North Crowley rolls to 50-21 state championship win over Austin Westlake
ARLINGTON, Texas - North Crowley dominated Austin Westlake in the Class 6A Division 1 finals at AT&T Stadium on Saturday night.
The Panthers pulled off a successful flea flicker on the game's first play for a score and never looked back.
North Crowley's high-flying offense put up 640 yards in the game.
The Panthers finished the season undefeated. The team is the first Fort Worth school to win a title in the state's largest classification since Arlington Heights won in 1948.
Westlake finishes the season with a 14-2 record.
First Half
North Crowley leads Austin Westlake at halftime by the score of 28-7.
North Crowley struck early with a flea flicker on the first play from scrimmage. Cornelius Warren III flipped the ball back to quarterback Chris Jimerson, who hit Quentin Gibson for a 75-yard score.
Westlake's Grady Bartlett scored on a short run tie tie the score at 7-7.
After that, it was all North Crowley, with Jimerson throwing for two more touchdowns and running for another.
North Crowley outgained Westlake 367-206 in their dominating first half.
Second Half
North Crowley picked up where they left off to start the second half.
After a three and out by Westlake, the Panthers marched down the field on a 9-play, 84-yard drive that ended in a Daniel Bray touchdown.
Westlake came right back down the field and scored a touchdown of their own. Rees Wise took a QB keeper into the endzone to cut the lead to 35-14.
North Crowley struck back quickly though, with Bray scoring his second touchdown of the half on a 75-yard run. The Panthers then converted a two-point conversion to push the lead to 43-14.
Wise ran for another score in the fourth for the Chaparrals.
Jimerson threw another touchdown in the closing minutes of the fourth to have North Crowley crack the 50 point-mark for the eleventh time this season.