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North Crowley geared up for district following victory over Lucas Lovejoy
After an undefeated regular season last year, North Crowley has burst back onto the scene in the 2023-24 Texas High School Football season. The team is gearing up for district play with another 3-0 start to their season after a 43-20 victory over Lucas Lovejoy in week three. VYPE DFW takes a closer look at the Panthers' victory:
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Lovejoy took an early lead in the Friday night matchup with two touchdowns in the first quarter from Dante Dean and Khalin Williams. Setting the tone, the Leopards looked to be favorites early. Midway through the second quarter, the Panthers' momentum picked up as Cornelius Warren scored a touchdown on a 3-yard rush. With the decision to go for two, Chris Jimerson found Mason Ferguson to put the first 8 points of the night on the board for North Crowley.
Bad weather caused a 75-minute delay in the game as both teams headed into the locker room for a chance to reset, regroup, and focus on what was to come; Lovejoy ahead 20-8 after a late second-quarter touchdown from Payton Pierce.
Coming back to the field following the weather delay, the Panthers were poised for success as they put up 35 unanswered points. Closing out the first half with a Warren rush for a touchdown set the new tone for the game and gave North Crowley a new fire. Warren went on to score one more touchdown in the game. LaMarcus Davis (31-yard reception, 33-yard reception) and Jimerson (29-yard rush) were the other scorers for North Crowley in their come-from-behind victory.
What's Ahead
As the team enters district play, they boast an undefeated record. Having outscored their opponents by a combined 134 points so far this season, the North Crowley offense has proven its ability to continue fighting through challenges while the defense has shown their work and dedication to putting up timely stops against opponents in order to secure big victories. The team opens district play against Forth Worth Paschal on Friday, September 15th with kick-off slated for 7:30 p.m.
Game of the Week powered by Boost Mobile- Bi-District HIGHLIGHTS: Southlake Carroll vs. North Crowley
Still undefeated, the Southlake Carroll Dragons advance to the area round of playoffs after a commanding 42-20 victory over North Crowley. Led by Owen Allen, the Dragons maintained their tempo throughout the entire game VYPE DFW was there to catch all the action!
In Friday night's game against North Crowley, Allen became Southlake Carroll's all-time leading rusher while tallying 129 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries. The Dragons offense scored five touchdowns in the first half while the defense held North Crowley to one touchdown in the first quarter to go into halftime ahead 35-7.
Coming into the second half, North Crowley's defense was able to hold Southlake Carroll to one one touchdown while posting two unanswered scores in the fourth quarter. Despite their best efforts, North Crowley was not able to make a complete comeback and fell to the Dragons.
During the Dragons' win, quarterback Kaden Anderson threw three touchdowns for 217 yards while completing 51% of his passes.
Highlight video filmed by Ibifiri Jamabo.
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