Plano Reapers football

Plano senior Waleed Johnson, who rushed for 1,303 yards, scored 20 touchdowns and led the Reapers in receiving in leading Plano to its second playoff appearance in three years, is the Record Newspapers football Player of the Year.

Here is the 2023 Record Newspapers All-Area football team

No. 3 Dixon defeated No. 14 Plano 10-7 Friday night at AC Bowers Field in a first-round Class 4A playoff game to end their four-game losing streak in the postseason.