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Allen upsets McKinney in Texas high school football blowout

Eagles upend district foe on road, extends series win streak to 24 in a row

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Allen (Texas) scored three-straight touchdowns and didn't look back as the Eagles rolled to an upset win over No. 21 McKinney at McKinney ISD Stadium on Friday night.

If there were oddsmakers, the Lions would have entered Friday the favorite. Instead, Allen extended its consecutive games won against its District 5-6A foe to 24. The last time McKinney beat Allen was 1999.

The win signals a remarkable turnaround from Allen (5-2), which dropped its first two games of the season to DeSoto and Houston King.

The Lions struck first, scoring on a 69-yard touchdown pass from Godspower Nwawuihe to 5-star Xavier Filsaime. 

Watch: Xavier Filsaime, Florida Gators 5-star commit, scores impressive touchdown

Allen kept the Lions out of the endzone for the rest of the night and controlled the game on the ground, tallying 248 team rushing yards. 

Micah Ellis' had a game-high 105 yards on 16 carries, Amir McDowell added 73 yards and two touchdowns and Brady Bricker took 10 rushes for another 53 yards and a touchdown.

Two undefeated teams remain in the District 5-6A title race: Allen (4-0) and Prosper (4-0). Prosper thumped McKinney Boyd 47-0 Friday night. 

The excitement from Allen faithful was palpable after securing the convincing upset win:

-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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