Dallas ISD sends eight volleyball teams into the UIL bi-district round Thursday night: all four qualifiers from District 13-5A, which is made up entirely of Dallas ISD schools, and four more from Class 4A.
The headliner is Woodrow Wilson. The Wildcats (24-13) went 16-0 in district play, lost one set in the process, and have won 15 matches in a row, according to MaxPreps. They open 5A Division I against Mesquite at 6 p.m. at Forester Field House, per Star Local Media's playoff schedule.
Mesquite (12-21) finished fourth in District 14-5A at 7-7, one match ahead of Dallas ISD's Bryan Adams for the final berth. Wilson has swept every district opponent since a four-set win at Hillcrest on Sept. 11, closing the regular season with a three-set win at Adamson on Oct. 23. The Wildcats were 13-2 on the road this season, MaxPreps shows, and 8-5 at home.
The rest of 13-5A
Bi-district pairings match District 13 against District 14-5A, and the other three Dallas ISD qualifiers all draw opponents with better records.
W.T. White (14-12), third in 13-5A at 11-4, joins Wilson in Division I because of its enrollment and faces Garland Naaman Forest (23-10), which went 14-0 to win 14-5A. The Longhorns lost to Wilson in three sets on Sept. 29.
In Division II, district runner-up Hillcrest (22-17) plays Terrell (30-6), which finished third in 14-5A at 10-4. Hillcrest went 14-2, and its only two district losses came against Wilson; the Panthers took the lone set Wilson dropped all district season. Hillcrest beat Seagoville in straight sets at home in the regular-season finale.
Seagoville (17-17), the fourth seed, meets 14-5A runner-up Mesquite Poteet (20-16) at 6 p.m. at Forney High School, according to Star Local Media.
Four in 4A
Four Dallas ISD teams play in Class 4A, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's area pairings.
In Division I, Carter (5-9) faces Alvarado (11-21) at 7 p.m. at the Arlington ISD Athletics Center, and Kimball (3-18) plays Godley (22-20) at 6:30 p.m. at Mansfield Lake Ridge High School.
In Division II, Lincoln (9-10) meets Kennedale (18-11) at 6 p.m. at Davis Field House in Dallas, and Wilmer-Hutchins (11-10) takes on Hillsboro (31-9) at 6 p.m. at Midlothian Heritage High School.
What comes next
Division placement is based on enrollment figures schools reported to the UIL in October 2025, which is why a district's champion can land in either bracket. Each division produces its own state champion.
