Flower Mound defeats Lake Highlands: Live score, updates of Texas high school football showdown (9/12/2024)

Follow live as Week 3 UIL 6A foes clash Thursday night

Flower Mound (in white) takes on Lake Highlands on Sept. 12, 2024 / Buck Ringgold

Flower Mound hosts Lake Highlands in a UIL 6A clash between perennial Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex winners in Week 3 of the 2024 Texas high school football season.

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

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

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FLOWER MOUND 21, LAKE HIGHLANDS 17 (FINAL)

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POSTGAME

- Final stats: Flower Mound had 339 yards of total offense (89 rushing, 250 passing). Lake Highlands with 397 total yards (237 rushing, 160 passing). Jaguar sophomore QB Noah Spinks was 21-of-32 passing for 250 yards and two TDs, including the game-winning throw with :03 left. Receiver Carter Massey caught nine passes for 134 yards and two TDs, including the aforementioned game-winner. Wildcat QB Harrison Day was 13-of-20 passing for 160 yards and had 132 yards rushing on 20 carries with two TDs.

- Flower Mound improves to 3-0 after the Jaguars post a miracle rally in the final seconds.

FOURTH QUARTER

- TOUCHDOWN FLOWER MOUND: Flower Mound QB Noah Spinks finds receiver Carter Massey in the left corner of the end zone with three seconds left. The play covered 18 yards. PAT gives the Jaguars a four-point lead (Flower Mound, 21-17 | :03, 4th)

- OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS SAKES ALIVE. Flower Mound just took the lead on a TD pass with three seconds left.

- Flower Mound converts the fourth down, and the Jaguars stay alive. Ball is near the Lake Highlands 25 with about 40 seconds to play.

- Fourth down for Flower Mound at the Lake Highlands 34. This will be the ballgame right here.

- A holding penalty backs Flower Mound up, and the Jaguars face a third down with the clock nearing a minute.

- Flower Mound QB Noah Spinks completes a pair of long pass plays. Jaguars have the ball inside the Lake Highlands 40 with less than two minutes to go.

- FIELD GOAL LAKE HIGHLANDS: Drive stalls after the offensive pass interference penalty, but Aidan Delgado comes on to drill a 39-yard field goal. Wildcats take the lead with 2:37 left (Lake Highlands, 17-14 | 2:37, 4th)

- Lake Highlands scores a TD on a pass play, but the Wildcats are flagged for offensive pass interference, and the points are taken off the board.

- Lake Highlands faces a third-and-goal from the 7. Flower Mound calls a time out with 2:45 left.

- Lake Highlands QB Harrison Day takes two back-to-back keepers for good yardage; a 15-yarder on third down to the FM 22; then takes it again for 15 yards to the Jaguar 7. Wildcats in position to take the lead with less than three minutes left.

- Lake Highlands converts on a third-and-short and the Wildcats have the ball inside the Flower Mound 40 near the five-minute juncture.

- Flower Mound goes three-and-out and punts it back to Lake Highlands. Wildcats get the ball near midfield with 7:14 remaining.

- Lake Highlands punts it away. Flower Mound takes over inside its own 15 with 8:31 remaining.

- The fourth quarter is under way as Lake Highlands has the ball following a Flower Mound punt.

THIRD QUARTER

- The third quarter ends as Flower Mound punts the ball back to Lake Highlands.

- Flower Mound gets another defensive stand in this quarter, as a 36-yard field goal attempt from the Wildcats sails wide to the left. Still tied at 14-all with three minutes left in the third.

- Lake Highlands forces a punt and gets good field position. The Wildcats are on the march again, with a first down inside the Flower Mound 20 with five minutes left in the third.

- Lake Highlands QB Harrison Day converts an apparent first down on a keeper near the 10, but a Flower Mound player delivers a big hit, knocking the ball loose. The ball is recovered by the Jaguars' Dane Ridenour inside his own 10 as Flower Mound forces the game's first turnover nearly four minutes into the third.

- Lake Highlands QB Harrison Day connects on another deep pass to receiver Jordan Hutchison, this one covering 40 yards and the Wildcats have the ball inside the Flower Mound 40.

- Lake Highlands gets the ball to start the second half.

HALFTIME

- First-half stats: Flower Mound with 194 yards total offense (65 rushing, 129 passing). Lake Highlands with 224 total yards (126 rushing, 98 passing). Jaguar QB Noah Spinks is 10-of-15 for 129 yards and a TD. Wildcat QB Harrison Day is 7-of-8 for 98 yards and also has 53 yards rushing on eight carries and both his team's TDs.

- Halftime here at "The Boneyard," and Flower Mound and Lake Highlands are square at 14.

SECOND QUARTER

- Lake Highlands completes a long pass and the receiver is brought down at the Flower Mound 35, but time runs out and both teams go into the locker room with a tie ballgame.

- Lake Highlands' defense steps up and forces Flower Mound to punt the ball right back to the Wildcats, who have the ball at their 25 with 36 seconds left until the half.

- Flower Mound forces Lake Highlands to punt. Jaguars take over near their own 25 with 1:15 left until halftime, seeking to break a tie score.

- TOUCHDOWN FLOWER MOUND: Jaguars force the Wildcats to punt, and needs to cover 80 yards in four plays to tie things up, as QB Noah Spinks connects with a wide-open Carter Massey, who takes it 56 yards to the house. Jackson Smith's PAT levels the score at 14-all (14-14 | 3:19, 2nd)

- TOUCHDOWN LAKE HIGHLANDS: Wildcats score again on their second drive of the game. Two plays after a huge hookup from Harrison Day to Jordan Hutchison to the FM 3, Day takes a keeper in from the 2 for his second TD on the night. PAT from Aidan Delgado makes it a seven-point Wildcat advantage (Lake Highlands, 14-7 | 10:08, 2nd)

- A big play by Lake Highlands, as QB Harrison Day airs it out, and receiver Jordan Hutchison lays out to make a diving catch at the Flower Mound 3. Wildcats knocking on the door.

FIRST QUARTER

- The first quarter comes to an end as both teams scored seven points.

- TOUCHDOWN LAKE HIGHLANDS: Wildcats answer back on their opening drive, going 72 yards in 12 plays. Facing a fourth-and-3 at the Flower Mound 16, Wildcat QB Harrison Day takes a keeper into the end zone. Aidan Delgado adds the PAT (7-7 | 2:11, 1st)

- TOUCHDOWN FLOWER MOUND: Flower Mound takes the opening kick and drives 76 yards for the game's first score, a 4-yard TD run from Marcus Simpson. PAT by Jackson Smith gives the Jaguars the early lead (Flower Mound, 7-0 | 8:05, 1st)

ABOUT LAKE HIGHLANDS (1-1)

The Wildcats narrowly lost to a solid Forney team in Week 1, 34-30, then responded with a blowout of winless North Garland in Week 2.

ABOUT FLOWER MOUND (2-0)

Flower Mound is off to a 2-0 start. In Week 1, it beat Bowie in a shootout, 50-48, then walloped Wylie 38-0 in Week 2.

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