Southlake Carroll blasts Frenship: Texas high school playoff football area round live update recap (11/16/2023)

No. 10 Dragons (10-1) continue quest for UIL state title with lopsided win over Wolfforth Frenship

Southlake Carroll's 2023 Texas high school playoff football run continues. 

The Dragons (10-1) quickly built a lead that Wolfforth Frenship (9-2) never came back from in a 49-14 UIL Class 6A Division II area round showdown at Wildcat Stadium in Aibelene on Thursday.

Texas high school football playoff scores: UIL area round live updates (11/16/2023)

The Dragons (11-1) face the winner of McKinney and Highland Park in the regional round next week.

Riley Wormley was the star of the first half. He scored on all three of his first-half touches for scoring runs of 12, 50 and 37 yards.

Southlake Carroll, the No. 10 ranked team in Texas, opened the playoffs with a bi-district round thrashing of Boswell, 70-0. 

Frenship beat Eastwood 87-85 in a high-scoring bi-district round matchup.

The Dragons are led by Riley Wormley, a three-star running back, and Georgia Tech-committed QB Graham Knowles, both seniors.

Scroll down below and refresh for the latest highlights, scoring plays and more live updates. The game is being streamed live on the NFHS Network:

FINAL: SOUTHLAKE CARROLL 49, WOLFFORTH FRENSHIP 14

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SECOND QUARTER

-- Riley Wormley, the star of the first half, scored three touchdowns on three touches (12, 50 and 37 yards). SBLive caught up with Wormley on how 'surreal' it is playing with the Dragons, sondiering his road to the field. Wormley fought and won an eligibility battle stemming from his transfer from Colleyville Heritage. 

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-- Southlake Carroll D just not letting anything by. In its first seven drives, Frenship punted five times and turned the ball over on downs once.

-- Davis Penn runs in his second touchdown of the night - a two-year scamper to pad the lead before halftime. (Southlake Carroll, 42-7 | 1:45)

-- Wormley, again. This time the 3-star back goes for 37 yards. His third touchdown of the night, second long-gain score, puts Dragons in even more control. (Southlake Carroll, 35-7 | 4:57)

-- The Dragons quash momentum with a quick response. Penn rushes in another score. (Southlake Carroll, 28-7 | 6:36)

-- Frenship opens the second quarter with a 12-play, 75-yard scoring drive that ends with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Hudson Hutcheson to Leyton Stone. (Southlake Carroll, 21-7, | 9:29)

FIRST QUARTER

-- Have a night, Riley Wormley. Dragons running back explodes through an open hole down the right side for a 50-yard touchdown run, his second score of the night. (Southlake, 21-0 | 0:30)

-- Frenship not getting much going offensively. Dragons D holding it to just 22 total yards, one pass completion on seven attempts. The total output? Two punts and a quick turnover on downs.

-- Touchdown, Southlake Carrol. Davis Penn 23-yard run. Kyle lemmermann drills his second PAT of the night.  (Southlake Carroll, 14-0 | 4:14) 

-- Southlake Carroll is on the board. Riley Wormley took the first touchdown run in 12 yards and the Dragons strike first. (7-0, Southlake Carroll | 9:44)

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