Two Katy ISD teams and Brookshire Royal qualified for this week’s state 7-on-7 tournament, making it to the biggest level of 7-on-7 play for Texas High School Football.

Cinco Ranch and Tompkins both qualified early in the process and used the rest of qualifying to improve, with both having strong performances throughout. Royal qualified during one of the last tournaments of the season with a strong showing at the Hardin-Jefferson State Qualifying Tournament.

128 teams from across the state of Texas will make their way to College Station this weekend to compete in the tournament, which runs Thursday through Saturday.

Royal will compete in Division II of the tournament, which runs Thursday and Friday. The Falcons were placed in Pool B of Division II with Alvarado, Austin LBJ, and La Grange.

Royal will play La Grange in the team’s opener at 1:45 on Thursday before playing Alvarado at 3:15 and Austin LBJ at 4:45.

In Division II, all teams advance to the Championship Bracket on Friday. Royal will play in the single elimination round on Friday and be seeded based on their performance on Thursday.

Cinco Ranch and Tompkins both will compete in Division I as 6A schools.

Cinco Ranch will be in Pool D for the pool round of the tournament, along with Anna, Lewisville and Corpus Christi Miller. The Cougars will start Friday by playing Anna at 1 p.m. before playing Miller at 2:30 p.m. and Lewisville at 4 p.m.

Tompkins was placed in Pool F, which is arguably the strongest and most talked about group in the entire state tournament along with DeSoto, El Paso Eastlake and Lake Travis. The Falcons will start pool play against Lake Travis at 1 p.m. before playing Eastlake at 2:30 p.m. and finishing the day against Desoto at 4 p.m.

In Division I not all teams advance to the Championship Bracket. The two teams who finish highest in pool play advance to the Championship Bracket at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, while the lower two teams advance to the consolation bracket, which starts at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Tompkins is making a state appearance for the second straight year and it will be the Falcons fourth overall state appearance. The Falcons made it to state in 2018, 2021 and 2023. Last year, the Falcons made it to the championship bracket, but fell to DeSoto in the first round of championship play, giving the Falcons a chance at revenge in pool play on Friday.

Cinco Ranch is back in the state tournament after a one year absence and the 17^th overall. In 2022, the Cougars ended up in the consolation bracket but went on a huge run, reaching the final of the consolation bracket before falling to Frisco Wakeland.

This is Royal’s first ever state appearance and the Falcons will try to make a mark in a group that includes Alvarado, a team that made a lot of noise heading into the tournament.

There is no entry fee for spectators. Spectators are encouraged to bring their own chairs, water, umbrellas and sunscreen to help beat the heat.

Tompkins has strong final tune up, Jordan unable to qualify for state 7-on-7

Tompkins had a strong final week of preparation for the state 7-on-7 tournament, competing at the Ridge Point State Qualifying Tournament and going undefeated for the third straight week.

The Falcons, who already qualified for the state tournament, continued to get strong practice with tournaments and went 3-0 during pool play during the tournament to top Pool B. Tompkins started the day with a 27-6 win over Bryan Rudder before beating Tompkins 33-6 and also beating Elkins to close out the day. The Falcons did not advance to the state qualifying round since they had already secured their spot at the tournament.

Jordan also competed at the Ridge Point State Qualifying Tournament and for the second straight week came up just short of qualifying for state.

The Warriors started the tournament hot in Pool D. Jordan opened the day with a 26-14 win over Lamar and continued strong with a 19-6 win over College Station, but Jordan was unable to advance to the state qualifying round after a close 13-12 loss to Pearland Dawson. Dawson went on to lose 21-20 to Shadow Creek in the state qualifying round. Ridge Point took the other state qualifying spot at the tournament.