Vandegrift, Wimberley HS football teams head to State Championship

AUSTIN, Texas - Two local high school football teams are heading to the state championship this weekend.

The Vandegrift Vipers will be playing for their first-ever state championship game.

Head coach Drew Sanders has spent the last decade building Vandegrift from the ground up into a perennial power, and now at the highest level of Texas high school football, Class 6A.

This past weekend, Hayden Arnold's game-winning field goal upset Katy and sent the 14-1 Vipers to their first-ever state final in any classification.

They'll meet 13-2 DeSoto Saturday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas.

On Dec. 16, undefeated Wimberley will meet No. 1 Carthage in the 4A-D2 state championship.