Texas high school football playoffs will continue on with veteran sports officials overseeing matches after a U.S. district judge granted an injunction today requested by the Texas Association of Sport Officials.

Judge Lee Yeakel granted the injunction against the University Interscholastic League, which had given sports officials until Dec. 1 to register with it or face the possibility of a lockout. Many TASO members said they would refuse to register and let the UIL, a state agency, take over what they say is a working system composed of independent contractors.

Matthew Jones, an attorney with the Hance Scarborough, the ...

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