2026 Preseason Preview: Windthorst Trojans

WINDTHORST, Texas (KAUZ) - The Windthorst Trojans haven’t lost a district game in four years, and for a team that is trying to repeat success for yet another season, getting back to work at fall camp isn’t anything extraordinary.

It’s now just another part of the process.

“I think everything’s kind of getting in a routine. They’ve been at it. I wouldn’t say the excitement’s gone, but the newness is gone, and now it’s like, more clocking in, going to work,” Chris Tackett, Windthorst Head Football Coach, said.

This year, the Trojans have lost many seniors who have already been part of the team’s recent playoff runs.

“This team has a little more experience than some of the other teams have had. Their experience kind of just leads them to be a more consistent team this early,” Coach Tackett said.

One of those seniors is 4th-year starting quarterback Brock Belcher, who wants to leave it all on the field his final season.

“I mean, it’s good. It’s definitely like it puts a lot more pressure on you. Don’t got like you don’t have to look forward to any more years. So it’s basically all you got now,” Belcher said.

For a team that’s fallen short in earlier playoff rounds over the last few seasons, these players want to reach the level of success that the storied program was once capable of.

“I just want to see this team succeed from district to playoffs, get farther than second and third round. We struggle there. I mean, we just need to break that,” Hayden Cavazos, Windthorst Football player, said.

The high school season is long, though, and Coach Tackett said they have to take it one day at a time.

“You know, if you’re going to make a run, you’ve got to have a lot, you know, a lot of luck, you know, be free of injury, you know, have things kind of roll your way. Kind of trust the process and don’t look too far ahead,” Coach Tackett said.

But great things are never accomplished without dreaming, and winning your school’s 4th state championship- there’s no denying how sweet that would be.

“They feel pretty good because my dad won in ' 03, so he always holds that against me, saying that he always won one. So if I could win one and say it right back to him, I just feel pretty good,” Eddie Vieth, Windthorst football player, said.