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Dallas Woodrow Wilson big man Zach Coleman officially selected Missouri as his destination for the fall of 2013.

The 6-foot-8 senior said the Tigers' move to the SEC played a big role in his decision.

"I like the style of play," Coleman said via text Monday. "I have a great relationship with the staff, and they are making the move to the SEC. A player like myself would thrive in that conference."

Coleman's coach, Patrick Washington, said Missouri recruited Coleman very well, making what can be a stressful process kind of fun.

"I think he enjoyed having those guys recruit him," Washington said. "They showed him how he would fit into what they were trying to do, especially with them going into the SEC. It should be a great situation for him."

To Washington, Coleman's commitment proved the power forward's dedication to his school work even more than his success on the hardwood.

Coleman averaged 14 points and 13 rebounds during his junior season, helping the Wildcats win the 12-4A championship en route to a regional quarterfinal appearance.

Ron Brooks was drafted Saturday as the 124th overall pick by the Buffalo Bills as a cornerback, a position he has played for only three seasons.

Brooks was recruited by LSU out of Irving MacArthur as a wide receiver after spending the majority of his snaps at quarterback in high school.

“He was just a step quicker than anyone else on the field,” MacArthur coach Brian Basil said. “He played quarterback for us his senior year because we wanted the ball touching his hands every snap, but the main thing that separated him at the high school level was his speed and his level of toughness.”

Brooks made the shift over to cornerback his sophomore year at LSU, which Basil believes is proof of his devotion to the game -- one of his many intangibles.

“He understood that whatever it took to get him on the field he would do it,” Basil said. “That’s why when he went to LSU, he was receptive to play defense and on special teams. Those intangibles are what allowed him to make it to this level.”

Brooks played in 53 games at LSU, finishing with 90 tackles and 5.5 sacks. All three interceptions Brooks pulled in were returned for touchdowns.

“For him, I think wherever he had an opportunity to play would be a great fit.” Basil said. “To play at that level is a dream come true and I bet he’s thrilled to death and we’re thrilled for him.”

Redskins pick Plano East/UT linebacker

The Redskins picked up the athlete that “could do it all” for Plano East coach Johnny Ringo.

Keenan Robinson was selected as the 119th overall pick as a linebacker out of Texas, the fourth player to make it to the pro level out of Plano East.

“He was a tremendous leader for us and played both ways,” Ringo said. “He’s just a kid that could do it all. He was a great track athlete and had to give up basketball. He was a tremendous player for us and will be a tremendous representative of Plano East in the NFL.”

Robinson hit Twitter immediately after his selection, affirming his excitement with the team that selected him.

“God is Good… Im right where I needa be,” Robinson tweeted, followed by, “Oo whats up Washington… Im glad to be a Redskin #NoQuestion.”

Robinson started in 39 games for the Longhorns, tallying 317 tackles and 4.4 sacks.

He joins other standouts from the state of Texas in Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III and Richardson Berkner/SMU lineman Josh LeRibeus as a part of the Redskins' draft class.

Other area draftees:

Josh LeRibeus (OG, Richardson Berkner/SMU): Selected 71st overall by the Redskins.

Jamell Fleming (CB, Arlington Seguin/Oklahoma): Selected 80th overall by the Cardinals. First player drafted from Arlington Seguin to be drafted.

Chris Givens (WR, Wylie/Wake Forest): Selected as the first pick of the fourth round, 96th overall, by the Rams.

Taylor Thompson (DE/TE, Prosper/SMU): Selected 145th overall by the Titans.

Cyrus Gray (RB, DeSoto/Texas A&M): Selected 182^nd overall by the Chiefs.

James Hanna (TE, Flower Mound/Oklahoma): Selected 186th overall by the Cowboys.

Robert T. Griffin (OG, Euless Trinity/Baylor): Selected 203rd overall by the Jets.

Emmanuel Acho (LB, Dallas St. Mark’s/Texas): Selected 204th overall by the Browns.

Greg McCoy (DB/KR, Dallas Woodrow Wilson/TCU): Selected 220th overall by the Bears.

