While many criticize Texas high school football teams for not going outside of its borders for competition, Duncanville made a major statement Saturday night with an easy 35-14 victory of St. John’s College High School (Washington), which entered the game ranked No. 13 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings. The Panthers, ranked No. 6 in our national rankings, are now 3-0 on the season as they try to improve upon last season’s runner-up finish in Class 6A Division I, the state’s largest classification.
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The game was tied at 14 with about ten minutes to play in the third quarter, but that’s when Texas Longhorn-recruit Ja’Quinden Jackson went to work. Jackson connected with Colby McDonald on a 39-yard scoring pass for a 21-14 lead. Jackson, who finished with 295 yards of total offense, ran in a 29-yard TD that put Duncanville up 28-14 late in the third.
Ja’Quinden Jackson. Open field. IN.
— Nick Walters (@nickwalt) September 15, 2019
The Texas commit throws it up. ?
Duncanville 28 St. John’s 14 | 2:00 Q3 @TheOldCoach | @JaayUpNext_ pic.twitter.com/1f7lWClxDy
SJC, which lost to nationally-ranked St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania) last week, is now 2-2 with a big game next week in the nation’s capital against No. 4 IMG Academy (Florida).
