Fort Worth Southwest's Davian Fields runs following a catch against Fort Worth Carter-Riverside on Friday night at Scarborough-Handley Field.
Cody Thorn
The numbers said that Fort Worth Carter-Riverside would be the favorite in Friday’s winner-take-all District 5-Class 4A Division I game.
However, history repeated itself for Fort Worth Southwest, and the Raiders left Scarobrough-Handley Field with a 28-21 win.
The season for them continues, while Carter-Riverside’s season came to an end with a 6-4 record.
Heading into the game, Carter-Riverside was coming off a win last year in the series and advanced to the postseason for the first time since 1995.
The Eagles had a better record than the Raiders, but four rushing touchdowns from Jeremiah Hogg were the difference.
Now, Southwest will play Dallas Lincoln (8-2) in the first round of the playoffs. It’s the second trip to the playoffs in three years for the Raiders, who lost a tiebreaker for the final spot last season.
Carter-Riverside held a 21-14 lead at halftime.
“At halftime, the coaches talked to us and emphasized all week, be together, be together; fight; don’t give up,” Hogg said. “And that’s what we did. We got the W.”
The Eagles got the ball first in the second half and marched down the field. Carter-Riverside got down to the 1-yard line before a penalty pushed the ball back 5 yards.On the next play, a pass to the end zone, Davian Fields stepped in front of it and intercepted it, returning it to the 25.
“That's what we preach about, man,” Southwest coach Joseph Turner said. “When the game is on the line, we emphasize those details in practice, those game situations. We work a lot on that stuff and I'm happy that the boys did what they needed to do.”
The offense responded by scoring and tying the game. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Hogg scored on a 2-yard run.
The Raiders recovered and onside kick and then scored again. Only 24 seconds into the second half, Hogg scored his second touchdown of the second half.
That made it 28-21 and the lead held.
“Our boys have been second-half players all year,” Turner said. “That was the emphasis going into the locker room. All right, we made some mistakes in the first half, we did some bonehead things, but now it's time to lock in and play ball. And the boys did a great job; coaches too.”
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Arlington The Oakridge School running back Isaac Bly carries the ball during the 3A Southwest Preparatory Conference semifinal game in Arlington.
Cody Thorn
The Southwest Preparatory Conference 3A championship will be a showdown of Dallas area schools.
Episcopal School of Dallas won the first semifinal game on Saturday and then The Oakridge School punched a return ticket to the finals with a 44-14 win over Fort Worth Country Day School at Frank Field.
That game was a rematch of last year’s 3A championship game, also won by Oakridge.
Now the Owls will have a chance to defend the title when it plays ESD – the only school they have lost to this year.
The championship game will be played on Nov. 14. A time and place was still in the works as of Saturday night, according to Oakridge coach Jeromy Flowers.
ESD beat Oakridge, 32-20, on Oct. 16.
“Title game is everything, man,” Flowers said. “You get a rare chance in life to get second chances, you know? So we get a second chance; we get another opportunity. It's not about redemption for us. … it's about going out there and just playing the best game that we could possibly play and be 2-time state champs.”
Does the coach think the Owls are underdogs against the undefeated Eagles?
“You know, whatever they want to call us,” he said. “We just want to go play and see what happens.”
Episcopal School of Dallas (10-0) beat Austin St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, 42-29, in the other semifinal game Saturday.
Oakridge never trailed against Country Day, scoring on the first two drives to build a 16-0 lead.
The Falcons (6-5) pulled within 16-14 in the second quarter on two touchdown passes from Hayes Casey to Owen Bloemendahl.
Country Day didn’t score again.
Oakridge scored twice in the final 8 minutes of the second quarter. Arlington Seguin transfer Isaac Bly had a 68-yard touchdown run following the second Country Day score.
The Owls’ defense got a stop, forced a punt and took over with 57 seconds left.
The offense needed only two plays to score. Quarterback Hunter Squires hit Kingston James on back-to-back pass routes - a 37-yard gain and a 6-yard touchdown pass.
Squires added a touchdown run in the third quarter and Joshua Dees threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Will Lemonds in the fourth quarter to account for the scoring in the fourth.“It's awesome as a quarterback to be able to just not have to worry about certain things and have 2 great wide receivers out there, a great tight end, an awesome running back who just does spectacular every game,” said Squires, a newcomer for the Owls from Arlington James Martin. “I'm forever grateful to be able to have these guys with me and they make me look good.”
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And that puts a bow on the 2026 Texas high school football regular season!
District championships have been decided, playoff spots are secured, and now the real fun begins. It's time for the postseason, where every Friday night brings a new level of intensity and every game carries championship implications.
Summer Creek closed out its regular season with a statement win over Atascocita, while Klein Collins punched its ticket to the playoffs with a victory over Klein Oak on the VYPE Thursday Night Showdown.
In Class 5A, Randle continued its dominant run, taking down Top 5 Friendswood to send another message to the rest of the state. Montgomery won on a walk-off field goal to beat Huntsville and ramain undefeated on the season.
On the private school side, Kinkaid and Episcopal punched their tickets to the SPC Championship Game with semifinal victories. One more game stands between them and a title!
The regular season is in the books, but the best is still ahead. The road to AT&T Stadium starts now!
And don't forget to tune in to the VYPE "On My Whistle" podcast, premiering Wednesday nights each week, for all the latest high school football breakdowns, storylines and playoff coverage.
The postseason is here. Let's get after it!
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