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North Crowley's Kiante Ingram runs for the ball against Waxahachie on Oct. 9 at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium.
North Crowley knocks off Class 6A No. 1-ranked Waxahachie
The biggest game in the state of Texas in Week 7 of UIL football happened at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium Friday night.
The matchup pitted two Class 6A-ranked teams — No. 1 Waxahachie vs. No. 3 North Crowley.
Both were 5-0 and tied for first place in District 11-6A.
As much as it lined up to be a battle to the end, it was not.
North Crowley rolled to a 42-17 win thanks to a solid running game, a quarterback that could not miss and a defense that kept South Carolina pledge Jerry Meyer III in check.
The Panthers (6-0, 3-0) had a pair of 21-0 scoring bursts that defined the game.
In the first half, G’yrell Smith ran for two touchdowns and Kiante Ingram had another rushing touchdown.
The Panthers led 21-7 at halftime.
“We had a great week of practice knowing what they were going to line up in,” North Crowley quarterback Jacob Torres said. “We just had to execute and we fought hard. We ran, we passed, and we just set them up for the next play.”
The Indians (5-1, 2-1) had a chance to trim into the lead late in the third quarter. Waxahachie got a stop and forced North Crowley to punt after three straight touchdowns on the three previous possessions.
Waxahachie engineered an 18-play, 89-yard drive that ended in a 23-yard field goal from Kohen Manis with 2:37 left. The Indians moved to the 6-yard line on a pass from Meyer to Jordan Smith, but an incomplete pass on third down set up the field goal.
Six plays later, the Panthers answered.
A pass interference call on an incomplete pass on 3rd-and-1 kept the drive alive. Ingram’s 35-yard score with 42 seconds left in the third quarter extended the lead to 28-10.
North Crowley scored on the next two drives to seal the win.
Torres, who was 11-for-11 passing for 100 yards, threw an 84-yard touchdown to Damarion Mays on the next drive for North Crowley.
Smith’s 60-yard run in the fourth made it 42-10.
Smith ran for 116 yards, while Ingram had 157.
Meyer III threw a touchdown pass to Matthew Scott with 1:54 left for the final points of the contest. Meyer threw for a season-low 112 yards.
The Panthers’ secondary, loaded with Division I talent, made it tough. He was 12 for 28 and his 42.9% completion percentage was his third-lowest in the last two years. In last year's loss to DeSoto, he completed only 38.5% of his passes. As a sophomore, he has a 42.4% completion rate in a close win over Dallas Skyline.
“I feel we were disrespected. We already knew who the No. 1 team in the state was,” said North Crowley cornerback Jerry Outhouse. “We had to come prove it.”
This season, the Panthers have beaten these former state champions or finalists in recent weeks: Aledo, Southlake Carroll, Humble Summer Creek and Duncanville.
How good does that make North Crowley?
“Best team in the nation, I'm telling you,” said Outhouse, a UCLA pledge.
VYPE DFW Football Game of the Week Preview: Duncanville vs. Waxahachie (Week 4)
Friday, September 19th – 7:00 PM // Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium -- Waxahachie, TX
Two of District 11-6A’s most acclaimed programs are set to collide this Friday when Waxahachie hosts perennial state power Duncanville in a matchup that could carry playoff implications down the line.
While the Panthers have historically held the upper hand — including a 41-17 win in last year’s meeting — Waxahachie enters Week 4 with enough momentum to make this one far more competitive.
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DUNCANVILLE
Duncanville, led by legendary head coach Reginald Samples, returns to action this week following a bye, fresh off a season-opening win over 5A powerhouse South Oak Cliff (35–28).
The Panthers may be without some of last year’s most decorated names — including 2024 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year Keelon Russell (Alabama), elite wideout Dakorien Moore (Oregon), and standout defensive backs Javion Holiday and Tyren Polley, now both at SMU.
However, the D’Ville cup continues to overflow with talent.
In said win over SOC, junior QB Maximus The Great Denson showcased his dual-threat skill set, tossing three touchdown passes and rushing for nearly 100 yards.
Sophomore tailback Brayden Arnold added 105 yards and two scores on the ground, while four-star receiver Trenton Yancey — who holds offers from blue-blood programs nationwide — has proved to be a dynamic threat in the passing game.
Senior ATH Ayson Theus (TCU-commit) and tight end Zachery Turner (SMU) round out what’s shaping up to be an increasingly deep and versatile receiving corps.
Defensively, the Panthers are as formidable as ever.
Seniors Kevin “KJ” Ford (Florida-commit) and Landon Barnes (Ole Miss) return as disruptive forces off the edge, both coming off all-district campaigns. In the secondary, three-star senior cornerback Braylon Edwards (SMU) anchors a group that looks poised to carry on Duncanville’s defensive pedigree.
Having reached the UIL State Championship five times since 2018 — and narrowly falling to North Crowley in last year’s Regional Final — Duncanville remains firmly in the 6A title conversation.
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WAXAHACHIE
On the other sideline, Waxahachie is off to a strong 2–0 start after lopsided wins over Ennis (44-13) and Forney (35-14). Under fifth-year head coach Shane Tolleson, the Indians return a core of high-upside talent on both sides of the ball and look poised to improve on last year’s 9–4 campaign.
Junior signal-caller Jerry Meyer III (TCU-commit) leads the charge offensively. He’s developed strong chemistry with senior wideout Kohen Brown, who committed to Texas in June.
That duo has been complemented by the emergence of sophomore standouts Taylen Strange at running back and Jordan Thompson-Woods at receiver — both of whom have provided consistent production early in the season.
On defense, Waxahachie leans on junior safety JayQuan Snell, a highly touted four-star recruit with offers from college football’s elite – Ohio State, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Alabama, and Oregon, just to name a few.
Junior LB/DB Kaden Tolleson and senior OLB Hector Calderon III round out a unit that’s shown the ability to both pressure the quarterback and contain the run.
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Whether the Indians are ready to knock off a Duncanville team still viewed as one of the best in Texas remains to be seen — but the pieces are there to make it a contest.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Lumpkins Stadium.