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Fort Worth Southwest runs onto the field during a high school football game against Fort Worth Western Hills at Clark Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, October 30, 2025. Southwest won 40-6.<\/p>\n
Dylan Craver<\/p>\n
Southwest Media<\/p>\n
Fort Worth<\/p>\n
Both teams entered Friday night\u2019s district contest with 1-1 records. The Fort Worth Southwest Raiders were looking to solidify their hold on third place in the district standings, while the Fort Worth Dunbar Wildcats hoped to climb out of fourth.<\/p>\n
Southwest accomplished its goal emphatically, cruising to a 56-14 victory over Dunbar Friday at Clark Stadium.<\/p>\n
Raiders head coach Joseph Turner said the high-scoring win provided opportunities for the entire roster to contribute.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the boys got to get in and get some playing time,\u201d Turner said. \u201cWe are happy for them. They did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Southwest wasted little time taking control. After recovering the opening kickoff, the Raiders struck first when running back Caison Ingram scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with 9:18 remaining in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Less than 30 seconds later, running back Dante Kalala broke free for a 20-yard touchdown run, extending the lead to 14-0.<\/p>\n
Kalala, who finished with three touchdowns, credited his offensive line for the strong performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cRunning behind my O-line tonight was very fun,\u201d Kalala said.<\/p>\n
The Raiders added to their advantage later in the quarter when a bad snap on a Dunbar punt attempt resulted in a safety, increasing the lead to 16-0.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats briefly generated momentum when defensive back Kenneth Anderson intercepted a Southwest pass at the Dunbar 31-yard line, but the Raiders quickly regained control.<\/p>\n
Southwest opened the second quarter with another scoring drive as quarterback Julius Caesar scored on a 10-yard touchdown run. The two-point conversion attempt failed, leaving the score at 22-0.<\/p>\n
The Raiders continued to attack through the air on their next possession. Caesar connected with wide receiver Josiah Johnson for a 39-yard touchdown pass, pushing the lead to 29-0.<\/p>\n
With 3:23 remaining in the half, wide receiver Davian Fields broke loose for a 54-yard touchdown, extending Southwest\u2019s lead to 35-0. Although the two-point conversion was unsuccessful, the Raiders were not finished.<\/p>\n
Just before halftime, Fields hauled in a 38-yard touchdown reception to give Southwest a commanding 42-0 lead at the break.<\/p>\n
The Raiders\u2019 defense also delivered before intermission, as Timothy Johnson intercepted a Dunbar pass with 32 seconds remaining in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Southwest picked up right where it left off after halftime. Kalala scored his third touchdown of the night on a 31-yard run, extending the lead to 49-0.<\/p>\n
Dunbar got on the scoreboard later in the third quarter when wide receiver Detrick James caught a 20-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 49-6.<\/p>\n
Southwest added another touchdown to make it 56-6 before Dunbar scored one final time late in the game. With 1:10 remaining, James caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bryce Allen, and Allen ran in the two-point conversion to account for the final margin, 56-14.<\/p>\n
Despite the dominant victory, Kalala said the team remains focused on the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to playing more football,\u201d Kalala said. \u201cI don\u2019t take any win for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Southwest will face Diamond Hill-Jarvis on Thursday, Oct. 15, at Scarborough-Handley Field.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a short week next week, but we look forward to showing up for practice on Monday and just getting better and better and better,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n
Dunbar will play Eastern Hills on Friday, Oct. 16, at Herman Clark Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Southwest runs onto the field during a high school football game against Fort Worth Western Hills…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-463492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}