TAPPS Division II 📊 Semifinals Preview & Prediction 📊 ⭐ Semifinals Game #1 D1-1 All Saints Episcopal School–Fort Worth @PTFFootball D2-1 Regents School of Austin @RSA_Athletics 🔹 It doesn’t get any bigger than this. Two undefeated juggernauts — two of the best teams in Texas private school football, regardless of division — collide Friday night in what many consider the de facto state championship. All Saints (12–0) enters with a résumé that’s almost unfair: ten straight games with 31+ points, a balanced offense loaded with playmakers, and a defensive front that overwhelms nearly every opponent. Their 38–21 win over Fort Worth Christian @FWC_CardinalFB showcased exactly why they’re the defending champions — @GavinBeard26 cleaned up and Bourke Toler @Bourke_Toler11 powered the ground game with 109 yards, Hattan French @HattanFrench broke free for two touchdowns, and the Saints’ ferocious defensive line piled up 4.5 sacks, including two from standout Kingston Beyer @Kingstonbeyer3. Top to bottom, All Saints is polished, physical, explosive, and built like a college program. 🔹 But Regents (12–0) is not just another contender — they are the unstoppable force built to challenge the immovable object. The Knights are rolling through opponents with video-game efficiency, having won ten games by 22+ points, including last week’s dominant 48–15 win over Midland Christian School @MCSMustangFB. Quarterback Jack Devine @JackDevine2027 has been pure electricity, distributing the ball to one of the best receiving duos in the state: Kade Millington @KadeMill_2026, who has scored multiple touchdowns in three straight games, and Blake Smith @Blake_Smith_3, a matchup nightmare who added 83 yards and a score last week. Add in a resurgent ground attack led by @Isaiah_mills81 and a defense that flies around with purpose, and Regents looks like a complete, championship-grade team — far stronger than the injury-depleted version All Saints beat last year. 🔮 Prediction: Regents 42 – All Saints 38 Both teams average nearly 400 yards per game. Both have elite quarterbacks, elite receivers, elite trenches, and elite coaching. This is the most anticipated private-school matchup of the entire season, and it very well might be the best game played in the state this weekend. Behind a locked-in Jack Devine and a veteran core playing the best football of their careers, Regents delivers the upset of the year and punches their ticket to the state championship. ⭐ Semifinals Game #2 D4-2 Lutheran South Academy – Houston @lsaathl D4-3 Second Baptist School – Houston @SBS_Athletics 🔹 Lutheran South enters the semifinals looking every bit like a team peaking at the right time. The Pioneers blasted St Joseph Academy-Brownsville @sja_bloodhounds 45–14 behind a breakout performance from QB Reid Jeffrey @RJQB16, who delivered a career-best 155 passer rating, completing 76.5% of his throws for 204 yards and two scores. His connection with star athlete Braeden Robinson @Brae_ontop remained unstoppable — Robinson totaled 132 yards and four touchdowns, while the LSA offense rolled up 200 rushing yards for their third straight game over 170+ on the ground. Defensively, the Pioneers were opportunistic, snagging two interceptions and controlling the line of scrimmage. They’ve quietly built one of the most balanced offenses in Division IV and already own a head-to-head win over Second Baptist, a gritty 24–20 victory in October. 🔹 But if any team in TAPPS has flipped their season upside down, it’s Second Baptist. After a 1–6 start, the Eagles have ripped off five straight wins, including last week’s impressive 34–27 road upset over favorite The Woodlands Christian Academy @TWCAFootball. Much-needed star power returned to the lineup as QB Canon Toon @CanonToon continues to battle back from injury, giving the Eagles their emotional and strategic heartbeat in big-game moments. Paired with dynamic playmakers, Second Baptist has transformed into the kind of late-season threat nobody wants to see. Their momentum — and their tradition — matter here: SBS has dominated the series (9–1 since 2016) and is suddenly playing like a team rediscovering its identity at exactly the right time. 🔮 Prediction: Second Baptist 31 – Lutheran South 27 These programs met earlier this year, and LSA pulled off the win — but that was before Second Baptist got healthy, hot, and confident. This rematch carries a completely different energy and feels like one of the tightest toss-ups of the entire weekend. Toon's comeback story and playoff magic carries weight and emotion in the locker room as the Eagles complete their stunning midseason turnaround and return to the state championship stage. #txhsfb #TAPPSFootball