Lake Highlands defeated Jesuit Friday 29-20 in a rainy, slippery, turnover plagued game that came down to the final defensive effort by the Wildcats.

The win now sets up nicely for Lake Highlands as they get an opportunity to play reigning champion Skyline for the District 9-5A championship.

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I’ll get to that later in the week, but for now let’s look back on some of the interesting thoughts of last week’s wins.

  • Desmond Roland was out. His injury was still undisclosed, but he is expected to come back this week for the Skyline match-up. In his place DeVonte Sunewnghan filled in nicely with 191 yards on 32 rushes and 4 touchdowns and 11 catches for 122 yards. He will take Roland’s place next year as the offensive “bell-cow”.
  • David Green injured his right leg on a defensive play. You could tell that Jesuit notice because they tried to go vertical a number of times after he left. The Wildcats defensive backs filled in nicely.
  • The Jesuit announcer kept the stadium up to date on the Rangers-Yankees score throughout the night. Head coach Scott Smith was recording the game, so was I as well as a number of other people at the stadium. What are your thoughts on announcers giving scores to other games? Do you want to hear the score right then, or do you want to catch it on your TiVo?
  • The first half rains brought out umbrellas from all of the place. I saw one with snoopy laying on top of his doghouse and thought that was my favorite as opposed to all of the black umbrellas. Where would I find a cool umbrella?
  • Since giving up 38 points to Garland High six weeks ago, Lake Highlands has not let any individual opponent score more than 21 points. Say what you will about the defense, if you don’t believe that is, but these kids really tighten up when it matters.
  • Jesuit’s James Hairston is one of the better kickers in high school. He missed a 33-yarder and a 38-yarder against LHHS. Now six points may not have mattered in the scheme of things, but the Rangers may have just tried to set up for a field goal to tie on their last drive instead of going deep on a couple of plays to get inside the 20 with little time left.