Southlake Carroll 56, Guyer 45
The season came to an end for Guyer on Saturday, as the Wildcats fell to the Dragons in the state quarterfinals.
Guyer jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a 20-yard keeper from Kevin Sperry.
The Wildcats made it 14-0 when Sperry hit Mason White on a 43-yard touchdown pass.
Carroll scored three unanswered touchdowns and led 21-14 at the end of the first quarter.
Sperry and White hooked up again early in the second quarter, this time for 44 yards to knot the game at 21 all.
The Dragons scored twice more before Ford Stinson booted a 26-yard field goal to make it 35-24 Carroll at the half.
Carroll scored two more touchdowns before Sperry hit DJ Reese on an 80-yard touchdown pass to make the game 49-31 Southlake Carroll heading into the fourth quarter.
Carroll extended it’s lead to 25 points with a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but Guyer came right back with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Sperry to Reese and a 15-yard keeper from Sperry to cut the Wildcats deficit to 11 points.
Guyer than recovered an onside kick and drove down to the Dragons 27-yard line, but an interception gave the ball back to Carroll with under four minutes to play.
Guyer wrapped up the season with a 10-4 overall mark and 5-2 record in district competition.
Argyle 42, Lucas Lovejoy 17
With a 42-17 victory over Lovejoy on Friday night, the Argyle Eagles are headed to the state semifinals.
Lovejoy jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter, before Maguire Gasperson scored on a 10-yard keeper to make it 7-3 Argyle.
Lovejoy regained the lead and was up 10-7 after one.
In the second quarter, Gasperson hit Jaxon Greene on a 10-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-10 Eagles, and Logan Rexroat scored on a 1-yard run to give Argyle a 21-10 lead.
The defense then came up big when Grayson Peschel scored on an 81-yard interception return to make it 28-10 Argyle at the half.
In the third quarter, Gasperson connected with Julian Caldwell on a 73-yard touchdown pass to give the Eagles a 35-10 lead and then Watson Bell scored on a 5-yard run to make it a 42-10 game in favor of Argyle.
Lovejoy scored again early in the fourth quarter to make it 42-17 Argyle, but could not mount a comeback.
Argyle (13-1, 8-0) will play South Oak Cliff in the state semifinals at 7 p.m. Friday at SMU’s Ford Stadium.
Argyle eliminates Lovejoy 42-17! @MaguireGas1 passes for 141 yards and three total touchdowns and @WatsonBell22 rushes for 73 yards and a score in the win! @argylegridiron takes on South Oak Cliff in the state semifinal. #txhsfb #ihss pic.twitter.com/OfQBNFE3Uv
— DFW Inside High School Sports (@ihss_dfw) December 7, 2024