Paradise running back Luke Brown breaks free for one of his five touchdowns in a 48-7 rout over Millsap Friday night at Bulldog Stadium. MIKE HALL | FOR THE MESSENGER
Paradise running back Luke Brown‘s five-touchdown performance — in the first half — thrust the Panthers back into the win column to the tune of a 48-7 victory over Millsap.
The high-powered Panthers responded to last week’s heartbreaking 34-27 loss against Eagle Mountain with 48 unanswered points in the first half at Bulldog Stadium. Paradise, ranked fifth in Class 3A Division I, put the game away early and improved to 3-1 in its final dress rehearsal before district play.
Brown finished with four rushing touchdowns and caught one of Paradise quarterback Ayden Olalde’s three touchdown passes. The senior led the team on the ground with 109 yards, scoring on nearly half of his nine carries.
Paradise wide receiver Elijah Jennings was nearly as explosive. He took the top off the Bulldog’s defense twice to finish with 91 yards and a touchdown on two receptions. Layne Smith caught the third touchdown pass for a 21-yard score.
Olalde remained blemish-free on the short night. He completed 8 of 12 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns.
Paradise receiver Elijah Jennings hauls in a pass from Ayden Olalde against Millsap. MIKE HALL | FOR THE MESSENGER
Receiver Layne Smith high points a touchdown pass in Paradise’s 48-7 win over Millsap Friday. MIKE HALL | FOR THE MESSENGER
The Paradise defense held up their end of the dominant performance, forcing two interceptions while allowing 157 total yards. Millsap scored the only points of the second half on a 5-yard rushing touchdown with 5:50 remaining in the contest.
Paradise will take on Vernon next week on the road.
Windthorst 42, Alvord 23
Windthorst quarterback Brock Belcher and his talented receivers diced up the Bulldogs defense to defeat Alvord 42-23 Friday night.
Belcher completed 23 of 29 passes for 416 yards and five touchdowns — with four going to receiver Jaxon Stark.
Windthorst built a 28-3 lead with 10 minutes left in the third quarter behind a pass-first attack. Alvord fired back late with running back Zane Fuentes breaking loose for three rushing touchdowns in the second half.
In addition to his three scores, Fuentes rushed the ball for 122 yards on 19 attempts. Alvord quarterback Dalton George went 9 of 19 for 99 yards. Brayden Clark led the Bulldogs in receiving with 50 yards on two receptions.
Alvord (2-2) will return home to face Nocona in their district opener next week, which is also Alvord’s homecoming game.
Eaton 31, Northwest 30
The Northwest Texans were on the wrong end of another close heartbreaker Friday, falling 31-30 against the Eaton Eagles.
Northwest drops to 1-3 on the season after the back and forth inter-school-district clash.
The Texans will be off next week before seeking to get back on track against L.D. Bell Oct 3.
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Bridgeport 70, Venus 0
Bridgeport got its first win of the season in dominant fashion in front of a homecoming crowd at Bull Memorial Stadium Friday night.
The Bulls (1-2) rolled past Venus 70-0, dominating from start to finish to hand the Bulldogs their fourth straight loss.
Bridgeport will look to carry the momentum into next week’s home game against Carrollton Ranchview on senior night.
Other finals:
VCA 61, Gold-Burg 20
Petrolia 49, Chico 0
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