Jesuit Dallas traded punches with the No. 14 ranked DeSoto Eagles for three quarters, but DeSoto used several elongated fourth-quarter scoring drives to hand Jesuit its second loss of the season, 55-27, on Friday at Postell Stadium. The Rangers saw strong efforts in all three facets and entered the fourth trailing by only seven points before DeSoto blanked the Blue and Gold in the fourth quarter.
 
Junior Kyle Heckel scored two touchdowns for the Rangers, finishing the contest with 99 all-purpose yards. Heckel rushed the ball seven times, including a 60-yard rush in the second quarter, scoring his second varsity rushing touchdown while adding his first touchdown reception on one of his three catches. Senior Rance Holman threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, completing 17 passes.
 
Senior Jonathan Paredes led the team in overall all-purpose yardage with seven receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown. Paredes has excelled over the first two games of the season, catching a touchdown pass in both games while averaging 75 yards per game. Junior Jake Taylor finished the game with 33 yards rushing and 79 reception yards, crossing the century mark in all-purpose yardage for the second consecutive game.
 
Defensively, senior Tommy Roy led the charge with 12 tackles, including three tackles for loss and a sack. Classmate Jack Barton, who opened the season with a 13-tackle performance against Arlington, secured nine stops. Junior Cooper Manning converted his second interception of the season as sophomore Robert Fitzgerald logged a trio of pass breakups and four tackles.
 
Senior Mitchell Campbell recorded the team's longest field goal since the 2015 season, a 48-yard bomb from the center hash that opened the scoring for Jesuit. Campbell would add a 43-yard field goal at the end of the first half, adding six tackles and a six-yard tackle for loss to aid in the Jesuit defensive effort.

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