The great Texas high school football programs are built over time. The biggest names have been playing championship-level football in the state most known for high school football seemingly since people began taking notice in the early 1900s.

Odessa Permian. Katy. Highland Park. Amarillo. Sealy. Converse Judson. Southlake Carroll. Between them, the six schools have played in Texas state championship games more than 61 times. They’ve earned a combined 38 championships with titles that date back as far as 1934. Their place in history has been cemented over time, their longstanding, consistently successful, often titular bodies of work.

So how does a school that had only been playing football for 33 years, and winning football for only a third of that time, join the ranks of the elite? Lake Travis High School, just west of Austin, managed to do exactly that. Despite a rather brief history and one virtually devoid of success before the mid-2000s, Lake Travis became the first school in the grand history of Texas high school football to win five consecutive state championships, claiming a UIL Conference 4A title each year from 2007-2011.

“Drive to Five: How Lake Travis High School went from football doormat to Texas dynasty” follows the Cavaliers on their meteoric rise following a historic low and recounts the stories of the games, the coaches and the players responsible for the rise, responsible for turning a team that went 1-19 over a two-season stretch into a program capable of winning championship after championship, reaching heights that a precious few – a fortunate few – thought possible.