Lil' Jordan Humphrey had 262 yards and 4 TDs to pace the Dragons over Colleyville on Friday night.
by Robert Halliman
Its no secret that Southlake's realignment into districtbr7-6a has provided a wealth of competitive games for Hal Wasson and his ball club. This Friday night was another challenge asbrthe Dragons fell behind 20-7 early in the second quarter against ColleyvillebrHeritage. Trailing 23-21 at the intermission, the Dragon defense came on strongbrnotching a second half shutout. Along with a career game from Lil' JordanbrHumphrey, the Dragons cruised to a 42-23 victory over their cross-town rivals.
As the season has worn on the emphasis on the Dragon rushingbrattack hasn't waned. While the Dragons arebrknown historically for a pass first system, the slight change in identity hasbrmade Southlake Carroll a more physical and balanced offense. Junior running back and Dragon Pride Player of the Week Lil’ Jordan Humphreybrcontinued his torrid pace as he rushed for a career high 261 yards on 35brcarries. Adding four touchdowns to hisbrimpressive performance Humphrey has quickly become the Dragons go to guy asbrthey’ve cruised into the national spotlight with an undefeated 8-0 record.
Despite throwing two interceptions, Senior quarterback RyanbrAgnew regrouped and had a solid game, managing the offense and throwing hisbrfirst touchdown in the last four games. brAgnew finished the outing 12 of 19 for 138 yards and a 14-yard touchdownbrto pass to wide receiver Ryan McGibboney. McGibboney who scored his firstbrtouchdown of the season added 75 yards and eight receptions
After allowing 23 points in the first half, Tim Wasson'sbrteam put together yet another strong defensive outing, shutting out thebrPanthers in the second half second half. The Dragons front seven controlled thebrgame last week, this week the secondary took its turn dominating the Dragonsbropponent, intercepting two passes from Heritage quarterback Trevor Anderson andbrlimiting him to only 89 yards on 20 passing attempts. Senior middle linebackerbrHunter Pensom finished second on the team tallying 11 tackles, while Seniorbrsafety Kevin Cramer intercepted his second pass in as many weeks and added 11 tacklesbrto another strong performance.
“We are able to play so well, because we are able tobridentify our weaknesses and make adjustments,” said senior Nose tackle KingbrNewton. “In the second half webrunderstood we were the better team and had to make the proper reads and playbrwith more emotion.
The 8-0 Dragons will take on the 0-8 Haltom Buffaloes at Dragon Stadium on Halloween. For even more information visit our Dragon Pride page.