The story of South Oak Cliff’s rise to an urban football power has been told year after year since it became the first Dallas ISD team to win a Texas football state championship since 1958 during the 2021 season.defeated Port Neches-Groves 34-24 in the Class 5A Division II title game.Now with a comfortable grasp on its district competition and in Class 5A Division II as a whole, South Oak Cliff is again the team to beat as it looks to three-peat.
Just like last season, South Oak Cliff will be challenged early, playing the same nondistrict schedule with contests against all of the other defending Dallas-area state champions: Duncanville, DeSoto and Parish Episcopal. It will also face Lancaster, which beat SOC 21-3 last season. Head coach Clint Surratt watches players run drills during the first day of football practice for Frisco Panther Creek High School on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Frisco.Starting a new program is no easy feat, but Frisco ISD is no stranger to that challenge.The district has opened two new schools in the last two years — Frisco Emerson and Frisco Panther Creek — both of which played their first season of varsity football in 2022., finishing second in a competitive District 3-5A Div.