Fort Worth Southwest's Davian Fields runs following a catch against Fort Worth Carter-Riverside on Friday night at Scarborough-Handley Field.
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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