Atascocita beats Katy: Live score, updates of Texas high school football tilt (9/6/2024)

Follow live as top Houston area powers clash in Week 2 of the UIL season

Atascocita running back Tory Blaylock, a 4-star Oklahoma, leaves a Westfield defender during the 2023 UIL season. / Photo by Tom Dendy, SBLive

Houston area powers Atascocita and Katy square off in a ranked Texas high school football showdown in Week 2 of the 2024 season on Friday night.

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Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on the NFHS Network (subscription required).

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Katy took a 14-0 lead and appeared poised to jump all over the No. 7 team in Texas.

Then, Cardae Mack took over.

Mack accounted for three touchdowns and more than 340 total yards and Atascocita turned a back-and-forth shootout into a rout by game's end.

Dive into the key moments:

FOURTH QUARTER

-- TOUCHDOWN, Atascocita! Tory Blaylock punches it in for three yards and the Eagles appear to be pulling away. (Atascocita, 41-24 | 5:00)

-- TOUCHDOWN, Atascocita! On the very next play, Tory Blaylock jets up the middle for a six-yard touchdown. It took the Eagles nine plays and just under three minutes to create its first two-score lead. (Atascocita, 34-24)

-- Mack is ... inevitable. On third and 7, Mack picks up the first again on his feet.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Atascocita! Cardae Mack cuts back, forth, and follows his blockers for another TD on his feet on the first play of the fourth. (Atascocita, 27-24 | 11:54)

-- Atascocita starts the fourth quarter with the ball inside the Katy five-yard-line. Can the Eagles force another lead change?

THIRD QUARTER

-- Is Marshawn Lynch under center? Cardae Mack takes the direct snap to the right and trucks, jukes and bursts his way to a 27-yard run. It's no wonder his offer list is at about a baker's dozen. Atascocita has the ball deep in Katy territory to close out the quarter.

-- Treymayne Hill coughs up the football and Atascocita regains control with 2:40 left in the quarter. After a stellar first half, he is having to earn every foot this quarter.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Katy! Another lead change after Gunner Nelson connects with Cade McCall for another TD pass, this one 18 yards. (Katy, 24-20 | 5:00)

-- Gunner Nelson takes off for a QB sneak on third and long and Katy converts to take the drive to its own 40, under nine minutes left.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Atascocita! Cardae Mack doesn't pass often, but when he does ... he lofted an 80-yard TD pass to Brodrick Malone. That's the 6-foot-6 Malone's first catch of the night. The extra point failed on a bad snap. (Atascocita, 20-17)

SECOND QUARTER

-- Enormous momentum-salvaging sack ends the first half. On the final play of the half in the redzone, Mack can't evade a collapsed pocket. The Tigers stop what should have been seven or three points.

-- FIELD GOAL, Katy. Junior kicker Giovanni Moreno boots through a 25-yarder, Laty's first of the season to cap an eight-play, 67-yard drive. (Katy, 17-14 | 1:08, 2Q)

-- Trick play! Katy runs a triple-reverse pass that nets a 27-yard gain to the Atascocita 13-yard-line with about 2:30 left in second quarter.

-- Cardae Mack has two touchdown passes on four attempts, both to junior wideout CJ Toney.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Atascocita. Cardae Mack hits CJ Toney for a 33-yard strike and the Eagles erase the two-score deficit. (14-14 | 4:00, 2Q)

-- TOUCHDOWN, Atascocita. Cardae Mack connects with CJ Toney for the Eagles' first score of the game. It's a 22-yard pass. (Katy, 14-7 | 10:00, 2Q)

FIRST QUARTER

-- TOUCHDOWN, Katy. Tigers jumping all over the No. 7 ranked team in Texas. This time is Gunner Nelson hitting Cade McCall for his second TD, a 27-yard connection. (Katy, 14-0 | 3:00)

-- TOUCHDOWN, Katy. Tremayne Hill gets Katy on the board with a 17-yard rushing touchdown. (Katy, 7-0 | 8:00, 1Q)

About No. 12 Katy

In Week 1, the Tigers went to Dickson and won a 41-37 shootout while Tremayne Hill turned 28 carries into 121 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

About No. 7 Atascocita

Last week, Cardae Mack and Tory Blaylock each had two scores and the Eagles' ground gameoverwhelmed Lamar to the tune of 35-7.

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