North Crowley beats Lancaster: Live score, updates of Texas high school football opener (8/31/2024)

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Jonathan Cunningham, North Crowley linebacker, lines up during the 2023 Texas high school football season. / Photo by Cody Thorn, SBLive

Lancaster and North Crowley face off in a 2024 Texas high school football season opener on Saturday.

Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Central time and the game is being streamed live on the NFHS Network (subscription required).

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FINAL: NORTH CROWLEY 29, LANCASTER 21

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FOURTH QUARTER

-- Carter Jones took the ball himself and turned a QB sneak into a touchdown late in the game. (North Crowley, 29-21)

-- Emmanuel Choice makes a catch deep downfield to put Lancaster in scoring position.

SECOND QUARTER

-- Lancaster tight end Dakoeriean Johnson makes a catch and tries to drag a defender inside the five-yard-line.

-- What an effort. Emmanuel Choice, a 3-star Oklahoma commit, hauls in a long gain over the top of the defense and appears to be about to break away before he's dragged down by defenders. Tigers right back in North Crowley territory.

-- TOUCHDOWN, North Crowley. Chris Jimerson throws a lob in the corner of the endzone to Quinten Gibson for a long touchdown. Cornelius Warren III converts the two-point conversion on a hand-off and the Panthers make it a two-score lead. (North Crowley, 16-7)

-- Sophomore running back Kiante Ingram sprints through the defense up the middle and nearly gets away from the last defender pulling him down as North Crowley turns a long run around.

-- Jimerson hits Quinten Gibson on a check-back for another first down and North Crowley's offense is rolling at will.

-- Wow. On the first play of the ensuing drive, Chris Jimerson Jr. floats a pass to Quinten Gibson for a first down, then UNLV-bound Cornelius Warren III takes a handoff up the middle for another first down — and is one Lancaster tackle away from a breakaway score.

-- Lancaster strikes back. Izayah Lee runs up the right side untouched from 11 yards out and the Tigers are on the board. (North Crowley, 8-7)

-- The pocket collasped and Carter Jones didn't flinch. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound senior QB took off on his feet, picked up a first down and slid to safety inside the North Crowley 30.

-- Lancaster is stuffed on third and short on the first possession of the quarter. The Tigers are feet away from a first down and near the opposite 45, so go for it? Lancaster lined up in a punt formation, then called a timeout, lined up again and gained the first down on a handoff up the middle.

FIRST QUARTER

-- North Crowley hops on a fumble and the offense takes advantage, turning around a scoring drive that finished with a TD run from running back Daniel Bray. And banked the two-point conversion. (North Crowley, 8-0 | 0:51)

About Lancaster

Key players — WR Emmanuel Choice (6-5, 200); LB Ke’Brion Winston (6-2, 205); QB Carter Jones (6-4, 190).

Lancaster has moved up to 6A, and the Tigers got the hard-luck draw of being in the so-called “District of Doom,” 11-6A, with the likes of DeSoto, Duncanville and Cedar Hill. But with a win on Saturday, the Tigers can definitely have a say in how the race in their new district may transpire. They bring back five starters on both sides from a team that went 8-6 and made the 5A DI regional finals.

About No. 5 North Crowley

Key players — QB Chris Jimmerson (5-10, 175); RB Cornelius Warren (5-11, 175); LB Jonathan Cunningham (6-3, 205)

The Panthers fell one game short of reaching the title game last season as they finished 14-1. With the return of players like Chris Jimmerson, a trip to Arlington might be in the cards this season. Jimerson returns as the Panthers’ quarterback, and the North Texas commit seeks to build off a 2023 campaign in which he threw for more than 3,000 yards and 40 TDs while adding more than 1,100 yards and 12 TDs rushing.

Jimerson is SBLive's No. 29 most impactful player in Texas.

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2024 Texas high school football preview

Stay with SBLive's preseason coverage in the lead up to the 2024 Texas high school football season and the start of games on Thursday.

• Who are the 25 best teams in Texas, regardless of classification or association? Here are the SBLive Preseason Texas Power 25 rankings, as well as the 20 winningest active coaches.

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• We're taking a position-by-position look at the top players returning in the Lone Star State this fall, starting with 50 quarterbacks, 70 running backs, 40 wide receivers, 25 tight ends, 25 offensive linemen, 30 cornerbacks, 25 safeties, 45 linebackers and 25 kickers/punters.

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