Jesuit Dallas rugby dominated the second half and celebrated senior night with an eyebrow-raising, 54-14 win over Plano on Friday night at Postell Stadium. The Rangers entered halftime trailing the Wildcats, 14-12, but blanked Plano in the second half to running away with their 11th win of the season while bringing the team to the precipice of a divisional title and subsequent playoff home game.
 
Senior Will Woodard opened the scoring with a try after Plano took an early 7-0 lead, but the Wildcats responded with another try to take a 14-5 lead. Senior Maximillian Telfer tallied Jesuit's second try of the game as the first half clock expired to send Jesuit into the halftime break trailing, 14-12.
 
Jesuit erupted in the second half off of tries from senior Matthew Mancillas, junior Ethan Lane and senior Sean Bowen, taking a 31-14 advantage. A big break-off run from senior Jacob Jowdy and another setup run from Telfer primed Mancillas for his second try of the game before senior Niko Triantos continued the run, providing Jesuit a 47-14 lead in the final moments of regulation. Junior Daniel Gutierrez-Gorham capped the win with an extra time try to provide the punctuation mark to Jesuit's dominant win over Plano.
 
Prior to kickoff, Jesuit Dallas head coach Matthew Upton '02 and the Ranger coaching staff honored the members of the senior class. Bowen, Jowdy, Mancillas, Telfer, Triantos and Woodard joined seniors Harrison Camp, David Carroll, Evan Davis, J.C. Erickson, Matthew Flynn, Brendan Hunt, Mac Jordan, Hector Juarez, Zach Laird, Brennan Louviere, Tyler Ochs, Jacob Rhoades, Faiz Shallwani and Noah Villasana were honored prior to kickoff and were celebrated by members of the Jesuit Dallas community.
 
The Rangers will conclude the regular season on Saturday against Westlake in a battle of the top two teams in the Rugby Texas Division I North Division. Westlake enters the matchup with a 5-0 record in district play and a four-point lead on Jesuit while the Rangers lead Rock Rugby by four points for the No. 2 seed in the division. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. from Postell Stadium.