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Francis Celii
28
Jesuit Dallas JCP 0-1
38
Winner Arlington H.S. ARL 1-0
Jesuit Dallas JCP
0-1
28
Final
38
Arlington H.S. ARL
1-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
JCP Jesuit Dallas 0 21 0 7 28
ARL Arlington H.S. 14 10 0 14 38

Game Recap: Football - Varsity |

Ranger Comeback Falls Short in Season Opener

Trailing by 17 points at the end of the first quarter, Jesuit Dallas battled back and came within a half-yard of taking the lead before falling to state-ranked No. 21 Arlington, 38-28, on Friday at UTA Maverick Stadium. Two long touchdown receptions in the fourth quarter derailed the Ranger comeback attempt as the Blue and Gold showed some stellar potential in their 2019 season opener.
 
Senior Rance Holman completed 24 passes to finish the game with 252 yards and three touchdowns, including a pair of touchdown passes to senior Wyatt Garrett, who caught six passes for 123 yards. Junior Jake Taylor closed the bout with 194 all-purpose yards, racking up 27 rushes for 134 yards and a touchdown while adding 60 reception yards on six catches. Senior Jonathan Paredes added a touchdown reception, finishing the game with three catches for 31 yards.
 
Defensively, senior Jack Barton led the way with 13 tackles, one tackle for loss and a forced fumble recovered by classmate Tommy Roy on Arlington's first play from scrimmage. Classmate Mitchell Campbell added a forced fumble in the second quarter that was recovered by senior Austin Wood to set up another Jesuit touchdown. Junior Cooper Manning snagged his first interception of the season while sophomore Robert Fitzgerald posted five tackles and a pass breakup in his varsity debut.
 
How It Happened
 
  • Barton forced a fumble on Arlington's first play from scrimmage, knocking the ball out of the hands of Arlington quarterback Kris Sims on an option play to give Jesuit the ball at the Arlington 46-yard line. The Rangers' ensuing drive stalled and Arlington took advantage, opening the scoring to take a 7-0 lead with 5:39 left in the first. The Colts would add another touchdown on their next drive to take a 14-0 lead with 2:46 left in the first, then capped a 10-play, 39-yard drive with a 41-yard field goal to take a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter.
     
  • The Jesuit Rally began with the Rangers' first drive of the second quarter as Jesuit marched down the field on a 10-yard, 80-yard drive which provided the Blue and Gold their first touchdown of the season. Holman fired a strike to Garrett down the sideline, as the junior caught his first varsity touchdown to cut into the Colts' lead. Arlington rebuilt the three-possession cushion with another touchdown drive after Jesuit's touchdown.
     
  • A 13-yard kick return by junior Charlie Cook set the tone for a six-play, 66-yard scoring drive. Senior Christian Allocco drew a critical pass interference call to put the Rangers at the Arlington 40-yard line before Taylor got to the second level for a 32-yard rush that got the Rangers inside the red zone. Paredes scored his first touchdown of the season in the back portion of the end zone to draw the Blue and Gold to within 10 points with 2:54 remaining in the first half.
     
  • Campbell forced Arlington's second fumble of the game after coming free on the edge and laying a huge hit on Sims, allowing Wood the opportunity to jump onto the ball and give Jesuit the ball at the Arlington 34-yard line. Taylor rushed 32 yards downfield to the two-yard line, scoring on a halfback draw to send Jesuit into halftime trailing, 24-21 and completing a dominant second quarter which saw Jesuit outscore Arlington, 21-7.
     
  • Facing a third-and-24, Holman hit Taylor on a slant pattern before the junior made a key play for the Rangers. Finding some open room to the near hash mark, Taylor ran through several tackles and stayed on his feet for a 26-yard gain to give Jesuit a first down inside the Arlington red zone. However, Arlington made three stops inside the five-yard line to force a turnover on downs.
     
  • Arlington scored on a 99-yard touchdown play to build the lead back to 10 points following the key defensive stop. Jesuit's next drive came up empty after the Rangers missed a 39-yard field goal and Arlington once again took advantage with a 79-yard touchdown to take a three-possession lead with 5:59 left.
     
  • The Rangers fired one final salvo at the Colts as Holman found Garrett for a 26-yard touchdown pass with 4:20 left in regulation. Junior kicker Parker Brown converted a successful onside kick, recovered by senior Jhalen Spicer, to give Jesuit the ball at the Arlington 49-yard line with 4:18 remaining. However, Arlington snuffed the rally with an interception and was able to keep Jesuit out of the end zone over the final four minutes of the game. 

Up Next
 
Jesuit Dallas will play at Postell Stadium for the first time this season against state-ranked No. 16 DeSoto. The Eagles are 1-0 on the year after defeating Odessa Permian, 35-14. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on the Jesuit Dallas campus with the KAAM 660AM pre-game show set to start at 6:30 p.m.
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