For the second time in three years, Carroll's footballbrteam traveled north of the Red River and returned to Southlake with a victory.
After topping Tulsa Union on the road in 2015, thebrDragons squared off against Oklahoma power Broken Arrow on Friday and ralliedbrin the fourth quarter for a 21-14 win.
Coppell transfer TJ McDaniel shined in his debut with thebrDragons, finishing with 106 yards on 30 carries, including the game-tyingbrtouchdown with 9:10 remaining in the fourth quarter (5 yards) and thebrgame-winning score less than four minutes later from 1 yard out.
McDaniel was complimented in the backfield by senior RBbrTavian Gould who ran for 36 yards on just 6 carries while providing solidbrblocking which helped the Dragons prolong drives.
All eyes were on junior quarterback Will Bowers — who wasbrmaking his first career start under center for the Dragons. Bowers bounced backbrfrom two interceptions and a fumble, keeping his composure and completing 20-of-26 passes for 258 yards (77-percent).brHis first-quarter touchdown pass to Cade Bell of 34 yards gave the Dragons abr7-0 lead after the teams had staged a defensive battle for the first 1.5brquarters.
Bell, the Dragon Pride Player of the Week would finishbrwith 153 yards on eight receptions, while fellow receiver Colton Phillipsbrchipped in five catches for 48 yards.
After several untimely turnovers, Carroll's defense wasbrcalled upon to keep the Tigers in check. Tim Wasson's crew did exactly thatbr—holding Broken Arrow without an offensive touchdown in the first half. The Tiger'sbrhowever did score on a very controversial play in the final minute of the firstbrhalf after a lengthy interception return for a score.
The Dragons' front harassed Arrow quarterback LafayettebrWright throughout the night and finished with four sacks, including two frombrJacob Doddridge.
For the game, Wright threw for 159 yards, while BrokenbrArrow's running game was limited to just 31 yards on 27 attempts.
Ryan Thompson and Matty Werner had 13 tackles and one sackbrapiece, while Michael Parrish forced a fumble and recovered another.
Southlake Carroll 21, Broken Arrow 14
Southlake Carroll 0 7 0 14 — 21
Broken Arrow 0 7 7 0 — 14
Scoring summary
Second quarter
SLC — Bell 34 pass from Bowers (Koskay kick), 6:35
BA — Marcheselli 64 fumble return (Segraves kick), 0:49
Third quarter
BA — Wright 1 run (Segraves kick), 1:44
Fourth quarter
SLC — McDaniel 5 run (Koskay kick), 9:10
SLC — McDaniel 1 run (Koskay kick), 5:42
Dragon Offensive statistics
Rushing — TJ McDaniel 30-106, Will Bowers 8-35, TavianbrGould 6-36.
Passing — Will Bowers 20-26-0 258, Clayton Webb 0-1-0 0.
Receiving — Cade Bell 8-153, Colton Phillips 5-48, TJbrMcDaniel 3-27, Darryl Crockett 3-25, Hudson Shrum 1-5.
Dragon Defensive statistics
Ryan Thompson: 13 tackles, one sack
Matty Werner: 13 tackles, one sack
Jake Fex: 10 tackles
Jacob Doddridge: nine tackles, two sacks, one forcedbrfumble
Graham Faloona: nine tackles
Joseph DeVincenzo: seven tackles, two passes defended
Michael Parrish: three tackles, one forced fumble, onebrfumble recovery