gets the recruiting attention, but the defensive side may ultimately decide the championship.

Realignment scattered eight programs into a single district with no consensus favorite, but it did something else, too: it concentrated an unusual amount of proven offensive talent under one roof.

Darrell Lewis enters his second season as Crandall's head football coach facing a very different set of circumstances than he did a year ago....