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Lake Dallas beats Frisco Emerson in dramatic Texas high school football comeback

Falcons erase 12-point deficit, score District 3-5A, Region I win

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Lake Dallas came back 12 points in the final 2:31 minutes to win a Texas high school district football showdown in dramatic fashion on Friday night. 

The Falcons (7-1, 3-1) beat Frisco Emerson (7-2, 3-2) 36-35 with a touchdown with 18 seconds left on fourth a goal from the four-yard-line.

Quarterback Cade Bortnem hit Keonde Henry for a four-yard score.

The Lake Dallas recovered an onside kick, drove 42 yards in and scored in the go-ahead touchdown with 18 seconds left.

Jalen Brooks took an interception back 77 yards to the Emerson 22-yard line and the Mavericks scored three plays later on a Cade Bortem 11-yard pass to Sam McAfee to cut the deficit to 35-30 with 2:31 left, setting up the onside recovery.

With the win, Lake Dallas (3-1) is tied with Denton (3-1) for second in District 3-5A, Region I. Argyle (4-0) is alone in first.

The top four seeds advance to the postseason. Two weeks remain in district play.

-- 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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