ENNIS – Dax Montelongo’s dominant performance with 214 rushing yards, five rushing touchdowns, and two passing touchdowns carried Midlothian Heritage past Ennis.
Tied 7-7 in the second quarter, Montelongo scored on a 12-yard run. He followed that up with a 73-yard score and a 69-yard touchdown pass to Koen Goralski for a 28-14 lead just before halftime.
Ennis (2-3, 1-1 in District 6-5A Division II) took an early 7-0 lead on an 82-yard screen pass by Wenderius Jones from Chris Martinez, who would add a 67-yard touchdown pass to Traveon Steward in the second quarter.
Heritage (3-2, 2-0) added to their lead on touchdown runs of 41 and 48 yards by Montelongo in the third quarter. Za’ko Davis also scored on a 33-yard pass from Montelongo. Davis would finish with 114 rushing yards, including a 1-yard touchdown run.
Both teams have a bye this week and will not play again until Thursday, Oct. 9.
Mid. Heritage | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 56 |
Ennis | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
EN – Wenderius Jones 82 pass from Chris Martinez (Andre Ibanez kick).
MH – Za’ko Davis 1 run (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
MH – Dax Montelongo 12 run (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
MH – Dax Montelongo 73 run (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
EN – Traveon Steward 67 pass from Chris Martinez (Andre Ibanez kick).
MH – Koen Goralski 69 pass from Dax Montelongo (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
MH – Dax Montelongo 41 run (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
MH – Za’ko Davis 33 pass from Dax Montelongo (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
MH – Dax Montelongo 48 run (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
MH – Dax Montelongo 11 run (Jaxson Godfrey kick).
EN – Xavier Collins 59 fumble return (Andre Ibanez kick).
First Downs MH: 20 EN: 4
Rushing Yards MH: 45-326 EN: 17-33
Passing Yards MH: 215 EN: 181
Passing MH: 13-22-0 EN: 8-21-0
Punts-Avg MH: 4-36.8 EN: 8-38.3
Penalties MH: 5-35 EN: 7-85
Fumbles-Lost MH: 2-1 EN: 0-0
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing – MH: Damar Robinson 12-15, Za’ko Davis 17-114, Dax Montelongo 13-200, Brayden Newman 1-(-10), Avery Alexander 2-7. EN: Wenderius Jones 5-10, Desmond Johnson 4-9, Chris Martinez 8-14
Passing – MH: Dax Montelongo 12-21-0-180, Brayden Newman 1-1-0-35. EN: Chris Martinez 8-21-0-181.
Receiving – MH: Brayden Abila 4-30, Camden Parker 1-12, Koen Goralski 3-91, Za’ko Davis 1-33, Danny Brown 2-9, Colton Anaya 1-35, Jaxson Bruton 1-5. EN: Andre Ibanez 2-4, Traveon Steward 2-75, Wenderius Jones 1-82, Elijah Leblanc 1-5, Kylan Johnson 1-8, Adrian Satterwhite 1-7.