Editing Troup, Texas (section)

===Athletics===
The Troup High School Tigers won the Texas 1A state football championship in 1973 and the Texas 2A state boys' basketball championship in 1992 and 1993. The Tigers also competed in the 2004 Texas State Football Championship, losing to the Crawford Pirates <!-- (hometown of then-President [[George W. Bush]]) --> in the final game. Troup High School golfers won the Texas B state golf championship in 1951, the Texas 1A state golf championship in 1971, and the Texas 2A state golf championship in 1985, and competed in the Texas 2A state golf Championship in 2007. They also won the 2017 3A golf state championship. Numerous students have won event state championships in track and field over the years.

Troup is also the hometown of Byron Payton, a member of the United States [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic]] boxing team. He died with 21 other members of the team on 14 March 1980 when their Polish Airlines [[Ilyushin]] IL-62 crashed short of the runway in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080130110714/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921874,00.html "Boxers' Death"], ''TIME''<!-- Bot generated title --></ref> The Byron Payton Memorial Gym in Troup is named after him. The Byron Payton Memorial Fight Night has been held there annually in his honor since 1985.

Former Troup Tiger standout [[Keylon Kincade]] enjoyed an All Conference career at [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]], leading the WAC in yards from scrimmage in 2003, as well as carries in both 2002 and 2003. He played a game in 2006 with the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and was named the Whataburger Coach of the Week in November 2019 while at Winona High.