Jesuit Dallas scored 28 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and cut the lead to seven points with 15 seconds remaining, but a late onside kick recovery from Highland Park derailed Jesuit's comeback aspirations as Jesuit dropped its first district game of the year, 35-28, to the state-ranked No. 10 Scots on Friday at Highlander Stadium. 

Senior quarterback Charlie Schmidt completed 29-of-44 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns, adding a pair of rushing touchdowns. The senior racked up 66 rushing yards on 20 carries and connected on touchdown passes to senior Jake Musso and senior Matty Wagner. Musso would finish the contest with 11 receptions for a career-high 123 yards as Wagner tacked on five catches for 48 yards.

The running game finished the bout with 49 carries for 170 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 3.5 yards per carry. Senior Cameron Martin carried the ball 10 times for 48 yards, Musso added 11 carries for 40 yards and senior Reed Pfaffenberger carried the ball six times for 16 hard-fought yards, earning a first down on each of his first four carries.

Defensively, senior Blake Miller led the team with eight tackles on the night while senior Grant Peters and junior Grayson Wombacher each recorded six tackles. Senior William Sahadevan broke up a career-high four tackles while sophomore Cade Gill scored a solo tackle-for-loss, three total tackles and a pass break-up.

Highland Park leapt out to a 28-0 lead at halftime and scored late in the third for a 35-0 advantage, but the Rangers responded by marching down the field on a 13-play, 75-yard drive that culminated with an eight-yard Schmidt touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter. Sophomore kicker Noah McGough was able to successfully convert an onside kick that was recovered by sophomore Robert Prager, giving the Rangers a chance to further cut into the Scots' lead.

After harnessing momentum, Schmidt led the Rangers on another long drive of 10 plays and 47 yards and scored his second touchdown of the game on a fourth-and-five to cut the Highland Park lead to 21 points. Jesuit's third scoring drive of the fourth quarter, an eight-play, 65-yard march down the field, was capped by a strike from Schmidt to Wagner from 17 yards out to close the gap.

Schmidt impressed over in Jesuit's final drive of the game, completing 10 passes over 12 plays, including a pass to Musso in the end zone that brought the Rangers to within a touchdown before Highland Park's onside kick recovery clinched the game for the Scots.