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As a team captain, outside linebacker Gunner Johnson (Aledo, Texas/Aledo) is on a mission to lead his high school team to a fourth consecutive Texas Class 4A state title. The biggest difference in this year's team and the championship teams of the...

Blog | October 23, 2012

One of the hardest things for any athlete to do -- on any level -- is replace a player considered one of the greatest. 2015 running back Jess Anders (Aledo, Texas/Aledo) takes that challenge with determination and humility. While splitting carries...

Blog | September 26, 2012

Purchase your tickets now for the 2012 Tom Landry Classic!

Aledo's Johnathan Gray, South Grand Prairie's Abraham Hall and Mansfield Legacy's Shelbi Vaughn are up for the 10th annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year Awards, which will be handed out tonight. Gray is a boys finalist after being named...

A dozen exceptional student-athletes -- already honored as National Player of the Year in their respective sports -- are contenders for the 10th annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year Award. On Tuesday in Los Angeles, one boy and one girl wi...

Five-star running back Johnathan Gray of Aledo broke more records in high school than an embattled music store employee. Now the nation's top running back and No. 2 overall player in 2012 is turning his attention to doing more of the same for the ...

Incoming freshman RB Johnathan Gray talks about his incredible high school career and transitioning to college.

Three area athletes are among those highlighted in the ESPNHS NEXT feature, which spotlights players destined for greatness. Aledo running back Johnathan Gray, who is headed for Texas, is on the list. So are Seth Jones and Kellyn Acosta of Plano. ...

While 2014 RB Shaun Nixon sees his success coming in a spread attack, he can't help but want to be like Longhorns Johnathan Gray, Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron.

Story | Conversation | April 03, 2012

IRVING, Texas -- McKinney Boyd running back Bryan Driskell won MVP honors Sunday at the Dallas Nike Football Training Camp. With Aledo star Jonathan Gray headed to UT, the senior stands out as one of the best running backs in Dallas-Fort Worth. Dr...

HALTOM CITY, Texas -- Chasten King scored all of his 16 points in the fourth quarter to spark Trimble Tech's 61-39 win over Aledo on Tuesday night in the Class 4A Region I bi-district playoffs. King said he just followed head coach Wendell Ivory's...

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas - Breaking up wasn't all that traumatic for the 10 Fort Worth ISD schools that constituted District 6-4A in the last alignment. It has been six years since at least 10 Fort Worth 4A schools weren't crammed into one distri...

AUSTIN, Texas - - Five-star running back Johnathan Gray (Aledo, Texas, Aledo) has sent in his letter of intent to Texas. Gray (5-foot-10, 205 pounds) is the No. 1 running back and No. 2 player in the ESPNU 150, and the highest-rated player in Tex...

Three-star linebacker Dayne Davis (Aledo, Texas) confirmed Thursday evening that he has verbally committed to play football at Harvard. A 6-foot-2, 205-pound linebacker with a 4.0 grade-point average, Davis chose Harvard over an offer from Dartmou...

Blog | January 26, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Longhorns not only had their crowned jewel of their 2012 class in Austin this past weekend in running back Johnathan Gray (Aledo, Texas/Aledo), but also the potential gem of 2013 on campus as well. By all accounts, Texas shine...

With national signing day coming up next week, there's been plenty of recent recruiting news If you have ESPN.com Insider access, the best place for updates about area football recruits is Damon Sayles' Midlands Region blog. Here is some of the...