Jesuit Dallas football secured a key district road win on Friday, upending Richardson, 42-28, at Eagle-Mustang Stadium. With the victory, the Rangers improve to 3-2 in district play and secure a key tiebreaker over a team with similar postseason aspirations.
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Senior wide receiver
Blake Bodnar followed up a three-touchdown performance last week against MacArthur with nine catches for 135 yards and two touchdowns against the Eagles. Quarterback
Charlie Peters completed 17-of-22 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns while senior
Jaeger Krauss completed the game's first pass, a 49-yard strike to fellow fourth year
Jack Yeskie.
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On the defensive end, senior
Robert Prager jump-started the Jesuit Dallas scoring, recovering a fumbled snap on a Richardson punt attempt in the end zone for the Rangers' first points of the game. Jesuit scored three rushing touchdowns, as senior
Henry Bourret, Peters and junior
Shane Parker found the end zone while helping the Rangers' rushing attack tally 157 total yards.
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Senior
Julien Bird logged a team-high 15 tackles, followed by junior
Gabriel James, who secured 13 tackles and a sack. Senior
Cade Gill picked up two tackles for loss and a sack of his own while senior
Kane Murray picked up the team's third sack of the contest. Gill would also block a fourth quarter Richardson field goal attempt that was recovered by Prager, opening the door for a Jesuit touchdown with 5:28 remaining that gave the Rangers a 14-point lead.
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Jesuit will finish the regular season with a two-game homestand that starts on Friday, November 1 against Berkner. The Rams shutout Irving, 44-0, on Friday and enter Ranger Stadium with an identical 3-2 record in district play. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., and next Friday's game will also serve as the Program's homecoming contest.