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DeSoto blasts Mesquite: Live score, updates of Texas high school football showdown (9/20/2024)

Follow live as nationally ranked Eagles open UIL district play with 71-point shutout

Andy Buhler

DeSoto four-star receiver Ethan "Boobie" Feaster races toward the endzone for a long-haul touchdown as a freshman in 2023. | Photo by Robbie Rakestraw, SBLive
DeSoto four-star receiver Ethan "Boobie" Feaster races toward the endzone for a long-haul touchdown as a freshman in 2023. | Photo by Robbie Rakestraw, SBLive /

Nationally ranked DeSoto kicks off district play against Mesquite in Week 4 of the 2024 Texas high school football season.

DeSoto is the No. 11 ranked team in the nation and the No. 5 ranked team in Texas (SBLive/SI).

The game is set for a 7 p.m. kickoff (Central time) and will take place at DeSoto's Eagle Stadium. The game is being streamed live on the NFHS Network (subscription required).

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FINAL: DESOTO 71, MESQUITE 0

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2Q

-- TOUCHDOWN, DeSoto! SaRod Baker, a sophomore tailback, earns most of his 10-or-so-yard touchdown after contact to take a four-score lead midway through the quarter. (29-0, DeSoto | 6:35)

-- TOUCHDOWN, DeSoto! The Eagles score three straight unanswered touchdowns after Myson Johnson-Cook barrelled in up the middle from about seven yards out. Johnson-Cook, a 4-star RB/LB prospect, one of the state's most high-profile transfers (from Illinois) and the state's second-highest 2027 prospect in Texas is off to a productive start to the season.

-- TOUCHDOWN, DeSoto! The Eagles have two four-star running backs. The lightning to the other's thunder is Texas A&M commit Deondrae Riden and his 5-yard TD run gives DeSoto a two-TD lead late in the first. (14-0, DeSoto | 4:04)

ABOUT DESOTO (2-1)

DeSoto rebounded from its first loss in two years — a Week 2 loss to now-nationally ranked North Crowley — with a big win in Corpus Christi.

KEY PLAYERS: QB Kelden Ryan (Virginia Tech commit), RB Deondrae Riden (4-star), WR Ethan Feaster (4-star), EDGE Keylan Abrams (6-0, 195, TCU commit).

ABOUT MESQUITE (1-2)

Opened the season with a 23-21 loss to Arlington, then rebounded with a 50-27-point win at North Mesquite.

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

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Andy Buhler
ANDY BUHLER

Andy Buhler is a Portland, Oregon-based sportswriter with more than nine years of experience covering high school sports across the country. He's covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason, served on state tournament seeding committees and launched 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 journalism degree from Gonzaga.

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