Highland Park vs. Smithson Valley: Live score, updates from Texas high school football 5A Division I title game

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Dallas Highland Park's Tripp Townsend (53) and Will Ogle (72) protects quarterback Buck Randall in a game earlier vs. Red Oak. / Robbie Rakestraw

Dallas Highland Park Scots (14-1) vs. Spring Branch Smithson Valley Rangers (13-2), 11 a.m., Saturday

The Class 5A Division I title game will feature two of the winningest coaches in UIL history. Highland Park’s Randy Allen has 460 wins and is second all-time, behind Phil Danaher’s 488 wins. Larry Hill is 9th all-time and is fourth among active coaches with 324 wins heading into this game.

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Smithson Valley is in the finals for the second year in a row and fifth time overall. The Rangers won its only title in 2004.

TEXAS HS FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD

The Rangers beat Angleton, 21-14, on Saturday to earn the return trip. Up 14-0 in the fourth, Smithson Valley saw the lead evaporate with 5:08 left. QB Cade Spradling scored the game-winner on a 41-yard run with 2:56 left.

Highland Park, likewise, had a close game in the semifinals. The Scots posted a 24-21 win over Denton Ryan.

WR Cannon Bozman had eight catches for 145 yards — including an 80-yard score. Sutton Stock hit a 28-yard field goal to win it with 6 seconds left.

This is the Scots’ 10th title berth — the first since winning 2016, 2017 and 2018 — all three of those title runs featured wins over Denton Ryan.

Dallas Highland Park Scots vs. Spring Branch Smithson Valley Rangers, Class 5A Division I state finals live updates

Live scoring and updates will go here when the game starts.

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