Jesuit Dallas rallied from down 15 late in the fourth quarter, stunning state-ranked Rockwall, 60-59, in front of a packed Ranger Stadium on Friday night. The victory marks the second win in program history over the Yellow Jackets and is Jesuit's third straight win in its home-opener.
 
Junior Charlie Peters became the first Ranger quarterback since 2014 to throw for six touchdowns in a single game, completing 37-of-48 passes for 370 yards. Senior Cooper Cutler secured 10 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns, becoming the first Ranger since 2017 to eclipse the 200-yard mark in a single game. Junior Zane Williams caught a pair of touchdowns as senior Quentin Williams, junior Jaeger Krauss, and junior Blake Bodnar each caught touchdowns.
 
Krauss added a touchdown pass with a 79-yard pass completion to Cutler to help spark the Jesuit comeback in the third quarter. Zane Williams tacked on a rushing touchdown while junior Ryan Engelhardt led the team with 31 rushing yards.
 
Defensively, senior Tristen Bird led the team with 12 tackles and a recovered fumble, followed by senior Grayson Wombacher, who secured 10 tackles on the day. Junior Robert Prager recorded nine tackles, while the trio of junior Cade Gill, senior Logan Thompson and senior Sean Watson picked up eight tackles apiece. Logan led the team with 1.5 tackles for loss, and senior Entonyo Jones, Jr. secured 0.5 tackles for loss.
 
Jesuit trailed Rockwall, 31-14, in the third quarter before Krauss' trick play touchdown pass to Cutler helped spark the comeback. Three plays later, Bird jumped on a dropped snap to turn the ball back over to the Rangers deep in Yellow Jacket territory, and Peters capitalized with a 14-yard completion to Quentin Williams to cut the Rockwall lead to two points.
 
Rockwall scored back-to-back touchdowns to reinstate a two-possession lead. Zane Williams capped a 10-play, 58-yard drive with a one-yard plunge to keep the Rangers within striking distance, before Peters and the Rangers responded to another Rockwall touchdown with touchdown passes of 34 and 61 yards to Krauss and Cutler, the latter of which tied the game, 52-52 with 2:59 remaining in the fourth.
 
The Yellow Jackets quieted the Ranger faithful with a 75-yard touchdown pass, putting Rockwall up by seven with 2:17 remaining, but the Rangers worked their way down the field once again, aiming for the game-tying or go-ahead score. Peters hit Zane Williams after escaping pressure for a 26-yard touchdown down the sideline, then broke through the Rockwall defense once again on a pass completion to Cutler to give the Rangers their first lead of the game with 23 seconds remaining in the contest.
 
Jesuit's defense held Rockwall out of the end zone over the final seconds of the game, and a game-winning 50-yard field goal attempt by the Yellow Jackets fell short of the uprights to give the Rangers the massive non-district upset victory.
 
The Rangers will return to action on Thursday, Sept. 7 when the Blue and Gold take on J.J. Pearce in the District 7-6A opener for both teams. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Eagle-Mustang Stadium.