On the road with 5A Division 1 reigning champs Highland Park - Round 6 - The State Championship
After last week's nail biting win over Denton Ryan the Highland Park Scots were matched up to face the Manvel Mavericks in the Texas 5A D1 State Championship. On a rainy Friday in Dallas the HP boys boarded the busses to their last game of the season. For a lot of the senior team it would be the last time they suit up in a football uniform or ever play together on the same field. This game was destined to go down in the history books and the boys made sure of that. In case you've missed the headlines that seem to be on every sports station and news channel, after being down the whole game the HP boys were trailing 39-49 with four and a half minuets left in the fourth quarter. Showing no quit, with a little over two minuets left in the fourth quarter John Stephen Jones runs it in for a touchdown, point after was good HP 46 Manvell 49. Then Hp tries an on side kick and its caught by #88 Saustad. Corwin then brings it down on the 11 and with the clock running out John Stephen finds Cade Saustad again and takes the lead for the first time in the whole game with 34 seconds on the clock bringing the score to HP- 53 Manvel -49. Manville gets on the field and Manville Qb Kason Martin #12 throws a bomb to #5 Jalen Preston who is brought down on the 1 yard line by #30 James Herring and the clock runs out, Scots Win!
Scroll down to see some game highlights photographed by Danielle Ellis.
HP Scots Sendoff at Highlander Stadium
Coach Allen hits the field

Captains hit the field & Coin Toss
Full House
Manvel wins toss elects to receive
Jones to Jenevin
#8 Allen with the kickoff catch
Jones to #88 Cade Saustad
Helmets Up
Alexander on the carry
Jones to Saustad
Jones to #8 Allen
Regroup
#38 Ryan Coxe, #32 Prince Dorbah and #37 Marshall Ballard on the tackle.




QB1 John Stephen Jones
#22 Cole Jackson
#9 QB1 John Stephen Jones
#88 Cade Saustad
#16 Finn Corwin
#35 Parker Alexander
#32 Prince Dorbah


