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Westlake topped SA Brennan 24-7 at Burger Stadium in Austin, but many of the Central Texas teams that played Friday ended up on the wrong end of a postseason game and now their seasons are over.

Lake Travis and Westlake are one win away from making it another Battle of the Lakes in the regional finals, but they have business to take care of. The Cavaliers face San Antonio East Central at 1 p.

Rees Wise threw for a touchdown and ran for two scores to lead the Chaps offense, which though only managed barely more than 160 yards itself, took advantage of short fields on all of its scoring drives.

This week on WFAA's Friday Night Football, two of the elite private school programs in Texas high school football – Parish Episcopal and Prestonwood Christian – squared off for the second time in a month. You can watch the replay of the game on our streaming platform WFAA+, which is available on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.

Westlake will stay in Austin to take on San Antonio Brennan at 7 p.m. from Burger Stadium, while Lake Travis will head to Rattler Stadium in San Marcos to face SA Johnson at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Buda

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Westlake will be practicing on Thanksgiving for the 10th straight year after defeating San Antonio Brennan in the Class 6A Division I playoffs