Previews and predictions for the best Texas High School Football State Semifinals!
North Crowley (14-0) vs Duncanville (13-0), 3 p.m. Saturday at Allen’s Eagle Stadium: The two best 6A teams in DFW meet up for the second straight year in the state semifinals. After getting blown away by Duncanville in 2023, North Crowley is looking to make a statement that they are ready for a shot at the state title. North Crowley showed they are an all-weather team as they rolled past Allen, 35-7, in cold and rainy conditions last week. NCHS outgained Allen 411-94 in total yardage as the Panthers defense allowed just eight first downs. North Crowley went with the ground attack led by UNLV commit Cornelius Warren and sophomore RB Kiante Ingram, who combined for 301 yards on the ground and three touchdowns. Duncanville pulled away from Bridgeland, 31-13, last week as the defending state champions got 237 yards passing from Alabama QB commit Keelon Russell and the duo of JaQualon Armstrong and Ayson Theus combined to run for 103 yards and three scores. Duncanville’s running game will need to get going to have that balance to get their third straight state title and open things up for a talented group of receivers led by Oregon commit DaKorien Moore. North Crowley’s passing game has struggled the past two weeks. Some of that was due to weather last week, but Colorado WR commit Quinten Gibson has been quiet in two straight games. If North Crowley wants to pull the upset, they’ll need to get Gibson going. In the end this year’s game will be closer, but the champions edge goes to Duncanville. Stepp’s Pick: Duncanville by 10