ARLINGTON, TEXAS – Duncanville and Galena Park North Shore are quite familiar with one another around this time of year.
For the sixth time in the past eight seasons, these elite Texas programs – one from the Dallas metropolitan area and the other from the Houston metro – collide for a University Interscholastic League state championship. The latest edition of the Panthers and the Mustangs takes place Saturday afternoon at AT&T Stadium for the 6A Division I championship
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The first time these two superpowers met for a state championship was in 2018, when North Shore claimed a 41-36 win after a dramatic Hail Mary pass at the end of the game.
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North Shore then beat the Panthers the following season, 2019, and again in 2021.
But the Panthers got the upper hand in 2022 and again in 2023 with a 49-33 win. Neither team made it to Arlington last season, but both North Shore and Duncanville are back in “Jerry World” with a vengeance.
Duncanville enters Saturday’s game at 12-1 overall, with its lone defeat coming by a single point against Waxahachie in the Panthers’ second game. But the Panthers avenged that defeat to Waxahachie with a 35-27 win two weeks ago in the regional finals; then in last week’s semifinals, Duncanville dominated a previously undefeated Allen squad, 31-9.
This will be the seventh time Duncanville is in the state title game. Along with the titles won in 2022 and again in 2023, the Panthers won in their first-ever championship game appearance, 1998.
North Shore enters Saturday’s game at 13-2. The Mustangs lost in the season opener to South Oak Cliff, which earlier on Saturday captured the 5A Division II championship, and then lost in the regular season finale to Humble Summer Creek.
But in the postseason, the Mustangs have leveled up. They have won all five playoff games by an average margin of 25 points, including a 46-29 win against previously undefeated Dickinson in the regional finals and then a 28-6 win last week in the semifinals against Lake Travis, which also came in undefeated.
The Mustangs will be making their ninth appearance in a state championship game, and will be seeking their sixth championship.
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DUNCANVILLE 0, NORTH SHORE 0 1ST QTR.
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FIRST QUARTER
– INTERCEPTION NORTH SHORE. Junior defensive back Tony Guillory is right there to pick off a pass, denying Duncanville’s scoring opportunity, and now the Mustangs take the ball for the first time at their own 16.
– Duncanville quickly on the move on the opening series, as the Panthers are already inside the North Shore 20.
– Here we go from Arlington. Kickoff goes into the end zone for a touchback, and Duncanville will start things from its own 25.
PREGAME
– North Shore has won the toss and defers to the second half. Duncanville to get the ball to start things off here in Arlington.
– Both teams have taken the field at AT&T Stadium. Duncanville, the visiting team, is in all white, while North Shore, the home team, is wearing all red.
– Kickoff will be around 3:20 p.m. local time (Central).
– Live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, after a year’s absence, Duncanville and Galena Park North Shore face off in another state title game. For the sixth time in the past eight years, the Panthers take on the Mustangs for the UIL 6A Division I championship.
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