Arlington Bowie 28, Flower Mound 21 (OT)
The Flower Mound Jaguars forced the game into overtime on Friday night, but came up just short to Arlington Bowie.
The Jags got on the board first, scoring on a 41 yard pass from Baron Sampson to Tre Brown to take a 7-0 lead into the second quarter.
With under a minute to play, Bowie scored a touchdown, but a blocked PAT made the score 7-6 Flower Mound at the half.
Bowie got the only score of the third quarter, and it was 13-7 Volunteers heading into the fourth.
Sampson hit Mike Miles on a 22-yard touchdown pass to regain the lead for Flower Mound early in the fourth quarter, but five minutes later Bowie scored again to make it 21-14 Volunteers with 5:25 to play in the game.
With 1:12 left in the fourth quarter, Sampson and Miles hooked up again on a 25-yard touchdown pass to knot the score at 21 each, pushing the game to overtime.
In OT, Bowie scored on it’s opening possession, but Flower Mound did not.
Flower Mound (0-1,0-0) will play at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5 at Wylie.
Mansfield Legacy 43, Northwest 42
It was a slugfest from the start for Northwest on Friday night, but unfortunately the Texans could not overcome Mansfield Legacy.
Legacy got out to a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter, but Northwest came right back and tied it up on an 11-yard touchdown pass form Mark Hartman to Nic Curley.
In the second, it was the Texans that struck first, scoring on a 71-yard drive including a 21-yard touchdown run from Caris Sela.
Legacy scored 13 unanswered points to make the score 20-14 with 6:08 to play in the half, and 4 minutes later, the Texans answered with an 82-yard bomb from Hartman to Curley again.
Northwest led 21-20, but with 6 seconds to play in the first half, Legacy kicked an 18-yard field goal to take a 2-point lead.
Northwest came out swinging in the second half, scoring on a 26-yard touchdown run from Sela to make it a 28-23 game in favor of the Texans.
Northwest scored again on a 33-yard Hartman pass to Jeremiah Brown, but a Legacy touchdown made the score 35-30 Northwest.
Sela then broke a 65 yard run for the Texans to extend Northwest’s lead to 12 points, but Legacy answered with a touchdown, and the score was 42-37 heading into the fourth quarter.
Sela finished the game with 220 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns.
Legacy scored again with 5:20 to play in the game to take a 1-point lead.
Northwest (0-1,0-0) will play at 7 p.m. on Sept. 4 at McKinney North.
Frisco Lone Star 44, Argyle 21
The Eagles got down early in their matchup with Lone Star on Friday night and never recovered.
Lone Star took a 7-0 lead, but Argyle answered with a 78-yard touchdown drive capped off by a 5-yard run from Logan Rexroat.
Lone Star regained the lead with two touchdowns of its own to take a 20-7 lead over Argyle.
The Rangers scored again late in the second and led 26-7 at the half.
Lone Star scored 12 unanswered points to make it 38-7 in the third, before Rexroat scored again on a 10-yard run to make it 38-14 Lone Star.
Lone Star kicked a field goal early in the fourth quarter, but Argyle answered again when Rexroat scored his third touchdown of the night on a 3-yard run.
Rexroat finished the game with 206 yards rushing.
Legacy kicked another field goal with just over 3 minutes to play.
Argyle (0-1, 0-0) will play at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5 at Midlothian Heritage.
Aledo 21, Guyer 14
The game featuring two perennial powerhouses on Friday night did not disappoint, as Guyer lost a close one to Aledo. (Full game store here)
The Bearcats jumped out to a 7-0 lead just over a minute into the first quarter.
Aledo scored a second time with 5:32 left to play in the second quarter to make it 14-0 Aledo at the half.
Kaedyn Cobbs broke a 36-yard run early in the third quarter to cut the deficit in half, but Aledo scored again and took a 21-7 lead into the fourth quarter.
With 4:21 to play in the fourth, Zephyr Kreye hit Carter Morgan for 49 yards and a touchdown to bring the game to within 7 points. Guyer could not come back, however.
The Wildcats (0-1, 0-0) will play at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5 against Arlington Martin at UTA Mavericks Stadium.
Anna 31, Liberty Christian 28
The Liberty Christian football team got off to a slow start on Friday night, but rallied to drop a close one to Anna.
Anna jumped out to a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter.
The Coyotes made it 14-0 and led by two touchdowns heading into the second quarter.
Liberty Christian responded when Quinn Murphy completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Cooper Witten with 9:49 to play in the second quarter.
Anna scored again, but the Warriors came right back and scored on a 7-yard pass from Murphy to Witten to make it 21-14 Anna.
