Zac Farrar caught six passes for 169 yards and 1 TD and Lil' Jordan Humphrey ran for 125 yards and 4 TDs in the Dragons' 63-28 win over Abilene on Homecoming night at Dragon Stadium.
by Robert Halliman
The mystique of Southlake Carroll’s coveted homecoming gamebrreturned Friday as the Dragons dismantled a previously undefeated Abilene Eaglesbrteam 63-28 in its last game before the start of district play. After a muchbrneeded rest last week the Dragons looked well prepared picking up where theybrleft off blowing out its second West Texas team in three weeks and helpingbrCoach Wasson earn his 200th career victory.
Although the season is young Coach Hal Wasson has made itbrvery clear that he's willing to roll the dice at all costs. So far this philosophy has worked outbrtremendously as the Dragons have turned big risks into even bigger rewards, asbrthey roll into district with a 4-0 record. With the game close in the firstbrhalf Southlake converted two fourth downs in their own territory, leading tobrtwo touchdowns ultimately breaking away from an Abilene team who started thebrfirst half red-hot.
Lil Jordan Humphrey paced the Dragon ground attack oncebragain rushing for 125 yards and four first half touchdowns. The junior running back who's beginning to garnerbrmajor scholarship offers from SEC and Pac 12 schools alike, has rushed for overbr100 yards in each of his last three games. He already has a gaudy 508 yards rushing andbrcurrently averages 7.5 yards per carry. Ryan Agnew, who left the game late inbrthe first half with a minor injury, had one of his more efficient games of thebrseason a 15-20 for 251 yards despite not playing a down in the second half. Dragon Pride Player of the Week Zack Farrar led all Carroll receiversbrwith six catches for 169 yards, including a 57-yard touchdown reception from backupbrquarterback Montana Murphy.
After starting slow giving up 21 first half points, thebrDragon defense regrouped only giving up seven points in the second half. Led by senior nose tackle King Newton andbroutside linebacker Joel McClellan who finished with seven tackles a-piece, TimbrWasson's defense has gained confidence each week, as they get ready for abrtalent-laden district loaded with big-time offenses. Although the defense has played really wellbrof late senior cornerback Tariq Gordon still sees a few things the defensivebrunit needs to work in order for the Dragons to win district. “As a defense webrneed to keep working on stopping the run, especially with the quality ofbrrunning backs in our district,” said Gordon. “Our coaches have put pressure onbrthe secondary by focusing on stopping the run and letting our defensive backsbrplay a lot of man on man coverage. This should allow us to put more emphasis onbrstopping the run.”
Southlake Carroll opens district at home against arch rival Coppell on Friday. Kickoff starts at7:30 p.m. at Dragon Stadium.