Ashley Lindsey took the circle in Dallas Woodrow Wilson’s first-fast pitch softball game in the late '90s and led her school into a whole new era of Dallas ISD girls sports.

More than a dozen years later, and under her married name, Ashley Palavicini returns to Woodrow’s newly renovated home field at Randall Park as much as she can to pitch batting practice and fine-tune the technique of the team’s pitching staff, providing a softball fix she lost since she finished playing at Stephen F. Austin University.

Just as valuable as her knowledge of drop balls and risers is her experience building up a program.

“It’s been an awesome experience to see how much public school fast-pitch softball has grown and to see the team that Coach [Joe] Sawyer has put together," she said. "I was blown away.”

For the first time, Woodrow had an amazing 50-girl turnout for tryouts this season, allowing Sawyer to be more selective in his first year at Woodrow than the coaches who came before him.

That created a dedicated group of girls who have put together an 8-3 record in District 12-4A, putting the Wildcats in the hunt for a quality playoff seed.

Just as Palavicini helped build Woodrow's early softball program, freshman catcher Nina Hernandez is keying the team's resurgence.

Hernandez has a staggering .793 batting average with six inside-the-park home runs while managing Woodrow’s pitching staff from behind the plate.

“Nina could play anything,” Sawyer said. “I told her mom the other day that I wished she was my son because that’s how good she is.”

Woodrow outscored its last two opponents, Thomas Jefferson and Dallas Lincoln, by a 53-8 total.

“We have a sense of urgency towards playing hard in every at bat and every play, so it’s good that we can put this many runs on these teams.” Hernandez said.

Last undefeated team falls

No area teams remain undefeated in 2012 after Lake Highlands took its first loss to District 9-5A rival Richardson Berkner 5-3 last week.

Lake Highlands had taken the first game from the Lady Rams 10-1 earlier in district play.

The Berkner win ties the Rams with Lake Highlands for the top district seed at 10-1 with one game to play in the season.

Plano East pulls even with Plano

Plano East took the second district matchup against rival Plano on Tuesday in an 8-7 thriller, leaving the teams tied for No. 1 seed in District 8-5A.

The two highest ranked Metroplex teams in the ESPN Fab 50 poll both have one game left to play in district to attempt to sort out playoff seeding.

Plano East faces last-place Lewisville on Friday at 7:30, and Plano has sixth-place Plano West on Friday at 7 p.m.

IRVING, Texas -- Woodrow Wilson athlete Colin Spencer retained the nation's highest SPARQ rating after this week's ESPNHS Nike Football SPARQ Combine.

Not only does he have the highest score of more than 12,000 high school athletes, he had one of the highest scores since the assessment began in 2004. The announcement came Sunday afternoon at the Nike Football Training Camp at Valley Ranch.

The SPARQ rating combines several drills to test an athlete's strength, power, agility, reaction and quickness.

Spencer scored a 141.12 at the combine in Houston on March 3.

"Ever since the Houston combine, I've really been getting noticed," Spencer said. "Now is really my first introduction into recruiting, so I'm just getting into it."

With athleticism like that, Spencer could play several different positions. He worked out with receivers Sunday, but could also play defensive back. With his stock on the rise, Spencer said he'd be glad to play any position, anywhere.

"I'm really just looking to play Division I college football," Spencer said. "There are a lot of great schools with a lot of great academics, and I'm just looking to go to one of them."

Spencer spent most of time last season as a cornerback for Woodrow Wilson.

While Dallas Kimball's loss to South Oak Cliff in the final game of the regular season might have cost the Knights the district title, it was key in their regional quarterfinal win over Dallas Woodrow Wilson on Tuesday, coach Royce Johnson said.

Kimball ended the ESPN Dallas 4A boys No. 4 team's season 56-44 at Sprague Field House -- the same venue that housed the Knights' final loss to South Oak Cliff.

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"Playing in that environment helped our guys this time because Woodrow, I think, kind of got caught up with the crowd in the second half," Johnson said. "Being able to deal with it came down to us wanting to be able to move on to the regionals."

