{"id":47424,"date":"2025-07-08T01:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/47424\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T01:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:25:15","slug":"southland-conference-football-opening-drive-coming-back-to-san-antonio-in-late-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/47424\/","title":{"rendered":"Southland Conference Football Opening Drive coming back to San Antonio in late July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All 10 programs will be featured in a preview of the 2025 football season<\/p>\n<p>The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. (Joshua Saunders,  KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 The Southland Conference announced Monday that the season preview show, the Southland Conference Opening Drive, is returning to San Antonio. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SAN ANTONIO, WE&#8217;RE BACK! \ud83d\udc4b\ud83c\udfc8<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Southland Football Opening Drive is set to return to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on July 20 and 21 in conjunction with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THSCAcoaches?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@THSCAcoaches<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>All 10 programs will be there, featuring head coaches and student-athletes previewing the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YilsmHf2JJ\">pic.twitter.com\/YilsmHf2JJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Southland Conference (@SouthlandSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthlandSports\/status\/1942314041864560757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The two-day media event will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and will feature all 10 Southland Conference football programs, their head coaches and student-athletes while previewing the upcoming 2025 fall season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The dates for the event, July 20 and July 21, will be in conjunction with the annual Texas High School Coaches Association Conference, which will connect coaches throughout the state with the coaching staffs of the Southland Conference. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KSAT Sports will have continued coverage of the Southland Conference Opening Drive and the THSCA Conference later this month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorNick Mantas headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/NMSP56NV90185HVBPOOOOLNMTR\/\" title=\"View Nick Mantas&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Mantas<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Nick Mantas is a KSAT 12 Sports Editor. He has previously worked in Lansing, San Fransisco and Abilene.<\/p>\n<p>Nick earned a Master&#8217;s Degree in Sports Media from Northwestern&#8217;s Medill School of Journalism and a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Arizona, where he also interned as a strength and conditioning coach.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 10 programs will be featured in a preview of the 2025 football season The Henry B. 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