Westlake leads Akins: Live score, updates of Texas high school football district tilt (10/3/2024)

Follow live as nationally ranked Chaparrals kick off UIL district play in Week 6 Thursday night matchup

Westlake linebacker Elliott Schaper (31) recovers a fumble against Atascosita in a ranked Texas high school football tilt on Friday, Sept 13, 2024. / John Gutierrez/Special to American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Nationally ranked Austin Westlake hosts Akins in a 2024 Texas high school football showdown to kick off district play on Thursday night.

• TEXAS HS FOOTBALL SCORES | TEXAS TOP 25

The Chaparrals open 6A District 26 play in the Week 6 tilt. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. and the game can be streamed live on the NFHS Network (subscription required).

SBLive will be providing live score and game updates from the Austin showdown. Scroll down and refresh this page for the latest.

2Q (LIVE): AUSTIN WESTLAKE 35, AKINS 0

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2Q

-- TOUCHDOWN, Westlake! Senior running back Elijah Clark takes a handoff, evades a collapsing pocket with a cut to the right scores on a short run up the middle and the Chaps take a five-TD lead. (Westlake, 35-0 | 9:59)

-- Westlake with a near-touchdown! Senior Cash Robin — who has first team All-American name — gets the call and converts a short reception across the middle into the endzone, but it's called back for a penalty.

-- Austin Westlake knew it would be challenged with a brutal schedule early. Now the Chaps are back where they're king:

1Q

-- TOUCHDOWN, Westlake! Cal Livengood takes a handoff and explodes nearly untouched up the middle for a 13-yard touchdown, his second TD of the game. (Westlake, 28-0 | 1:20)

-- Uh oh. A bad snap on fourth down results in a botched punt by Akins. The Chaparrals regain the ball at the Akins 35-yard-line.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Westlake! They go up three scores late in the first quarter.

-- TOUCHDOWN, Westlake! The Chaps strike again quickly. Cal Livengood converts a catch-and-run score in the red zone. (Westlake, 14-0 | 8:33)

-- TOUCHDOWN, Westlake! Grady Bartlett gets the Chaparrals on the board first on his seecond carry in the first minute of the game. (Westlake, 7-0 | 11:22)

PREGAME READING:

ABOUT WESTLAKE (3-1)

Westlake is coming off of a bye week after a tough four-game stretch to open the season. The last time the Chaps played, they scored a momentous 41-16 road win at No. 11 Steele. The Knights took an early lead, then Westlake rattled off 38 unanswered points. That was one week after taking its first loss of the season and first home loss since 2016 to Houston area power Atascocita, who is now nationally ranked after the win.

Westlake is the No. 6 ranked team in Texas and the No. 18 ranked team in the country (SBLive/SI). Elliot Schaper, a three-star linebacker committed to Duke, was SBLive's No. 21 player in the state entering the season.

Quarterback Rees Wise is 61 of 89 (68.5 percent) with 906 yards and eight TDs opposite three picks. His favorite targets are Lawson Grimes (227 yards, 3 TDs), Brady Wilhelm (208 yards, 4 TDs) and Chase Bowen (164 yards, 1 TD).

ABOUT AKINS (3-2)

The Eagles are coming off of a 63-0 loss to Dripping Springs in Week 5, which snapped a three-win streak following a season-opening shutout loss to Travis.

-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx