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Paetow tops College Station in overtime thriller to win 5A Division I championship

In only their fourth varsity season, the Paetow Panthers are state champs.

HOUSTON — Just four years after the school opened, the Paetow Panthers are state champs!  The Panthers beat College Station, 27-24, in an overtime thriller Friday night to claim the 5A Division I Texas championship.

Jacob Brown scored on a short touchdown run in Paetow's first overtime possession after College Station kicked a field goal on theirs to seal the win.

The key play came just before that, though, when Paetow went for it on fourth-and-one deep in Cougars territory and made it. Had they not, College Station would have won.

Game updates

  • College Station scored first with an 80-yard scoring strike from Jett Huff to Traylen Suel.
  • In the second quarter, Paetow came back to tie it at 7 as Bryan Del Cid punched it in from 6 yards out.
  • College Station went ahead, 14-7, on Marquise Collins’ 37-yard rushing touchdown.  
  • But Paetow answered with Gene Kendall’s 1-yard touchdown run to tie it up at 14 apiece.
  • There was no scoring in the third quarter, but Paetow took a 21-14 lead at the start of the fourth quarter when CJ Dumas scored from one yard out.
  • With just over 4 minutes left in the game, Marquise Collins broke from on a 70-yard run to score and tie things up at 21.
  • In overtime, Jacob Brown scored on a short run to give Paetow the championship. 

Paetow on a roll

Paetow has been racking up points en route to the matchup. Last week, they beat Flour Bluff, 73-14.  The week before, they beat Hightower, 35-12.  Before that, they beat Cedar Park 65-14.

While Paetow is going for a title tonight, tomorrow is North Shore's turn.  The Mustangs go up against Duncanville for the third time in four years in the Conference 6A Division I championship game.  

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