🌱 Late coach’s son helps Millsap end a district title drought
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- Late coach’s son helps Millsap end a district title drought
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• Week Eleven 3A Team of the Week: Millsap Bulldogs (texashsfootball.com) — Millsap won its first district football title since 1999 with an emotional finish honoring late coach Jacob Johnson. His son Braun scored the go-ahead two-point conversion in a 41-38 victory over Clifton, earning the Bulldogs 3A Team of the Week recognition ahead of Thursday’s playoff game in Fort Worth. 
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