Friday's statewide high school football playoff scores from the Associated Press. Region III Fulshear 54, Houston Lamar 48 Galena Park North Shore 44, Fort Bend Ridge Point 28 Katy 49, Cypress Falls 20 Region IV Austin Westlake 24,

It's Week 13, the second week of the Texas high school football playoffs. These are our live game updates and UIL scores from throughout Friday night.

Quinn Ewers threw two first-half touchdown passes to Gunnar Helm to lead No. 3 Texas to a 31-14 win over Kentucky.

And now for the fireworks portion of the show. Texas’ Quinn Ewers threw two touchdown passes to tight end Gunnar Helm in perhaps the final home game of his career, and the third-ranked Longhorns held on for a sloppy 31-14 win over Kentucky on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon to set up next weekend’s high-stakes showdown with Texas A&M.

With one game left in the regular season, Texas (10-1, 6-1) remains atop the SEC standings and in control of its own fate as a handful of teams look to secure the two spots in the conference's championship game.

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