Southwest Showdown: Texas rules as Trinity, DeSoto beat Oklahoma's Jenks and Union

For another day, Texas football rules.

At least in its rivalry with Oklahoma.

The Texas kids rolled over Oklahoma powers Saturday in the two games of the Southwest Showcase at Pennington Field in Bedford, Texas.

In the final game, Trinity (Euless, Texas) pulled out a tough 21-18 win over Union (Tulsa, Okla.), while DeSoto (Texas) rolled Jenks (Okla.) 46-27 in the first game.



In the Trinity game, Matt Hawkins opened the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown run, before Union tied it up on an 11-yard rushing score from Austin Barnes.

Trinity went out in front 14-7 just before halftime on a 22-yard touchdown run by Kenneth Gonzales. Union responded with a nice scoring drive, capped with a field goal by Austin Butler.

Trinity, coming off a tough overtime loss on the road at nationally ranked Bellevue (Washington), took control on its third rushing touchdown from a different player – this was Homer Babcock on a 2-yard run with five minutes to go. That put Trinity up 21-10.

Union never stopped fighting and Hunter Atyia completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to Chris Hall with less than three minutes left, followed by a 2-point conversion pass from Atyia to Carson Meier, making it 21-18.

But Trinity was able to run out the clock from there to earn the hard-earned victory.

Union, winner of four straight Oklahoma 6A state titles, was coming off an emotional 14-7 win over state rival Jenks last week.



Atyia threw for 1,668 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2011 and among his favorite targets are Tulsa commits Hall and Khalid Kornegay. Dalton Rodriguez (6-foot-6, 255 pounds), an Oklahoma commit and defensive end, and Blake Mejia, an offensive lineman, are other college players for Union.

DeSoto 46, Jenks 27

Dontre Wilson rushed 22 times for 132 yards and two scores and Nick Orr blocked two punts and added an interception and a touchdown as DeSoto defeated Jenks 46-26 in the first game of the Southwest Showcase at Pennington Field.

Brandon McDowell added three catches for 92 yards and a touchdown from quarterback Desmon White (181 yards passing) for the winners, who now get Trinity at Kincaid Stadium next Saturday.

DeSoto (2-0) scored the last 22 points of the game, this after opening the season with a 37-14 win over Martin. In that game, White and Wilson, an Oregon commit, combined for 441 yards and all five DeSoto touchdowns.

Jenks (0-2) was in Saturday's game until star tailback Trey'Vonne Barr'e was injured some time in the third quarter. He didn't return. To that point he had rushed 12 times for 60 yards and three touchdowns, according to the Tulsa World.



This is Jenks' first 0-2 start since 1986. It has won 12 state championships and was led by wide receiver Jordan Smallwood (50 catches, 10 touchdowns last season), Barr'e and quarterback Kyle Alexander. Linebacker Trent Taber is another college prospect.

Information obtained through Twitter feeds and MaxPreps' Quixcore.