No. 28 Duncanville upsets No. 2 Allen to advance to first-ever Texas high school football championship in 20 years

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Allen’s 30-game win streak is over after Duncanville beat the Eagles 44-35 in the Class 6A Division I state semifinals Saturday at AT&T Stadium. Duncanville, which entered the game ranked No. 29 in the High School Football America 100, will play North Shore next Saturday for its first state championship since 1998.

Duncanville held a 35-14 halftime lead on the Eagles, who entered the game ranked No. 2 in our national rankings, however Allen scored three third quarter touchdowns to tie the game at 35-all. Then on a 4th and 2 at the Allen 40 with about three minutes to play, Duncanville QB Ja’Quinden Jackson scampered to the end zone for the game-winning score.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">40-yard TD run by QB Ja’Quinden Jackson on 4th-and-2 gives Duncanville 42-35 lead over Allen with 3:02 left. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txhsfb?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txhsfb</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsDayHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SportsDayHS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Duncanville_Fb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Duncanville_Fb</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/alleneaglesfb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alleneaglesfb</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/usatodayhss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@usatodayhss</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxPreps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MaxPreps</a> <a href="https://t.co/1gizYBfKwb">pic.twitter.com/1gizYBfKwb</a></p>— Greg Riddle (@DMNGregRiddle) <a href="https://twitter.com/DMNGregRiddle/status/1074101281038495744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Jackson finished with three running touchdown and passed for one. He rushed for 174 yards.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.