SOUTHLAKE- Much like the heat the action was hot and heavy on Saturday at Southlake Carroll’s SQT. Duncanville and Arlington both clinched their first ever spots in the 7 on 7 State Tournament at Texas A&M in hotly contested semi-final matchups. Arlington won a thriller over Richland 45-39, while Duncanville took a heated semi-final win over Colleyville Heritage 20-13 as DHS scored with less than a minute left to win as Chad Taylor caught a short touchdown pass from Larry Miller to seal the win. In the championship Arlington ambushed Duncanville 46-6, as the Colts jumped out a big 34-0 lead at halftime and put it on cruise control in the second half.

POOL A

On paper this pool appeared to be the toughest but in the end it turned out to be the playground for Denton Guyer who went through unbeaten for the second week in a row. They opened things up by drilling Southlake Carroll 25-6, while Arlington pounded Boswell 41-14. Guyer who qualified for the State Tournament at Colleyville Heritage then beat Boswell 39-21, while Arlington knocked off Southlake Carroll 33-25. The Dragons missing four starters who were at the State Baseball Tournament bounced back in their final game to beat Boswell 34-18, while Guyer knocked off Arlington 25-20. Arlington advanced out of pool play due to their 2-1 record.

Pool A Scores

Arlington 41 Saginaw Boswell 14

Denton Guyer 25 Southlake Carroll 6

Arlington 33 Southlake Carroll 25

Denton Guyer 39 Saginaw Boswell 21

Denton Guyer 25 Arlington 20

Southlake Carroll 34 Saginaw Boswell 18

POOL B

Duncanville’s defense was the story of this pool as in their three pool wins they allowed only 25 points. Offensively the Panthers struggled for most of the day as WR Chayse Joubert was hobbled with an ankle injury and QB Larry Miller had trouble adjusting to an extremely strong cross wind. DHS opened the day up holding off a tough Fort Worth Eastern Hills bunch 20-6, EHHS had several chances to make things interesting but the Highlanders could not convert. Keller Fossil Ridge handled Colleyville Heritage’s JV 39-0. Duncanville kept their strong defensive play going as they defeated Fossil Ridge 18-7 while Eastern Hills knocked off Colleyville Heritage’s JV 29-26 after falling behind 26-14 at halftime. Duncanville then fell behind the Colleyville Heritage JV 12-0 at halftime before rattling off 25 straight points to win 25-12 while Eastern Hills beat Fossil Ridge 14-6.

Pool B Scores

Duncanville 20 Fort Worth Eastern Hills 6

Keller Fossil Ridge 39 Colleyville Heritage JV 0

Duncanville 18 Keller Fossil Ridge 7

Fort Worth Eastern Hills 29 Colleyville Heritage JV 26

Duncanville 25 Colleyville Heritage JV 12

Fort Worth Eastern Hills 14 Keller Fossil Ridge 6

POOL C

With Arlington Lamar having already qualified the Vikings could have mailed today in and played a lot of young kids, but the Vikings did that last week so to avoid rust most of their starters played. The work paid off as the Vikes posted a 3-0 mark, however because Lamar had already qualified Colleyville Heritage advanced out of the pool with a 2-1 mark. Lamar opened the day up with an impressive 48-20 won over Colleyville Heritage, while Mansfield Legacy surprised Lewisville 26-13. Legacy continued their strong play playing Lamar tough losing 21-18, while Colleyville Heritage beat Lewisville 32-25. In the final game needing to beat Mansfield Legacy to secure a slot in the semi-finals Colleyville Heritage jumped out to a 27-6 lead and cruised to a 33-12 win. Arlington Lamar closed the day with a hard fought 27-25 win over Lewisville.

Pool C Scores

Arlington Lamar 48 Colleyville Heritage 20

Mansfield Legacy 26 Lewisville 13

Colleyville Heritage 32 Lewisville 25

Arlington Lamar 21 Mansfield Legacy 18

Colleyville Heritage 33 Mansfield Legacy 12

Arlington Lamar 27 Lewisville 25

POOL D

This pool was played at Dawson Middle School but judging by the results Richland looked to easily be the class of the pool. Give Wichita Falls credit, missing WR Antwone Moore the Coyotes left Southlake with a 2-1 record and momentum to build on as they prepare for the Abilene SQT next week.

Pool D Scores

Richland 54 Midlothian 15

Wichita Falls 34 SLC JV 33

Wichita Falls 20 Midlothian 19

Richland 33 SLC JV 20

Midlothian 20 SLC JV 18

Richland 27 Wichita Falls 12

SEMI-FINALS

Arlington 45 Richland 39

Duncanville 20 Colleyville Heritage 13

FINALS