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North Crowley caps perfect Texas high school football season with Class 6A Division I title: Live updates recap

Quentin Gibson, Cornelius Warren III shine for Panthers in 50-21 win over Austin Westlake

Cody Thorn

North Crowley's Cornelius Warren III (1) runs away from Austin Westlake defenders in the UIL Class 6A Division 1 championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Saturday, December 21.
North Crowley's Cornelius Warren III (1) runs away from Austin Westlake defenders in the UIL Class 6A Division 1 championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Saturday, December 21. / Tommy Hays

Fort Worth North Crowley Panthers (15-0) vs. Austin Westlake (14-1), 7 p.m. 

The Class 6A Division I finals pits a blue-blood program against an up-and-coming North Crowley team.

North Crowley is coming off a 36-34 win over Duncanville on Saturday and moved up to No. 4 in the latest SBLIVE/SI Top 25 football rankings. Westlake, meanwhile, moved up from No. 10 to No. 6 — meaning it could be one of the marquee games in the country Saturday night.

North Crowley is looking to become the first school in Fort Worth to win a title in UIL’s largest classification since Arlington Heights won in 1948.

The Panthers got four touchdown passes from North Texas signee Chris Jimerson Jr. to knock off previously unbeaten Duncanville. In the semifinals last year, Duncanville posted a 52-10 win over North Crowley.

The win vaulted North Crowley into the finals for the second time in school history. The Panthers won the Class 4A Division I title in 2003 — the school’s first-ever trip to the playoffs. 

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Westlake enters this game as a four-time champion — which includes three straight titles from 2018 to 2020 in Class 6A Division I or II.

The Chaparrals knocked off Galena Park North Shore to prevent a fourth straight year of Duncanville vs. North Shore for the state title. Reese Wise threw a pair of touchdowns and ran for another. Payton Luther added a pick-6 to help seal the 35-10 win over North Shore.

Westlake has won 14 games for the third straight year.

Fort Worth North Crowley vs. Austin Westlake, Class 6A-Division I state finals live updates

Pregame updates

North Crowley will get the ball first. There is a lot of people on the North Crowley side. We might top 30,000 fans for this game -- the last of the 2024 season

First Quarter Updates

TOUCHDOWN NORTH CROWLEY! Chris Jimerson to Quentin Gibson for 75 yards on the first offensive play of the game. Cornelius Warren gets the ball runs a few yards, pitches back to Jimerson who hits a WIDE open Gibson. Then the Colorado signee turns on the jets. 11:45 left. North Crowley 7, Austin Westlake 0

North Crowley does onside kick and Zion Miller pulls it out of the air, but Westlake calls for a fair catch. Turns out to be a 15-yard penalty on the Panthers.

TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE! Grady Bartlett with 2-yard TD run at 9:52 mark. QB Rees Wise ran for 20 yards and 12 yards to help set up the score. Westlake 7, North Crowley 7

TOUCHDOWN NORTH CROWLEY! Chris Jimerson Jr. with a 44-yard TD run with 7:25 left. Diego Gonzalez boots the extra point. North Crowley 14, Westlake 7

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Westlake goes for it on 4th and 6 from the NC 27-yard line. Incomplete pass, broken up by SS Aaron Bradshaw. North Crowley ball with 4:32 left

Timeout North Crowley. Panthers facing 4th and 7 at the Westlake 19 when play resumes 2:04 left in the 1st

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Chris Jimerson runs the keeper and is tackled by Mason Lastor for a 1-yard loss.

END OF 1ST QUARTER: North Crowley 14, Westlake 7

2ND QUARTER

A play under review for a fumble/down by contact call. Westlake is driving and at the North Crowley 15-yard line. So a chance to tie for North Crowley will get ball deep in own territory 9:17 left in 2nd

TURNOVER! Review shows a fumble and North Crowley recovered. Derrick Gleason forces a fumble for North Crowley. There is only a review during the finals. Last week, it would've been down by contact as ruled by officials originally and Westlake would've maintained possession.

TOUCHDOWN NORTH CROWLEY! Quentin Gibson from Jimerson for 44 yards on a tunnel screen on 3rd-and-18. North Crowley goes 12 plays, 95-yards in 6:28. North Crowley 21, Westlake 7. From what could've been 14-14 to 21-7 could be a big swing later in this game.

TOUCHDOWN NORTH CROWLEY! Daniel Bray with a 44-yard touchdown pass from Jimerson. 0:42 left in first half. PAT good. North Crowley 28, Westlake 7.

Official sayd end of first half; North Crowley runs off field and Westlake calls a timeout. North Crowley has to come back on the field as Westlake calls a timeout with 1 second left. They attempt a Haily Mary pass that falls to the ground.

HALFTIME: North Crowley 21, Westlake 7

3RD QUARTER

TOUCHDOWN NORTH CROWLEY! Daniel Bray with a 1-yard run (step) and the Panthers tack on more points. Gonzalez kicks the extra point. 6:49 left in 3rd. North Crowley 35, Westlake 7. Panthers are on track for state title No. 2

TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE! Rees Wise with a 1-yard run. 5:49 left in the third. North Crowley 35, Westlake 14. Bartlett had a 25-yard run to set up the score.

TOUCHDOWN NORTH CROWLEY! A mere 15 seconds later and the Panthers score. Cornelius Warren III on a 75-yard TD run. Panthers line up in swinging gate on 2-point conversion. Warren gets the option pitch and throws to Camren Boyd for 2. North Crowley 43, Westlake 14. 5:27 left in 3rd

END OF 3RD QUARTER: North Crowley 43, Westlake 14

4TH QUARTER

Quentin Gibson with an impressive catch but it won't count due to offsetting penalties. But, Colorado is getting a STUD

TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE! Wise with a 2-yard TD run at the 8:20 mark. PAT is good. North Crowley 43, Westlake 21

TOUCHDOWN NORTH CROWLEY! Facing 4th and 12 from the 20, Jimerson connects with Gibson for a TD. 1:35 left. North Crowley 50, Westlake 21

North Crowley head football coach Ray Gates just got a water bucket dumped over him. 1:09 left to play.

Final: Fort Worth North Crowley 50, Austin Westlake 21

Offensive MVP: WR Quentin Gibson, North Crowley — 7 catches, 181 yards, 3 TDs

Defensive MVP: DT Derrick Gleason, North Crowley — 5 tackles, 1 sack, 1 TFL, 1 FF

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Cody Thorn
CODY THORN

Cody Thorn is a veteran journalist who covers high school sports across the state of Texas and Missouri. He is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and has covered sports and news since 1999.

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