Houston High won 28-21 at Antioch on Friday, Nov. 13, ending the top seed's unbeaten season. The Mustangs play at Whitehaven in the Class 6A quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 20.

Houston High’s football team is in the Class 6A quarterfinals. The Mustangs beat Antioch 28-21 on the road on Friday, Nov. 13, in the second round of the state playoffs.

Antioch came into the game unbeaten. It finished the regular season 10-0 as the top seed from Region 5, then beat Franklin 28-10 in the first round. Houston went in as the No. 2 seed from Region 7 with a 4-5 regular-season record.

The results are on the TSSAA Class 6A football bracket, the state association’s own record of the playoffs.

Overview

  • Friday’s result: Houston 28, Antioch 21 (second round, at Antioch)
  • Next game: Houston at Whitehaven, Friday, Nov. 20, Class 6A quarterfinal
  • Home team: Whitehaven, according to the bracket
  • If Houston wins: a semifinal on Friday, Nov. 27, against Collierville or Southwind

How Houston got here

Houston has now won two playoff games away from home. The bracket shows:

Round Date Game Score
First round Friday, Nov. 6 Germantown at Houston Houston 41-12
Second round Friday, Nov. 13 Houston at Antioch Houston 28-21
Quarterfinal Friday, Nov. 20 Houston at Whitehaven To be played

Antioch High is in Nashville. The win ended its season at 11-1.

Whitehaven next

Whitehaven High, in Memphis, is the home team for the quarterfinal. It was the No. 2 seed from Region 8 with a 7-2 record. According to the bracket, it beat Bartlett 28-13 in the first round and then won 17-16 at Ravenwood, the top seed from Region 6.

The bracket links to tickets for the Houston-Whitehaven game on GoFan. It does not list a kickoff time.

A Shelby County semifinal is guaranteed

The other quarterfinal in Houston’s half of the bracket is also local. Collierville, about five miles east, plays at Southwind, in Memphis, on Friday, Nov. 20.

Collierville beat White Station 44-7 and Clarksville 42-13 to get there. Southwind, the top seed from Region 8, beat Cordova 49-0 and Brentwood 28-20.

The bracket pairs the two winners in a semifinal on Friday, Nov. 27. That means a Shelby County team will play for the Class 6A state title. The Class 6A final is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. It is part of the BlueCross Bowl in Chattanooga, according to the TSSAA bracket announcement.

What it means for you

  • If you plan to go to Whitehaven, buy tickets through the GoFan link on the TSSAA bracket and check the kickoff time with the school before you leave.
  • Houston’s semifinal, if it wins, would fall on Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving.

It has been a big fall at Houston. The girls soccer team won the Class AAA state title on Oct. 30, beating Collierville 2-0 in the final.