These TXHSFB Programs are Way Better than Given Credit For

San Antonio Brennan Bears, Corpus Christi Flour Bluff Hornets, and Seminole Indians headline TXHSFB programs that are sneaky high on the DCTX Program Rankings.

Carter Yates

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Class 6A: San Antonio Brennan (No. 37 in DCTX Program Rankings)

Six-year record: 65-12
6A Teams Ranked Ahead of Them: North Shore, Duncanville, DeSoto, Austin Westlake, Austin Vandegrift, Southlake Carroll, Katy
6A Teams Ranked Behind Them: Cibolo Steele, Denton Guyer, Longview, San Antonio Johnson, North Crowley

San Antonio Brennan is the lowest-ranked team (No. 37) in the state to have won at least 10 games in each of the last six seasons. After opening the program with an understandably winless 2010 campaign, Coach Stephen Basore has compiled a 150-39 record over the next 15 seasons. The Bears haven’t missed the playoffs since, and have only been knocked out in the first round twice (2011 and 2017).

The lower rating — and lack of proper media recognition — is in part due to Brennan’s lack of state championship appearances. After reaching the Class 4A state championship game in 2013, San Antonio Brennan has been unable to prevail over Class 6A Region IV’s Austin area buzzsaw (Lake Travis and Austin Westlake). The Bears lost to Austin Westlake in two of the three years of Todd Dodge’s three-peat. Since 2021, they’ve gone 1-3 against Lake Travis. Brennan did beat Lake Travis in 2022 behind star quarterback Ashton Dubose, the first time a San Antonio-area squad had conquered the Cavaliers in 18 years. They were immediately rewarded with a game against Austin Westlake, which they lost 47-7. Such is life in the state’s largest classification.

But it’s time to stop omitting San Antonio Brennan’s story, because you cannot tell TXHSFB’s story without it. Basore has developed a San Antonio coaching tree with former offensive coordinator Nate Shaw now leading San Antonio Churchill and defensive coordinator Matt Arrufat serving as the head coach at San Antonio Warren.

Brennan has historically been known as a defensive program with standout players like linebacker Alyzha Williams (C/O 2022) and safety Tyler Turner (Baylor). In 2024, the Bears allowed just 9.17 points per game behind Solza McCullough’s (Harding) 54 tackles for loss. That stout defensive identity has persisted under new defensive coordinator Jeff Howeth.

But Brennan has made the most strides on the offensive side of the ball over the last six seasons with transcendent players like Dubose (9,310 career passing yards, 120 career passing touchdowns) and offensive lineman Gabriel Owen (C/O 2022). Basore says current offensive linemen still study Owen’s highlight tape. The unit’s production has continued to rise in the transition from former offensive coordinator Nate Shaw to Brennan alum Jordan Ritchie.

“We’re generally a top ten defense in the state, and we have been the number one defense in the state before,” Basore said. “We’ve always played exceptional defense, but our offense has picked up in the last six or seven years. That’s to Coach Shaw’s and Coach Ritchie’s credit.”