Arlington Heights running back Carson James (1) beats Brewer cornerback Jaiden Carrigan (12) to the end zone during the second half of a UIL Conference 5A D1 Bi-District playoff game between Arlington Heights and Brewer at Farrington Field in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
Bob Booth
Special to the Star-Telegram
The UIL Texas high school football bi-district round is over, and several Fort Worth-area players rose to the occasion. Which player had the best game?
You tell us. Vote for the Star-Telegram Fort Worth-area High School Football Player of the Week.
The poll will remain open until 4 p.m. Thursday.
See a good performance in the bi-district round? Send a Player of the Week nomination to the Star-Telegram (cbaggarly@star-telegram.com).
Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360’s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.
This month just started, but it already feels like it’s flying by so quickly! We’ve had to pleasure of reading and reviewing so many wonderful fantasies and contemporary novels. And our list of October audiobooks has just as much diversity.
Are you in the mood for a queer sports romance? What about a quirky whodunit mystery? We’ve got it all in our newest Sweet Listens!
Content warning: The Honey POP encourages mindful listening and checking the author’s website for any additional content warnings.
For No Mortal Creature By Keshe Chow
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Kicking off our October audiobook recommendations is Kesha Chow’s dark romantasy, For No Mortal Creature! Inspired by the classic Gothic novel Wuthering Heights, this haunting and magical story follows Jia Yi, a girl with the power of resurrection. She can move between the realm of the living and the dead, an ability she must now use to retrieve a long-lost sword and save her grandma. The only ones who can help her are Lin, the boy she had loved before he betrayed her, and Prince Essien, her mortal enemy. Let’s just say we weren’t expecting the love triangle to steal our hearts as quickly as it did…
Next in our Sweet Listens roundup is A. M. Woody’s swoony YA romance, Most Valuable Player! To his great dismay, Cameron “Cam” Morelli, the school’s cocky star quarterback, gets rejected by the team’s sarcastic water boy, Mason Gray. As fate would have it, Mason is the only person who can help tutor him and get his grades up to go back on the field. The two of them grow closer, each one letting down his defenses and becoming each other’s safe spaces. Cam is so much more than what his jock persona presents. Mason must face an abusive ex and accept the reality that what happened to him was never his fault.
The Dysfunctional Family’s Guide To Murder By Kate Emery
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Our final October audiobook is a quirky murder mystery with family drama around every corner. A family vacation turns into a crime scene when the family’s matriarch GG dies in The Dysfunctional Family’s Guide to Murder by Kate Emery. Fourteen-year-old Ruth has read enough mystery novels to get started on the case. And with the help of her newfound cousin Dylan, she starts to discover family secrets from everyone in the house that could’ve led to GG’s death. The plot twists and new clues were jaw-dropping, and we gripped the edge of our seats during the big reveal at the end! (We had a feeling but weren’t 100% sure.)
What do you think of this month’s audiobook recommendations? Which of these October audiobooks are you most interested in listening to? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram!
