JAYTON HIGH SCHOOL - After last years finish there is nothing but pressure on the Jaybirds.  Winning it all last year with almost no players graduating puts every #STBA eye on you and your team.  Through this page we will cover they Jaybirds through their whole 2024-2025 season as they try and win back to back UIL State Championships.

12/20/2024 - Jayton's journey to San Antonio started tonight as they took on the Hamlin Pied Pipers for their first district game.  They won this game in convincing fashion 51-12.  They held Hamlin to 4 total points in the final three quarters of play.

12/21/2024 - Back to back games for the Jaybirds as they take on Lubbock Christian at home.  They showed out on back to back nights winning this game 62-39.

12/25/2024 - 1A STBA Christmas Rankings - #1 Jayton: Holding onto the top spot in both our Preseason and Christmas rankings, Jayton continues to set the standard. As reigning champions with nearly their entire roster returning, it’s hard to bet against this storied program. The combination of experience and momentum makes them an easy choice for number one.

12/27/2024 - Jayton played two games today, one against O'Donnell, and the other against Seagraves.  Both games the Jaybirds won by double digits.  59-21, and 69-29 respectively.  

12/28/2024 - The Jaybirds win their own tournament today against Coahoma by a score of 79-34.  The Jayton Holiday Tournament has a clear champion!

12/30/2024 - Eldorado goes down here in Jayton by a score of 64-31.  Another tough nosed defensive effort by the Jaybirds to pull off another victory.

12/31/2024 - If you wanted to know if Jayton was really a contender or not, we can answer that with a definitive and resounding YES. They played Lubbock Liberty tonight instead of their scheduled district game (Paint Creek FF) and yes... Liberty is a 4A playing a 1A.  Liberty does pull off the four point victory, but people around the state know how big of a game this was.  Liberty is not just a 4A team, they are a team that a lot of people would be shocked if they didn't make the 4A playoffs.  

1/31/2025 - Over the last month the Jaybirds have only played 5 district games due to forfeits.  Jayton is of course 5-0 in those games they have an average margin of victory of 61.6 points.

2/17/2025 - IT IS PLAYOFF TIME! Jayton takes down Knox City 88-34 to start off their playoff run.  Not much to say about this game other than we get the matchup all of Region 1 wanted.  Jayton vs. Gordon.  

2/21/2025 - STBA was LIVE from Wylie High School covering the biggest game thus far in 1A Texas High School Basketball.  The gym was ROCKING.  This might be one of the better 1A environments I have seen.  Jayton was in black, and Gordon was in white.  This game's final score was absolutely not indicative of the overall feel of the game.  The Jaybirds take down Gordan in an athletic game to a score of 51-34.  Jayton's defense was suffocating once again.  I will say this - this game absolutely lived up to the hype.  The Jaybirds will move on to play Irion County as IC beat Balmorhea last night.

2/25/2025 - The Hornets of IC did not have enough to get over the top of Jayton as they fell 68-44.  The Jaybirds move on to play the winner of Benjamin vs. Robert Lee.

2/27/2025 - Benjamin pulls it off in overtime against Robert Lee.  Robert Lee almost pulled off the comeback out scoring the mustangs 18-11 in the fourth quarter but could not sustain the momentum into overtime losing 50-46.  Now we have a rematch between the Jaybirds and the Mustangs in the Regional Finals.  Last year Jayton beat Benjamin 60-53 to win a state championship and now here we are again with Jayton playing another member of the final four from the 2023-2024 season.  In this game however, there was no Grayson Rigdon to pull the mustangs back into the fight.  Jayton wins this one to move on to the State Semifinals 63-30.  

3/3/2025 - Jayton plays Texline in the State Semifinals. And play they did... Well, as much as the officials let them play... Which was not a lot.  53 total fouls called and six players fouled out of this game...  Not a lot to say about the game other than it was ugly, and whoever came out alive from this disaster of a game truly deserved to go to the championship game.  Looking forward to watching and seeing if the Jaybirds can win back to back!!