Video: Plays of the Week (Nov. 6 - Nov. 13) #MPTopPlayTwo Dallas-area powerhouse MaxPreps Texas Top 25 football teams made sudden bi-district exits in the opening week of the UIL state playoffs.
Euless Trinity, entering at No. 2 with a perfect 10-0 record, lost 24-21 on its home field on a field goal on the game's final play to 7-4 South Grand Prairie in Class 6A Division I. A few miles away at Dragons Stadium in Southlake, Carroll held off a rally by two-time defending state champion Cedar Hill for a 37-33 victory in Class 6A Division II.
Highlighting this week's schedule of area-round playoffs is a couple of Austin vs. Houston-area matchups: No. 4 Lake Travis (Austin) vs. No. 21 Spring Westfield (Houston) in 6A DI and No. 7 The Woodlands vs. No. 10 Westlake (Austin) in 6A DII.
Another intriguing 6A DII contest pits No. 12 Manvel (9-2) against No. 15 Clear Creek (League City).
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Mansfield and its defense swarmed into the Texas Top 25.
Photo by Gordon DeLoach
1. (1) Allen 11-0 Mitchell Jonke and
Trent Barrance each ran for a pair of touchdowns in the Eagles' 54th-consecutive victory, 50-14 over Byron Nelson (Trophy Club).
2. (3) Katy 11-0 Deondrick Glass ran for 149 yards and four touchdowns while the Tigers' defense recorded its fifth-consecutive shutout and eighth of the season in a 77-0 rout of Westside (Houston).
3. (4) Steele (Cibolo) 11-0Xavier Martin threw a pair of touchdown passes to
Antoine Cox-Wesley in a 62-13 drubbing of MacArthur (San Antonio).
4. (5) Lake Travis (Austin) 11-0 Charlie Brewer threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns while
Cade Green had six catches for 118 yards in a 48-0 blanking of Pflugerville.
5. (6) Pearland 11-0 The Oilers' defense forced four turnovers and limited West Brook (Beaumont) to 77 yards and four first downs in a 32-0 victory.
6. (7) Cedar Park 11-0 Mak Sexton threw for four touchdowns, two to Tommy Lavine, in a 49-14 bashing of Bastrop.
7. (8) The Woodlands 10-1 Eric Schmid ran for one touchdown and threw for another in a 16-7 elimination of Klein Oak (Spring).
8. (9) Marcus (Flower Mound) 10-1Nate Hopkins rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns in a 57-14 rout of Fossil Ridge (Keller).
9. (11) Judson (Converse) 10-1 Julon Williams threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns in a 40-13 knockout of Churchill (San Antonio).
10. (12) Westlake (Austin) 10-1Sam Ehlinger threw for 287 yards and four touchdowns, two to
Kylen Granson, in a 35-14 defeat of Round Rock.
11. (13) Carroll (Southlake) 9-2 Lil'Jordan Humphrey rushed for 176 yards, added 113 receiving yards and scored three touchdowns in a 37-33 victory over Cedar Hill.
12. (14) Manvel 9-2 D'Eriq King threw for 191 yards and five touchdowns in a 71-21 drowning of Channelview.
13. (15) Spring 10-1Joseph Dorceus ran for three touchdowns in a 28-10 elimination of College Park (The Woodlands).
14. (17) Lake Ridge (Mansfield) 11-0Duke Carter ran for 171 yards and four touchdowns while
Joseph Rowe chipped in with 135 rushing yards and three scores in a 63-12 elimination of Samuell (Dallas).
15. (18) Clear Creek (League City) 11-0Chase Hildreth threw for 272 yards and four touchdowns in a 63-10 drubbing of Fort Bend Travis (Richmond).
16. (19) George Ranch (Richmond) 11-0Darius Anderson motored for 128 yards and three touchdowns in a 55-14 humbling of Fort Bend Bush (Richmond).
17. (2) Trinity (Euless) 10-1 *Season over The Trojans' string of 11 straight bi-district victories ended on a final-play field goal in a 24-21 loss to South Grand Prairie.
18. (NR) Mansfield 9-2Junior
Kennedy Brooks rushed 36 times for 250 yards and two touchdowns while
Dameron Smith threw for three scores in a 45-22 elimination of Heritage (Colleyville).
19. (10) Cedar Hill 9-2 *Season overAvery Davis threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, but the Longhorns' comeback bid fell short in a 37-33 loss to Carroll (Southlake).
20. (20) Ryan (Denton) 11-0Spencer Sanders threw for 309 yards and four touchdowns in a 56-33 pounding of Plano East.
21. (21) Westfield (Houston) 9-2 Dillon Sterling-Cole threw 244 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-14 triumph over Kingwood.
22. (23) Crosby 11-0Craig Williams rushed for 146 yards and three touchdowns as the Cougars hammered Lumberton, 42-13.
23. (24) Permian (Odessa) 10-1Workhorse
Brandon Bailey carried 37 times for 265 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-12 bashing of Bowie (Arlington).
24. (NR) Dallas Jesuit 10-1Jacob Palisch threw for 261 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-21 victory over Horn (Mesquite).
25. (NR) Atascocita (Humble) 10-1Daveon Boyd connected with
Coye Fairman on three touchdown passes in a 32-27 victory over Klein Collins (Spring).
Dropped out: No. 16 Klein Collins (Spring), No. 21 Reagan (San Antonio), No. 25 Cinco Ranch (Katy)
On the bubble Aledo 10-1
Cedar Ridge (Round Rock) 10-1
Cypress Ranch (Houston) 10-1
Highland Park (Dallas) 10-1
Martin (Arlington) 9-2
North Shore (Houston) 8-3
San Angelo Central 10-1
Skyline (Dallas) 9-2
South Grand Prairie 7-4
Tivy (Kerrville) 11-0