Howe High School has a playoff win again.
The Bulldogs held off Quitman 29-27 in Friday night's bi-district game in Honey Grove, the program's first postseason victory since 2016, KTEN reported.
The win moves Howe to 8-3 on a season that has already been a turnaround. The Bulldogs went 2-8 a year ago and returned to the playoffs this fall for the first time since 2022 after finishing second in their district. Quitman, which came in at 5-5, ended its year at 5-6, according to MaxPreps.
Next up: Maypearl
Howe's area-round opponent is Maypearl, the MaxPreps schedules for both schools show. The Panthers won their district at 5-0 and beat Clifton 28-16 on Friday to improve to 9-2. Maypearl has won seven straight.
As of early Saturday, the date, kickoff time and site for the area-round game had not been posted on either team's MaxPreps schedule.
