A complete team effort featuring a dominating defensive and offensive performance handed Jesuit its second district win of the season as the Rangers scored their most points since 2017 in a 72-10 win over MacArthur on Thursday at Ellis Stadium.
Senior
Jake Taylor led the charge offensively, scoring three touchdowns on 10 carries to finish the game with 123 yards. Junior
Gage Roy completed 11-of-13 passes for 296 yards and three touchdowns, including strikes to seniors
Charlie Clements,
Charlie Cook and junior
Hunter Krepp, who scored the team's longest offensive touchdown of the season on a second quarter 89-yard touchdown reception. Seniors
Sam Morales and
Daniel Rodriguez addded second half rushing touchdowns for the Blue and Gold.
Junior
Robert Fitzgerald pieced together another all-around performance with six tackles, a rushing touchdown and 47-yard fumble recovery touchdown. Senior
Jack Judson tacked on a team-leading 12 tackles, followed by six stops from senior
Peter Melle. Senior
Pierce Jackson's five tackles was accompanied by four tackles from junior
Landon Usry and three tackles from seniors
Cooper Manning and
Michael Esteve.
Senior
Sy Mendenhall scored a safety for the Rangers in the third quarter, and Jackson, senior
Johnny Franz and Esteve forced fumbles. Senior
Timothy Brown, Jr. tacked on a recovered fumble in the third quarter. Junior
Parker Brown was a perfect 10-for-10 in extra point attempts, adding five touchbacks on 11 kickoffs.
The Rangers finished the game with 569 yards of total offense, the highest total this year, scoring on all six red-zone opportunities. Jesuit's defense held the Cardinals to 2-of-12 on third downs, 6-of-13 passing and 261 total yards. Jesuit also played disciplined football, only commiting three penalties for 35 yards.
Jesuit Dallas will return to the gridiron on Friday, Nov. 13, when the Rangers host Nimitz at Postell Stadium. The Friday night matchup between the Rangers and Vikings will start a home stretch of the season which will see Jesuit host three of its final four games at home. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Postell Stadium.
