Dallas/Fort Worth area Texas high school football roundup

DFW Week 4 Roundup

Cedar Hill vs. Duncanville: Cedar Hill 23-6

Cedar Hill bounced back again after their Game of the Week game against Allen, and in a big way. Scoring all their points in the first half the Cedar Hill offense clicked on every cylinder. Special teams and penalties hurt Duncanville early as Cedar Hill scored 23 straight points. The Cedar Hill defense handled the Duncanville rushing attack only allowing 34 yards and forcing two fumbles, both given up by Duncanville quarterback Jeremiah Drake. Cedar Hill lacked discipline, however giving up 103 yards on 11 penalties.

Irving vs. Irving Nimitz: Irving 24-17

A close game that saw these two teams trading blows like prize fighters, Irving squeaked out a win thanks to a 31-yard pass from Christian Garcia to Chase Goodall with 1:17 left in the 4^th quarter. Then it was the Irving defenses turn to shine. After 3 straight incompletions quarterback Jimmy Clark of Irving Nimitz threw what ended up being the game-ending interception with about 1 minute remaining. Irving’s offense excelled in this game with 413 total yards and only 1 punt the entire game. Penalties also played a factor as Irving had 3 penalties totaled for 25 yards. But Irving Nimitz had 6 penalties totaling 70 yards.

 Arlington Sam Houston vs. Fort Worth Paschal: Arlington Sam Houston 61-51

A fast paced game that saw 10 of the 16 touchdowns scored from over 30 yards away. Arlington Sam Houston gave Forth Worth Paschal its first loss of the season and also gave the Panthers a district opening loss. These two teams combined for 1317 total yards, each team also ran for over 400 yards. For Fort Worth Paschal Dylon Thomas (186 yards), Kelly Darrough (152), and Justin Woodard (106) led the rushing attack for the Panthers scoring a combined 5 touchdowns. Dylon Thomas also threw 178 yards and 2 touchdowns. For Arlington Sam Houston quarterback Ervin Hill lit up this Fort Worth Paschal defense combining for 463 total yards (206 passing, 257 rushing) he also scored 8 total touchdowns (3 passing, 5 rushing) and could not be stopped at any point during game.

Wylie vs. Lovejoy: Wylie 30-21

Lovejoy suffered their second straight loss after losing starting quarterback Bowman Sells last week and had to move defensive back Dakota Michaels to quarterback. For Wylie quarterback Kameron Kelly did it all in this game, with his arm (7-11 119 yards 1 TD) and with his legs (191 yards 3 TDs). These teams were neck and neck with Wylie up 3 points going into the 4^th quarter then Wylie broke away with a 65 yard pass from Kameron Kelly to Alex Wesley ended up being the game winner as a Dakota Michaels interception late in the 4^th quarter ended up being the late dagger for this Lovejoy team.

Allen vs. Coppell: Allen 31-10

The top team in 5A was one of our games of the week and flexed their offensive and defensive muscles, and occasionally at the same time, putting linebacker Tay Evans in a wildcat package on offense and scored 2 touchdowns on 2 rushes. Kyler Murray continues to slash defenses (10-15 212 yards 1 TD) and the Allen defense held the Coppell rushing attack that was only able to score once in the 4^th quarter. Allen continues to dominate even the strongest of teams as they head into district play.

Farmersville vs. Sunnyvale: Farmersville 51-48

Another high-octane game that saw Farmersville give Sunnyvale their first loss of the season and in district. There were 3 plays over 70 yards in this game in this game which added to the excitement. The game changed in the 4^th quarter when Farmersville outscored Sunnyvale 24-14 including a late game field goal that by Erik Patino indeed up being the game-winner. Sunnyvale led in most statistical categories, including one big one. The real game changer was the lone fumble that Sunnyvale suffered as it was the only one in the game.