It’s not often that a team on a 21-game losing streak is picked to be a playoff team, much less a dark-horse district championship contender in a tough district that includes the likes of Cibolo Steele and Converse Judson. But the 2025 San Marcos Rattlers may be that rare team that fits the bill.
On October 13, 2022, the UIL State Executive Committee (SEC) ruled that 11 football players from San Marcos High School were ineligible for the next three seasons. While, the Rattlers were able to make the playoffs in 2022, they've taken their lumps ever since, including losing 23 of their next 24 games with most of those being lopsided losses.