AHS (2-0) held a two-score lead on three different occasions, but each time Cooper (0-2) rallied to pull back within striking distance. The last saw the Cougars trim the deficit to 35-33 with a chance to tie the game at the 7:08 mark of the fourth quarter, but CHS couldn’t complete the two-point conversion and the Eagles sealed the win with an Etan Joyner touchdown a minute later.
In addition to Henry’s big game, AHS got 63 yards and a TD rushing from Joyner and 106 yards and a TD receiving from Ryland Bradford. Cooper, meanwhile, was led by quarterback Austin Cummins, who passed for 183 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game with an apparent injury in the fourth quarter, and Zavian Alexander, who caught six passes for 98 yards and two TDs.
For more information on this game, see Daniel Youngblood’s game story.
Tascosa (1-1) built a 20-7 lead by halftime and cruised after the break to break into the win column following last week’s loss to Palo Duro.
Legacy (0-2) was held without an offensive score, as the Leopards only points came on a kickoff return touchdown.
Oliver Parsons (5-67) was on the receiving end of two of those scores, while Bryson Brown (6-75), Trey Warmley (2-65, 1 TD) and Cooper Manning (4-62, 1 TD) also had productive receiving days for AHS (1-0).
Central, which rallied from down 48-14 to pull within a field goal, got two touchdown passes and two touchdown runs from Christian English, but the electric quarterback was intercepted three times.
Lubbock High (1-1) broke into the win column with 303 yards in total offense, using a 21-point second quarter to break a scoreless tie and take a three-TD lead into the second half.
Big Spring, which finished with 344 yards, got 184 yards and two touchdowns passing from AJ Yanez, who also rushed for a team-high 83 yards.
Wylie, which had its Week 1 game at Brownwood canceled by lightning, led 20-14 at halftime and 26-14 early in the third quarter, before Monterey (0-2) responded with back-to-back touchdowns to enter the fourth quarter with a 28-26 lead. The score stayed there until the 3:42 mark of the final period, when Noah Rehburg hit a 25-yard field goal for what proved to be the winning points.
Monterey had an opportunity to win the game at the fourth-quarter buzzer, but Noah Alexander couldn’t handle a snap on a 30-yard field goal attempt, allowing the Bulldogs to escape with the thrilling victory.
For more information on this game, see Brandon McAuliffe’s game story.
Palo Duro, which finished with less than 200 yards in the game, opened the scoring early in the second quarter on a 2-yard run by Darien Lewis before putting the game away with a scoring pass from Julian Reese II to Charlie Love II in the opening minute of the fourth.
The Longhorns (0-2), whose only touchdown this year came on a kickoff return in their opener, struggled offensively for the second straight week, seeing their only real scoring chance of the game thwarted when time ran out on them deep in Dons territory before halftime.
Behind Austin and quarterback Ryan Rodriguez, who passed for 196 yards and two touchdowns, Cooper expanded a 24-17 halftime lead to four touchdowns with a 21-point third quarter and cruised from there to the lopsided victory.
Coronado (1-1), which was outgained 499-349, was led in rushing by Allen Gant (2-99, 1 TD) and Demarion Finch (17-86) and in receiving by Devonte Carr (5-89, 1 TD).