The football Hornets jumped into the now-popular 7-on-7 concept early on.
The summertime touch tournament for “skill” players began in 1998 and, back then, every classification competed against one another.
Beginning in 2007, two divisions were created with UIL classes being split up between 5A/4A and 3A-and under.
Azle’s all-time best outing in its six appearances came early on, in 2002.
The Hornets’ first trip to the state meet was in 2001.
