No. 1-ranked Southlake Carroll hits the road to face Haslet Virgil R. Eaton High School at Northwest ISD Stadium.
The Dragons have four games left and this is the penultimate road game in the regular season. Carroll is atop of the District 4-6A standings with a 4-0 mark and 6-0 overall.
Halset is one of three teams with 2 wins in district play, part of a tie for third place in a 9-team district.
The top four teams will make the playoffs, the two larger enrollments will go to Division I and the lower two enrollments will be in Division II. Carroll buzzed its way through the latter bracket last year and reached the finals before ultimately losing.
Eaton is 3-2 on the year and one of 7 teams with a .500 record or better in the district.
Eaton’s losses include a 2-point loss in double overtime to Hurst Lawrence D. Bell and a 6-point loss to Denton Billy Ryan in Week 1.
What to know?
The Eagles have been 4-6 or 4-6 in four of the past six seasons, with winning seasons in 2020 and 2021.
In a unique twist, the Eagles were also 3-2 heading into this game, but then lost three in a row and never got over .500 again.
Dating back to 2018, the Eagles are 0-7 against Carroll. The closest game was a 45-30 win by Carroll in 2020. Last year, Carroll won 50-14.
Who to know?
This game will have several Division I commits, mostly on Carroll's roster.
Here’s a breakdown of who may stand out on Thursday night:
Southlake
OL Carey Clayton, sr. — The center for the Dragons, he’s committed to play at Memphis.
QB Angelo Renda, sr. — Through 6 games, he’s thrown for 1,805 yards, 20 touchdowns and is completing 76% of his passes.
WR Brock Boyd, sr. — The Ohio State pledge became the school’s all-time leading receiver in terms of yards and receptions, the latter happening last week. He has a line of 37/527/8 through six games.
OG Tristan Dare, jr. — The 6-foot-4, 290-pounder is a 3-star recruit. He had 30 offers before picking Michigan.
OT Luke Wilson, jr. — He’s committed to Oklahoma after only one year of varsity football. Wilson, who is 6-foot-6, 290 pounds, is the son of former TCU tight end Travis Wilson.
ATH Gavin Strange, sr. —The Duke pledge has 15 tackles, made 1 field goal and is 41-for-41 on PATs.
WR Brody Knowles, jr. — His older brother, Graham, was the quarterback two years ago and is now at Georgia Tech. The junior is third on the team with 321 yards receiving.
WR Blake Gunter, jr. — He’s the Dragons’ top receiver in terms of yards with 648 and his 9 TDs lead the team as well.
V.R. Eaton
DE Alijah Lash, sr. — A three-star recruit, he’s committed to San Diego State.
RB Micah Rivers, sr. — Rivers leads the team with 4 TDs and he has 236 yards on 47 carries.
RB Chris Duharte, sr. — He led the Eagles with 242 yards rushing on 47 carries
QB Kalika Nisa, so. — QB1 is completing 66% of his passes and has thrown for 714 yards.
WR Sunjaya Peoples, so. — The speedster has a kickoff return for a score and has caught a team-high 4 touchdowns.
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Southlake gets the ball first after a hold on the kickoff return.
Two plays into the game, the Dragons have a first down. Eaton fans starting the overrated chant less than 45 seconds into the game.
TOUCHDOWN! Brody Knowles hauls in a 54-yard touchdown catch from Angelo Renda. Southlake up 7-0 at the 6:26 mark.
long return sets up a short field for Dragons at the Eaton 30.
TOUCHDOWN! Davis Penn runs it in from the 6. Stripped inside the end zone, but official signals TD instead of a fumble. Southlake up 14-0. 3:04 left
Renda, playing with a cast on his non-throwing hand, has made two big runs on this drive with starte at 1:42 left.
End of 1st: Southlake 14, Eaton 0
2nd Quarter
TOUCHDOWN! On the second play of the 2nd, Brooks Biggers with 1-yard TD run. Southlake 21, Eaton 0 11:23 to play
Eaton forced to punt again on a drive that featured 5 yards loss on offsides and 8 yards on a sack.
TOUCHDOWN! Parker Harris, who almost had a TD last punt return, does it here. Southlake 28, Eaton 0. 9:28 left in 2nd
TOUCHDOWN! Eaton gets on the board. Sunjaya Peoples with 102-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. 9:12 left. Southlake 28, Eaton 7
TOUCHDOWN! Davis Penn with his 2nd TD of the night. 7:50 left in 2nd. Southlake 35, Eaton 7
TURNOVER! Austin Bussman with interception at the 30-yard line for the Dragons.
TOUCHDOWN! Davis Penn with his 3rd TD run of the game. This one from 4 yards out. Dragons up 42-7 with 4:59 left.
TOUCHDOWN! Renda connects with Boyd for a 22-yard TD with 1:57 left in the 2nd quarter. Into turbo clock territory already. Dragons 49, Eaton 7
Fumble! Southlake recovers a ball that fell to the ground on a run
TOUCHDOWN! Southlake pads the lead with 4 seconds left. Renda to Caden Mackey for 26 yards. Southlake 56, Eaton 7
3rd quarter
TOUCHDOWN! Southlake gets a TD run from Brooks Biggers at the 8:52 mark left in the third after a bad punt gave the Dragons a short field. Southlake 63-7
FIELD GOAL! Southlake went with the 2s and marched down into the red zone. The drive ends with a 31-yard FG by Duke pledge Gavin Strange. 1:51 to play. Southlake 66-7
End of 3rd: Southlake 66, Eaton 7
4th quarter
Facing 4th and 17, the Dragons punt for the 2nd time this game. 38 seconds left.
FINAL: 66-7
RECAP
Southlake used a 42-point second quarter to pull away for the win.
It was also win No. 100 for head coach Riley Dodge.
Dodge is now 100-9 at the helm of his alma mater and becomes only the third coach in school history to get 100 wins.
His dad, Todd, had 98 at the helm before leaving after the 2006 season to go to the University of North Texas. Riley, a quarterback at the school, joins Hal Wasson (121-25) and Bob Ledbetter (113-5-1) with 100 career wins at Southlake.
Penn ran for 3 touchdowns and Renda tossed three touchdown passes in the win.