Kimball standout Keith Frazier impressed his coach with his ability to work through double and triple teams throughout the game, allowing senior guard Shannon Lilly to thrive in the open space, Johnson said.

Lilly lead his team in scoring with 11 points as he has begun to come alive in the playoffs after a stale regular season.

"Shannon was like the little brother to all the guys who went to college and now he's home by himself and it's tough," Johnson said. "He made a name for himself last year in the playoffs, and he knew with as average as he played in the year, he knew he could fix that with having a good playoffs."

Two Kimball players made big contributions in their coach's eyes after returning to the lineup from academic ineligibility. D'Angelo Allen set his defensive target on Woodrow's scoring threat in the post, Zach Coleman, and did what he could to control the big man and the Wildcats' offense, including a few blocked shots.

Johnson also said Torrey Henry had a breakout game after returning to the team from grade ineligibility.

Kimball advances to the regional tournament to face Manor at 6 p.m. Friday at Garland's Special Events Center, but it's the game plan within his team that has Johnson's focus right now.

"Right now, we're focused on things we need to work on with us," Johnson said. "We'll figure out Manor later."

ESPN Dallas No. 4 Woodrow Wilson (25-3) marched past Dallas Pinkston, 69-46, in a 4A Region II bi-district playoff Tuesday, thanks to another big game from post Zach Coleman.

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Coleman claimed another double-double, tallying 23 points and 10 rebounds, in a game centered around using his height to Woodrow's advantage, allowing the Woodrow players to notch a quick win.

Woodrow's half-court offensive sets were focused on finding Coleman in the post to score the high-percentage shots and get Pinkston's (13-18) big men in foul trouble. In turn, it opened up room for Woodrow's guards to penetrate and score later in the game, Woodrow guard Chance Houston said.

"We just gave it to Zach and then our guards penetrated and hit our guys on the wing or dish to the big men for the dunk," Houston said. "Everything else just fell in place.

Woodrow advances to play McKinney North in the area round Friday.

What we got right: The entire 5A poll. No losses from any of the top 10 results in a stagnant poll with a week remaining in the regular season.

What we got wrong: The dust finally began to settle this week in the crazy DISD after Dallas Woodrow Wilson beat Dallas Hillcrest to claim the District 12-4A championship. The DISD remains the 4A powerhouse in the area, giving Woodrow the clout to jump into the No. 2 spot. Everything else was simply a shift to account for the move.

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DALLAS -- Woodrow Wilson (22-3, 10-1) claimed the District 12-4A title Saturday with a 72-59 win over rival Dallas Hillcrest (21-5, 7-3), which had already notched two wins over Woodrow this season.

“This is what we talked about in June,” post Zach Coleman said. “This is what we expected to happen. We’re not really surprised, we’re excited.”

The key to finally getting over the hump against Hillcrest in the third meeting was the Wildcats' defensive effort against standout Julius Foster.

Foster dropped a team-high 17 against Woodrow in their first meeting during the DISD/Coca-Cola Classic and 12 in the first game of district play, including the game-winning layup as time expired.

Woodrow defensive coach Wendell Thornton decided just minutes before the game to ditch the defensive game plan the team had worked on this week and challenge Foster with a box-and-one defense, which gave Foster a personal escort through the course of the game.

It was a defense that Woodrow had never practiced heading into Saturday’s game.

Guard Trey Washington took on the role of playing Foster’s shadow for the majority of the game, holding Hillcrest's top scorer to just four points in the first half.

“Coach said from the start we were going to get in his grill,” Washington said. “We’re not going to let him beat us again. I just got it in my head that he’s not going to beat us and he’s not going to score. Follow him all over and don’t let him breath.”

The rest of Hillcrest’s squad picked up Foster, trading 3-pointers with Woodrow to stay close and trail 29-23 at the break.

Woodrow came out in the second half with a whole new look on offense, electing to slow the game down into half-court, controlled play rather than the its typical up-tempo transition game.

