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Columbus crushes Edna: Live score updates recap from Texas high school football playoffs

Columbus came out hot and never looked back in a dominant win over Edna

Sam Brown

Edna will battle Columbus on Thursday night for a chance to advance to the UIL 3A DI state championship.
Edna will battle Columbus on Thursday night for a chance to advance to the UIL 3A DI state championship. / Edna ISD Athletics/@EdnaIsdAthletic on X

Edna and Columbus will square off on Thursday with the winner earning a spot in 2024 Texas high school football Class 3A Division I state championship game next week.

Edna (14-0) is on a 14-game winning streak following its 41-14 win over Llano last week. The Cowboys have shut out seven of their opponents this season.

Columbus (13-1) advanced to this semifinal showdown with a 62-42 victory against Franklin last week. The Cardinals' lone loss this season was a 37-36 heartbreaker on the road at Hitchcock.

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Follow along below for live updates from Edna vs. Columbus in their 3A DI semifinal playoff game Thursday at Rice University Stadium in Houston. The game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. CT.

Edna vs. Columbus live updates

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1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

Edna

0

6

0

0

6

Columbus

28

14

7

0

49

1ST QUARTER

GAME START: We are underway. Edna kicked off and the Cardinals will start with the ball on their own 28-yard line.

TOUCHDOWN COLUMBUS! The Cardinals get on the board first with a 14-yard touchdown run by Wyoming signee Grayson Rigdon. That is Rigdon's 33rd TD of the season. Columbus leads 7-0, 9:26 Q1.

Tough start for Edna. The Cowboys started with the ball around their own 30, but a bad snap on their first play from scrimmage went over the QB's head and rolled all the way back to the 2-yard line.

Edna was on the verge of safety territory, but a punt out of the back of the end zone gives the Cardinals the ball back on the Edna 39-yard line.

TOUCHDOWN COLUMBUS! Rigdon does it again, punching it in from the 1-yard line this time. Columbus leads 14-0 midway through the first.

TURNOVER EDNA! Things have gone from bad to worse for Edna as the QB is strip-sacked. Cardinals take over in great field position on Edna's 15.

TOUCHDOWN COLUMBUS! TCU signee Adam Schobel finds a wide-open Cooper Osborne to give Columbus a three-touchdown lead. Cardinals lead 21-0, 5:15 Q1.

Edna can't catch a break. Chase Schubert just hit Braylen Harris for an 82-yard touchdown strike, but the play was called back due to an offensive holding penalty. Harris punted two plays later and Columbus has the ball on the Edna 45-yard line.

TOUCHDOWN COLUMBUS! Schobel hits Camdon Pitchford from four yards out and the Cardinals are starting to run away with it. We are still in the first quarter. Columbus leads 28-0.

END OF THE 1ST: Columbus 28, Edna 0

2ND QUARTER

The second quarter starts with Edna's fourth punt of the game.

TOUCHDOWN COLUMBUS! Rigdon finds a seam and makes a 70-yard house call for his third touchdown of the game. That was a one-play, 10-second drive. Cardinals lead 35-0 with 8:16 left in the half.

INTERCEPTION COLUMBUS! Rylan Carruthers picks off Braylen Harris and the Cardinals have the ball back on their own 39.

INTERCEPTION EDNA! The Cowboys get the ball back on the very next play with an interception of their own. Edna has the ball on their own 19-yard line.

TOUCHDOWN COLUMBUS! After making an insane one-handed catch that ended at the 1-yard line, Rigdon punches it in for his fourth TD of the night. Columbus leads 42-0, 5:09 Q2.

TOUCHDOWN EDNA! Harris finds Hunter Buehring in the back of the end zone on 4th and goal to get the Cowboys on the board. Edna botched the extra point attempt. Columbus leads 42-6 with about 90 seconds remaining in the first half.

HALFTIME: Columbus 42, Edna 6

3RD QUARTER

Edna got a great return from Harris on the second half kickoff, but a penalty knocked the Cowboys back ten yards. They'll start with the ball on their own 40.

TOUCHDOWN COLUMBUS! Schobel connects with Pitchford again, this time from about five yards out. Cardinals lead 49-6, 7:19 Q3.

INTERCEPTION COLUMBUS! Ayden Carter picks off Schubert and the Cardinals have the ball on their own 35.

END OF THE 3RD: Columbus 49, Edna 6

4TH QUARTER

Columbus has taken out most of its starters and several underclassman are getting the opportunity to see some live game action.

FINAL: Columbus 49, Edna 6

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SAM BROWN

Sam Brown covers high school sports as well as NCAA football and basketball. Sam began his professional career as a high school sports reporter for The Tennessean in Nashville where he covered boys and girls prep sports full-time and helped cover Vanderbilt football, Tennessee Titans football and Nashville Predators hockey. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a double major in journalism and communication studies and currently lives in Seattle with his girlfriend and dog.  

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