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MIDLOTHIAN – Highland Park built a comfortable halftime lead and held off a Midlothian rally for a 38-21 victory in a showdown for the District 7-5A Division I title and top seed in the playoffs Thursday night at Midlothian ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium.
Both teams entered with an identical season and district records to secure playoff berths.
Highland Park (9-1, 6-0 in 7-5A DI) bettered its state record with a 59th district championship either shared or won outright.
The Scots will host a bi-district playoff Nov. 15 at home against an opponent from District 8-5A DI. It will be Highland Park’s 66th playoff appearance – another state record – and extended its active post-season streak to 30 seasons in a row.
Midlothian (8-2, 5-1) is in the playoffs for the sixth time in seven years and will also host a bi-district game on Nov. 15.
The Scots were able to crank out touchdown drives of 64, 63 and 54 yards thanks to conversions on six of eight third downs in the first half.
The Panthers offense generated touchdown drives of 72 and 89 yards in the second half, ending in scoring runs of 19 yards on fourth down by quarterback Beau Wendel and one yard by David Aborisade.
Midlothian generated 201 yards of offense in the final two quarters, and Wendel finished with 81 rushing yards on 13 carries.
HP – James Lancaster 2 run (Reece Tiffany kick).
HP – Reece Tiffany 38 field goal.
HP – Cannon Bozman 25 pass from Buck Randall (Reece Tiffany kick).
HP – Cannon Bozman 6 pass from Buck Randall (Reece Tiffany kick).
MD – Beau Wendel 18 run (Wesley McCool kick).
HP – Buck Randall 4 run (Reece Tiffany kick)
MD – David Aborisade 1 run (run failed).
HP – James Lancaster 8 pass from Buck Randall (Reece Tiffany kick).
MD – Kentorion King 19 pass from Justice Roberts (Kohen Buchanon pass from Justice Roberts).
First Downs HP: 23 MD: 15
Rushing Yards HP: 35-175 MD: 39-206
Passing Yards HP: 202 MD: 77
Passing HP: 16-22-0 MD: 6-11-0
Punts-Avg HP: 1-42 MD: 3-35.3
Penalties HP: 3-37 MD: 4-40
Fumbles-Lost HP: 1-0 MD: 0-0
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: HP – James Lancaster 15-108, Buck Randall 8-21, Benton Owens 1-5, Matthew White 7-26, Isaiah Lee 4-15. MD – David Aborisade 8-15, Beau Wendel 13-81, Kayden Gibson 2-26, Brendyn Jackson 1-1, Kentorion King 4-48, Justice Roberts 3-14, Michael Archie 8-21.
Passing: HP – Buck Randall 15-21-0-193. MD – Beau Wendel 3-6-0-28, Justice Roberts 3-5-0-49.
Receiving: HP – Paxton Smith 3-47, James Lancaster 1-8, Benton Owens 3-34, Cannon Bozman 6-79, Isaiah Lee 1-9, Charles Olmsted 1-9, Case Messer 1-16. MD – Brendyn Jackson 2-16, Kentorion King 4-61.
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