Football: Fort Worth Southwest cruises past Western Hills

FORT WORTH

Thursday night’s district game between Fort Worth Western Hills and Fort Worth Southwest at Clark Stadium was cooler in terms of temperature but intense.

The Southwest Raiders (4-5, 3-2) knew they needed to bring the heat to continue their push to earn a playoff spot. They delivered with a 40-6 statement win over Western Hills (2-6, 1-4).

Less than a minute into the game, Raiders’ Jeremiah Hogg ran it into the end zone and scored a touchdown for his team. The 2-point conversion from King Russell-Billingsley was good, which put the score 8-0 with 11:27 remaining in the first quarter.

The Cougars were forced to punt on fourth down. The Raiders made a long return, which set them up to score. Drew Lampkin ran it in for the second touchdown of the night for the Raiders. The score was 16-0 with 1:26 left in the first quarter.

The Southwest Raiders stayed consistently moving in the second quarter. With 7:59 on the clock, Jayton Grady scored the third touchdown of the night, which made the score 22-0. Just a minute later, at 6:46, Southwest maintained the momentum with a 40-yard touchdown pass from Russell-Billingsley to Anthony Boswell. The score going into intermission was 28-0.

The third quarter was quiet on the scoring front. Defense was the star of the period for both teams. However, that energy changed 6:31 into the fourth quarter when Zachariah Cain scored his first of two touchdowns in the quarter for the Southwest Raiders. This brought the Raiders up 40-0.

Tyler Johnston with the Cougars scored a running touchdown with 18 seconds left in the game. Cain had a standout night for the Raiders, with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but he said he is already looking forward to their last scheduled game.

“We still have bigger things to do,” Cain said.

One of those bigger things is a matchup against Decatur Friday, November 7, in Decatur. This matchup, along with others next week, will determine the final playoff seeds. Western Hills will play Carter-Riveside Friday, November 7, at 8 p.m. at Scarborough-Handley Field.

Editor’s note: This story was produced by members of FW Southwest High School’s advanced media program.