Wills Meyer (5) runs reels in a 27-yard pass from Will Bowers for the opening score versus the Flower Mound Jaguars. The Dragons would go on to defeat the Jaguars 45-31 at Dragon Stadium. Photo by S. Johnson/SnappedDragons.com
Will Bowers runs through the end zone for a 45-yard score to give Southlake Carroll a healthy first quarter lead. The Dragons would go on to defeat the Jaguars 45-31 at Dragon Stadium. Photo by S. Johnson/SnappedDragons.com
Will Bowers runs through the end zone for a 45-yard score to give Southlake Carroll a healthy first quarter lead. The Dragons would go on to defeat the Jaguars 45-31 at Dragon Stadium. Photo by S. Johnson/SnappedDragons.com
The Dragonsbropened the District 5-6A season on a positive note Friday holding off abrcompetitive Flower Mound squad, 45-31, to notch their 11th consecutive win inbrdistrict competition.
Carroll hadbrdefeated Flower Mound to kick off district last season, 48-7, but found tougherbrsledding this year against a Jaguars' squad breaking in a sophomore quarterbackbrmaking his second career start in Blake Short.
Carrollbrquarterback Will Bowers got the Dragons' offense out to a great start, throwingbrfor two touchdowns and running for another in the opening quarter and thebrDragons seized a 21-7 advantage.
The leadbrwould grow to as many as 198 at 28-10 following a 2-yard touchdown run by TJbrMcDaniel before Flower Mound began to chip away.
Alec Brooks'br1-yard touchdown dive on the final play of the half brought the Jaguars withinbr11 and Flower Mound trailed by just three points in the third quarter afterbrtouchdown pass on their opening possession of the second half.
Bowers gavebrCarroll a little breathing room when the Dragons answered with a 44-yardbrtouchdown pass to Dragon Pride Player of the Week Wills Meyer — who finished with a season-high 124 receivingbryards and 2 TDs on four receptions.
Later, afterbrFlower Mound moved within a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter,brMcDaniel put the game away with a 45-yard touchdown run with five minutesbrremaining.
McDaniel continues to turn heads in his debut season with Carroll.
Carroll Dragon defensive captain Jacob Doddridge (48) catches a touchdown. Doddridge was a unanimous 1st Team All-District selection on both offense and defense. Photo by S. Johnson/SnappedDragons.com
Carroll Dragon defensive captain Jacob Doddridge (48) catches an 8-yard pass from Will Bowers to give the Dragons a comfortable half-time lead against the Flower Mound Jaguars at Dragon Stadium. Photo by S. Johnson/SnappedDragons.com
The juniorbrfinished with 202 yards on 21 carries (9.6 per carry) with two touchdowns andbrhas now rushed for at least 100 yards in every game, including averaging 211bryards over Carroll's last three contests.
Bowersbrposted another game of more than 100 rushing yards (123) to go with 286 passingbryards.
For thebrgame, Carroll outgained Flower Mound, 623-300, including limiting the Jaguarsbrto less than 4 yards per carry on the ground.
Matt Wernerbrand Ryan Thompson had 12 tackles apiece for Carroll, while RJ Mickens andbrJoseph DeVincenzo recorded interceptions.
The Dragons now prepare to take on the Trinity Trojans (2-2) in what has become one of the biggest rivalries in Texas High School football.
SouthlakebrCarroll 45, Flower Mound 31
Flower Mound 7 10 8 6 — 31
Carroll 21 7 7 10 — 45
Scoringbrsummary
Firstbrquarter
SLC — Meyerbr27 pass from Bowers (Koskay kick), 8:55
SLC — Bowersbr45 run (Koskay kick), 6:37
FM — Brooksbr3 run (Stewart kick), 2:23
SLC —brDoddridge 8 pass from Bowers (Koskay kick), 0:15
Secondbrquarter
FM — Stewartbr30 FG, 7:57
SLC —brMcDaniel 2 run (Koskay kick), 5:05
FM — Brooksbr1 run (Stewart kick), 0:00
Thirdbrquarter
FM — Hudgensbr5 pass from Short (Hudgens run), 9:54
SLC — Meyersbr44 pass from Bowers (Koskay), 4:46
Fourthbrquarter
SLC — Koskaybr28 FG, 8:45
FM —brTouchstone 11 pass from Short (run failed), 6:26
SLC —brMcDaniel 45 run (Koskay kick), 5:01
Dragon Offensive Stats:
Rushing: TJbrMcDaniel 21-202, Will Bowers 11-123, Tavian Gould 3-27, Cade Bell 1-13, RacerbrSeacat 2-5, Clayton Webb 1-0.
Passing:brWill Bowers 19-27-286-0
Receiving:brWills Meyer 4-124, TJ McDaniel 3-49, Cade Bell 3-47, Tucker Slechta 2-23,brDarryl Crockett 2-17, Jacob Doddridge 2-17, Hudson Shrum 1-10, Ryan Thompsonbr1-2.
Dragon Defensive Stats:
RyanbrThompson: 12 tackles, two tackles for loss
Matt Werner:br12 tackles, one tackle for loss
Jax Fex: 10brtackles, two tackles for loss
HaydenbrHayes: six tackles
GrahambrFaloona: six tackles, one tackle for loss
RJ Mickens:brfive tackles, one interception
MichaelbrParrish: five tackles
JosephbrDeVincenzo: two tackles, one interception