UPSET ALERT: Houston C.E. King (TX) downs Humble (TX) Summer Creek 42-28: Score, live updates of Thursday night Texas tilt

Buck Ringgold

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UPSET ALERT: Houston C.E. King (TX) downs Humble (TX) Summer Creek 42-28: Score, live updates of Thursday night Texas tilt image

Humble Summer Creek entered Thursday night's contest against Houston C.E. King undefeated.

However, the Panthers rang up a huge first-half lead to eventually derail the Bulldogs' perfect season.

C.E. King built a 42-0 lead in the second quarter before holding off a last-ditch Summer Creek rally to prevail, 42-28, in District 23-6A action at Humble.

The Panthers (5-1, 3-0) scored touchdowns on each of their first five possessions. Seconds after scoring their fifth TD, they scored again by forcing a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, making the recovery and going in for the score for a stunning 42-0 advantage less than 17 minutes into the game.

Summer Creek (5-1), finally got on the board right before halftime and scored again to start the second half. The Bulldogs then got within two touchdowns, but in the final minutes, turned the ball over on downs in King territory and then fumbled it away with 1:30 left, as the Panthers were able to deny what may have been a comeback for the ages.

C.E. King's lone loss this season was to Dickinson but does own a win against another highly regarded squad from Humble in Atascocita. Summer Creek also defeated Atascocita in a thrilling game.

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C.E. KING 42, SUMMER CREEK 28 FINAL

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POSTGAME

- C.E. King builds a 42-0 second-quarter lead and then hold off a Summer Creek rally to move to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in district play. Bulldogs drop to 5-1 overall.

FOURTH QUARTER

- TAKEAWAY KING. Panther defense will seal the win after forcing a fumble, and they come up with the ball with 1:30 to go, staving off the near-miracle comeback from Summer Creek. 

- Summer Creek is inside the King 30 at the two-minute time out. 

- Summer Creek holds on defense. Bulldogs still have a bit of hope with less than three minutes left. 

- King burning some clock and have the ball at the Summer Creek 20 nearing four minutes to go. 

- Summer Creek gets the onside kick. However, it's ruled that it didn't go 10 yards, and King catches a huge break.

- TOUCHDOWN SUMMER CREEK. What a catch by Benny Easter Jr., who goes full extension to haul in a 40-yard TD pass. It's now a two-score game and still some time left on the clock. (King, 42-28 | 6:31, 4th) 

- Low snap on a King punt attempt, and Summer Creek swarms the punter. Bulldogs have the ball in Panther territory with more than six minutes left. 

- King stops Summer Creek a yard shy of moving the chains on a fourth-down play with 10:11 left. 

- Summer Creek converts on a fourth down play and is in King territory inside the 35.

- Summer Creek fields the punt near midfield to begin the final period.

THIRD QUARTER

- Summer Creek stops King on a third down deep in Panther territory on the final play of the third. There will be a punt to start the fourth, and the Bulldogs have all the momentum now.

- TOUCHDOWN SUMMER CREEK. Bulldogs getting closer. They drive down the field and score again, this time a screen pass from Noah Spinks to Jamicah Jones. (King, 42-21 | 1:55, 3rd) 

- Summer Creek gets past midfield after a nice keeper for a first down by QB Noah Spinks. 

- Summer Creek forces a punt on the next series, but not before King takes more than six minutes off the clock. Bulldog ball with more than four minutes left in the third. 

- TOUCHDOWN SUMMER CREEK. And the Bulldogs do take the second-half kickoff and march down the field to make things a bit interesting. Braylin Causey with his second TD run on the night. (King, 42-14 | 10:39, 3rd) 

- Summer Creek receives to start the second half. Bulldogs seeking to make this game closer. 

HALFTIME

- King is content to run out the rest of the first-half clock, going into the locker room with a 35-point advantage. 

SECOND QUARTER

- TOUCHDOWN SUMMER CREEK. Bulldogs finally stop the Panthers' scoring barrage as they put together a 78-yard drive, capped by a short TD run from Braylin Causey. (King, 42-7 | 1:15, 2nd) 

- TOUCHDOWN KING. Wow, this is totally unfathomable. King has scored two TDs 11 seconds apart. On the ensuing kickoff, Summer Creek fumbles and Dillon Mitchell scoops it up and races in untouched from nearly 20 yards out. Mitchell now has a hat trick, with a TD rushing, a TD receiving and now a special teams score. (King, 42-0 | 7:08, 2nd) 

- TOUCHDOWN KING. And make it five drives, five TDs for C.E. King. Dionne Sims breaks off a long run into the end zone. (King, 35-0 | 7:19, 2nd) 

- And it goes from bad to worse for Summer Creek. King breaks through to block a punt, though the ball does move forward. But King as the ball near the Bulldogs' 40. 

- TOUCHDOWN KING. Four drives, four TDs for the Panthers, as Dillon Mitchell goes in from 8 yards out on C.E. King's latest drive. Panthers just running roughshod on undefeated Summer Creek. (King, 28-0 | 8:57, 2nd) 

- King has the ball near its 40, attempting to score its fourth TD on its fourth offensive series.

FIRST QUARTER 

- Summer Creek advances just beyond midfield but is eventually forced to punt. King takes over in the final seconds of the opening period. 

- TOUCHDOWN KING. Three drives, three TDs for the Panthers. This time, Timothy Potts hooks up with Dillon Mitchell for a 41-yard strike and C.E. King is up by three scores. (King, 21-0 | 3:50, 1st) 

- Summer Creek goes for it on fourth down near midfield but the Bulldogs get stuffed. 

- TOUCHDOWN KING. Two possessions, two TDs for King, as the Panthers finish off a 7-play, 61-yard series as Joshua Hayes catches a short slant and makes a couple of defenders miss to finish off a scoring play of nearly 30 yards. (King, 14-0 | 7:14, 1st) 

- King converts on a fourth-and-short with a Wildcat play and the Panthers are inside the Summer Creek 30. 

- Summer Creek goes three-and-out on its first series and will punt it away. King starts its second drive near its own 40.

- TOUCHDOWN KING. In just 51 seconds, the Panthers score first as junior tailback Antwon Sanders takes it in from 11 yards out, completing a three-play drive that also featured a face mask penalty on Summer Creek. (King, 7-0 | 11:09, 1st)

- King QB Timothy Potts gets loose on a keeper for a 42-yard gain to inside the Summer Creek 25. 

- Summer Creek will be kicking things off to King to start tonight's game from Turner Stadium.

PREGAME

- Coming to you from Humble, as the undefeated Bulldogs of Summer Creek get set to take on Houston power C.E. King.

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Buck Ringgold

Buck Ringgold has been covering high school sports for more than 25 years. He has a BA in Journalism from the University of Arkansas and is a die-hard Texas Rangers fan.