Live updates recap: Coppell hangs on for rivalry win over Denton Guyer

Late fumble dashes Guyer's hopes on homecoming in Texas high school football thriller

Coppell QB Eddie Griffin hands off to Omarion Mbakwe in a 2023 Texas high school football game. / Robbie Rakestraw

Texas high school football rivalry season is upon us in 2024, as Denton Guyer hosts Coppell in a battle between Dallas-area powerhouses.

Coppell enters the game unbeaten at 4-0 and ranked No. 18 in the High School on SI Texas Top 25.

Guyer is 3-1, with a loss to North Crowley its only early-season blemish.

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Follow along below for live updates from Coppell at Guyer, which is set to kick off at 7 p.m. CT Friday, Oct. 4.

You can also watch the game live on the NFHS Network.

(Refresh for the latest updates once the game starts; the most recent updates will be at the top.)

FINAL: Coppell 31, Guyer 24

4TH QUARTER

FUMBLE! Coppell sacks Kevin Sperry and knocks the ball loose to effectively ice this game. This one should finish 31-24.

FIELD GOAL NO GOOD! Guyer gets a chance to tie with 2:10 left after Coppell's kick sails wide right. It's Coppell 31, Guyer 24.

TOUCHDOWN GUYER! Kevin Sperry fires a strike to DJ Reese, who dives across the goal line to make it 31-24 Coppell.

TOUCHDOWN COPPELL! On the next play Omarion Mbakwe runs it in from 5 yards out and it's 31-17 Coppell.

BLOCKED FIELD GOAL, FUMBLE! It's crazy-play time. After a blocked field goal by Guyer, the Wildcats fumble the return and Alexander Kraus scoops it up. It's Coppell ball on the Guyer 5-yard line, 10 minutes left.

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Guyer needs 2 yards for a first down but gets only 1 on a fourth-down completion. Coppell ball on its own 41 with just over 11 minutes left, leading 24-17.

Guyer will start the final quarter with the ball on the Coppell 47 facing a second and 7, trailing 24-17.

3RD QUARTER

END OF 3RD QUARTER: Coppell 24, Guyer 17

FIELD GOAL COPPELL! Bryson Patten hits a 28-yard field goal to give Coppell a seven-point lead, 24-17, with just over a minute left in the quarter. A 24-yard run by Eddie Griffin on third down set it up.

TOUCHDOWN GUYER! Kevin Sperry throws a 57-yard strike to DJ Reese and Guyer cuts the deficit to 21-17. Sperry had a huge third-down run from deep in his own territory to help set it up.

Guyer's long kickoff return called back by holding, so the Wildcats start on their own 8.

TOUCHDOWN COPPELL! Eddie Griffin makes a perfect throw under heavy pressure and Harry Hassmann spins out of a tackle and sprints for the end zone for a 19-yard TD. It's 21-10 Coppell.

Second half kicks off, and Coppell gets the ball first at its own 38 after a pooch kick to try to extend its 14-10 lead.

2ND QUARTER

HALFTIME: Coppell 14, Guyer 10

TOUCHDOWN COPPELL! Eddie Griffin hits Ethan Schuy for a 12-yard TD with just over a minute left in the half. Big play from Griffin to Harry Hassmann set it up. It's 14-10 Coppell.

TOUCHDOWN GUYER! Sterling Schneider plunges in from 3 yards out to give the lead back to Guyer, 10-7, 4:22 left in the half.

TOUCHDOWN COPPELL! Alexander Kraus gets his second pick of the game and takes this one to the house for 64 yards on a fourth-down pass by Kevin Sperry. It's 7-3 Coppell.

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Eddie Griffin's pass into the end zone falls incomplete on fourth and 10, and Guyer gets it back on its own 35, leading 3-0.

1ST QUARTER

END OF 1ST QUARTER: Guyer 3, Coppell 0

FIELD GOAL GUYER! It's 3-0 Guyer after a booming 46-yard field goal by Ford Stinson with 1:47 left in the quarter.

Just a 24-yard punt gives Guyer the ball back in Coppell territory on the 49. Still no score.

INTERCEPTION! Alexander Kraus grabs a diving pick on an underthrown Kevin Sperry pass on the Coppell 16-yard line. It's 0-0 early in the first.

We're underway! Coppell kicks off, and Guyer starts its homecoming game with the ball on its own 46-yard line after a nice return by DJ Reese.

PREGAME

After a bye, Baylor-committed quarterback Eddie Griffin and the Cowboys looked rested in a 49-14 blowout of Hebron last week.

This should be an excellent quarterback battle, as Griffin goes toe-to-toe with Guyer QB Kevin Sperry, a four-star senior who's committed to play for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Guyer is coming off a 44-36 win over Flower Mound.

This one has all the makings of a high-scoring affair.

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