“We had several plays that we’ve been practicing for a while that we thought, if it got to this point, we would utilize them, and we utilized them a lot today,” coach Pat Washington said. “Zach Coleman was able to get away on a couple of good 3 looks.”

The change allowed Woodrow to utilize its height advantage over Hillcrest, with big man Coleman benefiting from the increased opportunities. Coleman picked up 14 of his game-high 26 points in the second half, which included “splashing” two 3-pointers coming off set plays to the post.

Chance Houston, the third member of Woodrow’s self-proclaimed “Big Three” and “Splash Troopers,” followed Coleman with 15 points and came up big on defense.

“Chance Houston... I can’t say enough about Chance Houston,” Washington said. “He played his butt off today.”

Houston said the effort was worth it to pick up the championship.

“It feels great to be a district champ,” Houston said. “We just did what we had to do. It really feels great -- you’re not tired or anything.”

Woodrow has a three-game lead over Hillcrest with one game left for both teams. Hillcrest falls to third in the district behind 8-3 Dallas Lincoln, which beat Hillcrest twice to gain the tiebreaker if both teams win their final game.

Woodrow can now shift its focus to the playoffs and winning the school’s second state championship, the first coming before the UIL formed in 1938.

“It feels good, but we have other goals that we have set as well,” Washington said. “This is just one goal that we’ve achieved this year that we’ve set for ourselves, and now we have to move on to the next phase of this journey.”

DALLAS -- Any other year, beating Dallas Lincoln once would make for a successful season for Dallas Woodrow Wilson.

This year is different.

Woodrow (20-3, 8-1) beat District 12-4A rival Lincoln (13-11, 7-3) on Saturday for the second time this season, 72-63. However, the two wins are just a side note to the district championship that potentially looms in Woodrow’s future.

“It’s a good win for our program,” Woodrow coach Pat Washington said. “We’re making strides in the right direction, but today our guys just played basketball. They knew Lincoln was in the way of us potentially winning a district championship and they did what they had to do.”

Woodrow created some breathing room with a 9-0 run to end the first quarter with a 15-6 lead.

After the game, Washington gave high praise to guard Chance Houston, whose defense created several turnovers that translated into fast-break layups.

“The guy today was Chance Houston,” Washington said. “He had four or five steals. What he does defensively sparks and ignites us. I thought Chance did a heck of a job defensively today.”

Houston also pitched in 15 points. Point guard Trey Washington scored a team-high 18 for Woodrow.

Woodrow remains on top of District 12-4A, with its lone loss coming against Dallas Hillcrest. Hillcrest (20-4, 7-2) fell twice this year to Lincoln and is a game behind Woodrow.

Hillcrest and Woodrow play each other in the final game of the season, a clash that very well could decide the district title.

Having already lost to Hillcrest will serve as motivation for Trey Washington and Woodrow.

“Revenge,” Washington said. “That’s what we’re looking for -- revenge. Last time we let them beat us, but it’s not going to happen this time.”

What we got right: Most of the 5A poll remained the same, with the exception of North Crowley, who moved into fourth place after tearing through the first half of its district play. Cedar Hill was the only other major change, falling out after taking a surprise district loss to Mansfield Timberview Friday.

What we got wrong: We can't figure out the DISD teams. A week after moving up to No. 1, Dallas Hillcrest lost to Dallas Lincoln for the second time in 12-4A play, dropping the Panthers to No. 6. South Oak Cliff becomes the highest ranked DISD school after its victory over then-No. 1 Dallas Kimball two Saturday's ago in 11-4A play. After the dust settled on the DISD shakeup, Highland Park moved to the top of the poll with a consistent 22-2 record.

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ADDISON, Texas -- Dallas Hillcrest gained the edge over Dallas Woodrow Wilson in the District 12-4A boys basketball race with a 51-50 win Wednesday at Loos Field House.

With two seconds remaining in the game, Hillcrest (17-3, 4-1) standout Julius Foster drove through the paint and threw up a diving layup to give Hillcrest a one-point lead and eventually the key district win.

