Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Grand Prairie). Everything went their way against the Sam Houston Texans on Friday as the South Grand Prairie Warriors made off with a 42-21 win. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Texans are ranked 619th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Several Texans players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Devon Dawkins, who rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. Dawkins showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 60 yards. Sam Houston also got a significant boost from Jaylen Harper, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 87 yards.
The victory made it two in a row for South Grand Prairie and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Sam Houston, they dropped their record down to 1-3 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
South Grand Prairie didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 60-24 defeat vs. Arlington on the 27th. Sam Houston has also already played their next game, a 55-14 loss against Bowie on the 27th.
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