Late heroics
— Patrick Burke threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Hutch Chipman with five seconds left as Episcopal School of Dallas improved to 6-0 with a 39-35 win over Bellaire Episcopal. ESD faced an 11-point deficit with 5:54 left.
— Ryan Williams scored on a 14-yard run in overtime as Richardson Pearce beat Irving MacArthur 55-49. Pearce tied it with 2:09 remaining on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Presley Harper to Caden Varner on fourth-and-goal. Harper threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns.
— Jarvis Turner gave Wilmer-Hutchins a 27-21 comeback win over Frisco Panther Creek, scoring on a 1-yard run with 11 seconds remaining to break a tie. Wilmer-Hutchins trailed 21-7 before outscoring Panther Creek 20-0 in the fourth quarter.
Game of the day
Eli Koch returned an interception for a touchdown in overtime as Lake Dallas beat Frisco Memorial 54-48, improving to 6-0. Dylan Brauchle scored on an 8-yard run with 51 seconds left to give Lake Dallas a 48-45 lead. Memorial forced overtime on Ian Villarreal’s 50-yard field goal as time expired.
Players of the day
— Five-star Notre Dame pledge Peyton Bowen returned three punts for 139 yards, including a 68-yard score, as the area’s No. 1-ranked 6A team beat McKinney Boyd 56-7. It was the second week in a row that Bowen had a punt return touchdown, and he also has an interception return for a TD this year.
— Ronald Manning’s 6-yard touchdown run with 22 seconds left gave Seagoville a 34-28 win over Hillcrest. Manning ran for 281 yards and three touchdowns.
— Richland’s Michael Turner rushed for 261 yards and two touchdowns in a 56-40 victory against W.T. White.
Area surprise
Luke Anderson ran for 241 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 6 Fort Worth Christian to a 35-24 win over No. 2 Dallas Christian in a matchup of area-ranked private schools. His 40-yard touchdown with 5:03 left put the game out of reach. In starting 5-0, Dallas Christian had outscored the opposition 186-82.
Notable numbers
Mansfield Timberview running back Jarvis Reed had only nine carries, but he ran for 201 yards, averaging 22.3 yards per carry as the state’s second-ranked 5A Division I team beat Birdville 54-28. Reed had touchdown runs of 81 and 49 yards and also returned a kickoff 76 yards for a touchdown. To read more on the game, go here.
Week 6 top performers
Rushing
Player, School Yards
Ronald Manning, Seagoville 281
Michael Turner, Richland 261
Kaeden Landry, Carter 259
Luke Anderson, Fort Worth Christian 241
Ife Durodoye, Justin Northwest 236
Sam Mitchum, Royse City 205
Jarvis Reed, Mansfield Timberview 201
Parker Polk, Grapevine 197
Kyle Cummings, Justin Northwest 188
Viron Ellison, Lewisville 183
Isaiah Cunning, Garland Naaman Forest 182
AJ Newberry, South Grand Prairie 176
Passing
Player, School Yards
Keegan Byrd, Denton Braswell 468
Drew Devillier, Plano East 391
Glendon Willis, Irving MacArthur 390
Keldric Luster, McKinney 385
Cade Bortnem, Lake Dallas 375
Bennett Fryman, Frisco Lone Star 327
Braxton Baker, Hebron 316
Logan Lewis, Sanger 301
Oliver Hautanen, Colleyville Covenant Christian 301
Presley Harper, Richardson Pearce 299
Patrick Burke, Episcopal School of Dallas 295
Jake Strong, Justin Northwest 291
Receiving
Player, School Yards
Jerbrandin Henderson, Irving MacArthur 275
Ja’Ryan Wallace, Denton Braswell 255
Micah Greene, Hebron 218
Rushil Patel, Plano East 213
Evan Weinberg, Lake Dallas 189
Jimmy Trilla, W.T. White 166
Messiah Washington, Allen 161
Garrison Elliott, Episcopal School of Dallas 156
Noah Hill, Colleyville Covenant Christian 153
Chance Snyder, Trinity Christian - Addison 148
Will Nettles, Dallas Christian 137
Jaden Watt, Greenhill 137
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