“Their best player, their most consistent player, Julius Foster, did what he’s been doing pretty much all year,” Woodrow coach Pat Washington said.

Woodrow (16-3, 4-1) played tough defense on the final scoring drive with a full court, double-team trap that disrupted Hillcrest’s ability to set up the play coach Von Harris drew up in the timeout. However, Foster made the improvisation, which paid off huge for Hillcrest.

“That was not the drawn up play,” Harris said with a laugh. “We were going to attack the basket and draw the foul but it was supposed to come off the elbow with a shooter [on the wing]. Because of their defense, as time wound down, we had to take a desperation shot and it just happened to go down for us tonight. It could have gone in for Woodrow the same way.”

Woodrow had taken the lead with 18 seconds left to play.

Guard Trey Washington took a pass at the top of the key and drove around Hillcrest’s defense to gently toss a layup in, giving Woodrow the one-point, 50-49, lead.

However, 18 seconds was just enough time for Foster and Hillcrest to break through Woodrow’s defense and find the hoop.

The entire game was a move-by-move, chess match between the two coaches, who had the opportunity to game plan for this first district meeting after December’s game between the two during the DISD/Coca-Cola Tournament. Hillcrest took the first meeting 64-48, with a well-planned defensive strategy that kept Woodrow from penetrating off the drive.

Woodrow countered the tactic Tuesday from the beginning of the game, running an offense that spread Hillcrest’s defense across the width of the court.

Woodrow held a lead throughout the first half, using its spread offense and forcing nine turnovers through two quarters.

Hillcrest found its 3-point stroke in the third frame, when Tim Singleton and Foster combined to hit four from behind the arc.

Woodrow outscored Hillcrest, 14-12, in the fourth.

The victory was key for Hillcrest, who had taken a district loss to Dallas Lincoln. Woodrow took its first loss of district play, putting Hillcrest, Lincoln and Woodrow in a three-way, 4-1 tie.

All three teams still have one more match against each other, including a season finale between Hillcrest and Woodrow.

While the three teams are knotted up on paper, Hillcrest controls all the momentum going into the second half of the district season, Washington said.

“I’m certainly not going to say it’s a wide-open race," Washington said. "Hillcrest is the aggressor right now. They beat us twice in a non-district game and tonight. Right now, I have to give them the nod. We have them one more time and hopefully it will be a different outcome.”

The one positive for Washington out of his team’s loss in such a tight game is the fact that two DISD teams put on a show that many thought would be absent from the district this season, Washington said.

“DISD hasn’t gone anywhere,” Washington said.

DALLAS, Texas – Friday was a night 12 years and 24 games in the making.

For as long as Patrick Washington had been Dallas Woodrow Wilson's head coach, the Wildcats couldn't beat Dallas Lincoln.

In front of a large and loud crowd, Woodrow broke the dozen-year losing streak to District 12-4A rival Lincoln with an 86-78 win at Forester Field House.

Woodrow forward Zach Coleman was four assists short of a triple-double, scoring a team-high 24 points and pulling down 15 rebounds.

“Zach played well,” Washington said. “He’s been playing well for us all year. We got him back from a knee injury. His knee isn’t 100 percent yet, but when it gets 100 percent he is going to be somebody people will have to reckon with.”

Coleman made his presence known from the beginning of the game, pulling down boards and putting back second-chance baskets, including a huge slam early in the first.

The speed of the game picked up in the second quarter, resulting in sloppy play by both teams. Lincoln fared better in the track meet, moving ahead late in the half and taking a 39-36 lead into the break.

“We try to score every eight to 10 seconds if we can,” Washington said. “We had fourteen turnovers in the first half, but we came back and quieted some of that down.”

Assistant coach Wendell Thorton decision to change up Woodrow’s defensive scheme in the second half shifted control back to the Wildcats.

Woodrow dropped a half-court trap that was mostly ineffective in the first half, replacing it with a 3-2 zone that forced the Tigers to stop in the half court and move the ball for an open shot.