The Coyotes would score once again, however, and take a 28-14 lead into the half.
Murphy and Witten hooked up a third time with 5:13 left to play in the third quarter, this time on an 8-yard pass to bring the game back to within 7 points.
Early in the fourth, Murphy connected with Witten on a 28-yard touchdown pass, their fourth of the night, to tie the game 28-28.
Anna kicked a field goal with 2:08 to play in the fourth quarter to give the Coyotes a 31-28 lead.
Murphy passed for 273 yards and 4 touchdowns, while Witten finished with 174 yards receiving and 4 touchdowns.
Liberty (0-1, 0-0) will play Texas High School at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5 in Texarkana.
Lewisville 34, Mansfield Summit 7
Lewisville got off to a good start on Friday night and never looked back, defeating Mansfield Summit.
The Farmers took an early lead when Tre Williams hit Traejan Mueller for 27 yards to make it 7-0 Lewisville.
Summit answered with a score of it’s own to tie the game 7-7 going into the second quarter, but Lewisville regained the lead on a 16-yard pass from Williams to Xavier Miles.
The game then went into a delay due to a power outage.
Upon resumption, Declan Hamm drilled a 45-yard field goal to allow Lewisville take a 17-7 lead into halftime.
Williams connected with JT Thomas for 49 yards at the 7:42 mark of the third quarter to give Lewisville a 24-7 lead.
A little over two minutes later, Derrick Martin rushed for a 24-yard score to make it 31-7 heading into the fourth quarter.
Less than a minute into the fourth, Hamm kicked a second field goal of 45 yards to extend the Farmer’s lead to 27 points.
Lewisville (1-0, 0-0) will play at 7 p.m. on Sept. 4 at Byron Nelson.
Arlington Oakridge 56, Coram Deo 20
Flower Mound Coram Deo struggled against Oakridge on Friday night, losing a blowout to the Owls.
Oakridge jumped out to a 14-0 lead early on, but Luke Manack hit Tucker Pape on a touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 7 points.
Oakridge then scored three straight touchdowns before the Lions answered with another score, this time on a pass to Jack Hamm, making it 36-14 Oakridge at the break.
The Owls scored again early in the third, but Coram Deo answered with a touchdown of it’s own to make the score 42-20 Oakridge with four minutes to go in the third quarter.
The Owls scored twice more to make it 56-20 with 7 minutes to go in the fourth quarter and the score held up.
Coram Deo (0-1, 0-0) will play at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5 at McKinney Christian.
Marcus 31, Keller 28
The Marauders opened the season with a victory on Thursday night, defeating Keller by a field goal.
Colton Nussmeier scored on a 6-yard run midway through the first quarter to give the Marauders a 7-0 lead, but Keller came back and tied it up 2 minutes later.
With a minute to play in the first, Nussmeier hit Cruz Cortez on a 10-yard touchdown pass to regain the lead for Marcus, and then Bode Barton recovered a Keller fumble at the Indians’ 34 yard-line.
Nussmeier tossed another touchdown pass early in the second quarter to make the score 21-7 Marcus, but Keller answered with another touchdown, and the Marauders led 21-14 at halftime.
Marcus took a 10-point lead in the third quarter on a 35-yard field goal, but Keller answered and cut the Marauder’s lead to 3 points.
Five minutes into the fourth quarter, Nussmeier scored on another keeper to make it 31-21 Marcus.
Keller scored again to bring the game back a 3-point lead for Marcus with three minutes left to play.
Marcus (1-0, 0-0) was able to hold on for the victory and will host Arlington at 7 p.m. on Sept. 5.
Bryon Nelson 30, Wolfforth Frenship 7
While many local games were postponed or canceled due to storms on Thursday night, the Bobcats got their season off to a great start with a victory over Wolfforth Frenship at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene.
This is the second straight season Nelson opened the season with a victory over the Tigers.
Parker Almanza scored on a 1-yard run to give Nelson an early lead.
An interception from the late Byron Nelson head coach Travis Pride’s son, Colt Pride, led the Bobcats back down the field where Macavion Hill rush tacked on a 6-yard run to make it 13-0 Bobcats.
Frenship cut the lead to six points with a touchdown of it’s own, but then Nelson answered when Almanza hit Gavin Tracer for 20 yards to take a 20-7 lead into the half.
The Bobcats, who came into the game ranked 15 in the state among 6A programs, made it 23-7 when Oliver Bell drilled a 31-yard field goal with 3 minutes to play in the third.
In the fourth quarter, Almanza connected with Franck Makong on a 10-yard touchdown pass to put the game out of reach.
Nelson (1-0, 0-0) will play at 7 p.m. on Sept. 4 at Lewisville.
