BY BRIAN GOSSET
X – @Gosset41
MIDLOTHIAN – The Jaguars scored 38 points on their first six drives and needed under nine minutes to do it as Midlothian Heritage eliminated Seagoville 65-0 on Thursday night during their Class 5A Division 2 bi-district contest at Midlothian ISD Stadium.
Heritage (8-3) will face Friday’s winner between Montgomery and Marshall in the area round. Montgomery and Marshall kick off at 7 Friday in Marshall.
Seagoville, which finished fourth place in District 5-5A, ends the season 4-7.
The Jaguars amassed 291 yards on 25 plays in the first half and scored three touchdowns in the second quarter.
Jaime De Los Santos recovered a Seagoville fumble on the opening possession and Heritage scored four plays later on a 13 yard pass from QB Bradley Waxler to tight end Landon Wright.
Wyatt Dunn added a 23 yard field goal to extend the lead to 10-0 with 6:22 left in the first quarter.
The Dragons converted a fourth down from their own 20 when Kollin Williams caught a 19 yard pass. But the drive eventually stalled and Heritage got the ball back with 2:44 left on the clock.
Waxler capped a 3 play scoring drive with a 69 yard pass to Brayden Abila that made it 17-0.
Seagoville’s third straight punt ended in Heritages third touchdown of the night. Waxler and Wright connected for a 28 yard gain and Za’ko Davis followed it with a 32 yard run. He hurdled over a defender before stepping out at the 1. Davis walked into the end zone for a 24-0 lead with 9:56 left in the second quarter.
Jayden Moore blocked the next Seagoville punt attempt and the Jags would get back to back 1 play scoring drives to go up 38-0.
Davis scored from the 7 after Moore’s block and then Waxler threw a 45 yard touchdown to Freemen Robinson with 3:47 left before the intermission.
The Jaguars scored 28 points in the third quarter to end the damage.
There was a running clock in the fourth quarter.
Only 18 seconds into the second half, Heritage went up 45-0 on a 67 yard TD run from Waxler. Malik Crutcher added two scoring runs of 22 and 40 yards to extend the route to 58-0 with still 4:31 left on the board.
Heritage added its final TD with 10 seconds left when Massiah Medlock punched in a hand off from the 2. After three quarters, the Jags gained 370 yards on 36 plays and only held onto the ball for just over 14 minutes.
Meanwhile, Seagoville was held to 65 yards on 40 plays while winning the time of possession with over 20 minutes. Unfortunately to make matters worse for the Dragons, two players were ejected in the second half.