Woodrow won the quarter by eight points and held a 64-59 lead headed into the final frame.

In the fourth, Woodrow gave the Tigers another look on defense, assigning guard Trey Washington to man up on a designated Lincoln player, denying the pass all the way down the court.

His effort turned into a steal in the backcourt and an easy layup with 32 seconds left that put the game out of reach 82-76.

“Trey did a great job,” Thorton said. “He got a big steal and just did a great job.”

The win gives Woodrow a valuable edge over Lincoln in the race for the district title. The Wildcats have a matchup next week against Dallas Bryan Adams before they face the other championship contender, Dallas Hillcrest, which beat Woodrow in the DISD/Coca-Cola Tournament in late December.

Woodrow’s sixth man of the night was the several-hundred person crowd that gathered to witness what they hoped would be a small part of school history.

Their rowdy participation made it nearly impossible to hear the PA announcer and became an intimidating force behind Woodrow’s strong fourth-quarter defense.

“There’s always a big crowd that comes out for Lincoln,” Washington said. “A lot of people knew we were trying to get a win in district and everything and they came out in force. Everyone was telling them to come out and check us out, and I appreciate the fans. They played a heck of a role.”

The fans' effort was rewarded with a win that Wildcats supporters had hoped to see for many years.

“Twelve years times two district games, that’s 24," Washington said. "So now I’ve got one and now I’ve got to get 23 more.”

DALLAS, Texas -- District 12-4A boasts one of the most competitive fields in boys basketball, with three teams entering the DISD/Coca-Cola Tournament ranked in the top 25 in the state.

Tuesday showed a preview of district play as Dallas Hillcrest beat Dallas Woodrow Wilson, 64-48, in the second round of the DISD tourney.

Hillcrest executed the better game plan, filling the lane on defense, which kept Woodrow from running its penetration offense. Hillcrest’s preparation and execution forced Woodrow into making rushed mistakes, which Hillcrest turned into offensive opportunity.

“They’re a penetrating team,” Hillcrest coach Von Harris said of Woodrow. “They’re guard oriented but even their bigs can dribble penetrate. We were just trying to stay in front of them and contest every shot, which put us in position to rebound.”

Hillcrest’s game plan also keyed in on standout Trey Washington, Woodrow’s main penetration guard, forcing him to defend one-on-one. The strategy resulted in a quick three fouls, keeping Washington out of the game for the majority of the first half.

“I don’t want to give away anything, but we disguised a lot of things to get him into situations where he had to play one-on-one with us,” Harris said. “Then we tried to take advantage by attacking him.”

The defensive effort held Washington to just 10 points in the game.

Hillcrest’s defensive effort was helped by Harris playing 13 of the team’s 15 players, keeping legs fresh in the game and Woodrow’s offense off guard.

Hillcrest guard Julius Foster lead all scorers with 19 points. His run of nine points in the first quarter boosted Hillcrest to a lead it wouldn’t relinquish the remainder of the game.

For a team whose offensive identity comes from points in the paint, Woodrow’s only inside presence was forward Zachary Coleman, who used his size to grab rebounds and put them back up from close range. Coleman finished the game with a team-high 14 points.

The win advances Hillcrest in the tournament bracket to meet Sachse in the winner’s bracket quarterfinals, while Woodrow has just one more consolation game to play against Dallas Conrad.

However, more important to Harris than tournament glory was the chance for his team to meet and beat a tough district rival before the two face off in district play. On the contrary, Harris said the pre-district beating could also cause revenge when it really counts later in the season.

"You know the expression, 'Stirring up the bee’s nest.' " Harris said. "I think we just stirred it up."

Nothing rings in the New Year and a new high school basketball season like the Coca-Cola Dallas ISD Basketball Tournament.

In its 72^nd year, the 2011 edition of the city-wide, early-district bracket features some of the area’s best talent, including nine state Top 25 teams from 5A, 4A and 3A, according to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll.

Games run from Tuesday morning to the winner’s bracket championship at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Ellis Davis Field House.

