Highland Park defeats Dallas Jesuit: Live score, updates of Texas high school football showdown (9/13/2024)

Follow live as traditional Dallas city rivals clash Friday night

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DALLAS, TEXAS - In a rivalry that goes back to the early 1950s, two Dallas tradition-rich football schools square off in Week 3.

Highland Park faces Dallas Jesuit in a game that will be played at 7 p.m. CDT Friday at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the Southern Methodist University campus. The Scots have defeated the Rangers by a single possession each of the past two seasons; winning 35-28 in 2022 and then hanging on for a 15-13 win last season.

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SBLive reporter Buck Ringgold (@Buck_SBLiveOkla) will be there at SMU and will be providing live updates throughout the game from the press box and sidelines.

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HIGHLAND PARK 43, DALLAS JESUIT 20 (FINAL)

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POSTGAME

- Highland Park goes to 3-0 with a convincing win against Dallas Jesuit. Scots generated 504 yards of total offense (278 rushing, 226 passing). QB Buck Randall was 15-of-21 for 226 yards and a TD and added two rushing TDs. Matthew White ran for 111 yards and a TD on 13 carries, and Benton Owens caught five passes for 85 yards and a TD. Charlie Peters was 21-of-39 passing for 236 yards and three TDs for Jesuit, which was held to 12 yards rushing.

FOURTH QUARTER

- TOUCHDOWN HIGHLAND PARK: Jesuit tries an onside kick, but it is recovered by the Scots, who go 51 yards in nine plays. Running back Matthew White takes it in from the 2, and the Scots regain momentum (Highland Park, 43-20 | 5:57, 4th)

- TOUCHDOWN DALLAS JESUIT: Rangers make it a two-possession game as QB Charlie Peters connects with WR Jaeger Krauss for a 15-yard TD. Jesuit goes for two, but a pass falls incomplete (Highland Park, 36-20 | 10:37, 4th)

- The fourth quarter is now under way here at SMU.

THIRD QUARTER

- TOUCHDOWN DALLAS JESUIT: Rangers break Highland Park's run of 36 straight points as they score on a fourth-and-goal from the 4. QB Charlie Peters finds Lucas Mayer, and the Rangers score right before the end of the third (Highland Park, 36-14 | 1:32, 3rd)

- TOUCHDOWN HIGHLAND PARK: After forcing Jesuit to punt to start the second half, Scots score on their sixth straight series, with running back James Lancaster bouncing off several would-be tacklers and bulling his way into the end zone from 13 yards out. Everything going the Scots' way tonight (Highland Park, 36-7 | 6:41, 4th)

- After punting on its opening series, Highland Park has scored on each of its next five possessions and now takes a commanding lead at the break.

SECOND QUARTER

- Highland Park ends the first half with its fifth straight scoring drive. Reece Tiffany boots a 32-yard field goal as time expires, and the Scots are up by 22 at the break (Highland Park, 29-7 | :00, 2nd)

- Highland Park gets a first down into Dallas Jesuit territory; and then tack on another 15 yards on a roughing the passer penalty. Scots at the Jesuit 15 with nine seconds left.

- Highland Park gets the ball back after forcing a punt. Scots attempting to score again with 55 seconds left until halftime, and they have the ball near their 20.

- TOUCHDOWN HIGHLAND PARK: Scots on the move again, and once more, they find the end zone. Quarterback Buck Randall gets his first TD pass on the night, connecting with receiver Benton Owens from 13 yards out, and Reece Tiffany adds the PAT, completing an 8-play, 71-yard drive. All Scots now (Highland Park, 26-7 | 3:14, 2nd)

- TOUCHDOWN HIGHLAND PARK: Jesuit turns it over on downs in Highland Park territory, and the Scots come right back and punch it in again, with Isaiah Lee going in from 12 yards out. Reece Tiffany adds the PAT for a double-digit Scots' advantage (Highland Park, 19-7 | 7:04, 2nd)

- The second quarter is now under way.

FIRST QUARTER

- TOUCHDOWN HIGHLAND PARK: Scots go in front for the first time as QB Buck Randall has his second TD keeper, this from a yard out. Two-point try fails, but Highland Park now has the lead (Highland Park, 12-7 | 2:02, 1st)

- Highland Park ball in Jesuit territory, and the Scots go for it on fourth down. They get it as Buck Randall connects with Benton Owens for a first down near the Rangers' 30 with more than three minutes left in the quarter.

- TOUCHDOWN HIGHLAND PARK: Scots respond in a hurry, set up by a 46-yard pass from QB Buck Randall to WR Cannon Bozman down to the Jesuit 10. Randall then takes in a keeper from the 2, but the Scots miss the PAT, keeping the Rangers in front (Dallas Jesuit, 7-6 | 5:23, 1st)

- TOUCHDOWN DALLAS JESUIT: Jesuit marches 49 yards in 10 plays on its opening series, and scores the game's initial points on a 9-yard third-down pass from QB Charlie Peters to WR Blake Bodnar. Noah McGough adds the PAT (Dallas Jesuit, 7-0 | 8:04, 1st)

- Highland Park goes three-and-out on the game's opening series and has to punt. But Jesuit's Cade Gill blocks the punt, though it goes forward before landing near midfield on the Scots' side of the field. Rangers with great field position for their opening series.

- Jesuit kicking off to Highland Park to start things off. Good crowd from both sides, and plenty of students.

PREGAME

- Highland Park wearing blue helmets, white jerseys and gold pants. Jesuit in gold helmets, blue jerseys and blue pants.

- Also according to the Jesuit game notes, both Highland Park and Jesuit are fairly even in several categories. Scots have averaged exactly 29 points per game; Rangers are averaging 29.5 points. Scots are averaging 287 total yards a game; Rangers averaging 266 total yards. But while Highland Park has allowed an average of 229.5 yards, Jesuit has given up an average of 463 total yards.

- Shout-out to Dallas Jesuit's sports information crew. A very detailed packet of game notes here in the press box. Superb.

- Though the two teams first met in 1951, this will be only the eighth time that the Scots and Rangers have squared off. Jesuit has beaten Highland Park only once, in 1973. This is also the second straight year the game is being played at SMU.

- Highland Park takes on Dallas Jesuit from the SMU campus.

ABOUT HIGHLAND PARK (2-0)

The Scots picked up a convincing 34-21 road win at Rockwell-Heath in Week 1; then returned home last week and held off Lucas Lovejoy, 24-17.

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ABOUT DALLAS JESUIT (1-1)

The Rangers were defeated by Hebron, 45-31, in their Week 1 season opener; but Jesuit bounced back last week with a 28-20 win against another school named Jesuit - in this case Jesuit from New Orleans (La.).

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- Buck Ringgold | buck@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveTX