Editor's Note: The above video is KXAN's coverage from the 2024 spirit competition.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 2025 Texas high school football season kicks off Thursday with the Shoal Creek Showdown presented by Legacy Turf and Greens at 7:30 p.m. on KBVO. The yearly rivalry game features the Anderson Trojans and McCallum Knights.

Before the football teams battle it out at House Park, each school will battle in a school spirit competition on Thursday morning. Squads from each school will decorate the opposing ends of House Park, with the winner decided by the poll below.

Anderson High School swept the competitions last year, winning the spirit competition and the game, 57-40.

Voting is open from now until 6:50 a.m. Thursday, and the winner will be announced on-air during the broadcast.

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