In the field of 32 is ESPN FAB 50 No. 44 and TABC No. 4 South Grand Prairie (13-1), who opens the tournament noon Tuesday at Sprague Field House against TABC 3A No. 12 Wilmer Hutchins (13-3).

Last year’s 4A state champion and TABC No. 2 Dallas Kimball defends the state in its opening round match, taking on South East Oklahoma at noon Tuesday at Davis Field House. Kimball boasts the No. 18 recruit in the nation from the class of 2013 in Irving transfer Keith Frazier.

Two other opening-round games to watch are TABC No. 4 Dallas Woodrow Wilson against Plano East at noon Thursday at Loos Field House and TABC No. 18 Dallas Lincoln taking on West Mesquite at noon Thursday at Forester Field House.

Tuesday Opening-Round Schedule

Sprague Field House

Dallas Molina vs. Dallas Samuell, 9 a.m.

No. 12 Dallas South Oak Cliff vs. Wylie, 10:30 a.m.

No. 12 Wilmer Hutchins vs. No. 4 South Grand Prairie, noon

Dallas Roosevelt vs. Dallas Adamson, 1:30 p.m.

Loos Field House

Dallas W.T. White vs. Dallas Conrad, 9 a.m.

Sachse vs. Richardson J.J. Pearce, 10 a.m.

No.4 Dallas Woodrow Wilson vs. Plano East, noon

No. 19 Hillcrest vs. Mesquite Horn, 1:30 p.m.

Ellis Davis Field House

Red Oak vs. Dallas Pinkston, 9 a.m.

Dallas Carter vs. Lancaster, 10:30 a.m.

No. 2 Dallas Kimball vs. South East Oklahoma, noon

Dallas Bryan Adams vs. North Dallas, 1:30 p.m.

Forester Field House

Seagoville vs. Dallas Spruce, 9 a.m.

No. 4 Dallas Madison vs. Dallas Skyline, 10:30 a.m.

No. 18 Dallas Lincoln vs. West Mesquite, noon.

No. 12 Episcopal School of Dallas vs. Garland Lakeview Centennial.

DALLAS -- Highland Park celebrated with a trophy Friday night after its victory over Dallas Woodrow Wilson.

The Scots defeated the Wildcats 49-24 in a Class 4A Division I area-round playoff game in front of a packed crowd at Wildcat-Ram Stadium.

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Woodrow Wilson put up a fight, but in the end ESPNDallas.com’s No. 1-ranked 4A team ran away with the win.

“We have a really explosive offense," Highland Park quarterback Brady Burgin said. "Defense played great and we’re a close team, so nothing can really get us down.”

After an early touchdown by Woodrow Wilson, Highland Park tied it 7-7 on Jackson Hauser’s 4-yard run. Hauser quickly scored again in the second quarter on a 3-yard run.

Woodrow tied the game again 14-14 on Colin Spencer’s 27-yard interception return for a touchdown. However, the Scots responded with two touchdown runs by Burgin.

The first half’s scoring ended with a 45-yard field goal from Woodrow’s Cameron Gomez, cutting the Scots' lead to 28-17 at halftime.

Highland Park picked up the second half right where it left off. Preston Miller’s 6-yard run put his team up 35-17.

Woodrow scored on another interception return, but Highland Park would take over the rest of the night. A 59-yard run from Miller and 44-yard pass to Hunter Halpin made the final score 49-24.

“They just rallied behind me," Burgin said. "It’s all about execution, and when we did that we were fine."

Many of the Highland Park students stormed the field as the last seconds ticked away, and then the Scots posed for pictures with their trophy.

“They know I’m proud of them," Highland Park coach Randy Allen said. "Anytime we win and get a trophy at the end of the game, it’s a big thing for us.”

Highland Park will face Tyler John Tyler next Friday in the 4A-I Region 2 semifinals. The game will be at Waco ISD Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

“We started the year with the idea that the third round was the one we wanted to focus on,” Allen said. “So this has been a focus and a goal of ours from the beginning, and our kids want to advance and they want to win next week.”